Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Journey to Yasen City
The heavy iron gate engraved with the Divine Tree Golden Pattern was lifted halfway up, and below it gathered Beastmen fleeing from the Affiliated City, tightly wrapped in beast hides, anxiously queuing at the city gate.
Seeing the Beastmen moving slowly, Wen Shu stood on the back of the Black Panther, glanced ahead, and only then realized that there was a guard holding a Body Inspection Stone in front of the city gate.
The main city was heavily guarded, serving as the final defense line of the Royal City. Even with a journey of nearly three days from the Affiliated City, it remained cautious.
As they got closer, a sudden shout came from below, "Hey! Transform out of beast form outside of Beast City, how else can we inspect!"
Wen Shu looked down at Nan, turned her face to request, "Mious, I’ll have to trouble you again..."
Before she could finish, Mious understood her meaning, curled his snake tail around Nan, and jumped back to the ground with her in his arms.
Wu Xuan also transformed into a juvenile form and burrowed into Wen Shu’s arms.
They moved along with the surging crowd, and because they arrived too late, it wasn’t until the snow reached their calves that they reached the city gate.
The leading guard, Lu Yi, immediately recognized Wen Shu, personally took the crystal, and came up with a surprised expression, worriedly asking, "Wen Shu female, why are you at the end! When the City Lord left, he asked if you had left the city!"
After waiting in the heavy snow for half a day, even with Wu Xuan, the "little heater," in her arms, Wen Shu was shivering with cold.
She had no energy for socializing, supporting herself, wanting to land, the hand bracing her legs only gripped tighter.
She was puzzled, and a low concerned voice timely sounded above her, "The ground is cold, and you’re still very weak, it’s not good for your body."
Wen Shu looked up, seeing Mious frowning tightly, his deep green eyes filled with complex emotions, she was a bit dazed for a moment.
Was he afraid she’d get cold?
She wasn’t that delicate...
But worried about wasting time, she didn’t insist and raised her hand to place it on the crystal.
"It’s done, you should leave the city quickly, there’s still quite a distance to Yasen City!"
After successive inspections, Lu Yi escorted them outside the city. After Wen Shu hurriedly thanked him, she sat back on the Black Panther’s back heading to the main city.
Yasen City was wealthy, constructing a stone-paved highway between the two cities, with numerous giant plants planted on the sides.
They obviously hadn’t anticipated the unexpected heavy snow in Beast City as well.
At this moment, those bright flowers and bushes were covered with frost and snow, trembling in the cold wind, with several wilting due to the frost.
Wen Shu gazed at a curled blue flower, her face growing more grave, inevitably recalling the Beast City she saw in the Illusion Realm.
What did the original protagonist do to drive the female lead to become a savior?
She had no clue and needed to recall the plot thoroughly.
Thinking this, she leaned back into Mious’s arms, using a beast hide to shield her head from the snow, slowly closed her eyes.
While feeling the warmth of the body in his arms, the male’s body stiffened.
He looked down at the female, seeing her snow-white face tucked into his strong arm, and his heavy heartbeat skipped a beat.
The world seemed to stand still at that moment.
He slowed his breathing, gazing at her gentle profile, unable to resist reaching out his hand, only to clutch it back into his palm before his cold-white fingertips could touch her.
His hand was too cold...
As the group moved away from Beast City, the snowflakes, initially the size of a palm, dwindled to sporadic dots once they entered the lush giant forest.
After escaping the crisis, the Beastmen’s urgent pace gradually slowed, replaced by chaotic and noisy chatter.
"Why is it snowing in Beast City? Could Priest Yisha’s prophecy be true!"
A young Beastman broke down, "I just came of age, haven’t even found a female yet, why is it the end of the world already?"
A scolding voice came from the front, "What nonsense are you spouting! The Priests who guard the Divine Tree haven’t prophesied anything, and you actually believe that habitual swindling fake priest?"
The voice’s fall steadied the panicked Beastmen somewhat, though some became even more uncertain, quickening their pace.
Priest Yisha?
Wen Shu opened her eyes, looking towards the arguing Beastmen.
There had been a Beastman who made a prophecy?
"Uh—"
Before she could think further, Nan, lying on his side, suddenly emitted a painful groan.
Wen Shu hurriedly knelt up, and seeing his appearance, her heart immediately clenched.
The male’s neck bulged with blue veins, his body writhing in pain.
His arms squeezed his head so tightly that his mask snapped, leaving deep bloodied streaks on the slightly smooth side of his face.
"Nan?"
She quickly gripped his hand, rapidly channeling her superpower.
The scars on the male’s face gradually healed, yet his features twisted even more furiously, with sweat-matted hair sticking to his forehead and lips bitten to a bloody pulp.
Wen Shu’s heart tightened, trying to probe into his Spiritual Sea, only to be bounced back by a fierce energy surge, unable to find a way in again!
And within moments, Nan’s sweat-drenched face cracked into numerous lines, and his bloodstained lips became utterly colorless.
As she was about to approach, two hands suddenly reached out behind her, pulling her into a tense, pricking embrace.
"Don’t go near him!"
Mious’s grave warning sounded in her ear, "He failed to advance, soon he will..."
Die from his body exploding.
Holy Priest feared she would be saddened, a heavy flash in his eyes, he didn’t say the last few words.
Wu Xuan immediately understood his meaning, glancing back at Wen Shu’s bewildered face, tried to stay calm, softly said, "I’ll take him away, you follow the group."
After a brief handover, Mious was about to transform into his beast form when Wen Shu sensed something was wrong, forcefully shaking off his wrist, "What do you mean! Where are you taking Nan?"
She grabbed Nan’s arm, almost scorched by its temperature, and seeing the glowing patterns on his face, instantly understood.
Nan was about to die?
She had just prevented him from exploding, and now he’s going to die due to his advancement?
Wen Shu squeezed his hand, her gaze swept over Wu Xuan and Mious, feeling like her heart was being pounded by a heavy hammer, making it hard to breathe.
Under no circumstances would she accept any of them dying before her!
In a flash, she captured a fragment of memory in her mind, surged with energy from her palm, urgently looking ahead, "Wu Xuan, quickly find that Old Priest!"
The swirling white light flared her hair, and Mious’s attempt to stop her paused midair in her resolute shimmering gaze.
"Ashu..."
Seeing her tear-reddened eyes, the words sticking in Wu Xuan’s mouth stopped cold.
He recalled Nan saying the female had jumped off a cliff to save him, a sudden surge of warmth nearly bursting his chest.
His female master was such an emotionally bonded Beastman.
Wu Xuan’s eyes burned with heat, immediately arching his back, "Hold tight!"
A lightning-fast shadow dashed through the grass from the chaotic migrating group, reaching the middle of the group in mere seconds.
Sensing the target, he suddenly burst from the grass, intercepting the Old Priest mid-way who was on a copper chair.
The Wolf Beast beneath suddenly stopped, causing Priest Bernard, who was drinking water, to almost fall over and cough fiercely.
Yining hurriedly caught him, with downcast eyes looking at the newcomer, the words of reproach on his lips swallowed back within.
"Wen Shu female?"