Wudang: Legends Of Qi Earth 174 Darkness Falls II : Misunderstanding

Alex woke up still on the platform to a bunch of loud yelling, Devonte and Khan where in front of him growling and preparing to fight against a group of people in front of him, and opposite him were a group of people, two of which he recognized. One of them was of course Louis's elder brother, and the other was the princess as she held the unconscious boy to her chest and tried to resuscitate him, it didn't look as if the boy was just simply passed out. Alex got back to his feet, his head still aching a bit only to feel a rush of wind as a fist was thrown at his face.

*Bang!*

Khan appeared in front of his face and took the hit, his canine body boasted backwards and smashed onto the platform before being thrown off it, leaving behind an obvious trail of blood. Alex looked at the person who had just thrown the punch, a rather robust man with the blazing red hair reminiscent of the imperial family and carrying a massive Warhammer on his back. Alex did not care who he was, or if there was any sort of misunderstanding in that moment, he was angry and he was coming for blood.

(Wind God Martial Series: Fist: Storm Judgement)

It was safe to say he didn't see it coming, and the fact that the guy could move fast enough that not even Devonte who was very much faster than Alex could not react, showed that they guy was probably in the earth gate realm of cultivation. But at this point pretty much no one care how powerful or weak their enemies were, there was tension everywhere, and Alex just had a bottom line he would never let anyone cross, not even Anya and his sister for all the love he had for them, had been spared when they had laid hands on Khan previously.

Alex had on more than one occasion likened the way he felt about Khan to how a parent would feel about their children. Khan was not a pet, or a simple companion, he was pretty much the brother Alex never had and like a mischievous son. Sure at 15 Alex didn't really understand much about parenting, but...if it was anything like the way he felt for Khan, then he could understand why his mother's hair had turned white when he was missing, or why his father had been so adamant about him living a simple life. Right now he felt like setting the world on fire.

The fist of super powered wind smashed into the chest of red haired man, breaking bones on contact and blasting him backwards over the heads of his comrades as his body smacked and bounced on and on again on the platform, leaving and even more ugly trail of blood than Khan. This wouldn't kill him, but at the very least it more than sent the message Alex was trying to convey, but it wasn't as if he was done yet.

Alex pulled off his jacket, and took off the shirt he had on, before taking a step forward, calling out his spear from his spatial ring, and subsequently his fire mask. He didn't seem like he was coming to play as his flames jumped straight from reddish orange to green, the wind in the vicinity picked up as his spear blazed and he lifted it up, about to throw it at the man he just attacked, pretty much ready to send him to the after life. That is until Victoria stepped in front of him, with the boy still in her arms, and her gaze stuck firmly on Alex.

"I know that you're angry, but please can we talk? I need to understand what happened here, what happened to my son." Alex blanched and the flames immediately died out and he was left with a rather shocked look on his face.

"You have a son!.....how come no one knows that?" Alex asked as he turned to the left to see Khan limping back to his side. The flames that had died down threatened to flare up again, and this time there was a hint of black within it.

Victoria had extensive connections within the academy, she knew exactly what had happened with Alex when they had first landed in the Orcon Forest, and the legend attributed to the powerful flames he wielded. Something that had quite frankly now made him a person of interest to the academy, just for their interest alone she reckoned black Ash was probably a power without equal, and she'd rather not have it turned against her even if she knew she could kill Alex before he could even move a finger.

"Calm down! This was all a misunderstanding. Forgive my cousin and other members of my organization for being so easy and foolish. The thing is when we found you and him unconscious, they all jumped to the conclusion that you had tried doing something to him, and his special constitution had defended him from attack please can you tell me what happened?" Victoria asked, but instead Alex ignored her and went closer.

Her eyes watched him like a hawk as he took a closer look at the boy, he seemed younger, probably 4 or 5 rather than the six he thought. He didn't say anything as he placed his hands on the boys head and felt the flow of spirit energy within him. But this was dark, evil, corrupted. Very much the kind of spirit energy you would attribute to ghosts and their ilk, it was entrenched deep, Alex knew he could pull it, or at least a little bit of it, but he needed help, or rather he needed an anchor, something familiar so that he doesn't get swallowed by the negativity within the energy.

"Devonte come help me, need to extract negative spirit energy from this kid." Devonte didn't ask questions and quickly complied with what his master asked.

Khan on the other hand kept his eyes on the red haired as he slowly limped toward them, no one but Khan paid him any attention. And while that might not mean much, Alex and Devonte knew his peaceful life was all but over. Khan was vindictive, which was Understandable, the Kamaitachi was an evil spirit, not to mention Khan was now part demon. So it stands to reason pay back would be something he very much likes to dish out to people who had upset him, and from the look of things, Red was screwed.

Alex placed his hands on the boy's forehead, and Devonte held onto his shoulder. Victoria was close, so close he could smell her, and what his nose told him was surprising, he looked up to her since she still had a bit of height on him and was surprised. There was no make up, no perfume, just her, and it was intoxicating. With Anya, Alex had always felt a sort of solidarity, yet a wildness. She was earth and fire in one, Victoria was like water and wind. She was deep and vast and he couldn't really see through her.

Though in the future this would probably be up for debate, but it was in that moment seeing her without any adornments, real with worry in her eyes. No tricks, no emotional manipulation, no politics just this scared woman worried for someone. It was in this moment Alex developed what he would very much like to tell others was a crush on the princess, but for a person like Alex....crushes were not his thing. He quickly shifted his gaze from her eyes, gritting his teeth as he spoke to her and began to pull out the spirit energy into the only other place he knew he could put it...himself.

"Your son doesn't have any special constitution, or if he does it's not what you think it is. He's being haunted by spirits of the dead!" sure as he expected they didn't believe him.

"What nonsense are you talking about you miserable good digger! This is not a fairy tale!" one of the men amongst her entourage of followers spoke up, however Devonte had an answer for him.

"How stupid can you be? You live in a world where it's possible to live for thousands of years, travel to the different worlds, remove your soul from your body and out a piece of it into an equipment, raise the dead, if only for a little while and create fire and earth out of nothing. And you say my master speaks fairy tales, watch how you speak human for you words are a slight to my Ki....."

"Devonte!" Alex called out to him, stopping the fairy from saying something that would probably put even more eyes on them. He was a king without a kingdom or rather a king who's entire kingdom is supposed to be the planet he's standing on. Alex didn't feel the need to start answering queries about what it truly meant to be a spirit king, no one knew just how powerful he could be, or how extensive his reputation and resources could be once he's fully mattered his abilities. He would be unstoppable, so it's better no one knows that yet.

"We don't have to explain anything to ignorant people, they're entitled to their own small minded opinions. What I won't tolerate is you loosing focus! We have to save his life, we can educate fools later! Now focus! We don't have much time, I can feel is soul, and energy separating and his anima dissipating out of his body, he's dying. So don't get distracted, now...…stab me in the back!"

Chapter end