With a *WOOSH* an arrow fired out of a nearby tree and straight towards Old Man Bai's heart. It was the same arrow that had almost killed Will; an scarlet-black arrow with a pale yellow poison coating the tip. However, this time, the arrow was flying much much faster than before and with much more power.
This time, however, Will already had the experience of the first time, so, with lightning-quick reaction speed, he swung out with his wing, directly towards the arrow.
A dull and ear piercing *CLANG* resounded throughout the campsite as the arrow shattered midair from the sheer force of the impact of Will's wing with it. This had happened far too fast for anyone to react. Even Old Man Dai had barely enough time to even see the arrow, let alone react. One thing was for certain; without Will, he would have a poison arrow lodged in his heart, which would kill him, no matter his level of cultivation.
Not even half a second after this happened, Will suddenly launched himself off the ground toward where the arrow came from.
"Damn! How did that brat do that?" a deep voice full of surprise and hatred resounded as a tall man with a bow on his back quickly fled the scene. He was the city master of hidden valley, Quent the archer assassin.
He was at the seventh stage of the foundational realm, so he was quite fast, but he wasn't nearly as fast as Will when he was flying with his wings.
It only took a few moments for Will to catch up to the archer, with his wings flapping quickly. He moved like fluid through the trees as he easily dodged the trees and followed in a dogged pursuit of the city master.
Being an archer, he was skilled in concealment and escape techniques, so he was much faster than a normal person at the seventh stage of the foundational realm.
Will followed him with not a word, but he could tell that this person had killed many times, and even killed for fun sometimes. He had an aura of death and hate around him, as if he desired to kill and destroy.
However, despite trying his best, Quent could not escape from Will. However, he knew that one slash of Will's wings would be all it would take to kill him since he had seen not only a tree be cut in half by the wings, but his own arrow too.
Faced with such a situation, Quent decided to stop and fire a volley of arrows, hoping that one of them might hit Will and knock him out in order for him to escape. However, when he turned around, he was shocked to see that there was no one there.
Suddenly, he heard a slight sound to his left. But when he looked over, all he saw was a flash of red before his vision started fading away.
Will stood next to him, with his wing extended, a feather stabbed directly into Quent's heart. The only reason that he had killed him was that he had tried to kill him, along with the fact that it was clear from his aura and demeanor that this man had killed plenty of innocent people. Such a vile man couldn't be left alive.
Only after he had already killed the city master, he finally realized that this was his first time killing someone. However, contrary to his expectation, it did not feel as horrible as he imagined it to feel. It was simply that this man was bad enough that he had no pity when he killed him.
This was the way of the world. The strong killed the weak and someone stronger might come along and kill them. This was a cruel world and the merciful were not suited to live in it. Decisiveness would save your life in many situations, even if you had to kill someone.
By now, Will had already pulled out the feather blade and sat down. As he sat there, Old Man Dai arrived a few moments later, only to see the city master of Hidden Valley dead with a stab wound to his heart and Will sitting there next to him, seemingly lost in thought.
Old Man Dai decided that it was better to leave Will alone for the moment because it was clear that this was his first time killing. This world had no place for those who were merciful, so killing was necessary to protect yourself. But no matter how common it was in the world, everyone's first kill ultimately guided the way their life would go.
When someone made they first kill, several things could happen. The first was the rarest, in which the person hated the feeling of killing so much that they would not kill anyone the rest of their lives. The second was the most common, which was they decide that they would kill if necessary but otherwise they wouldn't. The third was when people loved the feeling of killing and ended up being violent people who might even kill for fun.
As Will sat there pondering, the scraggly bearded man came up shortly after Old Man Dai. When he saw what was happening, he asked, "First kill?" to which Old Man Dai replied, "It seems so. I just hope he doesn't choose the path of killing."
The scraggly bearded man nodded his head and said, "Once you head down that path, there is no coming back," while wearing an extremely grim expression on his face.