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It was a little while later when a young woman—who looked to be around the age of nineteen—called out, “You actually found him, uncle!”

The girl herself was standing by the door of a home that was located within a shantytown west of the city’s suburbs. From the looks of it, she appeared to have been waiting there for quite a while.

As for the person she was speaking to, it was a middle-aged man who had just ridden his tricycle into the home’s compound. Behind the tricycle, lay a bloodied and unconscious youth.

Regardless, she immediately got up to walk over to the man after greeting him.

With the youth looking so battered up, any normal woman would’ve already covered her mouth and screamed by this point. This woman, however, seemed completely unfazed by him. In fact, she instantly began patting his unconscious face a few times before turning to look at the middle-aged man!

“I have to say, this fellow here is quite fortunate! After all, he’s still breathing after suffering from such terrible injuries! As if that wasn’t already enough, he’s also been inflicted with extremely potent poison!” said the woman as she curiously held onto his chin before observing both sides of his face

“Stop fooling around already, can’t you see how badly beaten up he is? Thank god he’s undergone the baptism of heaven and is close to reaching the Spirit Earth Realm! Otherwise, he’d be long dead by now!” replied the man as he shook his head with a sigh.

“How ignorant can one get? To even consider going against the Gunters and the King of Judgement Portal with what little strength he has!” retorted the woman with a pout.

“That’s quite enough cynicism from you! He’s just trying to save people despite not know what the world is like! Now hurry up and prepare the herbs for me! I’m focusing on saving his life first!” ordered the man as he began carrying the youth into the courtyard.

The woman herself looked around to make sure that nobody had seen any of this. Once she was sure, she then quickly pushed the blood-stained tricycle into the house.

Following that, she retrieved a small emerald battle from her sleeve before sprinkling what seemed to be neon green powder around the area. The powder itself quickly dissipated into the air.

With that done, she then entered the house to begin preparing the ingredients.

Meanwhile, the man was already hard at work in one of the rooms, trying his best to save the youth. Naturally, the youth—who was now lying on a bed—was none other than Gerald.

Soon after, the woman entered the room as well before sitting at the side. It was clear how little she cared about the situation since she even had a lollipop in her mouth!

“Still, he’s a bit too young to be possessing such strength, isn’t he? I find it quite unbelievable, honestly! Didn’t you say that the Nebula Realm was the limit for human beings? Hell, let’s not even go there yet! It’s already difficult enough for regular people to gain access to their inner strength, even if they spend their entire lives honing it! Yet this youth here is powerful enough to have almost reached the Spirit Earth Realm!”

The man himself didn’t immediately reply, fully focused on healing Gerald. Eventually, he paused to take in a deep breath before replying in his hoarse voice, “As I’ve said, he’s no ordinary person!”

If one took the time to properly observe the middle-aged man’s features, they would be able to see how hideous and strange his scar-filled face was.

“Then how wonderful is the realm of martial arts, uncle? From what I’ve been able to observe, this youth’s physique is built differently from others. He also doesn’t seem to conform to the general principles at all. It also seems like he’s gone through a special body-refining process through the use of herbs! Based on what my grandpa once told me, this mysterious method of refining the body should, by right, be long lost!” said the woman.

“There’s no limit to the realm. I’ll have you know that someone is always much more powerful than the others! Still, you never have any interest whenever I talk about affairs regarding martial arts!”

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After giving a bitter smile, he then quickly began reconnecting Gerald’s disjointed bones before swiftly and skilfully bandaging all his open wounds.

“I’ll admit that I wasn’t really that interested in it in the past, but I’m intrigued now! After all, he truly is quite puzzling!” replied the woman.

“Hah! The martial arts you’re interested in learning about isn’t something that ordinary warriors can achieve! The requirements to reach the Nebula realm are simply too harsh! Even possessing the right blood won’t grant you easy access into that realm! You should know by now that many of the families here have blood types different from typical people, and that’s because they’re part of secret societies. People from secret societies are reliant on their extraordinary physiques, and they’ll always be one step closer than others when it comes to reaching the limits of human beings. Even so, only those assiduous enough—from those families—are able to control their inner strength and potentially arrive at the Nebula Realm!

