Shortly after Hyangs discovery of Perlmuts weird power over Bings aura. The both of them can sense a bloody fight ahead of them.
-A few minutes before they sensed that fight.-
There was a rich merchant with his young daughter in a carriage, stopped by bandits and guarded by a few cultivators.
Rich merchant: "Don't worry, Milli. The cultivators from the Num Gang Clan are strong and honorable fighters. They are kind people, but can fight like bears."As the daughter continues crying like a scaredy cat, the fight outside is in full swing.
'swush'
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A fire attack from the bandits engulfs parts of the surroundings with fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 through the use of fire techniques🔥🔥🔥. Within this chaos, the bandits successfully manage to suppress the Num Gang Clan members. And so they start falling one after another. Watching the outside from within the coach, he sees how things are going outside. So the merchant starts to think to himself.
Merchant *These can't be normal bandits for them to be able to defeat people from the Num Gang Clan like that.*
Hyang comes by to save the day, or at least what is left of the "day", while Perlmut stands on the side getting attacked for looking like an easy target.
However, she makes a graceful bow. Elegantly moving her right leg behind in a circular motion and bending her knees to convey her graceful bow. Hitting the bandit on the head with Rex Unustuse , who is in her hair, '❄️'freezing the unexpecting bandit's head while also smashing his frozen, brittle head through that into pieces.
Hyang glances at her and only thinks to himself *This granny and her play…*
Shaking his head inwardly while fighting, easily dominating the battlefield.
'💮Slash💮'☠️'💮Slash💮'☠️'💮Slash💮'☠️'💮Slash💮'☠️'💮Slash💮'☠️'💮Slash💮'☠️
As Hyang thins them down, two of them decide to try a pincer attack on Perlmut.
A few bandits think, "We will at least take his little Ms. down with us to stain his honor."
They go for her neck with knives from the left and the right.
'miss' 'miss'
Perlmutt dodges the attack, ending up a little further back from where Hyang fights, about 20 cm, one step. As she does that, she moves the hands of the bandit holding the knife towards the throat of the respectively other.
'Crit' 'Crit'
Having them pierce each other's throat and spine, killing each other instead of her.
Another one tries to attack from behind. However, Perlmut vanishes from his field of view. And a moment later she taps him on his shoulder, causing him to panically turn around. As he attempts to look at who it was, he is greeted by Rex's stoic face that Perlmut reveals from her hair as if he were a person frozen to death by her with the two ice spikes coming out of his nose.
~gooooo~
Bandit: "AAAH!"
Having mistaken it for a corpse, potentially a comrades, he falls back onto his butt and hands. Attempting to then skidadel away, just to get caught by Hyang. As he ended up in Hyang's proximity.
Hyang: "Only one left."
Perlmut: "Must be the leader."
Hyang: "Your right, he is a rank above them. He is on the rank of the Marshal disciple realm, and they were just in the middle of the foundation establishment realm."
While Hyang and Perlmut converse, the bandit slowly walks backwards on the spot he stands on without changing his location.
Perlmut: "Oh, he is really the leader? So two is stronger than one."
Hyang: "No no nono. Before foundation establishment comes Qi condensation, and before that comes Mortal."
Bandit silently: "HeeHee."
Perlmut: "So 4 is bigger then 3 then."
Hyang: "Nonono. Mortal doesn't even count as a proper realm in the path of cultivation, so, to put it in your words… 3>2"
Perlmut pretends to snooze off, and so Hyang puts his attention back on the bandit.
Perlmut: "The leader got some nice dance moves."
Hyang: "Pecuiliar."
Hyang swiftly cuts him down '💮Slash💮'. However, to his surprise, what he cut was but an illusion left behind by the technique of the bandit cultivator. Also, this disturbance interrupted the technique, resulting in a reveal of an agitated Bandit cultivator.
Cultivator: "It's not a despicable dance move! It is a footwork technique!"
Hyang: *Never would I have imagined that there would be a technique powerful enough to allow someone so much weaker to hide so perfectly. Also, its weaknesses are very clear.*
He looks at the bandit, who stands approximately 15 meters away from the illusion's location. And the bandit looks back. The next thing he sees is Hyang disappearing '💮Slash💮' and the world spinning as his vision fades after having his head cut off through cherry blossom flower power.☠️
The merchant, seeing that it ended, prepares himself to go out.
The coach opens, and the merchant, looking humbly rich, thick but not to an unhealthy degree. He is a balding man of stature with a puffy full beard. And now he comes out, but only after having made sure his daughter won't have to see more of this gruesome display on hand.
Merchant: "Oh gracious heroes, it is an honor to give you face. Thank you for saving me and my daughter. I'm Pronzos Kronkostos. And this is my daughter, Milli. I am boundlessly grateful for saving me and my little angel."
Perlmut: "Your guards had made frivolous comments about me and my closest aide while passing us previously. Now I wonder if you're alike those brutes."
Kronkostos *They were honorable and known for their kindness. I even knew one personally. It's unthinkable for them to have treated a stranger without courtesy.*
Kronkostos: "I'm sorry for my guards. I thought I hired honorable warriors, not foul mouthed people who would act in such a manner. Now look at them- they are all dead. Regardless so, you deserve to be rewarded. "
Kronkostos rummages through his belongings.
Kronkostos *I can't let this tragedy get to me right now.*
Kronkostos: "But I suppose this won't be enough."
Kronkostos hands Perlmut an ancient treasure map that talks about a troll treasure that is most likely connected with the troll mountain in the Affenhitze desert. A mountain known for being an oasis, and it's bulky, large, usually dumb humanoid monster with great regenerative abilities, commonly called trolls, which is why it's called Troll Mountain, as the danger of the trolls trumps it being an oasis.
Kronkostos: "If the opportunity should ever arise, I'll help you out if it's within the bounds of righteousness."
Kronkostos *I suppose I'll have to drive the coach myself.*
Amidst the conversation appears a stranger from out of nowhere.
Hyang *I didn't even sense him.*
K🕶️: "I have a trade offer for you, so how about you take care of your water dispenser while I drive?"
He points at the snotty, teary, and scared Milly while he says that.
As Kronkostos reads the room and the situation at hand with Hyang seeming to have been taken aback by that person in front. Kronkostos accepts the offer, not wanting to intrude any further on his savior, as he doesn't seem capable of resolving this situation with that eccentric seeming person either.
Kronkostos *I've dealt with strange people similar to this more than once in my life. I'll somehow handle him as well.*
Kronkostos: "I'm curious. Let's do it so."
Hyang: "What? He is obviously suspicious! Or do you know him?"
Kronkostos: "Yes, I do. He is an old friend of mine."
Sus🕶️glass person: "You know me? I didn't know that. It's a pleasure, friend."
Hyang wants to say and do something about this, however Perlmut grabs his shoulder with her hand. Hyang, as a result, looks at her, and she shakes her head, telling him to sit still.
Sus🕶️: "Seems like your ladyship doesn't want to drive with this car. You're certainly an unfortunate subordinate."
Kronkostos: "Thanks again."
And without any further words spoken, the carriage leaves, with Kronkostos comforting his daughter.