Chapter 370 - The Siege (Part-3)

Josiah sighed as he looked towards the shelter that he and his friends have abandoned they simply did not want to die as such they decided to run as far away from the shelter they had been staying as soon as possible.

"Josiah, are you thinking about them?"

His friend's voice drew his attention towards them as he spoke, "Do you think it was wise for us to leave like that?"

"You are acting like a scared cat Josiah, only the most intelligent survive in Eden and if those idiots want to throw away their life they are free to do so."

Josiah nodded as he moved along with his companions as he spoke, "So where are we going to hide?"

"Before entering into Eden I have managed to borrow my Teacher's flying vessel it can shrink to a very small size we can hide behind it easily."

True-Spear went inside the cavern where their entire entourage was present as he moved to the inner sanctum he met and greeted his fellow cultivators, the part of the cave they had taken refuge in consisted of long hallway and along with it rooms which had been occupied by the cultivators, mostly the female cultivators had taken up the room while the males usually occupied the hallway the space was lacking after all.

As he moved he quickly spotted Ryuu at the end of the tunnel sitting in a meditative position his head was leaning back resting on the wall, as True-Spear neared him one of the cultivators approached him as she spoke, "Daoist Brother True-Spear are you here to meet with Daoist Ryuu?"

True-Spear nodded at her as he spoke, "Yes I am though it seems that Brother Ryuu is meditating as such we have to wait."

Chasing wind smiled at that as she spoke, "Well from what I was told Brother Ryuu has said that we can speak with him whenever we need to so I do not see any problem."

True-Spear frowned before he spoke with a shrug, "Well then I do not see any problem with it."

With that the duo made their way towards a meditating Ryuu as they stood near him True-Spear frowned as he whispered with a frown on his face, "Is that drool on his face."

Chasing Wind's eyes narrowed as her ears caught a certain sound, "Is he snoring?"

A flabbergasted True-Spear spoke with disbelief in his voice, "Is he sleeping I thought he was meditating?"

"What kind of idiot sleeps when they should be meditating?", upon saying that she moved her hand to shale him awake, as she neared him she found herself pinned to the wall with a sword on her throat.

"Ah sorry I was meditating deeply as such when you shook me from that state I reacted badly", a voice full of remorse came to her ears as her heart hammered like war drum, 'I thought I would die.', for a split second it seemed as if the air had left her lungs as she choked in killing intent only to disappear as a smiling visage of Ryuu appeared in front of her as True-Spear shook his head in exasperation.

"You should not try to awake someone when they are sleeping like that.", True-Spear chided as Ryuu turned face to face with slight blush as he spoke, "I was not sleeping I was meditating too deeply."

Chasing Winds decided to make fun of Ryuu as a form of revenge for acting towards her like that as she spoke in a dull tone, "I have never seen someone drool while meditating."

The blush on Ryuu's face disappeared as he spoke with a tilt on his head, "What are you talking about falling asleep while meditating is the most important and vital part of meditation.", the sincerity of his tone made everyone in the hearing range made themselves doubt their own experience and knowledge.

One of the cultivators could not help but retort, "Where did you learn that?"

Ryuu tilted his head as he send a pitying glance at the person as he spoke, "Oh poor you, you did not know the secret behind meditation was deep sleep.", he then made his way towards him as he squeezed his shoulder as he spoke, "I pity you brother."

True-Spear could not help himself anymore as he bowled over in laughter as he used his spear to keep himself in standing position albeit with great difficulty, as he wheezed hard he managed to speak somehow, "Brother Ryuu you are a riot, never in all my life have I seen the ability ti make others dumbfounded like you."

Ryuu smirked back towards him as he gave him an overly exaggerated bow, before continued speaking, "Why thank you kind sir."

Chasing Wind rubbed her temples as she spoke, "Now I can understand why Sister Zywia is always seemed so frustrated and incensed."

"Finally someone understands my plight.", Zywia spoke with hope shining in her eyes as Ryuu spoke with a snort, "I do not know what happened to you but I prefer the Zywia I saw the first time I met you calm and collected."

Zywia turned towards him as she spoke, "I prefer the younger you who was shy and gentle child who did not act like a crazy person."

Ryuu snorted as he spoke, "You got only one life leave to the fullest."

A person snorted as he heard Ryuu's saying as he spoke, "Really now, we could easily reincarnate if we choose to do so."

Ryuu nodded towards him as he spoke, "You are right my friend but you will not be able to lead the life of Daoist True-Sword anymore but someone else entirely."

Frozen Ocean looked towards Ryuu with her eyes narrowed before a small smile formed on her face, 'He sure is charismatic making sure that tension that was rising because of the drums of war dissipate at the same time making fill with hope he slowly and surely is becoming the driving force, I hope to see where his future leads to that is if he survives long enough.', her brows furrowed upon remembering the sight of him puking blood, it was horrifying she hoped Ryuu would survive.

Loud blaring of horn drew everyone's attention as their expression grew grim, every cultivator ran outside as they were greeted by an enormous army slowly surrounding the caves from all side, the sheer number seemed to swallow the desert, their hooves seemed the shake the earth as they were marching to what seemed like sand storm forming by their feet which, not to mention their cries seemed to destroy their previous tranquil atmosphere.

Everyone's heart hammered at the sight as they gulped upon seeing the sheer size of the enemy, Dhaeq who appeared near Ryuu spoke in a solemn tone, "Brother, over there.", as he pointed towards a certain direction.

Ryuu looked towards the direction where he pointed as he spotted to what seemed like a lizard walking on two legs, covered with bones and body parts of various creatures, it was dragging a large sword made up of bone behind it as other creature of the horde was keeping a distance from it.

"Is it the Emperor?"

Dhaeq nodded as Ryuu spoke with a frown, "I hope you are ready, when they cross the marker I will activate it."

Dhaeq nodded at that as he spoke, "Of course hope your rune works."

Ryuu smirked at him as he spoke, "It would work brother my arr…. I mean my rune will work you have my word, if it fails we will use the most effective method since the time of our ancestors."

Dhaeq gained a blood thirsty look on his face as he spoke, "We will bash them with our own hands I like the idea."