Emperor's Reckoning

The two servants nervously opened their eyes since they didn't feel the furious wind hitting their faces anymore. The light flashed brightly before the focus returned to their vision. An unfamiliar chirp entered their ears before huge water rolled and crashed the sets of rocks in front of it. Their nose slightly perked as the smell they could only know from the fishes they prepared before lingered in this vast place. Foamed water slowly crept up to their feet before they could feel the warm welcome of the world in front of them.

"Beautiful isn't it, the beach."

Their eyes looked up to the source of the voice. The young man was already floating in the air with crossed arms. He stared at the horizon in which probably the best resemblance to his latent potential.

"Beach," both of them murmured.

It was a new word, a word that resemblance beauty. How the water glittered by the light from heaven's son, how the birds flapped their wings freely in the sky. Both of them looked at each other's faces and a smile was granted upon them. Hand in hand they ran forward before crouching down, scooping down the sand and the water with their hands. The wet feeling on their hands and the mushy texture of the sand. They slowly put their face down, basking them with the tiny part of what the world could offer.

Lyon who looked at them was furrowing his eyebrows before he shouted, "What the?! Don't drink that!"

However it was too late, both servants sprayed the seawater in the air before they put out their tongue and tried to get rid of the taste by wiping it with their ragged clothes.

Lyon descended down with his hand rubbing his head, "Well, I guess there is a first time for everything. This is called seawater, you don't drink seawater, especially since you are not a cultivator, your insides would be in danger."

Both of them immediately kowtowed and apologized.

Lyon sighed before his gaze landed on the endless sea. (We are currently on the edge of the island where those assassins reside. However, I don't see anything from this direction, not a single island as far as my eyes can see).

"Hmm?"

His eyes noticed a lone bottle was on the sand untouched by the wave. He descended down and took a better look before determining that it was some type of booze. The stench was quite heavy, whoever drank this must have a godlike liver.

"Another one?"

Another bottle was on the sand not far from the first one. Lyon furrowed his eyebrows before he noticed yet another one not far from the second one.

"Interesting," Lyon smiled before he followed where the bottles would lead him.

The closer he went the more bottles he found. Before long his entire figure was engulfed by a shadow of a mountain. A mountain made of booze.

"By the gods, they must have had some amazing party here!"

"Wait!!"

Shen Long suddenly revealed himself right in front of his grandson. Lyon furrowed his eyebrows as he saw his expression. The dragon was never afraid even the heaven themselves, yet he could see the anxiety on his divine face.

"Is it an enemy?"

Shen Long shook his head as he looked at the mountain of booze. "This pattern, no doubt about it, he is here, at least around here. This one is even more dangerous than an enemy."

Lyon started to tense, "I can't sense his whereabouts, is he an anti-mana based creature?!"

"That's the least of the problem, all we can do now is get out of here, quietly."

Just as Lyon about to turn around, he sensed the two servants were running after him from behind. They were already out of breath as their bare feet handled the heavy sand, however.

Something jumped out of the seawater and landed between Lyon and the two of them. It has the body of a snake yet the upper half was that of a human. It has three pairs of huge red claws and its eyes were that of a spider. The thing roared at the servants as drolls ran down its fangs.

"Is this the thing you were talking about?" asked Lyon as multiple routes to save the two servants mapped in his mind.

"Not even close, but be careful, it's quite weird a naga would appear on the shore. Something really nasty must be in the deep ocean."

The naga roared in delight before it swung its huge claws at the servants. Right at that moment, a magic brand appeared behind them, and a hand-pulled them in.

"You guys stay here, I will take care of this thing," said Lyon as he knuckled his hands.

"Oi, naga!" Lyon bellowed.

The naga glared at him and roared as it saw its disappearing prey stood behind him in prayers.

Lyon smirked before he summoned Scarlet in his right hand. "Let's see who's faster, your claws or this one sword of mine."

With one step forward Lyon already vanished right in front of it. Only the sands and his footprints were left in his wake.

The sound of metal was suddenly heard as his sword was contending with three of the naga's claws. Lyon couldn't believe that the creature could read his movements and managed to react in a defensive maneuver.

"I guess those eyes of yours are not for shows," Lyon smirked.

The naga roared before the rest of the claws tried to shred his body. Lyon jumped back before getting a fair distance between them.

(This one is fast, not in a movement way but the way it swung those huge claws).

"Looks like I need to step it up a notch," Lyon smirked.

"Exactly!" *hic

"Huh?"

He felt a new source of strength coursing through his body. His figure turned leaner as his height slightly shrunken. Four moderately long tails grew on the lowest part of his spine and a golden aura exuded around his very being. Lyon opened his amber eyes as a tattoo on his back was formed.

"Devil Ape"