29 Expert Challenge (1/2)
Kamryn and the three remaining guards were tongue-tied with what they saw. It was not even three minutes and six more of them were already down for the count.
'I haven't even registered much fluctuations in his mana output which means that they were wiped out by pure body movement.' Kamryn now knew the terror of body cultivators. With the exception of the tenth guard, who was at the third level of the Initiate realm but had weak skills, everyone in their entourage was exceptionally skilled in their corresponding classes despite their weaker cultivation.
”Guard Number One, what the heck is going on? I was told that you were exceptional and yet your entire team is on the verge of being wiped out.” Kamryn thought of this chance to reprimand the guards while feeling apprehensive when facing the calm Aster.
Guard Number One felt his ego drop from being called 'Guard Number One' by their young master. He blamed Aster for influencing Kamryn to call him that. ”Don't worry about this, young master. Even if he already knocked out most of us, the three of us are capable enough to defeat him.”
”Quite confident, are you?” Aster overheard their conversation and could not help but voice out. ”Try me.”
He was basically in a high from being able to experience the joy of battle. He would always be at the receiving end of the beat down and now the tides have turned albeit they are not his past bullies.
His enemies were in it to kill him but he responded with a softer approach of just simply knocking them out. Escalating it by killing would simply do him no good at the moment.
”Don't be cocky, brat.” Guard Number One held a knife in both of his hands while signaling to his companions. ”Let's flank him. Number Two, you take right. Number Three, you will be on the left.”
It was at this moment that they realized that assigning themselves with numbers was relatively easier for issuing commands than using their own names. They decided to not mind it and instinctively follow One's words but in their heads they were complaining. 'Why does he get to be Number One though when we're at the same cultivation level?'
Aster straightforwardly dashed forward to reach the readied-up One. Number One was practically over the moon from seeing his charge towards him. 'I am not dumb enough to perform another Cross Cut so that you will dodge and smack me.'
Number One sought to time his movements with his dashing enemy and just as expected he appeared in a blink of an eye due to the smart use of his speed.
Aster was greeted with slashes that were perfectly matched with his arrival. 'Too bad that my body cultivation art is filled with the absolute fundamentals of high jumps.'
With a slight tap of Aster's shoes on the ground, he had already propelled and right above Number One's head.
One's knives did nothing but attack thin air and just as he was wondering where Aster was attacking next, he had already passed out from receiving a kick from the top of his head. Aster leisurely reached Kamryn that was near the newly passed out guard and said. ”Shall we put a stop this, Young Master Kamryn?”
Kamryn Valentine never felt so stifled at this moment. Being hailed as a genius who would follow the footsteps of his infamous brother was somewhat useless when facing the handsome Aster that leisurely defeated the guard group.
'This man is like a beast in human form just as how one would describe body cultivators. He is the perfect bane for a weak-bodied wizard like me or pretty much the terror of mana-dependent cultivators that never trained their body.' Kamryn was pretty much convinced that this should be the time to stop. Aster was practically lenient on them by not retaliating from their successive killing moves.
”Let us go.” Kamryn relented while ordering the stumped Number Two and Three. If things were to escalate any further, there is no doubt that they would truly be down for the count as well and even Kamryn would be in trouble. The two of them were practically left out from the action but was feeling a bit luckier from not receiving a knockout.
It did not take long for them to curse Aster again in their heads though because they were the ones designated to carry the wounded.
Number Two, the speech-giver, was shooting glares towards Aster. 'You could have knocked us out as well so that we don't have to carry our battered up companions. This brat must have planned all of this.'
Aster found his actions funny and said. ”Weren't you the one that gave the speech that you leave no men behind? Don't just stand there and get to work. Haha!”
While mocking, he already headed inside through and ease the shocked triplets. They were practically there to watch the whole procession and can't help but find Aster charming beyond compare and at a greater level than how they saw him before.
They were women and previous princesses, the combination practically made them susceptible to falling in love with unrivaled heroes. Aster also noticed the love reflected from their gazes and found that their Sentiment Meter went up another notch.