118 City of desire 3

All Ed saw was grassland full of color. He looked behind him and saw miles of it without the door he came in through anywhere in sight. A soft breeze rolled through the grass waving it around. He felt the wind flutter his dark robes, washing a feeling of calm down his bones. He walked for a while, but could see nothing else but grass.

He laid down on the grass and looked up at the moving clouds. It made him relax after a while, and he dared to close his eyes.

"Edward.." he heard a familiar voice call and his eyes shut open. He found himself surrounded by heavily armed men, trapped in a cage in a dark dungeon. On the other side of the cage, a familiar face slowly sunk into the soil.

"Edward..." she seemed to say, but her lips did not move.

"No..." he rushed for her sinking form, but was blocked by a sharp sword swinging his way. He swayed out of the the way and pulled out his sword too. A fight ensued between him and those in the cage. They tried to keep him in, he did not spare them his Yhenxia sword one bit.

Slashing wildly, his eyes kept wandering to the figure sinking into the sand.

"Move!" he bellowed, his internal energy whipping wildly around him. The energy slapped into the armed men, crushing them to dust. Ed rushed to the cage door, but it would not budge no matter what he did.

Slash after slash, swinging wildly at the iron bars, his eyes deadly red, his hands cracked an bleeding, he watched the soi take the figure completely.

He opened his eyes to find himself standing outside the door, in the hall of doors, Ku Jian to one side, Nti Anem to the other and the man in purple robes before him, frowning deeply.

Ed's energy was still spinning wildly as a deadly killing intent sipped from him, into the air, soffocating not just those around, but the entire city of desire, making many pause and look towards the library.

"Who has this kind of killing intent?" someone asked, coughing up blood. He was not the only one.

"This killing intent is accompanied by a deadly energy. It has to be. Why else could it paralyse the entire city?" another said.

"This is bad! I feel as though my insides are rotting!" someone said.

"Call the city lord!"

Inside the city lord's mansion, the residing elders appeared before a young man who looked no older than twenty.

"Lord!" they bowed.

"It is coming from the library! We need to go over and check it out!" another said.

"Do nothing!" the boy said.

"Lord?" they asked.

"That man is there, nothing will happen..." he said and the elders frowned in confusion, but he did not care. He looked towards the direction of the library.

"Will he come out this time?" he asked.

Back at the hall of doors, Nti Anem hurried back several steps, "Ed! It's an illusion!" he said hurriedly.

"I know." Ed said and his energy settled as he retracted his killing intent. He looked towards Baskii and struck him a dangerous look, "never do that again." he said and started to walk away. Ku Jian remained stuck in place, trembling as she looked at Ed's leaving back.