Chapter 121: Recruitment

"Mister, are you a beast tamer?", Evan looked at the scarfaced youth with interest.

"Cough, cough!", suddenly coughing sound came from inside the door. "Cough, cough", continuous coughing sound came from the room.

"Mother, are you okay?", the scarfaced youth dashed into the room. Evan spread his soul consciousness and found out an old woman lying on a wooden bed. Currently she was coughing violently and blood was trickling down from her mouth.

"Mother!", the scarfaced youth hurried over and wiped the old woman's face. Then he hurried over to a corner and fetched some herbs from there. "Mother, please wait a minute. I will prepare the medicine for you", the scarfaced you spoke anxiously.

He fetched a stone grinder and crushed the herbs skillfully. Within few minutes a mixture of herb pastes readied. A thick medicinal armoa wafted in air and little Alice's nose twitched slightly.

"Robb, don't push yourself hard", the old woman said with a hoarse voice. "Mother, it is not hard at all", Robb quickly denied. She helped her in sitting and brought the herb paste to her mouth.

After having the herb paste, the old woman rested a bit. Her eyes suddenly sprang upon and she looked at the door. Evan could feel a weak soul perception on him but he could tell that the soul had yet to touch Nascent soul realm.

"Robb, how can you leave our little guests outside? Little boy, little girl, please come over", she said in an amiable voice. Evan saw vigilance in her eyes when she noticed them but after knowing that they were children, she relaxed her eyes.

Evan entered the room with Alice. The old woman's eyes lit up as she looked at Evan and Alice. Evan was also examining the old woman. The old woman was at least a Core Condensation realm expert but Evan could tell that she was heavily ill or injured.

Infact if one could neglect her white hair then one could easily identify her as a middle-aged woman. "Aunty, can you lend us a wolf?", Alice looked at the old woman with expectation.

"What a sweet little girl!", the old woman smiled at Alice. "What do you need a wolf for?", she asked with a hint of amusement and perplexity in her eyes. She found it extremely puzzling that a little girl asking her for a wolf in the middle of night.

"Aunty, we need to go to capital", Evan replied before Alice could say anything. "It is no problem to loan you a wolf but how are planning to traverse such a long distances. Moreover, wolves wouldn't listen to you", the old woman spoke with d tone.

"Aunty, can I ask you something?", Evan also decided to call her aunt following Alice. The old woman nodded his head and looked at Evan curiously.

Aunty, are you inflicted with soul poison?", Evan looked at her with a probing gaze. 'Hmm!', the old woman's eyes widened as she looked at Evan with astonishment. Even the scarfaced youth looked at Evan with surprise.

"How do you know?", the old woman asked Evan with a surprised tone. "I have guessed it", Evan chuckled.

"So, you need at least a grade four pill to recover?", Evan looked at the old woman with a calm look in his eyes. He had already scanned her body thorough his soul consciousness and found out that it was a soul poison which was corroding her soul slowly.

She was still fine bacause her soul was strong enough to resist the effect of soul poison. The old woman looked at Evan with an incredulous look in her eyes.

"Can you get a grade four soul cleansing for me?", the old woman asked subconsciously. She didn't even understand why she asked such a a little kid for help.

Evan calmly nodded his head as he had already decided to pull this mother and son pair to the side of Thousand swords kingdom. A grade four soul cleansing pill was rare but it was not a problem for the royal family of Thousand swords kingdom.

"Little brother, are you telling the truth? You can cure mother?", an agitated voice came from side. Evan shifted his gaze to the scarfaced youth who was looking at him with expectation in his eyes.

Initially he was planning to recruit this scarfaced youth only but after seeing his mother, he decided to pull both of them to his side.

"What do you need in exchange?", the old woman was much calmer than her son. She could see calmness in the eyes of Evan and for some reason she found Evan trustworthy.

"I don't have much request for aunt. I just want aunt to stay as a protector in my family. As for big brother, he will accompany me in future. I promise, I will never mistreat him or aunt", Evan said solemnly.

He knew Thousand swords kingdom was in a dire strait. So, it was best if he could strengthen the kingdom whenever possible.

"Little brother, if you can heal mother, I promise I will follow you for my entire life. I will not complain even if you tell me to cross a sea of fire or a mountain full of swords", the scarfaced youth proclaimed loudly. His voice was slightly shaky as he was facing an emotional turmoil.

"Robb, don't speak nonsense", the old woman looked at her son. Then she shifted her gaze to Evan. "Can you tell me your name?", the old woman asked Evan.

"Sorry for not introduction myself earlier. I am Evan and she is Alice. We have come to your place after seeing the tamed wolves outside", Evan replied politely.

The old woman looked at Evan for a moment. "You demand is not overboard. I can agree to it but we have some formidable enemies. If they find out, they may cause trouble for your family", the old woman spoke slowly after pondering for a while.

"Aunt, you can rest assured. No one can threaten my family easily", Evan said with confidence in his eyes.

After sometime, a group of wolves silently left the vilage. Their speed was considerably fast but thry were still lacking compared to the redtailed hawk of the shadow commander. 

Hours passed since the group of Evan were riding the hunting wolves. When it seemed like everything was going smoothly, Evan felt a faint disturbance coming from a distance. He spread his soul conscious and scanned the distant land. A frowned appeared on his head as he detected the source of the disturbance. "What is going on? Why the fierce tiger army is leaving the capital?", Evan could tell that something major had happened in the Sword city.