?Meanwhile, the escaping group of the ice phoenix tribe and Uli came across another problem. Unknown to them, a group of nefarious people had surrounded them.


    They looked like normal people, yet their eyes glowed with a hint of purple.


    This quickly caught Meena''s attention. She informed their group of the situation to prepare for a fight.


    After all, these people were ready to kill or die trying.


    Why?


    They didn''t know. But they were sure that nothing good would happen even if they surrendered.


    So, an intense fight broke out between the group.


    Uli and the kids chose to run away and hide while they met with conflict. The order was given to them by Alex, and it was safer to follow it.


    All of the people from the ice phoenix tribe were tier 2 warriors. And it should have been okay to stroll the streets of Blue gem city with those bodyguards. Yet, somehow the unthinkable happened.


    A terrorist attack concentrated on one of the strongest tribes on the continent. Whoever they were, they had to be stupid to organise a direct attack like this. After all, attacking the ice phoenix tribe was tantamount to destroying the peace of the whole continent.


    They were the protectors of the north. Guardian that prevented a global catastrophe a hundred years ago. They maintain the seals on the demons that caused the great war.


    If they are destroyed, it meant that the whole world would be thrown into chaos. And no one, even the other nine great tribes, the rivals of the ice phoenix n wanted that.


    "Meena, stay behind," Laya called out to Meena, who was watching the unsettling scene unfold.


    People were killing each other. Blood covered the snowy street. And corpses wereyered near them.


    Their servants were doing the best they could to protect their masters. Yet asionally, a few passed through them. Laya had to personally move to kill the enemies.


    Although Laya was a management genius of the ice phoenix tribe, she was not strong. She was just barely stepping into tier 3 in strength. But it was enough to buy some time.


    "The seniors of the ice phoenix tribe might have already noticed the chaos. Help wille soon." Laya said to her sister.


    Meena had never seen a gory scene like this in her entire life. Her stomach churned, trying to dispose of all the food that she had eaten.


    In that moment ofpse of judgement, she veered away from her sister. And the enemies quickly noticed it.


    They swarmed towards her and shed her with their daggers.


    "Ahh!" Meena screamed in pain. A deep wound was shed on her hip. A little off and it could have endangered her life. Fortunately, she dodged enough to not cause fatal injury.


    This greatly angered the mild-natured Laya. She went in there and began shing around her sword.


    A burst of energy began manifesting from her sword, freezing anything that came in contact with the sword. She had begun to subconsciously use the skill of their guardian spirit, the ice phoenix. She was closing in on the threshold of a tier 3 warrior.


    With her precise fighting skillbined with her freezing energy, each one of her shes ensured the death of one of her foes.


    "Graaa…" With blood-curdling screams, the enemies fell on the streets motions less.


    But even with that, she couldn''t prevent Meena from being taken, hostage.


    A dagger was held near Meena''s neck stopping Laya in her tracks.


    "If you want your sister to live, do as I say. Drop your weapon and move back." One of the attackers said.


    He looked nothing special. He didn''t have any notable features. Yet he had shown authority over all terrorists.


    His words were monotonous and without any emotion. He looked and acted like a robot, instilling fear into Laya. She was genuinely scared that her sister might die.


    Quickly, she moved back. But she was unwilling to drop her sword.


    "How can I believe you? Are you their leader? Can you make a decision on their behalf?" Even though she knew it was unlikely that he would release Meena. She talked to him, trying to buy some time.


    "I am. And today, I am not here to kill anyone." The man said.


    "How can you say that after all the carnage you caused?"


    "Personally, I didn''t. It was done by someone else."


    "So, what can I do for you to let her go?" Laya ignored his deceptive reply and asked.


    "Drop your weapon and move away. It is all that I require of you."


    "Even though you are a thug, you speak like a modest gentleman. Even though you are unreasonable, you try to reason with me. It isughable, isn''t it?"


    "Are you trying to buy time? Ha ha ha… This is funny. I was also buying time. Ipleted my purpose, it is time for me to leave. I will visit another time, miss Laya." After saying that, the man chuckled robotically. He took something from his pocket and smashed it.


    A crack in space formed near him, pulling him inside. With that, he escaped from the blue gem city.


