I Just Want A Peaceful Life

by Stayrr

( avg 45k ) What if the strongest person reincarnated to another world. Will he keep pursuing his dream to have a peaceful life? “Ding.. The Idle system is fully integrated.” “Wait… Why am I keep getting stronger!” Or will he conquer this new world? Seek and stay tune Angus's adventure in another world.

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After the villages gather their people, "Why are there only this many people?" said Datun, the village leader of black rock village.

"Most of them still recuperate from your poison, dumbass." said Mirva.

"Like I said, it is not me who poisoned our men." rebuked Datun.

"Yeah, say that when you have the medicine for the poison. Like anyone will believe a dumbass like you." replied Mirva.

"Y-You come here, you bitch!!" Yelled Datun while he released his mana.

Before they could clash, "Alright, that's enough. Now, our priority is to intercept and kill Sur village." said Farkas

"Then, how should we do it? I heard from my spy that they decided to take many different directions." said Estar while he put a map on the table.

"We should spread out our people in this location. The one that encounters them will immediately give a signal towards the others." said Datun.

"Alright, however, I don't trust you guys. I will lead my own people." said Mirva.

"Good enough. Just remember to send the signal when you find them." said Farkas.

"Then, let's move out." said Estar.

The four villages immediately spread out in various directions forming a net for the Sur village, leaving their main camp with few people to guard. Not long after the other villages' forces spread out, a big sandstorm came enveloping the area.

"Tch… What horrible weather. I can't believe the Sur village managed to stay in this land for so long." said Datun while he decided to create an emergency tent to take cover.

In a nearby location, "Hurry!! set up the emergency tent!!" command Mirva.

"Sandstorm at this time?? What horrible timing?" said Estar from another location.

"A sandstorm… I have a bad feeling about this." said Farkas while commanding his people to set up an emergency tent.

In the meantime, Angus looking at [Hurricane] on the horizon, turned into a massive sandstorm with a cold face.

"This is Angus. How is the situation?" said Angus towards the communication device in his hand.

"This is Rose. The monsters are on the way." replied Rose, Angus's teammate.

"This is Agni. The monsters are also on the way." replied Agni

"This is Kay. The monster is chasing after me!!" replied Kay.

"This is Fira. The monsters are also on the way." replied Fira.

"Good, release the monster and hide now!!" command Angus.

"Yes, Sir!!" replied the others.

Then, Angus dialed another number on his communication device. "This is Angus. The monster is on the way." said Angus.

"This is Elder Moi. We are in the position." said Elder Moi.

"This is Elder Fosa. We are in the position." said Elder Fosa.

"This is Jane. We are also in the position." replied Jane

"Good, wait for the signal. Before proceeding with the next plan." said the village leader Jade through the communication device.

In a moment, the sandstorm hit the other villages' main camp and its nearby area. The sandstorm raged through the whole area for a dozen minutes before finally stopping.

Not long after that, in the other village's main camp, a beast roar was heard from various directions. *Roarr*

"M-Monster… The monster is coming here!!" shouted the nearby sentry guard.

The main camp becomes chaotic. Most of the people who stay in the camp only consist of lower-grade combatants and poisoned combatants.

Some quick-witted people decide to immediately contact their village leader and send an emergency signal in the air. *BOM* *BOM* *BOM*

Looking at the emergency signal from their main camp, all the village leaders have ominous premonitions about this. Soon, they decide to abandon their post leaving only a few fifth-grade combatants to keep the net.

In the meantime, the monsters already reach the main camp as they are attracted from all the mana inside the camp.

The poisoned people need to keep using mana to expel and fight the poison. Fortunately, this act only attracts the nearby monster that Angus's team lure. For these monsters, the main camp is the same as a bright beacon.

Soon, the monster and the remaining people in the main camp begin to clash with each other. The poisoned people also decide to fight for their life which also worsens their current condition.

"Shit!! Why is the rune trap not working?!!" said one of the people in the main camp.

At the same time, Angus already takes control of the rune trap and deactivates them forcefully to make a path for the monster creating havoc inside the camp. Then, he and his team also do not just stand idle and begin to sneak into the chaotic main camp.

Unlike before, they could easily enter the main camp since no barriers are protecting the place. Entering the enemy camp, Angus immediately takes out several metallic orbs that he got from Gilford.

These metallic orbs are magical bombs. They are also one of the products of magical engineering. Because of their destructive nature and the complicated method to create it, few people could procure it.

Even Jayna and Angus, who receive supplies from their respective fathers, only have one or two of such items. According to Jayna, the heart kingdom itself only possesses several of these magical bombs.

In Firuman, this item is similar to Colossus and Titan, completely heavily regulated by the gremlin race. Only their races managed to produce and supply this thing.

Magical bombs also have their grade. Grade one magical bomb is similar to a hand grenade. Grade two magical bomb similar to C4 bomb. As for the grade three above, nobody knows about their destruction scale since it rarely appears.

Currently, Angus possesses many grade one magical bombs from Gilford and two grade two from his father's supply. For this case, Angus plans to use only grade one magical bomb.

Then, Angus and his team begin to implant the grade one magical bombs all over the place, especially near the biggest tent. He plans to damage the tent and expose the camp's people to the scorched Surya desert environment.

After implanting the bomb all over the place, they immediately get out of the camp as they feel the other village leader move back. A few moments later, the other village leader managed to return and directly kill the rampaging monsters.

While the camp destruction and monster occupy the other village leader, the Sur village elders, along with Jayna and others, begin to engage with the fifth-grade combatant who tried to intercept them.

However, they are less in terms of quality and quantity than the Sur village team. Just as their fifth-grade leader tries to signal to their village leader to move back, *FIUTT* a blazing fire is coming from the air like a meteor [Meteorite Smash]. *BLAAAR*

The whole emergency camp was immediately destroyed by [Meteorite Smash] and created a huge crater. Most of the fifth-grade combatants in this area were wounded, with only a few lucky survivors from the lower combatant.

A person in blazing flame armor comes out from the middle of the crater. Jade, the Sur village leader, begins to release massive pressure towards the surrounding area. The pressure is so intense that even the other village leader in the camp could feel it.

"That is Jade!! Shit, this is only a diversion!! Quick end to all of these monsters." shouted Farkas.

The other village leaders also start not to hold back and kill the monsters faster. Then, they begin to gather their force and go towards the Jade location.

At this moment, Jade and the other village elder already managed to kill a few fifth-grade combatants along with their subordinates. Then, immediately going back to the Ancestral Ruin.

Inside the Ancestral Ruin, the other village will think twice to create an open fight against the Sur village. Angus and Jade use this kind of loophole to their advantage.

At the same time, just as the combatant inside the camp feels relieved from their village leader's help, *BOM* *BOM* *BOM* a booming sound is heard all over their camp. The magical bomb that Angus's team planted before exploded.

Many poisoned combatants who still recuperate also got hurt from the magical bomb. Moreover, the majority of the tents in the camp were destroyed.

"Damn it!!" curse Datun, who is just going halfway towards the Jade location.

"Shit!!" cursed Mirva, who just departed from the main camp.

"T-This…" as Farkas becomes speechless at this development.

All the village leaders feel like they are being played by Sur village. They don't even know whether to pursue Jade or back to their camp. Finally, after a hard decision, they decide to return to their camp and abandon pursuing Jade.

In the meantime, Angus and his team are hidden with the invisible cloak far away from another village camp. They keep observing the camp situation from far away.

"Fiuuh… Fortunately, everything is working according to the plan. Now, let's begin with the next task. This is the hardest and tiring part, but I need you all to preserve it." said Angus towards his team.

"Yes, sir." replied the others while wearing the camouflage cloak.

"Alright, for now, let's go to this area to look for any survivors. We need to finish the remaining survivors while waiting for the enemy's next movement." said Angus, expressionless.

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After attacking the few groups left behind by the other village leader, village leader Jade and the others immediately return to the Ancestral Ruin leaving only a few spies behind.

Since the attack only happened in a short time, they could not kill all of them. Still, they managed to deal some damage towards all of them and injure them. Only a few combatants managed to survive unscathed.

During this time, Jayna truly shows her prowess in dealing with ordinary combatants. With the help of Ilgor, she managed to kill two distracted fourth-grade combatants using her unstoppable fiery sword.

Unfortunately, she needed to retreat immediately. Otherwise, she could kill more fourth-grade combatants. This shows the prowess of her skill combined with the [Hellfire]. Unless it is another ancient power or artifact, it will never withstand Jayna's attack.

Even Angus himself needs to be careful when dealing with Jayna's fiery sword. In most cases, he will just dodge the attack or defeat Jayna in another way.

In the meantime, village leader Jade and others retreat. The remaining survivors could only helplessly see them escape. During this time, one of the fourth-grade combatants that control the slaves dies under the surprise attack.

This makes all the slaves being freed at the same time. The free slaves immediately try to run for their lives in various directions. One of them is also a small malnutritioned girl with long black hair.

She keeps running in this scorched desert without paying attention to the surroundings. Just a moment later, she had already traveled far away from the battlefield. However, she didn't realize this and kept running until her skinny body couldn't hold on.

Her speed and momentum are very fast, which could make most of the third-grade combatants to shame. However, her body couldn't hold her speed and falling. After falling with a rough breath, she finally realized she was in the middle of nowhere in the desert.

"Haa.. Ha.. Why? Why must I run? Why am I here? Why did I live? Hic… Hic.." as the girl starts crying while muttering like a crazy person.

Without her realizing a dark vapor is coming out from her body towards the surrounding area.

"Help.. Please, someone.. Help me… Mommy… please don't leave me alone?!!" screamed the girl.

Suddenly, she heard a voice from out of nowhere, "You should try to control your power."

Hearing this, "W-Who is it? Are you going to save me?" asked the little girl.

The voice didn't reply, "*sigh* It seems you have not completely lost your mind." said Angus as he revealed himself.

"Are you going to save me?" asked the little girl once again, ignoring Angus's comment.

Angus didn't reply and only looked coldly at the long dark-haired little girl who emanated a dark vapor nearby.

"Are you going to save me?" asked the little girl again.

As Angus kept staring at the little girl, "Y-You are not going to save me, right? Why? Why are you not saving me? Why am I alive? WHY?!!" screamed the little girl while the dark vapor in her surroundings got thicker.

In the meantime, Angus kept observing the little girl expressionlessly.

"Such a thick dark element?! However, it is also corrupted with miasma. Master, are you going to kill that girl?" commented Draven from Angus's shadow.

"*Sigh* This is why I don't want to deal with this kind of person. They are too pitiful." replied Angus.

"Master, you don't think to let her be right? You know what she is capable of if you let her live." said Draven.

"Draven, there is no truly good or bad person in this world. I said I didn't want to deal with her before, not because she is dangerous. It is because her matter is troublesome. I already have Jayna's matter to think about." said Angus.

"For me, she is no different than any other person. She just has more power in her hand. That's all." added Angus.

"Master, from my predecessor's knowledge, a person with both miasma and mana is an anomaly. She will not stop until she destroys this world. It is like her fate to destroy the world. She is the enemy of the world." said Draven.

"Hmm.. Draven, why are you becoming chatty all of a sudden?" asked Angus out of nowhere.

"I.. I'm not sure. But, my beast instinct is screaming and afraid of her." said Draven.

"Hee.. this is the first time. To think that the great Mundus beast that is on par with the dragon is afraid of something." said Angus.

"We.. We are not afraid of that little girl. W-We.. are just…" replied Draven trying to justify himself.

"Then, why don't you try to kill her by yourself? I bet if you use your shadow spike, she will be done without realizing being killed." said Angus.

"Err.. Alright.. Alright.. I am afraid of her. I couldn't even touch her. I don't know why it's like my body won't move when I think about fighting with her." said Draven.

"Hmm.. That's interesting. Ohh.. It looks like she is done with her transformation. It takes quite a long time." said Angus while looking at the dark-haired girl's new appearance.

Her body is still skinny with a pale color. She is also still wearing the same ragged clothes on her body. However, a mad look in her pitch-black eyes and thick dark vapor keep release from her body. Angus could feel some uncomfortable feelings from this vapor.

"Draven, let me teach you something. You said your body and instinct are afraid of her. Well, actually, me too. Even now, I also feel disgusted at the miasma she released." said Angus.

"However, I am someone who will stand on the top. Why should I be afraid of her? If there is something I am afraid of, then all I need is just to use absolute power to break them!!" added Angus in a deep tone.

Angus then disappears and grabs the little-haired girl's head before slamming it to the ground. *BLAM* The little girl was surprised at Angus's sudden attack. Before she wants to retaliate, she sees Angus's deep black eye.

"DEATH!!" a word is coming from her mind and making her completely paralyzed on the spot.

Although she longs to be dead, she is also afraid of this concept as a living being. This kind of sensation is coming from her body like an instinct.

Looking that the little girl is not responding, "See… You are no different than others in front of absolute power." said Angus as he released his hand from the girl's head.

"Leave, go and survive." said Angus coldly towards the girl.

"Master, you are not going to release her, right?" said Draven as he came out from Angus's shadow.

"Draven, are you still afraid of her?" asked Angus.

"I-I.." Draven didn't know how to reply.

"I don't feel afraid of her anymore. She is the same as any other enemy that I encounter. But, I still have a bottom line. I will never kill a child."

"No matter how they should die, It is completely wrong to kill them. At least let them grow into adults and feel the world before you kill them." said Angus.

After saying that, Angus walks away, leaving the little girl alone. Suddenly, the little girl grabbed Angus's leg before he could move any further.

"What are you doing? Don't you understand what I am saying? Or do you truly want to die?" said Angus coldly towards the little girl.

Looking at Angus's cold expression, the little girl shivered a little bit. Before steeling herself, "Help.. Please.. help me.." said the little girl in a low voice.

After a moment of silence, "*Sigh* How troublesome. Well, At least you are brave enough to fight your nature. Here, have this." said Angus while giving the little girl water and food from his space storage.

Then, Angus begins to build a tent nearby. In the meantime, the girl is confused at Angus's change action.

While building a tent, "Are you going to eat it or not?" said Angus.

The little girl began to eat the food. As she tasted the food, she started to tear up. But, her hungry stomach forced her to keep eating the food without thoroughly tasting the food. Still, for her, this is the most delicious food she tasted in a long time.

After Angus built the tent, "Ha… I hope Jayna will not be mad at this." said Angus.

While Angus takes care of the monster-minded little girl, the other village camp is in turmoil. After Angus detonates the bomb in the camp, almost all the tents get destroyed, and many people are injured.

Now, they need to recuperate under the hot sun and scorching environment. Most of the injured and poisoned combatants already fell into a heatstroke. If it is not because most of them are combatants with good resilience, they may die anytime.

"Damn it!!" cursed Datun as he looked at his people suffering in the hot environment.

"Shut up, Datun. I have heard enough of your cursing already." said Mirva.

"Heartless Bitch, don't you feel something looking at your tortured people?" rebuked Datun.

"Of course, I feel something. But, what else can I do? Unless you want to break this alliance." said Mirva.

"That's it. I will back off from this alliance. Rather than killing Sur village, I am afraid my people will be the ones that die first." replied Datun.

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"That's it. I will back off from this alliance. Rather than killing Sur village, I am afraid my people will be the ones that die first." replied Datun.

"Then, pay for the compensation and begone." said Estar.

"Compensation??" asked Datun confusedly.

"When you join this alliance, you are also signed to the contract like all of us. The one that wants to back off the alliance needs to pay compensation to others." said Farkas.

"What?? This is the first time I hear something like that??" said Datun.

