Ben started his journey to the trava lupis territory early in the morning. He was also attempting to use the technique which he saw in his vision. He applied aura to his legs and tried to move. Except the fact that he was a bit fast nothing happened. This situation went on for some time. Then thinking of something he used his cultivation technique and then aura on his leg especially on covering the sole.
At first nothing happened . But after a few times the speed began to increase. Once, Ben even crashed into some trees. Luckily, he was not injured. Soon the speed increased and whenever he used aura on his sole he could accelerate. Unknown to Ben he was actually bending the space, even if it was really small. The aura of the aether lupis could actually interact with space itself and leap of from it like a trampoline, the aura acting as a trampoline. This was what was happening. Ben later on understood what was happening. He then used the aura on his hands and soon his hand could also interact with space itself. He used that ability to stop himself in a timely manner.
He also saw the use of tail in the vision to control the speed and change direction properly. For some time he did not know how to use that. So he struggled with changing direction quickly. He could only use his hands to stop or slow down and change direction quickly. He imagined the tail in the vision and tried to create one using aura. He was not successful at first. But soon created a small tail, that was really funny to watch. He tried to adjust its size as he tried to move with it. Soon he could adjust the size of the tail and he could maneuver somewhat well. But he thought he looked funny with the tail and the claws. He did not want any one to see it.
He also needed a name for it. ' Well what should I name this? Aether lupis movement technique. Nope, that is too cumbersome. Lupis agility. No that is too cartoonish. Well then what? Hmmm…. Aether Lupis Leap. No just Aether Leap. That would be good. That has a nice ring to it as well. Well this is my technique. So I will name it as I want. Humpf.. '
After that Ben tried to gain more familiarity with the technique. He leaped from all the high grounds he could see. He moved fast through dense pack of trees, trying to move without hitting them. He jumped form one tree trunk to another, leaping through the branches to move like a monkey. After all if he saw a qon prosimian, he would have to fight it on trees most likely. Soon he had some familiarity with the technique and he could use it more freely.
With this technique in his arsenal he began to move towards the trava lupis territory. Ben wanted to avoid unnecessary fights. So he tried to avoid the attention of any creatures nearby. But he could not avoid all the creatures fully. Some did see him. But some of the weak creatures ran away from him as soon as they saw his strength. He did not want to kill any creatures unnecessarily. So he avoided killing them. But the creatures that came after him even when he tried to avoid them, he did not show any mercy. He killed them without hesitation. In the territory of trava lupis he collected somethings and killed some animals as well, which e stored properly.
As he was finished his stuff, he started to go back. Before that he found a secluded space and meditated for a while to replenish the lost aura. It took 30 minutes for that. Then without further delay he started his return.
As he was moving to the camp. He found something odd. There were no insect or bird sounds nearby. It was like something had happened. An eerie silence. Ben became cautious. He did not know what it was. But he could sense something. He tried to sense for energy signatures but could not find any. Ben walked cautiously. He guessed it would be some terrorists. So he checked the communication devices. But he found that they were working. He found that reassuring. So took it out and send a distress signal to Mahaansh and Vishok. Even if he was wrong, he would be admonished. Most likely that will be it. After all he was disturbing the time of 2 martial lords.
Ben suddenly heard some rustling. He looked at the source of the sound. He could not sense anything at first. But then he sensed some energy signatures. 1 became 2, 2 became 4, 4 became 8. Soon he sensed 20 energy signatures. Almost 15-16 of them were in knight realm. 4-5 in noble realm. One of them he could not fathom.
Soon, his opponents came into light. They were qon prosimians. He could see about 15 of them in knight realm. 1 of them in quasi- noble realm. 3 in noble realm. There was one which was standing behind them all. That was the biggest of them and it was standing upright, with its hands folded. Ben could not see through that creature at all. The bigger one clicked its tongue.
With that signal, all the prosimians in the knight realm charged at him. Ben was terrified. He had not fought such number of opponents at all. But to his credit, he had already activated 'Jamadagni Bhavana'. He did not hesitate and activated his claws and charged. Ben did not get a chance to look at it, but his claws had become more realistic. Previously it even with some developments, it did look like an addition to his hands. Now it looked like he had really grown a bunch of lupis claws instead of his hand. It had also become more sturdy and durable making it quite strong even against many strong metals.
Ben without any delay or hesitation activated his movement technique. He wanted to kill a few of the prosimians to create the illusion that he was going to fight and suddenly retreat. He had already, looked for a gap without any trees and good line of sight.
With these in mind, he attacked. The weaklings amongst them did not even stand a chance against the claws. They were simply ripped by the claws. The slightly stronger ones evaded the preliminary strikes and tried to attack from his blind side. Ben's senses picked that up and he dodged it effectively striking one of them and killing another at the same time. He did not stop there. He attacked with extreme force exploding the heads of two more. Then when the qon prosimians were stunned for a second he ran towards the opening fully operating the aether leap.
His speed reached almost the speed of sound, leaving behind shock waves. He simply ran randomly, trying to avoid densely packed trees. He could see that the prosimians were behind him. The powerful ones were purposely lagging behind. He felt like was being used for practice. That pissed him off. But he maintained a cool head.
Still he had to vent some anger and so he attacked some of them and killed them using some rocks and tree branches.
Overall the enemy strength was reduced from 20 to 14. But still the most powerful ones including the quasi noble rank creature was alive. Those creatures were chasing him. It did not look like they were directing him to somewhere, as they did not obstruct his path in any way. He ran for about 10 minutes, before which he met up with his mentors