The Princess And The Lord

Lory take a deep breath as she focuses her minds "We spread here, Mong Yi and Bei Li Yan will come with me and the others find the pirated captain and any valuable information left, understand"

"Yes madam!" they cupped their fist and answer in tunes.

"Okay, let's go now!"  Lory waves her hand, quickly they spread into two groups and disappeared in a dark night.

Together with Mong Yi and Bei Li Yan, she follow the previous path where should lead them to the cave entrance, when they arrived they saw the giant cave is cover with a thick wooden door and giant steel padlock.

"Who do you think got the key?" Lory crouched behind the bushes.

"Obviously the men who sleep in front of the cave" Bei Li Yan's eyes were fixed on the burly man who sleeps soundly right in front of the cave, he doesn't understand why Lao Min Na hired all these idiots…..well, perhaps because they were an idiot?

"nobody around the cave entrance, except that sleepy man," Mong Yi said.

"Let's moves!" Lory command.

The sleepy man woke up when he felt a sharp gaze on him, he barely opened his eyes when suddenly he was hit mercilessly and everything went dark again, immediately Mong Yi searched the man-body for the key, not long after he found it. Mong, Yi opens the padlock in haste while Lory watched their surroundings to make sure no one saw them, and Bei Li Yan positioned the unconscious man against the boulder so he looks like he fell asleep.

  'CLANG!'

The lock is open, Mong Yi waiting for Lory's command to open the door. Lory nodded in approval then Mong Yi opened the door carefully, quickly they slipped inside the cave then after that Mong Yi close the door behind them to avoid suspicion from their enemies.

The cave is very dark, it only illuminated with one torch hanging on the wall, knowing they don't have enough light Bei Li Yan summons luminescence pearls from his ring and gives one of the pearls to Lory, just like a flashlight the pearl provide more light for them to walk inside the cave.

When they enter the cave they immediately know that they are in the right place because of the pungent smile that hit their nose, it's even far worst than what they smelled outside, their movement stop in front of the steel gate.

"Another gate" Lory mutter quietly.

"And that's the key" Bei Li Yan saw a key hang on the wall, he takes long strides and grab the key then open the steel gate. Before he opens the door he looked at Lory and Mong Yi "You all ready?"

"Yes!" Mong Yi gripped his black sword, kill the beast is the second mission but his first mission is protecting Lory at all cost, he will not disappoint his Lord.

"Is it wrong to feel excited?" Lory raised ambiguous questions out of nowhere.

They looked at Lory simultaneously, they don't know if Lory joking or not.

"A little bit.." Bei Li Yan replies briefly.

The screeching sound heard when they open the door, and they all grimace. They realize they might alert whatever creature inside the cave. 

[There's something big inside the cave and it moves fast] Girsha warned her.

Lory ponders for a second then reminds the others "Girsha said, the beast is big and fast, so we all must be careful" Lory took the arrow from her back in a ready position, they paused for a second then nodded and so they tread towards the inner cave. The sounds of water drip from the stalactite made their heart weary.

Immediately they were greeted by human bones scattered all over the place some still have rotten meat attached to them and blood was everywhere, they knew they had entered the monster dining room, although the sight was more gruesome than she was expected, but she was not afraid instead she became more alert every sense in her body awakened she become more sensitive with her surrounding as the hunter instinct within her slowly awakened.

"Someone is watching us" Bei Li Yan whisper.

"More like something…" Lory corrects him.

"Madam please stay close to me," Mong Yi guts told him that their enemy is quite strong even for powerful cultivators like them.

Suddenly a sharp wind came towards her, Mong pushes Lory shoulder to crouch to the ground while Bei Li Yan swiftly throws his knives to the ceiling, Lory also releases a few arrows to the ceiling, however because of the attack they drop the luminescence pearl before they could pick up the pearl they hear screeching sound came from above them.

'EEEIIIKKH!'

"That's not good…" Lory muttered.

[Focus Girl!] Girsha shout within her.

Suddenly something thrown at them, although it was dark they all moved instinctively, they nimbly dodged from the sudden attack.

Lory then picks up an awful smelled turn out what thrown at them is an acidic liquid she heard hissing sounds as the rock that was hit by the liquid instantly melted.

