STRETCH STRETCH
Ali flexed his right shoulder as he looked at the line of fighters waiting with their aura surging…
Cassian, Thorgar, Elden, Zeek, Liza, Fainter and Loyd were all eyeing Ali carefully, watching him test out the fitted training clothes the maids had made for him.
'I left her sleeping', Ali thought as he'd left before Fiona woke up, leaving behind all the stuff he had picked up from her home.
'Now then, it's time for some payback…', Ali thought as his black eyes landed coldly on Zeek, the wolf man. He held his twin swords tightly and his blue aura flared, sensing the danger.
FLASH
Zeek's eyes widened seeing Ali's fist flying at him. One moment he was twenty metres away and the next he was so close…
'FAST', he thought as he tried stepping back and raising his twin swords, but it was too slow as Ali's punch drilled into his abdomen and launched him thirty metres back into the grass fields behind the castle.
Ali exploded after him, grabbing the winded demi-human's arm and swinging him down into the ground, making a small crater with his body. Ali swung him up into the air and jumped after him.
UGH
Zeek puked mid-air, but Ali didn't care as he landed one brutal punch into Zeek's chin, knocking him out mid-air.
Liza and the others, still shocked, watched Zeek fall back to the ground with his hands now twitching and raised into the air as his body stiffened, a natural reaction after getting knocked out, but it was a very ugly one.
Ali turned around to them, black aura slithering up his body as his eyes transformed into silver dragon eyes and slight strands of silvery fire escaped them. Now he could see their aura clear as day and see the exact moment they excited or relaxed their flow of aura, and that was invaluable insight in a fight with an aura user.
Thin black veins covered his body, with his left eye transforming again. This time, the dragon eye was a fuse of black and silver, making him look even more monstrous and otherworldly…
"Next", Ali said.
SMILE
AAAAAAAAAAAH
Cassian smiled and surged forward as Thorgar roared and exploded with his blue third-rank aura and his barbarian heart activated. Elden was behind the two, his giant frame glowing a shiny gold and faint traces of fire, signs of the true Flame's blessing.
Ali watched Cassian engulfed in yellow rank four aura, Thorgar a crazy barbarian, and Elden the giant of the true flame rush at him and simply opened his hand where his lightsaber materialised, now a beam of red fused with black aura.
An hour later….
HAH HAH HAH
Cassian fell back onto the grass, a massive yellow sword made of aura dissipated from his great sword leaving behind a huge forty-metre trench, but in the end, he still lost with cuts and bruises covering his body.
He fell between Elden and Thorgar who were also exhausted and beaten up badly, behind them Liza and Loyd were breathing heavily too but their injuries were lighter.
Fainter could be seen flying in his black armour smashing into a small hill and sending chunks of grass, dirt and rock flying where he crashed.
Meanwhile Ali stood there unharmed, his aura faded and he looked around at the defeated aura users he just sparred, 'They're not bad, especially Cassian, he showed me how strong fourth rank is, this aura weapon is very offensively heavy and powerful.', Ali thought as he signalled for the priest near the castle to get down and heal them.
It was actually the head priest of his estate, Ignus who ran down leaving Fiona and Melissa standing there, they'd watched some of the fight and were astonished at the prowess Ali showed.
'I knew he was strong but this, I've seen Royal Knights train many times but even some of the most experienced couldn't fight like that. He's a master swordsman…', Fiona thought looking at the handsome man who flicked his hand and Fainter flew to the others and landed near them. 'Forget that he's a master fighter, and that's without using his Telekinesis'.
"Lord Ali is incredible", Melissa said with love-struck eyes as she couldn't take her eyes off him.
Fiona looked at the girl lost in love and shook her head as she looked back at what she did last night. "Yeah, he is. Now go make sure breakfast is ready for our tired fighters," she told Melissa, who nodded and rushed back into the castle.
When Ignus healed them all back up, Ali went on to lecture each one on their weakness and what they should train. Every single one of them listened carefully. Having someone like Ali advise them was simply invaluable. Just listening to him one time made them stronger than they were before, and now they could practice what he tells them to, and their strengths will jump.
'It helps to break through their ranks when I can see the faults in their aura circulation using my eyes,' Ali thought as he also told each of them the faults in their aura flow when mediating later.
Then he instructed them to practice what he just told them and walked back into the castle, where he suddenly vanished and appeared in the dark corner between the garrison and the stable. There, Keith immediately turned around and stabbed his dagger forward with his small knives already flying at Ali.
Ali's finger tapped his forehead as Keith's dagger and knives froze before they landed on Ali. "Dead,"
Ali said as he lowered his finger and looked down at the assassin, who breathed heavily, feeling the overwhelming pressure Ali released on him. Ali did this whenever Keith was near, sharpening the assassin's senses and making him somewhat accustomed to heavy killing intent.
"You don't rely enough on your gut instincts. It is every assassin's true life line. It's more important than all your other senses. And learn to infuse more of your aura into your knives. Go and ask the demi-human captain to teach you before she leaves Obidos today," Ali said as he simply walked away, leaving Keith there sweating.
'Huh?', Keith jumped forward when he felt a prickly pain from the back of his neck. That's when he turned around and saw the thin white fang that extruded from the wall, and its sharp tip had a drop of his blood on it.
