Chapter 38 - The Fear

As he got out from the New Moon City and headed to the mountain range, he started to accelerate, accelerate… Accelerate… Until suddenly he felt that the front wheel of the motorcycle was rising a bit, so he used his own weight on the arms to push it down.

If he wasn't a cultivator, at the current speed he was going, he would be flying in the air, away from the seat.

At least he can enjoy the ride…

[2 days later]

[11:01]

[7/4/1995]

[F: "Fear"]

Jasmine: Oh, we have arrived.

Jean: Yeah, thanks god we had those pills from the Xiao Sect or I would die of hunger.

Jean hopped down from the motorcycle and laid his body beside it, while looking around the scenery in front of him.

There was the wilderness stretching for hundreds of miles and he could already see a few Nascent Profound Beasts and some True Profound Beasts looking at him behind some trees.

Jasmine: Be careful, this number is not something you can beat…

This is another first time for Jasmine to see a Schrift in use, "Fear". The only thing that she thought about it is that it can manipulate fear, but every Schrift she saw surprised her, each one of them were at the same level of powerful legacies, and that was for the weakest Schrifts.

There were others that could even beat people like her father, or even True Gods, then there were certain ones, like "Almighty", that were still unknown, but the feelings that gave to her could be described only as if she met an opponent at her level using the Evil Infant's Myriad Tribulation Wheel… Oppressing, terrifying, monstrous… Despair.

And now, she will see what "Fear" is… Jean snapped his fingers and many black thorns appeared behind him, every second, a row of 10 thorns appeared behind his back, until there were 3 rows.

Jean: You know, there are many powers that could let a simple mortal beat a God… One of them is a Heavenly Profound Treasure… Then there is Fear Inducement.

He moved a finger forward, and the first row of thorns shot out at the beasts, those thorns pierced the trees and attacked the beasts, the next second, the second row of thorns was fired while a fourth row was created, and so on.

Slowly, every beast ran away, even if none was killed, even the only Spirit Profound beast that was there whimpered in fear and ran away.

Soon, there wasn't any unharmed tree in front of him, and blood covered the grass, however, there wasn't a single body, since everyone ran away.

Jasmine: Fear… Inducement…?

Jean: The fear without reason is what is called True Fear, it's like countless insects climbing on your body and entering inside you… This is why everyone would prefer having fear for a reason, at least you have an idea to stop having fear.

Jasmine, you must remember that there is not a single Schrift that can be considered "Weak", the only thing that could cause them to be weak is the situation where one currently is. For example, I can't use "Superstar" if I fight in the middle of the desert, but in a tournament, I can easily be the strongest.

Jasmine: I noticed… Every single Schrift of yours is just shocking, and there are still some that I can't understand, if you were at my hometown, you would be considered as either a threat for everyone or their most powerful ally.

Jean nodded and hopped again on the Dodge Tomahawk and started driving around the mountain to find a safe place where to rest before going to trai-

*SLAM*

Something impacted with his Dodge Tomahawk, destroying the front and making Jean fly away from the seat, crashing towards a tree.

?: Hahaha! Nice Big Bro! That was a great throw! Now let's get the beast you killed!

??: Hah! At least we will have food, dragging those kids annoyed me so much that I started to feel hunger.

???: Huh? Is that a person?

Jean slowly got up, coincidentally, after he crashed on a tree, he fell face first in a puddle of mud, covering his entire face, while he was slowly standing up, the culprits of that incident reached the place.

?: What a strange metallic beast… Maybe it has a mutated Profound Core!

??: That young man seems to be someone at the 8th Nascent Profound Realm, let's capture him, he may come from some great family, he could give us his treasures, hehe…

???: Big Bro is right!

Jean turned towards the source of the voices and in a swop of his hand, he cleaned his face from the mud, revealing a twitching eye from anger, he looked at his side, and saw his destroyed Dodge Tomahawk a dozen of meters away.

There was a man with exposed muscles that was wearing a light armor, he had a skinny frame with facial features that resembled that of a monkey with a sharp angled mouth, he was using a giant iron club to destroy the motorcycle even more…

That scene caused Jean's face to be covered in a ominous shadow, nothing about his facial features could be seen, and it actually made the other two people flinch when he glanced at them…

?: Y-You want to fight?! We three are all at the Nascent Profound Realm! W-We will kill you if you dare to make a false move!

Jean raised an arm, and 30 black thorns appeared in the air, aimed at those two people who started to tremble just at the sight.

Jean: …*Deep Breath* I WILL FUCKING HANG YOU, YOU FILTHY BLOODY WHORES!!

Then those thorns immediately flew at the two people in front of him, riddling their bodies of holes while they let out a blood-curdling scream from the fright caused from "Fear".

???: Big Bro, there isn't any Profound Co-*BANG* AHHHHHHH!!!!

Jean took out the Poison Fire Rod and shot a poisoned bullet on his ċhėst, causing a huge hole to open on his ċhėst and fling him away.

The skinny man crashed against a tree, splattering all the blood over the trunk, he was letting out mȯȧns of pain while poison was slowly entering in his heart, and in his brain, killing him.

Jean put back the Poison Fire Rod on the Sky Poison Pearl and glanced with a piteous gaze at the destroyed Dodge Tomahawk…

Jasmine: ...Is it repairable…?

Jean: Tch… It's just a mass of scrap now…

Suddenly, he felt something tugging his shirt and looked down with a blank look. There were two children, a boy and a girl, and both were crying in joy.

Girl: T-Thank you, big brother…

Boy: Big brother, I beg of you… Won't you save my family? Those bad people have always been harming us. Big brother, you're so powerful so you should definitely be able to send those bad people off with a beating.

Jean's gaze softened a bit, but he didn't immediately accepted, he looked at the advantages and disadvanta- Wait, those three who destroyed his motorcycle were part of the group who were threatening the kids? Hohoho, it will turn into a nice shooting range…

He summoned his renamed Assault Rifle, "Assault Kebab" and said to the kids.

Jean: Get up, I will try my best to help you, take me to your clan.

The children's eyes flashed with pleasant surprise, and after wiping the tears away from their faces, they nodded vigorously.

Jean glanced at the last time at the scraps left of the Dodge Tomahawk and sighed, before he followed the children.