"The sounds stopped"
"The place is a few minutes. If the bastards aren't there, find them and don't kill them."
"Understood sir"
('Heh, since I need to relax, I'll have fun skinning some prey')
....
Long Xian Yu also noticed some anomaly regarding Ye Qi's scent of blood, something intense.
"Something extremely mysterious and disturbing lives within the blood of this human, or perhaps she is not human"
Although her curiosity was strong, Long Xian Yu didn't have time for close analysis in the face of this strange creature.
"They will come soon; I don't have time to take them. I must hide them quickly" Long Xian Yu looks around looking for a hiding place and finds that on a tree its branches are leafy enough to hide the view, so she carries both of them and with great effort climbs them to the highest and thickest branch.
She then ties them together, embracing himself, supporting Ye Qi to the trunk along with the bag of supplies.
Despite the little space that little Ya Ya has due to being in the middle of both, she sleeps peacefully after a good feeding.
Long Xian Yu takes out a pair of daggers and hides in the trees waiting for opportune moments.
A few seconds later a group of soldiers of only 6 members arrives, despite the low number two of them show an intimidating and strong aura.
One of them carefully examines the ground.
"There are footprints, it is possible from two people and it comes from that direction; but these footsteps are of arrival"
The officer looks everywhere and even in the treetops "Search this sector within a range of 200 meters for a period of two minutes, we will meet in this place" then he approaches to say a few words in a low voice "Watch the treetops"
The soldiers draw their weapons and walk slowly looking around, each step they take it slow and avoid generating noise.
But they are being monitored by a pair of red eyes from above hidden in the shadows waiting for the moment to attack.
"That one has gone far enough." Long Xian Yu draws her daggers and prepares to attack.
Slowly, very slowly, he approaches the distracted soldier.
By the time he realizes the danger, it is already too late. Two daggers go through him, one in the throat through the jugular and the other in the jaw through to the tongue.
Long Xian Yu prepares to bite him while avoiding knocking him to the ground and moving him into a nearby tree.
The soldier initially fights for his life, but only deals more damage. The cuts go deeper to finish quickly.
A knock against the tree alarms the nearest soldier.
Long Xian Yu notices and quickly climbs up into the treetops.
His companion approaches and finds the macabre discovery of the man with several cuts on his neck and jaw.
The soldier whistles loudly to attract his companions.
Long Xian Yu takes advantage of the distraction and forcefully and accurately throws two daggers at the soldier's eyes.
"AHHHGGGGGG!" The soldier falls abruptly with both daggers buried deep in his eye sockets and his face bathed in bright red blood screaming in pain.
Long Xian Yu hides in the shade of the trees and detects the transformation of the man she has bitten; she concentrates her mental power so that the soldier's convulsions are minimal.
After a few seconds, the remaining four arrive shocked by the scene.
"Someone is here, watch everywhere and stay together" The officer decapitates the dying man to silence him.
"My lord, we must go since there are very few of us left and we must report the situation to the general" One of the soldiers speaks somewhat nervously.
The officer reflects for a few moments and says "We must return quickly; the most important thing is to fulfill the mission"
"Altogether and watch…" The officer stops his hall upon hearing a terrifying scream.
Looking at the source of the scream, a soldier is seen whose leg is being eaten by a Ghoul.
The officer quickly attacks, but the Ghoul dodges and swings on another soldier.
"Surround him and kill him" The officer decapitates the wounded soldier from the leg to prevent the transformation and heads towards the Ghoul who was still fighting with the two remaining soldiers leaving a corpse with a shredded throat.
The Ghoul loses an arm but manages to mercilessly claw a soldier's torso diagonally, ripping flesh and exposing guts.
His companion manages to decapitate him using the last of his strength.
The officer looks at the lethally wounded soldier and decapitates him on the spot. Both men look very tired.
"It's time to go now, we can't waste time" The officer turns his eyes until a groan, as if someone was getting stuck, diverts his gaze back.
A girl about 6 years old cuts her throat so deep that a waterfall of blood gushes from the soldier whose eyes are bewildered. The officer is surprised by the appearance of the assassin, a beautiful girl with the appearance of a white jade doll stained with blood. Her eyes show no emotion and glow a deep blood red. Her long silver hair ending in red at the ends swayed in the wind and sparkled in the moonlight.
Long Xian Yu this time decided to fight head-on to test her strength, and prowess against an opponent stronger than her.
With no more time to waste, Long Xian Yu charged from the front at full speed with the dead soldier's sword.
The officer quickly snaps out of his trance and blocks the blow, the impact knocking him back two steps.
('Who is this brat? How can she have such strength?')
Long Xian Yu keeps pressing and attacking from different angles, diagonally, from above, and horizontally; Despite her great strength, her movements are somewhat clumsy and lacking in control.
The officer finds an opening and hits the right torso hard with a kick.
