""Nah. That old dragon hates grown-ups and never harms children. Maybe it took it away and brought it to safety. It wouldn"t be the first time."" ""You are right. But how did that child got the Kalu Kalu to like her? Kalu Kalu"s chose their master and protect it with al the powers they have. Its like personal protection. And Kalu Kalu"s became rare last few years. Is something going on with our sacred animal that it stopped protecting them?""
""Let"s check on the sacred animal, I fear there is a bigger story behind it than just disappearance of Kalu Kalu.""
When the two men dispread and the red fox came out and scratched her skin in pain. Suddenly a strange creature crawled out and screamed. ""This is bad. There are still Kalu Kalu"s alive. We must destroy them, we must!"" And shrivelled up and died.
""What did you say? You couldn"t attack her?"" She was about to get angry but remembered. ""Ahhh, Kalu Kalu. No wonder. Do you know where the child is now?""
The shadow shook his head. ""The dragon came and she would have noticed me. Forgive me.""
She just smiled and waved her hand. ""It"s fine. I od not think this is the last time we meet that child. If there is Kalu Kalu you can"t kill her anyway or you will b seen. The trackers will be able to track your way back to me and I prefer to do my stuff in darkness. I like this comfortable life. By the way, what happened to Camo?""
They tried to find where he lives as no one could see him in the main house that belonged to his family. As sit seems that man likes solitude so he always disappears somewhere.
A young woman approached her. ""We have planted enough spies in his household. When he comes back we will ger notice.""
""Job is well done. Come. You can drink a bit of the youth potion."" She took out one small bottle and slowly put a drop of it in clear water. Soon after the water turned colour and became sparkly.
The young woman kneeled and rose her hands over her head in reverence and waited. Gla.s.s could be felt and as she rose her head she saw it completely empty.
""What is my name, Xil?"" Her eyes became completely dark and the young woman shook in fear,
""Grand Elder and G.o.ddes Mak."" She said it while she kowtowed.
""Wise child."" A soft chuckled could be heard and she suddenly felt a weight in gla.s.s she still held over her head. ""Be careful with my gift.""
""Yes, G.o.ddess."" She rose her head and without even looking just drunk the liquid inside. But soon her body started shaking and wiggling in pain.
""You became lately to cute. I can"t have that. I will give you the youth but I can"t let you be pretty by my side. Only I can be. No other women in the household can. Do you understand?"" Mak was looking at the slowly calming woman on the floor.
A raspy voice could be heard. ""I am grateful for your grace. Please forgive me for forgetting my place.""
""Its forgiven. No w go to praying temple with others again. When I rise I will need every single prayer to rise in ranks."" She waved her hand and shooed the ugly woman away.
The cute young woman came in and out came ugly creature with dark green scales on face, sharp teeth and yellow eyes. Her body hinted as she made her have on leg shorter and her hands were so long that they touched the floor.
But on her lips still was a huge smile and crazy adoring s.h.i.+ne. ""Our G.o.ddess needs prayers, yes we need to pray, we need to pray...""
At the same time in a dark room stood a man and looked at the crawling creature that came out the fainted man on the floor and smiled in despise. ""It seems your kind thought that only because we are the tenth world we won"t be able to fight back? Send a message to your main body that we will find you and we will destroy you. ""
The worm screeched and was about to jump on him when strange energy enveloped him and turned him into specks of dust. ""Attacking me with your puny powers? Hah. I stayed in this world after I found out about your existence. I definitely must destroy you all.""
""Master. The report came!"" A loud voice could be heard outside the room.
""Speak!"" The man could see the body disintegrating as well and just smirked evilly. So the body cant be contained after use so you destroy it? But that is fine. Poor is the person who has to live after that experience. That poor soul must rest now in peace.
""Mater, Elder Mak has a new target.""
""Who now?"" He rubbed his head, that Elder is getting on his nerves. Already for decades, she is s.n.a.t.c.hing young men to be her male concubines. She offered too many families. But so far she didn"t touch anyone in n.o.bility or cultivators.
""Young master Camo.""
""Who?"" His furious roar reverberated through hallways. ""Is she going senile now?!""
The door opened up and he rushed. ""That family can"t be ever offended. They hold the door to the mid realm. Does she even think they will let her pa.s.s if she offends that boy? Foolish old woman!""
""He refused and escaped. It seems he went back to his cultivation as he didn"t want to be bothered by her."" The people that rushed behind him sighed in relief as he slowed down.
""Luckily... I will go and speak to High Elder Moka. You guys find where is his cultivation hideout and protect him with all your powers. That boy is almost on breakthrough."" He slowed down and calmly walked out dungeons.
""Master, why not asking him to help you find the creatures?"" One of the men asked as he knew how strong that young man was.
""No. His cultivation is more important. It cant be delayed. If he goes to mid real then he will be safe from that crazy woman."" He rubbed his head again and looked at the grey sky.
""But master, why don"t you punish her?""
""Why?"" He remembered her when she was just a young cute child running around him and plucking flowers to give him happily.
""She is the last descendant of my family and my only niece. I still hope hse will stop with her playfulness and start thinking about her future. Could you find any news about that temple she built?""
The two men behind him sighed. He stopped and looked at their faces and knew they were undecided should they tell him or not.
""Don"t worry about my relations with her. I need to protect this world as long an s I can from weird people and creatures. If she did something bad...""
""Bad... I am not sure, is it bad..."" One of the men shook his head. ""What happened there is that everyone willingly is doing what she is telling them. She is not threatening them or something. Its free will.""
He inhaled deeply as he tried to stop his annoyance. ""I didn"t ask you that. What is going on inside that place?""
The two men looked at each other and knew that they had to tell him everything.
""They set up praying temple for her.""
He blinked and waited further. He could see their anxiousness became bigger. What could it be that they become so giddy?
But hearing their story his face became darker and darker making them sweat profusely. Master Toma is not simple to clam down if he gets upset.
""...so when that child sat on Kalu Kalu and rushed away young master Camo went into her eyes with his bearing and rest we already said."" The man felt literally fear as he saw his masters face but suddenly something strange happened.
""What did you say? A child and Kalu Kalu? A full-grown Kalu Kalu chose small girl instead of one of many cultivators running around?"" His face became perplexed. ""Thso creatures usually become protectors of the strongest. Does that mean that child has huge powers?""
The two shook their heads. ""As much we could tell from stories, that child is not even second boundary.""
""Idiots. Even if she is second boundary that doesn"t mean she will not become powerful later. Do you know where that child is now?"" He was curious about the child.
""Yes, but I think you will not like the answer, master..."" The man sighed and shook his head.
""Speak. it can"t be that bad?"" Master Toma was now relaxed. As long he knows where that child is, he will go and...
""Its in mid of forbidden forest. The child built house there and has everything. Including garden and living stock. It looks like it feels comfortable there."" The man saw his master"s eyes turning yellow and heard a hiss.
""Is she crazy. Oh, I hope I will be able to save her on time..."" He summoned his flying artefact and in a blink of an eye disappeared in front of their eyes.