"That means you are truly a dumbass. How could you sign a contract without carefully looking at it?" said Mirva.

"Y-You… Fine, then are you fine to let your people suffer under this weather? Although I hate Sur village, I will never let my people suffer like this. It's better for them to die." asked Datun.

"Of course not. I will also not let my people suffer, but who expects that the Sur village will do something despicable like this." said Mirva.

"Alright, that's enough. It seems none of us want to pay compensation to break the alliance. So, let's focus on the current situation. We can't let the Sur village get the upper hand." said Farkas.

"But, what are we going to do? From my spy, they seem to be holed up inside the Ancestral Ruin. There is around a week before the Ancestral Ruin closes. By that time, I believe our injured forces will not hold up." said Datun.

"Let's not forget about the monster. We also need to send men to fend off the monster from our camp." added Estar.

"Hm… How about this…" as Farkas begins to tell his plan.

After a lengthy discussion between the village leaders, they decide to arrange the men first. While they start brewing their plan, Angus rests with the monster-minded girl inside the tent.

After inquiring about the girl, Angus finds her name is Anna. She comes from a small village in the nearby mountains. However, her village is raided by slave traders and mercenaries.

Most of her family and the other villagers do not survive the attack, and only a few lucky people like her survive the attack. Then, she is forced to be a slave by the slave trader.

Most of the slaves couldn't survive under the harsh treatment, and some of them also died fighting in the battlefield arena.

By coincidence, Anna is only ten years old and still too young to fight in the battlefield arena, making her the only survivor from her village. Later, she is being bought by the four big village forces as cannon fodder or meat shield.

However, she somehow managed to survive and escape the battlefield. Finally, she meets with Angus, who is currently taking care of her.

Now, Angus has a headache because of Anna. During his inquiry, he realizes that the little girl is completely broken in mind. Although she is broken, she is still obedient to Angus.

Angus didn't know why the girl was still obedient to him, but her crazy behavior always stopped when Angus told her to stop it.

She often asks why for a long time before releasing a miasma nearby. According to Draven's knowledge, Angus found that her mental instability is the side effect of the miasma.

At first, Angus didn't truly care about this, but Anna sometimes annoys him with this side effect and often acts like a baby.

'Damn.. If I know taking care of her will be this troublesome, I should just leave her alone. But, abandoning a miserable child in front of me leaves me with a bad taste. I guess I could only be patient.' thought Angus.

Currently, Angus is cleaning Anna using the bathing tool he bought before. Like a child, Anna immediately played with all the soap bubbles while Angus cleaned her body.

He could clean Anna's body using a spell, but he wants to test her mentality if exposed to excellent care and hospitality.

Angus also wanted to check her body during this time. Like the rumor he heard, Anna has two cores inside her heart. One is to control mana, and the other is to control miasma.

Because of these two cores, her body is more resilient than ordinary people. This is also the main reason she could stay alive all this long and escape from the battlefield that is far away from here.

Unfortunately, Angus didn't manage to identify her race. Although she is similar to the human race, her skin color is too pale for an average human. He also found her skinny body is recovering at a fast rate after properly eating and drinking.

Angus didn't know if this was the characteristic of a monster-minded person or her race. He also found that her physical body is almost as strong as a third-grade combatant.

Although both of her cores are still in the first grade, the effect is not like one plus one. Having two cores inside her body is changing her body in qualitative and makes her significantly stronger.

After cleaning Anna, Angus decided to rest while waiting for the other news. Since the bombing attack, Angus guesses the other camp will think of an excellent countermeasure against some infiltrator.

Because of this, he has a few days to rest while waiting for the other village leader to move. He hopes that they decide to retreat and leave the Sur village alone for now.

While waiting for any news through a communication device, "Name? What's your name?" asked Anna to Angus while looking with her pitch-black eye.

"Angus.. Angus Victory." replied Angus shortly.

"A-ngus Vic-to-ry." said Anna before staying silent.

After a while, "Are you going to leave me?" asked Anna.

Hearing this, Angus frowns. "Why are you asking? Do you want me to leave you?" asked Angus back.

Anna shook her head, "No, Angus is kind to me. I also like bubbles. It's soft, fluffy, and bursts easily." said Anna.

"Kind?? I am not kind. I just don't want to kill you yet. However, if a situation arrives, I may be forced to kill you. Besides, I already have someone I need to protect and take care of." said Angus.

"Is this someone your lover? Mommy said everyone has their own lover." as Anna ignores the first part of Angus's sentence.

"Yes, she is my love. If you dare to harm her, It will be the last thing you want to do." said Angus coldly.

"Then, If I don't hurt Angus's lover, I can stay with you, and you will not kill me, right? I also could play with bubbles." said Anna innocently.

Hearing this, Angus frowned a little bit, 'Although sometimes she is crazy, she is also quite intelligent like any other ten years old kid.' thought Angus.

"Why do you like bubbles?" asked Angus.

"Hmm.. they are fluffy, cute, and easy to burst like life. Hehehe.. Why? Do Angus care about bubbles?" said Anna in a crazed tone.

"No, I don't care about them." said Angus.

"Then, I can destroy them. Destroy all of them. Hehe.. hehe.. " said Anna.

"Why do you want to destroy them?" asked Angus back.

"I.. Just.. Feel it." replied Anna.

"Then, are you also going to destroy my lover and me if you feel it?" asked Angus coldly.

"NO!! Angus and his lover are off-limits. I will never harm them." replied Anna.

"Then, what about the others? Do you also want to destroy or harm them?" asked Angus.

"Were they important people to Angus?" asked Anna back.

"Not really. There are some people that I care about. But, are you going to harm people based on your feelings?" asked Angus again.

Anna didn't reply but only nodded her small head.

"Hmm.. if you say that way, then I should kill you by now." said Angus coldly,

"Ehh.. Why?? Did I do something wrong?" asked Anna frantically.

"You said you just trust your feeling, in other words, your instinct. Then, I should also trust my instinct. Ever since I met you, my instinct kept telling me to kill you. So, did you know why I am still not killing you?" asked Angus.

Anna shook her head in confusion.

"It's because I fight against this instinct. Although sometimes instinct and feeling are great things, you are the real decision-maker. You can't just be led by instinct. Otherwise, you are no different than a mindless beast." explained Angus.

"So, Are you going to let your feelings dictate you like a mindless beast, or are you the one that is going to decide what you are going to do?" asked Angus coldly.

Anna fell silent hearing this.

Then, Angus added, "Anna, tell me why do you choose to stay with me? You know I hurt you. I was even going to kill you before. Your feelings must tell you that you need to escape from me. So, why did you choose to stay with me?" asked Angus.

"I.. I don't know. I thought at that time. You are the only one that could save me. Angus is scary, but you also could help me. Did I choose wrong?" Asked Anna.

"No, there is no right and wrong answer when you are making a decision. But, I am glad you could fight your instinct. If you are going to stay with me, you need to be like that." said Angus.

"Fighting my instinct??" asked Anna.

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"Fighting my instinct??" asked Anna.

"No, silly girl. You need to be the one that makes the decision. Like when you choose to stay with me. You have a good reason to even fight against your instinct. So, as long as you have a good reason to do it, you could do whatever you want and even stay with me." said Angus.

"I.. I will be the decision-maker with a good reason and stay with Angus. Angus is kind and helps me. I like staying with Angus. So, please let me stay?" said Anna.

"Good girl. But, I will still punish you if you make a bad decision." said Angus.

"Yeah.. Yey.. I will stay with Angus." said Anna happily.

Suddenly both of them look in different directions at the same time while Draven is entering Angus's shadow. On the horizon, there are dozens of people running towards Angus direction. All these people were wearing different colored clothes and were wounded.

They are the survivors from the other ambush. Now, they are on the way to regroup with the main camp.

"Forty-two people.. One of them is a fifth-grade combatant. That's quite a lot. Well, none of it matters. They will die anyway. Anna stays he..." said Angus.

*BOM* Before Angus ends his sentence, Anna already charges fast towards the survivor. The incoming survivor also notices the incoming Anna.

"What's that?!!" yelled one of the survivors.

Anna approached the survivor with a huge dark claw in both hands in the blink of an eye. Without hesitation, she begins to attack the survivor.

"Die!! Die!! Die!!" said Anna maniacally.

Looking at this, Angus could only release a sigh, "Good grief. Well, not that I complain. Draven, protect her from the shadow." said Angus while wearing his cloak artifact and disappearing from the spot.

The survivor group is surprised at the sudden attack, but they are also not weak that Anna could be killing them right away. Still, they are surprised at her speed and body strength. Moreover, she fights like a mad beast which is harder to fend off.

"Don't worry. It's just a kid. Quick surround…*BAM*" Before the survivor finished his sentence, his head was already pierced by [Snipe Shot].

The last surviving fifth-grade combatant in the team managed to notice this, "Ambush!! defend yourself!!" Shouted the fifth-grade leader before coming towards Anna, who used this opportunity to kill her opponent.

In due time, another person got attacked by [Snipe Shot] and [Shadow Spike] from Draven. The situation became more chaotic while the fifth-grade combatant fought against Anna.

"Shit… What is this little girl? Although I am injured, how come she is moving like that. Moreover, It feels like fighting against a monster rather than a person." said the fifth-grade combatant while defending against Anna's mad attack.

Suddenly, Anna retreats and creates a black miasma ball in front of her. Less than a second later, she shoots the black ball towards the fifth-grade combatant [Miasma Blast].

"Shit!!" Yelled the fifth-grade combatant.

*BOOM* The fifth-grade combatant managed to dodge the Miasma Blast at the last second, but his body still got hit by it. Suddenly, he feels the miasma slowly corroding his body from his wound.

"This.. Miasma!!" said the fifth-grade combatant.

Before the fifth-grade combatant could react, Anna already continued her attack.

Angus, who saw this from far away, couldn't help but think, 'Damn, she likes a beast. So much wasted movement and energy.' thought Angus while continuously casting [Snipe Shot] towards the survivor group.

Soon, the number of surviving groups is dwindling. There are fifteen grade four combatants and the injured fifth-grade combatant that is still clashing with Anna. At this moment, a beast roar was heard from the surrounding area. *Roar* *Roar* *Roar*

"Damn.. Why is there a group of monsters here at this moment?!!" said one of the survivors trying to fend off the monster.

One by one, monsters start to appear and attack the survivors. Angus uses this opportunity and begins to [Snipe Shot] the remaining survivor from far away.

While killing the survivor, 'Monster? Does she also have the ability to summon them?' thought Angus.

After a while, the only survivor is the wounded fifth-grade combatant who fends off the attack from the monster and Draven [Shadow Spike]. As for Anna, she is already exhausted after using another miasma blast and recuperates on the spot.

Right now, she couldn't move her body and was exhausted. However, none of the monsters attack her while she is recovering. The fifth grade is quite persistent under the combined attack of Draven and the nearby monster.

"Let's see you handle this." said Angus as he shot [Snipe Shot] towards the fifth grade.

*BAM* the [Snipe Shot] hit the fifth-grade head and ultimately killed him.

"Fiuhh.. Fortunately, he is injured and distracted. Otherwise, it will be difficult just to defeat him. Now, what should I do with all this monster?" said Angus.

Then, Anna stands up from her spot and glares at the monster. The monsters also glare at Anna. Most of the monsters here are called desert wolves and giant scorpions. Both of them have poisonous claws and are pretty dangerous.

After glaring for a while, the biggest desert wolf, a grade two monster, sniffed at Anna before growling and attacking Anna. Before the attack reaches Anna, Angus already appears in front of Anna and wielding Sky Thorn.

Without hesitation, Angus beheads the incoming wolf. The other monster is surprised at Angus's sudden appearance. But feeling the thick mana in Angus's body, they immediately attack Angus.

Using [Beast Walk] while holding Sky Thorn, Angus begins to butcher the monster efficiently. He managed to hit all the monster weak spots while dodging all of their attacks. He didn't use any firebolt or another spell since the monster's body is quite resilient.

Based on his experience, monsters at this grade could even withstand the Fireball spell head-on. Because of this, Angus decided to use Sky Thorn to penetrate their thick defense. As he fights the incoming Desert Wolf, a big scorpion's claw comes towards him.

Angus immediately shoots the Sky Thorn's blade towards the giant scorpion. *BAM* The Sky Thorn penetrates the giant scorpion head and instantly kills it. After that, Angus controls Sky Thorn's blade using the chain and killing the surrounding wolf.

The Sky Thorn seems alive and moves according to Angus's will. Draven also does not stay idle either. He also launches many sneak attacks from the shadow.

After a while, Angus and Draven managed to kill all the monsters and harvest their core. Draven even decides to eat some of their meat on the spot. Beast body is different from any other race. They somehow could withstand the miasma inside the monster meat.

They even prefer monster meat since all the miasma inside of it could become nutrition. They are the only living being that can consume monster meat safely. However, they couldn't eat monster meat with grades far beyond theirs.

For the current Draven, he could only eat up to grade three monsters. Above that, he could die from the potent miasma inside the monster.

Unfortunately, the growth rate of beasts is very slow, unlike other races, especially a legendary beast like Mundus. Otherwise, they will become the true hegemon of this world. After cleaning up a little bit, Angus approaches Anna, who is still recovering.

"Why are you suddenly attacking them?" asked Angus.

"It's because they are dangerous, and Angus also wants to kill them." replied Anna innocently.

"Haa… Anyway, did you somehow summon all these monsters?" asked Angus.

"Ermm.. I am not sure. But it seems they are attracted to me." said Anna.

"Attracted?? Is it from your cry or your miasma?" asked Angus.

"Miasma? What's that?." replied Anna.

"Haa.. Forget it. What does your instinct tell you when the monster is glaring at you?" asked Angus again.

"I feel.. I am not strong enough to subdue them." said Anna honestly.

"Subdue? not killing them?" asked Angus again.

"Yes, I guess I am too weak. I couldn't even finish that guy without the help of the monster and Angus." said Anna dejectedly.

'Weak?!! Weak my ass!! You just fight on par with a fifth-grade combatant. Although he is injured and corrupted with your miasma, you are still called your strength weak. I guess I need to teach her some common sense.' thought Angus.

"You are not weak. Although your fighting capability is crude, you managed to be on par with a fifth-grade combatant. Even if he is injured, you should be proud to hold on that long." said Angus.

"Anyway, let's get out of here. Some people may feel all the commotion and investigate this place." added Angus before standing up.

Looking at Anna that still didn't move from her spot, "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" asked Angus.

"Erm… Can I eat them?" said Anna while pointing at the survivor and the monster's corpse.

Hearing this, Angus begins to frown, "Does your feeling tell you to eat their corpse?" asked Angus.

Anna shook her head, "No, I just want to eat something inside them. I feel that there is something inside them that could help me grow."

"By something, did you mean this one?" said Angus.

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"By something, did you mean this one?" said Angus while taking out a monster core.

Looking at the monster, Anna starts to drool with sparkly eyes, "Yes, give me. Give me." said Anna excitedly.

Then, Angus threw the monster core to Anna, which she immediately caught with her mouth. She immediately bites the core like it is a piece of candy.

Normally, monster cores couldn't be consumed directly and need few alchemical processes. Otherwise, the miasma inside the core could spread into the consumer body. Since Anna uses miasma and mana she could consume this monster core directly.

"Angus, more… Give me more." said Anna while she enjoyed the taste of the monster core inside her mouth.

Hearing this, Angus gives Anna a pouch of the monster's core. She received the pouch happily, but she also looked at the combatant corpse intently.

