Foreboding Storm - Chapter 141

“Bai Lan, are you out of your mind? You want me to train her to hunt Jinns? Why?” Leader Ku couldn’t understand Bai Lan.

The prophecy girl she’d been searching for like crazy had finally appeared. But instead of guarding her like a dragon guarding their treasure, she wanted to make her go through such a grilling training?

She wants him to train her while knowing how dangerous the training is?

Bai Lan crossed her arms and coldly looked at the Jinn Hunter.

“If she knew how to hunt Jinns, then she wouldn’t have gotten so badly injured. Leader Ku, I want you to train how to hunt Jinns because of the Dark Jinn. We all know that Jinns can’t leave the Dark Forest unless someone summons them for a wish. Don’t you find it strange that the Dark Jinn came after her?”

“You mean…?”

“There’s someone that’s targeting her. If they just want something from her, then the situation wouldn’t be that worrying. But if they are after her life…we all know how the Jinns. The Dark Jinn especially doesn’t fulfill a wish in which he wouldn’t be making the greatest gain…”

Leader Ku furrowed his brows, his face turning serious as understanding dawned on him. “The Dark Jinn must’ve accepted whatever wish the other person had with him gaining the greatest advantage. Okay. I can understand why you want me to train her. But have you thought about whether she’d be able to take it?”

“She’s the girl of the prophecy. I fully believe she has the ability to confront and overcome any obstacles. And this…it’s just a training to make her stronger.”

The two looked at the still motionless girl with complex gazes. While they felt happy at her appearance, they also felt lost as they knew what her appearance entailed.

*

In the seven realms, dark magic and dark magic wielders were publicly shunned due to their attributes. Wild, spiteful, deadly, dangerous, but most importantly dark.

Whether they were corrupted by the dark magic they wielded or they corrupted the magic with their vile hearts, dark magic wielders were a force the entire seven realms guarded against.

Because of the devastating wars against the dark magicians and their control over dark forces, whenever a dark magic wielder appeared, they were thrown into an isolated dimension with the intention of keeping them sealed inside forever.

But, it’s usually when one tries to chain or seal something they believe to be evil without any consideration of the other’s helplessness, that the true evil is born.

At this moment, in a certain dimension outside the seven realms, grey smoke cloaked over a land of death and gore swarming with corpses and dead bodies, as maggots and flies feasted and festered over the numerous rotten bodies.

Inhumane growls and snarls resonated in the region as two dark figures fought above the land of dead corpses. Both fast and deadly, the figures exchanged strikes and punches without holding back.

Dark magic swirled through the air, rising gale and fierce ghostly shadows as they charged towards an equally sinister mass of ghostly shadows.

BOOM!

A loud explosion resounded, the powerful collision sending shockwaves and fierce tremors through the land. Corpses and bones, with maggots swarming out of their seven orifices flew through the air. The ground cracked and fractured before the dust settled.

In the ensuing silence, the two clashing figures’ appearances were revealed. Pale-faced, soulless eyes swirling with endless darkness fell upon the mass of corpses.

“That should’ve been enough to awaken the trapped souls in the bodies, right?”

“Yes. But even if it failed to awaken the trapped souls inside, it shouldn’t be a problem to rise them back up.”

Thud!

Thud!

At this moment, the dull footsteps of an approaching individual came from behind the two figures, causing them to deferentially step aside with bowed heads.

The figure, cloaked in a black robe with a black hood, appeared in the center of the two individuals and looked over the land with a look of a sovereign looking over his territory.

“Good. You two did well. Go and see the other regions.” A bone-chilling, grating, and genderless voice sounded from the hood, and as if gaining amnesty, the two figures scattered back and fled the scene without a backward glance.

From their appearance, it looked as if they were running from a devil.

“Hmph! Always the same…not one with nerves to witness the scene.” Alone, the figure madly cackled, before spreading out its arms as if to embrace the world.

But what really occurred was soul-numbing.

Threads of black smoke, swirling with a bleak and grim aura, exuded from the figure’s body and spread out towards the mass of corpses. It seeped into the body of the corpses, and as if sensing the malicious presence, the corpses began to shudder and twitch, seemingly fighting against the foreign invasion.

Wretched hisses, combined with painful grunts, filled the region and spread a melody of death and the promise of destruction.

After what felt like forever, the corpses stopped spasming and the painful grunts receded. But there were black threads of smoke flowing from the corpses’ bodies.

The figure, seemingly excited about the completion of its task, faced his palms upward and roared.

“Rise my dead army!”

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

In one uniform order, the corpses crawling with maggots and flies sprang open their hollow and bleak eyes, and rose to their feet.

Facing the black-cloaked man and hooded man, they placed their hands on their chests and bent on one knee. Then a thunderous roar, emotionless and mechanical reverberated in the dimension.

“We, the dead army, greet Master!”

“Hahaha…”

*

“Ah!”

Princess Qamari woke with a scream, her eyes wild and terrified, as she jumped off the cot and grabbed her golden sword, instinctively getting into a defensive stance.

“Calm down, calm down. We’re not going to hurt you.” Bai Lan, on the other side of the room, was pleasantly surprised when she saw the girl wake. But the next second, her joy disappeared and she felt like crying when she saw the other defensively raise her sword against herself.

