"Argh!"
"Argh!"
The intensity of the chaotic battle increased, followed by more screams of agony. Abel and Maisy fought like a ferocious beast as even some of the Body Strengthening level warriors were not their match. Alicia was also scared the hell out of the Lane family members with her powerful spells. Each time she moved, she took a life.
The battlefield was tragic. All the buildings in the monastery were almost destroyed, blood vaporized into the air, a stinging stench of blood could be smelled everywhere. Such a massive battle happening inside the monastery did not alert anyone outside because Stefan had sealed the entire spatial area around the temple.
In this intense battle, both parties suffered injuries and casualties, especially the Lane family, but unlike Stefan's initial plan, only a few members of the Cooper family suffered injuries. The Lane family had lost more than half of their group not very long after the battle had started. The remaining people were frightened to death as their fighting spirit had dropped to almost zero. While the Cooper family was just getting started.
As for the battle that was happening between the two strongest men, Stefan was pressed on the ground and hit by Noah. One of his arms was broken and torn away from his body, blood had soaked his clothes in a helpless situation. Although the weakening effects of the red smoke ended a couple of minutes ago, Noah had done a number on Stefan and wounded him as he could.
When Stefan raised his head to look at Noah, he could see a very relaxed and easygoing expression on his face. He suddenly felt that Noah was toying with him. Noah could easily take his life at the beginning.
"How did this happen!"
Stefan spurted blood. Even until now, Stefan had no clues that he inhaled a cloud of smoke that weakened his cultivation level temporarily.
He coughed up more blood because of the injuries he suffered, both physically and mentally. As for the mental part, he felt extremely miserable to be defeated by Body Refining stage level 8 cultivator.
"Master Lane, unlock the seal now, we can't fight anymore."
Someone shouted at Stefan while fleeing for his life from Alicia but his life was ended by Alicia the very next moment. The seal was supposed to lock the spatial area to prevent their enemies from escaping. However the situation had changed, they realized that they had trapped themselves instead, with no way to escape from the place. The only person who could unlock the seal was Stefan.
Stefan himself also couldn't stand the battle any longer. He summoned a talisman in his hand and threw it into the air. After it rumbled, the invisible seal in the spatial area disappeared. Stefan fled instantly, flying out from the battlefield.
"You damn kid, I will never forget this day, we will meet again!" Stefan left a vengeful message and chose to flee. Too bad, Noah wouldn't allow him.
"If you have chosen to flee in the very beginning, I won't be able to chase you, but with your current state, fleeing is not an option for you."
Noah's revealed a cold smile. At the moment when he struck Stefan, he had already given him the death sentence. Noah wouldn't allow a threatening enemy to escape from his grasp. Someone like him, a Core Formation warrior would bring trouble in the future.
Sling!
Noah slashed with his Sword and his slash sent a crescent shape wave flying straight towards Stefan.
"No!!"
Stefan felt his life was endangered by the energy wave. It was too fast and strong to defend himself with his current state.
"AH!" Stefan screamed and tried to cast a defensive spell but he was too slow as the crescent shape wave cleaved his body in two halves.
"What?!"
"Stefan is dead…We have to escape now!"
"That man is too strong. Our plan has failed. Let's run for our lives!"
.....
Stefan's death was a fatal blow to the Lane family's fighting spirit. From fearless fighters, they had become timid birds that flew away in all directions.
"Kill them all, Don't let a single one from the Lane family escape!"
Maisy ordered and chased one of them at lightning speed while swaying her fists in the air, crushing his head. Even though they couldn't fight them anymore, they still had the ability to escape. Despite the Cooper family and Abel frantically killing as much of them as possible, several of them managed to escape.
To the Cooper family, this was an amazing battle that needs to be recorded. The Cooper family was supposed to be the prey, but in the middle of the fight, they had turned the situation around and caused the Lane family to suffer many casualties, which included a Core Formation warrior, Stefan. The Lane family would really feel extremely disappointed and at the same time, they would regret the decision of this attack on Maisy.
The battle had ended, but they couldn't calm down. They were now staring at the demolished monastery. Fortunately, Abel and Alicia's spell protected the buildings from being completely destroyed by the battle. Many of them stared at Noah as this handsome and white-clothed youth was undoubtedly their savior today. They could imagine the tragedy that would happen if he did not help out today. Their lives would all be in danger despite the fact that Maisy possessed great talent.
"What's your name, big brother?"
Maisy came to Noah's side. Her sparkling eyes were fixed on him. It was really hard to imagine an adorable girl like her had a violent side when battling: as ferocious as a beast.
