Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1957

Steen had never suffered.

What kind of mountain trail expected a national treasure like him to walk on his own? Plus, he had to find food and fetch his water! That was a miserable life!

He thought about the four comfortable days under Benson's care and figured Button must have also grown up being doted on like that.

To be raised in captivity all its life and suddenly thrown into the mountains to fend for itself, Steen didn't even know where he should start complaining.

"Who came up with the wild reintroduction idea? They should try it themselves! This is total disrespect to us national treasures!"

Steen huffed and puffed with indignation, but he kept a close eye on Button and never let it wander too far from him. Whenever Button tried to stray, he'd scold it.

"I told you you're my underling now! No running off, or I'll beat you up!"

Button whimpered aggrievedly but dared not resist. So, the two pandas roamed the mountains together.

Steen couldn't sense any danger or figure out what Button's death calamity was. Shannon hadn't given any specifics either.

They stayed until late into the night, and it began to rain.

Steen found shelter with Button under a cliff ledge. It snuggled up to him and quickly fell asleep.

But Steen could faintly sense that something in the mountains' energy had changed.

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The rain stopped in the middle of the night. But when Steen brought Button to the stream the next morning, he noticed the water had turned murky.

At first, he thought it was from the rain last night, but it started raining again in the morning.

As the stream grew faster and the fish scattered, Steen perked up in alert. "This feels like a sign of a landslide."

Landslides referred to mountain collapses and mudslides, and in serious cases, flash floods.

The two pandas ran through the mountains, but every direction was drenched.

Steen vaguely heard a deep rumble in the distance, only to see a torrent of muddy floodwater rolling down the mountain. It was only getting bigger.

Since it was too late to escape down the mountain, he grabbed Button and climbed up a tall tree.

Unleashing his supernatural strength, he broke down several nearby trees and used them to dam the incoming mud. Then, he channeled his supernatural strength to draw up a barrier around Button.

He looked at Button, huddled and trembling in the barrier. His plump face held an unusual seriousness as he reassured it, "Don't be scared. I'll protect you."

He was determined not to let anything happen to Button, but the rumble of the flood grew louder. That boosted his anxiety as he deeply regretted not training harder before.

Just then, a dragon's roar came from the rampaging downpour. Steen looked up and saw a silver-while dragon cutting across the storm clouds in the sky.

As if sensing his presence, it turned and soared through the rain straight toward him.