“However, in the eyes of some of the cryptic families, secret societies are nothing. I wouldn’t blame them since those from cryptic families are capable of using secret techniques while manipulating their inner strength! Regardless, those from cryptic families reach the Spirit Earth Realm through a process that involves a second transformation of their inner strength. While secret societies and cryptic families may not seem all that different from each other, I’ll have you know that their capabilities are so vastly different that family members of secret societies could never even dream of surpassing those from cryptic families! In case you didn’t know, the Gunters are a cryptic family as well! From what I’ve heard, after members of that family gather enough inner strength, they’ll be enlightened to their family’s secret technique which will aid them in reaching the Spirit Earth Realm!” explained the middle-aged man.

Following that, he then looked at Gerald before adding, “As for Gerald here, he relied mostly on his physique being changed by someone—through the use of some special secret technique—to get to where he currently is. Adding that to how unique the Crawford family’s bloodline is, his training grows rapidly with every passing day. From what I can see, he successfully went through the initial, middle, and final stage in less than a year to arrive at the Nebula Realm!”

“After that, he surpassed the Nebula Realm by undergoing the baptism of heaven. That, of course, landed him at his current stage, the initial stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. In fact, I can see that he’s already approaching the middle stage. Even so, his current strength alone seems extremely strange. To put into perspective, even exceptional people who have arrived at his current stage won’t be a match for him at all!” said the middle-aged man with a bitter smile.

“…I see! Then for Gerald to not even come close to defeating Hogan… How strong even is Hogan?” asked the woman curiously.

“Him? From what I can tell, he should be at the middle stage of the Spirit Earth Realm, though do note that he’s already arrived at that realm for several years. I’m guessing he should only be a step away from the final stage! With that in mind, there’s no way Gerald could’ve ever hoped of defeating him!”

“I understand… Speaking of which, I recall you saying that Lady Gunter and those from that new group—the Judgement Portal—seemed to have already achieved the final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. With that in mind, I do pity Gerald! Why hadn’t the person who had helped change his physique told him about any of this?” replied the woman as she scratched the back of her head.

Though she said that, she still found the person who had helped Gerald to be extremely extraordinary. After all, his aid had allowed Gerald to transform to his current state.

“Hmm… I have a feeling that that person hadn’t told him about it since he hadn’t even expected Gerald to grow so rapidly. My guess is that Gerald has had other chance encounters that allowed him to further hone his training. However, he must keep rushing into messes like this due to his lack of knowledge! While he was definitely capable of dealing with any weak people he previously bumped into, the Gunters are on a whole other level! If he gets successfully cornered by them, I’m afraid he’ll be as good as dead!”

“Alas! By the way, are there any other realms beyond the Spirit Earth Realm, uncle?” asked the woman.

After briefly hesitating, the man simply shook his head before saying, “Haha! Even if there is one, it’s pretty much meaningless. After all, there’s already a massive gap between the middle and final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. I’ll have you know that even if one spends their entire life training, there’s a high chance that they won’t ever make a breakthrough. There’s even less possibility of that happening considering the fact that aside from the Gunters, very few ever make it to the final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. The Gunters themselves have a naturally higher chance of achieving that realm due to how strong their family’s blood type is. With that in mind, exceptional people from outside that family find it difficult enough to even imagine themselves achieving the final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm, what more a realm beyond that!”

“But… Then why are there so few people who have achieved the Nebula Realm when so many more have already arrived at the Spirit Earth Realm? Isn’t that rather illogical?”

“Haha! Didn’t your grandpa ever tell you about the mystery that’s been troubling the world of martial arts? Essentially, those who’ve arrived at the Nebula Realm tend to go missing in groups every once in a while. However, since cryptic families have access to secret techniques, they’re able to quickly surpass the Nebula Realm and achieve the Spirit Earth Realm, essentially minimizing the threat of going missing along with the others—outside the family—who are still in the Nebula Realm. This is also the reason why secret societies used to be the strongest families. After the disappearances began, however, things slowly went downhill for them, subsequently raising the ranks of those from cryptic families,” explained the man.

