Ryker woke up 2 hours after sunrise, Ina still sleeping in his arms. He gets out of bed, looking at the still-sleeping girl before kissing her cheek.
He decided to let her sleep, their session was too intense for her. Cleaning up, he was greeted by Ilina reading a book, likely waiting for the rest of their siblings to wake up. Ruffling the girl's hair, ignoring the indignant "Hey!", he looked around but didn't see anyone else.
Waiting for nearly half an hour, his other siblings excited their rooms, already bathed and ready for breakfast. He led them to the inn's dining area, the children brightened up at the mention of food.
"Big Brother, where is Big Sis?" Ayani asked, Ryker laughed, but inside, he was screaming.
"She's still tired from yesterday's ordeal. So I let her sleep longer, so don't worry about her," he waved off her concern, ignoring the suspicious looks the quartet gave him.
Ayani nodded, being the closest to the older woman, she naturally worried about her when she didn't see her in the morning. As the siblings ordered their food, Ryker spotted the leader of the guard he met yesterday.
Telling his siblings to behave, he walked towards the guard, who for some reason fidgeted.
"What are you here for?" getting to the point, Ryker asked, looking at the guard with a calm expression, though he was a bit disgruntled by the disturbance.
"Well, you say you want to punish yesterday's guard, correct? The town lord and captain wanted to punish him, but his father interfered, forcing the two leaders to let his son go or he would cause havoc," he explained, Ryker's eyes become unreadable.
"What happened to the fool?" Ryker asked, his voice cold.
"He was released, but don't blame our leaders. If that major family riot, it will be chaotic. The patriarch had ties to other major families, along with some smaller families. He could cause great waves if he decided to, so the leaders don't have an option," the guard pleaded for his higher-ups' case, not wanting them to suffer because of the action of the patriarch.
"Tell me everything you know about the family. I'm not going to do anything, but if he forced me, I won't show them any mercy," gulping from his deathly tone, the guard told everything he knew about the family and everyone related to him, not wishing to anger powerful cultivator in front of him.
Having told everything he knew, the guard excused himself, letting out a sigh when he left the inn, "I hope he will let off the two leaders, I don't want to see them fight against a person so powerful. To think he still so young,"
Muttering to himself, he didn't notice a pair of eyes observing him, looking at the inn he had exited.
-x-
"So, the young man he met, he the one that nearly crippled my son?" the patriarch asked, looking at his best spy, both a capable informer and assassin.
"I believe my lord," the spy bowed to his master, waiting for his master's orders.
"How audacious! To think a mere brat dared to do something like this in my area!" he snarled.
"Do you wish for me to end him, my lord? I promised to make him suffer before killing him," the spy asked, eager to spill some blood.
"No, that would be too quick for him. I want you and the others to find everything you can about the brat. Where he comes from, if he has any families, any lovers. I plan to torture him slowly. I want to see him break down as he watched his family killed in front of him, his woman violated right in front of him. I'm going to make him beg for death before killing him,"
The spy shuddered as he heard his master elaborate torture. He was glad he worked for the man and not against him. One of the reasons the two most powerful people give him a huge berth is because of his cunning and ruthlessness. Truly, a terrifying enemy to have.
"Well boy, better say your prayer, now that the lord has his eyes on you, you won't be getting out of this alive,"
-x-
Ryker quickly complied with everything he heard from the guard. Thankfully, he has a really good memory, able to remember everything he had heard or read if he tried to. Still, he wrote it down so he could see the bigger picture.
The family of the lecherous guard is the Morlene family, the most influential family in town. They had their hands in many businesses, allowing them to contend with the town lord. The only reason the town lord remained in power is because of his cultivation and he was appointed there by the baron himself.
The Morlene family could try to seize power but the strength of two Genesis Formation experts made them remain restrained in their actions, though many of their wrongdoings were looked at with blind eyes to avoid them from causing trouble.
Ryker looked at the information with cold eyes. If they tried to come after him, he would show he is not some bunny they can bully.
"Let them try, I'm going to show them how terrifying I can be,"
-x-
As he tried to go back, he sensed something moving in the shadow. Realizing the presence of a potential threat, Ryker used his aura to press the presence, the being let out a muffled groan as he was pinned to the ground.
Grabbing him and throwing him to the ground, Ryker looked at him, seeing the figure wearing a black outfit. It didn't take him too long before he realized the one behind the man.
"So, Morlene family sent you to kill me. I think they need to send more to even put a scratch on me," he mocked the man, the man kept awfully silent, like it was-!
Ryker unleashed a powerful aura, every single assassin pinned as the aura he unleashed is strong enough to break their bones, killing some of the weaker ones.
Using a movement technique, he went to every assassin he could find, killing most of them while sparing the strongest ones, no doubt an important part of the family.
He looked at the gathered assassins, most of them glaring at him, "So, the Morlene family sent you to kill my family? Well, you shouldn't really take this job. Now I'm angry and you the only venue to let out my rage,"
Ryker soundproofs the room, his qi making sure no sounds escape the room. He then went to one of the assassins before breaking his arms twisting it in every way possible, only letting it go after the arms were broken thoroughly. He then does the same thing to the legs, the screaming man begs to be killed but is ignored by him.
After done breaking the first assassin's limbs, he went to the next one. One by one the assassins were tormented in the most brutal way possible, Ryker lacked any mercy to give them.
He left the strongest ones for last, the most likely leader of the group. The man continued to glare at him, seemingly not afraid of him.
Ryker decided to unleash his true power, his cultivation at the Genesis Formation realm can be sensed by the man, who looked at him in shock.
"Just now realizing you messed with the wrong person? I would have let it all go if that guard just got whipped. I would have made the patriarch beg for mercy for making his son escape justice. Now, now it's personal. He tried to harm my family, well, Morlene family would cease to exist this very day.
And you, my friend, would get a full view of the destruction of the family,"