"Angus, could I also eat their core?" asked Anna.

Hearing this, Angus frowns before thinking of something.

After thinking for a while, "You know that using or eating their core is taboo, right?" asked Angus.

Anna didn't reply but only nodded her head with pleading eyes.

"*Sigh* Do as you like. However, make sure you don't be found by the others except me." said Angus helplessly.

Hearing this, Anna immediately collects all the core from the survivor's corpses. After collecting the core, both of them leave the place without giving any trace.

In Firuman, using a combatant's core is an unethical and taboo act. Many people disdain this kind of thing. However, the main reason for this is not making people kill each other just for their core. It is also to reduce the usage of the combatant's core.

As an alchemist, Angus knows that the combatant's core is similar to the beast's since they contain mana. For him, there is no difference between using a beast core or a combatant core.

Moreover, he also realized that the underground world often uses a combatant's core without worry. In Firuman, the beast is quite rare, unlike in the Endless Battlefield dimension.

Because of this, the regulation of using combatant's cores in Firuman is more strict to avoid killing each other.

For Angus, as long as Anna didn't deliberately perform a mass killing just to harvest their core, Angus didn't truly care about this norm. This kind of activity is nothing compared to the deed of the underworld on earth in his previous life.

Using the core of the deceased one, it's almost the same as stealing organs from the deceased one in his previous life. This kind of thing is very common, especially in the underworld business.

After leaving the battlefield, Angus reports his battle to his uncle while skipping the news about Anna. The matter pertaining to Anna is very sensitive, and Angus decides to tell his uncle directly.

Moreover, he still observes Anna if she can stay with him or not. He wants to try to lecture her about a few things, at least. After reporting, Angus found that Isvel, Elder Fosa, and Elder Moi would also gather some men to harass the enemy camp.

They will assault any people that will come out of the camp as long as they are not too strong. Village leader Jade decides to use hit and run tactics to make the lives of the enemy camp more miserable.

Soon, a few days passed. During this time, Angus and Anna managed to kill many hunting groups to fend off the monster. Until finally, the other villages decided to use a fifth-grade combatant to accompany the hunting group.

Angus didn't dare to fight any group that consisted of fifth-grade combatants and few fourth-grade combatants. He only participates in a fight when there is Isvel's team or the village elder's team.

Fortunately, Anna becomes obedient to Angus and doesn't charge madly like before. Now, she could hold back a little bit and know how to use a sneak attack. Still, he didn't let her participate in the fight against the fifth-grade combatant.

The reason she could survive against the group combatant before is that they were heavily injured. Moreover, Angus still didn't want the others to know about Anna.

Angus found that Anna's intelligence did not low. She is the same as other people, even more cunning because of her beastly instinct. However, Angus found her fighting style to be too crude and reckless.

Still, this didn't matter for her since her recovery rate was insane. Not only is her recovery of stamina excellent, but her recovery rate at miasma and mana is also almost on par with Angus. Her healing factor and body resilience are also not to be underestimated.

Angus estimates by the time she upgrades her cores to grade two, her body will be as hard as those monsters. Now, he is pondering whether to let her stay with him or not. He knows there will be a lot of headaches when he allows her to stay with him.

'It seems she doesn't care about anything and likes acting childish.' thought Angus while looking at Anna playing with bubble soap.

"Anna, Do you have a dream?" asked Angus seriously.

"Dream??" asked Anna confusedly.

"Yeah, do you want to become something or something that interests you?" asked Angus.

After thinking for a while, Anna pointed out to Angus, "I want to stay with Angus." Anna said innocently.

"Haa.. as expected, she will answer that." Angus could only sigh hearing Anna's answer.

"Emm… Is there something wrong?" asked Anna back.

"Actually, I still don't know if you could stay with me or not. I am not someone from this dimension and will soon go back to my place. In there, you will face many prejudices and even could be killed on the spot. Did you still want to stay with me?" asked Angus.

"Truthfully, with my current capability, it will be hard for me to protect you back in my world." added Angus.

Hearing Angus's explanation, Anna becomes silent. She tries to reply to Angus, but no answer comes out.

"I don't like this. Why can't I stay with you? I promise I will be a good girl." replied Anna while starting to tear up.

"Why? Why? Why?" as miasma starts to loosen up from Anna.

Angus didn't stop her from going crazy and replied with a pitying tone, "You know exactly why?" said Angus.

"I.. I just want to survive and stay with Angus. Why?? I hate this world!!" Yelled Anna while releasing a burst of miasma nearby.

Looking at Anna's condition, Angus finds a familiar feeling from her.

'I hate this world!!' thought Angus as he got a little bit of flashback from his previous life.

Finally, he couldn't stand looking at Anna's cries. Angus hugged Anna. Being embraced by Angus, Anna begins to calm down a little bit.

"Before I became like this, I too also hated this world. But, there are so many beautiful things in this world. So many things yet to explore and find." said Angus.

"I know whatever I say, you will still hate the world, but I promise when you are with me, I will let you see the beauty of the world." added Angus.

"Does this mean I could stay with Angus?" asked Anna.

"Yes, you could stay with me." said Angus.

"B-But, what if they try to hurt me or hurt you?" asked Anna.

"Then, I will fight. I will fight for you." said Angus.

'As my master did in the past. I will fight for you.' thought Angus.

"Pro.. Promise?" said Anna.

"Yes, I promise." said Angus.

"Pinky promise?" said Anna while showing her pinky,

"Yep, pinky promise." said Angus while entangling his pinky with Anna.

At this moment, both of them suddenly hear a thunderous roaring sound. *BOOORRR* The sound is so loud that it even trembles the entire ground. Angus immediately uses [Great Mana Echolocation] to check the surroundings.

"What's that?" exclaimed Angus as he got feedback from his skill.

"They.. They called me." said Anna.

"Did you mean that humongous monster is calling you?" asked Angus.

"Yeah, I could feel their call from the previous roar." replied Anna while looking at the roaring sound direction.

Meanwhile, far away in the Surya desert, a gigantic mammoth with an active volcano on its back is walking towards Anna's direction. The size of the mammoth is so huge, comparable with Surya village's sand turtle.

*Bam* *Bam* Each step it makes will create an earthquake along with blazing temperature towards the surrounding. While it is walking towards Anna's direction, countless flying bat-like monsters come out from its volcano's back.

The bat monster spread towards the surrounding area, searching for any prey. In the meantime, the other village camp also hears the trembling roar of the mammoth monster.

"T-This is a monster overlord!!" exclaimed Estar, leader of the Sky Wing village.

"Damn it, why did the monster begin bothering us more at this time?" said Datun.

'Monster Overlord?!! Just as I send a reinforcement?!!' thought Farkas solemnly.

On the other side of the desert, Isvel and a few village elders heard the roaring sound.

"What's that?" asked Isvel while closing his ear from the loud sound.

"Elder Moi." asked Elder Fosa.

"Yes, there is no mistake. A gigantic monster overlord is approaching." replied Elder Moi.

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"Hurry, move!! Fall back towards the Ancestral Ruin!!" yelled Elder Moi towards the others.

"Isvel? How is it? Can you reach young master Angus?" asked Elder Fosa.

"No, I can't. He didn't pick up his communication device." replied Isvel.

"Tch.. Let's hope that young master Angus is alright. Alright, let's move back towards the Ancestral Ruin." said Elder Fosa.

As Isvel and the other elders retreat towards Ancestral Ruin to avoid the Monster Overlord, The other village camp is also in panic and chaos. Unlike Isvel and Angus's team, they couldn't move back towards Ancestral Ruin because of their poisoned and sick people.

This is the main reason the other village is not moving their camp in the Ancestral Ruin. More than half of their people are getting poisoned by Gilford's special poison and still recuperating until now.

None of the village leaders want to abandon their people since they are hard to cultivate and will create more complications later.

But, the situation has changed with the Monster Overlord showing up. They need to evacuate as soon as possible from their current place. Otherwise, their camp will be surrounded by a monster horde.

As the village leader contemplating their decision, "Leaders!! There is something in the sky!!" said one of the sentry guards.

All the village leaders instantly look at the sky and see an endless black moving cloud on the horizon.

"T-That's Darkwing Bat!! A horde of Darkwing Bat!!" said Datun.

"Tch.. Retreat!! Move towards Ancestral Ruin!!" shouted Farkas.

"Wait, How about the others that cannot move?" asked Mirva.

"Of course, we leave them. There is no way we could escape while carrying them." replied Farkas as he commanded his people.

"Y-You heartless!!" said Mirva.

"Mirva, this is not the time for sentiment. We need to move now." said Estar, reminding Mirva.

Meanwhile, Datun already arranged their people and started to abandon the ones that could not move.

Looking at this, Mirva grit her teeth, "Move!! Go towards the Ancestral Ruin. Abandon the one that cannot move!!" command Mirva to her people.

However, the dozen high-grade Darkwing Bat managed to arrive at the camp and create havoc. Mirva, Datun, and Estar immediately fend off the incoming Darkwing Bat.

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Each of them managed to block the incoming Darkwing Bat horde. In the meantime, Farkas uses this chance to escape with his people towards Ancestral Ruin.

Looking at Farkas behavior, "Tch.. Cowards!!" shouted Mirva while fending off the fourth grade Darkwing Bat.

While the other village situation becomes more chaotic, Angus looks at the Darkwing Bat horde in the surrounding area. Just after Angus tried to retreat to Ancestral Ruin with Anna, A big humanoid Darkwing Bat appeared before him, blocking him and Anna.

From his perception, he knows that this is not an ordinary Darkwing Bat. Not only is its feature more humanoid, but it also didn't release any miasma like a normal monster.

"Anna, get back, let me handle her." said Angus as he covered Anna.

"Fufufu… What an interesting child." said the Darkwing Bat in front of Angus.

As soon as Darkwing said that, a huge pressure erupted from the Darkwing Bat's body. *Woosh* *Bam* Angus immediately falls to the ground.

'Shit.. This is almost the same as a seventh-grade combatant. Don't tell me it is a Monster Overlord.' thought Angus.

Then, the Darkwing Bat moved past Angus ignoring him towards Anna, who was in the battle stance. However, Anna also couldn't move from the pressure of the Darkwing Bat release.

Looking like the monster is coming towards Anna, "Leave her alone!!" shouted Angus as he struggled to get up.

At this moment, the Darkwing Bat notice this, "Hoo.. And what are you going to do? Be a good boy and stay there." as the Darkwing Bat increases the pressure on Angus.

Angus couldn't help but pressed on the ground.

"Arrgghhh… Release Angus!! Why did you hurt him?!! WHY!!" yelled Anna as she released her miasma.

"My.. Marvelous… Such a strong miasma. However, you are still too weak." said the Darkwing Bat while slowly approaching Anna.

With each step Darkwing Bat takes, Angus feels despair and powerlessness.

'No.. No.. No… Just as I vow to fight for you. No, Move!! Damn it!!' thought Angus while struggling to move his body which started to break under pressure.

"Now, let's see if you are worthy or not?" said the Darkwing Bat and stabbed Anna's chest using its finger.

Looking at this, Angus feels the time has stopped. "ARRGGGHHH!!!!" At this moment, his calm heritage chi reacts to his emotion and envelops his body with enormous chi.

Instantly Angus arrives at Darkwing Bat's side [Dynamic Punch]. *BOOM* Getting attacked by Angus, the Darkwing Bat getting thrown off far away.

The surrounding Darkwing Bat instantly attacked Angus, but they couldn't approach Angus as they touched an invisible barrier [Domain].

"Anna!! Wake up!! Please, wake up!!" yelled Angus while holding Anna.

"Angus... is Anna... a good girl?" Asked Anna.

"Y-Yes.. You are a good girl. Anna is a good girl. Just stay still" said Angus while taking a potion bottle to Anna.

"I see.. Anna is a good girl. I am glad. Thank you, A.. ngus.." said Anna before becoming lifeless.

Angus becomes terrified seeing this, time once again moving slowly.

"I-I am sorry. I should just accept you from the start. ARRGGHH!! I will burn you all in hell!!" as Angus releases a very thick killing intent towards the surroundings.

Many lower-grade Darkwing Bat immediately fell into the ground lifelessly while the high-grade one feared approaching Angus.

"Hahahaha…. This is interesting. I thought this would be a boring task. But, looking at this, I found something anomaly here. Hahahahaa." laughed the humanoid Darkwing Bat that was punched by Angus earlier.

"You.. Die!! [Soaring Heaven]" shouted Angus as he released a concentrated Chi beam towards Darkwing Bat. *BOOMM*

The area that is hit by [Soaring Heaven] turns into nothingness.

"Fiuhh.. Such a devastating attack. I should also get serious." said the Darkwing Bat while in the air.

Suddenly, she feels something grab her body and drag her down to earth. But, she resisted with her own power. As she resisted, Angus appeared in front of her. His upper clothes are already torn apart from the uncontrollable chi he releases.

Without hesitation, Angus launches a strong punch towards her [Focus Punch]. But, the Darkwing Bat also didn't stay idle. She counters Angus's attack using her own miasma-covered punch. *BAAMM*

Both of the attacks cancel each other, which surprises the Darkwing Bat. At this moment, Angus is going berserk and launches countless attacks towards Darkwing Bat. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

Both of them clash countless blows and create a ripple towards the surroundings for each blow. None of them getting the upper hand, but Angus's body slowly getting wounded. Not from the Darkwing Bat's blow but from his own chi.

Unlike Mana, chi is harder to control. Even with Angus's superb control, he could not control the enormous rampaging chi at his body. The Darkwing Bat also notices this and backs off from Angus. Angus didn't pursue the monster and stayed in his spot.

"Boy, you should give up. You will never defeat me with that kind of power." said Darkwing Bat.

"Shut up!!" as Angus gathered enormous chi in both his palms.

"Well, let's see how long you will survive." replied Darkwing Bat while creating a concentrated miasma ball in her hand.

"Eat this!! [Dragon Breath]" shouted Angus.

"Let's see if you survive this [Miasma Blast]." said Darkwing Bat.

*BOOOM* Both attacks clash one with the others and create devastating destruction towards the surrounding. Some people could even feel the ripple from far away, and the people in Ancestral Ruin could feel the tremor.

After a while, both of the attacks cancel each other and leave two figures. One is in the air while the other is on the ground. Angus, who is on the ground, has massive bleeding all over his body.

Because he was forced to use enormous chi in his body, Angus's vein started to rupture. Now, he could not even feel both of his hands.

Looking Angus is still surviving after taking an all-out miasma blast, "Hahaha… good, you are good. Unfortunately, our playing time is over." said the Darkwing Bat while smiling.

'Damn it!! Is this the end??' thought Angus.

*Thumb* *Thumb* At this moment, Angus hears a loud beating heart from behind him. The beating heart becomes faster as time goes by. Angus immediately looks at Anna's body who is on the ground far away from him.

With his remaining strength, Angus dragged his body to Anna's location. Meanwhile, the Darkwing Bat only looks at Anna silently. Then, Angus found that a few high-grade Darkwing Bat protected Anna's body from the aftermath of Angus's battle.

Ignoring the Darkwing Bat, Angus keeps focusing on Anna's beating heart. The other Darkwing Bat wants to attack Angus but gets an invisible signal from their queen. They immediately give Angus away.

Arriving near Anna's body, Angus immediately inspected her body. He found that her body rejuvenated each time her heartbeat. Slowly but surely, her body is getting stronger.

*Cough* *Cough*

*Cough* *Cough* Anna coughs a few times before opening her pitch-black eyes looking at Angus.

"Angus!!" called Anna while hugging Angus.

