On the other place leaded by the swordsman, they were caught off guard when the strong winds suddenly came, causing their unstable movements while traveling. Paired with the thunders roaring and lightnings scattering, it made these people have an ominous feeling.
But they were thoroughly frightened when the winds, thunders and lightnings were acompanying the heavy rain.
They cursed at their luck for following the swordsman and didn't listen to Lander.
What's more? The still and beautiful night became so dark engulfing them that they had to use their magic arts to create lights consuming their stamina.
Soon, they got tired and wanted to go back and join Lander but they were already far away. They might not even find them because of the darkness.
As time passes on, others were panting as they were very tired and needed some rest.
The swordsman leading them cursed, "D*mn! We should find a cave to stay and rest."
But they were unable to find a cave and who knows if they could survive this disaster.
**
The next day, a lot of people from the caves were drunk from the feast last night.
Meanwhile, the enchanting woman was still sighing as she went at the entrance of the cave. Apparently, the storm was still on going and as time passes on, it became more ravaging. "I wonder when will this stop?"
The storm was really ravaging. It even caused the trees to break and fell down. Also they could hear the soil eroding from a distance. If they continued with their journey towards the capital, it was unknown if they would survive or not.
"Milady, are you still worried about the centennial celebration?" The potion maker asked as she also followed the enchanting woman.
The enchanting woman nodded, "I just wanted to be on the top three spot."
"With your looks, talent and mount, I'm sure you'll be able to achieve what you desire," the potion maker sweetly said.
"I'm not so sure about that, but how about you? Aren't you worried about the competition either?" The enchanting woman asked deliberately.
"I'm more interested in that outcast! He's way too interesting," The potion maker said licking her lips.
"Don't tell me you liked him?" The enchanting woman questioned with one of her brows raised.
"Well, who knows?" The potion maker replied as she laughed going back.
The enchanting woman shook her head, "He's just an outcast."
Inside the cave, the enchanting woman and the potion maker just arrived when they heard the Great Baron Bobby, "Little girl, why do you call Lander as inuy-a? What does that even mean?"
Yan Yan shook her head, "I don't know Great Baron. He just told me to call him that. Maybe you could ask your dragon to ask Grey."
The Great Baron nodded as he focused on communicating with his dragon. Then there he learned the meaning of 'inuy-a.'
"So what does it mean Great Baron?" The potion maker asked.
"Well, it means elder brother or sister," The Great Baron Bobby replied nonchalantly.
"I see," The potion maker nodded her head smilingly.
"What language is that?" The enchanting woman asked.
The Great Baron turned his head towards his dragon communicating. After a while Grey told the dragon then the dragon communicated it to the Great Baron.
"It's one of the language in the Cordillera located in the Philippines," The Great Baron Bobby said curiously.
"Cordillera?" The potion maker asked.
"Philippines?" The enchanting woman also asked.
But no one knew the answer, even Grey. Apparently, Lander doesn't want to disclose any informations about the Earth to Grey.
"Never heard of that place. Even when I travelled the Phoenix, Tortoise, Pegasus and Beast Continent," The Great Baron Bobby said shaking his head.
"Then what if..." The potion maker was terrified on her thoughts.
"You mean the Void Continent?" The enchanting woman said sweating as she was very scared.
"That's Impossible! No human could survive in that place!" The Great Baron Bobby exclaimed.
"Excuse me elder but where is this Void Continent?" Yan Yan asked with curiosity.
"Let's forget about it and never talk about this again," The Great Baron said seriously.
So Yan Yan dismissed learning about the Void Continent. Even the two women kept quiet.
During the afternoon, Lander suddenly woke up. He was in a good mood, although he still felt a little bit of pain. He can manage and he's prepared to do some light exercises.
Seeing him, the potion maker was immuned by his abilities so she wasn't that shocked when she saw him regaining composure and was even stretching.
Although they saw him having his pains, they were still amazed at how much tenacity he has that he was able to endure those kinds of pains.
When he was done stretching, he was about to go out when he remembered that there was still a storm so he gave up the idea of running. Instead, he was practicing his martial arts.
Seeing this the Village Chief's daughter went towards him and kowtowed, "Please teach me master!"
"It's you again?" Lander was shocked pointing at the young woman in front of him.
"How did you find us?" Lander questioned as he just regained a little bit of his strength after being poisoned that he never knew the people around him. So he surveyed his surroundings when his gaze met the potion maker. He was dumbfounded, "Whoah! Such a beauty! Are you an actress?"
The potion maker giggled when she heard Lander's words but was also curious about his last statement, "Actress? What does actress mean?"
"Nothing! Nevermind!" Lander dismissed as he doesn't want to explain and found his way towards the potion maker extending his hand.
"Huh?" The potion maker was stunned by his actions.
Then Lander faced palm and grab the other hand of the potion maker, he showed her the handshake, "This is a handshake and is used when people meet each other as a sign of agreement or respect."
Then Lander bent his knee acting like he's proposing but instead, he kissed the back of her palm, "This is also a sign of respect and courteosy to a woman whose beauty is unparalleled!"
Then he looked at her in the eyes and said, "May I have the chance to know the name of such a beauty?"
For Lander, she saw her as the most beautiful Bollywood actress with a stunning curvature and well developed breasts hiding inside her robe. She was very alluring.
