Sitting in a lush room filled with carpets and tapestries, the walls were adorned with unnecessary furniture giving the room an ethereal look, compared to our simple and plain rooms back at the Thunder clan."Well, that was certainly a lot" Seth sat down tiredly stretching his legs outwards as he gave out a squeaky sound in relief, he turned to Kirin with a smile on his face."Be glad things ended where it did, it would have been much worse" he said with certainty and somehow, Kirin believed him completely."I couldn't gauge her strength, just how strong was she?" Kirin whispered under his breath but still loud enough for Seth to hear it."I'd wager she's at the peak martial realm" Seth said, "There are levels of strength, even in the same realm, like us for example, we're about the late stages as second rate Martial artists or the early stages of First rate Martial artists." Seth took off his shoes filling the air with the acrid smell of his feet but for some unknown reason, he seeme

"What the hell was that?" Kirin asked, completely shocked. Sweaty beads lined his forehead as he creased them in frustration. He picked himself up and faced Wistoria again. This time, he was more determined. He wasn't just doing this because she wanted him to, but because he wanted to test that again. Had she used his own move against him?"Good form, good speed, and battle instincts" She looked at Kirin calmly with a smile tugging at her lips, "For someone of your level that is".Kirin closed the distance between them in an instant, he wasn't going to waste time talking when he could be using it to look for ways to break through her defense.He made a low ground sweep of his wooden blade, bringing it up with enough force to break the wrist of any who tried to block it, but Wistoria wasn't just anybody, she blocked it with ease using her left hand, but Kirin had anticipated that even.Upon impact with her hand, Kirin let go of the wooden sword, in that little time he had before the sw

His steps resounded through the empty halls as he walked happily, he ate to his limit on delicacies he had never had, not just that but he had gotten a new gossip partner, not entirely gossip but someone to talk about the matters of the clan.To Beth, she was the one in charge of all the maids, all the maids had sharp ears, rumors, gossip, news, you name it, all of that information came to her from the maids, it was a shocking surprise that amongst themselves, women also boast of their accomplishments, Kirin was able to learn that Princess Wistoria wasn't the only daughter, she had two other siblings, an elder brother, and a younger sister.The First son stayed at the Central Alliance. It was a city that shared no lands or borders with the other clans in the realms. It was free to all and yet still the most expensive city to live in. Kirin had once dreamed about going to the Central Alliance, but that had only been a fleeting dream. Only bureaucrats and the wealthy were allowed to liv

"What?""Huh?" Seth looked at Kirin then to the Clan Head and back at Kirin, "Wait, what?" He looked shocked, or more likely in disbelief."You heard me, why two soul cores?" Sebas asked with intrigue, it was something he had never seen before in all his long years of being alive, his aura zone basically covered his entire clan, and he knew the states of each and every one although he ignored the mundane humans after these two warriors had come, he noticed the oddity in the black haired one that knelt before him.Kirin's mouth immediately went dry, he didn't even know where to start or what else he could do, but he knew he couldn't lie to the Clan Head, not again, he turned and looked at Seth who seemed hurt for some reason, he didn't understand why he was hurt but he knew he also would be hurt it Seth had kept something this important away from him."Clan Head..." Kirin began"Yes..." "Although this is bold of me to make such a request please I ask that you keep this to yourself, th

The walk back to their rooms was as cold and quiet as the night sky above them, neither of them felt like talking, especially Seth who felt deeply betrayed, the cold winds lashed at them sending parts of their garments flapping, but even that left them unfazed.Torches and mystic lights lit the path which they walked, Kirin wasn't sure what kind of essence manipulation had been used but he was too tired to bother about how it worked."Aren't you going to say anything?" Seth spoke up suddenly, Kirin had been expecting it but had also dreaded it, this moment of questioning."Seth it was an order" Kirin tried defending himself, but in truth, his double core was something he was too scared to even talk about, not even with Grand Zenin when he had been at the clan."Order my foot, I'm your friend you bastard" Seth seethed through his teeth as he took Kirin by the collar of his vest and slammed him against the wall."I walked with you, fought with you, ate with you, protected you" he shoute