The date at the amusement park went better than expected.After hanging over the stuffed panda to Melinda, a gesture she found most endearing, Richard had led her to a carousel where he picked a white horse while she picked a pink one.Moving together in sync, he watched her enjoy herself without a single care in the world with a beautiful smile on her face.Richard did his best not to comment but Melinda noticed his eyes on her and so, shyly inquired. “Am I embarrassing you?... Sorry about that.”“No, not at all. It's nothing of that sort. Why would you even think that?”“Oh, I just thought…” Melinda trailed off as she seemed to ponder something before finally replying. “You know, when I was younger, they never really allowed me to go out much.”“Why?”“Because they were worried I'd get infected with what they tagged as mundane and useless people. People that struggle every day to make a living, my parents tagged them as a disease.”“Hmm.”“Yeah, only high-class events and the likes

Spending the night at the park, Richard and Melinda ended up leaving in the wee hours of the morning with the former now mostly recovered from the draining effects of the talisman he'd used.“Maybe we should report to law enforcement or something,” Melinda suggested on their drive back to the hotel they were staying at.Richard shook his head. “I doubt that would make much difference, remember, Melinda, this is their tuff. I doubt they'd get anything more than a slap on the wrist.”“So what do we do?”“Isn't it obvious?... We go after them ourselves.” “Richard, you can't be serious,” Melinda remarked while staring at Richard incredulously.“I am actually.”“Those guys are armed to the teeth and would stop at nothing to have us both killed. We can't afford to face them.”“So what?” Richard inquired. “We run away, maybe even run away from the island just because they are armed to the teeth.”“That…”“That's what they want you to do, Melinda. They want you off this island but that's not

Richard read the cultivation manual, taking the knowledge he absorbed in stride as he came to an understanding at the end.In the supernatural world, there were yang-based cultivation techniques that allowed one to cultivate heat-based techniques like fire and lightning while there was also yin-based cultivation that allowed one to cultivate cold-based techniques like water and ice.Just learning that there were people on Earth capable of manipulating the elements left Richard feeling like a frog in a well.So far, he'd thought that the martial world only involved combat techniques and the like but he was wrong, very wrong.There were people capable of razing an entire city to the ground if they so much as messed with them which gave Richard a whole new perspective to go with moving forward.If he had faced such a person even accidentally, he wouldn't have known how he died which made him even more careful about making too much noise before he was ready.It was now that Richard was mo

“How did you find us?” Richard inquired, stalling to allow the drones to get into position.Urek snorted. “I guess I can tell you since you're dead either way. This city is my turf. What I can't to know can't be kept from me and what I'm looking for can't hide from me, do you understand that?”“It's unfortunate that Memphis Island would be run by hooligans like yourself. I expected more.”“Hah, keep up with the insults, it won't change what's going to happen and might even make things worse for you,” Urek remarked as even more of his men emerged to surround the car, armed to the teeth.“You won't be getting away this time.”Expecting Richard to grow frightened, a cold smile was what he was met with causing Urek to wonder if Richard had completely lost it.People would have started begging after realizing they were outmatched but he wasn't.What made him think he could get out of this alive?... Urek couldn't help but wonder only to pause as he noticed Lolita's existence.Naturally, his

Eden Gardens was a special spot on Memphis Island.Closest to the Spirit Stones mines, it had the highest density of Spirit energy in the entire city.Spirit energy in Eden was so dense that it materialized as fog in the air causing the place to be a paradise for Cultivators as one could casually cultivate by just taking a breath while it was poison for those that weren't as their body would be unable to handle the excess energy.Due to the spirit energy, Eden Gardens was more of a forest with tall trees and dense vegetation with a variety of incredible wildlife to feast one's eyes on which was why it served as the perfect location for whatever the Five or rather, now Four Coalition children intended to do once Melinda arrived.It was in this exact spot that they had defeated her the last time and now again, they would do the same thing.Geraldine, Isaac, Trisha, and Pascal were all gathered in a wooden building built using wood from the forest.The place was large enough to fit more