Alibuda Chronicles Volume 7: Chapter 4 The First Birth of the Ferocious Bird

"Believe it or not, I'm about to fulfill my promise to Katrina. Rescuing people from the three orc clans is nearly impossible, but your kin are still in the hands of the Serpent Clan. If we can rescue them and combine our strength, perhaps we can achieve something… You can stand idly by, but if you also wish to see your kin freed from their suffering, cooperate with me and infiltrate Skeva Tower City."

Speaking with a mix of truth and falsehood, I desperately needed help. Although Yu Hong was hampered by the insectoid body, as long as she could remain calm and not go into heat so easily, she was a valuable asset, suitable for infiltrating the city and waging guerrilla warfare, and, if necessary… as a sacrificial shield.

We shared a common goal, yet neither had a better option; cooperation became the only choice. Together, we first took advantage of the bright sunshine and infiltrated back to the Valley of the Dead along a small path. Although we heard some noisy orcs chasing us, we avoided them all.

When I lifted the secret door of the tomb and entered the secret passage with Yu Hong, the beastmen's pursuers were no longer a concern. Firstly, this valley was extremely well-hidden; they hadn't found it before, and now, in such a rush, it would be even more difficult. Secondly, the war between the tiger, leopard, and bear clans and the snake clan was imminent, and I didn't believe the White Orchid Bear wouldn't immediately gather every bit of its strength and resources to prepare for battle; there simply weren't enough people to search.

For safety's sake, Yu Hong walked in front, and as I followed behind her, I inadvertently caught sight of the red birthmark on her shoulder again. Noticing this, she didn't care that it would expose her thigh and hurriedly pulled her cloak to cover her shoulder.

The palm-sized red mark, though it marred the beauty of her fair skin and made her look ugly, didn't seem to warrant such a hasty attempt to conceal it. I guessed there might be some secret hidden there, but now was certainly not a good time to delve into it.

I could sense she had a lot to say but wasn't, and I also loathed this oppressive, eerie atmosphere. But besides silently continuing to grope our way forward in the darkness, we had nothing else to do. Neither of us could guarantee that this fragile partnership wouldn't crumble the moment we opened our mouths, turning into a deadly struggle. Neither of

us wanted to risk a premature falling out before achieving our goals.

Despite being deep underground, where no one saw the light of day, the Crystal Mirror's function seemed to only activate when the moon was high in the sky, so we wasted considerable time waiting for it to rise. Naturally, since neither Yu Hong nor I had much desire to talk, this became a truly long wait. However

, during this time, I used the herbs I had on hand to concoct a small antidote to slightly suppress the aphrodisiac effects of the lustful insects' secretions, which I gave to Yu Hong. The effect wouldn't be great, but at least she wouldn't become weak-kneed after just a few moves due to accelerated blood flow, heightened lust, and profuse ejaculation.

When I handed her the antidote, Yu Hong swallowed it without asking a single question.

Under the full moon, through the mysterious crystal mirror, we traversed space to reach the underground chamber of the city. However, despite our preparations, our luck was terrible this time; we didn't find any treasures, unlike last time when we at least managed to get a box.

The partnership of the winged girl and the human man seemed to have failed to attract the favor of fate. When we emerged from the crystal wall, I almost thought I had been transported to a different place, because the scenery was different from when I last came out; something was missing. After

running a few steps and looking around, I was certain that this was the underground chamber of the city I had visited not long ago, and the sliver of light shining through indicated that the chamber had been discovered and opened.

"What's wrong? Is something amiss?" Despite her extreme aversion to speaking to me, Yu Hong still asked, noticing my extremely strange expression.

“Gone…” In an instant, Katrina’s sorrowful expression flashed before my eyes. I said bitterly, “The Feather Clan’s eggs… all of them are gone.”

Yu Hong quickly grasped the gravity of the situation. After we searched the secret chamber together, we found that the passageway had been opened, and the explosive wires at the door had been removed, but almost all the explosives remained in their original positions, indicating the haste of the operation.

I had indeed closed the door properly when I left the secret chamber, but the Serpent Clan’s sense of smell is extremely keen. Perhaps after sensing an intruder, they began searching the entire city, noticed the unusual smell, and thus found this secret chamber, disarmed the mechanism, and took the Feather Clan’s embryonic eggs.

"We can't do anything here. Let's go outside and check the situation."

Actually, I really wanted to stay in this secret chamber and wait for the three beast tribes to attack, but that would make it difficult to monitor the outside world. If the snake tribe moved the hostages' location, it would be very bad. So, using the excuse that there were also winged children being imprisoned, I asked Yu Hong to come with me.