“So that’s what happened!” replied the woman, finally seeing the bigger picture.

At that moment, she noticed a small pouch that Gerald had on him. Curious, she couldn’t help but to open it and look at its contents.

Upon realizing that there were numerous small photographs in there, the woman laughed before saying, “Though he’s a high and mighty rich heir, to think that he had such a hobby! Look! He keeps several small photographs of women with him at all times!”

Following that, she held them in hand to have a closer look at them. From what she could immediately assume, Gerald had a habit of keeping photographs of those most precious to him close by. Out of the many photographs, the woman found the pictures of Gerald’s parents, Mila, and his cousin—Queta—to be most interesting.

“Say, uncle! There’s a charming beauty among these photos who has eyes that resemble yours a lot! Haha!” said the woman as she held out the photograph in question with a smile.

“Stop spouting nonsense! With how ugly I am, how could anyone even come close to resembling me? Also, stop looking at his personal belongings! It’s rude to do so!” replied the man with a wry smile before sighing in resignation.

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“But it’s true, uncle! I’m not pulling your leg at all! Just take a look if you don’t believe me! I’m telling you this charming little lady’s eyes resemble yours a lot!” persisted the woman.

As he watched her signal for him to take the photograph from her already outstretched hand, the old man simply looked at her for a while before giving in and taking it from her.

The second he got a clearer look at the person in the photograph, he seemed to momentarily freeze in place. He was so shocked that he couldn’t even hold onto the photograph properly, resulting in it falling to the floor.

If it wasn’t obvious enough, the girl in the photo was Queta.

Seeing him trembling like that was a first for the woman. Adding that to the fact that his expression had changed so much upon looking at the photo, the woman couldn’t help but ask in a worried tone, “…Uncle? Is something the matter…?”

Quickly picking the photograph up again, he then replied, “…I’m fine. Everything’s fine… Speaking of which, I’m done bandaging Gerald and I need to head out for a bit. Take care of him in the meantime!”

With that said, he then hastily turned around before leaving.

“…He’s acting rather strange…” muttered the woman to herself as she scratched the back of her head.

Though she was mischievous in nature, she always obeyed that man’s words. With that, she then sat by the bed with her eyes closed, both hands over her cheeks.

Opening an eye to look at the resting youth, she was instantly caught by surprise. Since the middle-aged man had wiped the blood off Gerald’s face earlier, she now saw that Gerald was, in fact, quite handsome.

Stretching her hand out, she gently pinched his face before saying, “You look quite handsome, you know? Still, the more I look at you, the more I feel that your eyes resemble uncle’s slightly… I wonder why…”

In truth, the woman had always secretly admired that middle-aged man. After all, though he was ugly, that man’s demeanor was always graceful and his behavior was nothing short of gentlemanly. What more, he was also extremely mysterious.

Whenever she asked him about how he had gotten all those wounds on his face, he always replied with the same thing, stating that he was simply burned badly. As for photographs of him in the past, there were none to even speak of.

That fact alone saddened the woman greatly. After all, she was extremely interested in knowing how he looked in the past.

After staring at Gerald for some time, her ears twitched as she turned to look at the door. There, the man sat as he smoked quietly.

‘…He really is acting extremely strangely today!’ the woman thought to herself.

The man himself was looking at Queta’s photo again as he continued smoking. If one were to pay closer attention to him under the light of the moon, they would be able to see his body trembling slightly as tears slowly began welling in his eyes, his gaze at the photograph filled with adoration.

After being in a daze for quite a while, he eventually kept the photograph carefully. Looking up at the night sky, his initial tears were no longer there. Instead, it was replaced with a look of resoluteness and ruthlessness.

“The incident will be settled sooner or later… It isn’t far from now!” declared the man coldly as he glared daggers at a large and remote mountain in the distance…

…

Meanwhile, the Gunters and those from Judgement Portal were currently assembled at the Gunter family manor’s brightly lit hall within Ancient City.

