Re: Level 100 Farmer Chapter 10
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Li watched as Zagan headed back home. As it was, the demon had to cross the water, and so it did with resolute will now that it had pledged itself to Li, doggy paddling away with all its might. Li turned and moved in the opposite direction, back to the main road where he could tend to Old Thane again.
As he walked through the forest, he shifted back to his human form. He shrank to a tall but human size and his bark peeled off, revealing his human skin, as if it had been there all along. His deer skull head shifted back to the dimensions of a human skull and flesh and skin grew out until he looked presentable to any regular man or woman.
The knight encampment was a pitiful sight. When Li burst out from the forest, kicking his boots on the worn dirt path to get off mud and leaves, he saw that the knights on guard duty had left. In quite the hurry, too. Their swords had been dropped on the dirt path. Recently, too, by the looks of how little dust covered the shining steel.
Li hurried to the encampment and saw that the knights had all peeled their armor off, tossing it every which way, gauntlets, helms, greaves all littering the ground. The fire had been put out and the pot of stew that had once rested atop it was upturned, spilling its savory contents all over the grass.
Li explored the camp and found the knights. They were unarmored and unarmed, huddled together behind several tents. The moon was bright enough that even without Li's night vision, he could make out most things clearly. All the knights were terrified, shaking in their boots.
"What's going on?" said Li as he walked up the ring of scared knights.
"What are you doing!?" said one of the knights as he looked up at Li, the whites of his eyes
prominent. "Get to cover!"
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Li arched a brow. "For what?"
"There was an earthquake!" continued the knight, his tone urgent and hurried. "And Alexandre reported that he witnessed a star stone! If you do not take cover, the fire wave may yet take you!"
"Seems like a crock of shite to me," said another knight. He squatted behind the tent with his arms lazily crossed. He had a grizzled look about him. Straight and unyielding posture. Cracked lips twisted into a permanent scowl. "Gods know Alexandre sees all kinds of rubbish with how much hooch he drinks. And if he really did see a star stone, the fire wave would have melted us all alive long ago. And cover? Fat lot of good these tents would have done."
"But you cannot deny the earthquake happened! The land buckled like an unyielding steed."
"And now it shakes no more. How about we stop shivering in our breeches and do our job, eh? I, for one, would like to be paid the bonus for bringing back some fresh bandit heads."
Li understood now. The [Fist of Ymir] had momentarily flashed a massive stone-like structure in the sky, visible even from the camp, and with the ensuing earthquake coming from its impact, these knights thought a meteor had struck, hence all the cowering. But it wasn't his job to tell the knights had really happened. All he really cared about was Old Thane who was notably absent from the group of knights.
"Tell me, where did the old man go?" asked Li.
A knight, the one that had urged Li to cover, answered as he scratched his blonde curls. "I truly am sorry, but he walked out of camp when the earth started shaking. I tried to tell him to stay in cover with us, but he was convinced that being out in the open was safer. Very stubborn man, he is."
Li didn't worry much about Old Thane's safety. The earthquake itself wouldn't have done any real damage to the land and the [Fist of Ymir] wasn't a meteor, despite how similar it seemed. There would be no fiery shockwave to worry about.
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"Stubborn, that he is," said Li. "Well then, I'm off to keep track of him. Stay safe out there, all of you."
"Much thanks, stranger," said the knight. Upon seeing Li so calm, the knight regained his composure and called out to the rest of his companions. With his composure back, it was evident from the way his voice projected so powerfully that he was their commander. "Arm yourselves again, men! We move out quick, while the moonlight still shines, and hunt these bandit scum. No doubt they will be cowering from the earthquake!'
The knights let out a rousing cry as they scrambled to pick their armor and swords off the ground.
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Li found Old Thane standing smack in the middle of the road, past the knight encampment. He had planted his feet wide apart and was taking in heavy but slowly regulated breaths. One arm securely held his wagon of berries while another was out in front of him with palm open to balance himself. It looked a little ridiculous, like he was doing yoga, and that image brought a tiny smile to Li.
"Old Thane," called out Li.
"Oh, Li, is that you?"
"Good to see your hearing's still fine. Who knows what I'd do if you were blind and deaf. What're you even doing out here?"
"Waiting out the quake. Always best to wait out a quake in the open and alone where bodies can't pile atop each other. Those poor young knights. Thought the quakes were from a star stone and stood there shaking like fools! Southern pups have probably never even seen a proper star stone, but I have, and let me tell you, lad, you're dead before you can even feel the earth shake."
Old Thane shrugged. "And I suppose the quake was also a good excuse to get past the knights while they cowered."
"Smart. Well, earthquake's over, old man. You can stop the yoga now."
"Yoga?" Old Thane shook his shoulders and stood normally. "Sounds foreign. Some kind of Eastern practice?"
"You could say that." Li figured it wasn't worth trying to make up an explanation for what yoga was.
"Interesting! You should tell me more when we're done buying our herbs!"
"You sure you still want to go? You're not too shocked or anything, right?"
Old Thane laughed. "Normally, I would consider an earthquake a bad omen, that is true. But that it came right after you said so resolutely you would deal with those bandits eases my mind."
