The Medallion

Upon asking for the other elders and the five stewards to head back to the Sword Spirit Sect, Timothy and Harrison left first and went straight to the Arcane Sword Hall.

At the same time, Hannah walked into the competition area and sought Rocky. After finally finding him, she said, "Here you are. Come with me. The leader wants to see you."

"Huh? The leader?" Rocky actually didn't expect that his battle with Xavier would catch the attention of the sect leader. In his honest opinion, it came as a big surprise.

But at some point, he knew that he was going to be summoned by the higher-ups because of everything that he had displayed in the entire competition. Thus, upon hearing what Hannah said, he just simply nodded with a smile. Then, the two of them left the competition area under the watchful eyes of the crowd who had just witnessed the recent battle.

As soon as they entered the Arcane Sword Hall, Rocky saw that Timothy and Harrison were already there, seated and patiently waiting for their arrival. There was no one else except the sect leader and the governor. With this, Rocky immediately discerned they were trying to keep this conversation a secret one.

"Thank you, Hannah. You may leave now," Timothy ordered at once.

Hearing her father's command, Hannah cast a slight glance at Rocky before she bowed and left the hall. She was actually concerned about how their meeting would turn out, but she knew that her father was a sensible person. Hence, as long as Rocky told the truth and explained everything accordingly, there shouldn't be any problem.

At this point, there were only three people left inside the hall—Timothy, Harrison, and Rocky.

Despite being in front of the two powerful figures of the Sword Spirit Sect, Rocky looked rather calm, and there wasn't any hint of fear or panic in his eyes.

point. Do you know

I do. You want to know where I really came from, what my purpose of hiding my real strength was, as well as my intention of coming here to the Sword Spirit City. Am I right about all that?" Rocky answered straightforwardly. He was a clever man, and thus he had a full understanding of what might

us the truth," Timothy said as he stroked his beard. Although he was the leader of the Sword Spirit Sect, Timothy had always been gentle. Of course, he had a lot of reasons to doubt Rocky, but he didn't need to be hostile towards him before he figured

that I actually didn't enter the Sword Spirit City for any special or hidden purpose. I just wanted to improve my strength, and I thought that this was the most suitable place to do it," Rocky said with a straight

part of the Sword Spirit Sect, you could

a very remote village, and only a dozen families were living there. Thus, no one really told me anything about spirit warriors. I might have some skills and

have given them a plausible explanation, but they still thought that there

did you cultivate your spiritual power then? I can't believe that you would

not, several spiritual beasts live around my hometown. Among them, some could produce treasures that are similar to the ethereal crystals. Therefore, since I was a child, I have been in contact with these spiritual treasures, though I didn't know what they were for. As time passed by, I was able to absorb the spiritual power they emitted unknowingly into my body. Thus, I have a lot of spiritual power stored within me but I didn't know how to use it. Finally, when I came here, I was able to focus on utilizing it," Rocky continued. He had been well-prepared and already polished his made-up stories even before he faced the two

spiritual power from those spiritual treasures. Although there is

be true, but it's possible," Timothy replied with a nod

that Rocky said were reasonable enough to explain the dubious facts surrounding him. However, both Timothy and Harrison experienced a lot in their lives. They wouldn't be easily fooled with just that. There were still a lot of details that they needed to countercheck, and just a single

so that you could be taken for treatment

order to make a name for myself in the Supreme Ether Land. However, after I started my journey, I encountered some terrible guys. Since I was from the countryside, I was easily fooled. I was swindled and they managed to take all of my belongings. My bad luck didn't end there. Later on, I was abducted to the area just outside of the Sword Spirit City. I was actually almost on the brink of being sold as a laborer. Fortunately, I was able to escape just in time. At that point, I didn't have any money on me and so I suffered from hunger for a while. Realizing that I needed to do something about my situation, I tried my luck to see if I could meet some rich people who could spare me some food and money. Then, that was when I bumped into Ally. I was surprised that I was taken here in the Sword Spirit City by the kind-hearted lady. Before that incident, I already heard about the Sword Spirit City because of its good reputation. So, when I saw that I was brought

happened to enter the Sword Spirit City by accident?" Timothy asked with furrowed brows as he