The speed of Malakas was mindblowing. He didn't have the obstacles that they would face on the ground, and his speed was consistently over 300mph. His stamina was astonishing.
"You must be great at the annual Minoka meet ups. The ladies there must leap at the display of your stamina." Raikou teased.
"Must you always speak with such a vulgar tone?"
"I forgot that you're an old man... Spoil sport." Raikou laughed.
He realised they had finally reached the continent of Ancients, so he checked his link to Satella for the location of her family territory. She was on the move at a rapid pace. Raikou used the Haldir to check if she was still in the territory, but it showed that she was still in her room cultivating.
Smacking the orb, he exclaimed, "Is this thing broken?"
They flew in the direction of Satella and what he saw made his jaw drop. The direction they had flown in was full of endless water. It was an ocean on the edge of the continent, and it finally made sense why she was always on the move.
"A fucking turtle! The Odelschwanck territory is situated on the back of a huge turtle..." He muttered in shock.
Akupara: A huge turtle that houses a country on its back. An ancient being dating back billions of years.
His inspection only gave him a limited amount of information on the beast. It isn't a simple creature to have escaped his inspection. Even the faerie transcendents couldn't do such a thing to him.
"I have to admit, this is a badass place to build a territory." He felt a sense of respect for Maria rising up within him.
Malakas dove down onto the turtle on Raikou's command. It was a crash landing in front of Maria's castle.
"Sorry, I haven't landed from a high speed in a long time." Malakas was embarassed with his performance.
"It was exactly what I wanted." He replied before shouting, "Daddy's back!"
The shout was so loud that everyone on the streets stopped and looked at him. The audience wasn't as big as it would have been in a human country, as the ancient races have a lower fertility rate compared to humans.
"Malakas, you can rest on top of the castle for now." He wanted to give a proper display of power to bring Maria out. Her ass whooping would have to be done in public, instead of in the castle.
An elven man came out of the castle, but there was no one with him.
"Where is Maria?" Raikou questioned.
The man sneered. "You aren't qualified to see her with your lack of manners." He pulled his sword out gracefully and attacked Raikou.
"How rude." Blocking the sword attack, he quickly inspected his opponent.
Name: Byt Arrogante
Cultivation: Rank 6 7th Level | Age: 1536
Species: Elf
His opponent was pretty young for an elf of saint realm cultivation.
Raikou used cloud slashes to retaliate, but Byt parried his sword with ease. It was shocking for him, as he didn't expect someone below the peak saint realm to be able to resist his attacks.
Lunging forward, he brought his sword down on Byt's head, which was a distraction attempt to punch him in the gut. However, Byt blocked both attacks and leapt backwards.
"You're not bad." Byt was inwardly shocked that an expert level cultivator was this strong, but he kept his arrogant exterior in place. The speed of Raikou's sword was surprising and most people couldn't even see the sword move, but Byt wasn't one of those people.
"You're not bad yourself." Similarly, Raikou was shocked that a high level saint was fighting him equally.
Activating aura, he attacked again with a ferocious flurry of attacks.
Yet again, Byt parried each strike, but this time the difficulty was shown on his face.
Dosho hovered in front of Raikou, "Isn't it obvious? His sword mastery is at the peak of the saint realm, which is allowing him to match you, who is superior in stats."
He furrowed his brows and decided to put more of his concentration into the battle. Someone with a higher level of mastery in the sword could be used as a grindstone.
Attacking again, he took in his opponent's every move. Byt was extremely graceful with every move, as if the sword was an extension of his arm. Continuous attacks let him slowly improve his own use of the sword.
He felt it! Reaching the peak of the grandmaster realm had just been achieved, and he could even feel a small step towards the saint realm being made.
"Aura! Time to end this." With his boosted stats, he activated cloud slashes and strategically used the slashes to rip off all of Byt's clothes.
"Hey naked elf! Fuck off and bring your queen out." Byt looked unwilling, but he returned back to the palace anyway.
After a few minutes of waiting, the door to the castle creaked open once again. A slender leg was the first thing that was visible, and a body slowly appeared from the door gap.
"Maria Tu Odelschwanck has arrived!" Byt was fully clothed and full of arrogance again, as he announced Maria's arrival.
"Little boy, you have caused quite the mess." She smiled at him, but the smile wasn't a warm one. It was as if she was waiting for him to give her the Haldir.
"I have completed the task you set for me."
Her eyebrows rose in surprise. She didn't expect him to have gotten the Haldir so soon. She beckoned him inside, "Let us discuss this behind closed doors."
Raikou smirked, "No thank you." He pulled the orb out and juggled it in his hands, "Isn't this what you wanted."
With a frown on her face, she commanded, "Give it to me!"
"Nah. I'm good." He returned the orb back to his inventory and yawned.
Knowing that her guards were too weak to fight him, she stepped forward with her bow and aimed it at his head.
"Give! It! To! Me!" Every word was filled with an authority that most wouldn't be able to resist.
Raikou yawned again, "Nah, I'm good."