At that moment, Yreth—the old lady of the Gunter family—was sitting at the seat of honor as she exclaimed in shock, “…What? Hogan’s been defeated? But how is that even possible! Gerald’s merely a weak, small fry compared to Hogan! How was he actually able to escape?!”

Hogan was an exceptional man who had already achieved the middle stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. With that kind of strength, he was a frightening man who could do pretty much whatever he pleased.

The Gunters themselves were well aware of how terrifying he was, since before they had formed an alliance with Judgement Portal, they had attempted to fight that beast of a man. Despite how exceptional the Gunter family members were, none of them were any match for Hogan, and they all ended up getting utterly defeated. That alone painted the image of how strong that man truly was.

Since the Judgement Portal had sent Hogan over to capture Gerald this time around, the Gunters had assumed that everything was already in the bag. They were so sure, in fact, that they even had Gerald’s jail cell prepared!

Shockingly enough, not only was Gerald able to escape, but Hogan also ended up getting terribly injured!

Hogan himself was currently lying on a chair, his expression extremely ruthless as members of the Judgement Portal continued bandaging his wounds.

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“He was saved in the nick of time by someone extremely strong! Had I been a move slower, I wouldn’t be alive now!” explained Hogan, feeling utterly humiliated.

exactly is the assailant?” asked Yreth as

focused on evading his attack, I wasn’t able to

that are secretly helping Gerald…?” muttered Yreth to herself as

Earth Realm. Even though she could deduce at

a voice saying, “Could it be that Gerald is

up, she watched as an extremely handsome youth entered through the door—leading outside—with both his hands folded behind his back. Upon stepping inside, his first reaction was to imposingly scan through the hall with cold and stern eyes that only served to further amplify his already

strange clothes and portraying queer expressions—took turns nodding at the youth as they greeted,

after all, an alliance with the

and he was Lady Gunter’s great-great-grandson. To Yume, he was

and he was pretty much

beloved great-great-grandson. As for her most adored great-great-granddaughter, Yume naturally

her love for Yume wasn’t as strong as her adoration for Felton. After all,

that, the moment she saw him, a smile instantly formed

probably only comparable to a stray dog! Despite that, to

to Master Hogan, someone was apparently helping Gerald in secret. That someone also seems

of all this! Just leave everything to me! As for the forces who are still keen on helping him… I’m going

knew him would oftentimes find him to be quite overbearing. It was

long as Felton put his mind to it, he was able to accomplish anything that he wanted to, regardless of who the other party

I was previously thinking about having you investigate it as well! Regardless, try to find out more about the forces aiding Gerald and report your findings to me

smiled back at her before

door, however, a female servant just so happened to be entering with

Please forgive me!” squeaked the female servant—who looked to be around the age of

frown before immediately slapping her

blood began flowing down the young woman’s fair face, her body now limp on the floor…

Judgement Portal could only look at each

she looked at Felton before saying, “Pay it no heed. I’ve simply spoiled Felton ever since he

at the rest of the servants, Yreth then ordered, “Get that corpse out

the servants in unison, utterly mortified by what they

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agreed to cooperate to hunt Gerald down. It was evident that seeking Gerald out

aware that even Queena—who owned the Squad of Divine

in their interests in finding Gerald, both Lady Gunter and the King of Judgement Portal still made sure to keep

the task of seeking out Gerald

in full control over Ancient City, their

mind, the Gunters immediately ordered the Simes—from Querton city— to aid them in their search for Gerald by utilizing large

find him at all despite having investigated every spot she could

searched, though there still

extremely anxious due to their failure to locate Gerald, even after a week. With that, both of them then headed to the shantytown with a team—provided by

Heights is the only place left for us to search…’ Felton thought to

fact that Gerald hadn’t left the city since his grandmother had previously used the Dead Annies to

