Before Luna could realize what was going on, one of her subordinates was thrown in her direction.
The warrior collided with Luna's body, and the two fell to the ground.
Luna looked in the direction where she heard the voice and saw a young boy holding a sword longer than his arm. There was a cold look on his face as he stepped towards Luna, "What will it be? Choose now," He spoke while raising his arm and pointed at Luna with his sword.
Luna then stared at Aria and spoke out, "Throw her out, and I will join your group!"
Suddenly, Noah's expression turned even colder, "…Did I give you an option other than those two? You even want to negotiate with me under these circumstances?"
An unreal quantity of Sword Qi was released as he stepped towards Luna. At this moment, Noah looked especially intimidating.
Luna couldn't take her eyes off Noah. Noah's aura even made her feel somewhat euphoric as it utterly crushed her own.
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She even forgot about her hatred for Aria for a few moments. Only Noah and the threatening sensation she was experiencing at the time were vividly ingrained in her mind.
Luna's body began to get hotter as Noah neared her body.
In reality, it was one of her fantasies. To be utterly crushed by someone and then forced to do his bidding.
She had always craved pain and a suppressive aura to make her obedient because she was a hidden masochist. Noah's aura was currently acting as liquor to her, causing her to get increasingly intoxicated.
"W-What will happen once I surrender?" She asked with an expectant look in her eyes.
Noah remained composed and responded, "Wrong answer again."
Many of his Sword Qi were thrown in Luna's direction. Luna tried to block those Sword Qi by raising her sword, but she didn't possess any Sword Qi, unlike Noah.
The Sword Qi easily passed her Sword and reached her body. Soon, Luna experienced excruciating pain at the points where the Sword Qi struck her.
"Die," He whispered as he clenched his hand, and the Sword Qi within Luna's body went berserk.
Luna felt many of her organs pierced by this Sword Qi. She coughed up a mouthful of blood.
She then finally squeezed out from her mouth, "I-I surrender."
It was so faint that Noah didn't even hear her, and he directly ignored her. However, Aria heard her words and spoke out, "She has surrendered, Master Noah,"
"She did, huh?" Noah raised his eyebrow as he stared at Luna. He calmed down those Sword Qi within Luna's body.
"You have surrendered?" Noah inquired a little curiously.
"Yes, master," Luna spoke with a strange shine in her eyes.
Noah ignored that glow in her eyes and happily smiled, "Really?! That's great. I don't need to kill those warriors then. They can join my group as well!"
Aria dispersed the mist immediately.
Luna looked around and couldn't find Casten Tarr, Karsten Wenzel, the Stony Rock Sect's group leader. In fact, their respective groups had also fled.
She remembered temporarily joining Casten Tarr, but she never expected that man to flee without getting her.
There was a disdainful look on Luna's face as she remembered Casten Tarr's righteous face. She vowed to make this guy pay for leaving her behind on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, Noah asked her to give her Commanding Stone, and he kept it with himself. Soon, he scanned Luna and her warriors with his own commanding stone.
Currently, after this battle, Noah's entire group had expanded to 431 warriors. Many warriors had died on both sides. And this was the number of healthy warriors in Noah's group.
Noah's core group that he had brought from the Origin Sect Branch had more or less survived all the battles. Only a couple of warriors from that group lost their lives.
The warriors he had later recruited in this Heavenly Dragon Battleground's Tournament were the ones who were losing their lives.
Luna was utterly shocked when she realized the number of warriors under Noah. Yet, there was absolutely no change in Noah's aura.
It didn't seem to have diminished at all. It remained the same as ever.
Noah then ordered Luna to manage her own warriors. These were the warriors originally belonging to the group that she brought from the Night Mountain Sect.
"The warriors who surrendered today will construct the camp and cook food for all of us," Noah ordered while choosing a particular location and let his men rest.
Noah was in no hurry to hunt the warriors who remained. And this was a prudent decision on his part.
This rest would allow the warriors to talk among themselves and resolve their confusion. The more they talked to Noah's subordinates, the more they began to respect Noah.
It was genuine respect that overwhelmed their hatred for him. Luna also heard a bit about it from her warriors.
Soon, Noah and Aria came to visit Luna. Both of them had a composed look on their faces as they stared at Luna.
Luna was immediately angry upon seeing Aria's face, but she calmed down when she gazed in Noah's direction.
Noah frowned when he noticed those expressions on Luna's face. He and Aria took a seat just ahead of Luna's bed and then asked Luna, "Why do you hate Aria?"
Luna flinched upon hearing that question. She remembered why she hated this woman. But against Noah, she felt that she needed to speak out the truth or else she would die.
Even though she loved to be crushed, she didn't wish to die yet. Or else, she wouldn't have surrendered to Noah.
Luna turned her head towards Aria and hatefully spoke, "This woman…She killed my little brother!"
"Did you kill her little brother?" Noah then turned in Aria's direction and asked her.
Aria was slightly lost in thought as she tried to recall when she killed Luna's brother. She had killed many warriors in her life, and she didn't remember the identity of the warriors who died by her hands.
"Maybe. I don't really remember now," Aria responded truthfully.
Luna clenched her fists in rage as she heard that response, "3 years ago, you and him met up in the White Beaver Timberland. It was the Black Lake Sect's group led by you that slaughtered a small group from the Night Mountain Sect that was detached from the main group."
"…I see. You are talking about that event," Aria's voice turned colder as she recalled the scene.
"And? What else was I supposed to do? Your brother and his group set up traps for our group. He wanted to kill us to gain a reputation and prove his ability in the Night Mountain Sect. He had nearly killed my entire group and me," Aria responded with a cold look on her face.
"Your brother didn't lose his life to me. He lost it due to his greed and stupidity. If he was slightly smarter, he would have prepared for an escape route if his plan failed. But he seemed extremely confident in those traps," Aria soon finished speaking.
Luna was absolutely stunned as she heard Aria. This was the first time she heard something like this.
Thus, it was a shocking revelation for her.
"Resolve this issue between yourselves without fighting," Noah ordered them before leaving the tent, leaving Aria and Luna alone in that canvas.
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