121 The western hills (2/2)
The commander was almost shouting with impatience and borderline insubordination.
Sat across from him was Prince Jian who seemed to be taking his time to think over the current matters. He wasn't in a rush to get involved in this situation, everyone in the aristocratic circles were tensely waiting to see what he would do.
With the attitude the commander was displaying in the prince's castle, killing intent filled the room from the experts hidden in the shadows of Prince Jian's office.
The young prince held up his hand calming his bodyguards, he massaged his temples with both hands. ”They are sending a saint, commander are you going to challenge a saint?” the prince asked.
Commander Genk's nostrils flared as he tried to hold back his emotions. ”Send one of our saints then, the boy has got too much potential to waste it like this.” Just thinking about the miracles the boy had performed time after time in Tivoli the commander was unwilling to see him fall so easily at the hands of these petty nobles.
The commander pleaded in desperation. He knew the prince was a cut-throat politician but he didn't expect the prince to not even try and save such an important asset.
Prince Jian was caught in two minds, he could easily send one of his saints but he was thinking of the white iron that he owed Hartley, the value of the white iron might be worth letting someone with great potential fall. How many people with great potential has he seen meet their demise in his tenure, Would this be any different? .....
Bathed in dull sunshine, Hartley stopped on a familiar crest at the entrance to the manor, they stood on the rocky ground and listened to the birds chirping as they watched the trees swaying. Hartley breathed in deeply, the trees and the birds seemed to be immune to the gloom permeating the atmosphere or they just didn't care about the supposed impending doom of the western hills Hartley thought.
Hartley took Zhi Ruo's hand into his, a fond smile brightened her features which still had a dried streak of a tear staining her cheek. A translucent sphere was ejected from Hartley's body and covered them both, Zhi Ruo made a welp and was startled momentarily, almost losing her balance as they both started to float upwards leaving dust swirling beneath them.
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People who were watching the couple nonchalantly walking as if they were on their last tour of the manor squinted their eyes in disbelief, soldiers clad in iron armor swiftly jumped to their feet from their lax sitting positions.
Commoners flocked along the cobble stone roads and stared at the sky, some cupping their palms above their brows as they were blinded by the rising golden sunshine coming over the green mountains. A din of noise returned to the western hills as people burst into frantic conversations all around the manor while calling others to verify if what they were all seeing was true.
The gathering commoners saw the unbelievable sight of the couple standing in mid air and every once in a while a blue light would twinkle and flicker around their majestic god-like figures like a star had risen into the sky in broad daylight.
Even in a world of cultivators where nothing seems impossible this was a miracle in their eyes as they watched the beautiful couple hover in the sky like angels, some watched in awe with tears falling from their eyes.
This raised hope in their hearts, for the past couple of days everyone had resigned themselves to the fate of death after hearing the decree from the eldest prince. These people who used to live a hungry and bare-boned life knew that if they abandoned the western hills and sought refuge in the surrounding fiefs, what awaited them there was only a slow torturous death at the hands of the disgruntled nobles. Even so, a few had already abandoned the western hills and went back to grovel at the feet of their former masters.
In many ways their fates were tied to the lord of the western hills and seeing him floating 20 meters in the sky shook their hearts, it felt like seeing an unstoppable god separating himself from the mortal plane.
The skyline of the entire captial was visible to Hartley and Zhi Ruo, she gulped down a breath of air as her eyes moved around in wonder. ”Look” Hartley pointed his chin at the vast stretches of land endlessly meandering below them. He then continued.
”The western hills is but a grain of sand on a never ending beach,” he turned his head to look directly in her eyes.
”This is only the beginning of our journey to dominance Ruo, when I asked you to leave the Waltham province with me I told you we were going to make our mark, and to make that mark we will step over the piling and rotting dead bodies of those who dare to stand in our way. No matter who they might be.”