The Princess And The Lord

Lory also took a peek from behind the boulder. 'Such ugly creatures!', she thought the beasts were disgusting and didn't want to get close to them. The beasts suddenly raised their heads and sniffed around with its hairy big nose. Zhao Li Xin sprinkled white powder on her and himself once he saw this. Mong Yi and the others did the same. The beasts stopped sniffing when their odor suddenly disappeared.

The beasts snorted and went back to their feast. Zhao Li Xin gave Lory the jade bottle and signed for her to keep it in her ring. She nodded obediently and followed his advice. Zhao Li Xin waved his hand at the Mong brothers, who jumped from the wall and attacked the feasting beasts at a high speed.

The creatures shrieked as Mong Ki chopped off their heads while Mong Yi sliced them up like sushi. The attack was done in a minute. Mong Yi swung his sword to get rid of the bloodstains before he sheathed his sword.

Zhao Li Xin looked at the gruesome human corpses once the Mong brothers were done. The place was filled with a horrible smell and limbs could be seen everywhere. He worried Lory would be affected once she saw them and was thankful when she remained calm. Her eyebrows, however, knitted when she saw the corpses.

"Were they killed by these beasts?" Lory covered her nose with her palm.

"No. I think another beast kills them. The ugly beasts are vermins. They only eat the carcass leftover by other beasts," Jin Hao explained.

"Some of these corpses belong to the White Jade Pavilion, while others belong to another sect," Bei Li Yan squatted and used his knife to examine the sect's placard on one of the corpses.

"Let's go!" Zhao Li Xin did not bother with the corpses. He didn't want Lory to stay in this disgusting place any longer. suddenly a scream behind them halted their move.

"AAAGGGHH!"

The scream was familiar and inexplicably annoying. Jin Hao rolled his eyes with irritation, Bei Li Yan clicked his tongue with anger and the Mong brothers sighed as they shared a look. Zhao Li Xin frowned deeply at the disruption and Lory turned towards the sound. It was the stupid princess of Liangzu Kingdom, Ming Ru Yi.

Ming Ru Yi was shocked to see the corpses and animal remains. She wanted to block off the sight and smell but didn't know how to do it. Her hand kept moving between her eyes and nose, forgetting she had two hands. The soldiers including General Fu held their tongue at her response but their hearts unanimously thought she needed to cover her damn mouth first.

"UGH! What is that? Is that a hand? It's disgusting. Is that blood?" Ming Ru Yi kept shouting at everything she saw. 

"SHUT UP!" Zhao Li Xin hollered at her when he couldn't stand it anymore.

Ming Ru Yi quickly covered her mouth and looked at Zhao Li Xin with fright. She didn't understand why he was angry with her yet she was scared. Shouldn't he comfort her first? Her eyes turned moist with tears. She puffed her cheeks with a dejected expression that actually looked cute to Lory.

"Keep your mouth shut or I'll cut out your tongue!" Zhao Li Xin hissed. He hated loud voices and stupidity the most, and Ming Ru Yi was the embodiment of the two. 

Something fell on Lory's shoulder as this was happening. She frowned when she saw it looked like grovel. She looked up and saw a black shadow behind the boulder. She didn't know what it was but she knew it wasn't human as it had many feet.

"Mmm… Guys, something is coming!" Lory drew out her arrows.

"Something indeed…" Jin Hao looked up and drew out his sword.

"WHAT? WHAT IS IT?" Ming Ru Yi panicked when everyone drew their weapons.

"Princess, stop yelling! Your voice is like a dinner bell to them…" Lory hushed the stupid princess.

The princess clenched her mouth. Although she didn't like Lory, she quickly quietened down as she was scared of the beasts. The soldiers couldn't help but throw blaming looks behind Ming Ru Yi's back. The princess would be the death of them.

Someone suddenly screamed as his body was pulled up to the ceiling. They could only see his dangling feet as he kicked the air in panic. It happened so quickly that no one had the time to react.

"UP THERE!" A soldier pointed and shouted. Those who wielded bows shot out their arrows at the dark figure plastered on the ceiling. The black figure fell to the ground after taking in a few shots.

They cautiously approached the figure. It looked like a spider with five eyes scattered on its face. Its small mouth housed sharp small teeth and it also had six small legs.

"Another ugly creature," Bei Li Yan said with disgust and everyone agreed.

"Uh-oh," Lory gasped. Her eyes were on the ceiling. 

Hundreds of the black creatures swarmed towards them using the ceiling. The sound of their crawling feet and shrieks frightened everyone as they all looked up the ceiling as one. Another soldier was pulled up by an invisible string as he screamed desperately.

"ARCHERS!" General Fu yelled and a dozen archers aimed for the creatures in a flash. The creatures fell from the ceiling one by one from their assault. The creatures didn't back down from the attack but became more aggressive. Some even jumped from the ceiling and lunged at one of the archers' faces.

Lory drew three arrows at once and killed the creature before it landed on the archer. She aimed for others trying to do the same and killed more creatures. The soldiers gave Lory an appreciative look. She nodded at them and continued her defense.

Bei Li Yan used his whip to create a barrier around him and killed quite a number of the creatures with one swing. Jin Hao also killed more with a single slash from his swords. Their actions cleared the area around Lory which made it easier for her to aim and release her arrows. The creatures, however, kept increasing.

"It's not good. There are too many of them!" Lory's stamina decreased from her defense. 

"Milord, I think the creatures were lured by the smell from the carcass!" Mong Ki said as he cut two creatures at once.

"Cannibals again?" Lory was perplexed but kept releasing her arrows. The thought made her feel nauseated.

"Everything is a cannibal in here," Jin Hao calmly replied. He pierced the ground with his sword freezing the creatures swarming around him. He then pulled out the sword after a few seconds and slashed the frozen creatures into chunks. 

'Nice trick!' Lory was amazed.

The unending creatures lunging at them annoyed Zhao Li Xin. He gently pushed Lory's shoulder away from him, "Hide…"

"What?" Lory was confused by his command but Bei Li Yan and the other Hei Shen Sect members looked terrified. They dashed behind the boulder next to them.

Mong Yi grabbed Lory's wrist while his eyes assured her to comply, "Milord said HIDE!"

"EVERYONE HIDE…!" Bei Li Yan warned General Fu and his soldiers from behind the boulder. The other group didn't know what happened but Zhao Li Xin and his people had helped them many times so they easily listened without question.

They all rushed behind the boulder and stone wall to hide leaving Zhao Li Xin standing alone at the center. Zhao Li Xin opened his arms and fire wrapped around his hand like a torch. He took a deep breath and the flame on his hand grew.

The temperature around them increased rapidly before he released the fire from his hands. The fire spread around him like it was alive. It engulfed the ground and ceiling and burned the creatures in a second. 

Some creatures tried to run away in frenzy but the flame was faster than them. It engulfed them and burned them. Nothing but dust soon remained. Zhao Li Xin stood inside the fire like King Yama visiting from the deepest hellhole to release his wrath to the world. 

With all the creatures dead, Zhao Li Xin took another deep breath and the fire was sucked back to his hand. He exhaled loudly once it was finished as the temperature around them normalized.