Yue long had been traveling in the woods now for an hour now. She stopped at a tree which was clearly marked by both deep and shallow gashes. Yue placed her hand on the tree and smiled. This was the tree Yue would train with her sword until her hands would hurt. She looked up at one of the thicker branches and hopped up on to it. There was a hole in the trunk of the tree that held a bag. In the bag was a black mask and a pair of red clothes. Yue quickly switched her clothes to the red ones and placed the black mask on. She stuffed her previous clothes into the bag and then put it back into the hole. Hopping down from the branch Yue landed with grace. She continued walking looking for any creature of the night and hoping not to run into any of the Ma sect’s members. Walking through the woods Yue’s steps seemed to disappear completely. Yue seemed to become the ghost that she was hunting her mind was set of eliminating those who would do harm.
The light purple of the twilight had now become the dark sky that was dotted with sparkling stars. The moon was in the sky shining brightly allowing Yue to see where she was going. Soon small giggles and growls could be heard from all around. Yue closed her eyes and waited. She was setting a trap for these monsters around, pretending to be weak just so they would gather around her.
“Look it’s a woman. She might be tasty” A deep guttural growl echoed in Yue’s ear as she waited for the right moment.
“No, she will be fun to play with” Another crackly voice said. As the crunching of leaves got closer.
“Something is off about her.” A child’s voice called to the rest. But it was already too late for ones who had gathered around the seemingly innocent and helpless masked girl. Her ink eyes opened and in a quick motion that straight stick had become a glistening blade. It cut the through the ghost and creatures around her. They screamed in pain before dissipating into the air with a light white shimmer. Reaching into her sleeve Yue grabbed ahold of a few talismans. Spinning in a circle Yue threw them at any other who would be fleeing from her. A few ghosts had not ben fast enough to escape the flying talisman and dispersed when they connected to them.
“Run! It is the Red Demon Hunter. None of us can fight it.” The others screeched to those hiding among the trees and bushes. The Yue was getting ready to give chase when suddenly a scream caught Yue’s attention.
Quickly Yue ran towards the direction the scream came from. She dashed between trees and jumped over bushes. She nearly fell a couple of times but kept her balance as Yue wanted to help whoever screamed out. Yet at the same time she was cursing herself as the direction was towards the village. There was going to be a higher chance of seeing people from the Ma sect. Running Yue made sure that the mask was on securely and hopped on to the tree branches.
It took at least 10 minutes for Yue to get where the scream came from and what she found disgusted her. It was members of the Ma Sect gaining up on a small group of women on their way home.
“Miss why not let us help you home its dangerous at night.” A tall black-haired man said. He wore the dark blue and gold robes of the Ma sect. This one seemed to be the leader. A growl came from Yue.
“No, we are okay I am helping these people to the Inn. I think we are capable.” The woman said to Ma member who was grabbing her hair. Just to brush his hand off and step back. She was giving a nervous smile and did not want to be touched by this man.
“You should leave the young lady alone. She’s showing us the way to the Inn then we are going to walk her home.” A cold voice told the Ma member. Only then did Yue realize that it was a group of travelers that were being escorted by one girl. There was five people in total, three were tall and the other two were smaller. One was the girl and the other looked like they hair glasses on.
“Hey, are you a Cut-sleeve Lin-Bao Ma? You really thought these men were beautiful?” The group started to laugh at Lin-Bao Ma.
“You fooled me! how dare you? We control this area and that is why it has been rid of ghosts and daemon’s” Lin-Bao Ma went to hit the man who was cold towards the Leader of the pack. Crackling in the woods made Lin-Bao Ma freeze as an eerie feeling started to set in. This feeling Yue knew this feeling and jumped in front of the group who were on the road. The whole group felt shocked at seeing someone in red and long black braided hair. The wind started to howl as a thumping started growing louder and closer.
“You. The Red Demon. Get it now!” Lin-Bao Ma yelled at the ones who had scared looks on their faces.
“if you want to survive this night you better leave. Or this will get ugly.” Yue’s soft voice got the attention of everyone. They all were shocked, but the woman smiled and started jumping excitedly. Yet the Ma sect group surrounded Yue in mere minutes. Even if they surround Yue, she was not paying attention to the people who were hostile towards her. Instead, her focus was on the road further down from the entrance.
“You can speak you demon. You will not get away this time.” Another Ma Member said. Their swords were pointed at Yue when the thumping had stopped. A low growl came from north of the group. A dark sense of dread had fallen on the ones whose backs were turned to it.
Narrowing her eyes Yue pulled out her straight sick out and took a deep breath in. She was staring into the black sockets holding darkness. They were staring back at her almost like they were assessing how strong the other was. The ones who were staring at the Red demons back were shaking. No one could blame them as they could see what the others could not.
Hallow black sockets stared at the group. while a long red tongue slithered between its long-jagged teeth like a snake. The skin looked that of a snake, but it was also human like. It stood as tall as a building, yet a shadowy mist was coming from its body. Low hiss and thick growls could be heard from the daemon.
“Eat…. Must Eat…. More Must Eat More” its voice called out to the group, but it wasn’t just one voice but that of several. Yue gripped her swords sheath tighter and gritted her teeth.
“Run away or you will be eaten to and your voice will be taken.” Yue’s voice seemed to become somber and angry at the same time. All who had their backs had turned around and started trembling at the sight of the daemon.
“It… it cannot be… it’s a Tunshi Zhe? Did you call it here Red Demon? What? Could you not fight against us alone, so you call for help?” Lin-Bao Ma yelled at Yue who was walking past the men who had dropped their hostile composure. The group of four that was being shown where the Inn was had disappeared leaving the woman alone frozen in fear. Lin-Bao Ma was shaking but did not want the bounty on the Red Demon to slip away from him. As the Red Demon was something they could never capture, nor could they track it.
“Don’t let the Red demon escape!” Lin-Bao Ma demanded to the others who was focused on the Tunshi Zhe. They were scared as they have not encountered one of these at all. This was a powerful daemon to encounter and it was on its way towards a village. Yue grip on her sword had became tighter as Lin-Bao Ma yelled commands to capture her.
“Keep spewing nonsense about capturing me you won’t ever be able to either help me kill this daemon or stay out of the way Lin-Bao Ma. Get off your high horse!” Yue turned to yell at him.
“Please help me…. Miss save us please.” Yue long’s blood ran cold as the voices were closer than before. But it was that of small children. The Tunshi Zhe had eaten children and have been using their voices to lure others in for its meal. Yue pulled her arm back and had a very tight grip on her sword before she spun to punched with all her might.
“You us children for your lure how fucking dare you.” She screamed at the daemon as her fist connected with the chest of the thing. Bright white streams of spiritual power could be seen coming off her hand. Yue Long was extremely angry and had no control over her emotional state when children were involved. The Ma sect members were all shocked at seeing white spiritual power coming from what should be a demon. Lin-Bao Ma fell on his to ass seeing this.
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