Reincarnated into a Snow Griffin-Chapter 145

Master Jiang Min response is very akin to the calm and gentle demeanor he is known for as he simply raises his head in arrogance, as if the prospect of having me made him lose his cool so much that he simply order the others:

"Kill this fool."

All seem shocked by the order and hesitate, looking back at him with surprise and questioning in their eyes for the Righteous Sects are not supposed to be composed of killers and murders, but with those who seek immortality through the righteous path, killing is reserved to the Demonic Sects, something that was supposed to set us apart but, arrogant as they tend to be, Righteous Sects paint themselves as morally more developed and right, most were not so different from any other mortal, alas why it is so hard for most to ascend in the first place and become an existence that transcends mortality itself, something akin to a god.

But even they would not so outright say it out loud, even if they were not good people at heart more importantly was to look as if you were.

"But Master Jiang, to kill him without a reason like that is a little..." Someone voices their doubts out loud and the others hum in agreement while some others just wait on the sidelines, but that only irritates the Master who seems quite eager to have the situation dealt with as fast as possible.

He had what he had been looking for in his arms after all, ripe and full like he had nurtured him to be, he was not about to give it out to any demon rascal that got a chance to see his bewitching beauty.

But even if the other cultivators could tell something is off about this situation, most chose to ignore it for the sake of an opportunity to be on the master’s good side, gaining favoritism points is as important as keeping a fake appearance for these ’righteous cultivators’.

I knew it all, I wasn’t completely blind to the ways of the world even if my focus had always been elsewhere with my studies, but to think they would go to such extends... I guess I should have never underestimated the human capacity of committing such egocentric acts.

"What are you all waiting for? He is a devil spawn that kidnapped one of your fellow cultivator brothers, what else, it is our obligation to cleanse the world of evil creatures like himself. We, cultivators of the Righteous Path, seekers of the glory of immortality, fellow disciples of the Enlightened Sun Bearers sect, shall not let this evil be left unpunished!"

Empty words thrown around that merely raised the ego of those around him, and yet, making them feel special, unique, alas giving them a purpose is more than enough to have them pumped to follow him without question at this point, and with the impossibility of me voicing out the absurd of the situation they foolishness follow their master’s orders without second thoughts about the situation anymore, without even proof of the demon aspect of Ethan.

I see it all happen, the despicable face of the human nature, and yet Ethan seems unaffected by it all, does not even try to talk his way out of this, eyes glued on me all the time as he mouths "Is alright, I’m going to get you out of there" Or something along these lines, and by the way he simply unsheathes his black obsidian sword and prompts the cutting edge upwards, ready to strike, tells all that he is ready to fight our way out of this situation, not showing sights of backing down once since the beginning, even if outnumbered like this.

For a moment the cultivators separate in groups, circulating like sharks while watching each other, searching for an opening on Ethan’s stance as he stands his ground, sharp eyes narrowing at his opponents, analyzing them in his own way as well, eyes flickering towards their weapons and back at their eyes.

And as the calm before the storm, the fight starts with a spark, and as all Ethan’s opponents belonged to the Runes Sect that specializes in the creation and enchanting with runes all carried make shift weapons of their own, the first to attack being one with a sort of Fire Weapon, rising an L shaped gun with a big red crystal embedded on top and other small ones flowing to the other edge, making a line all along the structure that starts shinning bright as he infuses it with his vitality, and a blast of concentrated energy shoots forward towards Ethan from afar.

I try to warn him but all I can do is open my mouth slightly and watch.

Ethan, on high alert, brings the sword down and with a clean slash cuts the bullet of energy in half, but while doing so the others use the opportunity to advance their attacks, one comes in for close combat, pulling his sleeves back and showing off what seems to be some sort of long glove that goes up to his elbows, and like the weapon had a crystal with a rune carved embedded all over it like scales, but instead of the brutal appearance of the other this had been refined to polder and put together as a chain of armor, and it manages to stop the sword from cutting its user’s arm when he defends from Ethan’s sword as the other arm comes up to hit him in an uppercut.

Ethan dodges to the side and pushes the defending arm aside, opening the other cultivator’s stance at the side, but he does not get a chance to strike back as the others merge their attack, a lady with what looked like a long sword at first wails it around and at the curving opening round tip forms what seems to be bubbles of water in the air, but what at first glance seems to be clear and crystal bubbles floating soon gloom with a strange substance inside that quickly gloss when hit by light, the reflex giving hints of a green glint.

Next she takes out of her sleeves a long feather looking spike made of metal with a green crystal plume end and throws then like throwing knives at the bubbles once they get close enough to Ethan, and seeing movement out of the corner of his eyes he reflectively dodges which saves him from having his entire body melted down by it instead of only his sleeves and superficially his arm.

Hissing he pulls back as the other three move together, but even then there were other two who had not interfered still, and it is at that moment Master Jiang chooses to ignore the fight beside us and starts to walk away with me in his arms, blocking part of the fight of me, taking me to whatever he had in mind.

And there is nothing I can do about it.