Douluo Continent, in the southwest of Tiandou empire, a chase was going on.
Group of guards wearing Taindou empire's vests were chasing a woman who was holding a small girl of two to three years old. The woman looked worn out, but looking at the quiet girl in her arms, she strengthened her resolve and continued running.
"You bitch, just you wait. The moment I capture you, i will tear you to shreds."
""Why this struggle? Prince has already sentenced you to death. There's no escape."
"It's better for you to surrender. Maybe we give that small bitch a painless death."
The guards kept cursing and chasing.
The woman paid no attention to the words and increased her speed. If they only wanted her life, then she would indeed surrendered long ago, but there's no way she's going to let her daughter die.
Admist of all chaos and chase, she failed to notice slope and couldn't stop in time.
"Ahhh"
With a scream, both mother and daughter fell down. The woman hurriedly possessed her martial, and a white foxtail and fox ears appeared on her. She tightly hugged her daughter and embrassed both of them in the soft fur of tail.
Seeing the appearance of her mother, the quiet girl cried for the first time.
"Don't worry yue'r. Everything will be okay." The woman tried to comfort, but those were the only words that came out of her mouth. Soon, both mother and daughter disappeared in the endless fall.
Seeing that the target fell down, guards immediately stopped. They were a little confused. One of them stepped forward to look down, but seeing the depth of gorge, he immediately stepped back.
"It's too deep."
"What should we do? Prince asked as to bring back the body. Should we go down?"
"It's unnecessary. There's no way she would survive this. Even a soul king can't be sure. We can just say they were eaten by spirit beasts."
After discussing, the guards left without looking back.
Hundreds of feet down, a figure was walking through the dense woods. A closer looked revealed that the man was old in his sixties. He was about to return from gathering the herbs when he heard someone crying.
Following the sound of crying, the old man came to a bush, but what he saw shocked him deeply. A woman was lying unconscious with a pool of blood beneath her. A small child of about two years was trying to wake the woman, but it seemed she was already dead.
Old Jack hurriedly stepped forward and held the child. The child was scared by the presence and defensively stepped back.
"Little girl, I'm not a bad person. Is she your mother? Let me check her." The child wanted to say or do something, but then fell silent. She looked at the old man checking her mother's pulse and injuries.
After checking the pulse of woman, jack sighed. "Alas, it's too late. She's already dead."
Hearing the words, the girl started crying more loudly, and after a while, she fell down.
Jack hurriedly checked the girl. Only after confirming that she had only passed out and was not injured that he sighed in relief. He buried the woman near and picked the girl. "Maybe it's fate. My son died two years ago, and you lost your mother today. It's a miracle that you are alive, and no wild animal found you. Now it's only the two of us."
After looking back one more time, he left the place with the child in his arms.