The item that leads my brother being beaten was a cogwheel. This kind of item was very strange and foreign by the people of this world.
It as also because it was strange item that his brother decided to hide it with him as he thought that it should be something significant, that it could the thing that will turn his life around. He hope that it was something significant that will give him hope and strength.
As for Cole, he fall deep into contemplation after he saw the gear. In this another world of sword and magic, technology is the last thing he saw. After all, the world still live in simple way and there's no sign of technology.
Suddenly, he'll find something a trace of this. This only means that like Elves, creatures with technology also live in this world before.
He felt excited all of the sudden. As a soul from Earth, he knew just how important and convenient technology is. Now that he suddenly learn that there's also something here, it should be something more advance right? After all, unlike Earth, this place also practice supernatural powers. However, its clear that mechanical advancement either get extinct or eliminated by cultivators. As cultivators always wanted a pure environment, things that could produce pollution will definitely get the ire of every cultivators.
Cole look at the pass out middle-aged man on the ground.
Then he makes a small root pierce the fat man's body and chanted, "[Soul Mimicry, Blood Poison]."
The sleeping face of the man instantly scrunched up and not before long and he woke up from body wrenching pain.
"Ahh!!! Ahh!!!"
After that, he left him in the open area screaming in pain.
He just wait for Matriach Mayana to return.
When she's back, he send her back inside the [Inner World] while he open another portal. This time, the destination of them three is the Plain Tree City.
Unlike other city, this city don't have any special or trademark tree. All of them was considered the normal kind. However, due to the uniqueness of the place, with very flat land which makes transportation easy, this city have a very rich market.
Since the city was more like a market hub, entering the city was more easy than the others but have much higher entrance fee.
Of course, for Cole's party, this is not a problem at all. Gold coins are no problem for him after he confiscated all it from Yin-Yang Paradise.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the gate of Fajardo Family grounds. This certain family was a little insignificant in this city, their leader and the strongest among them, the current Patriach, only have the cultivation level of Fifth-Level Nascent Soul-Stage. This was the information he received from Apple.
And while they were being escorted to the family grounds, the guide who presented himself also said some public information to them.
According to the guide, the family have a produced a very talented offspring, the second Young Master called Gino Fajardo. Due to this, he was valued by the Anda Family which the current ruling family of the Plain Tree City and the third daughter of City Lord was married to him. However, the second Young Master didn't accept it as he have someone he love already and she's his servant.
However, as a servant, she didn't have anything special about her compare to the Third Daughter of City Lord.
And so, the Second Young Master have married with the Third Daughter while the servant was turn into concubine. This should be alright but the Second Young Master value the servant concubine than the official wife.
The City Lord got offended as her daughter cried to him. Today, the City Lord go to the family grounds of Fajardo Family as he wants to kill the concubine.
This matter was known by the whole city.
Mira and Cold thought that this was just a gossip about the Fajardo Family but Cole knew that this certain concubine was his sister Dawn as the [System Mission] clearly stated that his sister become the concubine of the family's Second Son.
"Bring us there quick!" He exclaimed, anxiety apparent on his voice. His sister is actually about to be killed!
The escort increase the speed of his carriage.
When the carriage stop at a front of a little small family house compare to the one Cole had been, he instantly gave the escort a gold coin and try to enter the Fajardo Family's house grounds.
However, just like what the escort said, the City Lord was inside the Manor, the security of the place got very tight.
"Stop. The City Lord is inside the Fajardo Family's Mansion, visiting her beloved daughter. Fajardo Family can't receive guest for the mean time." Seeing Cole's exquisite clothes, it was the most high ranking among the City Lord's escort stop Cole and his family on their track.
Cole's brows furrowed and he look sharply at the man who stop them.
"I'm a family member of Fajardo Family's Second Young Master's concubine. Let me in now or we'll enter forcefully!" He said, danger oozing from him.
The man visibly stiffen. It seems that it's true that the more beautiful the creature is, the more dangerous it is. Just the aura it he was emitting was very dangerous, signifying that this beautiful man was not as innocent as his face said! Without a doubt, this man killed many people before!
And he could only see from the three people's eyes that they were not lying, that the Second Master's concubine was really their family. After all, normally, a expert won't spare a glance to a slave servant much less save them. But this man, although he heard that the City Lord have the intention to kill the slave servant, he still brave to save the woman, not caring about the City Lord at all. This means that it's true when they said that they were her family member.
This should be a happy occasion... Afterall, base on his bearing and clothes, it was apparent that he have a very high status. If he's the brother of Second Young Master's concubine, the Fajardo Family and the City Lord can hug this golden thigh...
But no! Just his gaze said it all that he already know what's currently happening inside the Fajardo's Manor!
While the City Lord escort is deeply hesitating, Cole's anxiety reach the peak!
A big number of chains made of pure light emerged from the ground and restrain all the guards inside and outside the Fajardo Family's entrance.
This was the first time Cole use the Purifying Evil Radiance Orb in a battle. This skill that made the chains is the Purifying Evil Radiance Orb' [Light Weapons]. [Light Weapons], depending on what the caster wanted, will have different effect.