'Monster…My gut instincts, it's easier said than done. SIGH', Keith sheathed his dagger and picked up his knives, disappearing to go find Lyria.
Later in the day…
Ali was sitting on Eldora flying over the forest with Fiona sitting in front of him with her daughter in her arms. They both looked down.
"The demi-humans are working fast. Those animals are very excited to live like actual intelligent creatures instead of dirty beasts", Fiona said with hate as she watched paths getting cleared in the forest and carriages trucking away the timber. The new roads used to transport goods between the busy camp and the human towns and villages.
"All their young warriors have been sent to the academy. Miles is going to help with their security from now on, and the reconstruction is faster than in the human communities since demi-humans are stronger, faster, and they have a large workforce ready.", Ali said as they reached their destination.
"And Fiona", Ali said, breathing into her ear this time, making her blush, "Drop this hate for the demi-humans. I know you're not like that and it's driven by revenge.", Ali said slowly.
"The one who killed George, he doesn't fit in with the new regime, fortunately", Ali said.
"I want to see him die", Fiona turned and said in a hateful tone, and her eyes were cold.
"As you wish", Ali smirked and replied before he hugged Fiona from behind, surprising her as Eldora dove down.
They landed and got off Eldora's back before the destroyed home where Fiona used to live…
"George built it in one week. He took great pride in building our home", she said with a sad tone as she walked around the home.
Ali watched her walk around for ten minutes before she stopped in the field of dead flowers.
"Here, I want him buried here", she said, and Ali nodded, raising his finger. With the power of the Force, the Earth opened up, digging out a large grave.
Fiona got closer to the grave and tears started falling involuntarily as she knew what came next. She knew her heart would break again. Ali kneeled beside her and opened his palm at the ground where a big corpse covered in a white cloth from head to toe appeared on the ground next to the grave.
Fiona kneeled and slowly lifted the white cloth from George's face. Once she saw her husband's face, her heart stopped and broke into pieces.
AHHHHHHHHH
GEORGE GEORGE AHHHHH DARLING AHHHHH HEK HEK HEK
Ali watched the widow sob and cry. After some time, he lifted George and put him in a newly made casket before lifting it into the grave and filling it up. Once finished, he pulled in a slab of wood from the house and stabbed it over the grave. He also took out George's axe to place it next to the pole but she stopped him saying he should keep it to protect her and her daughter, "It's what George would have wanted", she said.
"What do you want on it?", Ali said, making her point with her finger on the wood, and as her finger moved, a thin cut would be made into the wood.
After all that, Ali took Fiona and her daughter back to the castle. "Thank you", Fiona said weakly on the way back.
Once there, Ali dropped off Fiona and made his way back to the demi-human camp. Once his large dragon landed there, the camp froze and all eyes went to him. He jumped down from Eldora's back and looked around.
"Show respect to your LORD", an elder shouted furiously at the hundreds of demi-humans who followed the human craftsmen next to them and kneeled to Ali. This time they were more accepting as they'd seen the benefits Ali brought them and heard of the treatment the demi-humans experienced in Obidos.
"Keep up the good work helping our demi-human friends", Ali said to a human builder who smiled proudly.
"Of course, my lord. I will work hard to have five hundred houses built in a week", the builder said confidently.
"Good", Ali said turning around. 'Five hundred in a week. I should send the demi-humans out to work construction everywhere after they finish here', Ali thought as he walked into the priestess's tent with five elders behind him.
"My Lord", the priestess bowed to him and said with a slightly flustered tone from his sudden visit, 'Did he come here for my answer?' she thought nervously.
"Priestess, do not fret, you still have time", Ali said with a smirk. She looked up and her face went red in embarrassment.
"Thank you", she said.
"Elders and guards leave us", Ali said without looking back. They didn't argue as they immediately followed his order and left the two alone.
"I hope things go smoothly and we'd have his full support", an elder whispered, but his voice reached the two inside the tent.
Kynari blushed, understanding what they meant. Her white tails wiggled in the air behind her cutely, with her white furry ears folding down shyly.
Then her eyes shot open and her face turned completely red. She looked around slowly to see Ali had moved behind her and was touching one of her fluffy tails with interest.
"They're soft and nice to the touch", Ali commented casually, playing around with another tail.
"L-L-LLLord", Kynari muttered, flustered. Her foxy red eyes couldn't believe what she was seeing.
She turned her body around, taking her tails out of Ali's reach. "My lord, you can't do that, no", Kynari said, flustered.
"Why?", Ali asked, sitting down at the head chair.
"Our tail is a private part of our bodies and only our partners could touch them", Kynari explained, trying to get back her cool.
"I see, well, I can say this…", Ali leaned forward, "After feeling them, I can't wait for when you become my concubine and then I can sleep covered in soft white tails, all nine of them", Ali said in a teasing tone, and that sent Kynari over the moon.
She couldn't look him in the eyes anymore….
"My lord, please stop, it's too much for me", the inexperienced priestess couldn't take it anymore.
"Ok, ok, I'm just having fun, now serious matters, I swear", Ali waved her closer, and she stood before him.
"Listen, Kynari, I'm planning to hunt down every Beast King in the forest around my land, that includes all the Beast Kings under your control," Ali said.
"Lord Ali, what…why?", she asked first.
"Well, answer this first, Kynari, what is the extent of your charm on beasts?", he asked.
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