A New Path - Chapter 235

The night was approaching fast and they had already left Emilio’s home. They were walking the streets of Saint City and observing how the people changed as night approached. From what he could see, everyone in this city developed an entirely different identity as night came, and together with alcohol the city truly came alive during the night.

“Jugo, Lupus, tonight we go our separate ways. You guy need to go and finish that mission Jugo has. Lupus, it’ll be your job to make sure he survives his journey from point A to B.” Amell was striding along the city streets with his casual attitude.

“No worries, you can count on me, Lord Amell. I will not let anything hurt him!” Lupus spoke with real conviction. She was the evilest and brutal maid that worked on Paradise island, but she was also the one that valued love and loyalty the most, which is why she is so attached to the idea of protecting Jugo even though he might not need it.

Amell glanced back then stopped and turned around to face them. “I will come by the guild later, maybe we’ll see each other then.” After a smile and a nod, Amell started walking in another direction. Jugo and Lupus said nothing, they just waved him goodbye as his form blended into the darkness and disappeared.

Now that he was alone he didn’t have to hold back in how fast he moved, so Amell was walking at the same speed that Jugo sprinted in. His feet only touched the ground every twenty meters or so, so he wasn’t walking as much as he was skipping along the dirt road.

The distance between Saint City and the magic council HQ was fairly long and with a normal horse-drawn carriage, it would take about eleven hours to arrive. A forest ran along the dirt road so, in the dead of night, Amell could hear all the eerie sounds of the forest. Animal growls and the wind whistling through the tree crown creating music for his ears.

Amell’s senses were not in any way comparable to a human’s, and among the senses, a normal human had, Amell’s eyesight was his most powerful tool. If he focused he could see thousands of miles ahead of him. As he was travelling along the dirt road, being nothing but a blur to the beasts watching the road for travellers they could attack and kill, his eyes saw something that caught his full attention. Far ahead on the road was two large black cats, panthers. The panthers large bright yellow eyes were staring at three small bodies lying at the side of the road.

‘I should hurry up before they eat them.” Amell’s next step shot him forward like a lightning strike and before a second had passed he had arrived right next to one of the panthers. Amell had travelled thousands of meters in just about a single second. He grabbed the head of the panther and threw it against one of the trees.

“Stay!” Amell said sternly as he turned and glared at the panther still leaning over the three bodies. “Sit!” His voice rang with shocking might and parts of his aura were released against the poor panther. It couldn’t stand against his aura for a second so it fell on the ground while whimpering like a standard house cat.

“Good kitty,” Amell walked over to the other one that he had thrown against a tree. It was hurt badly, but still alive. Amell approached and sat down beside it. “I am going to heal you, do not move.” He didn’t expect the panther to understand human speech, he just used the intent in his voice to subdue the animal. His hand touched the tiger and through cosmic bending, he started to heal the animal back to full strength.

“There we go! Come with me now,” Amell walked back to the other panther that still had not moved from its spot on the ground. He pointed at the ground beside the panther, and the newly healed one laid down on the spot. Amell walked over to whoever the panthers had been close to having for dinner. To his surprise it was three kids, not looking to be a day over ten or eleven years old.

“Poor things, at least they are not hurt, they are just exhausted.” He sat down on his knees beside them. He looked at the two panthers, “What? Are you guys just gonna sit there all day? Come over here!” He pointed at the kids, “Take on each, help me carry them.” The panthers walked over to the kids and bit down on the collar of their clothes to lift them.

“Follow me!” Amell left the road and started heading into the forest.

After a while, he arrived at a small clearing in the forest and he nodded to himself. “This will do!” He snapped his fingers and a simple house made from the earth stone rose from the ground. He pointed at the house and the panthers that seemed to possess quite high intelligence both nodded and walked towards the house.

Inside the house, Amell said to the panthers, “Lay down!” And they did without question. Amell laid the kids down against the panther so they wouldn’t need to sleep on the hard ground underneath them. After doing that he removed his green body cloak and carefully placed it above them to shield them from the cold at least a little bit, plus the panther’s fur would do wonders for their warmth.

“Now we wait!” Amell said and sat down against the walls of the small house. He leaned his head against the wall and closed his eyes.

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