The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 03 - Red Fangs
"Kang Jian."
The man called to face the Emperor bent his knees, his head bowed obediently. Anyone would submit to the figure of Ziran Zhao, the 12th Celestial Emperor who was famous for his authority as well as his firm demeanor.
"Red Taring Movement is increasingly felt. The Feng Empire had been attacked in the center two weeks ago. And now they were eyeing the remote village of Diqiu Empire. The Village of Guxia."
Ziran Zhao stood up, "Kang Jian, I assigned you to lead the team on a mission in Guxia Village. Stop any suspicious moves and report any developments."
Ziran Zhao descended from the throne, until arriving in front of Kang Jian he whispered. "A rumor has circulated, the child who disappeared 14 years ago is rumored to live in Guxia Village. You have to make sure of that."
Kang Jian opened his eyes wide, nodding respectfully after that.
"Your Majesty."
"Start!"
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"Who is that guy?"
The rest of the panic was still clearly visible to Xue Zhan, he pointed towards the already empty door. Yan Shumei disappeared from there like a ghost. While Lin Yu Shan chose to sit down, the illness in his body started to react again to make the old man's knees tremble violently.
"Sit down, son."
Xue Zhan unwillingly complied, waiting for Lin Yu Shan to explain about what had happened. He took a deep breath until it sounded clear.
"That guy came the first time I brought you here. He wants blood in your body. I don't know what the goal is but it's definitely not a good thing" he said interspersed with hiss in pain.
Xue Zhan looked at the man from the side. The moment Lin Yu Shan realized and immediately threw a glance elsewhere, there was guilt hanging over his heart.
"I'm afraid you hate me after hearing this from someone else, Xue Zhan."
"About what?"
The old man was silent for a moment. Decided to tell him all the secrets he had been covering up all this time.
"Yan Shumei came 14 years ago, when we were both fighters."
Lin Yu Shan leaned his head against the wall, breathing heavily. Lungs hurt. The man lifted his shirt up to his chest.
"This is my former fight with him." It looked like a purplish-black bruise, had fused together Lin Yu Shan's flesh and skin.
"The disease"
"really. Yan Shumei used a poisonous sword that until this second continued to gnaw at my body. I was kicked out of my job because of rumors of bringing a demon child to Guxia Village. And one more thing, Yan Shumei was the second assassin of Lin Yu Mei's parents."
Xue Zhan was surprised, his breathing faltered. The contents of his head were raging, he was in disbelief but Lin Yu Shan was the one who disliked lying the most.
"Because of me. Mei'er's parents were murdered?"
Lin Yu Shan smiled faintly, "It was an unavoidable tragedy. I just want to say that you are valuable, Xue Zhan. No matter how bad people do to you, you deserve to live. You're no different, you're just special. I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life to save you. Even if I have to lose a lot of things."
He continued, "Your mother and father loved you very much and prayed for your salvation. So do I. Look for the whereabouts of your biological parents, only you can figure out all these truths. You are the child foretold by your father's ancestors. Stop a great war that will happen someday.."
"Grandfather, what are you talking about?"
"Only you can stop 'them'."
A few seconds later Lin Yu Shan was unconscious. Xue Zhan brought him to the room to be laid down. At that moment his gaze was fixed on a wooden box with gold carvings on each side. He holds the box, releases the lock. On the other hand he was not ready to know the truth.
Covering the wood open, Xue Zhan noticed a silver pendant that had an unusual aura. When it touched the silver pendant it injured Xue Zhan's finger until it bled.
Xue Zhan threw the thing, his blood moving towards the pendant. Change the color of the pendant that was originally silver to red brick. Xue Zhan was speechless, until the thing moved itself towards him and circled his ring finger.
He intended to get out of there to see more clearly the ring, but suddenly a powerful explosion occurred. Xue Zhan propped up his body on the table, startled and immediately checked the room.
Lin Yu Mei was not in her room.
All he had in mind back then was to look for Lin Yu Mei, Xue Zhan moved outside as quickly as possible.
His shoulders fell when he saw dozens of lifeless humans lying dormant, a battle had occurred a few minutes ago without him noticing, blood flooding the entire place into a huge puddle. The fire ignited from one house and began to spread to another. An endless shout echoed in Xue Zhan's ears that were still stunned, not expecting the destruction to come so quickly.
The stone ruins fell to the side overrunning Xue Zhan, the young man rushed away. Thick ash flew around.
"May'er, Mei'er!"
His shout was drowned by the screams of the residents of Guxia Village, one of the men pulled Xue Zhan's feet.
As Xue Zhan turned his head he shuddered in horror, the man's face was only half left. The other half was slashed by the opponent behind him.
He knew the man, the man used to be a rich merchant who often scoffed at him. The hate speech and cynical glare from his face had disappeared, changing with a cry for help.
A sword was struck on the man's back without the slightest pity. A similar fate was experienced by hundreds of residents there. Xue Zhan stammered, "W-what are you guys doing?"
"Hm?" The red masked male figure with the cross symbol X turned around, only to realize there was a teenager there.
"Oh, there's still one sneak apparently."
"Tell me what you did to our village!"
"It's just part of a little game. Why are you so angry, boy?"
Xue Zhan couldn't believe the man called this all a game. "You guys kill people and say this is just a game?"
She shrieked instantly, the man looked angry.
"That's a lot of mouths. Just die there!" His great sword was thrust roughly on the rocks, Xue Zhan fell to the ground. Such a huge force pressed down on his head and shoulders until it felt so heavy.
"Because you're gonna die, I'm gonna tell us who." He gripped onto Xue Zhan's head, forcing him to look up while bringing his face closer.
"We are the Red Fangs. This is just the beginning of your destruction. Six Lights will come to end this Foul Era. And-"
The talk was hanging, Xue Zhan's headband came off revealing a blackish-red horn.
"Eyes as red as blood and horns of the devil ... You are the child sought by the Light. Come with me!"
Xue Zhan trembled, the man with the cross-symbled mask could kill him at any moment. He did not care and threw a rough hand, successfully escaping Xue Zhan to escape as fast as he could. Returning home without looking back where dozens of people with cross-red masks were similarly chasing after him.