I put the stone hat in my pocket. Anyway, now that we were going together, and I couldn't use the Beast King's Fist to create a scent, wearing this hat wouldn't necessarily make me safer.

When we left the secret chamber and reached the ground, I was worried about being ambushed, but the snake tribe seemed to be busy with something. After leaving the secret chamber, we only saw many messy crawling tracks on the ground, indicating that the snake tribe was in a hurry.

(Strange, where did they go...)

Not seeing any trace of the snake tribe, I wondered to myself. I remembered that they were preparing some powerful weapons to deal with the three beast tribes. Could it be that they were speeding up their preparations because they were aware that their secret might be leaked?

The transformed Great Sun Mirror is also an important weapon for them. Yu Hong and I wasted a lot of time in the valley waiting for the moon to rise, and now there are less than twelve hours left until Natasha's promised completion time for the modification—it's incredibly tight.

Leaving the White Building, we headed towards the Red Building. Yu Hong's strengths became apparent at this moment. Having taken the herbs to suppress the aphrodisiac and recovered her strength after rest, she folded her wings and moved with agile, swift movements, like a wisp of smoke, silently approaching the Red Building.

Her steps were clearly unsteady and weak, not conforming to the essence of superior lightness skill—a result of her severely depleted power over the past few days. However, each step landed silently—a special skill that traditional lightness skill practitioners wouldn't practice; it was probably her professional skill as a constable.

Avoiding potential combat, we crept into the Red Building. Sniffing the persistent smell of blood emanating from within, Yu Hong's expression was quite anxious.

The scene in the blood pool was perhaps too stimulating for her. I considered whether to let her get close, but I was too late.

The enormous blood pool churned like a hot spring, with fist-sized blood bubbles rising to its surface. The Great Sun Mirror, submerged in the blood pool, had also changed after being tempered for a day and a night; its entire surface was covered with a layer of dark, ebony-like aura, making it extremely eerie.

Ah Xue was half-submerged in the blood pool, several thick iron chains binding her to the Great Sun Mirror, her head drooping limply, as if she had lost consciousness.

These things weren't so bad, though. The truly stimulating scene was at the edge of the pool: two winged girls lay intertwined, pierced by a spear and nailed to the ground. Their lifeless bodies and heads were unnaturally twisted, their small necks twisted and torn, faintly bleeding. On the stones by the pool, there were gruesome dried bloodstains, and not far away, dozens of child corpses lay haphazardly piled up, indicating the origin of these bloodstains.

The snake clan must have sensed the intrusion, so they quickened their pace. The girls I saw when I left last time had all been killed, their blood flowing into the pool.

Yu Hong's single eye suddenly widened in utter horror, and that expression made me immediately decide to act, desperately covering her mouth without leaving a single gap. A short while later, the immense impact I felt in my palm proved I had acted correctly.

The cruel massacre of the Feather Clan children was a tragic event. However, that's just how war is between two races. Anyone who expects to see the Snake Clan treat their captives kindly and play affectionately with the enemy's children is definitely more confused than I am.

Regardless of the reason, war itself is a cruel thing, and if you don't want to see such scenes, you should prevent war from happening in the first place. Of course, such words are meaningless at this moment.

If Yu Hong's screams had gotten out, we would both be in big trouble. Luckily, I acted quickly. Now, looking more closely at the scene below, I saw a stone altar on the other side of the blood pool. Two snake women were using ladles to scoop up the resentful blood from the pool and pour it onto the runes engraved on the altar. An elderly snake woman was chanting incantations, singing some ancient spell I couldn't understand, and gesturing with her hands, casting beast demons.

Orcs and half-orcs cannot cultivate magic like humans; when casting spells, they can only convert magical power through beast demons. On the old snake woman's right palm was a hideous beast demon resembling a toad; judging from the magical fluctuations, it was likely some kind of sinister and evil magic.

But what truly startled me was the object on the altar: a pure white winged race egg.

Catalyzed by the snake race's incantation, the runes on the altar emitted black smoke, guiding resentful blood and continuously gathering evil power at the egg in the center of the altar. The eggshell's original crystalline luster quickly dimmed, turning a filthy blackish-red, and soon cracks appeared. With a

piercing scream from the old snake woman, something hatched, rapidly growing larger on the altar, doubling in size in the blink of an eye, becoming a creature the size of an infant.

It had a humanoid form and wings, but it wasn't the winged race that should have hatched; instead, it was a hideous, grotesque human-faced bird. Its mouth, which should have resembled a human's, was replaced by a sharp, curved beak; the fair skin between its waist and abdomen had transformed into ugly, dark blue scales.

