The Urban Dao Child

After defeating Achilles, Yang Dao sat down in the camp where Achilles stayed. He asked, “Why do you people not follow the discipline of war?”

His question meant why did the army of the dark kingdom did not follow the system of formations and moved like a swarm. He could not understand how these people could even survive. Although the swarms can disrupt the formation, yet still the formations are more efficient in dealing damage.

Imagine 100 archers split in a group of two and they can fire fifty arrows every second. They do not have to aim, it just fires them at the swarm of people. If even half of them hit the target, that is equal to fifty enemies down.

Achilles said, “We have never thought about it like this. So, I cannot answer you. However, when a swarm charges forward to face the enemy, it intimidates them perfectly. Thus, we have always followed such a pattern.” His answer sounded vague, but it was the crudeness they had inherited from their predecessors.

Yang Dao nodded and after drinking water, he stood up. Achilles glanced at him in askance and asked, “What is it, Lord?”

Shaking his head, Yang Dao said, “Nothing, it is time for me to go to the civil settlement. I would like to experience what it is like there.”

Achilles said, “I wish you a pleasant journey, lord.”

With that, he led Yang Dao and Laohu Bai outside the camp and the two people flew away. A soldier behind Achilles asked, “Commander, why did you not use your sword?”

The latter smiled and said, “He would have defeated me without a weapon, then. In the duel, his potential was exploding, and he was growing tremendously. When he faced off against the hundred soldiers, his moves became sharper. He is a creation, that will grow stronger as he fights. You can imagine the horror of that? If I play against him with my sword, will he not grow even more terrible?”

The soldier nodded and said, “What you say might not be wrong, even so, you should have given him some pressure.”

Achilles laughed out loud as he heard this. Give pressure to the emissary of heavens. Who was holding back almost half his actual strength against him? Good joke.

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Laohu Bai flew beside Yang Dao and asked, “Why did you not fight with more people?”

Yang Dao replied, “I am standing on the edge. Until the balance has been gained. I would like to avoid such situations. Winning and brawls will incline my heart toward the darkness. I would like to play it safe.” his voice was calm but Laohu Bai knew the brief look surfaced on his face when he was fighting with those people.

Winning in duels was a feeling everyone loved. Yang Dao was not different. He was a teenager and when he was fighting, the winning was making him excited. This dueling with the troops was a two-way test. One was to get his strength recognized by the troops of the dark side, and made them calm down.

The second part of the test was to control himself for getting influenced by the negative emotions generated from the win or lose. Arrogance, overconfidence, and disheartened, all are negative emotions. As a Dao Child, she should have these things inside him in a balanced quantity.

The two people flew in the sky, gazing down on the roads, observing the atmosphere of the kingdom of darkness. Here everything was extreme, it was as if Yang Dao had entered a place of anarchy.

He landed outside the city gate and came over with Laohu Bai. His arrival had caused a lot of hubbubs. The people recognized him based on his clothing. The civilians from the kingdom of light knelt while the citizens of the dark ignored him. The contrast was too striking. However, Yang Dao liked this setting.

After two days, he finally revealed a smile sincerely. It was as if flowers bloomed in the desert. Laohu Bai secretly let out a breath she has been holding. She was afraid that Yang Dao may restrict him too much. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​

The city infrastructure was like the one they visited earlier. Similar circular buildings around the palace. However, there was no traffic. When Yang Dao enquired, he discovered the king had made three circular roads, and four intersecting paths as the roads only for traffic, the rest of the pathways were limited to the pedestrians.

Yang Dao did not understand the reason for this, but listening to a passerby he found out that the king doesn’t allow the people to use private vehicles, he confiscated them all, now only a public transport network is available. There were two reasons behind this move. One was to make everyone have a sense of equality and the second was to save money on road repair.

The king was a money-grubber, they said. Yang Dao noticed that there were fewer imbalanced people in this kingdom compared to the Kingdom of Light. They all could do what they aspired to, and wear whatever they deemed to be worthy.

The police in this kingdom were more rigorous than the army on the borders. The people in both the kingdoms were practitioners, while the citizens in the light kingdom followed rules, the people in the dark kingdom challenged them. They would go face-to-face with the police forces just to state that they were correct.

It was the law of the jungle. The King had never held the reins too tightly. He gave the people complete freedom. The freedom made the country chaotic it also reduced the number of imbalanced people.

The imbalanced here were not those who had their hopes and wishes suppressed by the laws, but the people who had been oppressed by others following the freedom given by the king. Laohu Bai asked, “Dao, what is it?”

She noticed how the boy had his brows furrowed. Yang Dao said, “Did you notice that in this chaotic place, the people have brighter smiles than that of the people in the light kingdom?”

Laohu Bai nodded, she said, “However, that is not the reason you furrowed your brows, right?”

“Yeah, why is it that the people with so much freedom, do not have a sense of responsibility to make things better?” the boy said after nodding.

He spotted a few people directly misusing the freedom they were given. Yang Dao was depressed about the situation. He sighed and said, “Let us try to eat some food and then go to the palace. The people in this place have a strong sense of being and will not invite us. So we can only go ourselves.”

Laohu Bai nodded, and they came to a restaurant in the place. Well, this place was the most modest they could find. When they first entered a so-called eatery, they found a few women with no clothes dancing on the stage.

Well, strip clubs were common in this place. Yang Dao did not know what the people were thinking when they started it. The two people sat down and ordered food. A seductive woman was the waiter at their table. She was winking and making vulgar gestures at Yang Dao. When she came back with the food she said, “Have a good meal, sweetie.” as she blew a kiss to Yang Dao.

Laohu Bai almost lost control of herself. She would have either punched the girl in her face and destroyed her being if not for the restriction that she cannot kill people. Yang Dao said, “This is not wrong but they should still have some warnings hanging outside.”

The two ate the food. It was not delicate but the blend of spices was not bad. Afterward, the two people came out and strolled around. They were headed to the palace to meet the king of the darkness.

Soon, they reached the palace gates, and the soldier responsible for guarding the entrance said, “His majesty, had said that you two should be let in as soon as you come over. Please follow the steward to reach the courtroom.”

Yang Dao nodded and then walked forward. The steward nodded to him and then led the two to the courtroom. The courtroom was quiet and only one man sat on the black marble throne with his head leaned back and eyes closed. The Steward walked inside unannounced and said, “Your Majesty, the child of chronicles is here.”

The king hummed and waved his hand. However, he did not open his eyes to look at Yang Dao. The Dao Child also did not speak. He came here was enough face for the man. He would not humble himself too much. Laohu Bai frowned and wanted to speak, but Yang Dao slightly shook his head at her.

He wanted the king to speak first. He was ready for the battle as well, but he would not lower himself. So, he just floated in the void and crossed his legs as he also comprehended whatever he saw on the way.