Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 202 — Arch City
Zhou Yuan looked coldly at the members of the organization, anger rising in his heart after seeing the behavior of those who attacked the helpless citizens.
In the martial world there is an unwritten rule that a criminal swordsman should not attack citizens who do not master martial arts, children, weak women, or the elderly.
Seeing the behavior of those who attacked without looking at feathers certainly made a turbulent anger in Zhou Yuan's heart.
"I think you're responsible for burning down the villages before, right?" Zhou Yuan asked in a cold tone.
The members of the organization could not answer, let alone to reply to Zhou Yuan's question even breathing them hard because of the murderous aura that the young man released.
Zhou Yuan pulled his murderous aura back, he could not release his murderous aura for too long because the impact was not on the enemy alone but on the villagers around him who also had difficulty breathing.
The members of the Night Shadow Organization looked at Zhou Yuan fearfully, those who were part of the criminal and often killed clearly recognized the rosy black aura.
In the martial world, murderous aura was rarely possessed by a swordsman even for criminals. Only those madmen who were fond of killing had it, and it had to swallow a thousand souls before it had a murderous aura.
"Now quickly tell me, what group of you burned and killed the other villages?"
The members of the organization looked at each other, they could not answer Zhou Yuan's question then suddenly turned around and started to flee in various directions.
The organization's unwillingness not to reply to Zhou Yuan's questions meant that they burned and killed the villagers.
Zhou Yuan sighed softly seeing his enemies blur, their number numbered eighty people with an average level of strength residing in the Silver Realm.
Zhou Yuan exerted a deep force on his hand, hundreds of ice grains appeared around Zhou Yuan's palm before gathering at one point and starting to form an ice sword.
Zhou Yuan looked at the group of organizations that were getting away from him before his gaze turned to the villagers. "You guys stay here, I'll go after them. I'll make sure none of them survive!"
After saying so Zhou Yuan immediately ran after the fleeing members of the organization, even though they had already drifted away but with the speed that Zhou Yuan had now taken a matter of seconds until Zhou Yuan could catch up to him.
Not wasting any time Zhou Yuan immediately swung his ice sword, in a single slash, a member of the organization was killed clipping his head.
Realizing Zhou Yuan was chasing them left the hearts of the organization members scared to death.
Zhou Yuan continued to finish off his opponent in a blink of an eye, the efforts of the blurred organization members felt futile seeing the speed Zhou Yuan was running at as well as killing his comrades in a single strike.
It took three minutes for Zhou Yuan to finish them off and leave one of them.
The remaining members of the organization trembled violently and looked at Zhou Yuan like a monster clad in human skin.
Zhou Yuan smiled coldly, he deliberately left one person behind because he wanted to interrogate him to get information, Zhou Yuan not only eliminated some of them but wanted to finish all the way to his roots.
***
Zhou Yuan returned to the village he had previously left after finishing his business with the organization.
The villagers were certainly happy that it seemed like Zhou Yuan was helping them but on the other hand after they saw how Zhou Yuan killed his opponent in such an unusual way, it was difficult for the villagers not to be frightened.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan had released a dense murderous aura, although the citizens did not know the murderous aura but they felt threatened because of the aura.
Zhou Yuan could not blame the reaction of the citizens because if he was also in position they might react similarly, "I've overcome the group that attacked your village, you know, I've overcome the group that attacked you, your village should be safe by now and able to move on as usual."
"Thank you, but I'm sorry we couldn't pay for your services." Said one of the residents.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, "No need, I am helping you guys not to expect anything in return."
Realizing the residents were uncomfortable with him even feeling frightened, Zhou Yuan immediately said goodbye and left the village.
Zhou Yuan ran through the branches of the tree, only after no one saw him did he continue his journey by flying back.
***
According to the village chief, it took Zhou Yuan a week to get to the nearest city but by flying, Zhou Yuan could take it for two days
Zhou Yuan continued flying without rest for two consecutive days, suddenly from a distance he found the city in question.
"Ah, surely that city is what the village chief meant?!" Zhou Yuan became enthusiastic after seeing the city fortress from a distance.
According to the story of the village chief, the name of the city in front of Zhou Yuan was named Arka City, a city that was the largest trading place around the province.
Zhou Yuan then landed after his distance with Arka City was quite close and then continued on foot.
Zhou Yuan could have flown straight through the city fortress but he did not want anyone to see him flying because it would attract unnecessary attention.
In the city fortress there was a large gate as an entrance to enter the Arka City, several officers stood guard there and inspected everyone who came out or entered the city.
Zhou Yuan had no identifying identity other than as a member of the C-class hero guild. The attendant watched Zhou Yuan from head to toe before allowing him to enter.
One of the uses of a swordsman being part of a hero union is that they have access to various cities without further inspection or suspicion. The higher the hero class of a swordsman, the easier it is to go to any city they want.
Although Zhou Yuan's rank was still a C-class hero in fact in this Arka city the rank was quite respected, Zhou Yuan did not even have to pay the tariff to enter the city even though someone else had to pay him with a few pieces of bronze.
"The city is busier than I thought..." After entering the city, Zhou Yuan's gaze was fixed on the activities of the residents of the bustling Arcan city.
The city of Arka might not be as big as the Imperial Capital of the Moon but in terms of infrastructure this city was not too far away from it.
One thing that made Zhou Yuan stunned was the cleanliness of the city, this city had almost no garbage even though it was the largest trading city where visitors came here every day. Even the river water flows around the city quite clean and clear.