Evidently, however, it didn’t just appear to be hot. This was confirmed when Christopher instantly began screaming in pain as he let go of the scalding-hot short blade. The moment he did so, the short blade instantly flew back into Gerald’s hand. “It’s… It’s a magic artifact?!” yelled Christopher, still recovering from the shock. Shortly after, his gaze went feral as he muttered, “So the picture of the sun wasn’t the only magic artifact that the Crawford family owned… How surprising… If I get my hands on that short blade and learn how to control it, my power will easily be doubled! I’ll be invincible! Once I obtain it, I’ll surely be able to further demonstrate my great skill and talents during the pledge of the holy water!” Seeing that the old man had started mumbling like a mad person, Gerald slowly began taking a few steps back. “The heavens have truly blessed me this time… Not only do I already have control over the mysterious mirror, but I’ll soon be able to get a hold o

After saying that, Gerald was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly heard one of the girls saying, “Ouch! My leg!” Turning back to look, he saw that girl who had yelped was currently holding on to her ankle. It was most probably hurt when she was struggling to free herself earlier. “Are you alright?” asked Gerald and the other girl simultaneously as they both squatted down. Momentarily surprised by their similar reactions, the girl then replied, “My ankle hurts pretty badly… I don’t think I can walk!” “Hmm… Well I’ll support you then!” said the charismatic bespectacled girl. Despite her friend’s help, the injured girl’s leg was too hurt for her to walk more than a few steps at a time. After watching them stop to rest a few times, Gerald simply said, “…This is taking far too long… Just let me have a look!” “Of course! But… Wouldn’t it be better if you had her ankle checked back at our place? I’m afraid that those hooligans will return!” replied the bespectacled g

Once everyone was ready, the tan man began leading all of them into the desert. It was only after they had left quite a distance when Gerald walked out of the hotel. He truly hadn’t expected to bump into Giya here of all places after an entire year. Regardless, she had started working and she had also become so much better. While Gerald had been tempted to reveal his identity to Giya, it had been over a year and he now knew that she still hadn’t truly forgotten about him back when he had tested her. He was well aware of how bad he had treated her back then, and knowing that them being together was going to be impossible anyway, Gerald decided not to delay her from moving on any longer. Regardless, Gerald had noticed that Wynn had been very nice to Giya earlier. While Gerald didn’t particularly like Wynn, he trusted that Wynn only wanted the best for Giya. It was the reason why Gerald hadn’t stayed back to treat her injured ankle back then. After all, he could see that there w

“It was a little after dusk back then… Just like how it is now! The sun had already set by then and it was getting increasingly dark… At the time, we came across a river and my father told me that we were going to set up camp there. Once everything was set up, we headed to the river to gather some water for the next day… Approaching the river together, it was then when we saw her!” As everyone stared wide-eyed at the Master of the Desert, he continued, “Capra Nanny was drinking water by the riverside, and though I wasn’t able to properly see her face under the moonlight, I remember clearly that she had an extremely long tongue and her hair was long and messy.” “Stopping in our tracks, the old woman raised her head and made eye contact with us. It was only a brief moment, but both her eyes were green! Thankfully, my father snapped me out of it in time as he shouted, ‘Don’t look at her, Billy! Turn around, right this instant!’” “Upon saying that, my father immediately turned around

As the Master of the Desert had earlier said, the monster was near bulletproof due to its extremely tough skin. “What?!” shouted Wynn, stunned. Even though the bullet didn’t hurt it, the beast was enraged by Wynn’s attack! Rushing toward him, the beast then got on its feet and grabbed Wynn by his collar before tossing him into the air! Seconds later, Wynn found himself crashing back down onto the sand. After a brief moment, he began spurting out blood from his mouth as well! “H-how strong!” stuttered Professor Yale who had gone pale from fright as he led his group of researchers toward the back. With Wynn now out of the way, the beast turned to face Gerald again, its main target from the very beginning. Just by looking at him, she could already sense how strong and vicious Gerald was. The moment she rushed at him, Gerald sent her flying back with a strong kick! Though the beast had thick skin, Gerald was still a semi-great master. In other words, there was no way it could h