Green Forest, Near Black Snake border,
Soaring Eagle
A young man sat on top of a rock, with his legs crossed. The wind blew softly, moving his long silky-black hair to and fro with the wind. He appeared in peace, one with nature, one hand holding a book, titled 'Annals of Light Sects and Dark Sects; Volume 2', while the other came up to change the page from time to time. The young man was so engrossed on the book, he didn't notice the animals drawn to him, until they scatter away.
Cael was just reading a passage on the book when he was interrupted.
"She really wants me, she just doesn't know it yet, see, women act like they are not interested , they might even say no, and act angry, or scared, I seen this many times. But, they do ,they want to be hug, have their breast caressed and-"
Suddenly Cael glanced up, seeing a few deer and rabbits run back into the woods didn't seem strange to him, what was strange was they ran as if running from something.
Cael used his spatial ring to store the book and stood up from the rock. He was dressed in dark green silky clothes he had stolen from Old Perv to camouflage in Soaring Eagle's territory.
Cael used 'Soaring View' to see from his position what was going on in front of him, his regular vision was impaired by giant trees in front. Using 'Soaring View' allows him to see an aerial view of his surroundings. He focus on movements a few miles ahead of his position.
He saw a group dressed in dark green clothes, fighting a slightly bigger and more coordinated group dressed in black clothes with a red stripe across their back.
'Soaring Eagle fighting against Black Snake? In Soaring Eagle's territory?'
Cael could see that the group in green was losing, but it was not his problem. He was about to go back to reading his book, but he noticed something he had not paid attention to.
There, in the middle of the fight, was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. She had golden-blonde hair tied in a ponytail, strings of her hair flew in the wind as she twirl and spun , fighting back. She was dressed in tight fitting fighting apparel, which only accentuated her figure more, and what a figure she had, her face showed no fear as she fought back with her sword. Her blue eyes concentrated on her opponents, while sweat drip from her brow.
As Cael watched, he could see some amazing moves, it was almost like a dancer, performing for a king. She would spin her sword clockwise, gathering leafs around her sword, spinning with its movements. Than , she would point her sword at the assailants in front, attacking them with sharp knife-like leafs. All of them cutting into something.
She seemed like a goddess performing move after move, without stop. The downside to only concetrating on opponents in front of her, was a skinny person appearing behind her, he use the pommel of his sword to pummel her in the head. Knocking her out.
Cael watched helplessly as he had just don a mask to hide his face. Having used 'Air Steps' , he had walked on air and made it half way there. Now he just stood dumbfounded in the sky.
'I just put a mask for nothing? I was supposed to save the damsel in distress and she would have thrown herself at me.' He sighed.
Cael pondered on what to do, and recalled a passage on 'Annals of Light Sects and Dark Sects; Volume 1'.
"In a fight, the one who wins, always gets the women , make sure to win, it's all about the women, that's the reason why wars are fought."
'I can beat those guys up, and have her companions tell her of my deeds once she wakes up!'
He continued even faster, running in the air as if on invisible stairs only he could see and use.
Some of them saw him approaching fast, and others stopped fighting and pointed at him. The Soaring Eagle clan members cheered, while the group in black, Black Snake clan members, turned to see the commotion.
Cael dropped right behind a Black Snake member who had his back to him.
'Now what?' He thought.
"Wait!" Cael said, seeing the person in front of him, about to pick up the girl from the floor.
The guy turned around startled by his appearance that he jumped back, and fell on his butt.
'What an ass, haha' He smiled as he thought that, hearing some whispers from behind him.
He did not bother turning around, instead saying amicably. "Why don't we just shake hands and call this to a stop?" Cael asked looking at the people in front of him.
The ass got up and rushed him while drawing his sword from his scabbard.
Cael evaded the moves easily, while trying to convince him to stop. "Let's calm down okay? I know emotions are heated at the moment, could you stop waving that?"
The rest of the Ass companions snapped out of their reverie and rushed him as well.
'I hate fighting' Cael sighed.
He remembered the old man telling him once, "Fighting to hurt someone who has done you no wrong is violence. Fighting the same person to protect or defend someone, is not. Boy, you will have to fight one day, whether you want to or not."
'Of all the things to remember...'
He backs up after evading another swing from Ass, and performs 'Eagle Wind' kick on him, the wind generated from the move knocked down not only Ass, but the people about to attack him as well along with a few trees that got uprooted.
'Oh no, the girl!' he used 'Light Steps' to appear next to the girl before she went flying away.
'I must have done it wrongly, when she did it the wind was very subtle, only affecting one person.' He thought as he looked around, seeing the mess he created.
There was dirt all over, one tree broken in half, while two others were uprooted, two of the men in black had crashed so hard into one another, they looked like paste splatter on the ground.
Seeing ass , who had stabbed his sword into the ground to stay rooted not too far from him. Cael decided to try it once more, concentrating on just one target.
He kicked the air and saw a half moon of compressed air head towards Ass.
Ass was still looking around at his surrounding companions, most were dead, while some had broken or missing limbs.
"Get up, what are you all scared about? He can't be at Master level, Soaring Eagle only has a few, and he sounds too young. So stop cowering and get up! We have a-" Ass was about to continue, but he stopped, hearing a strange whistling, he turned towards his front. Ass didn't even had the time to feel regret , for accepting this job as the half moon cut him in half , the two parts of him disintegrating with the wind.
