The Messenger of Death

['Sh*t.'] Al cursed.

['And I thought that I was the one that was going get us killed.'] Alex commented when the head alchemist's aura hit Al.

Although the head alchemist is many times stronger than Al, his aura couldn't do much to him because of the bloodlines in him. His movement became slower but he wasn't suppressed completely by the aura.

Al clenched his fist and frowned in discomfort

'How is this child still able to move? Isn't he just a nascent realm cultivator?' The head alchemist probed into Al's core to confirm.

'He still a nascent realm cultivator. Is there some kind of trinket on him that can hide his cultivation?' The head alchemist thought about a lot of possibilities why Al could still move, many but the possibility of him being a bloodline bearer. Because if it was a nascent realm cultivator from the class-3 ancient bloodline, the cultivator will still be suppressed.

"All the more reason I can't be at ease until I search him." The head alchemist thought out loud. He had closed the distance between him and Al.

"Kneel, boy." The head alchemist commanded and increase the pressure of his aura.

Since Kain brought Alex out of the slums of mars, he hadn't done anything demeaning as kneeling to another. He has kept his head high and knees straight.

"Kneel? I've never knelt to anyone, you wouldn't be the first." Al forced the words out of his mouth.

"Then I will make you kneel." The head alchemist raised his right hand and gripped the air. As soon as he did that Al felt like he was being strangled. The head alchemist was using his telekinesis to strangle Al.

He looked at Al's knees and focused a bit of his telekinetic ability there, trying to bend Al's knees. His body began to drop slowly and Al tried all he could do at the moment to resist his power but he was too weak to compete with such strength.

['I'd rather die than kneel to this dwarf.'] Al resolved.

['No, don't you dare use that bloodline ability.'] Alex warned.

['Al, don't use it, if you do then almost everyone here will die. There are innocent people here, children.'] Lex was also against it.

['A man's pride is priceless, without it he is nothing but a living being.'] Xander uttered. He was in support of what Al was about to do.

['At least he will still be alive!!'] Alex retorted at Xander.

Al's knees were very close to the floor now and he was getting prepared to release his bloodline suppressing prowess when a hand appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the head alchemist's hand.

"Sully, this is against the rules set in the capital. Using your strength here would get you punished according to the law." An unfamiliar voice pronounced and canceled the head alchemist's aura with his. The pressure that had been on Al vanished.

This person had a white yukata on, a mustache, short brown hair, and hairy hands. 

Al quickly caught himself before his knees could touch the ground. He placed his hands on his knees and breathed in and out heavily.

"You… I will accept my punishment after I search this impudent brat." Sully, the head alchemist shrugged the person's hand off his.

"I am afraid that what you plan on doing is also illegal, sully." The person said.

"Are you going to stop me?" Sully looked into his eye and asked.

"Yes, we are." The hairy man answered and his companions appeared out of the shadows. They were all sky realm cultivators.

Sully was now surrounded by people that were at the same level of cultivation as him. "My pills were stolen and I can still sense them, just let me search the boy. Whether it is there or not I will accept my punishment." Sully pleaded. He felt like he was a step away from finding out the truth about his stolen pills.

"I am afraid that I can't let you do that too." The hairy man in white yukata denied Sully's request.

The whole street was silent for a while.

"Hahaha." Al gave a short laugh. "I hope you don't regret using force on me in the future, short old man." He mocked Sully. Blood started to trickle down his nose.

Sully knew what Al was trying to do. He was trying to infuriate him so that he could start a battle with the officials here, but that wasn't going to work on him. He ignored Al and stared at the hairy man in the white Yukata.

"Alex." Katherine and Miriam uttered at the same time as they ran towards Al.

"Even in situations like this, he still has girls going after him," Neko whispered in jealousy and bit his lower lips until it started bleeding. Now that he had seen how rich Al was, with his looks and confidence Neko felt like he couldn't compare with him.

"He did look a sky realm cultivator in the eye and told him no. Even when he was against the head alchemist's aura and mind-controlling ability, his decision and determination didn't waver. He might not have the strength but he has the balls and decisiveness of a strong person. That alone puts him in a league different from ours." Sravya commented.

"I understand why he doesn't want anyone to look into his ring now. He has things that will make anyone here kill their selves for." Tammy stared with greed in her eyes.

"It will be foolish of you to desire what he has, think about it, would an ordinary person have what he has? We don't know where or who his family is. The only thing we know is that he doesn't come from the western continent. While this might not be the territory of his people, they might not be people that we can afford to offend." Sravya reasoned.

Tammy stopped for a while and thought about it, she decided to stop looking at him with greed in her eyes.

"It was still foolish and wise of him to show off his wealth. That alone should have been able to prove his innocence if he didn't provoke the head alchemist the way he did." Tammy stated.

"Whether he provoked the head alchemist or not it would have still ended the same way. Greedy men will always be greedy." Sravya pointed out.

"Are you going to take me in now?" Sully questioned.

"No. I understand that you got emotional about your pills and since this is your first offense I will let this slide as long as you let the boy and his companions leave. We will help you search for your pills. " The hairy man stated.

Sully wasn't okay with that suggestion but there was nothing that he could do. There were over 7 sky realm cultivators here, and more than half of them were a rank higher than him. He couldn't take them on. He sighed and resigned to his faith.

"Pray that we don't meet again in the future, boy." Sully spitefully threatened Al.

"I pray that we meet. I would love to repay what you did to me today. If you are not scared then do not move from your shop or move your shop from here. I will come back to you when the time is ripe." Al threatened back.

His threat shocked everyone here, including the officials. They all had a dumbfounded expression on their faces.

Only Camron knew that Al was capable of doing what he said. He swallowed the lump of air that he sucked in when he heard Al threaten the head alchemist back.

"Big balls on a small kid." Sully scowled.

"All bark and no bite." Al retorted.

Before the head alchemist could say anything else Al spoke. "Thank you for coming to my aid." He said to the hairy man in the white yukata.

The man bobbed his head in response to Al's gratitude.

"We should be on our way now," Tammy announced. The clients got on their horses and they left the area, heading back to the mansion.

"Everyone else here can disperse and return to their trades or whatever you were doing before all this happened." The hairy man announced.

"You guys should learn to mind your own business, one day you would regret poking your nose in what doesn't concern you," Sully warned as he turned around and entered into his apothecary.

After everyone had left, the companions of the hairy man gathered asked him why he had interfered. "If I didn't then something worse could have happened. That kid, none of us should mess with him. His backer is even stronger than our sect master."

"Neji, are you certain of what you are saying?" one of them asked.

"Yes." The hairy man answered. He looked around searching for a person that he couldn't see.

At first, they didn't intend on interfering with what was happening, they knew that Sully wasn't going to go overboard. If he was doing it, then he had a good reason for it, even if it was against the law.

A minute after Sully released his aura, someone of unknown origins kidnapped him. The person told him that if anything happened to the kid, then they would all die. Neji could tell that the individual wasn't kidding. He rushed back and stopped Sully from doing something catastrophic.

"You did well." He heard the voice of the unknown individual whisper in his ears. The hair on his body stood and his back began ooze sweat… He was just commended but he felt like there was a knife placed by his throat.

He quickly gave a bow in a random direction…