"I am not a Bastard."
Sam loudly muttered in his slumber and suddenly opened his eyes.
He looked around in vigilance as his energy riled up. He is ready to go, but when he looked at the three faces, he finally stopped and sighed.
Jyon, Grivon, and Giyon are looking at him in surprise. Sam has been muttering for an hour or so and he showed expressions of pain, anger, and unbearable sorrow.
He should have taken at least two more days to wake up but he suddenly woke up without any signs except this muttering.
Of course, except for the last line, the three of them really didn't understand what he is saying or going through within his dreams, but they knew that he is going through something extremely agonizing.
"Calm down, Sam. You are Giyon's residence, you are not on a battlefield.
Sam sighed and leaned against the headboard. He tried to recall what happened and he distinctly remembered what he did to Malgav, Mingiv, and their subordinates. He sighed once again and this time in disappointment.
He slowly stood up, his body is still aching, but at least he felt he is not in that much of a bad state. He took out a robe from his storage to cover his body and then finally bowed to the three of them.
This took the three siblings off guard.
"I am really sorry for what I have done. I shouldn't have lost control over myself. I not only acted out of my bounds but also brought problems to you. You definitely didn't deserve this and I shouldn't have put you through this after the hospitality you provided.
I really apologize from the bottom of my heart.
If there is any way to make things right, please do tell me. I will try my best to fulfill your wishes before I leave."
Only after finishing his piece did he stand up back again. The three of them exchanged glances in confusion and Grivon asked.
"Leave? Where are you going?"
"I don't know how long has it been since I lost consciousness but by now the news must have already spread to Mari Clan, Sivan, and the league members. It would only bring more trouble to you if I stayed here."
"It has been two days since you are out and there is no way the news would not reach by now. They must have already known that you are within the Gaja Clan and they must have also known about your affiliation to us.
So, there is no point in you going away now.
And there is no need to go anywhere. You are staying here."
Grivon said decisively.
"But…"
"There is nothing to discuss here. What? Are you thinking of using this as an excuse to escape your work? We made a deal and you said you would help me become the successor.
The last time I checked, I am still not the successor of the clan. So, you better stay here and fulfill your end of the bargain, before you think of even leaving.
Do you understand?"
Sam didn't know how to respond. He is a bit conflicted. After all the situation is not ideal for anyone here. Giyon and Grivon are in open support for him in the battle and now the politics of the clan would be pulled out into the open.
He figured his presence would only make things worse for them, but on the other hand, it didn't feel right to leave the whole mess for them to sort out and leave directly.
As he was thinking, Giyon finally spoke.
"Our parents are coming and Grivon's grandfather already took action. The clan head is acting as if this never happened and even if he acknowledged it in some discussions, he is barely considering this as a squabble between youngsters and refused to consider this as anything more than that.
The internal situation within the clan is not that troublesome. The real trouble is from outside and even if they knew where you are and whom you are affiliated with, they wouldn't be able to do anything rashly.
After all, what you said is right, Sivan wouldn't dare to try something on me and even if he did it with his unorthodox and underhanded techniques, your presence would only save us some trouble."
Sam didn't know what to say for the moment.
He has brought too much trouble because of the momentary lapse of his self-control.
He has been enduring these insults for the past week or so and all the frustration was channeled at Malgav because of his actions of violating his student. That bundled-up anger was completely let out and even the slightest provocation and insult would have made him angrier, but Mingiv just had to go for his sore spot.
It made him go crazy for a moment.
He is ashamed of himself for being so easily irritable and dangerous. He almost destroyed his own body to get momentary revenge.
If he is in his own body and had everything that he owned, he would have had no problem. But currently, his means are limited and this is the time where he should be a bit docile and low profile, but he not only blew his own cover, he even went as far as making some extremely troublesome enemies as if he didn't have enough already.
As Sam is thinking, Giyon suddenly broke the silence.
"By the way, it is great that you woke up now. I need you to take a look at something."
Sam looked at her in askance.
"We found something at the inn. Among the dead bodies of some of Mingiv's subordinates. They are a bit weird, so I want you to take a look at that for me. They are in the basement if you would like to take a look now."
"Please, let's go."
"Are you sure you are okay? I am pretty sure whatever you injected yourself with, put a real toll on your body."
"I am alright."
Sam said with a faint smile and all of them went to the basement. Giyon wanted to send Jyon away, but she insisted on coming down.
When they reached the basement, Sam was presented with three dead bodies on three different tables.
One of them lost half of its body on the left side, the second one didn't have ahead, the third one is a bit more wholesome.
"Your needles didn't leave much of anything, but these three are the most complete of them all."
Sam nodded as he examined them closely.
These dead bodies are definitely not of human or any other race Sam came across. In fact, they don't even look like cultivators.
The skin of these bodies is extremely rough and tough. It is almost like a beast hide that was completely cleaned and processed. It is almost like some high-quality leather.
The height of the bodies is something astonishing as well.
They are almost seven feet and all three bodies are of approximately the same height, the difference would only be in millimeters.
They are bald and do not have any hair on the head or on the face. They gave pointy noses and ears. The ears almost looked like they are elven but much large compared to them.
Sam went to the one completely intact body to check their eyes.
He was even surprised by the thickness of the eyelids.
The eyes don't have pupils or corneas. They looked like it was one big brown ball.
Sam used his observation ability to check the internal structure of the body and was a bit surprised by what he saw.
The muscular structure of the body is extremely tough. Even if these things are only Initial stage Consummate cultivators of the Astral Plane, the density of these muscles is twice as tough as a normal warrior of the same level.
The teeth of the creatures are extremely sharp to the point that they are more suited to be called fangs.
The teeth are stronger and more lethal than the teeth of Golems and vampires that feast on raw flesh and blood.
But the most shocking thing is the internal organ structure and various systems of organs.
The first important thing is, these things don't have reproductive organs. There are no genitals and even if these creatures are considered to be similar to the Blue Seamen Sam came across, they don't even share any similarities to that creature.
The respiratory system of this creature is very huge. The lungs occupied most of its upper body and there is no intestinal network.
The digestive system only consists of the stomach and there is only one intestine that seemed to be connected to the only excretory organ present.
The heart is almost the same size as that of a Demi-Giant.
Way too large.
The surprising thing is its brain. It is small.. Way too small for a creature of this size and when Sam focused more on the brain to check it more precisely, the neural networks are extremely simple and there is no usual complexity.
