The Story of Dusk 251 THE CONSEQUENCES WAS DEATH

"Xiao Tianyao…" Modama chuckled eeriely when he watched how polite Xiao Tianyao to greet him first.

However, the in next second, Modama saw a flash of red dagger aim to his neck as Xiao Tianyao rushed toward him.

Deftly, the old man dodged his attack and jumped high while lifting his knee with the intention to kneed Xiao Tianyao's face.

Yet, before his knee could touch him, Xiao Tianyao had retreated. The moment, Modama's legs touched the ground, Xiao Tianyao had dashed for another attack.

They fought fiercely until Xiao Tianyao succeeded to land a kick on Modama's face and sent the old man flew a few meter away before his body collided with a tree.

"Impressive." Modama mocked him. "If it isn't because Luna has turned her back against me, you will be my good asset." He spat a mouthful of blood.

Modama still remembered the painful months that he had been through to get rid the agony in his head because of Luna's suggestion.

He couldn't get near her or ordered an issue to make another attack on Xiao Tianyao's mansion without getting his head suffered an acute pain that almost made him collapsed every time.

Gong Xu's medicine only relieved him from the pain for a while, but couldn't get rid of it.

For more than a year he had to struggle with the pain and only recently, the pain in his head was slightly subsided.

This was a good time for revenge, though he still couldn't find a way to get near Luna or the mansion, but he has another way to kill his ungrateful daughter and her dirty blood son.

Modama's face became scarier than he used to be as a devilish grin form on his lips.

"Stay away from her." Xiao Tianyao hissed angrily.

Why Modama chose this time to appear? Xiao Tianyao had a bad feeling about this.

"Why I have to stay away from my daughter and my grandson?" Modama tilted his head and gave a look, which he assumed was innocent. "I want to see my Mugi."

Xiao Tianyao's eyes were hardened by the mention of his son and his wife. "You had never been a father for her." He spat disdainfully.

After many attempts to kill Luna, now he said he was her father? How shameless he was?

"Why? You can't accept the reality that you have fallen for my own flash and blood?" He taunted him, swept away the remaining blood from his lips. "How it feels to have me as your father in law?"

Blood rushed to Xiao Tianyao's head and all he saw was red when he lunged at Modama.

Xiao Tianyao was too angry to care about his surroundings, all he wanted now was his head separated from his body right this instant.

Yet, before Xiao Tianyao could stab him on the chest to stop his grotesque smile an arrow distract his concentration.

It stabbed right on his upper arm and automatically stopped his movement. From behind him, a young man showed himself.

This second inturder didn't attack Xiao Tianyao again, even though his arrow had wounded his upper arm.

The young man approached Xiao Tianyao warily, his eyebrows were knitted together while he assessing him like a prey.

"You are right in time Gong Xu." Modama greeted his son happily.

Without batting eyes Xiao Tianyao pulled the arrow out of his flesh as blood gushed out from his opened wound. He tore his sleeve and tied it tightly around his arm to stop the bleeding.

Xiao Tianyao had seen Gong Xu for more than twice, he even had fought him in the past when he overthrowned Xinghe Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Gong Xu had stood beside his father, but his expression remained uncomfortable as if something had been bothering his mind.

"What should I do with you?" Modama cocked his head. "Gong Xu, why don't you greet your brother- in- law?" He gave his son a meaningful gaze.

Ever since he had gotten the everlasting headache that Luna gave to him, he turned a bit crazy.

"I want him to die in his own pool of blood." Modama said viciously.

Gong Xu gritted his teeth, couldn't find the strength to refuse his father spiteful order. He threw his arrow and bowed to the ground and half heartedly drew his sword.

"Kill him!" Modama last statement like a trigger for Gong Xu as his hesitated moved became vigilant and he lunged at his sole enemy in his eyes.

In the other hand, Xiao Tianyao was calmly assessing his movement and avoided Gong Xu's fatal attack just in time before his sword caused another wound.

Another battle with Gong Xu… despite his attack, Gong Xu's expression was a bit distracted as if he was doing something against his own will.

Xiao Tianyao had fought him before, so he knew his every step that he took and his trick pretty well. Despite the injured on his arm, Xiao Tianyao still held an upper hand against Gong Xu.

The fierce fighting last more than half an hour and no one from them wanted to back down. They were looked like practice with each other rather than an actual fight.

Modama who was watching on the side didn't seem very pleased with the development of their duel. He wanted Xiao Tianyao dead immediately!

But, Gong Xu was playing with his prey. Impatiently, he jumped into the battle himself.

The sudden turned of events from Modama involvement was so great. Xiao Tianyao was cornered and received another stab from Modama's swords on his shoulder.

Modama looked at Xiao Tianyao with wicked smile on his lips and glistening eyes as he licked the blood from his bloody sword.

