The Last Primal

"[Reptilian] Time to play seriously…. I guess I shouldn't act so constrained. I should act more on impulse!"

Just as Aiden exclaimed and was about to spring into action, another voice came from another direction.

"[Reptilian] Master, it's not fair that you leave us out from all this fun!"

Immediately after that, another cold female voice resounded. "[Reptuilian] Just in time too… I was growing restless… It's time to vent my frustrations a bit!"

Upon hearing the familiar voices of his trusted aides, Aiden's eyes shone brightly under the dark cover of his hood.

"[Reptilian] Huh? It's… Who are they?"

Tai-Liu was slightly shocked.

From the distance, she saw a group of unfamiliar figures approaching at a calm, steady pace. Despite the overwhelming numbers that they were witnessing, none of them showed any signs of fear. No, on the contrary, Tai-Liu could even see the growing excitement and eagerness on the small party's faces as they got closer.

Looking back at the crimson scaled skink that Aiden had saved before, as well as the other woman she was now protecting, Tai-Liu thought that Aiden had no other helpers left in the city. Even if he came with others, she thought it was a wise move for them to leave the inner city of Ugburg.

Given the fact that neither of them was a known figure in the city, she could guess where their strength was roughly at, it was only a matter of time before they would have been killed by the massive force of temple zealots if they would have remained in the Inner City.

However, Tai-Liu diud not expect that they would not only not leave as she had expected, but would actually come and willingly face the sure death by their own will!

The haughty man standing behind Tai-Liu sneered in contempt.

"[Reptilian] They have returned to the city despite knowing that they would surely die. How utterly stupid."

Even though most of the cultivators present harbored the same thoughts, hearing it aloud was extremely unpleasant.

"[Reptilian] Enough. Shut it!" Tai Liu frowned and turned back to chide softly.

Although the haughty young man was a disciple of the Azure Myst Sect as well, he belonged to a different hall entirely. He was a student of the Battle Hall within the sect, one of their most precious disciples, the leading forces and a member of the core forces of the expeditionary force they sent out to explore the Ancient Burial Site. Thus, Tai-Liu, despite being the leader could not afford to scold at him too harshly.

The young man only harrumphed at the remark and said nothing more.

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the sound, gentle yet resolute.

"[Reptilian] That's not stupidity, but loyalty!"

Being shunned for being different than the rest, Tirax was mostly silent, almost meek in nature and would usually just swallow his own indignances even if he felt he was wronged. He had learned over time that there was no point in speaking up, nobody would care about a 'filthy mutant' anyways.

This time however, he couldn't hold back. It had to take an immense amount of courage for him to rebut as such.

For some reason, he could not let things go at the moment. A sense of frustration surged through his heart as he gripped his fists ever so tightly and glared angrily at the haughty looking handsome skink young man. "[Reptilian] Someone like you would never understand what that word even means."

"[Reptilian] Heh… Loyalty? What do you even know about that, you trash? Does that mean heading to death together?

The young man snorted and looked at the crimson scaled skink mockingly. He smirked and continued coldly, "[Reptilian] Since you know what loyalty is, how about you join them to die too, huh? What are you even doing here then?"

The young man was a strong, powerful warrior after all. He knew how much blood his hands were stained with for him to reach such a point in his life. To be selected as a member of their expeditionary forces, he couldn't possibly remain clean.

Tirax felt her heart sink when he met with the young man's cold gaze and stumbled back half a step subconsciously.

Suddenly, the temperature around them dipped straight down! All the Azure Myst Sect disciples present, including the elderly uncle as well, felt a chilling, cold murderous intent that sent shivers down their spines. It was as though they were targeted by some ancient and violent entity that could rip their flesh apart and burn their souls at any moment.

The uncle's heart skipped a beat. He felt fear for the first time in what? Decades maybe?

The arrogant young man who was initially haughty and fiery felt his hair stand on end.

An unprecedented shadow of death enveloped him, making him feel cold.

They did not know where this presence came from but could feel the vast, overwhelming power, that have suddenly befallen on them.

Merely a few seconds later, that probably felt like hours for those present the pressure and the surrounding chill vanished without a trace.

It was as though everything everyone had felt earlier was merely an illusion.

Most of those subjected to the strange pressure just now were left confused and exchanged glances with lingering fear… Nobody seemed to understand where this strange phenomenon have come from.

Well… besides a few exceptionally keen figures.

The elderly Uncle sent a deep meaningful glance at the calm-looking hooded young woman that came together with the mysterious youngster that was fighting below them.

The haughty young man shuddered and looked around, only heaving a sigh of relief and looked more relaxed after discovering nothing.

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Back on the long street.

As the figures approached, Aiden's eyes glazed with surprise.

'They did come in the end, even though I deliberately did not tell them anything.' He sighed inwardly.

However, despite the clear fact that they have gone against his wishes, Aiden wasn't angry or mad at all. On the contrary, he was about to risk everything and let go of his self-imposed constraints and reveal himself not just to the city, but to the High Priest as well as to the real threat watching them from above, the Ancient One.

He was about to let loose and reveal his full power, as well as activate his divinity, even knowing that this action of his would most likely only be the cause of further problems down on the road.

Even though that would ruin the primary purpose of all that Aiden was hoping to achieve, he had to admit that he severely underestimated the High Priest's forces and have suffered greatly for it.

Yet, just as he was about to do so, like a shining beacon of light, his servants have suddenly come back to his aid!

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