Chapter 104 – Vengeance (1/2)

Chapter 104 – Vengeance

Avi has been wounded!

The moment Calron heard those words, a stream of rage rushed into his brain and he instantly triggered the Divine Perception technique. Even the rapidly spreading grey tint within his sight could not dispel the reddening of his eyes from sheer fury.

Through these past months, Calron had developed a close bond with the little wolf pup and the fact that she had no family in this world, like him, only made him want to cherish and protect her even more. His hope was to introduce the baby beasts and the golden jaguar to Avi, so she would never feel lonely and alone in her life again.

Avi was probably only a few months old and had not even learned to form proper words beside her own name. The more he thought of the innocent pup being hurt, the more his rage turmoiled within his heart.

Swiftly scanning the entire perimeter of the forest, Calron ignored the lightning signatures of the other beasts until he finally located Rebran and Avi, who were currently surrounded by five other figures.

Calron mentally cursed himself when he discovered that he had been initially flying towards the exact opposite direction of from where those two had headed. Immediately utilizing the new movement ability that he learned earlier today, Calron sped towards them while his golden wings emitted a bright glow.

I will destroy you.

Calron swore an oath as he thought about those five figures, and sparks of azure lightning began to slowly creep up around the edges of his eyes.

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“Orpen, will you still try to stop me?”

Xardoth asked quietly, but a seething anger could be detected within the Griffon King’s voice.

His scouts had still not found any traces of Rebran’s location and the only clue they had was that a young lion was seen buying a small inflated ball from a shopkeeper. After discreetly questioning the toy vendor, the scouts could only sigh in frustration when no further clues of their young master were found.

“I said that I’ll follow you if the young master was not back by this morning, and I stand by my word. Give the order and we shall prepare for war, your highness.”

The slender griffon stated calmly, as he knelt on one knee.

“Good. Let us march for war!”

Xardoth bellowed with a crazy bloodlust. The king had not been able to sleep the whole night, wondering whether or not his son was safe , and how he would convey this news to his wife if Rebran truly never returned.

“Wait for me, Weir… I know it was you that kidnapped my son.”

Xardoth growled, as he flapped his enormous wings and leapt into the sky.

The elite group of griffons lead by Orpen quickly followed behind their king, while the other beast troops marched steadily on the ground.

It was time for war.

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“No… No, no, NOOO!”

Calron yelled with urgency when he saw through the Divine Perception technique that some strange energy waves began to spiral around Avi. These waves emitted a deathly aura and gave off the feeling of utter darkness.

Relax, Calron. That is an ability derived from a special bloodline, so it’s probably Avi’s reflexive reaction to pain. Each of the special bloodlines that exist in this realm are all unique, and they can sometimes be triggered under extreme duress, even when one hasn’t awakened to an element yet. Calm your mind, kid, you cannot be hasty in this matter. Those are five Vajra stage experts!

Ezkael attempted to mollify his student’s rage, but it seemed to be having no affect as torrents of azure lightning kept bursting forth from his body. However, the knowledge that the dark waves of energy were actually protecting Avi appeared to have momentarily eased his mind.

With the azure lightning, Calron was more than capable of defeating the five experts. However, Ezkael’s worry was that if one of them escaped, then news of his student’s special ability will be leaked to the world.

Just make sure that you let none of them live after seeing your lightning.

The Voice sighed in resignation.

Don’t worry Teacher, I promise to give them an excruciating death.

Calron stated in a chilly tone.

So, he’s not completely useless after all…

Calron whispered to himself when he continued to watch the distant scene through the Divine Perception, and saw that Rebran had been preparing to fight back for Avi.

Feeling slightly curious, Calron gently touched the young lion’s conscious with his mind.

Shock! Then sadness, and finally, understanding.

Within those brief few seconds, Calron learnt a bit about the past of this immature lion and he finally understood why Rebran behaved like he did, as well as his deepest yearnings in life. This was the first time that Calron’s mental probing had been successful and did not result in an agonizing jolt of pain.

However, Calron quickly recollected his thoughts as, in the next few seconds, he would arrive at Avi’s location.

*SCREEEEEEEEE*

Calron let out an awe-inspiring screech when he noticed the five reptilians below and immediately charged at them from the sky. Sparks of azure lightning sinisterly darted around him, excited with the opportunity to be finally unleashed out in the open after a long time. His grey eyes gradually withdrew and were replaced by a bright azure glow.