The Geared Immortal

Demon's infiltration part 7

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Demons do not follow a particular law within their group. They would always follow the law that the strong would devour the weak. Hence not many would stay within the army and would venture out and explore by themselves.

Dark fiends are one of those creatures who don't work well with others. They would always hide and manipulate and scheme in the dark corners while watching their masterpiece take shape. Hundreds of villages in the Magus land have been destroyed because of them and it is hard to find the cause. These Dark fiends are like spies that would manipulate things in the dark and like assassins that would strike without warnings.

When the Nian clan accidentally opened the portal from their estate, the demons immediately poured out in droves. However, because the portal gate is small the numbers of demons who are able to enter are also small. Those gigantic high-level demon generals are unable to pass through which is the reason why the demons have never been able to infiltrate the Crow town successfully and tried to bide their time.

However, because of one mistake and intervention of someone, the protective shield covering and hiding the Nian clan estate was exposed.

And the war between the cultivators and the demons began which devastated the town of Crow. Many have died and many more are dying due to the almost endless number of small demons pouring out from the gate. However, when the kingdom of Wu sent their reinforcement and powerful cultivators, the tide of war was turned.

The demons were pushed back and the gate was finally closed after a long and bloody battle.

Even the Heavenly Crow sect lost a lot of their powerful elders in that war, and their sect master is wounded heavily making the sect lost their power and prestige. This tragedy deeply wounded the Heavenly Crow sect. They were once known as one of the most powerful sects in the kingdom of Wu, but now, they are reduced to a third rate kingdom because of a betrayer, the demonized patriarch of the Nian clan, and one of the Great Elders of the Heavenly Crow sect. He is also the one who sneaked attacked the sect master.

In this turn of events, the kingdom of Wu suffered a heavy blow from the demons. The Heavenly Crow sect and the Nian clan is a great source of an army for the front lines. Now that they are gone and weakened, the kingdom has lost a great ally.

Although defeated and the gate was closed, there are still some demons who escaped and are currently hiding within the lands of the Kingdom of Wu. And one of those is a Dark fiend named Lik.

Lik was once just a maggot that was created through the corpses of many demons and human mages combined with the dark mana and death Qi. In that place, hundreds and thousands of them have been born and began killing each other in a fight to survive.

He began eating his brothers and sisters and stole their budding dark souls. After some time he grew up and developed some limbs and then he began to develop consciousness.

Unknown to the demons, Lik has gained his consciousness early on and gained enough ability to control his own mana. But he didn't want to be in the front line of the war against the human mages. While in his maggot form, he has already seen how powerful and destructive the mages are. And through his multiple maggot eyes learned how they cast magic.

After a few years as he grows, Lik found himself being scouted as cannon fodder to the losing war. The demons are becoming desperate as their number dwindles. In that war, he discovers his power, the power to create mind-controlling bugs or what he called mind bugs.

And from then on, he became one of the Dark fiends under the command of the Demon king. And that is until he died in the hands of the humans.

While retreating along with the horde, the Demon Queen who takes the place of her husband created gates and with the gates, the demons traveled to another land.

Using his power, Lik became a well-known yet hidden entity in the demon race. And he became a leader when he leads a group of Dark fiends and destroyed the capital of the enemy kingdom on the other side of the gate.

And now, he was sent to another mission by the queen to seize another land, but this time the land was known to be fertile and green.

However, before he can exhibit his prowess, they were discovered and his army was destroyed.

Unable to go back, Lik decided to build another army of his own using the human in this land which called themselves cultivators. The human in this land are truly powerful like the mages. They are resourceful and cunning; however, like any other human, they too are greedy.

This time he came upon a caravan and using his mind bugs, he takes full control of everyone in that caravan.

And then he came upon a small village and infiltrates it with ease. Then he destroys those who would not be controlled and in one fell swoop conquered the village with ease. He was very careful not to be discovered because it would mean the doom of his plans. Yet, he met an unexpected accident.

