faes who was leaking bloodlust was not aware of her effect on the army. faes wanted to kill them right there and then but she didn't and calmed herself down. when she was calm her bloodlust stopped leaking but she was still pissed.
john and Shawn who sensed the bloodlust were now sweating bullets. they thought it was king Aiden who was angry and wanted to kill them to protect his child but they were also confused as to why he will still emit this strong bloodlust when he was on death's bed. they were thinking what and why there was soo much bloodlust when it vanished.
"do you think king Aiden managed to find a cure for the poison?" john asked
"no there is no cure for the poison he is affected with, he must have called for help probably" Shawn frowned as he tried to sense where the bloodlust came from.
"but he hasn't contacted anyone in years? and we also didn't get any report saying that someone else is here with him" john also frowned
"that's not important now, we are here and we have to get that egg at any cost otherwise we can only die either here or after returning empty-handed" Shawn waved his hand and called all their group.
"the bloodlust may be a way to scare us away. king Aiden is clever and knows he is no match for us currently so he is trying to scare us away with his last bits of energy. we will attack at the cave in the afternoon after lunch until then prepare to kill a dragon and steal its egg" Shawn said increasing the morale of their group and of both the brothers.
faes who heard them nodded to herself and left going back inside the cave where Aiden was waiting for her. Aiden sensed faes fury and was not sure what she heard that made her this angry.
"There are two knight establishment one is a fire summoner and other is beast tamer and have a fire lion. others are soul and body merging stage mages and cultivators" faes said as she sat down.
"so how are you going to deal with them?" Aiden asked
"they are thinking that you are alone and about to die so they will attack together after lunch I am thinking that we can take them out before lunch. we can surprise them as they don't know about me. I can use this chance to sneak attack them" faes said
"but what if they found you? what is your plan b?" Aiden continued nodding at faes plan
"I will just kill the two knight establishment while you can take care of those souls and body merging ones" faes shrugged. it wasn't like she had another choice she either have to take them out sneakily or from the front.
"very well but be careful I will place a barrier around the door of the cave so that no one can enter while we are outside fighting like last time" Aiden lowered his eyes remembering his two eggs that got destroyed.
"don't worry nothing will happen to any of us! I won't let them touch you or your child and my sibling" faes promised
"well then let's prepare we don't have much time," Aiden said going to his room to prepare while faes nodded entering her space when Aiden wasn't present.
faes wore her armor and took her sword placing it on her back and tied her hair in a bun. faes didn't want it to get ruined as she has become fond of the long black silky strands.
when she was ready she arrived back in the living room which Aiden was entering.
"let's go," Aiden said and faes activated her hide zero and shadow steps vanishing from the place. Aiden shook his head at her as he placed the barrier and sealed the door to their home. he then came out of the cave. he had his small swords at his back and nothing else as he didn't need them. he saw that the group was preparing for a fight and lunch and he took his chance to use simple fireballs to kill those souls and body merging stage ants!
the attacking army was not expecting to get attacked and the weaker ones all died without knowing what caused their death. now only the two knight establishment stage were remaining. Aiden created a chair from earth magic and sat down calmly he knew faes was out hiding and wanted her to deal with those two. it will be good practice.
john and Shawn who sensed a strong attack hurriedly created shields around themselves but little did they know it was a casual attack from king Aiden who was sitting lazily on his chair to lure them.
when the attack was blocked the two brothers glanced at Aiden who was watching them bored while sitting and were slightly afraid. their whole group was killed by a single attack from him it means that he is still strong enough to crush them.
they were thinking of escaping when they were stuck by lots of fire arrows. but they didn't come from king Aiden.
faes who was waiting while hiding in a tree was holding her bow and concentrated fire arrows. when john and Shawn came out of their shield she stuck them with the arrows. they were fast enough to create the shield around them again but the shield wasn't strong enough to block all the arrows as they were stuck by a few after the barrier broke and john even lost one of his hands in the process.
they glared at faes as she became visible again. faes had attacked thus nullifying the hide zero so she can be sensed again.
"you who the hell are you?" Shawn asked but faes wasn't going to answer them she activated hide zero again and changed her position attacking again with her concentrated lightning arrows making them hurt but the new shield that they made with qi was blocking most of the attack so faes can't hurt them severely. when faes realised this she deactivated her hide zero and stood in front of Aiden.
both the brothers were now injured and angry as a little girl was able to injure them though not seriously except john's hand.
"Just who are you and why are you attacking us?" Shawn asked
"me? I am king Aiden's child" faes replied calmly shocking the two. but when did was this child born? according to the reports it was still a few months before the egg would hatch and also arent dragon children only able to transform after they get to certain cultivation? does that mean that king Aiden's child is already so powerful that it can transform into her human form just a few months after birth?
john and Shawn began to tremble in fear but then they seem to realize something.
"little girl don't lie you are clearly 9 to 10 years old and king Aiden didn't have any child your age" Shawn pointed out
"yes and even if he has a child it must be about a few months old" john added.
"tell us who you really are and get lost you might get hurt here" Shawn frowned not wanting to fight the girl. he had a bad feeling when he saw her grey eyes.
"I was telling the truth I am really king Aiden's child whether you believe it or not is your choice" faes shrugged putting away her bow looking bored to the twins. she was alert but didn't know that her lack of confidence while talking to others is making her look cold and aloof.
"king Aiden it will be better if you asked this child to leave before we begin you don't want to see a kid die do you?" Shawn asked finally making a hand sign which opened the cage behind him which held his fire lion.
"oh, my baby isn't going to die. she is here so that she can learn how to fight I hope you help her" Aiden smiled still seated looking amused. he didn't expect faes to be able to sever a knight establishment stage fire wielder's arm right with a single arrow, if the arrow hit his vitals he probably would have long been dead.
the twins paused again when they heard Aiden's reply. he confirmed that the girl was his child but why was he alright with her fighting while he sat there looking at her? did he plan to come when she was in danger or was she strong enough that they didn't pose a threat to her?
they cant detect her cultivation for some reason and that made it more suspicious.
"are you sure you won't interfere with our fight at least until she dies?" john asked
Aiden who heard him laughed "I am 100% sure the ones going to die are you both but still to reassure you I promise I won't interfere until she is severely injured"
"fine then I am going to teach this girl how to listen to elders and also to avenge my arm" john replied unless he don't kill the girl he was going to be fine.
"fire heed my call, burn the birds wings and help me in the fight" he chanted just as a reddish yellow fire appeared in front of him and took form of a bird. john was a fire summoner he can summon fire in form of animals one at a time to fight with him. the bird was just as big as faes making her press her lips together in seriousness. faes had practiced with the dummies all this while but they didn't had the consciousness and strategy as real people.
faes took out her sword and got ready she had planned to fight them using fire, their own element as this will not only make her better but also decrease the enemies morale.
just as she took a defensive formation the bird moved at john's command
"burn that little girl for me until her face cant be recognized anymore" john ordered his bird.