“Hurry and get on your feet, Gerald!” shouted Nori as she ran over to help pull him up. Seeing that she had grabbed the swaddling clothes—that honestly looked more like a rag by now—Gerald then held it in hand before threatening, “Take one more step forward and I’m destroying this thing! Come on, I dare you!” Upon hearing that, the zombie instantly roared! To both their surprise, however, the zombie actually lifted both its arms before taking quite a few steps back! Clearly an indication that it wasn’t going to make any other rash moves, Nori then sighed in relief before saying, “…I really hadn’t expected this thing to actually retain its humanity!” Just as Gerald was about to breathe his own sigh of relief, a roar of laughter could suddenly be heard booming across the sky… Following that, a blinding flash could be seen… and seconds later, a figure dropped from the sky in a beam of light! Landing right before Gerald, the figure fumbled for a bit, possibly due to the after
Even so, no matter how far Yusef went, Fezrumoz simply continued pursuing him! Seeing that running wasn’t doing him any good, Yusef then shouted, “You b*stard! How dare you! Continue chasing me and I’ll burn those swaddling clothes of yours! Once I do that, your pitiful child won’t even have any bones left behind! You wouldn’t want that, would you?!” According to the rumors that Yusef had heard before, one didn’t need to panic or run whenever they bumped into Fezrumoz. The only thing one needed to do to scare the beast off was declare that they would snatch the zombie’s swaddling clothes if it came any closer. While it should have stopped Fezrumoz from attacking any further, the zombie only began attacking even more viciously after hearing Yusef say that! Yusef’s words seemed to have only infuriated it even more! “What the hell? Why aren’t you stopping?!” grumbled Yusef with a frown. In his state of panic, he turned to look at Gerald and Nori… Only to realize that both of the
Upon hearing that, Nori instantly screamed before running over to hide behind Gerald! Neither of them had earlier noticed the presence of the sword that had probably been hovering above the pool this entire time. The more shocking thing, however, was the fact that a black figure could—in turn—be seen faintly hovering atop the sword! “W-who are you…?” demanded the frightened Nori. “I go by Jade Infused Blade!” replied the figure in a rather faint mechanical tone. “You… How could you be this despicable…? Were you waiting to see my bare body…?” mumbled Nori, too embarrassed to say it out loud. “Before any further misunderstandings take place, I’ll have you know that I’m blind, miss. I only came over since I sensed my master’s aura within the vicinity,” explained Jade Infused Blade as his body slowly solidified… Once he stepped closer, Gerald and Nori saw that Jade Infused Blade was actually a long-haired warrior donning black armor. “Your master…?” asked the surprised Nori.
“Figure something out?” asked Gerald. “Indeed! From what I’ve managed to gather, it appears that you’re the ninth reincarnation of my master! If you don’t mind, could you tell me whether you look identical to my master?” asked Jade Infused Blade rather anxiously. Though Gerald had actively denied that he was Liemis’s reincarnated form this entire time, he felt the need to answer honestly this time. With that, Gerald then nodded, “That’s right! I look exactly like him!” “Then that settles it! You truly are my master’s ninth reincarnation! Still, it really has been too long since I’ve last met him… Thinking back, Jaellatra was in chaos back when I last met master… At the time, the three major Sun Gods of the Sun League had cooperated to deal with master. While the three of them alone weren’t too much of a problem for him, things started turning awry when the Youngvigors stepped in. It was quickly made apparent that the Youngvigors and the Sun Gods had planned on joining forces—lo
“Indeed… Speaking of which, may I know why you came here in the first place, master? Also, you said that Miss Lockland is currently in the human world, correct?” asked Jade Infused Blood, still kowtowing before Gerald. “She is. However, she only exists as a remnant of her soul in that world. Sadly enough, I wasn’t strong enough at the time when the King of Judgment Portal came after us. Since I couldn’t even protect myself yet, Zyla served as a distraction by luring the King of Judgment Portal away. After that incident, I’ve searched far and wide for her on earth. Unfortunately, I found no clues as to where she could have gone! With that in mind, I had a hunch that she could’ve possibly returned to Jaellatra!” “As for why I’m here, you could say that returning Liemis to Zyla is one of my reasons. The other reason I came here is because my sister’s been captured by the Quartermains! She’s suffering now, so I have to save her! However, in order to even survive long enough, I need to
Following that, an explosive sound could be heard! Everyone could only watch wide-eyed as all the surrounding leaves began gathering in front of Yusuf, specifically in front of his chest… The leaves then began balling up, and once the orb of leaves was large enough, Yusef bounded forward, using his chest to launch the ball of leaves forward! At that moment, another explosive sound could be heard as the orb of leaves flew so quickly at Gerald that it was hard to even see it properly! In response, Gerald positioned his fingers into a sword formation before declaring in his mind, ‘Go forth, Storm-Forged Blade!’ Immediately after, Gerald flicked his fingers in the direction of the orb, shooting a blade of light out in retaliation! Explosion upon explosion ensued as the two attacks flew toward each other… Until finally, the large ball of leaves was sliced clear in two, creating the loudest explosion yet! Everyone present could only take a few steps back in their shock, utterly
After getting captured by the Quartermains in Jaellatra, Jessica had suffered terribly every single day. Despite constantly being hurt, however, her will remained strong. She believed that Gerald would definitely come one day to save her from this place. With that in mind, she knew that she needed to survive long enough for him to do so. Unbeknownst to her, that day would come sooner than expected. After all, Gerald was already in Jaellatra, and he had even postponed his fight with Yosef since he prioritized saving his sister. Either way, now that he had entered the Ninth-rank of the Rune Realm, Gerald was pretty much already on his way into entering the Sage Realm. Due to that, he knew he didn’t need to be afraid of dealing with the Quartermains anymore. He could now finally save his sister! It wasn’t long before Gerald arrived in Bario City. Now alone and donning a long robe, Gerald slowly made his way across the city’s streets. All along the street, Gerald saw luxuriousl
Upon hearing that, everyone instantly burst into cheer! Gerald, on the other hand, silently remained low-profile in a dark corner of the banquet hall. To him, today wasn’t a day for celebrating Yesirn’s birthday. Instead, Gerald saw today as the day of Yesirn’s memorial ceremony. Watching as everyone continued being immersed in the delight of sensual pleasures and drinking, Yesirn didn’t even realize that a great danger was about to befall him… There was a saying that Gerald had previously heard of that suited what he was about to do to a tee. Essentially, ‘The end of the party is always the best time for one to get their business done’. As he thought about that, Gerald made sure that his hood was down before leaping into the air! It was a second later when everyone present watched as a strong-looking person dropped from the banquet hall’s ceiling… before landing onto one of the dining tables! Shocked by all the noise and the fact that the dining table had been split clean