For instance, Cole made chains which makes the whole Light-Energy very sturdy and flexible, with no big difference with real chains. And since the chains are made from Divine Artifact's Light-Energy, no one in or under Nascent Soul could break free from it normally.
In addition to that, this chains, just like light, have the same speed which caught all the people instantly.
All the people tried to break the light chain with all their might, however, no matter what they do, they can't. Seconds later, all the faces of bounded people started to pale. That was because with their current position, they were very vulnerable, they were no different from fish on chopping board waiting to be slaughtered.
As for Cole and his family, without any obstruction, enter and walk towards the inner part of the family grounds. He use his [Divine Sense] and locates where the peoples are. With the right direction, Cole and his company run towards it.
When they arrived at the scene, what greeted them was the sight of bleeding and unconscious woman on the floor while a man is in front of her, holding a sword. It was both pitiful and heroic sight.
As for the other side, there were seven people and their appearance range. In the very front, an imposing man with luxurious cloth was looking at the two furiously. On his back were three people, a middle-aged woman with beautiful clothes and she's hugging a lady and their side was a middle-aged man and he's looking at the other side with worry. At the back were a group of three old people.
They were the Plain Tree City Lord, his wife and his third daughter, the Patriach of Fajardo Family and the Elders at the back.
Suddenly, the man who's holding a sword pointed the weapon he's holding in front of his heart, "Kill Dawn and I'll kill myself immediately!" He exclaimed with resolve. It could easily be seen that he'll really do it.
A ruthless glint flash appear City Lord's eyes. This Second Young Master of Fajardo Family talent was truly enviable, reaching Core Formation-Stage with his age of under twenty. This was even on premise that he's under a small and poor family, the support of external factors like pills and likes was almost not available for him. Then what kind of height he'll reach if he have rich resources?
Now that grudge has been made between them, it was best to eliminate him before he have time to grow and enact revenge!
City Lord produce a very strong momentum. His eyes look murderous and killing intent was oozing like a sunlight.
Fajardo Family's Patriarch and Elders present in the scene instantly paled. The Second Young Master of their family have a very great talent and their hope was all place on him to bring their whole clan to new height. The whole family greatly put importance to him.
This was also why they didn't stop him from having a relationship with his personal servant who save his life once. Despite the family's full oppose with their relationship, they agreed in the end lest he lose his belonging to the family and leave them behind.
The City Lord have also lusted with his great talent, which is why he personally betrothed his third daughter to him. This is in hopes of controlling the Second Young Master.
However, despite being the main wife in reality, its more like in a paper as the Second Young Master don't even spare a glance to the City Lord's third daughter.
Now that the City Lord could clearly see that he can't control the Second Young Master, he wanted to eliminate him instead. As a City Lord, he have the cultivation level of Ninth-Level Nascent Soul-Stage, clearly, they can't stop him from killing their hope as the strongest among them was him, the current Patriarch who only have the strength of Second-Level of Nascent Soul.
However, despite the case, the Patriarch still put himself in front of the Second Young Master. The Family won't have a problem of eliminating the concubine but everyone in the room could see that the City Lord have the intent killing the Second Young Master too. Needless to say that he's their hope, he was also his son. No parent wants to see his own son killed in front of them.
"Then I might as well kill you if you won't love my daughter!" The City Lord exclaimed angrily while he started to brew his attack.
The youth is very talented and he should be a great asset to be use by his family, however, if he don't want to be controlled, then might as well kill him lest he grow up to be a tiger! One mountain can't contain them both!
Woosh–
The Patriarch appear in front of his son in hopes of blocking the attack with his own body.
Ruthless glint in the City Lord's eyes deepen. "Die!" He shouted as he send his palm towards the group of three.
Boom!!
"Patriarch! Second Young Master!"
"Who are you?" The City Lord ask all of the sudden, his guard raised to the extreme.
The Fajardo Family's Patriarch open his eyes after he heard that as he miraculously live despite the full attack of the City Lord. When he raise his head, he saw the back of the man who miraculously block the City Lord's attack. In that moment, despite a little skinny, the man looks imposing.
Of course, the one who block of the City Lord is Cole. What Cole do was he block the attack of the City Lord with just his flesh and protection of Energy, he didn't use any attack. This was becuase he wanted to intimidate the other party, hoping that they'll saw that he could block the full power attack with nothing but his body.
Expectedly, the City Lord look at him warily. Aside from Cole's strength, what makes him wary is his age as he look not barely twenty years old. No family in this Plain Tree City could nurture this kind of expert, which means that he's not from here. He's afraid of offending the other side and his powerful backer.
Still, with his successful show of his capabilities, Cole can't leave the other side unscathed. The hand that stops the City Lord attack suddenly holds the hand of the latter and huge amount of lightning erupted!
[Soul Mimicry], [Lightning Discharge]!
Bzzt~~ Bzzt~~ Bzzt~~~
The sudden assault caught the City Lord off-guard. When he tried to defend against the attack, he can't as his whole Energy was in disarray due to the high voltage. He can't control his cultivation.
And so, the City Lord endured the attack with only his body.
Cole only stop when his Lightning-Energy got drained.
After that, the City Lord literally turn charcoal. His imposing character was gone like his clothes which got burned to dust.