20 Greedy Elder (1/2)

Swordmad offered to escort Yale towards the Nacesai Academy; the 1-star period was the most dangerous time for anyone.

The main reason was the loss of the World's Protection while one's strength was still similar to before, it was very easy to be ambushed and killed.

Yale accepted his offer about this matter as that wasn't only to protect him, but also to spend more time together before Yale entered the Nacesai Academy.

Swordmad told Yale to wait for him near the entrance while he went to pick a new sword for Yale as the first one was extremely damaged.

Yale did as his master said and waited near the limit of the clan terrains while holding Wyba in his arms, as long as he was inside the clan domains he shouldn't be in any danger.

However, problems appeared for Yale, and the source was a voice that shouted angrily towards Yale.

”You kid! What are you doing here!”

That was an old man who after shouting looked at Wyba.

”Oh, what a wolf cub. Brat, you shouldn't take beasts from the clan, they are dangerous, give me back that wolf for safekeeping before you get injured.”

”Wyba isn't a clan belonging, and she won't injure me.”

The old man angered Yale, and he replied without fear but with courtesy.

”So that's a wolf slave. However, it's still a clan's belonging; you are from a younger generation and anything yours is also a clan's belonging. That slave wolf, even if you are the one who contracted it you have to give it to the clan.”

Even if the old man started talking like he was showing concern about Yale, in truth, he was only trying to rob him. In the Roanmad clan, there weren't such rules about the younger generation's belongings.

However, even if Yale knew it and wanted to vent his anger, he still controlled himself.

”Senior I'm sorry, we have a life-bound contract, there's no way to break it.”

Yale answered with the truth.

”Who would believe that! How can an unknown little kid like you form a life-bound contract? You are lying to take possession of something that righteously belongs to the clan! I'm a clan elder if I tell you to give me that wolf, you should do it immediately!”

The old man was threatening Yale and didn't believe that Yale had a life-bound contract with Wyba, even if that was the truth.

Yale was also sure that the old man didn't recognize him, with Swordmad as his master no elder dared to threaten him.

”Senior, I'm telling the truth, you could ask my master, he is...”

”Shut up! You broke the clan rules by disobeying me! I should punish you for your impertinence!”

Yale didn't know how to deal with that unreasonable elder from the clan, Yale only told the truth but the elder still wanting to rob Wyba, in other words, the elder wanted to kidnap Yale's little sister.

Yale anger was about to explode, but at that moment he only wanted to win a bit more time until Swordmad returned and then all would be solved.

However, the elder's next words let him no more time.

”Of course, your punishment is the death penalty!”

The elder attacked Yale without hesitation, with his position he didn't fear any consequence of killing an unknown kid from the clan.

He always extorted the weaker ones in the clan and resorted to trickery to reach his position, he already killed some kids in the past, and it always was because of the so-called clan's rules. Of course, he never was punished for that.

Yale didn't expect that old man to be such an impulsive moron.

Yale just used Absolute Protection to evade the deadly attack, Yale didn't fear the old man, and given the intense energy emitted by the attack, Swordmad would sense it and arrive in any moment.

The elder felt that he killed Yale, but Yale was still perfectly fine after the attack, and the old man didn't understand the situation as he looked at Yale with a weird expression.

”I didn't believe a puny clan elder dared to launch such a deadly attack towards my disciple.”

The elder was shocked by the voice, but he died without being able to process the situation, if the elder dared to kill kids because of his position, then Swordmad could also easily kill elders if he was angry.

Swordmad didn't believe someone inside the clan was stupid enough to try to kill Yale.

Swordmad thought that Yale would be dead due to being late again and his anger reached the heavens.

However, Swordmad became shocked since as he saw the elder killing Yale and yet at the same time saw that Yale was without even a single scratch.

What shocked him more was that he sensed time fluctuation around Yale. There was no doubt that Yale used some skill related to time. There was no way Yale had time to develop such an ability in less than a day, and even the Nacesai Academy didn't have time-related skills so there was no way he could have obtained it and studied beforehand.

To Swordmad there was only one explication, Yale had some innate connection with the time element, and in a deadly crisis, he used a time skill instinctively.

Swordmad thoughts were only half right as it was true that Yale didn't develop Absolute Protection and he also didn't learn the technique. However, it wasn't an instinct like Swordmad thought, Yale was very conscious about using Absolute Protection, that was a Legacy Skill, and he could use it even if he didn't understand the principles behind it.

That was a strange situation. Usually one couldn't freely use a technique which one didn't understand, but Yale could use it freely once per month.

Swordmad put aside the matter of the time fluctuation and went to see if Yale had any injury, but Yale was perfectly well.

After that, a voice resounded in the clan.

”Swordmad! Why do you kill an elder!”

That voice was the Clan Chief who rushed over after sensing the attacks from the old man and Swordmad.

”He tried to kill my disciple, so obviously he should die, no matter who he was.”