Tarthocas: Chronicles of the Transmigrating Scribe Chapter 4: Chapter 3

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As Ling Xuan was about to tighten his grip on the knife, a man covered in a black robe and a black mask appeared before Ling Xuan. Ling Xuan’s instincts told him he could trust this mysterious man, but his heart warned him to keep up his guard,after the recent incidents between him and the traitor guard. Ling Xuan didn’t lower his grip on the knife and was still wary of the beast. Even though the beast was wounded and blood was flowing it stood up and was ready to attack once again. The masked man glanced at Ling Xuan before looking at the tiger with bloodlust. Even though he was wearing a mask, Ling Xuan could make out that the man was smiling. Ling Xuan didn’t understand why this man was helping him, nor did he understand the confidence of the masked man but silently stared at him as he turned his back. The masked man began walking towards the tiger and then took out a dagger and began running towards the tiger. The tiger also began running towards the hooded figure. When the 2 figures were close to each other , the tiger pounced on the figure and the figure bent down on his knees and slid on the ground. The moment the tiger came perfectly above the figure he used his dagger to eviscerate it. The tiger fell down on the ground causing lots of dust to fly everywhere along with blood. Grrrerer… The Tiger tried to stand up yet its life had been already drained. “ So fast!” Ling Xuan remarked after seeing the battle that took up the span of a mere 3 seconds. “ Is the power of an Expert Rank?” thought Ling Xuan, he had already seen the might of Jin Guo who was in the Expert rank when he killed Huo Huo and using that as a reference he could estimate that the hooded figure in front of him was in that exact same rank. The figure then turned towards Ling Xuan and started walking in his direction. Seeing this, Ling Xuan suddenly felt a reaction he never felt well up within him. His breathing became rapid His hands were shaking. Snot filled his nose. Eyes became full of tears. Ling Xuan or Carto Harts for the first time in his life experienced the Fear Of Death. As the hooded figure came closer Ling Xuan’s fear heightened even more. “Is this how I die!?” thought Ling Xuan to himself. “ No N-No I will not die here!” Ling Xuan convinced himself. “ Mercy Senior ! Junior will not even think of this event !” Pleaded Ling Xuan as he knelt on the ground. Now the figure was in front of him and sat in front of him. “ Hmm so why do you think I will kill you eh?” Chuckling could be heard as the figure said it. Ling Xuan did not answer as he thought that saying it would cause the figure to feel disrespected and kill him. “ Now don’t be scared Junior I mean no harm to you” Said the Figure waving his hands in the air. “ Here take this cloth and wipe your nose, you look quite horrible” Said the figure after handing him a small white cloth. Now Ling Xuan was up close with the figure and he could see a few details he had originally not noticed.The figure’s eyes were of the peculiar colour of blue. Streaks of white could be seen escaping from the hood of his clothes. The figure’s physique was quite the contrary to Jin Huo”s physique which was the bulkiest he had ever seen in contrast to that the physique of this stranger resembled the body of a healthy person in his original world. “ Now that you are ok take this and leave this place Junior for there are creep things around us that even i fear” The stranger handed him a piece of candy and coldly told him. Ling Xuan was confused, was this a token of gratitude or was someone trying to assassinate him again? “ Oh you don’t know what this is?” asked the stranger with amusement clear in his tone. “ This is condensed sugar, I heard that you kids like eating these don’t you all?” Asked the Stranger. Realising he had been fooled, with his face red with shame he just kept his head down. “May I ask what your name might be?”asked the masked man. Ling Xuan politely answered,”My name is Ling Xuan, senior” The masked