Chapter 371 - Those left behind (2/2)

When Wang Ling saw his eyes calm down, his words began to flow out.

”Your brother… died trying to protect you. He could have lived if he let the storm pass and waited for the Overhaul Phoenix Rebirth Technique. However, he wanted to save you, the last of kin and then, as I travel across the cosmos searching for a host to house my soul, I heard his plea and bonded with his body in exchange for your protection and getting his revenge.”

”His soul can it—”

”I'm sorry but he had already entered the Wheel of Reincarnation, he can longer return to this vessel. The proof you needed for who I am lies in the performance I showed you when I slaughtered your enemies last night. I carry with me the Quintessence of the Sword, and your brother mastered the art of the fist, our path cannot be any different.”

Listening to Wang Ling's words, there was nothing that Leo could point out and with this, tears fell from the boy.

When the doubt and confusion clouding his mind left him, the boy finally met with the hard truth that his entire family had left him leaving him alone in this world.

”AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Why? Brother!? Why did you leave me too???”

The hope of not being alone disappeared, and his heart broke into millions of pieces. Emotions welled up as he fell to his knees whiles he wiped the tears away.

His body was not in pain, but his body burned because of myriads of emotions. He did not know what to do, he grew restless and, in the end, he resorted to punching the ground until his fist bled.

”Leo! Stop it!” Wang Ling caught Leo's hands and stopped his outburst.

Leo looked at him, his eyes already without hope, asking him, begging him for one thing, ”If I stop… will you bring him back??? Will you return my brother? Will I get him back?”

Wang Ling stayed silent and at that moment, the only thing he thought of doing was pulling the boy into his arms.

”Just cry it out, boy.” He stated with a soft tone.

Being alive was something to be thankful for, yet the truth was that being left in this world with no one was also painful to endure. Leo was but a young boy, his future still unascertained yet he was already thrown into such a predicament.

His tears did not stop his cries turned to wails and, in the end, he bawled as a child would.

The one before him maybe his brother's body, yet the one within it was someone he did not even know. Leo… was now alone.

Wang Ling had been in his shoes before, the despair it brought to the young and immature heart of Leo would be nothing short of devastating, and in some unnamed mountain, the sound of a boy's cries could be heard.