The potion maker blushed and she was just about to tell him her name when Great Baron Bobby laughed with amusement, "HAHAHAHA! Young man your flirting is quite extraordinary!"
Then Lander turned around and saw the Great Baron Bobby, "What the hell!? Elder are you stalking us? Why are you always following us? And what do you mean flirting? That is how we do respect in our place. We even hug each other and do some cheek kissing."
Then Lander showed it to him as he hugged and did some cheek kissing with the potion maker.
The potion maker was blushing with a face as red as a tomato.
"Shameless!" Another word was heard full of disdain. It came from the enchanting woman.
Lander turned his head towards where the voice came from when his world stopped, his hear beat went faster, his eyes sparkled and his brief was starting to loosen up while his junior was getting overjoyed.
He couldn't believe his eyes while looking at the peerless, captivating, extraordinary, unparalleled, ravaging, one of the best beauty he has ever seen.
Not long after, he regained his composure and suppressed his junior as he rubbed his two eyes, checking if he's really seeing the enchanting woman. He also pinched his hand to check if he's not dreaming. Only did he stopped when blood flowed out from where he pinched. His eyes were as round as an owl and his mouth was even shaped in an 'O' shape, "Whoaw!"
There was a glint of anger on the face of the enchanting woman and harrumphed.
Seeing this Lander frowned and asked himself what he did wrong so he looked at the potion maker, "Is her period today?"
Hearing this, the face of the enchanting woman became so red full of embarrassment, "How dare you!"
"Oh? I thought you wouldn't understand that," Lander spoke embarrassed.
The potion maker giggled while the Great Baron laughed amused.
Then the enchanting woman turned around and went on one of the corner of the cave hiding her embarrassed face.
Lander turned towards the potion maker, "What is thy name again of such beauty?"
"Anushka," The potion maker replied smiling sweetly.
"Nice to meet you Anushka," Lander replied grinning.
"As expected, you're an Indian." Lander said.
"Indian? What does that mean?" Anushka asked curiously.
Lander faced palm again, "Nevermind. Anyway, I shouldn't bother you then I shall take my leave beautiful."
Striding towards an open area, Lander continued his martial arts training. But before he continued, the Village Chief's daughter was bugging him again. Because she was persistent, Lander gave up and also taught her the basic posture and stance, "What's your name anyway?"
"Elizaveta," The young woman replied as she continued doing the basics. She was even taught the importance of exercises.
Then Lander left her and continued his training in which he also called Yan Yan to accompany him. He saw that Yan Yan has no experience in fighting during their time in the Thundering Town so he fought with her enhancing her abilities and experiences.
Yan Yan would often be hit on her belly, head, thigh and feet. She stumbled a lot of times but continued to stand up.
After thirty minutes, Yan Yan was already huffing and puffing so Lander told her to rest.
The people around who were watching them was twitching their lips everytime they saw Yan Yan receiving the blows.
Even Great Baron Bobby can't help but cover the areas of his body everytime Yan Yan get hit.
Also, Anushka found it a torture.
While the enchanting woman felt pity towards Yan Yan, "What a cruel bastard!"
Lander who was the center of attention grabbed his bag and brought out his soccer ball and started juggling.
Seeing this, Great Baron Bobby went towards him, "Mind if I join?"
Lander didn't spoke and pass the ball to him. When Lander saw him using magic to control the ball, he snatched the ball back, "Do not cheat Elder. Don't use magic. You're ruining the beauty of the game."
"It's hard to control the ball without magic," The Great Baron explained.
"That's why you should practice. For practice paired with perseverance will take you anywhere. Talent without practice will only point you out to one destination." Lander explained with his head high up and continued juggling with his head.
The people who hear him were deliberating his words in their own minds, and they all nodded. "It's true! If you can practice and persevere you will achieve success even if you don't have the talent."
Even Anushka and the enchanting woman agreed his words.
Soon the cave became a practice area where in the elites practiced their magic arts while the outcasts followed Elizaveta. Sometimes Yan Yan would point out the proper positioning and stance to them.
The Great Baron Bobby smiled as he was amused that just a few words of Lander made the people around be excited.
Soon, evening came when the people hasn't yet stopped their practices while Lander started preparing to cook. He ordered Grey to catch them beasts to feast on.
Grey was very happy about this because he misses Lander's cooking then he informed the dragon and the panther. Then they went out the cave to hunt.
The storm was still on going but the heavy rain stopped. Only the winds, thunders and lightnings can be heard.
It only took the three beasts to catch wild boars and rabbits twenty minutes.
Lander then started removing the furs of the rabbits and chopped it. After that he marinated the rabbit meat and set it aside.
While the rabbit meat was being marinated, Lander used his time to butcher the wild boars and grilled it.
After an hour, Lander finished cooking as the people around stopped practicing upon sniffing the aroma of foods that made their stomach grumble.
Upon tasting the foods, a look of excstasy was plastered on their faces, "Delicious!"
"This is more delicious than last night," One of them praised that made Yan Yan pout but she can't rebbuttal the words because it was true.
"This is my first time tasting such delicacies," Anushka praised.
The enchanting woman also nodded. Although she don't like Lander, she was still praising him for his foods. She was eating elegantly but because the foods were so delicious, she ravaged her foods without caring how she looks.
Lander smiled at her that made her harrumphed and ignored him continuing her eating.
Soon the feast ended with a look of contentment on their faces.