The Geared Immortal

Chapter 709 - Pushing Back

Chapter 709

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With a bleeding back and a wounded heart, Alea Zin looks at the young man who promised her love and affection in that forest and the young woman beside him who is looking at her with a fierce glare.

Her heart feels cold and the pain she is feeling made her body numb.

Alea did not want to stay in this place any longer and wanted to leave. However, how could Marie not grab this opportunity to send out another whip slash at the woman who has irritated her for a long time? So without warning, she suddenly brandished her whip and sent it flying towards her unsuspecting rival.

Crack!

The sound of a whip cracking reverberated through the air as it made everyone's heart jump in shock. Yet that thing that shocked them is not the power of the whip nor the damage it was about to do to its target. The thing that shocked everyone is the person standing between the whip and Alea.

Shin Jiao did not want to watch anymore. He truly thinks that Alea looks really pitiful and did not want to just watch what would happen next.

Being in love with someone is the agency of a person. However, he could not judge Alea at this time why she fell for someone who already has a partner. This is because he already knew two women who were with him before who experienced the same thing.

In fact, he could almost understand how she felt at this time. However, what Shin Jiao could not get is the indecisiveness of the young man. But he did not want to bother with this trifle and decided to stop it.

"That's enough… you have already done enough damage…" Shin Jiao said as he casually flicks the whip to the side.

Everyone was a bit stunned at this point. This is because; Shin Jiao actually caught a whip that is glowing with power. Getting his hand torn apart would be the least result of that, and dying would be the real outcome of that attack.

But to their surprise, nothing happened to him. His right hand which caught the whip was not even injured.

With that result everyone was a bit surprised, this is true especially with Marie who knew how powerful her whip is.

But Shin Jiao did not bother with them before they could recover; he already removed his robe and drapes it over to Alea who was also stunned at his action.

"Let's go…" Shin Jiao said with a smile on his handsome face.

Alea just lowered her head and walked ahead of him.

However, before the two could take a few steps, a young man suddenly stood in front of them.

"You've caused some trouble in the registration office, do you think you can still leave without paying the price?" he said while crossing his arms on his chest.

Shin Jiao looks at the young man and the people around them. He did know what just happened, but when Alea and that young man named James was fighting no one interfered, so why are they interfering now?

"Do not let them escape big brother!" shouted Marie as she strode forward.

"Marie?? that's…" Linhua wanted to stop her but he received a fierce glare from Marie which made him shut his mouth.

"Shut up!" Marie said as she strode towards Shin Jiao.

But before she could take another step, James who was just watching this farce did not want to ignore this scene and also take a step forward.

"That's enough… You have interrupted my duel with Alea and wounded her with a sneak attack. You've already displeased me, Miss Alduin…" James said with a cold tone.

When Marie saw his cold eyes, she took a few steps back. She is not a match for James who is already a gold armored protector. So her eyes landed on Linhua who just lowered his head.

"Spineless coward…" James said with a scowl.

While they were confronting each other, Shin Jiao is already standing in front of that tall young man.

"Let us through, please…" Shin Jiao asked politely.

He is new to the town and didn't want to gain more ire that he needed. So he is acting polite to this young man whom he didn't know. However, what replied to his words is a fist skill that was suddenly executed by the young man.

Upon seeing this, Shin Jiao just shook his head. Then he suddenly executed his shadow step and suddenly appears behind the young man. Then he sent a simple chop towards the young man's neck by impulse.

The young man is not a pushover. He quickly blocked it with one of his arms.

Bam!

The young man's figure took a few steps to the side as he was not able to maintain his balance due to the impact.

Shin Jiao did not hesitate to lift his left foot and sent a swift kick to the side of the young man who is still recovering from his balance.

His casual attack sent the young man tumbling to the ground.

The hall turned silent as they saw someone rolling on the ground. The young man was quick to recover from his fall and suddenly lounges an attack before he could even stand up properly.

His quick steps made Shin Jiao look at him with a serious expression.

He suddenly grabs Alea's hand and without hesitation…

He ran…

He has already caught the eyes of the many and did not want to attract more. As a spy, he is not used to gaining the attention of the public towards him. He would prefer to blend with his surroundings and strike in the shadows.

And so, the two left the building as they both run away. Shin Jiao just drags the expressionless girl behind him. Alea was truly heartbroken and was not in the condition to do anything as of this moment. So Shin Jiao found them an inn in a room.

"Hey, how are you?" Shin Jiao asked with concern.

Alea just sits at the side of the bed and did not answer him.

"It seems that she was really hurt and in a shock…" Shin Jiao thought as he carefully removes his robe from her.

He checked her wound which is already partially healed. An immortal's physique is very sturdy and would not easily get torn, however, once it is torn, it would be hard for it to heal.

Alea did not react even though her back is exposed to Shin Jiao. He also did not mind as his goal is to help her recover.

Shin Jiao did not hesitate to take out some medicine and began applying them on her back.

Alea was suddenly jolted back to reality when she suddenly feels the cool healing effect of the medicine.

"Don't move… I'm not finished putting the medicine yet…" Shin Jiao said.

After finishing, he just drapes his robe on her back once again and walked in front of Alea.

"Hey, does it still hurt?" Shin Jiao asked casually.

Alea just bit her lips and did not reply. She didn't know if he is talking about the wound on her back or her heart.

"It's okay… we can stay here for a while." Shin Jiao said as he walks towards the table on the side and takes a seat.

Alea did not reply and just look at the bed. She then subconsciously lie down and was soon asleep.

Shin Jiao heaves a sigh and took out some components from his spatial tool and began tinkering on them.

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Meanwhile, on the battlefield outside the town, the forces of the combined army have already suffered great losses as they began to retreat.

Sinameth curses as he could not accept this defeat. In fact, if those five elves' mages were not taken down by that mysterious assailant, then they could have already won this war.

The purpose of those High Elven mages is actually two things. The first is to make an entry point at the barrier, and then the second is to reverse the barrier energy. If it worked out, then the town would be instead trapped inside their own barrier and would be easy picking for the combined army.

However, everything is a mess now and they have no other choice but to retreat. The town is already pushing them back, if they continue fighting then he knew that their army would be obliterated.

"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!" shouted Sinameth.

However, Princess Zut'al Ga glared at Sinameth and suddenly flew at him in anger.

"Are you a coward! We must advance we must destroy them all! We should gain victory as soon as possible!" she shouted.

"Shut up! If we do not retreat then we would all be wiped out… that human over there is not just a simple lord. He is a high lord… plus your strategy did not work." Sinameth said with a sneer.

The large army withdrew from the battlefield which made the human heave a sigh of relief. Although they were able to kill many of their opponents, the humans also have many casualties. In fact, in this battle, they already could tell how strong their enemies are. With just 20,000 troops they were able to almost subdue one of the strongest towns of the human race.

Seeing the enemy withdrawing, the humans cheered.

They were all happy to have won and did not suffer defeat from the invaders. Plus they have killed many of their enemies. It would take the enemy another three days before they could once again make an attack and in those three days, they could prepare.

"Everyone, return… we have to prepare for the next move of the enemy…" the high lord said as he gestured for the rest to return to town.

Meanwhile, he looks at the retreating enemy army with a grim expression on his face. He now knew how powerful and strong their opponent is. That Zith'ra general is only a lord and that high elven princess is the same, but with just the two of them, he was suppressed.

This already showed how strong those two are and this made him feel a bit worried.

As he muses while floating in the air, he was suddenly jolted to awakening when he heard something from afar.

Then when his eyes quickly shifted to the direction, what he saw thoroughly surprised him.