Chapter 786: Why didn't you contact us? I
Completely oblivious to the second general's schemes, on a planet inhabited by an old race linked to the golden-scaled dragons through their dragon blood.
Asher's shock at seeing a familiar figure was quickly replaced. His red-rimmed eyes flickered with a hint of relief as he watched the red-haired man floating before him.
"Thank you..."
He uttered very quietly, and if not for Jian's keen sense of hearing, he would have never caught the soft whisper. Jian finally turned to look at the half-dragon with a scoff.
"No thanks between us! Why didn't you contact anyone when you needed help?"
Asher was tongue-tied for a moment. In that brief time, Alec had also arrived beside Jian, a dark grin on his face that suggested a thirst for vengeance.
"Leave everything to us. Now that we are here, no enemy will escape alive! James, seal this planet; it's time to inflict double the pain the Nightkin race has caused the inhabitants of this planet!"
James felt conflicted. This planet was already in ruins, and it was clear that the Nightkin had devastated everything. With his senses, he sensed that nearly nighty percent of the inhabitants were dead. The only remaining threat was the complete annihilation of the planet itself.
If it were up to him, he would have chosen to go to another planet, one with more lives to save before it was too late. That seemed like the best course of action given the current state of the universe, but James was reluctant to further damage his relationship with the two supreme ranks who had recently joined his team.
He had already strained his relationship with this group of youngsters when he and the elders failed to save Kyle's soul, and that was more than enough. Now, he didn't want to deepen their resentment toward him, so he complied with Alec's request.
Well, he also couldn't bear to witness the remaining weak inhabitants of this planet being slaughtered by the Nightkin race.
With those thoughts, James clapped his hands together and tapped into nature. It was true that he had grown weaker, but that didn't mean he was any less powerful than an average peak supreme rank.
Within seconds, he sealed off the planet and commanded the bewildered group of old and young individuals behind him.
"Attack! What are you all waiting for? Go eliminate the enemies!"
The group of people clad in garments displaying the emblem of a familiar gray sword, who had accompanied him for the past few months as they eliminated the forces of the dark side and saved many planets, jolted in surprise.
However, after the initial surprise, they obeyed his command and vanished to kill all the enemies on the planet. Their mission was to save as many innocent people as possible, not waste time on trivial thoughts. In the past few months, they had fought countless life-and- death battles alongside James and now trusted him completely.
James also spread out his aura, ready to unleash a bloodbath. And he did. Leaving Alec and Jian alone with the half-dragon, he vanished to kill the enemies on the planet.
Quite a distance away, the supreme-rank woman from the Nightkin race, who had been kicked brutally twice in a very short time, growled in boiling anger, prepared to blast the entire planet.
But her body froze when the tip of a glistening sword was placed against her neck, and a powerful aura from someone who appeared to have just attained the supreme rank enveloped her.
Alec's eyes narrowed as he looked at the woman who was already marked as dead.
"It's about time I test my strength against enemy stronger than me. You wil serve as a good punching bag for now."
His words made the already enraged woman laugh maniacally. Veins bulged on her forehead and neck, making her ghostly pale skin look even more grotesque; the red in her eyes nearly turned pitch black.
She couldn't believe that a mere ant, who had just barely stepped into the supreme rank, dared to challenge her!
"A good punching bag?? Let me show you what a punching bag really is!"
She shouted, using her agility to evade the sword pointed at her neck and lunged at the blue- haired man, exuding an air of calm and utter nonchalance, with her maze filled with
dangerous spikes ready to tear him apart.
Still, Alec wasn't intimidated; instead, he sneered, matching her ferocity equally.
No, he even overpowered her, causing the woman to see red in humiliation.
Jian clicked his tongue softly as he watched Alec fight the strongest enemy. Still, he felt no disappointment. He would address the issue of Alec stealing the strongest enemy and spotlight later.
Cracking his knuckles, he turned his attention to the other powerful figures from the Nightkin race he had previously kicked and punched. With a speed that bordered on teleportation, he engaged them all, eliminating them mercilessly without leaving a single intact corpse behind.
He would have released their souls after erasing their consciousness, but knowing there was no Realm of the Dead anymore, he opted to destroy their souls as well. So to prevent the souls from roaming free and possessing weaker individuals or beasts, thus averting potential future problems.
Watching them fight, Asher finally stopped floating. Exhaustion and pain from what he had endured made his eyes heavy.
He knelt onto the ground, surrounded by nothing but the ruins of what was once a thriving large city, and took a deep breath to steady his troubled emotions.
"I need to save those who were captured to sign dark contracts... I can't rest yet."
He closed his eyes and began to heal his injuries. The sounds of those fighting and crying around him gradually began to fade with each passing second.
About ten minutes later, a hand rested on his back, channeling spiritual energy into his body to help mend his wounds.
Jian let out a sigh.
"You didn't answer. Why didn't you contact us? I know we have only known each other for a brief period, but we are friends..."
There was a moment of silence. Asher rubbed his thumb across his injured wrist, hesitating slightly as he opened his eyes. Then he finally decided to come clean.
"I did. I did try to contact you all."
Jian moved to sit beside him, a deep frown creasing his brow as he wondered which of his idiotic friends hadn't responded when one of them needed help. He seriously contemplated
breaking their bones.
"Who did you contact among us?"
Asher glanced at him with a faint smile.
"Kyle... I tried to reach out to him a month ago, but he didn't respond."