"Huft.. Huft.. Anna, are you okay?" asked Angus, still in a ragged state and rough breath.

"Hmm.. I think so. I got into a dark, scary place. Then, I heard many annoying voices. They told me to stay with them. But, I refused them, and I told them I only wanted to stay with Angus. After that, the scary place disappears, and I wake up." explained Anna.

"Ehh.. Angus is hurt?!!" said Anna as she just realized Angus's condition.

"Huft.. Huft.. Don't worry about it." said Angus.

"Yeah, you should not worry about this anomaly boy. He is not going to die just because of this." said the Darkwing Bat from behind Angus.

"You.. You are the one that hurt Angus. Grrr!!" said Anna as she was ready to fight.

Anna suddenly creates a claw, spiky armor, and a spike on her head. All of them are made of dark miasma in black color. Unlike before, her miasma claws are many times bigger than before. Angus and the monster are surprised at Anna's transformation.

"Stop, Anna. Run!! He is not someone that you could fight." said Angus.

However, Anna already charges the humanoid Darkwing Bat. The Darkwing Bat dodges Anna's attack easily. As Anna keeps attacking the humanoid Darkwing Bat, Angus tries to move his wounded body only to get more injured.

"Damn… Move!! Damn it!!" cursed Angus, helplessly afraid of losing Anna again.

In the meantime, the Darkwing Bat keeps avoiding Anna's crude attack easily.

"Is that all? That's quite disappointing." said the Darkwing Bat with a lazy expression.

She flicks her hand and hits Anna, throwing her back near Angus. Then, Anna opened her mouth, and a concentrated miasma accumulated in front of her mouth. In less than a second, it becomes a tiny black ball.

"Hoo… That's something interesting." said the Darkwing Bat with a playful tone.

Then, Anna shoots the black ball towards the humanoid Darkwing Bat [Miasma Blast]. *BOM* Unlike her previous Miasma Blast, the attack is really on a different scale and destroys anything on its path.

However, the humanoid Darkwing Bat could repel the destructive Miasma Blast with only her hand. After a while, the energy in the Miasma Blast is gone, and the Darkwing Bat's hand only get scorches a little bit while her body is completely fine.

"Hee.. It scorched my hand a little bit." said the Darkwing Bat playfully.

At the same time, Anna is slumping on the ground, exhausted, and her transformation is gone. The humanoid Darkwing Bat looks at Anna, then Angus, who still tries to move his body with a smirk.

"Hahahaha… this is interesting. Alright, I will leave the two of you for now." said the humanoid Darkwing Bat.

"Huh?! What do you mean?" asked Angus.

"It means both of you will live for now. And you, anomaly boy, make sure you keep her safe. Otherwise... well, let's just say you will never want that to happen." said the Darkwing Bat.

Suddenly, a roar was heard from far away. *BOOORRR* The thunderous roar is deafening and shakes the surrounding.

"Oh my... My time is up. Bye, Anomaly boy and you little girl. See ya." said the humanoid Darkwing Bat before disappearing.

As their leader disappears, the surrounding Darkwing Bat also flies away towards another direction, leaving Anna and Angus alone.

After leaving both of them alone in the scorching desert, "Damn.. Huft.. Just what the hell is happening. Huft… " said Angus.

"Angus, are you okay?" asked Anna worriedly while dragging her exhausted body.

"Yeah, it's okay. Just focus on recovering yourself." said Angus before taking out a few healing potions and a big round pellet on the ground.

Then, using his mouth Angus bite the big pellet. This is a special medicine he prepared for this situation. He knows that he will confront a dangerous situation inside the Endless Battlefield dimension and may be forced to use his heritage chi like now.

Because of this, he makes this special medicine pellet using various rare herb ingredients. The production cost of this one pellet cost him almost 100 thousand gold coins, and it is nearly the same as the artifact price.

However, the effect is also miraculous. After eating the big pellet, Angus controls his mana and engulfs his body in blue flame.

The blue flame absorbs the potent nutrition inside the pellet and heals Angus's wound. His ruptured vein and damaged organ started healing at a rapid speed. A few moments later, his wound is healed, leaving only various outer scars in his body.

Looking at the scar, "Haa.. I hope Jayna will not be mad at this." said Angus while applying potion into his outer wound.

Angus also finds Anna sleeping near him on the desert ground peacefully while muttering, "Bubble.. Bubble..."

Looking at the childish face Anna has, he couldn't help a sigh.

"Is this what the master feels when he adopts us?" thought Angus.

While Angus and Anna recuperate, the other village is ultimately in devastation. During the time Angus and humanoid Darkwing Bat fight, the village leader and a few fifth-grade combatants finally manage to fend off the incoming high-grade Darkwing Bat.

Just as they wanted to retreat to the Ancestral Ruin, A bright light appeared on the horizon along with a tremor.

"T-This… the fight of the seventh-grade realm!!" said Estar while retreating.

"I am not sure who is fighting, but the other one is definitely another Monster Overlord." said Datun.

They could feel the clash of two different energies from Angus and humanoid Darkwing Bat during their retreat. Each time they clash, the surrounding desert is trembling. They sense dreadful situations, and they decide to run faster towards Ancestral Ruin.

Suddenly, all the village leaders feel two enormous concentrated energies from behind. Soon these two enormous energies clash with each other and create a massive shockwave towards the surroundings. *BOOMM*

Looking at the approaching massive shockwave, "Shit!! Hurry!! Gather here!!" said Datun.

Holding his big hammer, Datun creates a brownish shield in front of him and the other fifth-grade combatant in triangular formation [Triangle Stone Shield].

Mirva's group also makes a formation and creates a massive bluish barrier with the others [Blue Water Barrier].

Likewise, Estar also creates a formation while brandishing his two twin swords [Horizon Edge Shield].

Farkas, who almost arrived at the Ancestral Ruin's entrance, keeps running in the far distance, hoping to enter the Ancestral Ruin first before the shockwave comes. However, the shockwave spread fast in the blink of an eye and hit everyone in the surrounding area.

The three village leaders begin to hold their ground with all their strength, but the shockwave is powerful and starts to crack their defensive formation. Some of the combatants even blew away from the force.

"Hold on!! Hold it with all your might!!" shouted Datun while giving him everything to maintain his shield formation.

At the same time, Farkas's group miscalculated their position, and just as they reached the Ancestral Ruin's entrance, the shockwave came and hit everyone. Because of the force, Farkas, thrown off, enters the Ancestral Ruin with some injuries.

However, his people are not lucky and entirely obliterated by the strong shockwave. The moment they touch the shockwave, their body is destroyed into nothingness. The combination of Miasma and chi is too devastating for an ordinary combatant.

Even the Ancestral Ruin Barrier is shaking for a while and shows how devastating the clash between the two energies is. Farkas could only see the shockwave obliterate his people and hit the barrier with a complicated feeling.

Fortunately, the shockwave soon recedes, and the surrounding area back to the calm hot, scorching desert. The three village leaders managed to survive the shockwave, with only a few people getting killed by the shockwave.

They immediately take some mana potion before running back to the ancestral ruin. They didn't know when another similar devastating shockwave would occur.

The only group that survives without casualty is the Sur village's ambushing team. When they feel the monster overlord aura, they are already close to the Ancestral Ruin entrance and could evacuate from the area.

They didn't even encounter the Darkwing Bat horde on the way. When the devastating shockwave comes, they are already inside the Ancestral ruin looking at the whole barrier trembling.

A few moments later, the other village leaders and a few people arrive at the Ancestral Ruin in poor condition. Currently, their number is reduced significantly to only eight to seven people per village group.

Looking at their current number, all three village leaders have complicated expressions such as regret, grief, sorrow, and anger. As the village leader, they are practically the one that sends these people to their doom when they decide to make this alliance.

However, after looking at the Farkas, who lost all their people during the shockwave, they changed their minds.

Farkas is the one that first abandoned them, but looking that all his people did not survive the shockwave along with the grievous injury he received, they thought of killing him here.

If it is not because of the absolute rule of the hidden group to not have a significant fight or conflict inside the Ancestral Ruin, they will already kill Farkas. Entering the Ancestral Ruin, the three village leaders immediately recuperate themself.

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With the loss of their people, the village leaders know that their alliance has ended. Even if they send reinforcements from their own village, it will only create more casualties. Rather than gaining profits, they may kill themselves.

All the combatants that died in the desert are elites that are hard to cultivate and require many resources to nurture them. As a result, they may endanger their own village rather than destroying the Sur village.

Unlike Sur village, the other villages are located in a territory with some small villages or groups. They need to constantly maintain the power inside the territory, or the others will overthrow them.

The Sur village is located inside the Surya desert, which lacks any other group or small village living in the Surya desert. Henceforth, Sur village could fight with all their strength without caring about the repercussions.

Still, nothing is certain in the Endless Battlefield dimension where there is chaos happening all around. Like in this incident, just the aftermath between Angus and the monster overlord could devastate the whole army of the four big villages.

It is not surprising that all of them will die under the monster overlord or high-grade beast the next day. This incident reminds everyone how dangerous this treacherous land is.

While the four big villages recuperate themselves, Jayna is worried about Angus's safety inside the Sur village camp. The ambush team and Angus's infiltration team arrived safely at the Ancestral Ruin before the shockwave came.

However, she didn't find Angus among them. She believes that Angus is still alive since the contract between Ilgor and him still works.

Even though Angus also contacted Jayna not too long ago and told her that he was fine. She still couldn't help but worry, especially after looking at the devastating shockwave that trembled the whole Ancestral Ruin.

As for the perpetrator himself is currently walking back to Ancestral Ruin with Anna holding his hand. Currently, Angus is wearing a set of new clothes with his cloak and boots artifact while Anna is wearing an overgrown shirt that is too big for her body.

Angus didn't have any girl's clothes and decided to give his clothes to Anna. Her ragged slave's clothes before are not suitable for her anymore, and it is better to wear his clothes for the time being.

Looking at Anna's appearance, "*Sigh* I hope there are still clothing merchants in the ancestral ruin." said Angus.

Meanwhile, Anna seems didn't care about her appearance and keeps enjoying walking with Angus like in some kind of recreation park. In reality, rather than a recreation park, they walk in the scorching desert. Still, none of them care about the heat.

During the journey, Angus notices that his clash with the Darkwing Bat Monster Overlord is devastating towards the surroundings. He even finds that the other village camp is completely gone, with many obliterated corpses in it.

Angus speculates that the other village's leader must abandon all the poisoned combatants and run for their lives when they hear the monster overlord's roar.

"I hope the ambushing team and the others are okay." muttered Angus in a low voice.

After a few hours later, they finally arrive at the Ancestral Ruin entrance. Angus immediately went towards Sur village camp. Along the way, he could feel a few people spying on him. The news about his arrival soon spread throughout the entire place.

While on the way towards Sur Village camp, Angus found a fiery crimson light approaching him. Soon, Jayna arrives at Angus in the blink of an eye and hugs Angus.

"Angus!!" Yelled Jayna while tearing up.

Angus receives her embrace passionately before kissing her.

"I miss you, Jayna." whispered Angus in a low voice.

"Me too." replied Jayna.

In the meantime, Anna looks at the interaction between Angus and Jayna silently. After having their passionate time together, "You make me worried." said Jayna.

"Ehh.. Didn't I already tell the communication device that I am alright." said Angus.

"Yeah.. But, still..." During this time, Jayna notices Anna, who is standing beside Angus.

Anna looked intently towards Jayna.

"Ahh.. Jayna, this is Anna. She is…" said Angus.

Before he could say anything, "CUTE!!" exclaimed Jayna while hugging Anna.

Anna is surprised at being hugged by Jayna suddenly but doesn't fight back. In the meantime, Jayna keeps hugging Anna like some kind of doll.

'Err.. I guess she is fine with her.' thought Angus.

Realizing her blunder, "Ahh.. I am sorry. You are just too cute. What's your name, little girl?" said Jayna, releasing Anna.

"Emm.. Anna. Are you Angus's lover?" asked Anna bluntly.

"A.. Angus's lover? Y-Yeah.. sort of." said Jayna while blushing.

"I see… It means I don't need to kill you." said Anna innocently.

Hearing this, Angus could only sigh while Jayna had a shocked expression.

"Angus?? Who is this kid?" asked Jayna.

"Let's go back first. I will explain everything later." said Angus while looking at the surroundings.

Soon, they arrive at the village leader's tent. The moment Jade looked at Anna, he was surprised and glared at Angus, and Anna herself immediately hid from Jade's glare behind Angus like a shy girl.

Being glared at by Jade, Angus still keeps calm while patting Anna's head to calm her down. After looking at each other for a while, Jade finally released a sigh.

"Everyone left us alone. I believe Angus has an important story to tell me." said Jade.

Hearing this, everyone began leaving the tent reluctantly. Inside the tent, there are only Jade, Angus, Jayna, and Anna.

After having a long sigh, "I bet you know who she is, right?" asked Jade.

"Yeah, I know who she is." replied Angus.

"Then, why?! Why didn't you kill her?" asked Jade again.

"Why should I kill her?" asked Angus back calmly.

"Angus, she is a damn monster-minded person. Enemy of the world!!" Yelled Jade.

Hearing this, Jayna is also surprised at Anna's true identity while Anna hides behind Angus, afraid of Jade.

"How do you know? She is the enemy of the world?" asked Angus calmly.

"Because she is monster-minded. A smart person like you must know what they could do." replied Jade.

"So??" said Angus expressionlessly.

"So.." said Jade.

Before Jade finished his sentence, "Uncle, let me tell you. If you find a baby dragon, will you kill it?" asked Angus.

"Of course not. But, Baby dragon is different." replied Jade.

"Even if you know that the baby dragon will kill a lot of people and leave destruction when it grows up?" asked Angus again.

"T-That's… As I said, a baby dragon is different, and they could still be nurtured carefully and..." said Jade.

"Then, what is different with Anna?" asked Angus.

"Of course, different. She is a monster-minded person. She will do anything to destroy the world." said Jade.

"I see... Then, Anna, Are you going to destroy the world?" asked Angus towards Anna.

"Ermm… I.. I just want to stay with Angus." replied Anna.

"See.. She only wants to stay with me." said Angus with a smile.

"You.. Alright, you are right. But, she also didn't deny about destroying the world part." countered Jade.

"Right, and what will you do?" asked Angus.

"Of course, eliminate her before she becomes stronger." said Jade.

"Good idea, However, she is still a child and under my protection. If she is getting hurt during my protection, I may be the one that will destroy the world itself." said Angus coldly.

Looking at Angus's serious expression, "Angus, don't be stubborn. You should know all the history about this kind of person." Jade tries to reason with Angus.

"Even under good care, this kind of person will only destroy the world. Did you know one of the major criteria of becoming a monster-minded person?" asked Jade.

"It is to hate the world, right? That's why I plan to let her see the beauty of the world." said Angus.

"Angus, don't be stubborn." said Jade.

"I too.. I also hated the world before. I even started to pursue power just to end the world. However, I changed after I saw the beauty of the world." said Angus while looking at Jade intently.

"*Sigh* Fine.. Fine.. You could keep her. But, if she becomes a mindless monster. It will be your responsibility." said Jade.

"No, problem. At that time, I will be the one that will end her life. Right, Anna?" replied Angus.

"Yeah, Angus will kill me if I can't become a decision-maker." replied Anna with a smile.

'Cute!!' thought Jayna and couldn't help but hug Anna.

"*Sigh* Alright, this matter is over. Now, tell me what happens during the incoming monster overlord? And how could you survive the devastating shockwave?" asked Jade.

