The crane was quick to surrender as it immediately surrendered and began flying smoothly. Yuno was quite impressed as she saw the teen completely dominate the prideful crane. "How did you do it??" She asked, before looking at the battle staff floating next to them and asking, "Where did you get that battle staff from?? I don't remember buying this at the auction..."The teen let out a sly smile as he said, "Don't you remember that coin we bought? The one I said was a real treasure or smtn? Well, I wasn't joking or anything, the coin really was a treasure that had been sealed. All I had to do was release the restriction seal that had been placed upon it..."
Yuno hearing that the coin they had bought was a sealed treasure was skeptical as she thought of how a qi-less could release such a powerful seal.
'Wait, could he actually be strong??? Could it be that he's been concealing his strength??? Or the more likely possibility, he had someone at the castle release its seal... yea probably.'
The teen continued his description as he said, "Its other form will be more to your liking," he then placed his hand on the staff before commanding it to transform into the wealth donkey. With a flash of golden light in the place of the staff was now a normal donkey with a golden bell bound to a red ribbon around its neck.
Yuno seeing the donkey was amazed.
"What does it do exactly? I mean it's a donkey so I don't think it's going to fight for us right??" The teen smiled before turning to the donkey and tugging at its left ear; and like magic, a golden coin fell out. Catching it in his hands, the teen's smile widened as he passed it to Yuno.
"Is- Is this like an infinite money glitch???" she asked in shocked amazement.
"Unfortunately the wealth donkey has to consume something to generate the coins but fortunately that something can be anything. In the bathroom back at the Price family's mansion, the donkey took a bite out of the bathtub to generate coins..."
Hearing this, Yuno couldn't contain her amazement, "HOLY SHIT, WE'RE RICH!!!!!!!"
The duo laughed out loud as they felt like third-generation posh Englishmen. Unbeknownst to the duo, the wealth donkey had been looking around trying to find something to eat. But having currently been flying in the air, its options were limited. It then looked at the six-winged crane before taking a good whiff. It continued its actions slowly turning to the side and focusing its attention onto the crane's wings.
Having finished reveling in their riches the teen turned back around to see the last scenes of the wealth donkey taking a bite out of the feathers decorating the crane's wings; in its place was now a clear bald spot. All the color in his face disappeared making him look like a sheet of paper; he then slowly turned to look at the crane who seemed to be twitching. Suddenly, its head snapped back, its eyes glowing red! It let out an ear-piercing scritch before flinging the trio off its back!
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[Reader]: Wait, it could have done that all along??
[Author]: Nah it's just super mad right now...
[CameraMan]: Y'all should have seen how high it flung them, like damn! Mfkr sent them flying like a gotdamn tennis ball.
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The duo were dismayed and panicked as they tried to get their bearings, while the wealth donkey was just chewing on the tuft of feathers it had casually plucked off the poor crane's wing. The crane was in a maddened state as it circled around before darting toward the heathens.
The main character noticing the crane's movements yelled out at Yuno asking her to throw him towards the donkey. Yuno, who managed to stabilize herself, created orbs of qi on her plans before exploding them; using the force created by the explosions, she closed in on the MC before finally making contact. She then spun him around before throwing him towards the wealth donkey. The main character collided with the donkey but that was exactly what he wanted. Suddenly the wealth donkey exploded with golden light and from within a magnificent staff appeared.
All this might have taken a couple of minutes to write but within the story, it only took a couple of seconds. The crane was just about to reach Yuno before suddenly a stick came out of nowhere and smashed on one of its wings.
*SKREECHH*CRACK*CRACK**
Bones had shattered by that single attack!
The crane let out a tragic cry but its madness had clouded its rationale, causing it to limp fly its way towards the duo. But the staff was not going to let that happen as it flew towards the crane before delivering a barrage of attacks. The heads of the staff kept bombarding the crane, not allowing it to advance an inch. Having had enough the crane let out a fierce cry that sent shock waves kicking back the staff.
The shock waves also assaulted the duo, causing Yuno to bleed from her ears and nose; the teen on the other hand had it much worse. He bled from his eyes, ears, and nose. He thought, 'FUCK!FUCK!FUCK!!' just before getting knocked unconscious.
Yuno was frantic as she saw the teen helplessly fall... I mean they were already helplessly falling but at least they were both conscious. The crane let out another screeching cry but was promptly cut off by the staff that had smashed its head. It didn't stop tho, having had its master graciously hurt it was working over time. Blows upon blows landed on the crane's head causing it to become bloody and disfigured.
No one knew at what point it happened but the crane, amidst all the attacks, had died. When the staff felt no more resistance, it turned towards the MC and saw him being swallowed by the sea of clouds below.
Golden light glowed from the staff's body before it disappeared from its spot, leaving behind a short trail of blood.
***[CameraMan]: GAWD DAMN, lemme play that shit back frrrrr!!!!!!***
Suddenly everything returned to the moment when the staff turned to see its master disappear into the sea of clouds. But this time, everything seemed to slow down as the [CameraMan]: affected the playback speed, slowing it to a great degree. The staff could be seen with its heads covered in blood, suddenly though, it blurred shaking off the blood that covered its body. With each passing frame, the staff had tilted its head towards its master; leaving a golden trail in its movements.
Once it was pointed in the right direction it bolted towards the Main Character. Mind you time seemed like it had stopped... Yuno was still looking at the crane in indigestion. Even the ones in the formation seemed like they were frozen, all except for the sect master of course. At that specific moment, he had his head turned toward the dashing staff; his smerking expression hinting to his thoughts.
'Well isn't that interesting...'