33 Why... (2/2)
”Let's at least bring you some peace.”
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Standing in a large room paved in marble, a man sitting on a throne draped in red spoke.
”Li Tao.”
”Yes, elder.”
”Where'd you get this sword?”
Gazing at him, the man on the throne held a warm sword. Li Tao, pausing, explained.
”It was from one of the lackeys of the person who attacked our young master. Elder.”
The elder paused for a second, but in this second the atmosphere within the room darkened. Li Tao's face broke into a sweat as he felt even breathing become difficult.
”You did what?”
A stark voice erupted from the elder as he frowned at Li Tao, making Li Tao himself confused.
”E-Elder, I thought we were meant to be punishing that ant?”
”That ant?! That ant is the ant who killed Li Zhi!”
The elder gripped his throne as he roared back at Li Tao. Li Tao in return went wide with shock, then, a fearful expression erupted in him.
”I..”
”Li Zhi was at the level of an elder in the Martial Union. An elder! That ant you just spat at is a tiger, a tiger you can't deal with!”
The elder shouted in fury, fixing his beastly gaze on Li Tao. Li Tao himself finally couldn't take it and collapsed onto the ground, kneeling down.
”Get out of my sight!”
Speaking his final worlds, the elder closed his eyes, deep in thought. Li Tao, struggling onto his knees, stammered out of the red room covered in sweat.
The elder, sighing, muttered under his breath.
”Even if I wanted to protect you, I will have a hard time fighting against someone who can kill Li Zhi in one move...”
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”I refuse to believe it!”
Roaring, Li Tao punched a wall next to him as he gazed outside. The two same people walked up to him with confusion, but no matter how much they asked Li Tao wouldn't tell them what the elder said.
”Come on, we need to find that ant and kill him before he recovers!”
Ushering the two out, Li Tao walked down a long hallway and into a room named 'Armory'. A couple floating orbs shone in his eyes, pure white.
Placing his hand on one, he paused for a moment as he brought a couple tokens out of a bag that hung by his side. They were brown, identical to the one Su Min had.
A stream of information emerged in Li Tao's head, displaying numerous items. He pondered for a bit before choosing a specific item.
'Three flying plates.'
A vortex, a couple feet wide, emerged above the orb as 3 miniature metal boxes got thrown out. They floated midair, swirling around Li Tao's head.
The vortex was a tad different compared to the one Su Min saw; like it was unstable and had a shaky foundation.
*Grab*
Throwing two of the boxes to the two men behind him, Li Tao grabbed the last one before striding back out into the hallway.
His eyes, glowing with hatred, shone as he threw the metal box out, and with a woosh, it expanded to the size of a mat.
*Step*
Stepping onto it, he flew forward.
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*Woooshh*
A silent wind blew on a fluttering jacket as Su Min held a corpse in his arms. He, looking at a green spot on a hill, nodded before placing the corpse down.
”I'll bury him here...”
Gripping his axe, his chest fluttered with a shimmer of gold as strands of energy darted into his body. With a swift swing, his axe blurred into the air, and with a fierce plunge, his axe struck the grassy ground.
*SLASH*
A shining gold erupted from the axe as the strand in Su Min's body enveloped it. A materialised blade of air pierced out of the golden shine as it got near the ground, accompanying the plunging axe.
*BANG*
A harsh bang rattled out as the axe and the blade of wind smacked the dirt, rupturing it with chunks of debris.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
Not waiting, Su Min breathed once more and thrashed the ground again with the glowing axe. His body churned as a constant stream of gold spewed into his chest and, taking only a second, onto his axe, straining his muscles and bones.
He continuously repeated the cycle until a cloud of seared smoke wafted out from the terrain.
”This should be enough.”
A rectangle, outlined with 4 cuts, revealed itself from the smoke. The rectangle was about the size of a human, with a depth of a couple meters.
Stumbling back to the corpse, Su Min picked the sword youth up and placed him in the hole. He, with a sad gaze, kneeled for a few seconds before throwing dirt onto the corpse.
”I'll finish what I started...”
[1] -Metaphor, not a literal sword corpse