"Ahh.. About that. Actually, the shockwave is because of me. Hehehe.." replied Angus.

"Huhh?? What do you mean by that?" asked Jade.

"Have you ever heard of [Possession]?" asked Angus back.

"[Possession]?" replied Jade.

Then, Angus begins to tell Jade that he has a similar condition to the possession. After that, Angus explains a bit of his fight with the Monster Overlord that creates such a devastating shockwave.

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After Angus tells the story about his fight, '*Sigh* Just how the hell my little brother managed to raise him. He is really a troublemaker.' thought Jade inwardly.

Angus didn't tell about the repercussions and the wound he got from the fight, but he noticed that Jayna somehow looked at him worriedly.

'I guess I will get another lecture later.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Alright, at least with this, the other village's alliance is broken. According to our spy, most of their force is destroyed, and one of them even gets completely destroyed, leaving only their village leader alone." explained Jade.

Then, they begin to discuss various things before Angus goes back with Jayna and Anna. Along the way, Angus meets with Ilgor.

"Master, I am glad you are safe." said Ilgor.

"Yeah, Thanks for your hard work. Oh yeah, this is Anna. Starting from now, she will stay with us." said Angus introducing Anna.

"As you wish, master." replied Ilgor respectfully.

"Anna, this is Ilgor. He is one of us. So, don't try to kill him. Okay?" said Angus to Anna.

"Ehh… But, Angus, he is weak like a bubble." said Anna bluntly.

"Weak??" replied Ilgor.

"Haha.. Just ignore her statement. She often says something nonsense." said Angus.

"But, It's true the green one is weak. Even Angus's lover is stronger than the green one." replied Anna.

"Little girl, I suggest you pay attention to your words." said Ilgor.

Looking at Ilgor starting to fuming being called weak, "Alright, that's enough. Anna, why don't you play with uncle Ilgor first. Later, I will take you to buy some clothes. But, remember not to use that thing." said Angus.

"Alright, then. I will play with the green one. Anna will keep him from bursting like a bubble." said Anna excitedly before dragging Ilgor away, leaving Angus and Jayna alone.

"Is it alright to leave Anna alone?" asked Jayna.

"Don't worry, although she seems childish, she is actually pretty smart and knows how to behave." replied Angus.

Arriving at the tent, Angus immediately gets hugged by Jayna. Suddenly, Jayna opens Angus's long sleeve and sees the bandage all over his body. Although he already applied potion to his wound, it still takes time to heal his outer wound.

"Angus, this is.." said Jayna while starting to tear up.

"Jayna, it's okay, I am fine." said Angus trying to calm her down.

"Does it hurt?" asked Jayna.

"Jayna, I am real…" said Angus.

Before he finished his sentence, "Does it hurt?" asked Jayna once again.

"A little bit. But, I could withstand it." replied Angus truthfully.

Then, Jayna loosens Angus's clothes and sees his body riddled with various scars and shallow wounds under a bandage. Angus didn't resist and let Jayna inspect his body. Looking at Angus's body, Jayna couldn't help but tear up.

"Why??" asked Jayna while taking out Angus's bandage.

"Because she is similar to me." replied Angus.

After being silent for a while, "Do you hate her?" asked Angus.

Jayna shook her, "No, I trust your judgment. But, I still can't bear to see you hurt. What if.. what if you…" said Jayna.

Angus cut Jayna's sentence by deeply kissing her mouth.

"I am sorry." said Angus softly before he embraced Jayna.

Then, they begin to spend time embracing each other. In the meantime, the people in the ancestral ruin begin to pack their things. There are only three days before the Ancestral Ruin closes.

After it closes, the beast in the inner area will come to the outer area and make the place full of monsters. Moreover, the moment the entrance is closed, it prevents anything from passing through until the next opening time. In summary, it becomes a closed space full of monsters.

No one wants to be entrapped inside the Ancestral Ruin for one year along with the monster. So, most of the people decide to leave early. Even the Battlefield Arena is also empty and closed at this moment.

Only a few merchants that still try to sell their merchandise are still staying inside the Ancestral Ruin. During this time, news about the other village leaders breaking their alliance and going to their respective territories spread.

This news travels fast and makes the Sur village camp relieved in joy. All this time, they are in a continuous alert state and ready to fight to death anytime. However, now it has changed. All of this is thanks to Angus's infiltration.

Although they know that the one that obliterated the other village's force is the devastating shockwave. But, they also realize that because Angus managed to poison the enemy camp, the other village is crumbling.

Because of this, most of the Sur villagers are thankful and often praise Angus. Some young generations even make him their idol. However, this matter only makes Neil, who hears the praise, become madder.

Uncomfortable hearing the praise and gossip around, Neil leaves the camp alone with an angry attitude.

"Young master, where are you going?" asked Neil's guard.

"Shut up. Leave me alone!!" yelled Neil.

"It's alright, dude. Just leave him alone for now and enjoy the celebration. He needs some time alone. There is also no danger in this place." said the other guard.

"*Sigh* I hope you are right." replied the other guard.

"Damn, you guard. How could they look down at me!!" cursed Neil while he went around the Ancestral Ruin.

Finally, he arrived inside the last remaining bar tavern that was still open. He immediately ordered some alcoholic drinks.

"Tch.. This is all because of him. He is just an outsider, yet he dared to… *Glup* *Glup* Fuck it!! It should be me that they are praised. I am the genius one, not him." grumbled Neil while drinking some alcoholic bottles.

The other customer couldn't help but look at Neil weirdly because of his grumble.

Noticing the stare, "What are you looking at?!! Do you want to die!!" spat Neil.

The other customer immediately ignores Neil and thinks of him as a troublemaker. Many people like Neil often come to the tavern and become more violent after getting drunk.

Being ignored by the others, Neil continues his grumbling while getting drunk. Unbeknown to him, a person hears his complaint silently with a smile. After emptying many alcoholic bottles, Neil leaves the tavern with an angry attitude.

Walking aimlessly, he unconsciously entered an alleyway while getting drunk. Inside the alleyway, Neil found a person with a cloak blocking his path.

Seeing this, "Move it, you moron." said Neil while still drunk.

However, the blocking person didn't move and stayed silent.

"Are you deaf?!! I said move it!!" yelled Neil.

"Kukuku… To think the genius young master Neil is reduced to this state." said the other person in a cloak.

"Y-You what do you say?!!" shouted Neil while charging at the person.

Suddenly, an invisible pressure comes from the cloaking person towards Neil. Neil couldn't help but slump on the ground, sweating and coming out from his drunken state.

"W-Who are you?!! You can't kill me. This is the Ancestral Ruin!!" said Neil frantically.

"Worry not. I don't have any intention of harm you, young master Neil." said the cloaking person.

"What did you say?!!" Yelled Neil as the cloaking person released his pressure.

"So, I hear you hate this outsider?" asked the person while revealing his cloak.

"Y-You are…" said Neil.

In the meantime, Angus and Jayna currently look at Ilgor fighting against Anna in close combat. *Bum* *Bak* *Buk* Anna launches a series of attacks towards Ilgor using her small fist.

Although it is small, the force is powerful enough to knock out any ordinary second-grade combatant. Ilgor needs all his strength just to withstand the attack.

Looking at that, Ilgor is getting bullied by Anna and almost enters a berserk state, "Anna, that's enough. Let's go. We need to buy your clothes before all the merchants leave." called Angus.

Hearing Angus call, Anna stops beating Ilgor and goes towards Angus like an energetic child.

"Angus, are you done mating?" asked Anna bluntly.

"*Burst* M-Mating?!!" replied Jayna beside Angus.

"Err.. Anna, you cannot say that in public casually, and no, we are not mating. Not yet, right Jayna?" said Angus.

"Y-Yeah.. We didn't do anything." replied Jayna while blushing while muttering something in a low voice.

"Anyway, let's go shopping now. If we don't hurry, all the merchants will be leaving already." said Jayna trying to divert the topic.

"Alright, then Ilgor, rest for and tend yourself. We will be back soon." said Angus while going away with Jayna and Anna.

Soon, they found some clothing stores that were still open and decided to buy various clothes for Anna. However, looking at the high-quality clothes the stores sell, Jayna couldn't help but want to buy for herself, especially those with red and crimson colors.

Seeing Jayna also shopping for some clothes, '*Sigh* a woman will always be a woman. But, it seems her preference towards red is more dominant than before. This should be because of the Fire Phoenix. I hope she doesn't change too much.' thought Angus inwardly.

After a few hours of endless trying all the clothes in the few stores, they finally end their shopping. At this time, Angus once again experiences the horror of a woman's shopping since his shopping with her mother at the capital.

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Ending their shopping, Angus and the others come back to the Sur village camp. On the way, Angus notices Neil walking absent-mindedly without seeing them. However, Angus didn't think much about it and ignored him.

Arriving at the camp, Angus finds that many of the villagers have started to pack their things. Apparently, the village leader Jade decided to leave the Ancestral Ruin tomorrow. So, the villagers are beginning to pack and sort their things now.

There is a lot of stuff that needs to be sorted and managed. Since in the last few weeks, they have done many big transactions with various different parties. Knowing this, Angus and the others also decide to pack their things.

There is not much to pack as most of their things are in their space storage. Angus also decides to give Anna one of his bracelet storage items in his possession for her use. Then, they decided to rest early before going back to the Sur village tomorrow.

The next day, the others started to dismantle the tent and stored them inside the space storage. Then, Jade led the others out from the Ancestral Ruin. Soon, they begin to run in the endless scorching Surya desert.

None of the villagers mind the heat since they are already used to it. After a few hours of continuous running, Jade decided to stop to let the low-grade people rest.

While they rest, some of the people start to eat and drink to replenish their energy. There is still another whole day of running ahead of them. Besides that, they also need to fight some monsters along the way.

As the others start to eat and drink, Angus and the others also decide to join the other villagers. Just as Angus tastes the food, he finds strange things inside the food.

The strange thing is tasteless, but the moment it touches his tongue and enters his mouth, he immediately knows this is something that will harm the body, like the poison he used to train his body.

"*Bueeh* Everyone stops eating!! There is poison inside the food!!" shouted Angus while vomiting the things he ate.

Hearing this, everyone immediately threw their food. However, it is already too late. Everyone starts to feel their body become more rigid. Only the high-grade combatants somehow managed to suppress the poison.

Jayna subconsciously flaring up her mana and burns the poison that enters the body. Meanwhile, Ilgor also starts to suppress the poison inside his body. As an orc, he has high resistance towards toxins, but it seems the venom is very potent and still affects his body.

The only one that looks fine is Anna, who is still eating the food happily after checking her body is fine. Feeling a bad premonition, Angus used [Great Mana Echolocation] to detect the surrounding area.

"Uncle, there are a group of people approaching from that direction." shouted Angus.

Hearing this, "Everyone gets on your guard!!" shouted Jade.

"High-grade combatant and those that could move to get ready to battle!!" command Jade.

However, at this moment, *Crack* *Whoosh* inside the camp appears a gigantic giant with red veins all over its body [5th Circle - Summon Infernal].

Since the infernal is coming from the rune item, it could not be controlled and began to rampage, killing the poisoned villager. Jade immediately runs towards Infernal to clash and hold it.

"Evacuate from the area!!" shouted Jade.

"Evacuate the others and help the leaders!!" command Jane as she takes out her great axe to help contain the Infernal.

"Urgh.. Go Alfredo!!" said Gilford while still trying to suppress the poison inside his body.

"Leaders, a group of people is approaching!!"

"Shit!! Jane, Gilford, I will leave the infernal to you. Others, follow my lead!! Show them the power of Sur village!!" Yelled Jade.

"WOW!!" shouted the combatant that is not getting poison.

A moment later, a group of people wearing black clothes approach at a fast speed towards Jade. The leader of the approaching group immediately clashes with Jade in the front. *BAM*

"It is you, Farkas!!" said Jade.

"Hahaha… Our plot once again is revealed early, but it seems most of your men are getting poisoned. Today is your death, Jade!!" said Farkas while clashing with Jade.

"You are a madman, Farkas!! Does losing your men before is not enough?!!" shouted Jade while fending off Farkas's attack.

"Hahaha… You should be the one that worries your people, not me." replied Farkas while attacking Jade.

At this moment, Jade notices that most of his men couldn't fight properly under the poison. Only the fifth-grade elder managed to fight while suppressing the poison. But, they were also preoccupied with many enemies.

Meanwhile, the others could only delay time before getting killed. Seeing this, Jade wanted to help his people, but Farkas didn't let him be and keep Jade occupied.

At the same time, Angus and the others who managed to avoid the poison began to fight with the enemy and help the others evacuate. Still, there are too many enemies and people to protect at the same time.

Looking at this, Angus immediately started casting spells and overcharged them. A few moments later, "Jayna gave me fire!! [2nd Circle - Fire Oil]." yelled Angus.

Jayna immediately creates a fire slash towards Fire Oil [Crimson Slash]. *BOOOMM* The combination attack soon created a massive explosion and deterred the enemy. Using this chance, the poisoned villagers finally could get a little breath and retreat from the battle.

*Crack* *Whoosh* [5th Circle - Summon Infernal] as they retreat, another infernal comes out of nowhere. The poisoned villagers couldn't help but get butchering like a sheep in front of the wolf.

"Shit, another one!!" shouted Isvel, who was in front of the Infernal giant.

Isvel body was still poisoned and couldn't move properly. While he tried to get away, the Infernal hit Isvel and sent him dozens of meters away. *Crack* *Crack* *Bam* Even Isvel's life-saving item couldn't hold the infernal's attack.

"ISVEL!!!" Yelled Gilford, who perceived the battlefield situation.

The others also notice this and are immediately solemn. Jade, who finds his son getting injured without an unknown fate, becomes angry.

"RAAAGGGHHHH!!!" yelled Jade as his body started to turn into a red color.

Farkas, who sees that Jade's aura is increasing, couldn't help but be surprised.

"T-This is... " muttered Farkas while having a cold sweat.

At this moment, Jade's aura stagnated after reaching a certain threshold.

'Damn it, how could he still become stronger?!! I thought he was going to reach the seventh-grade realm.' curse Farkas inwardly.

Jade turns into a ball of fire and approaches Farkas, "Meteorite Smash!!" yelled Jade.

Farkas didn't dare to slack off and use his highest skill to fend off Jade's attack [Infernal Fist]. *BOOM*

Both of the attacks clash with each other, but Jade manages to push Farkas back and send him away at the last moment. Not wanting to let Farkas go, Jade began to pursue Farkas relentlessly.

In the meantime, Angus using [Beast Walk, goes towards Isvel side to check his condition.

"Jayna, I leave this place to you. I will help Isvel." said Angus leaving the place.

However, the infernal seems to target Isvel, still lying down after killing the nearby villagers.

Angus immediately takes his rune card and activates it [3rd Circle - Fire Blast]. *Whossh* *BAMM* The infernal giant gets attacked directly and moves backward a little bit. Still, the infernal giant is only damaged a little bit from the attack.

Using this opportunity, Angus brings Isvel carefully towards a safe location while he's checking the condition.

'A lot of bone fractures and internal wounds. I need to help him fast. Otherwise, he will die.' thought Angus.

"Everyone, protect me!! I need to help Isvel as soon as possible." shouted Angus towards the people in the surrounding.

Hearing this, some people immediately take guard near Angus while giving him some space. In the meantime, the first infernal finally got destroyed after receiving many punches from Alfredo and Jane's attack.

