In the night, the dazzling stars danced in the night sky. In short, it is a beautiful night with a sky full of stars.
In the wide grass field, one can clearly seen the distance without much problems.
There, several people just get off the horse, they are setting up a place to rest for tonight.
A guard equipped with heavy armor told the woman in behind him: "Uhh, Young Lady, We estimated that we will arrive on the borders in two days."
"That slow? Can't we just fly with the spiritual beast on the sky?" Pouted the young lady.
Upon hearing the young lady words, the guard face paled, "No, no we can't do that. The old master already told us not to get spiritual beast and fly to the borders, otherwise we will be hunted down."
"Hmph, what are they doing anyway? Acting so strict like that." Responded the young lady.
Suddenly, the space fluctuated slightly and a young man holding a dagger and stone appeared.
The guard that equipped with heavy armor noticed the fluctuated space, he then quickly scan the place with his eyes. In seconds, he noticed that there is a young man in the distance, and began shouting: "Who is there?!!"
The guard shouted, and the guard around him narrowed their eyes to the place where the captain sight located. Not only that, the young lady who just about to have a good rest also fixed her eyes on the distance.
The captain and fellow guard quickly move to the place where the space fluctuated. Leaving the young lady behind with a maidservant, but the young lady quickly followed them on behind.
On other hand, Axel, who just arrived at this strange world puzzled and speechless by the sight around him. At first he heard light footsteps, but after the shout by the strange man the footsteps getting heavier to the ears.
The sight of the guards shocked Axel. They are equipped with heavy armor as if they are acting in the movies, but their armor is real. Behind them, two young woman followed them. Both of them dressed in Hanfu [1], but the difference between them is one dressed in red with nobles aura around her. The other girl dressed a shabby one, not much styles exist in it and giving commoner aura.
As the guards and the woman getting nearer, Axel recovered himself and panicked. But before he could panic and think any further, the body feel sharp pain as if tearing his body apart!
"AHHHH!! HEEEELPPPPP MEEEE!! IT HURRRRRTTTSSSS!!" Facing with the pain, Axel could only screams.
The guards and the young lady startled by the screams. The young lady looked at the captain and couldn't help but ask, "Is he just ascended from lower world and haven't adapted to the energy in Xiangyi World?"
"Hmmm, it seems like so young lady."
"T-then, what about we help him?"
"No, that won't do. It is his first time arriving in this world, we can't do anything to help him overcome the pains, but at most we could only provide some help to guard around him."
"Mhmn, let guard him for a while. Maybe we could let him work for us after this and when we arrived at the borders, we provide him some gold."
"Yes young lady, that works too."
As the conversation between the captain and young lady ended, the pain on Axel body loosened. If one noticed, the silver necklace with red crystals is absorbing the energy around them, it seemingly non-stop.
Just like that, five minutes passed by. The captain who look after Axel noticed the pain on the man body loosened. He is puzzled by the fact that the man is absorbing the energy around it, 'Isn't it said that the minimum time one need when they just reach this world and start absorbing the energy is an entire hour? How come this man start absorbing the energy after five minutes passed by?'
Axel who just regained his consciousness after series of pain in his body opened his eyes. He looked the people around him savagely because of the fact that they didn't help him at all and just staring at him. 'Sh*t! Why did they only watch me suffering in pain?! Are they some kind of pervert that enjoys people who suffered in pains?!'
The captain noticed the young man gazing and trying to comfort him, "This is the energy of our world, we can't help you to overcome the pains. We are waiting for you to recover as we are in the wild, many beast lurking in the night."
The young lady followed after the captain, "That's right, you should be thankful for this young lady as we provided you for help and guard you here. Otherwise the consequences will be dire."
Axel stunned by their words, but after hearing it from the young lady he felt cheated: 'Thankful? What should I thank you all for? From what I could see what kind of animals will be targeting me?' But he hid it in his mind, and replied to them: "Alright, I should be thankful for 'help' then."
The young lady mood lifted up after this young man thanked her and responded to him, "That's good, you know how to be thankful. So which world did you come from? I heard that there is quite a lot of lower worlds."
"World? T-this, where is this? Don't tell me we are in Xiangyi, please?" At first he panicked because of the strange sight around him and the people in from of him dressed, but after hearing the woman asked about the world, his heart panicked further.
"Yes, we are in Xiangyi! How come you know about this world? Did your master or senior left a records after descending to your world and sealed it on records in your sect?" The young lady responded.
"Noo sh*t! That old man, how come he do this to me?!!" Screamed Axel.
Seeing the weird scenes unfold in front of her, the young lady found it quite interesting: "Old man? Is that your master? Ah, right, I see you held a dagger and a stone in your right hand! You should be careful, some greedy people would snatch it from you."
"Young lady words is right, you should be grateful that we found you first. We are man of principles and this young lady is a noble, so we won't care about punny items." The guards followed after the young lady as if fawning her.
Axel quickly get up from the ground, trying to recall the conversation that unfold just now and connecting it to the conversation with the old man, Le Jun. 'This is the world that old man came from? Xiangyi World, Ancient Dragon Sect. No wonder the way they dressed is quite same, At first glance if this they are wearing this dress without washing it at all it could be counted as beggars. So the question is: How can I go back to Earth? Is it the same way to come here?'
With that in mind, He touched the Mark of Immortal and reciting Earth, Beijing City of China. But nothing happened, the strange sight caught by the young lady and the guards. The young lady couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing? Why are you touching your necklace? Ah! I just noticed it that the way you dressed is quite strange. I have never heard people wearing the same as you."
Axel stopped what he is doing, now he noticed that the way they dressed is quite different too. The young lady's body, without boobs and ass, which is quite flat and the beautiful face is such a good sight. He then sizing up the guards and maidservant, the guard with helmet and heavy armor equipped meanwhile the maidservant is medium but her face quality quite lower than the young lady.
Noticing that the man sizing her up, the young lady can't keep her calm and shouted lightly at him: "Humm, What are you looking at?!"
Speechless by the young lady words, Axel hurriedly asked the captain as to avoiding the question: "Where are we?"
"This is Xiangyi World, We are near the borders. This place belong to none of the faction, but the near one is border of Righteous Sect Alliance. If we move slightly to the west then it is the border of Evil Sect Alliance, Most of independent sect and didn't rely on Alliance to survive occupy areas that not belong to the Alliance, like the place that we are in." Answered the captain.
Axel filled doubt about the existence of Ancient Dragon Sect. What if it belongs to the Evil Sect Alliance? He decided to ask them about this sect, "So can you tell me about the Ancient Dragon Sect? Did it belongs to any Alliance?"
The proud young lady and the guards around him have their eyes widened by the name of this sect. Their expression clearly showed some kind of shocked one.
Note:
[1] Hanfu is a term used for the historical styles of clothing worn in China by the Han Chinese.
