Chapter 7 – Calamity

Moon strode out of the abandoned farmhouse, a feeble crying and shouting could be heard coming from behind him. Rudan and his underlings were laid down on the floor unable to get up, their dantians crippled. Never again would they make anyone suffer! With their cultivation destroyed, they would be the ones being pushed around. A new life where they were the ones being bullied awaited them!

“Just you wait you fucker, wait til my big brother finds out!”.

“M-my parents! They own half of the farmland here, they'll oust you out the town!”.

“W-What now.. I'm going to work on the farms for the rest of my life?”.

The crippled youths had nothing but hatred and disdain in their hearts. They even had a trace of regret, for if they left this vengeful youth alone since the start this would never have happened.. but it was far too late for that. Years too late!

Several villagers heard the cries, and their interest was peaked as a small crowd ushered over to the farmhouse. Moon quietly gathered Qi around his legs and silently dashed away from the scene towards Merry's house.

A big burly farmer with a large red mustache and a completely bald head was running over towards Rudan and his underlings.

“My boy! What in the seven hells happened here?!”. A look of severe concern covered his face, his red mustache was identical in color to Rudans hair, obviously it was his father. He then looked towards the middle area near his heart where his dantian resided, a small hole with a black stain could be seen. His eyes shot towards the other four youths, noticing the same symptoms with each of their dantians.

“CRIPPLED! THEY'VE ALL BEEN CRIPPLED!”.

A ferocious roar sounded out and the strength of the third stage of the nursery layer sounded out from around his body. Another man with a delicately arranged black suit strolled out from among the crowd, he wore a pair of spectacles and his face looked quite similar to a rat. His aura was of a much nobler kind. He looked towards the green haired youth that had his cultivation crippled and let out a squeal.

“WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU! Who would dare to cripple my only son and heir?!”. A face full of rage was plastered on him, his rat like features made him look as if he was about to transform into some kind of demonic rat creature as his anger continued to rise.

The large burly man with the red mustache looked over to the strange looking thing wearing the black suit, “Donovan, gather every single one of your farmhands immediately! We must find out who crippled our boys! I'll find my eldest son Beriel, with his strength once we find the culprit he'll have no chance of escape!”.

“Understood Brutus.. Once I find this bastard, I'll pluck out his eyes, nails and then saw off his feet!”. The rat like man grabbed a couple of his underlings and ran off to one of the nearby farmhouses, whilst the big man Brutus picked up Rudan from the floor and heaved him over his shoulder. “My boy, who did this to you?!”.

“It was Moon! He suddenly appeared and beat us down, crippling our cultivation! He even said that he wasn't finished and that he was going to cripple more childrens cultivation!”, Rudan let out an invisible smirk, “That'll teach him..”.

The crowd heard Rudans lie and went into a frenzy.

“WHAT?! He's going to cripple even more children? My boys out in one of the fields right now!”.

“That kid Moon?! I'll shit on his ancestors for this hideous act!”.

“What an evil bastard, brothers, hide your children and take out your pitchforks, we have to oust this little demon from our town!”.

The large group of villagers charged out in a frenzy in every direction of the town, shouts and screams about a demon crippling their childrens cultivation could be heard coming from all over. The villagers believed that some sort of evil demon had invaded their town and came to steal their children away!

Meanwhile in Merry's house.

A smiling boy with a scar on the left side of his face walked up to Uriel, the large grin that was plastered on his face instantly made her understand what had just occurred. “So, my foolish little brother really beat down Rudan and his petty gang once and for all?”. The beautiful fairy princess was staring intently at Moon with a hint of concern.

“Yes, I have! I beat them down, and even crippled their cultivation! That was enough to settle the rage inside of me and allow my pride to return.” The serious looking Moon really had no idea about the repercussions which were going to occur from doing such an unwise act!

The fairy princesses face was instantly covered in shock, her beautiful green eyes almost popped out of her head. All of a sudden, her knees dropped to the floor and her face went white. “Moon.. you crippled their cultivation?! Do you know what you've done!? Our peaceful lives are over, we will have to leave the town by morning.” She rose back to her feet, her shock filled face disappeared and a stern serious look appeared.