"I am Noah, Noah Winston"
Noah smiled and extended his arms to pinch Maisy's cheek. Noah naturally felt pleased when a sweet little girl wanted to find out about his name.
"Praise the God of Peace for sending all of you to help us. If not, the consequences would have been disastrous."
Levi walked over, his words were full of gratitude. He felt very fortunate that he had invited these three guests into the monastery and gave them shelter disregarding Noah's situation with Aragoth.
"Noah. This name is somewhat familiar."
An elder of the Cooper family tried to recall where he had heard the name before.
"You are the one who caused trouble in the western Dradel!"
One of them recalled his identity and exclaimed when he saw the golden babaroo and the ice-cold beauty beside him. He heard that Noah had killed a disciple of Aragoth, which was very extraordinary. There was also an angelic beauty and a monkey that was always following him. Therefore, he found the connection between them and determined that the young man is Noah.
"It seems that my name is well known, even in Kethen" Noah smiled calmly, confirming his identity.
"Wah! So that Noah is you, big brother? I have heard the things that you have done in Dradel, it was too awesome. I also heard you're the second-best Alchemist of the young generation" Maisy cheered. Her eyes stared at Noah in admiration, as though her eyes were blinking like stars. The little girl's words reminded Alicia the black-robed youngster who stunned everyone during the Phoenix auction fair. The killing intent she saw in his eyes and his disappearance without even a single scratch on him after facing Julius's attack gave her goosebumps.
"So you are brother Noah. No wonder you were able to kill a Core formation warrior. If it wasn't for your intervention today, our Cooper family would have lost our little miss. This is a great kindness to us, please accept my gratitude."
One of the elders of the Cooper family said solemnly. The others followed his actions and also showed their gratitude to Noah. They tried to think about what would have happened if Noah wasn't here and felt extremely grateful towards Noah for saving Maisy and them.
"Not much courtesy is needed. Big brother is one of us now."
Maisy was very mature for her age. Despite seeing Noah for the first time, she didn't regard him as a stranger anymore and began to see him as her own brother.
Noah couldn't help but laugh. This little girl did really have a good attitude and reminded him of his little sisters. Therefore, he liked her instantly.
"I'm here you know"
Abel couldn't stand the situation anymore. His contribution on the battlefield was not meager, but everyone turned their attention to Noah, totally neglecting his presence.
"Erm, this is Abel, he is also studying under one of the Peace God's temples to be a priest" Noah quickly introduced him to Maisy.
"A fellow priest, welcome to the peace valley Abel," said Levi. Everyone's attention now shifted to Abel, including Maisy's.
"What about me? If it wasn't for me gassing Stefan, Noah couldn't have defeated him" The golden babaroo rolled its eyes and complained.
The members of the Cooper family were astonished as Alicia pitched the monkey's cheeks to shut his mouth.
"What a cute little monkey? What's his name?" Maisy immediately reached her hands towards Norvin to pet him with sparkling eyes.
"Hey!" Norvin tried to escape from being petted by the little girl but Alicia grabbed him by his neck and handed him over to Maisy.
"So cute!" Maisy squeezed Norvin and rubbed his head while everyone watched the little girl with a gentle smile on their faces.
"Big brother, you and I hit it off even if we just met for the very first time. All of you must come to our Cooper family and be our guest. When my mom and dad know about this, they will be more than thankful to you"
Maisy's tone was aggressive and determined, it gave them a very hard time to decline her offer.
"Alright, since you're being gracious, we will definitely come with you"
Noah said with a smile. He was very clear that once he entered Oxfell, he would be involved in the strife between the Lane and Cooper family. Although he had killed one of the Lane family's members, this wasn't the end and they wouldn't just leave it like that. He sighed inside thinking about Peyton as she told him to stay out of trouble but he just did the opposite.
"So brother Noah, are you going into the Nether Realm?" while they were walking towards the main temple, Maisy asked curiously.
"Of course"
"Yey! We should go together" Noah was surprised but he had no intention to stop the little girl because she needed real-world experience to hone her skills and the NEther realm was a perfect place to do so.
"Why is a little girl like you entering the Nether realm?" Norvin asked after getting tired of trying to get out of the little girl's clutch.
"Grandma said I will find a baby dragon if I go there!"
"Eek" when she mentioned the words baby dragon, she squeezed Norvin more in excitement as Noah could tell Maisy's desire for getting a baby dragon.
However, the little girl didn't know there is someone else also looking for a baby dragon and would do anything to get his hands on a baby dragon.