Da**! After an entire night of taking care of her, this is the reward I get?

Although she complained internally, she didn’t display a trace of emotions externally. She understood the girl was reacting as such because of the unfamiliar environment. Raising her hands, she patiently and gently coaxed the other.

“I don’t mean you any harm. If I did, you’d be done by now. So calm down and lower your sword. If we can talk this out, then there’s no need to raise weapons, right?”

Suspiciously narrowing her eyes, Princess Qamari scanned the girl from head to toe.

“Who are you?”

“Good question. One we can discuss calmly?” Bai Lan suggested.

“When in an unfamiliar land, I don’t do calm.” The other coldly replied.

“Smart. Okay, how about we talk about how I saved you? You do remember that, right? That you were almost in the clutches of the Dark Jinn?”

Princess Qamari’s eyes turned complex as she recalled her clash with the Dark Jinn. It was by far her most devastating defeat.

If the Jinn Hunters hadn’t arrived when they did, she wouldn’t be alive at the moment.

Her sword dropped to her side and she sat back on the cot.

Since the other had saved her, the least she could do was lower her sword and give her a little bit of respect.

Seeing the girl lower her sword so easily, Bai Lan blinked, and then, a sweet smile spread across her lip.

“Good. Now, how do you feel?”

“Where am I?” Princess Qamari coldly asked.

Okay, not one for polite inquires…”We are about 3 miles away from the region you collided with the Dark Jinn. Do you have any idea why he might’ve targeted you?”

“Nope. Before today, I never realized that I had so many people targeting me.”

“Many people targeting you? Do you mean you were ambushed before colliding with the Dark Jinn?” Bai Lan was stunned.

There was such a scene as well? Just how many people were after the girl?

I was right to decide to take her back to the Bai Settlement. She can train and evade the eyes of her pursuers for while.

“I was ambushed by three waves of mercenaries from the Hunters Guild.”

“This is a serious matter. For three waves of mercenaries to pursue you so relentlessly, the person who commissioned them must really want to get rid of you. Moreover, there’s the Dark Jinn.”

Princess Qamari sighed.

She’d really offended people without even realizing it. Lifting her head, she looked at the strangely dressed and black-cloaked female.

“But who are you? And why did you save me?” There was no such thing as free lunch in the universe. If the girl said she had saved her out of kindness, Princess Qamari wouldn’t believe her.

Bai Lan walked over to the girl and sat on the mud stool. Placing her hands on her lap, she turned and began in a serious tone.

“My name is Bai Lan and I am from the Bai settlement on the East of the East Minions Faction. About a hundred years ago, a wise older on the verge of death passed by our settlement. In return for saving her life, she made a prediction for our tribe.”

“Okay…someone made a prediction and you just believed it?” Princess Qamari was skeptical.

No matter how mysterious the realms were, how could they just believe the words of a passing stranger?

A smile surfaced in Bai Lan’s eyes when she saw Princess Qamari’s dubious glance.

“If it was only a prediction, we wouldn’t have believed it. But the wise older said that the seven realms will be engulfed in chaos. At the time when darkness descends and all hope seems lost, a glimmer of light will appear from our Bai settlement. This light won’t be a native of our settlement, but one we find before the ascent of the Dark Moon and in return will save the world.”

“Okay, so the realms will be enveloped in darkness and your Bai clan saves the only light that can save the realms. But what does that have to do with me?”

“Everything. Because that light is you.” Then Bai Lan’s gaze fell on the golden sword in Princess Qamari’s hand.

“Huh?” Did she hear right? Did this girl just say that she was the light? Ha…ha…

“Very funny. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go. Thank you for saving me. If a time arrives in the future when you’re in need of my help, you can contact me through this communication device.” Princess Qamari wasn’t interested in hearing tales.

She still had to return to the Sealand Academy and turn in her mission.

After that, she had to journey to the Amayan Empire!

Placing the device on the bed, Princess Qamari got to her feet and turned to the shack door.

Seeing her leave just like that, Bai Lan was frantic.

“Hold on! Hold on!”

“What? Do you still have more to say? I’m telling you if it’s going to be more nonsense about me being the light, or whatever, I’m not interested.” What nonsense! She wasn’t even born a hundred years ago, so how could her future be already predicted?

“Okay, I won’t say anything about the prediction. But do you really want to go back right now?”

“If I don’t go now, then when should I go?”

“How about when you’re strong enough to face the Dark Jinn?” Bai Lan could only change tactics. The girl would obviously not return to the Bai Settlement to fulfill the prophecy on her own.

But she could still lure her there.

She didn’t believe a person destined to be a great leader wouldn’t even have the ambition to grow stronger!

And her tactic immediately showed its effect. Because the moment she mentioned the Dark Jinn, the girl stopped.

“What do you mean?” Princess Qamari paused mid-step and turned to the girl. To become strong was her goal, and to become strong enough to face a Jinn was now her new goal. Since the girl brought up the topic, she wanted to know where the other was going with this.

“I mean if you return to the Bai Settlement with me, I’ll have the leader of the Jinn Hunters train you to fight against Jinns.”

“When are we leaving?”

Learn how to fight Jinns?

Heh…Returning to the Sealand Academy wasn’t an urgent matter.

Making that Dark Jinn suffer was more important!