Even though Xiao Tianyao was outnumbered and had been injured, the expression on his face was remained as calm as ever. He didn't even winch when he moved his arms and readied himself for another round.

Xiao Tianyao could see Gong Xu was being reluctant to follow his father's order, but he couldn't turn the order down. Modama must have done something on him.

"This is not fun, isn't it?" Modama taunted. "You will die in no time if we continue. Right?"

Xiao Tianyao didn't heed his question and kept his eyes on both of them.

"How about we make it more interesting?" Modama asked lazily, stroking his chin and contemplated as if he was asking about the day.

Blood started to smear the right side of Xiao Tianyao's body where the stabbing wound had been inflicted by Modama earlier. Another drop of blood trickled down to the ground beneath him.

With an arrogant smile, Modama trudge over Xiao Tianyao while Gong Xu followed close behind him.

Xiao Tianyao didn't wait until Modama reached him. He hurtled toward him with determination in his eyes.

The thing that happened afterward, Xiao Tianyao had knocked out Gong Xu who had come into his way to shield his father.

And the next second, Xiao Tianyao had stood before Modama even before the old man could realize it.

Xiao Tianyao lifted his left hand which was holding a red dagger and was about to stab it on his shoulder when Modama beat his speed, clamping his hand on his injured shoulder.

The pain shot through his mind as Xiao Tianyao let out a deep low groaned and proceeded to stab him, yet an inch before the tip of his blade could make a contact to him, he stopped!

There were an outside force that kept him in place, Xiao Tianyao couldn't even move a muscle no matter how hard he tried.

His mind started to work fast as he could feel the danger.

Meanwhile, Modama kept pressing his wound on his shoulder with satisfied look on his devil face. "What? I thought you wanted to kill me…" He drawled. "Did you change your mind?"

The more Xiao Tianyao tried to move the more the force shackled him down.

Xiao Tianyao felt like he was looking at the version of himself from the third person point of view. He totally lost control over himself as his head started to muddle, he gritted his teeth, but there was no result from it.

On the other hand he saw Modama made him to kneel before him and he did.

Fury was raging inside Xiao Tianyao's body when he saw he started to bend his kneel. Even with so much struggles, he couldn't reject it.

Is it the feeling when you are hypnotized? Fear started to crept in his heart as he knew, something would be terribly bad if he gave up under Modama's control.

Xiao Tianyao gritted his teeth and shot him dagger looked. If look could kill, Modama would be death by now. Unfortunately, it couldn't and Modama was chuckling creepily.

He enjoyed it very much. The feeling of finally being able to control this man was really good.

When everything seemed got out of hand and Xiao Tianyao's knees was about to touch the ground, Moda suddenly backed away along with Gong Xu.

Both of them looked so vigilant while looking at the person behind Xiao Tianyao.

"Are you alright?" A familiar voice traveled to Xiao Tianyao's ear and a hand grabbed his elbow, helping him to stand up straight.

Xiao Tianyao was a bit dizzy and his vision was blurry, but he knew who had come for his aid.

"Ye Bai." He said tersely after a great of effort.

Modama was no longer clamped his shoulder, but the invisible force that shackled him down was still there. His mind was like going in and out of consciousness.

"Are you alright?" Ye Bai asked him again.

Ye Xiu had been nagging him to follow Xiao Tianyao as he received a report about Modama's movement, it took a lot of effort of him so he could catch up with Xiao Tianyao as the distance between them was quite afar.

If it wasn't for this unexpected battle, he would still stay behind.

But, it was a good thing that Ye Xiu had forced him to follow Xiao Tianyao because his brother's guts was proved right.

Modama had been targeting Xiao Tianyao.

From the corner of Xiao Tianyao's eyes, he could see Ye Bai was standing beside him with his machete on his hand and his other hand was support his limp body by his elbow.

Suddenly, Xiao Tianyao's fatigue seemed took its toll on him, added that to Modama's hypnosis. Not to mention a long war and days of return trip had drained most of his energy. He didn't calculate the ambush attack like this when he chose to travel back alone while Yang Yu had returned a week before.

"He didn't seem alright in my eyes." Modama taunted. "Feeling a bit dizzy, right?"

"What did you do to him!?" Ye Bai snarled. He pointed the tip of his blade at Modama, showing his impatient and his demand for answer.

"Wrong question…" He said, shook his finger. "You should ask; what I am going to do to him."

Ye Bai didn appreciate his answer and without a second thought he lunged toward Modama, his machete swung wildly in the process.

Yet, Gong Xu stood on his way and ward off his attack.

"You are so impatient." Modama scolded Ye Bai, as though he was a child and this upset him more.

In the other hand, Xiao Tianyao cursed under his breath when he felt his consciousness almost slipped away and the darkness started to appear before his eyes.

"You look so down. How about make you a little bit happier?" Modama gestured at Xiao Tianyao.

Ye Bai backed away from Gong Xu attack and stood right in front of Xiao Tianyao when Modama continued his boring monolog speech.

