126 Wang Xiaoyun (1/2)
While Xue Wei was busy coming up with an escape plan, a different group of experts back in Heping Kingdom was on the move.
This was the Wayfarer's group of experts. They had been spending the last few years hunting down the Ice Harpy – and although they had killed other Primordial Beasts in the meantime, their primary target had never changed.
The Ice Harpy was an existence that was renowned as one of the strongest Primordial Beasts in the eastern part of the continent, and she had a reputation for wantonly killing scores of humans just for the fun of it. Her massacres were committed with indiscrimination, be it village or a stray soldier she met by coincidence on the road, and a trail of blood would follow everywhere she went.
They had been on her trail for a long time, but they had not once pinned down her location until now.
Strangely enough, their investigations revealed that she was still in the Kingdom of Heping, a kingdom where the Ice Harpy had no equal and where she could act with impunity.
Deep inside the Northern Taiga the group had set up camp. While many were busy roasting Fierce Beast meat on the bonfires, a young beautiful woman clad in a green dress was sitting with an elderly woman.
”Grandma, do you really think that Xue Wei is a Primordial Beast? Or do you think that he has by chance been tricked by them?” Wang Xiaoyun was anxious and had been feeling depressed the last couple of months after hearing that her sweetheart stood accused of being a Primordial Beast.
”I do not think he is one,” the grandmother laughed gently as she rubbed Wang Xiaoyun's head, ”but even if he is not a Primordial Beast, there is sufficient evidence that he has colluded with them. Even if he holds a special place in your heart, you cannot let love blind you.”
”We are Wayfarers. We will never let those who work with the Primordial Beasts be; they ought to be slain. It is likely that he was forced to work with them because of the extenuating circumstances behind his accusation, but the fact that the Primordial Beasts did not instantly kill him when he found them means that he has offered them something.”
”Word is that he is currently traveling with a Primordial Beast. A beast that resembles a black dog with wings.”
”When we have successfully hunted the Ice Harpy, our next target is likely to become this black dog and the Crimson Devil. By then, calm your heart – you cannot go against our family.”
”We will be hunting Xue Wei?” Wang Xiaoyun's face turned pale, and her lips trembled. Her hands were clenched into fists.
The elderly lady sighed when she saw the significant change that had occurred in Wang Xiaoyun's expression. ”We are Wayfarers. Our lives are tied together with Primordial Beasts. When we activate our bloodline and become warriors, the warriors we become are far more magnificent than the norm.”
”Our type of warriors are superior because of the Primordial Blood that flows in our veins. It has mutated our Qi and bodies. Although we seem like any other person, our bodies have become as if made from iron.”
”Our ancestor became like this because of the Primordial Beasts. They did experiments on him and his many brothers and sisters. In the end, the majority of them died; only a handful survived and became the ancestors of us Wayfarers.”
”This hatred towards the Primordial Beasts must never be forgotten. They treated us as slaves and livestock. They turned us into experimental subjects and did not care at all about what was acceptable.”
”The Primordial Beasts are all terrible.” The older woman's face turned into a hideous grimace as she thought about the Primordial Beasts.
”For our ancestors, we fight them. For the peace of humankind, we will kill them. This is our responsibility; and although I quite liked that little boy, I will still slaughter him now that he is working together with a Primordial Beast.”
”Grandma, please excuse me.” Wang Xiaoyun's face was so pale that she looked like a wax figurine, and her lower lip was trembling. Her eyes were moist and her voice was shaking. She excused herself and almost ran from her grandmother's side towards the carriage that belonged to her.
The grandmother who was left behind sitting in the darkness sighed and shook her head with sadness in her eyes. ”I am sorry, my little one,” she sighed, ”but the truth is that he has chosen to ally with the Primordial Beasts, and thus our sides will always be against one another.”
”You think he chose to ally with the beasts?” Resounding laughter rang through the entire campsite of the Wayfarers, and a beautiful woman descended from the heavens above.
Her hair was silver like beautiful rays of moonlight; her eyes were blue like the coldest ice; and her skin was pale like porcelain.
Her body was perfectly curvy, her waist so slim that a single arm could hold it, and her overall beauty was just breathtaking. When looking at her descending through the air shrouded by the moonlight, she did not look mortal at all. In fact, she looked like an immortal fairy.
”Normally, I would not personally have come to find you all since it is much more fun to trick Wayfarers into wasting their time, but I heard something interesting this time,” she laughed out loud as she looked at the grandmother.
The loud laughter had alarmed the entire camp, and everyone had drawn their weapons and were moving towards this otherworldly fairy. The first to arrive was Wang Xiaoyun.
Although Wang Xiaoyun was a beauty, she could not help but feel inferior when compared to this woman in front of her. They were leagues apart! But she soon recognized the face. This was the human shape of the Ice Harpy! Their target and objective throughout many years!
This Ice Harpy was looking at Wang Xiaoyun curiously, but deep within her eyes was a hostility that could make anyone feel uncomfortable.