The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1060

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The Yao family is a medium-sized family in Ogden Town. They are a branch family of the Yao's from a big city. At this time, the youngest daughter of the Yao's, Yao Xue, is about to get married to the son of a military officer assigned in Ogden Southern Gate village.

Yao Xue is a quiet and pretty girl at the age of 15, although she is young, she is already endowed with a womanly figure. But her beauty and allure are not known to many because she seldom goes out. Out of all her sisters, she was considered the most worthless. All of her siblings are studying either at Ogden academy or in other schools in town. Some are even able to become apprentices to masters in the town.

However, Yao Xue seems to be lacking in talent. She does not hold any talent in any of the seven main occupations.. Even in other occupations, she does not have any talent in them either. The reason for this is because… she is unable to concentrate on anything at all.

This all started when she was five. At that time, Yao Xue is not the trash she is known today. In fact, she could be considered a child prodigy. At a young age, she is already able to memorize words and write letters. Many thought that she would become the first runemaster in the family.

But then everything changes when one day she came home to her mother complaining about a headache. At that time she was applying with her brothers and sisters outside. She fell sick and gotten worse for 3 days. Luckily the doctor was able to save her life. However, her talent is already gone. She seems to be always absentminded and slow.

Her mother was devastated, and the two of them became a laughing stock of the family. Yao Xue's mother is only a concubine, so even her husband did not support her. From that time forth Yao Xue's future was ruined.

So they don't have any choice but to accept the marriage to the son of the military officer. At least she thought that her daughter would have a nice future with her husband.

The military officer is Commander Wang Zhou, a 45-year-old level 8 Ki fighter. Commander Wang Zhou has a son named Wang Changli who is already 16 years old this year. Wang Changli is a tall, handsome, and talented young man. He is a student of Ogden academy and is already a combat apprentice. At the young age of 16, he has reached the 3rd level Ki fighter stage and is very proficient in using sabers like his father.

The Yao introduces Yao Xue as a housewife material to Commander Wang Zhou for his son Wang Changli. The Yao's from Ogden town has seen potential with the young man. Their family became acquainted with each other in one of the parties from the nobles of the town.

It was just a casual talk at first, then it turned into a meeting, and then it became a marriage arrangement. The Yaos and the Wangs became excited with this union as they thought that it would be a good partnership between families.

Today is an auspicious day and today is the day of the marriage between Wang Changli and Yao Xue. At this time, a large convoy is traveling from Ogden town to Ogden Southern Gate village. And this is the convoy of the bride.

However, while traveling in the middle of the road going to the village, the convoy met with an unlucky event.

The convoy was suddenly attacked by a large number of bandits.

At this time everyone is in panic and they did not know what to do.

"Miss Cao… What is happening outside?" Yao Xue asked as she lifted her red veil.

But no one answered her.

She carefully peeks outside and what she saw made her really afraid. She did not expect to see a number of armed people that looks like bandits surrounding their convoy. The menacing look of those people made her skin crawl in fear.

She could not imagine what would happen if they successfully captured her.

Yao Xue could not help but grip tightly the window as she showed an ominous feeling in her heart. She thought that this would never happen to her. She trusted that they would not be so vicious as to send her to her death just because she is weak, unlike her siblings.

In fact, before she was sent here, she already received a piece of news that something might happen on her way to the village. But she ignores it thinking that her siblings should not be that bad, right?

But who would have thought that they would surely do such a thing? In her heart, a seed of hatred has already formed.

When she was young, she was proud to be looked at and fawned upon by the adults in the family. But who would have known that this would get the ire of her siblings? They would always bully her and discriminate against her which truly hurt her feelings.

And so at a young age, she learned that being talented is nothing more than trouble. One day her oldest brother hit her head and it was really painful.

She got sick after that. In her weak state, her siblings visited her and tried to comfort her, and this made her happy.

From that time forth she decided to hide her talent and pretend to be weak.

It worked for a while. However, her siblings then began to set their distance away from her. She did not know why and she became more confused. And from that time forth she became a loner.

She stopped practicing as she thought that everything is just for naught and was then labeled as the trash of the family.

Yao Xue looks outside the window and saw her guards being beaten and kicks away from the caravan along with the maid and servants with her.

Tears began flowing down her cheeks as she bit her lower lip. She knew that her fate is sealed. She knew that she would never be able to escape this tragic fate of hers.

What she regretted the most is her decision to stop practicing Ki.

In fact, even now, in secret, she would always read books about runes. Ever since young, runes have gotten her interest. At night, when she is alone in her own room, she would always practice writing them. But of course, the rune does not activate as the way she writes it is wrong.

Runes are very sensitive. One should accurately follow the proper lines and strokes as this is the invisible law that an individual is tapping into. If one is able to successfully manage to understand the meaning in each of the lines and strokes, then they would be able to tap into the power of nature itself.

As she recalled all those things in her mind, a sad smile appears on her face. While looking at the menacing bandits outside and hearing the scream of some of the women they began to violate, her heart skipped a beat.

She truly did not want this kind of fate. She could rather kill herself than be shamed by those barbarians.

Suddenly, she grabs one of her hairpins and pointed it on her neck.

"Mother… I'm sorry, I failed you." She muttered as she slowly closes her eyes.

"Hmm… If you stab your neck like that, you will die a slightly painful death…" suddenly a voice that belonged to a boy entered her ears.

Yao Xue suddenly opens her eyes and was startled to see a man wearing a mask inside her carriage. She wanted to shout, but she suddenly remembers that those outside are bandits. If she shouts then that is tantamount to calling their attention towards her. If that happens then that would be a fate worse than death.

The masked person inside her carriage suddenly puts his finger on his mask. He seems to be signaling her to keep quiet.

"I will give you an option… You either follow me or die in here. All I can tell you now is that this carriage is the remaining carriage in the convoy that is not touched by the bandits… I wanted to save the other people, but I am already too late. Plus, these guys are very strong." The masked person said.

From his tone, she knew that this person is not that old. In fact, he might even be her age.

She hesitated for a while, but then suddenly, she noticed a shadow walking past the window. Upon seeing that shadow, her heart began throbbing faster, and to prevent herself from crying, she quickly held her mouth.

"No… No, please… Please don't enter the carriage…" she thought while tears began pouring out of her eyes.

She now knew that the masked youth in front of her is not a threat. She could tell that by his eyes inside the mask. Plus it seems that he is actually offering her his help.

I gritted my teeth and force myself to calm down.

I then look at the masked youth and nodded my head.

"Please… save me…" I said in a low voice.

However, it seems that my luck is really bad today, as one of the bandits suddenly shouted outside.

"Who goes there?!"