'Damn, I must have packed too much Qi, making it stronger in a smaller area. Well, you learn something new everyday.' No one could see his expression, for he had a white mask with a red swirl starting where his right eye is, the only hole in the mask. Cael did not even need a hole in the mask to see, having learn to fight using his senses long ago, he just thought it look cool.
Some of the members in black who could still move, started retreating slowly, as if bigger movements could startle a monster. Some grabbed a few of their comrades, the others just left by themselves , slowly retreating, before they all made a break in different directions.
'Why are they looking back like idiots? They even left two of their friends.' Cael shook his head sadly.
He turned around, seeing the members of Soaring Eagle cloud with their mouths agape. One was vomiting next to a tree. 'Did he eat something spoiled?'
He glanced around them, wondering what to say. 'The hot girl!' Lifting his foot off the girl, Cael glanced at the girl. She was bleeding from the back of her head, laying on her back.
He squatted down to check her pulse , Qi flow, and any internal damage, placing his left palm on her neck.
Cael could sense some of the soldiers approach him, while some whispered to each other. One had a sword in his arm.
'Oh great.' He thought.
"S-Stop, what are you doing? W-Who are you?" The soldier with the sword pointing at the ground asked, if a little uncomfortable.
'Damn, they won't let me stay near her, and admire her from up close! What should I say?'
Cael opened his mouth to talk.
"What are you doing Jamarcus? Can't you see he is one of us? He used Soaring Eagle moves. Why would he come to help us if he wasn't? Look at his clothes as well." One of the soldiers next to Swordie said.
"I have never seen him before." Countered Swordie in a softer, yet challenging tone.
'How can you even know? I am wearing a mask.' Cael thought in retort.
'Great, now what should I say? I was just wearing this clothes to avoid trouble.'
Cael again opened his mouth to say an excuse, but again the same soldier interrupted him again.
"He must be a disciple of one of the Elders who left when that scum from Da Xun came."
'Oh, maybe I won't have to say anything at all. Is this just like it said in the book?'
Cael recalled a passage on 'Annals of Light Sects and Dark Sects; Volume 1' , "If you are destined to have a beauty, even if you don't try, the Gods will provide, and if you are not destined to have a beauty, than you must fight the Gods themselves if you have to! For any beauty you set your eyes to, whether she is married, single , or not interested in you, you will make her yours."
'So the Gods are providing?'
'Well, time to grasp my destiny and sound cool.'
"You can kill me now, or let me saver her. Make you choice soldier."
'I hope that sounded confident' Cael thought as he stared Swordie down.
Swordie flinched a little, but in his defense, the sword never wavered, even if it was pointing at the ground in front of him. Finally, Swordie put his sword in his scabard.
'He fell for it! How can I keep pretending to be from SE?' He thought.
Cael went back to checking on the girl. Closing his eyes, he focus on her with his senses.
'She is bleeding, and the cut is pretty big, it might require a doctor, unless I closed it. Overall she is okay, she has a stable pulse, and just some swelling inside her head.' He lifter her body a little, and placed his right palm on the back of her head, focusing his Qi in his palm. Using mostly her own Qi to speed up the healing process, too lazy to use his own.
Opening his eyes, Cael saw the wound had mostly closed, he had gather most of the blood that hadn't dried up to help as well, after cleaning it with her Qi. There was some blood on her clothes left.
He continued to hear the soldiers around him whispering. Until the guy who kept interrupting him spoke rather loudly.
"Captain Tex is dead, that makes me next in command. Alex, Tim, and Thomas. Digg a few graves to bury our dead. Jason you and Michael set up a fire and burn , burn whats left of their dead, after that, set up the tents." He looked around them. "On that hill, that's the best position." He pointed to the south of their position. "Jamarcus, see if those two are still alive, if they are, see what you can do to keep it so."
Swordie approached the guy speaking and hissed. "Why are we setting camp here? They might come back!"
"The p-, she can't move, and it might make her injuries worse if we move. I am now in Command Jamarcus, and it wasn't a question."
Jamarcus seemed to ponder over something for a few seconds before saying. "Yes Sergeant Vick."
Vick sighed as he turned to Little John, the only wounded of the eight, who was currently bandaging his own right arm, it didn't look that bad.
"When you are done, pick up whatever supplies and equipment the dead had on them." Vick said.
"Yes Sir!" Little John responded. He was a very tall person to be called Little, he was even a foot taller than Cael's 5' 11" height.
Vick turned to face him and said "I can't thank you enough for what you did. You will be compensated once we finish our mission."
Cael just grunted, he was wondering how can he have the soldiers put in a good word for him if he left.
'Maybe I can pretend she still needs me for healing? Or that I know the way to Avion(1)?'
Vick scratched the back of his head. "I know you helped us, alot, but as a fellow clan's member can you make a promise?"
Cael pondered whether to agree or not.
"Say it."
Vick sighed. "What I have to say is very important, the person you are currently healing is Annabelle." Seeing no reaction from the masked man in front of him he continued. "Annabelle, our princess, the only child and heir of our clan. Please help me take her to White Tiger's territory, it is of the highest importance." He pleaded.