Moon let out a gasp, “L-leave the town? Why must we do such a thing? It's fine now, those bullies will never bother us again!”.

“Do you not know who their parents are?! Rudans father is the head blacksmith, and one of the underlings fathers is the head of the farmhands! Take whatever you have left here and get ready to leave by morning, once they find out what's happened then the whole towns going to go into a frenzy..”. Uriel was shoveling various items at a furious pace, books and different kinds of tools were being flung off the shelves and stored away into her backpack.

Moon could only stand there in the middle of the room, looking at the panicking Uriel who was rapidly packing away her belongings as if the apocalypse was about to come. “What have I done.. if I knew before that their status in the village was as high as that, then I would have reconsidered crippling them!“, his face had a trace of regret but it was quickly tossed aside. “Forget it, what's done is done. There's never going to be any opportunities for me at this village, if I have to leave then I have no regrets!”.

Midnight.

The town was quiet. So quiet that not even the cicadas could be heard singing. The common magical owl beasts were nowhere to be seen, their usual cooing had vanished making the town seem like it was empty.

All of a sudden, bright flaming torches erupted from one side of the town. Their raging flames made the town look like some kind of evil demon had been summoned and was about to devour every living thing in sight. The flaming torches began to descend, marching towards a specific location. Merry's house!

Moon looked out from the window in Uriels room, the bright lights made his eyes flinch in the dead of the night. “What on earth are thos- wait, those are torches! The villagers are coming! Uriel, wake up!”.

Pitchforks and flaming torches were advancing towards the house. From the front, a vicious looking youth with a rouge colored head of hair was leading the mob. His eyebrows were slanted upwards, making his face seem lifeless and extremely arrogant. In his hands was a silver spear with white markings covering it, around the tip of the spear was a vibrant blue & white glow which constantly vibrated around the centre. An earthly weapon with the Ice element! Behind him were the two men from before, the frigid looking rat in the black suit and the burly fellow with the red mustache who was carrying Rudan in his arms.

On one side of the mob, a seventy year old man with a tuft of grey hair and a wrinkly face was walking with a pitchfork and torch. This was Gin! His eyes were filled with a seething anger, he had come with the rest of the villagers to get rid of that parasite youth, Moon. He coughed and yelled towards the window, “You're not going to escape this time boy, the heavens have ordered you to die and you shall definitely die today!”.

From within Uriels room, the two youths were stood at the window with a face of horror. The amount of villagers advancing towards the house was frightening, it looked as if there was around four to five hundred of them! This was a number they had no way of contending with, especially since they were being led by Beriel who was nearing the fifth stage of the Nursery layer.

“Moon.. This is all your fault. If you didn't cripple their cultivation, this would never have happened..”. The fairy's face was dull, it was like she'd already given up on escaping. Seeing Uriels face so empty and lifeless made Moon's heart shake, he truly regretted his actions earlier today. If he could go back in time and change his actions, he would!

“LITTLE BASTARD, COME OUT RIGHT NOW!”.

“Get out here you freak!”.

“Evil demon!”.

Ferocious shouts came from outside. The four hundred villagers were stood directly outside Merry's house, ready to strike at any second. The front door slowly opened, and Merry stood outside with a confused face. “What is going on here?! Why has the entire town decided to gather at my front door? I'm not holding a damn party you kn-” - THWACK! A spear suddenly flew out from the crowd, it flew towards Merry's chest at an incredibly fast speed before landing right in the middle.

A vicious youth with a lifeless expression walked towards Merry, grabbing onto the spear that was lodged into her chest and twisting it, making blood spurt out of the open wound. “Old hag, we're not here for you. We're here for the boy, Moon.” As he pulled out the spear, a layer of ice covered Merry from head to toe, freezing her completely. He lifted up his right hand and tapped her skull with one of his fingers, making the statue topple. As it slowly fell, one would notice that a look of shock was on the frozen face of Merry, she never anticipated that she would have been sneak attacked! The statue hit the floor with a bang and shattered instantly.

Merry had died!