Murim Recurve

In a secluded house that wasn't far from the ongoing battle was a girl, barely in her teens. She was all alone in her house, surrounded by messenger birds used by the people of the city to transmit messages.

Her father was a person in charge of taking care of the messenger birds. As for her, she was a rather unfortunate soul. For, a couple of months earlier, she had lost her eyes to the Blinded Ghost. But, despite becoming blind, she hadn't lost her vigour, still chirpy as she had adapted to her new life.

Even though she faced a lot of difficulties, she never complained. She was a strong individual. But at present, she just sat like a doll, clutching a Tikka jewellery in her hands. It was hers, or rather seemed like that, but was in actuality the shell of the Blinded Ghost.

The reason it was special was that, unlike the other Sha, its shell was the Tikka jewellery, the very same instrument that no Sha was able to ever touch. But, considering the fact that it was released into the open from the Withered Courtyard, the master of which was the one who had created the Tikka jewellery in the first place, something like this wasn't all too strange.

And now, the girl wore the Tikka jewellery on her forehead, experiencing no rejection from it. Moreover, instead of shining with the four colours representing their race's elements, the Tikka jewellery's gem was a black swirl.

But, as there wasn't anyone else in the room, no one was able to notice this oddity. Slowly, the girl got up and arrived beside the room's window, peeking outside to see the flashes of light in the air. It was a result of the massive battle that was being waged between the Elders and the four Sha.

She didn't say anything, picking up her walking stick as she strode out of her room, covering her forehead with a hood. She exited the building and seemed to be walking towards somewhere, as prompted by her Tikka jewellery.

Ever since she had lost her eyes, she always had sudden urges that she couldn't resist. So, now that she got another urge to walk, she couldn't stay put and had to walk around. It seemed to be something the Blinded Ghost was making her subconsciously perform.

Having obtained the eyes of people, both normal and Harmonisers, the Blinded Ghost had indeed accumulated a lot of abilities. As it had grown naturally by accumulating a variety of fear, the abilities consummated in it too varied.

This was the reason a Sha that reached maturity naturally was an unstoppable force. Usually, in such cases, the Elders of the respective city would take action personally and would also be accompanied by a troop of their strongest Harmonisers. And, every one among them would be wielding Magic Artifacts.

Sometimes, they might even mobilise one of their Art of the Elements. That was how powerful a Sha that had developed to the peak was. If there had been four Sha at the peak in the battle, Burfuna City would have been almost destroyed.

Even then, there wasn't a guarantee they would be killed. After all, the moment they were significantly injured, they could just escape, find some regular people, induce fear in them and absorb the produced Fear Qi to recover to their peak condition easily.

To a Sha, the more the number of people in a place, the greater its advantage.

The girl didn't seem to mind the sounds of explosions and metal clashing into each other. Rather, all that seemed to be on her mind was to walk on the road and traverse away from the place. But in actuality, all she was doing was walking in circles, eventually returning to the room with the birds.

It seemed to be an action taken to counter the detective means of the Elders on the prowl. As no one would think a Sha's shell could be a Tikka jewellery, she wasn't even suspected. Moreover, the moment an Elder passed above her, the gem on her Tikka jewellery turned normal.

And, the moment he looked around and turned away, the Blinded Ghost materialised in the battlefield once again, attacking its opponents. This way, it prevented the Elders from identifying its shell easily.

Just this action alone displayed its sheer cunning and intelligence.

The Elder that just passed by her felt something amiss, turning around to look at the figure of the girl walking alone on the road. Having heard the sounds of the noises, everyone in the place had retreated into their homes.

So, she did look incredibly odd.

But, the moment he landed beside her, silent in his action, unnoticed by the girl, he could hear her mutters. "Dad…told me he will come. Why isn't he here yet?"

Through his third eye, he didn't notice anything amiss on her, looking at her face to see that she was blind, observing the dense Ghost Qi circulating through her eyes, almost covering her head in it, 'Another victim of the Blinded Ghost.'

He quickly moved away from the place, heading westward in search of the shells of the other three Sha. As for the Blinded Ghost, even though it was strong, it was a naturally birthed Sha. So, one way or another, they could deal with it later. After all, it didn't have any other agenda other than to grow.

But, the other three Sha were artificially bred by people that clearly wished to target their city, or rather their race itself. So, his priority, and the priority of all the Elders were to find the shells of the three Sha first.

Once they dealt with it, they could figure out the rest. Hoping for that to be the case, he hopped from one building to another, displaying superhuman agility. All along, his third eye saw the traces of all Elemental Qi in the area, allowing him to notice the traces of Ghost Qi a fair distance away.

Followed by a smirk, he sped along, 'Found you!'