"I was invited here." Quipped the man called Fan Lu nonchalantly. He was wearing a robe similar to that of Heaven's Sword Mountain. Yet, his robe was tailored exquisitely, threaded with golden and silver threads. His hair was tied in a ponytail, coloured in silver, similar to his eyes. His eyebrows were straight and narrow, giving an impression of a very cold and serious person. Clasping his hands on his back, his standing posture was straight, while the aura around him was so sharp, even the wind would be sliced in two should they be blowing in his course. "So one of the Four Righteous is in cahoots with two of the Five Calamities? What happened to the Four Guardians who said they would protect humanity from any race with bad intentions?" Mocked Hong Ming while he kept charging through the blade, destroying the blade and was in the middle part of the sword. "Time for a change. You understand what it means for me to be here." Answered Fan Lu. His eyes coldly staring at Hong Ming. "

[BACK TO THE PRESENT] ~"So you are saying that it would be a long journey, right?"~ Sitting under the shade of a tree, Luke polished his handguns nonchalantly, enjoying the nice breeze in the air, blowing gently in his face. After he had cleaned the muzzle and all parts that needed to be cleaned, Luke now tried to take out another item. The item had the shape of a small UFO. Activating the item, Luke watched it float higher and higher, reaching the canopy of the forest and hide amongst the leaves. "Not that far away. If we have to calculate it, then…" Sweeping his hand in front of him, a holographic panel appeared out of nowhere, displaying a map of his current position, "Maybe if I continuously run without stopping, we can reach in two days." ~"I know you can go faster than this. You are an expert as well as a reinforced soldier! Your pace now is no more than the speed of a turtle for you!"~ Complained the voice, apparently not satisfied with how Luke did things so far. "Are you

 ~"Great, keep doing that."~  An hour later, Luke finally had achieved some breakthrough in the Astral Projection spell. The glowing lights around him, caused by the constant supply of the magic power onto the magic circuits had shown a beautiful view if one had enough time to appreciate the scene.  However, Luke was definitely not one who had enough time for it. Even now, sweat could be seen

Staying silent for a few breaths, Luke responded, "Let's do some cleaning." ~"Huh... Why did I see that coming from miles away."~ Said Rein helplessly. Raising his eyebrows, Luke played along and spoke, "Oh, you did?" ~"Very funny, kid."~ Commented Rein, however, his voice indicated how unamused he was. Then, suddenly, Rein spoke, ~"Hmm? Someone is still alive in here?"~"What!?" Surprised by what Rein had uttered, Luke chanted his spells, strengthening his vision to look around for survivors, "Where?" ~"There, eleven o'clock from where you stand."~ Spoke Rein quickly. Without wasting any time, Luke rushed to the direction Rein had pointed at, looking around at his left and right as he ran through the street. After that, in the corner of his vision, Luke sighted a small quiver under a heap of logs. Going near, Luke grabbed the logs and began to toss them away one by one. Underneath it was a child, who seemed to be eight years old at the most. He was lucky enough that one of the l

~"Jump!"~ Adhering to the instructions, Luke carried the boy again on his back while he leapt high in the air. Another scorpion had caused an eruption on the ground, similar to the rest four giant scorpions behind them. -"There's more and more of them! Are you sure this is the way?"- Doubted Luke, apparently apprehensive by how the things had developed so far. ~"You have a better idea?"~ Retorted Rein, assessing the situation once more as he spoke, ~"Over there! Go to 45 degrees from your position, then activate the detect spell."~ Following the words without any further queries, Luke dashed to the said position as he chanted the spell. Sighting a trace of energy before him, Luke grit his teeth and trusted Rein, leaping forward decisively. Then, the space in front of him began to distort. Without any time to even blink, Luke had arrived in another place in a flash.Swiftly checking on his surroundings, anticipating what would happen next, Luke saw that he and the boy were floating