Temporal Pearls

Chapter 117: Valley Challenge

Even in hyper perception, Seth perceived his sword elevated strike move instantaneously. Redop's body was tense and his hand moved very fast and parried Seth's attack. Seth was surprised but he shouted out.

"Shoot!"

Clang!

"Shoot!"

Clang!

"Shoot!"

Clang!

Each attack was countered well but with difficulty, elevated strike isn't just about speed but also strength. After four attacks Redop's hand was already bleeding, the red energy he was using had depleted a lot.

But the tenacity of that man knows no bounds. He exploded with more power and stepped on red energy and shot at seth.

All this happened while they were falling down and now he wanted to get close to his daughter's murderer.

Seth thrust his staff fast and as powerful as he can muster when it achieved the highest momentum. The staff expanded to 3 meters in thickness and elongated very fast. Carried by momentum, Redop was taken aback and was sent back to the ground and slammed by the giant staff now.

To stop himself from falling, he turned off his shifting armour and levitated a bit in the sky. Redop escaped the giant staff and glared at Seth up above who was 56m.

Seth stood on his now giant staff staring at him too. He knew Redop held back, so as not to cause death with his sword attacks but Seth too has held back in a way. If he used Mantle of Slavery that will stop Redop for 5 seconds which was enough time to kill him unless he have a way to break out.

An enforcer reached their location and spoke to Redop which caused his eyes to widen in surprise, he looked at Seth apologetically before he followed the enforcer.

Eyes were now all on Seth up above, children pointing at him, and adults glaring at him. Seth looked at them all with his Aura Sight but then he felt seven gazes that almost made him fall from his position.

Expertly he looked toward the sources, five of them from distant houses and two from a small boy who was with his mother and an old beggar in a street.

From where Seth stood, he was able to encompass the whole village in his vision.

He then tilted the staff to tumble forward and extended it more to reduce distance toward the Chief Mansion. Thankfully, it was a road, and there were people but they ran away so that the pillar didn't fall on them. Right before he touched the ground. The staff vanished and became small while he too landed softly due to his levitating traits.

Stoically, under the gaze of many people who walked to the mansion. A guard stopped him but after he showed him the invitation slip, he was then allowed in.

Fratile Redone was on the tallest building watching everything, but he was ready to swoop in to save Seth if needed. However, the fact Seth stood toe to toe with Redop with no injury shocked him.

'Good! But you made them cast their gaze on you!'

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Seth sat in the guest room and later Dave Jona came in with a smile. "Haha, you really caused a ruckus! Good, no wonder the Chief called you!"

"That wasn't the reason, actually!" Seth explained his encounter with the chief and then later on what happened with him and Redop.

"You hold yourself against Redop very well, that was all I needed. You know he wasn't the Explorer of the Valley for nothing. Anyway, how did you cure his daughter? I'm pretty sure that brat will be consumed by the ghost!"

"Well, I kinda do. You know. But tell me, please. Why is her situation special? Unlike other NPCs that were transformed and then killed by the guards, she seemed to have some unique privilege."

[Path To Residency]

~Sacrifice: 00/10

~Survive Ominous Desire: Nil

~Zero Blood: Nil

~Intimidate: 206/10

~Historical Achievement: 1/1

~Marry Redop Irik's daughter (Progress: 99%)

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Ding!

[Due to your stunt, you have attracted unwanted attention and they give forward your name to be challenged by Red Valley]

~Win the challenge to find your rightful place among the residents.

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[You will be transferred to the challenging area in 5 seconds]

He didn't even digest what had happened when he saw the young chief appear before him.

"Sascile Redone, Good luck!"

"You knew?" Seth wondered what was going on. Before receiving the answer, Seth found himself staring at the silver moon. The ground was red sand, and a river of blood was flowing at one side.

He saw two cats fighting, one of them successfully scratched the other, the small cut began to bleed profusely until it dried off the blood and the blood flowed to the bloodstream.

That was when two hounds galloped at him, what was more alarming was that he was naked with no clothes.

He then turned and ran away from them. He tripped for some time but ultimately escaped. That was when porcupines appeared and they shot their spindle at him. He dodged them and ran far.

The more time passed, the more he felt pressure pressed on him but it wasn't hard for him to ignore.

Different kinds of beasts came, and all of them wished to make Seth bleed until there were all kinds of beasts that he knew but he kept running away.

That was when a beast swam out of the river of blood. It was more like a house cat, with red fur and a bell on its neck. However, it was bigger than an elephant. It watched as Seth kept running away from any animal that may cause slight injury.

The cat dissolved into the bloodstream and appeared beside the unexpected Seth and scratched his thigh. Looking at the culprit, he was mortified by its size and intelligent eyes. Seth's blood dried up and it merged with the blood river.