"You think the earthquake came from me?" Li knew that it was obvious for Old Thane to correlate the two. It was far too suspicious that he had made a grand speech about securing the future of the farm and then right after, an earthquake pops up.
"Mark my words, Li, I do not question your origins or strengths and what you can or cannot do. I understand what it means to be different. I will only expect of you what I would expect from any old regular lad. And if that earthquake did come from you, then all I can say is that I am glad to have a capable young man such as yourself defending the farm," said Old Thane with a smile. "But enough, we can talk of this later. Right now, we should think about what we set out to do in the first place."
"You're damn right, old man."
And so Li and Old Thane started travelling once more, as if nothing had happened, with Old Thane tugging the wagon along and telling Li a stories about his adventuresome past.
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Alex was your average white-collar worker. Not expecting to be killed in an Earthquake and most certainly not expecting to be reborn as a tree. What can a tree do in a world filled with magic and sword riding cultivators? He wasn't gonna give up though cause if there's one thing good about trees, it's their long life. Inspired by Tree of Aeons.
8 162La puerta de Maltras
*Spanish* Un nuevo mundo, una nueva vida. Luego de fallecer, un chico reencarna en un universo alterno durante épocas de conflicto y culturas en desarrollo. Espadas y magia, una aventura por descubrir los nuevos secretos que oculta este nuevo universo. Also, the english version: https://royalroadl.com/fiction/10059
8 723I was reincarnated on the One piece World
An ex marine officer who was fired by the government was executed with death penalty for case of theft of private and secret documents in the Pentagon of United States and being a part of International Terrorists Isis. Unfortunately, all of this was just an alleged accusation. Despite of his prestige and good record in marine, he was still sentence to death. Before he died, he just remembered his favorite anime One piece. Remembering Whitebeards word, he terribly shouted his dying will. " ONE PIECE EXIST....ONE PIECE IS REAL ". Yet, soon as he knows that his death had arrived, his body trembled and an unconscious calmness covered him. He was like a golden Buddha who had reached Nirvana. Facing Death with out regret. Later he find himself in another world, a world where in he himself is very familiar off. He wonders around it and saw a huge crowd around the corridor of every street. On his way he saw a tall execution platform. Yun , cannot believe what lies in his sight. For right in front of him was none other than the famous execution platform, where the said pirate king was slain. The platform where Pirate King Gol D Roger was executed.. The Logue Town.. Jason an ordinary exmarine was revived on the Real One Piece World...
8 95Shifter
Rust had been playing since Battleheart's opening one and half years ago. But once again, he had chosen to restart. Indecisiveness was the reason. Battleheart was the first true life-like VRMMORPG. For many, including Rust, this second reality quickly became a major part of life.It was a chance to live in a completely new world, and everyone had a choice in who they wanted to be. The endless amount of choices is what made it hard for Rust. Who should he be if he could be anyone? Join Rust in his adventure and find out. Any and all feedback is appreciated!
8 112Something About Alice Murphy: BOOK 1
{Was #1 in Mystery/Thriller (4/08/18)}"She was too unpredictable."_______ Alice Murphy is just your ordinary teenager. A fairly popular Junior in high school, an aspiring psychologist, with a normal family who live in a nice house and have a nice, ordinary life. Everything on the outside seems like everything you'd expect from a girl who looked like her, yet on the inside it's completely different...Alice Murphy is obsessed with psychopath serial killers. But this is only after she stumbled across an undiscovered crime scene late at night beside the lake. Covered in blood and in shock... she finds herself violently falling into a lifestyle she has no idea how to handle...Or does the lifestyle have no idea how to handle her? Find out in Something About Alice Murphy...
8 173Mr. CEO's Fiery Nanny
I beg to differ that.", I sassed and got out of his grip ready to move out of the room when he pulled me by my elbow and the next second I was pushed on the visitor's chair.He trapped me completely by keeping his palms on the arms of the chair. "I tried to tell you patiently.", I scoffed at his words. Patience and he don't go in a single sentence. He gripped my chin making me look into his eyes."Now listen carefully Miss, I want you for my niece as her babysitter. Tell me how much you'll take and we can seal the deal."This time it was me who blinked once, twice and thrice."But I don't want to work for you." See the reason was absolutely clear. I liked the kid since the moment I met her but I hated this man from the moment I gazed into his eyes. "How much?"I frowned."You really think your money can make everyone dance on your tips?""1200 dollars a week."I rolled my eyes making him lean towards me." 1500?""Make it 15000 and still I won't work for you.", I retorted and pushed him. I walked to the door and gave him one glance."Next time when you talk to me, make sure you keep all your richness aside. That's one thing that I never want to see you again, you self-centred CEO.""We shall see."...Brave but lonely.Passionate but sensitive.That's Arielle Summers. For everyone, Money, Assets and happiness may be supreme but to her, self-respect is prime.Cold and reckless.Commanding and ruthless.That was Nicolas Arnold. He only cared for his niece, his Mama and his friends.Love life didn't exist until-she came into the picture. *No Toxic Relationship. No ex-crush/lover/fiance/wife. The male lead is the uncle of the child in this book, he's not a manwhore. There are no trust issues. *Impressive Ranking: #8 in love among 2.31M on 09/04/22©2021 ankitawrites_XxCC: @YT_BookAwards_Covers
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