The Geared Immortal

The city of Dis: 2

/*unedited*/

The golden rays of the sunshine through the gaps of the windows of the town's hall of Dis town. This, in turn, illuminated the wide and spacious room where many people wearing different robes stood in attention. Their gazes are towards two beautiful women standing near the entrance of the hall.

One of the women looks like a white flower with her white flowing long hair tied in a ponytail behind her back, while the other one is wearing a half-face veil covering her mouth. But her gentle eyes and perfectly curved thin eyebrow can clearly show the beauty she possesses. Both of them have a temperament that would make those who look at them think that they belong to a noble family.

From within the crowd of middle-aged men, a familiar-looking man slowly approaches the two. He wore a happy smile on his black and white-bearded face. Though the man's hair already shows some strands of white, his appearance only shows a man in his 30's.

When Qin Lou saw him, she immediately showed a face of delight.

"Elder Ao! Long-time, no see!" Qin Lou said as she cupped her hand in greetings.

"Young Qin'er you're too polite, it just been around 2 months. It wasn't that long… Haha…" Hu Ao said while laughing, he truly likes the humble attitude of this genius student of his.

He and the saintly alchemist Lu Hao Duang has been going back and forth from the Floating Lotus Alchemy School to the town of Dis, just hoping that she would change her mind and reemerge from the mortal settlement inside the Daemon forest. But now that he saw her, he was astonished.

It seems that Qin Lou was truly turned into a refined young woman.

When Qin Lou and Qian Li heard his words, both suddenly turn towards each other and showed an awkward look on their faces. They seem to forget one crucial thing…

Although in their own perspective, they have already stayed inside the large protective array for around 50 or so years. But in truth, it has only been 2 months.

This is because of the Time Plate…

It was at that time…

A week after they closed the underground base using a large sect protection array. Although the outside world thinks that the base is really closed for good. But this is not true, because they can still go outside except they needed the limited jade plate which Shin Jiao gave them. There are only 10 jades in total, so only 10 people can come out at one time.

That morning, Fairy (Qin Lou) along with Qilin (Beiwei Tang) and five more people went out for some rigorous training. Since the beast in the outer area of the forest is not challenging anymore for this group of new Shadow Squad members, they decided to go to the middle layer of the forest.

After encountering a lot of level 3 and some level 4 beasts, the group became exhausted. Even Fairy and Qilin became drained of mana for supporting the group. As they rested for a while, the group noticed some disturbance on the mountain near the place they are resting.

"Fairy! Over there!" Qilin said while pointing at the direction where a thick smoke rises from the sea of trees.

Qilin or Beiwei Tang is the group's technology specialist and scout. Before joining the underground base she was one of the girls that were saved by Shin Jiao from the hands of the beast-man who delve in human trafficking. As she grew up as a servant of a cultivator, she was always treated poorly. But after coming to the underground base, her life was changed. She was then discovered as a mage and began to develop her own power.

Qilin found herself to be more proficient in controlling wind magic. And began to develop in that direction, though she can now cast different kinds of low-level magic, as of now she is still weak in them.

When Fairy or Qian Li turns her gaze towards the direction, she immediately squints her eyes. Using her goggles, she scanned that area. There she found a person lying on the ground along with five level-4 beasts.

Without thinking she immediately grabs her long rifle and put on her gears.

"Someone was hurt on the ground… I'll help, you guys back me up." Fairy(Qian Li) said in a decisive tone.

Using her fastest speed she arrives in the area atop a tree. With a clear view of her surroundings belong; she can see an old woman on the ground which seems unconscious. Then crawling towards her is a group of giant lizard-like monsters with dark red scales.

Fairy immediately set the safety off on her rifle and without a word pulled the trigger. The crawling beasts have their attention to the prey in front of them and didn't notice her. But even if they do, they would just assume that she is just an insignificant mortal.

Ping!

The sound of a bullet ricocheting on the ground made the other beasts stop on their tracks. Then they saw one of their comrades falling. The stench of blood immediately wafted through the air, making the rest of the lizard-like beast turns their eyes bloodshot.

Then like crazy, the beasts began pouncing towards their dead companion. With huge bites, the four beasts tore their companion into shreds.

When the rest of her teammates arrive in the area they saw the gruesome situation and immediately, set their long rifles to maximum output and fire.

The four beasts were killed on the spot with each having their heads fist-sized holes. After the war, the underground base was able to deduce how to control the output of the rifle. So far, the strongest beast they can kill easily would be level 4 beasts. But if they overcharge the rifles using only one shot, there is a chance that they can kill level 5 beasts. But that is along with a danger that the rifle would explode killing the shooter in the process.

After they were able to dispose of the beasts, they immediately jump down and helped the old woman on the ground.

"She is still breathing. We need to take her to the rest area." Fairy(Qian Li) said as she carefully carried the old woman in her arms.

When she held the old woman in her bosom, a slight smile actually appear on the old woman's mouth.

The group carefully laid the woman in a soft bed made of a cotton blanket. Then Fairy checked her vitals and scanned her body. Seeing that the old was not injured, she heaves a sigh of relief. But what baffled them is how come the old woman is near the middle part of the Daemon forest.

"Mam, what do you think is the situation?" Ask one of the young men in the group.

In the five new members of the Shadow Squad, he is one of the males; his name is Gi Do An. And when they scanned him, they discover that he has a strong affinity to be a water mage. So he was immediately drafted in the Shadow Squad.

"I think the old woman is okay. We just have to wait until she wakes up." Fairy(Qian Li) said as she unconsciously caresses the old woman's head.

But when she did that, the old woman unconsciously moaned, making Fairy suddenly halt her action.

"Aw… Why did you stop?" suddenly the old woman grumbled while still lying on the bed with closed eyes.

Upon hearing this, Fairy unconsciously continues caressing the old woman's hair. Everyone showed a stunned expression on their faces.

"What the heck? This old woman is just playing with us right?"

"How? Is she really hurt?"

"I think we've been played."

Are the words that are on the minds of the rest of the people in the team.

"Old lady, are you okay now?" Fairy asked with a caring tone.

Qian Li found the old woman adorable as she smiles while her hair is being caressed.

"Sigh… I really wanted to stay here and be lovingly caressed like this." suddenly the old woman muttered as she opens her eyes.

Then she flashed a smile towards Qian Li (Fairy).

"Little girl, you truly satisfy this old lady. You have a good heart and a gentle hand." She said as she patted Qian Li's hand.

"For saving me, I will give you this…" the old woman said while taking out from her ring a pendant.

"This is a Time Plate. If you drop your blood in this pendant, it would grow into a table size Time Plate." The old woman explained.

I can see that you are not just a mere mortal. The old woman said as she pointed her finger on her forehead. Seeing this, everyone was shocked as they know that she is referring to them being mages and warriors.

"Senior, I… I am Qian Li. Who… who might you be?" Qian Li(Fairy) immediately asked.

Right now her heart is beating fast.

"You'll know me when the time comes." The old woman said as she stands up from the bed.

But as soon as her figure stands she immediately changed into a beautiful young woman. She then started to float in the air and then vanished.

Everyone was dumbfounded, but they know that they are not dreaming. Because on Qian Li's hand lays a silver pendant.

The group didn't stay in the area but decided to go back to the base. When their figures vanished through the sea of trees, the figure of the beautiful woman reappears floating in the sky as she watches the shadow-like figures of Qian Li and her team weaving through the woods.

"What an interesting group… I hope they can change the way things are done in this messed-up planet.." She muttered as her figure vanished once again through thin air.