Exhausted, Aryan finally reached the front of the crowd, at this point the dreaded feeling had reached a climax, and just what he had hoped wasn't true, was true. At the centre of the crowd was a spacious area, a quarantine zone of sorts, in which his Father and two Cultivators stood, with Adam and his Mother standing not too far away.
Aryan rushed forward shouting, "Father, Mother!", his mother, surprised and worried, quickly told Aryan to come over, while trying to comfort the scared Adam. "What is Father doing?", asked Aryan with a concerned voice, "After the cultivators rudely demanded meat from the village chief, in addition to your fathers past experience, he quickly spoke out, much to the disgust of the Cultivators.", at this point Aryan decided to pay closer attention to the two male Cultivators.
The one who seemed to be the leader of the two, stood a strong 6ft tall, just below Michael, with a strong build expected of a Cultivator, he had bronze skin, a buzz cut, defined face, copper eyes and unnaturally large ears, he wore dark green trousers and a grey vest, that showed his bulging biceps and a short sword sheathed at his waste. His companion stood much smaller than the buzz cut man at 5ft 4 with a much slimmer build, perhaps showing his weaker ability as well, he had average length brown hair, emerald eyes and a slim face, he wore the same clothes as the buzz cut man, suggesting it could be a uniform of some sort.
At this point the Cultivators glanced in Aryans direction, and soon undisguised lust shone in their vile eyes at the site of the elegant Jasmin. Seeing this, Michaels wrath had truly reached an unrestrainable level, "What do you bastards think you're looking at?", spat out Michael through gritted teeth, "What did you just say to me, scum?", the last piece of sanity inside Michael broke at this same insult that his father was called all those years ago, Michaels fist tensed and his arm recoiled. A silver slash of a sword sliced at buzz cut man at blinding speed, leaving him with barely enough time to parry with his steel arm guard but it still knocked him down onto his back and disorientated him, revealing the amount of pure power behind that strike, now having completely forgotten of his previous dispute with Michael, he quickly looked for the attacker, out of the corner of his eye a cloaked figure rapidly circled behind him, he stood up violently, still slightly dazed, unsheathed his steel short sword and shouted, "Darren! Focus, the target is here.", only now did his companion, Darren, leave his stupor and arrive next to Buzz Cut , unsheathing his weapon of choice, a dagger.
Seeing his one chance of a sneak attack failed, the cloaked figure quickly turned and ran, sprinting through the screaming crowd, towards the exit. Surprised at the cloaked man's quick decision thinking, Buzz cut and Darren were slightly delayed in their chase of the criminal, but they soon set off through the dispersing crowd in hot pursuit and left the sight of Aryan and his family. Jasmin, relieved that the argument had been disrupted, hurriedly ran towards Michael and dragged him back to the house.
"Why would you do that?! They could have killed you if not for that cloaked man!", inside the crumbling house Jasmins' beautiful face contorted with fury, Michaels guilty voice replied, "I'm sorry. I just couldn't help it after hearing their arrogant attitude, thinking they are above everyone else.", Jasmin sighed "But they are Michael. One thought and you would be dead. They wield power we can't even begin to resist and you know that!", "I know, I know, I'm sorry, I won't do it again", seeing jasmine's face that contemplated whether or not to carry on shouting, Michael quickly added, "I promise". Finally trusting Michael, she decided it was best to stay at home today and care for her traumatised children.
Seeing the argument was over, Aryan and Adam left there room and joined their parents for the evening, they talked, played games, had a delicious meal and fell asleep feeling much better than before.
Waking up to later than usual, Aryan was greeted with a radiant, gilded sun shining its first rays that brought up joyous feelings, having had his mood improved, he woke Adam, bathed, had yet another delicious breakfast, with the whole family and prepared for work on the farm. However something unusual happened at this point, a nearby neighbour quickly knocked on their door and shouted, "Quick come to the town centre, something major has happened!".
As the surprise quickly passed, distressed expressions soon appeared on Jasmins' and Michaels' faces, anything major happening has to have something to do with those Cultivators. Michael, Jasmin, Aryan and Adam all rushed out the house, careful not to knock into the frame, as to not collapse the house, and hurried towards the town centre at the behest of their neighbour.
A shocked expression soon reappeared on the family's face at the sight before them, standing there was Buzz Cut, alone, missing a couple of fingers on his left hand, covered in scratches and cuts that tore through his uniform, holding a head.