Gilford immediately sent Alfredo to handle the second Infernal. Both of them directly clash and create a shockwave towards the surrounding area. While all of the chaotic battles still happen, a person silently approaches Angus from the crowd protecting him.

Just as the person wanted to stab Angus in the back, a shadow spike hit the person's hand. *ARGGHH* Neil didn't expect Draven to attack from the shadow suddenly. Everyone immediately notices this and is confused.

"Young master Neil, what are you doing?" asked one of the villagers.

Neil didn't answer and launched another attack towards the defenseless Angus. At this moment, a small fist coming at breakneck speed hit Neil. *BAM* Neil didn't expect such an attack and got thrown back a few meters away.

Fortunately, his life-saving item activates and protects him at the right moment. In front of Neil, Anna looks at Neil with her deep pitch-black eyes.

"Why? Why did you want to hurt Angus??" said Anna coldly.

"Arrghh.. You outsider, move!! I will deal with you later after I kill Angus!!" yelled Neil madly.

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"Arrghh.. You outsider, move!! I will deal with you later after I kill Angus!!" yelled Neil madly.

Anna didn't reply and kept looking at Neil coldly.

Just as Neil wants to attack Anna again, "Neil, Stop!!" said a mature woman who is blocking Neil's path.

"Move, mother!! All of this happens because of these outsiders. Once I kill them, everything is going to be back as usual!!" said Neil madly.

Looking that her son is already out of his mind, the mature woman cast a spell [2nd Circle – Binding Chain] to contain Neil. Neil, out of his mind, tries to avoid the incoming chain, but suddenly a tiny fist is coming at Neil rapidly.

Anna once again hit Neil in his stomach and sent him a few meters away. Using this opportunity, Neil's mother binds him with the Binding Chain.

As Neil kept struggling, "I am sorry, son. [3rd Circle - Deep Sleep]." said Neil's mother while casting the spell.

Getting hit by the spell, Neil immediately fell asleep while being bound by the chain.

Looking that Neil is apprehended, "Guard, Neil. Don't let him create more chaos!!" commands Neil's mother towards the people surrounding her.

"Yes, Madam." replied the others.

Then, Neil's mother went back towards the battlefield, helping the others to evacuate. Soon, all the poisoned villagers managed to get evacuated while the others stalled the attacker.

Seeing the battlefield condition, Farkas knows that it is time to do his next plan. Otherwise, more people on his side will die. However, the furious Jade didn't let him get away or have a chance.

Currently, Jade's body is in red color while releasing hot fire mana nearby. He keeps attacking Farkas without giving him a chance to attack or take a breath.

Farkas himself is frantically defending his life against the fiery Jade. Each time they clash, they will create a shockwave nearby.

"Don't think of coming out here alive, Farkas!!" yelled Jade.

"Tch.. you leave me no choice. You should be glad. You have an amazing son!!" said Farkas while he created a hand sign.

At this moment, a bright light came from Neil's pocket. *BOOM* another Infernal giant appeared in the middle of the evacuated people. Neil, who is still in a deep sleep, couldn't help but get crushed by the infernal giant.

"Neil!!" shouted Neil's mother from far away, who realized this.

"Hahaha… Jade, now the situation is back from the start. Let's see how many of your beloved people die under the third infernal giant." said Farkas.

"FARKAS!!" yelled Jade as he launched a powerful attack.

Farkas once again counters his attack with his own while getting pushed back.

"Oi.. Oi.. Are you sure you want to keep fighting me? Many of your people will die at this rate." said Farkas.

Jade ignores Farkas's taunt and keeps launching attacks. He knows if he keeps Farkas alone, the other high-grade combatant may get killed by Farkas.

While Farkas and Jade keep fighting, the newly summoned infernal giant creates havoc and starts killing the others. Unfortunately, Angus, who is still giving first aid to Isvel, is nearby. Before it could crush the defenseless Angus, Anna parries the infernal giant's fist.

"Stupid big fat bubble, don't disturb Angus!!" said Anna while standing in front of the Infernal Giant.

Then, the infernal Giant clashes with Anna's small body. Despite the difference in size, Anna managed to hold and parry the Infernal Giant attack. Still, she was getting more hurt as she could only withstand the Infernal Giant attack with her small body.

'This stupid bubble is annoying. I need to transform to fight it properly.' thought Anna inwardly.

Just as Anna wants to transform, "GRAAHH!!" Ilgor comes to help Anna contain the Infernal Giant.

With the help of Ilgor, Anna managed to contain the infernal giant. However, both of them could only have and cannot damage the Infernal Giant. The Infernal Giant's defense is too strong for their current attacks.

At this moment, "Huft.. finally done." said Angus as he finally stabilized Isvel's condition.

Then, Angus immediately brings Isvel to a safer place using Beast Walk. Putting down Isvel in a safer location, he moved back to help fight the Infernal Giant.

On the way, Angus manages to observe the battlefield and find the truly dangerous one is not the attacker but the rampage Infernal Giant. Because of the three infernal giants and Neil's betrayal, many people are dying. He couldn't help but sigh at this sight.

"Ilgor, try to parry the Infernal Giant fist. Anna, you can use your transformation." command Angus as he takes out Sky Thorn.'

"Yes, master. GRAAHH!!" replied Ilgor shortly before used berserk and madly charged at the Infernal Giant.

"Really?? Yey…" replied Anna as she started to create her black miasma claw in her hand.

After transforming into her monster mode, she releases an ominous aura towards the surroundings. In the blink of an eye, she already approaches the infernal giant and slashes its chest using her claw with grinning.

The claw managed to hurt the Infernal Giant but only gave a shallow wound. Still, because it is a miasma attack, the injury slowly corrodes the infernal giant body. The infernal giant immediately launches a counter-attack on Anna using its gigantic strong fist.

At this moment, Ilgor arrives in front of Anna, brandishing his twin axe [Axe Art - Berserk Slash]. *Baaam* the two forces clash and negate each other forces reach into a stalemate.

Using this opportunity, Angus brandished his Sky Thorn towards the Infernal Giant hand [Spiralling Slash]. The attack is like a meat grinder and gouged part of the Infernal's hand.

"Growwll!!" roared the infernal giant in pain.

"Tch.. What a sturdy hand. I planned to cut off its hand completely." said Angus.

While Angus is fighting the Infernal Giant, Jayna starts to massacre the enemy with her fiery sword. The enemy could only resist her hot fiery blade for a while before getting burned down from its temperature.

Looking at Angus and Jayna's deed from far away, "Damn, those outsiders!! If they are not here, your village will be destroyed already." said Farkas while clashing with Jade.

"Shut up and receive your end, Farkas!!" said Jade while starting to get weary as he kept launching a full-powered attack.

At this moment, a blurry black figure suddenly appears near Farkas and Jade, who are still fighting. Looking at the mysterious black figure, Jade and Farkas stop their fight.

"Who are you?" asked Jade as he couldn't sense the other person.

"Are you from that hidden organization?" asked Farkas with a smirk.

The black figure person only nodded his head.

'Shit, why are they here? Didn't they never care about the other village conflict before.' thought Jade inwardly.

"Good, you finally came. Hurry, kill those two outsiders!!" said Farkas with a happy smile.

"Impossible." replied the black figure in a hoarse tone.

"Huhh.. Why?? I already paid you!!" asked Farkas in confusion.

"Both of them are under our protection list." said the black figure coldly.

"Under protection?? What do you mean? Then, why are you here?!!" asked Farkas.

"I am here to return your payment. Because you target someone under our protection list, you will only get a twenty percent reimbursement according to the contract. Do you accept it?" explained the dark hazy figure.

"Y-You.. what the hell!!" cursed Farkas, but he still didn't hold himself against the shadowy figure.

"Hahahaha… It seems your plan is backfiring you, Farkas." laughed Jade, who was feeling relief inwardly.

"Did you accept it?" asked the shadowy figure once again towards Farkas.

"F-Fine, I accept it." said Farkas as he knew he couldn't do anything towards the person in front of him.

Hearing Farkas's acceptant, the hazy black figure takes out a brown sack and leaves it in front of Farkas before disappearing into nothingness. As soon as the shadowy figure is gone, Jade launches another attack towards Farkas.

"Now, it's time for your end!! [Godak Fire]." yelled Jade while enveloping his body with burning fire and approaching Farkas.

Once again, they resumed their clash and created a shockwave nearby. In the meantime, *KABOOM* The second infernal giant was finally destroyed under the attack of Alfredo and many other Sur village's combatants.

After destroying the second Infernal Giant, Gilford controls Alfredo to confront the last infernal giant fighting Angus and his group. The last infernal giant receives various wounds under Angus's flurry attack skill, but it is still quite alive.

"As expected of the fifth circle summoning creature, its resilience is at another level." said Angus while dodging the Infernal Giant's attack.

Both Anna and Ilgor already retreat behind to recover as they already exhaust themself. At this moment, Alfredo comes attacking the last infernal giant from the side. Looking that only one infernal giant is left, Farkas decides to retreat.

"Everyone, retreat!!" shouted Farkas.

"Do you think you can escape?!!" said Jade.

"I am not sure, but your people will die at this rate." replied Farkas calmly.

Then, he creates another hand sign while flaring up his mana.

Seeing this, Jade immediately looks at the glowing Infernal Giant in the back.

"Not good!!" said Jade while going towards the Infernal Giant as fast as possible.

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The moment Angus sees the Infernal Giant glowing, "Everyone, get away from here!!" shouted Angus as he went towards Anna and Ilgor spot using Beast Walk.

At the same time, Gilford controls Alfredo to turn into defensive mode. But, in less than a second, the infernal giant turned into bright light. *BLAARR* the Infernal Giant exploded and created a devastating hot wave around.

Looking at the approaching shockwave, Angus immediately uses [Unbreakable Shield] to protect Anna and Ilgor. The explosion is very powerful and could push back the approaching Jade, who is still far away from the location.

Using the explosion as a distraction, Farkas and his people decide to retreat. Jayna, who is far away from the explosion, couldn't help but look at the explosion worriedly.

"Angus!!" Yelled Jayna as approaching Angus's location.

After a while, the hot wave recedes and leaves a horrible scene behind. Most of the surrounding people couldn't get out from the explosion and burn to death. Only Gilford, who is protected by the battle golem, survives with some wounds.

Overall the people have scorched to death. Even the surviving one has a horrible wound and will not survive for long. The explosion has the same power as a large-scale fifth circle spell.

Looking at the casualty and his injured people, Jade couldn't help but yell, "FARKAS!!!"

The combatant who was in the front also rushed back, worrying about their family and comrades. As for Angus, the [Unbreakable Shield] managed to hold the explosion and protect him, Anna, and Ilgor.

Still, because of his low proficiency in this ancient power, he consumed a lot of his mana to maintain the shield. Just Angus diminishes the [Unbreakable Shield, Jayna already comes to Angus's side.

"Angus, are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Huft.. yeah.. I'm just a little bit tired." said Angus while calming his rough breath and his chaotic mana.

The explosion is so intense that it shocks his body a little bit even after taking cover behind [Unbreakable Shield]. While Angus recovered on the spot, he found the explosion killed more than three-quarters of the Sur village group.

This kind of ambush literally cripples the entire Sur village force. Unlike the other villages, Sur village takes most of their prominent combatants during this trip.

Now, most of their combatants die in the explosion or by the poison leaving only some lucky high-grade combatant. This practically ended for Sur village.

Normally, this death by the explosion could easily be avoided since all the combatant has time to take cover and escape. However, because Neil's betrayal poisoned the whole group, most combatants couldn't move properly and get away from the explosion.

If it is not poisoned, everyone could recover it after some time or take some medication. But combining it with a large-scale explosion is like a death sentence to the whole group.

The search and help are going for a while before Jade decides to move from their current position. With the loud sound and colossal explosion, it will undoubtedly attract some beast or lower grade monster.

Currently, the surviving ones still recuperate their wounds from the battle and explosion. The last thing they want to happen is fighting a group of beasts or monsters.

After relocating their spot quietly, everyone immediately rested without talking to each other. The merry atmosphere from before turns into a sad and gloomy scene. None of the people were in the mood to talk about the event.

This ambushing incident reminded everyone how dangerous this dimension is. Every single moment could be their end. Looking at this scene, village leader Jade could only have a long sigh, especially after he found that Neil was betraying them.

He didn't expect his own son to betray him and his own village. All he could do was blame himself for not nurturing Neil like a good father. By some coincidence, his other son and wife are quite safe beside Isvel, who is still not waking up.

According to Elder Fosa, who is also an expert at healing art, Isvel will wake up in a few hours or days. Because of Angus's quick action and first aid, Isvel's condition is stabilized and fully recovered after a few weeks.

After resting for a few hours, Isvel wakes up but still needs to recuperate and couldn't move much. A moment later, Jade decided to go back towards the village so Isvel and the other wounded people could recover better.

Then, they continue their journey towards Sur village. Most of the journey is safe, and they only meet a few stranded monsters, which the group could deal with quickly.

Another day passes by, and they finally reach their village. The remaining people in the village immediately get heartbroken by the few people that managed to return and survive.

The majority of people who stay back in the village are women, children, and the retired one with some guard nearby. Jade knows that the Sur village's fate is done. It will be too difficult to even protect themselves now because of the lack of manpower.

Few hours after that, Jade and the others decide to give funerals to all the deceased villagers. Angus and the others also silently attend the funeral ceremony.

For the Sur village, death is not a special thing. It is normal to be dead because of the various reasons inside this treacherous land. Still, losing a lot of people at once is a different thing.

Now, they know that they may not survive inside this land. In the worst case, they will be attacked by another group and turned into slaves. Jade also realizes this current situation. The Sur village force is even lower than when he decided to create the village.

If a group with grade six and some high-grade combatant decided to attack them, they didn't have enough force to protect the whole village and would be forced to surrender.

After thinking for a while, Jade decides to call all the remaining high-grade combatants and Angus's group.

"Alright, everyone is here. Now, let's start this meeting." said Jade.

After getting everyone's attention, "As everyone realizes, our forces are crippled because of the previous infernal village. Now, we are just a big group of people with some forces." said Jade.

"It is difficult even to call our current group a village. I gather everyone here to hear your opinion before deciding our next move." added Jade.

"I think we should stay together and recuperate while slowly building our force." said Elder Moi

"I agree with Elder Moi. We still have a lot of resources from our previous business in the ancestral ruin. We could slowly build our forces." said Elder Zeth.

"I am afraid that will be difficult. Our forces are too thin and small. If a high-grade monster comes, we may get overwhelmed already." said Elder Fosa.

"Elder Fosa is right. Our forces are too small. We may not survive against any large-scale high-grade monster or beast, much less the attack of the other villages. I doubt they will just stay still after what happened the last time." said Gilford.

"We still have village leader Jade and the sand turtle to deter any high-grade monster. As for the other villages, as long as we don't provoke them, they may not bother us anymore." said Elder Zeth.

Then, they begin to argue with each other, but none of them reach any conclusion. Everyone knows that the current Sur villages are too weak to survive in this treacherous land. Even with the suggestion to build up their strength slowly, they could only prolong their suffering.

After a while, "Alright, that's it. I have already decided." said village leader Jade who has kept silent until now.

Getting everyone's attention, "Before I announce my decision, as the elder of the villages and my comrade in arms, all you must know and realize our current situation. Unless we join with some other group, we will never survive in this land." said Jade.

"That's why I decided to give all of you two choices. First is a gamble with me and go towards a journey to Firuman join the Heart Kingdom."

"Living a life where the young one doesn't even need to worry about death or stay here waiting for unknown fate slowly builds up our force." said Jade.