So this was the origin of the human-faced bird. In that instant, I understood many things. Why did the Feathered Clan consider the creation of the human-faced bird a taboo? Why did the human-faced bird cease to appear after Phoenix Island vanished? Why did the Phoenix Goddess absolutely forbid the appearance of human-faced birds among the Southern Barbarians? Why did Katrina entrust me to destroy the embryonic egg as a last resort? The reason was entirely because the human-faced bird was created from a Feathered Clan embryonic egg—an incredibly insidious and evil beast magic technique.

Perhaps because it had just hatched, the human-faced bird, unable to even open its eyes, didn't seem particularly ferocious. But this little angel, who should have arrived in the world with blessings and anticipation, was cursed from birth, becoming an evil and ugly life form. For the Feathered Clan, who placed all their hopes on the next generation, this was truly the greatest tragedy.

The old snake woman grabbed the human-faced bird with her withered hands and said a few words to the two snake women beside her, seemingly instructing them to take the newborn creature away to prepare it for refining a beast demon.

Even I, witnessing this scene, felt as if I had inhaled a mouthful of poisonous gas; my mind was a little confused, and I was so distracted that I neglected my grip, allowing Yu Hong to break free.

The girl's reaction in that instant was like that of a raging, enraged female leopard. Ignoring her physical condition, she leaped directly from the crack in the first-floor floor, her movements light and agile, arriving like an arrow before the three snake women could react.

The old snake woman was the first to notice and seemed to try to chant some incantation to stop her, but Yu Hong was faster, using the force of her dive to strike her first with a powerful punch.

It was hard to believe this was a fist still restrained by the insectoid body. The girl's intense grief and rage unleashed a power beyond the limits of her physical body. The sound of bones shattering rang out clearly. The old snake woman howled and leaned back, taking the full force of the girl's sudden attack.

After striking her target, Yu Hong spun in mid-air, her movements incredibly graceful. Her naked, fragrant body beneath her cloak conjured a sensual, dance-like posture, while her long, beautiful leg became her most lethal weapon, delivering a powerful, grappling kick to her enemy's neck.

Even for powerful creatures like the snake race, a blow to the neck is fatal. The ugly old snake woman died instantly. But Yu Hong, who had achieved this remarkable feat, immediately faced a pincer attack from two snake women who had recovered from their shock.

Whether due to a lack of ability or something else, the two snake women did not use their beast magic, but simply attacked from both sides. If Yu Hong still possessed half of her original martial arts skills, she could have easily won. However, her power had greatly diminished, and she was bound by the insect body. Having exhausted all her strength in that furious attack, she quickly fell into a disadvantageous position, staggering backward.

Barely defeating one was arguably the limit of her ability. Just as she was utterly exhausted and collapsed to the ground, about to be strangled by the last snake woman, foul-smelling blood gushed from her enemy's chest, and she fell to the ground. Having successfully ambushed her, I forcefully withdrew the Hundred Ghosts Maru and delivered a few more blows to the head of the lifeless snake woman.

If the battle were to be prolonged, it would only alert a large number of the snake clan's forces. If I were to allow that to happen, something truly sinister would occur. Only by quickly eliminating the enemy could I have time to deal with the others.

Actually, acting now was not my intention, because even if I could save her, it would inevitably alert the snake clan soon, leading to a large-scale search, which would be disastrous. It would be much safer to act after the three clans took action and the situation here became chaotic. However, things developed too quickly, and there was no one else guarding the area, so we had to improvise.

Yu Hong lay to one side, panting heavily. She glanced at me before turning her gaze to the embryonic eggs on the altar.

Whatever she planned to do, I knew very well that we had no chance of taking these eggs away now.

The blood pool was still bubbling and boiling. I endured the nausea and jumped in, the overflowing blood soaking up to my chest. The strong smell of blood made me want to vomit, but that wasn't the worst part. The malevolent energy of the resentful blood in the pool, combined with some kind of sinister and evil energy, made me feel hot and cold all over just from touching it. It felt like all my vital energy was being drained out of me, extremely uncomfortable.

Ah Xue's head was lowered, still half-conscious, groaning in pain. I didn't call out to her, but tried to use the Hyakkimaru to cut the chains binding her. However, this divine weapon, usually so sharp, failed me this time. The chains, soaked in resentful blood and bound to the Great Sun Mirror, were protected by some kind of cursed power, making them impossible to break with physical force.

"Damn it, why can't I break them?"

I didn't have Xue's divine strength. If I couldn't cut the chains, I couldn't possibly carry her and the Great Sun Mirror away. Moreover, being immersed in the blood pool, vaguely sensing the resentment of dozens of wronged souls, my body was involuntarily sweating profusely; I couldn't hold on much longer.