Due to the force of the backlash, Long Xian Yu crashed into a nearby tree, the crash was so strong that several pieces of wood were thrown out.
"Shit, I need to focus more, I'm leaving a lot of openings." Long Xian Yu wipes the trail of blood on his lips and this time adopts a defensive stance.
The officer moves his numb arms a little, because of this he becomes intensely furious. "I, an officer with the rank of captain, am being pressured by a brat. I'll tear you to pieces, you bastard"
The officer quickly approaches and delivers a strong front kick. Long Xian Yu dodges it but is surprised due to the speed and power, that kick has destroyed the trunk and the tree falls with a crash.
('I can't let them hit me, what kind of power is that?')
The officer looks at Long Xian Yu's somewhat pale face and rejoices over it. "Scared bastard, it's a shame because I won't show you mercy, I'll make you regret being born"
There was a lunge followed by a loud bang, Long Xian Yu was pushed to the side due to the shock wave from a frontal slash which created a small crater.
Long Xian Yu saw an opening and using all her strength made a lateral cut, the officer intercepted it.
Long Xian Yu screamed, her eyes glowing brighter, and the sword gave off a very light black aura.
When the weapons collide, a blinding glare is generated causing both weapons to shatter.
Due to such an impact, both of them take several steps back.
The officer could not believe what had happened, his weapon was not an ordinary weapon, it was made of a steel alloy very different from conventional weapons, being very resistant and expensive to make, only higher-ranking officers can use it, and it was even imbued with his martial energy to strengthen it. Now it is destroyed into several fragments by an ordinary sword.
"Damn it, I'll show you the true power of a martial artist" The officer roars and lunges hard; Long Xian Yu tries to dodge but is intercepted by a strong right cross.
She fights back and the blow knocks her back and her arms are very numb and red.
"This is not over" The officer pushes her roughly against a rock, cracking it, and grabs her by the neck, squeezing her tightly.
"AQGGG" Long Xian Yu tries with all her might to try to break out of the hold using her hands.
('I didn't think the difference in strength was that big, I'm suffocating')
"I told you that you are going to suffer and that is what I will do, your destiny is to die because I decide it" The officer squeezes harder.
Up in the tree resounds a childish and heartbreaking cry causing the officer to get distracted.
Long Xian Yu took advantage of the distraction and took out a small dagger and plunged it deep into his hand.
"AHHH" The officer quickly released her making the wound worse due to Long Xian Yu ripping off a piece of meat.
"I must do it" Long Xian Yu burns a drop of blood essence to gain speed, dashing toward the officer and plunging the dagger into his heart.
Something within Long Xian Yu's soul awakens, taking over her mind and increasing her strength.
"Waaaaggg" The officer falls, though you use your remaining strength to hit her in the head. The officer looks at the girl's face and is scared to the core. Her eyes are a deep shade of crimson surrounded by pitch black.
All teeth turn into smaller sharp fangs.
Despite being stabbed in the heart, martial artists still possess a lot of stamina, though it is quickly drained.
The officer continues beating her until Long Xian Yu stops him with one hand and shows the sharp fangs above all a few long and pointed pairs scaring the poor man who is still fighting.
"Is it my destiny to die? Do you decide? NO, that will be your destiny and I will also destroy your soul; no one decides for me, no one" Long Xian Yu utters these words with a thick and gloomy tone, a voice that comes from the depths of her soul which is shared by an unknown entity that also shares such a statement.
She bites down hard absorbing not only blood but life and spiritual essence.
The officer's body gradually thins out until the skin sticks to the bones.
Long Xian Yu throws the dry corpse aside, she feels a bit dizzy making her nauseous. Something inside her wants to come out causing many spasms
"ROARRRR" Long Xian Yu Lets out a mighty roar, the roar of a peerless beast.
Little Ya Ya also wakes up showing her red eyes and also makes a loud growl despite her young age showing her small and sharp white and pointed fangs.
All animals and beasts that have heard such a roar quickly hide or run in uncontrolled fear.
Long Xian Yu's shadow grows, and a pair of wings and horns forms. This image was only flashed in an instant and returns to its original form.
Long Xian Yu falls to his knees sweating profusely.
Little Ya Ya stops screaming and sleeps soundly.
"What happened to me?" Long Xian Yu touches his head due to the intense pain he feels.
"You must feed yourself; she can transform into a true vampire since she has no one in this world. Although the probability is 50% if it is by this method"
"What if it fails?"
"Ghoul"
"Really, who are you? What lives inside of me? She has so many questions, but due to the intense pain, she cannot think clearly and rushes to fulfill the request.
Long Xian Yu approaches with some difficulty to observe the pair sleeping peacefully, especially little Ya Ya who previously cried intensely.
"I hope this turns out on a good path, for both of us"
Two women come together in a moonlit embrace.