The Geared Immortal

Volatile feelings

/*unedited*/

Ugh…

A low ethereal voice escaped the mouth of a woman with an impeccable beauty of white skin and curvy figure. The woman suddenly squinted her eyes upon feeling the sudden surge of pain all over her body. She didn't expect this to happen as a painful moan escaped her mouth.

Then she immediately wanted to use the mana in her body to heal herself when a voice interrupted her.

"Don't use dark Qi. It would worsen your condition."

Upon hearing a man's voice, she immediately turned her head towards the source of the voice.

Suddenly her eyes widen as a feeling of anger swells deep in her heart. She immediately put her guards up even though her body still feels weak. She just lifted her hand and covers her chest.

"Relax! I'm not here to hurt you."

She didn't know what happened at that time when she wanted to commit suicide by cutting off her horn and use it to stab her heart.

Since her horn is a part of herself, it would easily pierce her heart with ease hence ending her life without an effort. At that time, all she can think of is dying by her hands and not through the hands of the enemy.

But now, the situation seems dire and helpless because the enemy is right in front of her.

"My name is Shin Jiao. May I know your name?" Shin Jiao said in a demon language.

When she heard him introducing himself, a feeling of doubt crept within her as she began to ask questions in her heart.

"Why is he introducing himself to me? Is he not aware that I can curse him using his name?" she thought.

When Shin Jiao saw that the demon queen is not answering he heaves a helpless sigh.

At that time when he turns around, he already saw the helpless condition of the demon queen. However, after walking for a while and taking a second glance back he saw something unbelievable. This is because the demon queen's horn actually turned white and became smaller. Then her skin also turned white like a normal human. This made him think that there must be something wrong with the demon queen. So in curiosity, he decided to lock her mind dantian and help her cure her wounds and the reaction of her body from the holy Qi.

Shin Jiao took the demon queen out of the Death Valley, and they stayed in a small cave he made.

Two days have passed in a blink of an eye since then…

In those two days, he helped her recover slowly. But the recovery of her internal organs would take a long time. Plus he deliberately postponed that while he is not sure of her identity and stance.

Shin Jiao was amazed upon seeing the recovery of the demon queen, she is actually a human.

Her beauty is like those from the western country on earth.

White skin, blue eyes, and fiery red hair along with her well-define body. Shin Jiao can see a mature and elegant looking woman lying in bed.

Since her armor and inner clothing are already in tatter, he removes them without scruple. He then clothes her with a plain white patient's robe, as those ones that can be seen in hospitals.

After than Shin Jiao crafted a comfortable yet sturdy bed, and carefully laid her down. Although she is the enemy, he still respected her status as the demon queen. Hence with a mocking look on his face, he prepared everything like that.

"Here, you might be hungry or not. But there's a bowl of food on the table. Don't worry it won't harm you. I deliberately harmed you before because you are a threat to me and my companion. But now, you can relax I want you alive." Shin Jiao said as he stood up from the chair and walks out of the cave.

When she saw him walking out a sigh of relief escaped the demon queen's mouth.

"Hmm… why… why can't I feel my power?" she muttered as she continually tried to summon her ability.

She is a dignified Elemental Lord, even in the human world where she came from; she would be regarded as a powerful force.

But now without her power what is she then? Would she turn into that helpless woman back then? She suddenly recalled the time when she was powerless to saver her husband. However, with the emergence of the dark power within her, she has committed an act of very satisfying revenge. Hence she truly is reluctant to become weak and helpless again.

As she tried and tried to activate her power she became depressed.

After some time she heard some footsteps outside the cave. And a young man dragging a dead animal came to her view.

Shin Jiao carefully prepared some food as he cooked the beast. With his experience in preparing beast meat, he has already removed the strong energy within the meat and absorbed them in his spheres.

Not long later a sweet aroma of cooked beast meat wafted through the air.

This made the demon queen blinked her eyes and unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Here, eat first then we can talk." Shin Jiao said as he handed a wooden plate full of delicious beast meat towards her.

The demon queen unconsciously sat up from the bed ignoring the slight pain in her body and with both hands receives the savory delicacy.

The two didn't talk while eating as she would take a glance at Shin Jiao every once in a while.

She didn't know why, but through her experience, she can tell that the young human does not pose any threat to her. She couldn't even feel a slight feeling of contempt or even the raw desire of men from him. She is clear of her beauty and attractiveness towards the opposite sex. Even before becoming a demon queen, and when she became demon queen a lot of males of both demons and humans alike wanted to conquer her.

But she could not feel any of those things to this human.

After eating Shin Jiao took the wooden plate she has used and thrown it outside turning into a fireball.

"Well, since I have helped you and feed you. Would you kindly tell me your name?" Shin Jiao casually asked while sitting back on the chair beside the bed.

"I… I am the demon…"

Shin Jiao stopped her by raising his palm upfront.

"I know that you are 'the' demon queen. But what I want to know is your human name."

"…"

"Umm…"

"Agnes…" she said in a low voice.

When she said her name, she felt that it was very distant. It has been a long time since she last heard her own name. And the years were not good to her after becoming a demon. Through pain and anguish she became a very powerful demon and only when she turned into a demon queen did she regain a little of her peace at the side of her cold new husband the demon king.

"You are a human? How did you become the demon queen? And what is happening right now?" Shin Jiao inquired with interest.

Because she can see the sincerity in Shin Jiao's eyes, Agnes began telling him her long tale.

After listening for almost three hours, Shin Jiao was able to piece together what is going on right now. And since the demons are in a state of unrest, the cultivation land has a chance to win the upcoming war.

"So, do you want to get your throne back?" Shin Jiao casually asked.

When she heard this, Agnes felt a bit reluctant to answer. But then the light of determination suddenly enters her eyes.

"If your kind helps me take my throne back I promise a peaceful coexistence between demons and your kind," she said with determination.

"How can I trust the words of the demon queen? I heard that demons are not to be trusted?" Shin Jiao said this but he based his deduction from the stories he heard when he was on earth.

Demons are literally considered as being of pure evil and chaos on the planet earth. And from the war, he can deduce that this seems to be the same as what he heard on earth.

"Che… although the demon kin are brutal, uneducated, and carnal. But they do not know that many tricks, unlike you humans." She rebutted.

"Aren't you also a human?"

"You… I may be human once, but I have already considered myself as a demon, ever since I received the power of darkness."

"Hmm… Okay, I will help you regain your throne. But in turn, you will work under me, this is my condition." Shin Jiao said with a serious look on his face.

"How dare you desire for me to become your slave!" suddenly shouted the demon queen.

This took Shin Jiao aback.

"I… I didn't say that you will become my slave. I said I want you to work for me." Shin Jiao corrected.

"What's the difference between that and being a slave?"

"Ai… Why is it hard for you people to understand something so simple? Working under me means that I will be the leader and attack your demon army and you follow."

"Haha… You, and what army?... You are just a single human! How can you handle the demon army which amounted to millions?"

"Foolish and ignorant..." Shin Jiao jeered.

"Do you think I can't enter the demon army and kill your leader if I wanted to?" Shin Jiao said with confidence.

"Look at you… Although your power is very strong, you still fell into my hands right?" Shin Jiao said matter-of-factly.

"Look, I know that you wanted peace. So do I… So let's just work together and end this war. That way everything will become peaceful."

As the two converse, a pact and a plan were formed as Shin Jiao decided to initiate an attack on the now unorganized demons. He knows that this is a great window of opportunity and if he didn't grab it, then a chance of peace and lesser casualty would be incurred.

So he decided to once again enter his old profession and become a spy and an assassin for the sake of peace.