The Human Giant



Yoze could see that the whites in the Supreme Elder's eyes were becoming overtaken by black. As the Supreme Elder was taken over Yoze could feel his struggle grow stronger and stronger.

"The Supreme Elder is possessed!" The other two elder's faces turned stern as they recognized that their Supreme Elder had been compromised.

"Yoze, we apologize for what happened today. We didn't realize that we had been compromised by a witch until this happened."

"If you want revenge you can kill Elder Jasper without any retaliation from the Thorn Rose Cultivation Sect." 

The two elders gave each other deep stares before the female elder with gray hair stepped forward. What shocked Yoze was the fact that after that brief stare-down with the other elder, the female elder's face became neutral as she sentenced their Supreme Elder to death.

"Don't you want to cure him?" Yoze asked curiously why they would give up on their Supreme elder so quickly.

"It is too troublesome to cure him and for him to be compromised means that he isn't strong and cautious enough to be our Supreme Elder. Even if you let him go, we will kill him anyway so you would be doing us a favor." The female elder calmly told Yoze.

Yoze turned his gaze toward Blood Master Scarlett and saw that after the initial shock, she showed. She also looked at the Supreme Elder like a dead man. She even gave him a slight nod as if he gained her approval.

"I'm not in the business of cleaning up someone else's loose ends. So you can take care of him." Yoze shook his head and tossed the struggling elder to the female elder.

After learning the basics of witchcraft from Dreyer, he knew that for a witch to curse someone required that they either planned this through a long period or were in the realm of a Curse Witch. 

He wasn't in the mood to deal with the Thorn Rose Sect's problems for them. He also had little interest in gaining the ire of a Curse-level witch. 

"We understand," The female elder nodded her head in understanding before grabbing the suppressed Supreme Elder.

With him in hand, she briefly examined him to see if he truly was cursed. Once it was confirmed she threw a quick and soft palm strike at his head causing him to immediately stop moving.

"Anyway, our offer still stands. If you are interested in joining a martial art sect or interested in dealing with Blood Master Steel here we will be staying on the third floor of the Regal Inn." The female elder said with a smile before quickly leaving with her male counterpart.

Strangely even though her sect allies had left, Blood Master Scarlett and Blood Master Steel both stayed behind looking at Yoze with interest. When he looked at them closely he felt that they seemed to be closer allies with each other than Blood Master Scarlett was with the Thorn Rose Sect.

Seeing how these two reacted to the Supreme Elder's situation and how comfortable they were around each other to the point that neither of them had their guard up. Yoze felt suspicious about what they truly wanted from him.

"Is there something that you want to talk to me about?" Yoze asked, noticing that the two Blood Masters weren't making the first move.

"I wanted to thank you for your assistance with dealing with Supreme Elder Jasper. I also didn't want you to think that this was a conspiracy against you."

"This was a conspiracy that the sect had conjured up to get rid of Supreme Elder Jasper due to him being an informant for the Dark Devil Sect. After finding this out the sect wanted to get rid of him as effectively and efficiently as possible."

"Thus the contacting of a witch known as Lady Bat. She is quite famous around here for being willing to curse individuals for money and resources." As Scarlett's face began to smile she lowered her head to make it look like she was apologizing before lifting her head once more.

"The plan was for Lady Bat's curse to slowly erode his sanity and decision-making skills over the next few days. Once he lost his sanity like he did today Blood Master Steel would fight him to the death."

"This could result in two outcomes. The first is that Blood Master Steel's and the Supreme Elder's battle is intense and frightening. Each of them trades blow for blow resulting in both of them perishing. "

"If one of them does survive, the two elders are supposed to kill whoever remained. For example, if Supreme Elder Jasper manages to kill Blood Master Steel then those two would strike to kill Supreme Elder Jasper."

"The second outcome is if Supreme Elder Jasper fails to kill Blood Master Steel and ends up getting killed. That's fine too, it merely saves them the trouble of having to kill Supreme Elder Jasper themselves."

"As you can see from my explanation, the Supreme Elder was destined to die no matter what, so I hope that you don't feel responsible or feel the need to be involved."

"Before you ask, no the Supreme Elder was not supposed to lose his sanity against you. I think it was because you unexpectedly rejected his offer and the constant anxiety plaguing him during this trip that caused him to snap."

"For that, I will apologize on the sect's behalf." Blood Master Scarlett bowed her head to apologize to Yoze.

Even though Blood Master Scarlett looked sincere in her apology Yoze felt that there was something off about this whole endeavor. If they truly wanted to have their Supreme Elder Jasper fight Blood Master Steel why would they decide to visit him?

What made him the most suspicious was the fact that Blood Master Steel seemed completely unfazed with the plan to kill him. Even as Blood Master Scarlett revealed everything he seemed unfazed. 

Why would he not care about having the Thorn Rose Sect use him to deal with their Supreme Elder? Was he just a battle manic that was willing to do anything for a thrill or did he have some other motivation that made him want to follow this plan?

Yoze had many questions about the entire situation and felt that it was a bottomless pit of mud. The more he knew the more it would try to swallow him into the messy mud.

Not wanting to be involved in this mess he decided to forget about the matter concerning the Supreme Elder and just focus on what he liked to do. He was going to see if there were talents that he might find useful from these two.

He had previously checked Blood Master Scarlett's talents back at the Gail Village and copied her Martial Art Comprehension talent. He wanted to see if she had gotten some new talents and if she didn't that was fine too he was interested in her rapid calculation talent.

With his new desire to customize his martial arts techniques and body cultivation methods, being able to calculate them quicker would make the process go faster. With this talent, it wouldn't have taken him a few days to create the Blood Weapon Handler martial art set. 

As for Blood Master Steel, he wanted to see what this strong Blood Master's talents could be to be able to defeat not only Blood Master Scarlett but even several elders from the Thorn Rose Sect.

"Send a talent mark to Blood Master Steel and Blood Master Scarlett." Yoze thought to himself hoping to see some information.

[Name: Scarlett Grave [NewBorn]]

[Age: 57]

[Talents: Martial Arts Comprehension (Grade 7), Body Cultivation (Grade 7), Thorny Rose Cultivation (Grade 5), Rapid Calculation (Grade 4), Emotion Control (Grade 9), Witchcraft (Grade 6), Dead Crystal Nerves (Grade 6), Memorization (Grade 4)]

[Name: Grave Grave]

[Age: 37]

[Talents: Map Reading (Grade 4), Digging (Grade 5), Value Prediction (Grade 7), Trap Defusion (Grade 7), Martial Art Comprehension (Grade 5), Body Cultivation (Grade 5), Unknown (Grade 9), Blood Breaker (Grade 2), Investigation (Grade 3), Unknown (Grade 7)]

Yoze's eyes sparkled seeing the two panels in front of him and almost began salivating. He felt as if he had just hit the jackpot when it came to talents. 

There were a few things that drew Yoze's eyes and a majority of his attention. The first was the change in Blood Master Scarlett's name. Besides, her last name was replaced with Blood Master Grave's last name giving some indication that these two might have gotten married.

The second was Blood Master Scarlett's three new talents, most importantly the addition of a grade 6 Dead Crystal Nerves and Witchcraft talents. She was the second person he had met that had Dead Crystal Nerves and was a witch. 

Not only that she was simply way more talented than Dreyer was in this field. That could explain why she felt so assured of the reason for Supreme Elder Jasper's sudden snap.

There was also the chance that Lady Bat and Blood Master Scarlett have some type of connection with each other. Blood Master Scarlett could be Lady Bat's student or maybe her secret identity.