"SHI*! what is that?" Bei Li Yan cursed then follow with shouted: "Don't let it touch your skin!" 

The cave is too dark which give them disadvantages, even though they can't avoid the attack with their senses but they need to know what they are against, Lory releases the flare in the ceiling the bright red light lit up the cave instantly that was the time when they saw a giant creature jump from the ceiling.

"What is the name of God is that?" Mong Yi's eyes widened in shock when he saw the creature in front of him.

"It's not made by God…" Bei Li Yan gripped her whip tighter.

The creatures stare at them with his hollow six eyes. 

Yes, it got six eyes and eight long legs the creature is a giant tarantula but it got wings like a cockroach and wide jaws cover with sharps teeth and a long tongue, it also has greenish scales like Lizard or snakes.

"Dammmn it's ugly….." Lory sighed in disgust.

The creature's eyes drawn on Lory and it begins to drool, Lory realized the ugly creature saw her as an appetizer instantly she feel goosebumps all over her body, the creature feel her disgust it misinterpreted as feared the creature got excited he punched towards Lory using his eight legs.

Lory leaped to the air then she raining the creatures with wind arrows and at the same time Mong Yi swings his black sword to the creature's legs and Bei Li Yan hit the creature's giant body with his red whip. The creatures staggering then let out an angry screech, it's the first time the creatures face resistance so it got enraged tremendously.

Lory somersault in the air and land smoothly on the ground as if she was weightless, Bei Li Yan and Mong Yi didn't waste their time they launched another attack to the creature but the creature didn't accept the attack easily as it dodged their attack and jump back to the ceiling then spit another acid liquid towards them.

Lory released more arrows to the creatures, but who knows the giant creatures could move so fast and if that not bad enough the light from the flare gradually dimmed. Lory knows this is not good for them especially against the creature who had high speed.

"Li Yan, you have more luminescence pearl?" Lory shouted.

Bei Li Yan was in the middle of dodging and kicking the creatures with all his might, he was amazed at how much stronger it was compared to the normal beast, Bei Li Yan got annoyed with the creature resistance then he hit the stalactite with his powerful Qi and the creatures fell from the ceiling with loud sounds and Mong Yi follow by striking one of the spider eyes.

"Only two!" he shouted back at Lory.

"That's enough, give me!" Lory raised her hands.

Bei Li Yan didn't know what Lory want to do with it but he threw the pearls at her anyway, then he continued to attack the creature.

Bei Li Yan and Mong Yi know that they have to kill the beast before the light from the flare disappeared, because no matter how good their sight in the dark they can't match the creature who lives in the dark.

Lory caught the pearls swiftly then jumped in front of the angry creatures "Li Yan, Mong Yi hold on the creature!" she shouted at them.

The creature swung its giant leg towards Lory, however, Bei Li Yan caught the creature's leg with his whip before it could touch Lory then he pulled out his whip so the leg stays away from Lory.

When it got restrained the creature was outraged it roared loudly and bares its sharp teeth then tried to bite Lory's heads off, Luckily Mong Yi blocked the creature's mouth with his sword.

Lory knew she didn't have much time left as the light from the flare had almost completely disappeared.

"When I count to three close your eyes!" Lory shouted.

"One – Two – THREE!" Lory trow the pearls in front of the creature.

Mong Yi and Bei Li Yan didn't have time to think as they follow Lory's order blindly, when they shut their eyes suddenly a very bright light lit up the cave right before the light from the flare disappeared. The sudden flashlight stunned the creature who knows nothing but darkness, then Lory shouted again.

"ATTACK NOW!" Lory unsheathed the dagger from Wu San Bo then she trow the dagger right between the creature's eyes.

Bei Li Yan and Mong Yi used all their strength to slash the stunned creature, in a second the creatures cut into pieces and the blood spilled everywhere, the awful smelled spread in the air. Lory didn't have time to concern about that, she walks to the giant spider carcass then she pulls out her dagger from the spider head.

A black miasma that looked like smoked linger on the tip of the dagger then disappear in thin air while the surface of the dagger gleamed slightly, she could feel a faint familiar holly power in it.

[Well, it's no doubt about it now….] Girsha sounds ecstatic.

[Yes, we found the fifth fragments] Lory smiles.