Hearing this, everyone in the tent was surprised at Jade's bold decision.

"Some of you may already know Angus and his friend decide to continue their journey to return to the Firuman." added Jade.

"Actually, I didn't suggest you follow their journey since the exit portal towards Firuman passthrough many dangerous territories. There will be dead in just carelessness. However, all of you also know that our current condition is the same as hanging on to fate." said Jade.

After being silent for a while, " I still have a dream. When I built this village, I only wanted a place for our children to grow up peacefully and away from danger. But, even after all this time, I still couldn't give them a peaceful place for them to grow up." said Jade.

"That's this time. I decided to gamble and follow Angus's journey towards Firuman. Join the heart kingdom to give a better life for our future child." said Jade.

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A week has passed by since Jade decided to follow Angus to the Firuman. Then, Jade gives the others a choice to keep following him or separate by themselves. Jade didn't press this matter and gave her some time to choose.

After that day, the sand turtle rose and moved again, which made everyone in the Sur village relieved.

As long as the sand turtle moves, there is a lower chance for anyone to attack them. However, there are still many monsters or beasts stranded like Angus when he first arrives here.

For the safety of the village, they need to be killed as soon as possible. The Sur village also needs to subdue the sand slime that will appear as soon as the sand turtle moves. Sand slime is a good ingredient for increasing the potency of potions.

Since many people decide to leave this place, they need to harvest all the nearby sand slime this time. They don't know when they will ever meet such a creature again.

Before going on a journey in the Endless Battlefield, they need to prepare many things from supplies, potions, items, etc. Fortunately, during their last transaction, they get many raw ingredients that supply them enough for a few years.

By another coincidence, most crafters, such as blacksmiths, alchemists, and others, didn't go to the Ancestral Ruin and stay in the village. So, they still survive and could produce some product to supply their journey.

After hearing Jade's decision, most of the people are still indecisive. Still, most of them already decided to follow Jade, especially the one who has followed him since he built the village.

For the Sur village, Jade is not only their leader but a spiritual pillar for them. Without him, they would never survive in this harsh land and create a village as big as the other four big villages.

Still, unlike the other four big villages, Sur villages are categorized as new villages. They don't have a deep foundation.

This is also the majority reason why the ambush attack could easily cripple the Sur village. They lack rare items such as artifacts, high-grade runes, scrolls, and many others. These kinds of things are very hard to procure and need a lot of time to accumulate.

Unlike the other four big villages, which have already existed for a long time, The Sur villages didn't have enough time to collect this kind of item.

The Sur villages have an excellent quality of combatant and could easily overpower the other villages combatant of the same rank. However, this advantage is now gone as most of the combatants died during the Farkas's attack.

The Jade decision to follow his journey surprised Angus himself. At first, Angus thought he would need to continue the journey without his uncle, unlike their previous plan. But, he never thought that his uncle would propose such a bold move for everyone.

This shows the outstanding leadership of Jade as the leader. Although it is a gamble, he always looks at the prospect of the future. Angus also agrees with Jade's decision to move his village to the Firuman and join the heart kingdom.

After staying in this dimension for a few months, Angus realizes the Endless Battlefield dimension is unsuitable for living.

According to the story of the older generation in the Sur village, not only does this dimension have many dangerous areas, such as Toxic Wasteland where the Plague Worm lives, but it has a lot of monster overlord and seventh-grade beast scattered all over the place.

Angus suspects that Firuman will turn like this dimension if the civilian society loses its footing. Still compared to Endless Battlefield, Firuman is many times better and suitable for living.

Although there is a war between nations and continues fight with monsters, it is still relatively safe than this treacherous land.

Because of the lack of manpower, Angus and his group help the villagers to subdue the monster and collect the sand slime as a hunting squad.

Currently, Angus is standing still while closing his eyes. Not far from his location, Jayna, Anna, and Ilgor fight against a few stranded monsters. He let the others get some experience fighting against monsters while he trained.

Angus wants to use the pinnacle technique of martial art [Domain]. During the fight against the Darkwing Bat monster overlord, Angus somehow managed to use [Domain] for a moment to block the other Darkwing Bat.

The domain is the pinnacle of martial art from Angus's previous life. This skill is on the border of supernatural power. By utilizing [Domain, the user could control everything inside the Domain. This is the highest mastery of control.

After having absolute control over their body, the next level is to control their surroundings. This kind of stage is called [Domain, a stage where the user controls his surroundings.

However, this skill is not easy to achieve. Some need to meditate and fasten for years. Some need to train nonstop every day. Some talented ones could use it immediately but with limitations. Every person has a different requirement to use [Domain].

Moreover, the domain absolute control power is also hard to use. Just to move an inanimate object sometimes already takes everything for the user.

Because of this high requirement, not many people could use Domain. Even if they could use it, they would only move small objects at most.

Still, the Domain absolute control power is impressive that it could control life and death itself. Few ascetic monks in Angus's past life could even control the life and death of small animals.

Angus himself, in his past life, could also do the same. In his pinnacle, Angus created a battle-oriented domain that could help him defeat any opponent who entered it.

In front of his domain, no matter how strong the enemy, he could always defeat them as he knows everything about the opponent. For years, Angus has already tried to use this skill again, only to meet a roadblock.

He knows one of the main reasons is his conflicted mind and contradictory thinking. He thought he would never achieve or use Domain again.

However, he somehow activates Domain during his fight against the monster overlord, which is only for a moment.

This gives him hope to use this skill once again. Angus still believes that the greatest power is not strength but absolute control. Using Absolute Control, he could even control the world itself.

'Haa.. It seems I can't use it anymore. It's a fluke, I guess.' thought Angus while he opened his eyes.

"During that time, I just want nothing but to kill that monster. Did I need to have that kind of mindset before using Domain?" muttered Angus.

"Urrgghh… Why is it so hard to practice this? As far as I remember, I never had difficulty using the domain. Don't tell me it is because I use mana instead of chi." as Angus begins to think for a while.

Ever since Angus arrived in this world, he never created his own dantian as he believed there is no chi in this world. Instead of chi, there is mana where everyone could use it. Unlike Mana, cultivating chi is an arduous task.

Just produce a drop of chi. Angus needs to meditate and exercise for days. Moreover, it is also hard to use and control, unlike mana. Because of this, Angus discarded his idea to cultivate chi and make his own dantian.

The advantage of mana is exceeding the usage of chi. But, now Angus has begun to think about cultivating the chi and making his own dantian. The domain skill is one of the reasons he managed to reach the pinnacle in his past life.

"Huft… It seems I need to create my dantian first to find out. Alright, let's finish this hunting first." said Angus while he used [Great Mana Echolocation]

After detecting the surrounding desert area, Angus begins to point his finger in a certain direction [3rd Circle - Snipe Shot]. a concentrated small mana bullet flying and killing a monster far away from his location.

Angus starts to hunt any nearby first-grade monster using snipe shots while the others fight the monster. Soon, they managed to kill all the monsters in the surrounding area. Most of the monsters in the surrounding area are only low-grade monsters.

It is very rare for a high-grade monster stranded in the back of the sand turtle. High-grade monsters have better wisdom and could easily perceive the sand turtle's presence even if it submerged into the sandy ground.

After killing the other monster, Angus and the others decide to rest first before changing their location. While they are resting inside the tent, Angus tries to create his dantian below his abdomen.

Sitting in the lotus position, Angus begins to perceive the heritage chi misty ball. Angus plans to use the heritage chi to create his dantian and cultivate his chi as the power source. According to his experience, heritage chi could be refined into his own chi and dantian.

As he slowly takes the energy near the misty ball, Angus refines it according to past life experience. One hour, two hours, three hours passed. Suddenly an invisible wave erupted from Angus's body. *Whooshh*

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*Whooshh* As soon as an invisible wave erupted from Angus, Anna, who was sleeping near Angus, immediately woke up. She looks at Angus, who is still meditating in the lotus position.

Jayna and Ilgor didn't notice the change in Angus and are still recovering their exhausted mana. In the meantime, Angus didn't notice the invisible wave he released and kept stabilizing his dantian.

Unlike mana core, Dantian has a very different concept. Mana cores can be used as storage, main control, and manufacture of mana. On the other hand, Dantian is only storage for chi. As for control and refining chi could only be done manually by the user.

Chi and mana themselves are different yet also similar. If mana is calm and flows like water, chi is wilder and raging like thunder. Both of them are energy but have different types.

According to Angus's knowledge, mana actually could be found in everything, be it stone, water, air, plantation, animal, etc. However, chi could only be found in living beings. Chi is the product of life force and vitality.

Because of this, only a living being could produce chi. Since chi is connected with the life force, it automatically enhances the user's body. Cultivating chi is harder than cultivating mana.

Since it is the product of the life force only by continuous hard training and refining, one could produce chi. Unlike mana, which is sustainable energy and infinite, Chi is finite energy and hard to produce.

If someone consumes all his chi, they need to produce more chi from his own body. Chi cannot regenerate by themself like mana. This is also one of the major reasons why Angus didn't cultivate chi until now.

Still, compared to mana, chi is more powerful. Just a sliver of chi could easily kill any ordinary person. Angus found chi is more similar to miasma, but miasma gives a more distinctive aura while chi is more neutral.

Both chi and miasma are destructive types of energy. They will corrode any other living being besides the owner.

Normally, it takes days, weeks, months, or years just to produce a small quantity of chi. However, Angus has the heritage chi waiting to be refined into his own chi. Heritage chi is mysterious and infinite energy that could keep being exploited without end.

This is also one of the reasons why Angus got hunted and betrayed by everyone in his past life. The heritage chi is too enticing for any chi user. However, no one knows that refining heritage chi to his own chi is an arduous and dangerous task.

One wrong move, Angus could enter the berserk state or cripple himself. In the worst case, he could explode and kill himself.

After stabilizing his dantian, Angus woke up from his meditation and found the others waiting for Angus. Before creating his dantian, Angus told everyone not to disturb him unless it was important since he wanted to try something.

Waking up from his meditation, he found he was covered with sweat and quite exhausted. The process of creating Dantian is also complex and requires his full concentration.

Usually, it will take weeks or months, but since Angus uses the energy of heritage chi, he could fasten the process.

'Fiuhh.. At least it is not as dangerous as forming my mana core.' thought Angus.

The moment he opened his eyes, he got a notification from his idle system.

"New energy detected. Chi will be added to the status chart." [System]

Closing the notification with his thought, Angus opened his status panel.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 14 Years Old

MP: 391/391 (100 before forming)

Chi: 0

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 40

Dexterity: 39

Intelligence: 41

Vitality: 43

Soul Point: 194

Under the MP, there is a new indicator called chi. His current chi reserves are zero since he still hasn't refined any chi yet.

While Angus checks at his status, "Angus, are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Ah.. Yeah, I'm just quite tired a little bit." replied Angus.

"Hmm.. Really??" asked Jayna again.

"Y-Yeah.." as Angus dodge Jayna's sudden punch to his face.

"Alright, since you could dodge it. You are okay." replied Jayna with a relieved expression.

Angus becomes speechless at this. But, he didn't protest as he was already used to Jayna's antics.

"Don't worry, big sister. Angus is just becoming stronger now. I bet after some time, he could kill the weak green bubble with his pinky." said Anna with an innocent face.

"Grr.. I am not weak." commented Ilgor, who hears Anna's remark.

After getting along for a while, Anna gives Ilgor a nickname as the weak green bubble. At first, Jayna also gets a nickname as Angus's lover. But, she insisted on being called big sister. Only Angus has not got any other nickname from Anna.

Hearing Anna's sentence, "Anna, what do you feel about me?" asked Angus.

"Emm.. I feel Angus just now became more dangerous. I feel that after a little bit of time, Angus will become more dangerous. It is not that Angus isn't dangerous before."

"It feels like Angus has turned into a whole new level of danger. I feel after some time Angus could burst me like any bubble bubble." said Anna.

'Hmm… Interesting so Anna could perceive someone's strength based on the danger. She is also not wrong as chi is basically more dangerous and destructive than ordinary mana.' thought Angus.

"Anna, based on your feelings, who is the strongest person you ever meet?" asked Angus.

"Heee.. Of course, Angus is the strongest. Compared to Angus, the others are like bubble bubbles." Replied Anna.

"Hahahaha… I see, but didn't you already meet uncle Jade? He is a lot stronger than the current me." said Angus.

"No.. Angus is the strongest. Even the scary red bubble can't compare to Angus." replied Anna.

Hearing this, Angus could only shake his head and ignore Anna's comment. Anna likes to give other people nicknames with colors and bubbles, like Ilgor as a weak green bubble and Jade as the scary red bubble.

Sometimes it is pretty hard to understand Anna's sentences. Moreover, she likes to said bubble this and that, making her words completely incoherent and hard to understand.

"Alright, it seems everyone is already recovered. Let's move to the next location." said Angus as he began to pack his things.

After packing their things and dismantling the tent, Angus and the others begin to change location. On the way, they got attacked by a group of sand slime. Like before, Angus used Fire Oil combined with Jayna's Crimson Slash to petrify the sand slime.

Then, they start to harvest the sand slimes using a special container they got from the village. As they harvest the petrified sand slimes, a tremor suddenly happens in the surrounding area. Angus immediately uses [Great Mana Echolocation] to check the surroundings.

'Bellow!!' thought Angus.

Detecting the sources, "Everyone, hurry follow me!!" said Angus as he ran towards one direction.

Hearing this, everyone immediately follows Angus. Running for a while, the tremor finally recedes, and a gigantic transparent bluish ball appears from the ground below their previous spot.

Seeing this, Anna couldn't help exclaim, "Bubble.. Angus, that's a gigantic bubble!!" said Anna excitedly with a star in her eyes.

"What's that?" asked Jayna curiously.

"No, Anna, that's not a gigantic bubble. It seems like a slime, but I think it is a high grade one." said Angus.

"Can I burst it? Can I burst it? Can I burst it?" asked Anna repeatedly while still excited.

"Well, I hear high-grade slime is very rare and could become a great ingredient to enhance weapons or armor. So, yeah, you could kill it. But, be careful. Although it is a slime, it is still a high-grade monster." said Angus.

"Yey.. yey.. Bursting gigantic bubble!!" exclaimed Anna, who immediately transformed.

Less than a second later, Anna dash towards the gigantic sand slime with a big grin in her mouth.

"Alright, let's help Anna. Careful, the high-grade sand slime is different from the other slime and cannot be easily petrified with the heat. We need to attack its core to kill it." explained Angus to others while following Anna.

"Alright, then it will become my sandbag for today." replied Jayna.

"Yes, master." replied Ilgor shortly.

Soon, Anna arrives near the gigantic slime that is almost as big as Plague Worm from before. Without hesitation, Anna pierced the slime with her miasma claw.

Her miasma claw managed to penetrate the slime without any resistance. Because of her momentum, her entire body enters the slime.

Being enveloped by the slime, Anna feels like inside heavy water. Feeling the weird sensation inside the slime, Anna begins playing around while clawing her surroundings. Angus and the others who see this couldn't help but be surprised at the sudden development.

Jayna immediately wants to help Anna, who is still playing inside the slime using her fiery sword. But she felt like cutting water and didn't damage the slime at all, even with her burning sword.

Ilgor also begins to rapidly slash the gigantic slime [Axe Art - Mad Butcher]. Furious of slash attack the gigantic slime, however like Jayna, his attack is futile and only creates a splash of corrosive slime towards Ilgor.