"Why don't you come to Luna, now?"

Xiao Tianyao felt light headed when he heard Modama was talking to him for the second time.

"Why don't you come to Luna, now?" He suggested.

Something was burning inside his body when he heard his voice, he fought the darkness with all his might, yet it wasn't enough for him to gain the upper hand and stay intact with his mind.

As if his consciousness slipped away and he really wanted so badly to close his eyes and sleep, succumbed to the darkness that had been waiting for him. Surrendering himself to whatever Modama wanted to do with him.

In front of him, Ye Bai peered at Xiao Tianyao through his shoulder and watched the young General was struggling to keep his head up.

Something snapped at him as horror filled his eyes when he realized what was going to happen.

"Xiao Tianyao! Snap out of it!" He snarled at him when he saw Xiao Tianyao almost lost it. He would be going under Modama's control if he didn't fight back.

It wasn't a good news, he had been having hard time to ward off Modama's attack, not to mention there was Gong Xu also there, if he has to fight Xiao Tianyao as well, it would be better if he started to run away now and looked for back up.

Ye Bai knew how remarkable Xiao Tianyao's swordmanship was, though he had never tried, but he had never had any desire to try it as well.

And two things happened at the same time. Gong Xu leaped high in the air and pointed his sword down at Ye Bai, ready to stab his skull, Ye Bai caught out off guard by his sudden moved.

At the same time he was surprised by the excruciating pain from his back. Out of instinct he whipped his head, only to see Xiao Tianyao had slashed him on the back while he paid attention on Gong Xu.

"Oh, it's bad!" Ye Bai grumbled.

Ye Bai snapped his focus back and managed to avoid the fatal attack that Gong Xu would have brought by a sheer luck.

Ye Bai was rolling on the ground while his blood spread over the ground on the processes.

He stopped a few meter away and his blood mixed with dirt as the anguish pain kept him down, bending his body as he threw a series of coughs of blood. It was so painfull.

He hated this kind of situation where he was helpless.

Ye Bai's eyes mixed with dread and sorrow as he watched Xiao Tianyao approached him with steady step.

When he was halfway from him, suddenly he speed up and lunged his sword toward his neck, made another slashing moved.

Ye Bai managed to dodge it but it didn't spare his arm from being cut.

Now, he was look like a pig, waiting to be slaughtered, and that would be happen if he didn't do anything.

Ye Bai let out a low growled when his blood spurted all over his body once again. Xiao Tianyao seemingly didn't feel any pain when he moved his injured arms, even when his face gradually became pale from the blood lost, his expression still as calm as ever.

At this point, Xiao Tianyao had lost his mind.

"Stop." Modama said faintly. "Let him die slowly." He chuckled by his own words.

It was his thing; letting his enemy faced the painful death as he watched their life slowly faded away. This was more amusing than killed them right away. Modama liked the sight of his enemy dead in their own pool of blood.

One of the thing that could entertaint him, moreover he had suffered for this one year, to see another people suffering, would be able to elevate his headache.

"Xiao Tianyao…" Modama drawled when he called his name. "Since you had taken away my daughter from me, why don't you kill her for me as well?"

Modama's eyes were sparkling with his sudden idea. Luna didn't do any good for him now, since she didn't follow his order anymore, even more, she could be a threat because of the power that she possessed.

He wouldn't let anyone to threat his life, not even his own daughter. If her life didn't benefit him, then her death would do.

It would be good if Modama could see the moment Xiao Tianyao killed her.

If it wasn't because of Luna's suggestion to stay away from her and her son, he would love to see Luna's expression when the man who she loved the most, the person whom she had betrayed his father, killed her.

"Father…" Gong Xu faltered.

He had never thought that his father started this thing again, he shouldn't be able to come near Luna, but it didn't mean he couldn't make another person did it, Gong Xu realized this too late.

"You will kill your own daughter…" Gong Xu's voice was barely a whisper.

Modama narrowed his eyes by his statement and said distastefully. "I give her live and I will be the one who take it."

After he said that, he directed his attention toward Xiao Tianyao and with bright face his voice thundered when he imposed his final verdict on Xiao Tianyao to end his wife's life. His daughter's life.

"Kill Luna and your son, and keep an eye on them while their lives will fade. You will feel the pain of killing someone you love and you will bear it as long as you live."

With that, Xiao Tianyao set off to the direction of the Capital City, where Luna and his son had been waiting for his return.

He was coming to his little family now…

Killing his own daughter was one thing, but to let Xiao Tianyao bear the pain for his whole life was the other thing that Modama thought was better than killed him or Luna right away.

The guilty and anger would gnaw his life away and it was amusing to watch how he would live his life with that pain.

Modama's eyes lit up.

He had lost his daughter long time ago when she decided to turn her back against her father and the consequence of her little act was death.

Chapter end