East Meet West

152- Encounter 3

“What do you mean by this? I don’t think that I have offended you in any way, so why did you attack?”

Orochi shouted angrily.

But this was all a façade.

Orochi actually knew the reason why Ethan attacked without warning. The reason he asked was to let Armelia know how unreasonable the world and living beings are and also to increase his stats, while he is keeping Ethan busy in talking.

Listening to Orochi, Ethan sneered and said coldly,

“Do I need to give you a reason? Who do you think you are?”

Listening to this, Armelia shouted angrily at Ethan,

“What a shameless guy? Attacking someone without any reason. How can someone be so unreasonable?”

Only, after Armelia shouted, did Ethan focus on Armelia,

“Hey, little girl, mind your tone, or else you will face more problems. As for attacking you? You two, have listened to something you should not have, so if you want to blame, then blame your luck.”

But he was internally shocked because he found that Armelia was also at the Human stage, but quickly he noticed that her aura was weak and he came to the conclusion that she must have recently broken through. His heart settled but he was still vigilant, and quickly his mind spun and he came to one conclusion- his junior brother and sister must hold off against Armelia and he must quickly kill the guy, then he must quickly suppress her.

Although, there is a huge difference between a peak Demi-human stage cultivator and a Human stage cultivator, but he has the confidence that with his junior brother’s and sister’s strength, holding Armelia for few minutes is not a difficult task.

So, having made the decision, Ethan quickly backed away and got closer to his juniors.

While Ethan was backing away, Orochi was also increasing his strength.

He told the system to add 500 ‘Free stat points’ to ‘Strength’, Defense, Agility, Resistance, and Sense stats each. And repeat it 2 times after every 5 seconds.

Immediately, the first batch of ‘Free stat points’ were added to the 5 stats. And Orochi clearly felt that his combat power and combat capabilities increased by almost 7-8%. Although, the increase might not look or feel great but it should be enough and also since Orochi is in combat mode and increasing the stats by a huge degree can produce discomfort in the body which is not a good thing during this time, increasing the stats little by little will keep the body safe and let Orochi, learn to control this power.

And anyway, due to the hostility shown by the opponent, Ethan; the ‘Martial Artist’ job has already been activated and one of the passive abilities- temporarily increase all the stat by X% has been activated.

When the job was only at level 1, the stats increased by 1% but now, the job level is at 7, so all the stats have increased by 7%.

And almost all the stats are around 7000-8000, so that means all the stats have been temporarily raised by almost 500.

This is one of Orochi’s cards.

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After Ethan got closer to Jashan and Pamila, he slowly whispered to them,

“Jashan and Pamila, both of you try to hold that girl for few minutes, I will quickly solve that boy and then suppress that girl.”

Hearing this both Jashan and Pamila were shocked.

Jashan quickly recovered from his shock because he understood the intentions of his Senior brother and said,

“Ok.”

But Pamila hesitantly asked,

“Senior Brother, I don’t understand why are we attacking them for no reason?”

Without waiting for his senior brother to open his mouth, Jashan spoke in a low voice,

“Fool, just now because of our fighting, Senior brother accidentally almost revealed the ‘important work’ for which we entered the forest. And since these two were nearby, they must have heard it. And if they follow us, then our important work might get compromised. So, the senior brother wants to silence them forever to keep out important work secret. Actually, it’s our fault to fight in the middle of the forest, which lead to the Senior brother making such a mistake. But luckily, senior brother does not blame us.”

Listening to this, Ethan smiled satisfactorily and glanced at his junior brother, Jashan for understanding and putting his words properly in front of the junior sister, Pamila.

Jashan is a smart guy and also understands the way the world works. He naturally knows that it was the senior brother’s fault for accidentally revealing information and coincidentally, people were nearby and they might have heard it, which could put their important work at risk, so his senior brother wants to kill both strangers to keep the mission confidential.

When he thinks that if he was in the place of his senior brother, then he too would take the same step, because the work for which they have entered the dark forest, is important and rewarding work, so if someone dares to follow them then he himself would hack them to death.

As for taking the blame on himself, it was a move to impress the senior brother. The senior brother is an inner disciple in the sect and got accepted as a personal disciple by a high ranking elder in the sect, so he pulled this kind of move to gain some praise from the Senior brother and hopes that the Senior brother could take care of him in the sect.

So, he simply took all the blame and placed it on himself and Pamila. Which luckily pleased the senior brother and he was able to gain his appreciation.

As for the strangers (Orochi and Armelia), why do I care? If they want to blame then blame their luck and themselves, for stopping in such a location and encountering senior brother.

But Pamila was not like Jashan.

After she listened to Jashan’s reason, she still felt reluctant to harm others. Although, Jashan’s reasoning is convincing, but that doesn’t mean that they have to harm innocent people.

She tried to persuade her senior brother and Jashan, but it was of no use.

Reluctantly, she had to agree to her senior brother and Jashan’s persuasion.

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While the ‘Ethan and group’ were discussing and debating among themselves, Orochi’s second batch of ‘Free stat points’ were added to the 5 stats and he felt his combat capabilities increase.

Of course, with Orochi’s high sense stat, his listening was also good and he was able to hear properly all the things that the Ethan and group discussed, and just as he guessed, that guy called ‘Ethan’ wanted to kill them because he accidentally leaked a word ‘important work’ and to avoid any mishaps, he needs to silence any witness.

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