After a few more strikes, the chains remained unmoved. The Hyakkimaru didn't even hit the iron chains; it was blocked by the cursed power from a distance. Just as I was becoming anxious, Xue, who was half-conscious, gradually regained consciousness.

"...Master...Master..."

"Stop screaming. If you have a way, help me get you out of here quickly."

Shorter than me, the pool's pool of resentful blood had soaked up to Ah Xue's neck, covering most of her body. Because of this, I couldn't confirm what the snake clan meant by the alleged modifications they'd made to her. Ah Xue, who had previously been completely human except for her fox ears and tail, suddenly felt animal fur when I touched her back, a clear sign of trouble.

Looking up, Ah Xue, who had suffered so much these past days, appeared extremely haggard. One of her usually vibrant eyes was now dull and lifeless, especially the tears that kept welling up, which were heartbreaking.

"Master...over there...that spot...there used to be so many children there...these past few days, they've been cheering me on, and I've been comforting them...I laughed with those children...I promised to rescue them all..."

Once you understand this girl's personality and use your imagination, the whole situation isn't hard to grasp. The little girl imprisoned in the cage, the young woman locked in the blood pool—two people in the same predicament—support each other through encouraging expressions and glances.

To be on the verge of death and still have the composure to smile at the prisoners beside her—only someone as simple-minded and optimistic as Ah Xue could do that. But for the winged children, captured in this eerie place, all their people missing, filled with panic and fear, this seemingly simple-minded older sister desperately trying to soothe their anxieties with her smiles might seem like a gentle and kind angel. It's not surprising that a friendship could be formed between them.

But… this is the worst environment and situation for making friends…

“Those snake women came, they took those children one by one… I, I wanted to stop them, I told them to stop, but they still… Neon and the others taught me the incantation to pray to the gods, I prayed with the children, we were really sincere, but… why are the children still gone one by one? They were just smiling at me a moment ago, but now… why are they all gone?”

At this moment, a person's strength is more important than anything else. When I was raping Yu Hong, I never heard her pray to the gods, I believe she has understood this principle.

But I can't reprimand A Xue. Although we have different views on life, for this girl who is trying to ignite a small glimmer of light in the boundless darkness, I can't bring myself to say anything harsh.

“Those snake women… every time, every time they put the blood in the pool, they force me to drink it first… I… I’m so sad, Master, Master, waah…”

Ah Xue couldn’t hold back her tears any longer and burst into sobs. Crystalline tears stained with blood streamed down her pale cheeks, making her look truly blood-stained.

My heart ached, but I knew that if I let her cry like this, it would soon alert the snake clan. And at this moment, there was only one thing I could do, so the best thing to do was…

“Hmm…”

Given the intimacy of my physical relationship with Ah Xue, such a simple kiss was nothing, but gently touching her soft rose lips and stroking her delicate cheeks, I suddenly felt a flutter in my heart.

The sound of crying was silenced by a kiss, turning into a faint, unspoken sob. Only when their lips parted did Ah Xue lift her tear-streaked face, half-crying, and say, "Master... your mouth tastes so strange, it's all bloody..."

"Fool, that's all from you!"

There was no time for further words. I sensed that the snake clan was approaching, so I hugged Ah Xue in this extremely awkward position and whispered, "You have to believe me, I will definitely rescue you. Even if it's not here, on the way they're escorting you, I will definitely..."

As I spoke, I suddenly realized that our bodies couldn't be pressed tightly together. Her large, round breasts, whose exact size couldn't be seen underwater, were firmly pressed against my chest. Just the touch alone was enough to fill one's imagination.

(God, what did they do to you?)

I couldn't say these words again, lest I cause Ah Xue more grief. Since I couldn't break the chains, I had to think of another way. I had to leave immediately and hide again. I offered Ah Xue a few more words of comfort and was about to leave when I suddenly heard a cracking sound. Looking to the side, I was immediately horrified.

Yu Hong, gritting her teeth, tears of regret streaming down her face, picked up a stone with her weak, aching hand and tremblingly smashed it against the white embryonic eggs beside the altar, breaking them one by one.

"Are you crazy! These are the embryonic eggs of your Feather Clan! Isn't this what you risk your lives for?"

I rushed towards the blood pool, leaping towards the altar, grabbing Yu Hong's hand, about to scold her, but she seemed to have completely collapsed, bursting into tears like Ah Xue had just been.