    As soon as the spatial crack disappeared, an arrow made of solid ice passed through the ce, barely missing him.


    And like that, hundreds of arrows rained from the sky, piercing the terrorist. Most of the terrorists died instantaneously and their frozen corpses stood still. It seemed like someone was ridding the earth of evil.


    "Who dares take my sister, hostage?"


    "Sigh…" Hearing the angry voice, a relieved sigh escaped from Laya''s lips.


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    "Sir, shopkeeper. Can you let me rest for a moment? The beast is too much for me to handle alone. Each one of its punches feels like a mountain mming against me. It would be better if you couldpletely blind it." Taka who was fighting the six-armed gori said.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    His body was numb due to the overuse of energy. He was barely dodging the beast right now.


    "I could do that. But it will easily break through my smoke screen if you are not grabbing its attention. It is the best I can do to prevent it from rampaging inside the city."


    "That makes sense…"  Dodges an iing punch.


    "BOOM!" jumps away from the explosion.


    "What about the thing you were preparing? Is it done yet?"


    "Almost ready. Just a minute."


    "Okay!" Dodges one more punch.


    "ROAR…."


    Alex was busy making something, a killer move to take down a fifty-meter-tall gori. While Taka dodged left and right, trying to keep the ape busy.


    Even though they didn''t work together before, their teamwork was impable. Both understood each other andplimented to fight something stronger than themselves.


    "I am done. Lure it to the centre. I don''t know how it will react." Alex suddenly called out.


    Taka heard it and immediately ran towards the centre of the destroyed area. And the six-armed gori followed him.


    "When I reach near its face, stun it for a second." Alex once again said. His n solely depended on him sneakily getting near the gori''s face.


    "Okay."


    And thus, Alex moved hidden through the dense smoke. He ran towards the gori and jumped as high as he could.


    Thirty meters, not enough to reach the gori''s face. So, Alex took the risky move and began climbing on the back of the gori.


    The gori sensed it and tried to swat him off like a fly. Thankfully, he teleported inside the farm to dodge it and reappeared on its back.


    Alex was like a flea, jumping around on the gori''s furry back. Climbing towards the top. And within moments, he was already near its head.


    "Now."


    Taka, who was waiting for the cue, charged towards the beast. His body glowed suddenly. And a ripple of energy was released from his hands.


    The special skill of the void fish tribe, the void smash was unleashed.


    A spatial ripple travelled from his hands towards the chin of the gori. It smashed with full force, momentarily stunning the giant beast.


    And Alex took hold of the exact moment. Activating his inventory, he dumped all the water mixed with red and ck pepper into the gori''s airway.


    "Spice Garden special move Forced Spice Breathing."


    It was instantaneous. And poor gori couldn''t do anything but take it all in.


    This was the stuff he was preparing. And it was horrifying.


    No sane man would fight someone like Alex who could think of something so evil. Taka, who saw this came to the conclusion.


    And Alex was not done yet.


    Taking outrge pointy wood from the inventory, he pushed it into the ear canals of the stunned gori. After that, he kicked it with enough force to burst any ear drum it had.


    All of it was done in a continuous fluid motion that perplexed even Taka.


    ''Who trained him in these wicked ways?'' Taka thought as he covered his mouth.


    "Gyaaa…"


    And the gori who was on the receiving end screamed in pain. For a moment, it looked like a squealing pig that was about to be ughtered than the monstrous beast it was.


    Its six arms thrashed around, not knowing what to do. While coughing out the concoction. But no cough could remove the muscle-melting spice from its lungs. It couldn''t breathe, hear or even see.


    It was senseless and in grave pain. It was incapacitated.


    Taka took this chance to take out a spear and channel his energy into it. The spear glittered like a silver-coloured fish. And he trusted it into the beast''s head.


    "Thump…"


    With a thunderous sound. It pierced the brain of the beast. Silencing it forever.


    With that, Taka waspletely drained. He fell down weakly to the ground and looked at the sky.


    "Hey! shopkeeper. What''s your name?" He asked Alex, who was walking towards him.


    "Meru."


    "Hey, Meru. I have some special chicken-like magical beasts in my house."


    "It would taste awesome if I cook them."


    "Ha ha ha … It would." Taka smiled while Alex sat near him to rest.