Because of some kids who were playing outside the village, his presence was discovered.

Lik is just one of the Dark fiends who escaped the town of Crow and began infiltrating the small villages. However, unlike Lik, the other Dark fiends didn't become impatient and immediately conquered the village with force. They bade their time and slowly corrupt the hearts of the people in the village and control them.

This is how the demons were able to infiltrate the kingdom of Wu.

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In the cover of the darkness, two children at the age of 15 or 16 are running like crazy. The one in front is a boy and he is holding the girl while almost dragging her behind. The girl continuously cries as she unconsciously runs following the boy.

Nei Yu Ji was very quick in his reaction when he saw what happened to the village. He didn't know why, but his first action was to save the girl, Nayun Mo and drags her away from the village gate.

However, before they knew it. A person suddenly flew up and landed in front of the frightened children.

But Nie Yu Ji didn't know what to think and just ran as fast as he could. With his speed, although he is currently dragging Nayun Mo, he is still able to disappear through the forest.

He didn't know what happened to the other boys and he didn't care. In his mind, he muttered one thing and one thing only.

"Must run, must run…"

He continuously muttered unconsciously as he tried to escape through the thick foliage of the forest.

As the two escaped, they didn't know where and how long they have been running but suddenly, Nayun Mo fell down.

Maybe because of the fatigue and stress of losing her love ones, she fainted.

Not know what to do next and being anxious, Nie Yu Ji carried her and searched for a place to rest. And near a riverbank, he saw a small cave.

The two spend their time in the cave as the boy waited for the girl to regain her consciousness. That night, he was woken by a sound. Because of his sharp senses, he can hear minute sounds even with a distance of 200 meters away.

And right now, he can hear a light footstep of someone or something. From his experience, he already knows that there are two people. From the weight of the steps, it seems to be a man and a woman and they are heading towards the small cave.

He became vigilant as he curled into a ball in a corner while protecting the girls calmly sleeping behind him. He could not find any weapon and just raised a thick branch in front of him.

Suddenly, Nie Yu Ji heard the voice of a young man.

"Boy, don't be afraid. We won't hurt you."

This made Nie Yu Ji feel a bit scared. He didn't know why the man knows that he is a boy and how can he see him?

Then Nie Yu Ji saw a strange glow in the eyes of the man and the woman when they came inside the cave. It seems that their eyes are like the glowing eyes of some beast which made him feel scared.

"Don't worry, don't worry… I am Big Brother Shin Jiao and this is elder sister is Qian Li. We are here to help." The young man said with a smile.

With his sharp eyesight, Nie Yu Ji can see clearly in the dark. And he saw the amiable expression on the young man and the young woman with silver hair. When he relaxed his guard, Nie Yu Ji immediately feels the fatigue all over his body as he slumped to the ground and fell next to the girl.

"Sigh… they must have run for a long time… we were too late to save the village." Qian Li said.

Shin Jiao upon arriving and finishing his work in the academy, decided to return to Crow town and investigate more about his friends, Zhen Nian and Rat Ling. Qian Li followed him as she didn't want to be separated from her master once again.

And just like before, she would always be behind Shin Jiao no matter where he goes.

On their way, Shin Jiao discovers a village and found traces of battle. However, they found that it is already empty and that the enemy has already fled.

As they continue and follow the path, they came upon two distinct auras of children.

What attracted Shin Jiao is the young boy in front of him. His aura is a mixture of both mortal and beast. He looks like a human but didn't have any cultivation; however, he also has the aura of a beast.

As he observes, Shin Jiao noticed that the boy's skin is actually absorbing the Qi in the air and is acting like a container. This made him feel baffled and shock at the same time.

"His skin... no, his whole body is like a huge dantian itself. No wonder his aura is contained." He muttered.

That night, Shin Jiao and Qian Li helped the two children and treated their minor wounds.. The two decided to ask the children what really happened in the village when they woke up.