My mind cleared instantly, and I immediately understood her intention. Rationally speaking, she should have realized that we, who were struggling to protect ourselves, had no chance of safely taking these embryonic eggs away. So rather than letting these children be cursed, turning into corrupted evil beings, destined to be refined into beast demons from birth, it was better for her, as a member of the Feather Clan, to personally free them... And this was precisely the request Katrina had made of me.

The crawling of snakes outside grew closer, while the two women inside and outside the blood pool wailed loudly. My mind was in turmoil.

Indeed, given the current situation, we had no other choice. But since humans possess wisdom and the ability to think, shouldn't we strive to improve the situation even in the worst circumstances?

(That's it! Maybe…)

I snatched the stone from Yu Hong's hand and forcefully smashed several winged embryos, mixing them with the others to break them as much as possible. Then I gathered the remaining embryos and divided them into several batches, sinking them all into the blood pool.

If all went well, ninety percent of the embryos could escape. Although this clumsy illusion wasn't guaranteed to work, at least we tried.

After doing this, the crawling of snakes outside was clearly audible. I grabbed the disoriented Yu Hong, grabbed the Hundred Ghost Pill, and rushed out the stairs.

Luckily, we only encountered a few large pythons, not the intelligent snake women. Yu Hong regained some clarity and channeled all her anger into the pythons. She led the attack, while I wielded my divine weapon in support, and we quickly dispatched the large pythons one by one.

Staying as far away from the Red Mansion as possible was to our advantage; I hadn't yet figured out how to break the chains. The Hyakkimaru was a divine weapon originating from the Cihang Jingdian Palace, and was itself a magical artifact. However, due to my insufficient power, it only possessed sharpness in my hands, lacking supernatural abilities. If it were wielded by a sufficiently skilled sorcerer or martial artist, it should be able to break the chains' curse with the sword's spiritual power.

Unable to think of a solution, Yu Hong and I continued our escape, trying to return to our original hiding place in the underground chamber. It wasn't safe there, but in the rush, I couldn't think of anywhere else.

Our escape was soon forced to a halt; a swarm of snakes slithering on the ground discovered us and gave chase, hissing and summoning their help.

We were quickly surrounded by the snakes, and several snake women rushed over from afar, but we couldn't see the sisters Natasha and Yalanja, or any of the other snake clan leaders. We wondered what they were doing.

(Could it be…)

Although I was just a third-rate, mediocre mage, when I concentrated, I could still sense some magical fluctuations coming from the west. I deliberately ventured in that direction, straining my eyes, and vaguely saw a gigantic thing, about ten feet tall, enormous in size, somewhat resembling a giant stone statue, but the Feathered Clan shouldn't have such a thing.

(What kind of spell is it casting? How strange…)

There was no time to get a good look; we were already engaged with the attacking snakes. Although Hyakkimaru was sharp, cutting snakes like vegetables, I couldn't help but falter in the face of the dense swarm. Yu Hong was even worse off, completely lacking the courage she had shown earlier in killing enemies, and was in grave danger under the combined attack of two giant pythons and a snake woman.

"Damn it, you bitch, where did your kung fu go? Do you really want to die here?"

A curse escaped my lips, and all I could do was smile bitterly. Wasn't I the one who weakened Yu Hong, leaving her powerless and in this predicament? What could I say except blame myself for bringing this upon myself?

Though I didn't want to, I ended up bearing the brunt of the enemy's attacks. If I hadn't lost the power of my Beast King Fist, I could have fought back, but now all I could think about was escaping.

The swarm of snakes grew increasingly dense. In the heat of battle, Yu Hong was caught off guard when a venomous snake coiled up and bit her leg. Staggering, she was caught off guard by the snake woman, who lashed out with her tail, sending her flying through the air.

"Ah!"

she screamed, but before she could land, the snake's tail coiled around her, tightening its grip.

The situation changed too quickly; I couldn't intervene in time. Seeing blood trickling from Yu Hong's mouth, as if her internal organs were rupturing from the snake's tight grip, I didn't hesitate and threw the Hyakkimaru sword.

Blood splattered, and the ill-aimed throw struck a giant python beside her, but it tore a gaping hole in the snake woman's throat. A dark shadow suddenly darted out and pounced on her at that crucial moment, biting off her throat in one swift motion.

The snake woman let out a mournful howl, convulsing as she died. I rushed over, drew my sword, and slashed at her snake tail, pulling the nearly unconscious Yu Hong back to safety.

The "benefactor" who had just bitten off the snake woman's throat and helped me so much, coordinated with my movements, spitting out brilliant flames that turned the snakes on the ground into rolling fireballs. Then it turned its head and glared at me fiercely.

I stared at it, unable to understand why this companion who had fought alongside Ah Xue for days in guerrilla warfare was here.

"Violet..."

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