Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 201 — Night Shadow Organization
Zhou Yuan's expression became bad when he mentioned the organization, he did not know the Night Shadow Organization the village chief was referring to but still it made Zhou Yuan's mood disturbed.
Zhou Yuan did not expect that just a few moments after he returned to his world, he was already dealing with organizational problems.
The village chief asked the hero guild so that they could help deal with the organization's problems, but after a few months passed there was no response until Zhou Yuan finally arrived here.
The village chief then asked Zhou Yuan for help regarding the matter of the Night Shadow Organization. The organization is very dangerous, not only taking the plunder of the villagers but they have also killed and kidnapped many people.
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, "I don't know the organization you guys are referring to, nor do I promise to be able to deal with this matter but I will do my best to help you guys..."
Zhou Yuan's words were acceptable to the Village Chief and other residents, actually their village was not the only one that was attacked by the organization, the village not far from here also participated in being attacked by the Night Shadow.
Many had attempted to solve the problems of the Night Shadow Organization but none had ever truly succeeded. At least Zhou Yuan could help so that the organization would not attack his village again.
Zhou Yuan then asked the location of his whereabouts now to the village chief but the village chief said he did not know even for the layout of the four empires.
"As you can see, our village is in a forest far from any other settlement. We live independently here and are closed to the outside world."
Zhou Yuan nodded slowly, he could see the village was dependent on the forest and the surrounding nature. "Did you know the town around this village?"
"I know it's just a long way off, if you use a horse you can get up to a week to get there."
Zhou Yuan felt no objection to the travel time as he would move in a flying manner that was much higher speed than riding a horse.
The village chief then pointed in one direction, Zhou Yuan thanked him before hovering in the air and darting rapidly in the direction he was headed.
Zhou Yuan had only flown three hours after leaving the village but not long after he had found another village.
"Hm? Fires again?!"
Zhou Yuan raised both eyebrows, the scene of the fire was not much different from the previous village that distinguished in this village all the houses had been burned.
Zhou Yuan started to fly low when the distance and the village started to close, he then used his water element technique to extinguish all the fires.
After the fire was extinguished, Zhou Yuan landed in the village but unlike the previous village, Zhou Yuan did not see any residents or residents there.
A little while later Zhou Yuan realized what had happened to the village, he saw that there were many bodies there that they believed to be residents of this village.
Zhou Yuan's hunting breath and the turmoil began to envelop his heart, Zhou Yuan checked around the village hoping for survivors but the results were nil.
No matter the age, male or female, all the citizens of this village have died. Zhou Yuan saw that they were not killed naturally but rather killed by someone judging by the gun wounds on the bodies.
Realizing he could not do much to the ruined village Zhou Yuan flew back and left the village.
Zhou Yuan's mood was bad given the condition of the citizens, he felt guilty for not being able to do anything to help them.
Despite being strong and having passed the strength of his previous life, Zhou Yuan realized how great his strength would be he still had limitations as a human. One example is that Zhou Yuan could not revive someone who had died or go back in time to help the village.
Zhou Yuan was still thinking about the village when his gaze returned to look at the other village.
Unlike before, the third village was still intact even though there were one or two houses that had been burned down. Zhou Yuan also saw that there was a battle going on there where one of the parties was the one who attacked the third village.
"I guess they were the ones responsible for the destruction of the village earlier?!" Zhou Yuan did not waste the slightest bit of time, he immediately darted quickly into the village.
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The villagers already knew that everything would end with them having to fight against the Night Shadow Organization.
They already pay tribute every week which usually suffocates their daily needs, when they have nothing more to give to the organization then their lives will be a threat.
Realizing that there was no other way after their property ran out, the citizens agreed to put up a fight against the organization as hard as they could.
Of course, the resistance risks losing lives, only the citizens do not know against an organization whose members are all warriors not much different from suicide.
The villagers were not warriors, they did not even have martial skills so it was no surprise when the battle was between two sides, the villagers in a desperate position.
The citizens were easily defeated by the members of the Night Shadow Organization, as they thought their village would perish today suddenly in the midst of a battle, something fell from the sky and firmly hit the ground.
The blow made a loud noise and shook the surrounding land, the battle stopped for a moment, both the citizens and members of the organization all focused attention on the sound.
They later discovered that the one who fell from the sky was a human being, yet all who saw the reaction of the person who fell from the sky suddenly disappeared in their sight before appearing near one of the members of the organization.
The person swung his hand to the neck of the members of the organization quickly, without seeing clearly what happened when the head and body of the member were separated from their place.
The man did not stop there, he disappeared again and appeared in another member of the Night Shadow. In a single swing of his hand, he took the lives of the members of the organization easily.
The members of the Night Shadow Organization held their breath and broke out in cold sweat at the horrors in front of them, some of them trying to attack the person but without putting up any meaningful resistance, the member lost his life in one blink of an eye.
In a short period of time, that person had already killed dozens of them and it made the members of the Night Shadow Organization so frightened and immediately tried to escape.
"Want to run from here, it won't be that easy..." That person finally spoke while releasing a dense murderous aura on his body. Members of the organization who were about to flee suddenly pegged on the spot and their knees suddenly felt weak.