Fortunately, Ilgor's body is quite resilient against the corrosive slime. Otherwise, he will be melted into meat paste. Then, Angus picks a stone nearby before throwing it inside the gigantic slime. *Bluss*

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*Bluss* The stone entered the gigantic slime without any resistance. After a while, the stone slowly dissolved into nothingness. Seeing this, Angus and the others couldn't help but look at Anna, who is still playing inside the slime.

"Err.. Should we get her out, master?" asked Ilgor.

"Well, Anna has a different body than any of us. So, she probably will be fine inside there. Still, this is quite problematic. At this rate, we can't damage the slime at all." said Angus.

Then, he pointed his finger to the monster core deep inside the gigantic slime. After silently casting the spell, Angus shoots [Snipe Shoot] towards the gigantic slime. *BAM*

The snipe shot penetrated the giant slime without any resistance. After a while, the snipe shot dissolves to nothingness like the rock. During this time, the gigantic slime felt like it didn't feel anything and stayed idle.

"Hmm.. It seems the deeper it goes towards the core, the more corrosive the slime. Guess I need to improvise a little bit. Jayna, let me borrow that bow." said Angus.

"Oh, you mean this one?" replied Jayna while taking out a metallic bow from her space storage.

Since Jayna lacks the long-range attack, she decides to buy a long-range weapon to cover this area. After a few days inside the Ancestral Ruin, she found a unique bow similar to the one that wounded her during the battlefield arena tournament.

However, this bow is many times more expensive and stronger. According to the merchant, the bow's attack will keep getting stronger without limit until it couldn't withstand the power itself.

The merchant said that the maximum power it could hold is around two or three mana of a six circle spell, which is enormous. While testing the bow, both Angus and Jayna could never reach the maximum of the bow they could hold.

Angus's eyes turn serious, taking hold of the metallic bow and pointing it towards the gigantic slime. [Bow Art - Furious Rain] a moment later, Angus's hand becomes blurry and moves rapidly. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

In less than a second, Angus already shoots dozens of mana arrows towards the gigantic slime. Each of these arrows is stronger than before. Soon, the arrow managed to penetrate deeper into the gigantic slime core.

In due time, Angus mana arrow finally reached the gigantic slime core and hit it. *Ting* Suddenly, the gigantic slime trembled. Few tentacles made of slime come towards Angus, Jayna, and Ilgor at a fast speed from the gigantic slime.

Angus and the others immediately retreat back. The tentacle slime keeps pursuing Angus and the others relentlessly. While Angus and the others are dodging the tentacle slime, Anna is still playing inside the slime, like diving under the water, ignoring Angus and the others.

While being pursued by the tentacles, "Ilgor, protect me!! Jayna, prepare a fire!" said Angus as he began to cast a spell.

Ilgor immediately comes in front of Angus, holding the incoming tentacle slime. While he handles the incoming slime, Angus casts an overcharged Fire Oil towards the tentacle slime and its gigantic body.

Seeing this, Jayna immediately uses a powerful Crimson Slash towards the Fire Oil. *BOOM* The combination attack creates an enormous explosion along and petrifies all the incoming tentacle slime. Still, the main body slime didn't get hurt at all.

Once again, the main body slime trembles and produces more tentacle slime towards Angus and the others.

"Tch… I guess I need to use another attack. Ilgor, Jayna, give me a few moments!!" said Angus as he retreated further in the back.

Hearing this, Jayna and Ilgor launch a few strong attacks to attract the slime tentacle. In the meantime, Angus takes a deep breath and takes a certain stance. Then, he began to move in a unique rhythm, not fast yet also not slow.

The move was so exquisite that it seemed like one with nature. Suddenly, in Angus's both hands, a spark of white-colored lightning appeared. The spark becomes more apparent and follows his movement. Soon, around Angus, there is a spark of dancing white lightning.

After a moment, Angus gathers the spark of lightning in his hand and shoots it towards the gigantic slime [Heavenly Lightning]. In the blink of an eye, the lightning hit the gigantic slime body and hit the core. *BAM*

The gigantic slime immediately exploded and obliterated into puddles of lifeless slime. Anna got thrown out from the slime's main body covered with slime.

Getting covered with slime, "Hahaha.. Again.. Again.." said Anna while playing with the puddle of slime.

In the meantime, Angus falls on his knee exhaustedly.

"Ha.. Ha.. This is why I hate to use this skill. It's too exhausting." said Angus while calming his breath.

"Angus, are you alright? And what's that?" asked Jayna while approaching Angus.

"Ahh.. yeah, I just need to rest a little bit. Huft.. This is just another skill of mine. Anyway, it seems the slime is dead." said Angus diverting the topic.

"Of course, it's dead. The slime is bursting like a bubble. Baam.. Hahaha…" commented Anna while laughing happily.

The other three sane people ignore Anna's remark and begin to collect the slime puddle with the special container. Like Angus said before, High-grade slime is a valuable rare material for weapons and armors.

High-grade slime has a high magic resistance. This could be seen when it could withstand the Fire Oil combination attack. According to some books Angus got from Gilford, the high-grade slime has an average of 90% above magic resistance properties.

This means no ordinary spell could hurt the armor made of high-grade slime. Some experts even made an armor entirely from high-grade slime.

The armor is said to be able to withstand any kind of magic. However, it is weak towards any melee attack and physical attack, especially piercing attack.

Still, combined with any hard material, it could easily eliminate this weakness. Unfortunately, High-grade slime itself is a very rare monster. Even in the Sur village, they could only find it once during all these years, staying in the back of the Sand Turtle.

Not to mention in Firuman, where the slime monster is very rare since many people will hunt it down the moment they appear. According to Sur village, slime itself is almost extinct and hardly to be found by the monster.

Moreover, A slime couldn't upgrade its grade using normal means like other monsters. The high-grade slime could only be achieved after millions of lower-grade slime combined together. The more slime combined, the higher its grade.

This unique monster actually could hardly be called a monster since the high-grade one is never attracted to any mana user and likes to stay idle and dissolve anything nearby slowly. Unless it is provoked, it will never attack any other being.

However, it has a monster core made of miasma that makes it categorized as a monster. Angus found the high-grade slime is part of his fortune. Judging by the quantity of slime he gets, it is enough to make weapons and armor for hundreds of people.

Unfortunately, not everyone could process the high-grade slime into armor. The processing method is already long gone and lost in time.

Even Angus, with his extensive knowledge, didn't know the method. For the time being, He could only collect it and experiment with it little by little.

90% magic resistance is too good to be passed by. It means the user will receive only 10% percent magic damage. If the user has an amazing resilience body, this practically makes the user immune to almost all energy-based magic.

If most of the Sur village wore this kind of armor during the Infernal Giant explosion, all of them could survive with only a minor injury. Knowing this, Angus determined to find the processing method of the high-grade slime.

After experimenting for a few years, he believed he could find the processing method of the high-grade slime. Done harvesting the slime, Angus and the others continue their journey towards the next hunting location.

During the journey, "Emm… Angus, please teach me!! Teach me!! Teach me!!" said Anna while repeating her sentence.

"What do you mean? Teach you what?" asked Angus.

"Teach me how to burst bubbles like before!! I also want to burst bubbles like that." replied Anna.

Hearing this, Jayna and Ilgor also perk their ears, waiting for Angus's answer. No matter what, Angus's previous attack is not ordinary lightning since it could destroy and kill the magic-resistant slime.

Angus began to think something, "Hmm.. Actually, it's not that I don't want to teach you. But, it is quite impossible for you to do that. Unless you have a special body or unique talent." replied Angus.

"I have a special body. Can Anna start learning now?" replied Anna.

"Even if you have a special body, you need to have great control to do this skill. Without it, you will only kill yourself." replied Angus.

"Killing myself?!! Like a bursting bubble?" asked Anna.

"Err.. Yeah, like a bursting bubble." replied Angus.

"Not good. Anna is not a bursting bubble. Anna likes bursting bubbles but does not like becoming a bursting bubble." said Anna, which made everyone hear it confused.

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Without noticing, a few months passed by since Angus and the others returned to the Sur village. During these few months, the Sur village lives on the top of the Sand Turtle peacefully.

But, everyone knows this is the calm before the storm. The next time the sand turtle stops and submerges under the sand, they will face a lot of danger.

Fortunately, the current sand turtle will take a long time before submerging into the sea of sand. According to the past behavior, it may take one or two years before the sand turtle stops and is submerged.

After it is submerged, it will take years before it starts moving again. During that time, everyone planned to go away from their Sur village's current location to avoid confrontation with other villages.

Now, most of the people in the Sur villages decide to follow Jade to the Firuman. They know after the group is divided, they will never survive alone in this land. In the worst case, they will be caught by the slave merchant and become slaves.

They all rather fight for their lives even if there is a huge chance they will be dead during the journey. Since they decide to follow Jade, they begin to prepare many things during these few months. Not only preparing supplies but also creating many items to help their journey.

One of them is the special carriage that could travel through many dangerous lands. This project is the most important one since it will save a lot of energy and time when Sur Village starts their journey.

The head project of making this carriage is Gilford. With the help of [Analyze] and ancient knowledge he inherited from the King of Knowledge, he could easily make a schematic of this special carriage to transport the entire Sur village.

The only problem he needs to deal with is the production. According to his estimate, he needs around a year or more to finish all the carriage, even with the help of the villagers. Gilford hopes the sand turtle will take more time before stopping.

Fortunately, he had enough material to build all the special carriages. While Gilford and the other crafters in the villages were busy making things, Jade and the other combatant didn't fall behind and did some training every day.

In the middle of the desert, far away from the Sur village location, Jade stands straight without upper clothes. Currently, his skin is red while the surrounding air is scorching. The ground near him already turned into crimson red liquid lava long ago.

Despite the harsh environment near him, Jade doesn't find any discomfort and keeps closing his eyes, feeling the changes in his body.

Suddenly, Jade opens his eyes and releases huge fire mana towards the surrounding area. *Whossh* The fire mana changes into a firestorm and envelops everything nearby Jade. After a while, the firestorm recedes and leaves an exhausted Jade.

'Huft.. Huft.. Not enough.. This is not enough. My old wound is not bothering me anymore. But, it is still not enough for me to breakthrough. It feels like I miss something.' thought Jade.

"Haa.. It would be great if I could break through before the start of our journey." said Jade.

*BOOMM* as Jade feels a shockwave not far from his location. Feeling the shockwave, "That kid is really crazy." said Jade before he ended his training and came towards the shockwave location.

Arriving at the shockwave location, Jade found Angus and Anna facing each other. Currently, Anna is slumping on the ground, exhausted while her miasma claws become smaller and transparent.

On the contrary, with a lazy expression and reading a book, Angus stands leisurely. It feels like Angus is not just getting into a harsh fight now. Not far from them, Jade could see Jayna and Ilgor sitting and recovering. Both of them have a lot of bruises all over their body.

"Come on, Anna, didn't you want to burst the bubble? Forget about bursting the bubble. You could not even touch me even once." said Angus while reading his book.

"Haa.. Haa.. Never, Anna likes bursting bubbles!!" Said Anna while she charged Angus.

However, Angus managed to dodge all of Anna's attacks by a hairbreadth without even looking.

Even Jade, with his vast combat experience, couldn't do this feat. While Anna kept attacking, Angus using one of his free hands, hit Anna's weakest spot. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

"Too crude!! Don't Swing your arm like that. Focus. Keep your body balanced. Too much strength in your fist." Said Angus while lecturing Anna.

After a while, Anna's body is riddled with various bruises. Despite her resilient body, she feels a lot of pain every time Angus hits her. Suddenly, Anna opens her mouth and tries to shoot Miasma Blast at Angus in point-blank range.

However, like predicting this, Angus punched Anna's stomach and forced her to stop accumulating Miasma. Because of Angus's force, Anna threw back a few meters away.

"Anna, what did I tell you not to use large-scale attacks when fighting a person unless you are certain that it will hit. Otherwise, it is only a waste of energy." lectured Angus.

On the other hand, Anna touches her stomach and rolls over the ground.

"Hurt.. It hurt.." said Anna.

After a while, Anna recovered from the pain and lay on the sandy ground, exhausted.

"Meanie.. Meanie, Angus. I thought I was going to burst at that moment." said Anna while lying on the sandy ground.

Hearing this, Angus gets a tick on his head. "If you have time to complain, why don't you begin meditating and reflect on your move." said Angus while grabbing Anna's tiny head with one hand.

"Oww.. Ow.. I am going to burst. My head will burst." said Anna while holding her head.

"Then, start meditating, or I really will burst your dumbhead!!" said Angus.

Anna immediately sits on the ground properly and starts meditating. Looking at Anna finally meditating properly, Angus releases a long sigh.

During these past months, Angus tried to teach Anna how to fight without wasting too much movement and energy. But, the result is horrible. Angus feels like teaching a rock how to swim. Not only did Anna not listen to Angus, but she also kept repeating mistakes.

If it is not because of her special resilient body, Anna probably needs to recuperate for months from just one fighting session. Currently, Angus's body strength is around eight times of an ordinary human.

With this strength, Angus could easily kill any grade one monster using his bare hand even without mana. Even though Anna has a monstrous physique, she cannot endure Angus's ridiculous strength.

So, in the end, she is getting more hits and bruises on each spar. Angus's teaching method is ruthless. He knows that talking to Anna is useless as she likes to forget many things. So, he decided to ingrain his teaching through a spar.

After checking Anna is meditating and not sleeping, Angus comes towards his uncle, who is observing silently from the side.

"You are harsh at teaching as always." said Jade.

"Well, it's better having beaten now than dying later." replied Angus nonchalantly.

"Anyway, what's bringing you here, uncle?" Asked Angus.

"Nothing, I just want to observe your training method to gain some inspiration." replied Jade.

"Still, trying to break through?? Well, I don't know much about breaking through into that seventh-grade realm. But, I think you should take things slowly. Nothing will be good if you rush things, uncle." advised Angus.

"Yes, you are right. Still, I can't help but feel some urgency. You know if I could reach that realm, our journey would be safer." said Jade.

"Hmm… You are right. Then, how about a spar. Maybe you could get some inspiration from our battle." said Angus while closing and storing his book.

"Hahaha.. my dear nephew, you are joking, right?" said Jade.

Looking at Angus's serious expression, "Alright, then. I also have not anything to do currently." said Jade.

Soon, both Angus and Jade are standing facing each other in an empty area.

"Alright, kid. You can come to me anytime. Otherwise, I will end this before you know it." said Jade.

"Then, excuse me. [Beast Walk]" said Angus and disappeared from his spot.

Seeing the Angus movement, "Hoo… Good speed." said Jade while looking around.

Suddenly, Angus attacks from Jade's blind spot [Dynamic Punch]. Before the attack reaches Jade, he already avoids the attack by tilting his body to the side.

"Too slow" said Jade shortly while countering Angus with his own hand.

During this split second, Angus smirks, and he feels like time has stopped. Then, he could see an invisible yin yang diagram on the ground [Domain - Yin Yang Stance]. With an unbelievable move, Angus grabs Jade's hand and throws him away. *Bam*

Jade hit the ground without realizing what had happened. Although the ground cracked under Jade, he still didn't get hurt at all. As a six-grade combatant who takes a warrior path, his body resilience is on a different level than the others.

"How??" muttered Jade as he still couldn't believe Angus.

"Huff.. Uncle, Are you going to keep laying on the ground?" said Angus.

Hearing Angus taunt, "Tch.. Brat, you are still too early to taunt me!!" replied Jade as he got up from his spot.

"I think I will get a little serious now." said Jade, who released a massive fire elemental towards the surrounding area.

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