Chapter 700: It is time (1/2)
GDK 700: It is time
All throughout the journey, Han Shuo was left to tend to the seriously injured Carmelita. After taking medicinal pellets that Han Shuo had personally refined, Carmelita’s injuries started recovering rapidly. Even the aura of coldness in her body had been diluted.
When Carmelita learned that Han Shuo could produce medicine even more miraculous than any medical practitioner could even though he was not a physician, she thought that Han Shuo was definitely a treasure chest. She had personally experienced the magic of Han Shuo’s medicinal pellets on her wounds. She repeatedly inquired with Han Shuo about topics of this aspect all along the journey home.
The art of refining medicinal pellets wasn't solely a scope of demonic arts and therefore Han Shuo wasn’t afraid that Gu Tian Xie the Exalted Demonlord’s formidable enemy might find him through learning this. He concocted a mystifying story, saying that it was an old pharmacist on Profound Continent who had imparted the knowledge to him. Carmelita took his story to be true and she was amazed to learn that people of extraordinary talent could also be found on low-level material planes.
The distance between the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range and the City of Shadows was enormous. Han Shuo, carrying Carmelita, took around half a month to complete the trip. During this period of time, the two managed to bond rather easily. Carmelita would click her tongue in wonder when Han Shuo told her some interesting stories about Profound Continent, occasionally mixed with a few bits of his experiences back on Earth. Her disconsolate mood from losing all her troops gradually improved.
After conversing with Carmelita, Han Shuo learned that because of her unattractiveness and her irascible temper, she had almost no friends. The few friends she had were all females, one of whom was Donna. Most males would either keep a distance from her or merely regard her as somewhat of a master figure.
Han Shuo also learned that Carmelita, being very self-aware about her appearance, spent all her time and effort on cultivation. Then, perhaps due to prolonged social isolation, she became more and more short-tempered and eccentric. On top of her extraordinary strength and outstanding status, not many would dare to make contact with her. Hence, she slowly became an alien in the City of Shadows - an ugly woman that everyone feared.
But during this period of time, having interacted with the injured Carmelita, Han Shuo discovered that she was actually a decent character.
During their journey back to the City of Shadows, during the short few weeks, the two had become good friends who could talk about anything with each other. While attending to Carmelita’s injuries, Han Shuo would often take the opportunity to consult her about the energy of destruction. Carmelita did not know that Han Shuo also cultivated in the energy of destruction. Although she found it strange that Han Shuo would ask her questions about it, she explained her cultivation experiences to Han Shuo in detail.
It was during this time that Han Shuo came to realize why Carmelita was known to be a prodigy in the cultivation of the energy of destruction. During the short few weeks time, from this highgod of destruction, Han Shuo gained a higher level of understanding towards the energy of destruction. Many things that previously confused him suddenly became clear to him.
On one of those days, during a discussion with Carmelita, Han Shuo’s avatar of destruction that had been stuck in mid-stage lowgod realm came to a sudden enlightenment. It immediately sank into a meditative state inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon.
Time seemed to be speeding by for the two of them. On the seventeenth day, Han Shuo and Carmelita arrived at the City of Shadows without even realizing it.
In Carmelita’s presence, Han Shuo did not meet any resistance throughout the journey. He went directly into the Sainte Residence with her.
The Sainte Residence was located at the center of the City of Shadows. It was the official residence of the City Lord. As the most ancient family clan in the City of Shadows, the Sainte Residence was even more expansive than the Lavers’. A huge ruckus was immediately set off in the House of Sainte when the divine guards saw Han Shuo carrying the injured Carmelita inside by her arm.
All of a sudden, the entire House of Sainte was packed. Those elders of the House of Sainte and some divine guards hurried to surround Carmelita and anxiously asked about her condition.
Carmelita was not a beautiful woman, but her extraordinary strength and high position in her family clan, on top of the fact that she is the daughter of the City Lord, meant she was highly regarded by her family members. When they saw that she was heavily injured, the house was in a frenzy.
That was all until the patriarch of the House of Sainte, the incumbent City Lord of the City of Shadows, Wallace Sainte arrived hurriedly. Only then did they quiet down.
Wallace Sainte was Carmelita’s father. As a late-stage highgod cultivating in the energy of darkness, Wallace carried an imposing, majestic demeanor. He had lustrous black hair around an inch long. His eyes, deep gray in color, glistened with divine radiance. He stood more than two meters in height and had a robust build. When he stepped into the room, it was as though a mountain had entered there with him.
“What happened?” As soon as he came over, Wallace held Carmelita with his big hands and asked in a deep voice.
“There is a piece of Heaven’s Gift in the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range, our intel knew nothing about this. When I brought men there, we ran into two highgods…” Carmelita anxiously gave an account of the whole event to her father.
After Carmelita finished her recount, Wallace put on a grave expression and said, “You stay at home to treat your injuries. Leave the rest to me, I will send men to take care of it!”
“No, I want to be there, I want to watch them die before my eyes!” Carmelita replied with a stern voice. It was obvious that she felt responsible for the death of her men.
“I have said that you will stay at home to treat your injuries, don’t make me repeat myself. You are not to go anywhere until you are back in good health!” Wallace straightforwardly denied the request. He turned around to instruct a gentle looking middle-aged man, “Brother, keep a close eye on her!”
“Understood, Elder Brother,” Wallace’s brother Andre nodded and continued, a complacent smile on his face, “Don’t worry, I will make sure that she recovers at the fastest speed possible. You may remain focused on your tasks.”
Wallace became much more at ease and nodded after hearing his brother’s words. When he was about to leave and start taking care of the matter, he suddenly saw Han Shuo who was standing in a corner, glancing all around in boredom. Wallace stared blankly for a moment and after a brief moment of thinking, he asked in an amicable manner, “You must be Bryan?”
“Pleasure to meet you,” Han Shuo felt rather overwhelmed and excited to have Wallace, the most powerful person in the City of Shadows initiating a conversation with him. However, he did not reveal any signs of panic. He nodded calmly and replied in a manner neither servile nor overbearing.