8 Augury (2/2)

”But it hasn't been too long since that demon came through this area. Its energies have become so oppressive it created an uncanny area.” Ye Yuyan seemingly mumbled to himself.

”To think you would have sealing scrolls...” Nesilia said vaguely as she looked at his robes. Ye Yuyan's eyes flitted across Nesilia as he noticed her chalice had disappeared.

'A demon sealer, a knighted expert, A seer trained in augury, and even a prince. What a powerful team...' Ye Yuyan thought as he evaluated everyone.

Augury was a special type of path, of the 3 paths it was based on Sealing. But it was not a complete path like sealing and was instead cultivated as an auxiliary skill.

An auger wouldn't seal demons within themselves but instead, they focused on expelling demonic powers using an arcane focus like a chalice.

”Don't you westerners have your own methods of dispelling and sealing demonic energies?” Ye Yuyan asked in a disbelieving tone.

”We do and she's the one proficient in them.” Knighted Maven chuckled as he pointed to Nesilia.

”I do indeed, I brought along everything necessary for augury. But my divination was nowhere near as fast as you.” She said in a self-deprecating tone.

”Enough of that, where is the frost demon?” Han Yi commanded in a domineering tone.

”It should be around 1000 or so paces away.” Ye Yuyan said as he looked past the forest, almost as if he could see something in the distance.

”But that isn't our only problem, the beasts around here were corrupted by the uncanny valley.” He said almost grinning because at that moment a black wolf with ravenous red eyes jumped out of the forest at him.

Knighted Maven reached for the sword on his waist ready to slash out. But suddenly Ye Yuyan roared and slammed down his palm.

”Ha!” With the expulsion of his breath, his palm slammed down on the beast throwing it back into the forest 10s of meters. In his palm was a bloody light that faded away as quickly as it appeared.

”Looks like you aren't a newborn babe. Handle yourself kid, hahaha!” Knighted Maven laughed as he unsheathed his sword. A bull suddenly rushed out of the forest and its eyes shining with a red demonic light. It charged towards Maven as he slashed down dissecting the beast in one slash.

Nesilia's chalice rematerialized in front of her and a white mist emanated from it. A group of black snakes slithered near her with few trying to pounce on her.

But the white mist took on various forms becoming a wind blade at one moment then a shield the next. The blades cut apart the snakes and dispelled the dark energies.

Yunshi stood still but, whenever a beast came near him and Han Yi; he would raise his fist and punch it across the forest. Maven and Ye Yuyan worked together using a combination of palm strikes and sword attacks to repel the best.

”The beasts just don't seem to end, Ji boy do you have any methods for this?” Maven asked as he was his sword was arm deep inside a bear.

”Sadly no, all I could do was dispel the illusion. The keyman for this is her as long as her Augury finishes the area will be cleaned.” Ye Yuyan joked as his palm ripped apart a fox.

At that moment Nesilia started chanting and her white mist started to spread across the battlefield. Anywhere it touched the black and grey energies would dissipate.

Wherever it passed, the color of the land would return revealing the carnage hidden by the illusion. Strown around the forest were frozen corpses, it looked like a frozen hell with no end.

”Sadly I can't dispel the slaughter qi. Only the remnant authority of this fiend could be removed.” Nesilia said with a disappointed tone.

”That is enough, we need to get to the village first.” Han Yi commanded.

”But what about the frost demon. The way it's headed it will end up on the outskirts of the desolate range. With all the villages, thousands if not more will die.” Ye Yuyan asked with concern.

”Our priority is the investigation! We wouldn't even be able to fight the thing anyway, It's a real deal fiend.” Han Yi said ruthlessly

”But...” Ye Yuyan started to say

”But nothing! We will proceed and you will lead us otherwise...” Han Yi said as his fist and body cracked like thunder.

Expelling a deep breath Ye Yuyan grabbed his umbrella with both hands and started walking up the mountain. Everyone in the group stayed silent even the talkative Maven.

Ye Yuyan walking at the front looked at the horizon and his lips bloomed into a sardonic smile. His eyes flashed with the image of a struggling frost demon.