In next breath, he tossed Jen aside because the next target was Jen and another sharp needle p.r.i.c.ked in his heart.

He spurted another mouthful of blood.

"That illegitimate sperm of elder Yun_!" the old man send the last surge of his life force and crushed the young man who used his father's way to avenge sneak.

The old man fell with a loud bang.

Jen ran toward him to support but she was late.

It was the last light after the setting sun.

The old man was ghastly paled, perhaps that needle was soaked in poison or something.

"Keep it...!" he opened his palm and lost the last breath string.

She closed his eyes.

She sat there for an unknown period of time.

Slowly darkness filled the entire surrounding.

Next day she found a better place, dig the soil for the proper burial of the old man.

She sat there for a few days staring in the unfathomable void.

She walked like a defeated trooper.

She walked until she was tired of walking.

First time in life she felt that she lost someone.

Too short a life and too many things to witness.

She felt that her cheeks got wet with the tears.

Another day pa.s.sed.

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"I am dying, help me take a breathe...!" she heard the anxious voice but mild and tamed.

She looked around and there was n.o.body.

"What are you looking around_I am here_!" that voice came again but this time coated with light anger.

It could not be a human voice, she gathered from the pitch of the voice.

"I am dying in your hand_please open your palm_!" Jen fl.u.s.teredly opened her closed palm, she remembered that the old man gave her something before his last breath.

There was s.h.i.+ny material made token which was emitting colors. "If you kept staring at the s.h.i.+ny token_I would die in your hands_and my parents would sue you for my murder_!!" this time the voice was angrier.

Jen got bewildered to hear this, what was this pitfall?

"Are you that really goofy? still staring_!" the voice helplessly complained.

"What should I do to save you_?" Jen asked more concerned.

"Just throw this s.h.i.+ny token_on the ground_I will be free then_!" the voice explained.

Jen felt it weird, "You must be devil beast_I would not free you_!" she said hesitating.

s.h.i.+ny token. ",,,"

"I don't know what is devil beast but I am sure to die now_!!" the glow and colors of the token were dimming slowly.

Jen threw the s.h.i.+ny token after she heard the last pleading and disappointment in the voice.

She threw the token and it broke into pieces emitting several colors.

Jen looked with popping eyes.

It was a snow white, small probably two and a half feet, animal, not animal or perhaps animal, looking at Jen with its big emerald eyes with some traces of off golden. Ears and nose were little to notice with some traces of silver lining on the middle back, forelegs were small and timid while hind legs were little strong if compared.

"Why are you staring like a lousy man_!" mild and soft yet complaining to Jen.

Jen. "••"

"How dare you to speak me lousy_you little punk_!!" she berated.

"A mere animal is too much atrocious_" Jen turned her face.

"Wa_what_who are you speaking animal_!!" the animal stomped its feet.

"It's you whom I was talking about_" Jen insisted.

"First you were insistent to not let me live then you were staring at me like I was kooky and now you are calling the most blessed creature of all, an animal_if you are not lousy then what are you_?" animal stomped again its feet.

Jen. "••"

The most blessed creature, how on the universe, were not humans blessed?

Jen did not witness any animal so proud or any animal that she had seen in her low-grade sphere could speak.

This sphere was foreign to her.

She was limited to the knowledge of this sphere.

She was running all the time.

Who would tell her that here small animals were proud and could speak too?

"Don't tell me that you are impressed with my gorgeous looks...!" that animal noticed her silence and added.

Jen. " ••"

Impressed? if this animal could read thought's, it would have died with embarra.s.sment.

"What is an impressive thing about you_!" Jen flared the animal.

"Oh_you don't know and I thought that you knew_how poor in common knowledge_I am from the blessed bloodline of water dragon_!" that animal came close to Jen and spoke and whispered in her ear.

Jen heard it and waved away, "And I thought you were from some respected cla.s.s of Celestial Sphere_" Jen was not interested to know about its background.

Blessed animal. ",,"

"Tell me, why old man kept you_?" Jen could not understand why the old man was keeping this animal with him.

"First of all, stop calling me animal_!" the animal sat on its hind legs and front hand pointed toward Jen.

"What should I call if not animal_?" though Jen did not want to bicker with this animal, it was simply headache for her, she wanted to think a way to come up her sadness and study her contemplation further, she had left too short time to prepare for Intermediate Contemplation Battles.

"I have a name_call me Mini Mosa from now on_!" this time the animal suppressed its anger.

"Mini Mosa_fine then_"

Jen looked at Mini Mosa.

"Why_still staring_" Mini Mosa complained.

Jen. "_"

"I am not staring_ tell me why the old man was keeping you_?"

"Oh_you are not that lousy_" Mini Mosa waved its front paw.

Jen. "••"

"Your old man saved my life from some thieves and promised to send me my dwelling but he died and before death he saved me under that s.h.i.+ny token, it was low-grade placement token, if you had not brought me out, I would have died due to suffocation, it could only store for three months_!!" Mini Mosa stopped and gulped fresh air like a vacuum cleaner.

Jen ignored it's absurdly calling, 'Your old man,' she wanted to less bother this animal.

"Since the old man handed you the token that means you would send me back to my dwelling_!" Mini Mosa looked expectantly flickering its big emerald eyes.

"What if I don't_you said you are a blessed creature so you should not stick to lowly creatures_!" Jen had no time to waste on some random trips.

"Please_don't abandon me_I am not that bad_!" Mini Mosa got shattered his hopes to meet her family, tiny droplets flickering in her big eyes.

This animal knew how to adept in situations, Jen shook her head.

Mini Mosa could see her unwavering att.i.tude that means she might not meet her parents and dwelling ever.

Jen looked at its fading face and heaved a sigh, "I will send you, your dwelling_!" as always no choice for her.

Jen was thinking ways to send this animal as soon as possible to its dwelling and study her contemplation.

She needed to reach at least second level, Rack Sage or third level Monarch Sage because this was least qualification accreditation for the Intermediate Contemplation Battles.

"Tell me what is the name of your dwelling_!" she asked Mini Mosa.

"It's Macabre Dwelling Manias_!" she moved her eyelids up and down.

Jen had memorized the rough outlines of the map which her great grandfather had given her back then and then she handed it to Creek and Prince.

If she correctly remembered, this Manias was located at the edges of Bluesea while on the other end of Bluesea she was supposed to reach for contemplation battles. But it was a long very long journey if considered to her present pace.

She could not use Essence Blazon Transfer due to her limited study of Contemplation.

She learned Evanesce Apt.i.tude but it also needed endless Essence Energy to keep on.

The journey had to be started early.

She thought how useless it to be to go there even when she was only Sage presently.

She laughed to herself.

She brought out some food and started eating.

Mini Mosa was looking up turning and then down turning expressions.

And she started eating without asking whether the blessed creature was hungry or not.

How mannerless! "~_~"

Jen ate her full and looked at the greedy eyes of Mini Mosa, in her thoughts she forgot to ask what would she eat and there were only some fruits left.

"I would eat whatever this miss could provide_!" Jen shoots up her brows, this was the first time that this animal spoke with perseverance or manners.

Mini Mosa was hungry at this time, if she was asked to dance belle she would do it despite the fact that she never knew what was the demon called dance much less to know Belle.

Jen gave her remaining fruits to Mini Mosa.

She hurriedly bit on fruits with her dragon-like face.

Jen was tired today, she was truly sad but now looking bewildered at the animal who was considerably thick-skinned and self-possessed.