…

the shantytown as she delightfully said, “I’ll be heading off for school now, Brother Crawford and Sister Monica! I’ll come play with you again tomorrow! Oh! And these are some eggs that my mom told me

look at the elder brother and elder sister figures, she then smiled before adding, “Since you’re sick, be sure to eat more eggs to

had been standing at

‘Brother Crawford’ in question was none other than Gerald. Though he was now doing far better after that man healed him, his body was still extremely weak at the moment. As for ‘Sister Monica’, she was the woman that

eats lots of eggs till he

the child meant no harm with her words, Gerald simply laughed along as he looked

from massive injuries this time around, and it wasn’t a stretch to say that he could’ve easily died back then after being tortured so much by Hogan. By the time he was rescued, not only had most of his veins and bones already snapped, but he was also suffering from terrible internal injuries

escape with his life intact. Still, while the man had estimated that Gerald would only regain consciousness after at least a month had passed, he truly hadn’t expected the youth

internal injuries were healing so rapidly honestly made Monica

he was only able to get out of bed on the sixth, which was the day

weak Gerald currently was—since his body was still recovering—the middle-aged man had set off for Dordwell Heights first thing

Gerald had regained consciousness, he had found the middle-aged man to be extremely familiar and friendly, though he wasn’t quite sure if that was just a biased

and the man were quite mysterious to

she originated from, Monica refused to give him a clear answer. All he knew about her was that she had stayed by

even more mystifying. After all, even though Gerald had asked him time and again why he had appeared all of a sudden to save him, the man simply avoided

chose to obey the man’s orders to simply remain in

by the name of Sierra. Throughout his time awake, Gerald had gotten to know the cute and kind girl fairly well. From what he was told, she was the youngest daughter from Elias Leakin’s family, which was one of the families here in the

out that when she was younger, she had fallen terribly ill. Ever since she was saved by that man, however, she had treated him like her godfather, which explained why she

she was there so often that she was tasked with wiping Gerald’s face for him every day. Additionally, she even brought lots of food for him! The fact that the food mostly consisted of candies and snacks—foods of which Sierra treasured most—certainly warmed

at the girl—who was now running off while waving back

he had been told, the girl was

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is, I’m sure she’ll grow to be an extremely beautiful woman,” said

I’m sure she’ll be quite similar to you in terms of

later, he immediately cupped his mouth with a white towel—that

that you don’t start walking around just yet. After

that she was staring rather intently at his chest. Feeling weirded out, Gerald then said, “…Why are you staring at my chest like

jade pendant! It’s shining again, you know? From the day you were brought here, it’s shone at exactly the same time every morning and night. Thinking back, it must have done so at least a dozen times by now!” replied Monica rather grumpily as she rolled her eyes at Gerald before

Gerald as he looked down to see for

he had been aware that the pendant shone quite regularly ever since he woke up. However, he had no idea

had previously saved his life on several occasions by giving him aid at the most crucial moments. Despite that, it hadn’t activated this time, even

earth is even happening…?’ Gerald thought to himself, feeling quite

be able to figure

made their appearance right

were all pretty united, and that was made evident by how the other families immediately walked out to take a look when

soon ended up returning to their own homes after the guards began scowling and threatening to beat them up if they planned to meddle

back of a luxury car, momentarily resting his eyes. After slowly opening his eyes a little

that he was staring at her, the girl

had been standing in front of their house—before rushing over to the girl while ushering, “Sierra! Come

place—wanted to help, they were simply too frightened to move, knowing that they couldn’t afford to offend the

at Sierra for a little while longer, Felton gave his subordinate a glance before pointing at the girl. Easily understanding what Felton meant by that,

out the

their advances were halted by a few other guards who quickly kicked

never offended any of you! She’s my daughter and she’s still so young! What are you planning on doing to her?!” cried out

yourselves! One more move from either of you and you’ll both be dead!” threatened the guards as they placed knives close to the duo’s

parents unable to make another move, the subordinate holding

she was before him, he took in a sniff

girl… Herbs that ordinary people wouldn’t ever be able to

subordinate then glared at Sierra before growling, “Have you come across any odd

whimpered Sierra

to know that they were looking for Gerald. Even so, she had promised her

truth, else I’ll be giving trouble to your parents right after I slaughter you!” growled Felton next as he got out of the

stern gaze, he then added, “Now then, are you still unwilling to tell me what you know? Just so

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I really don’t know!” cried out Sierra as Felton lifted her into

her, however, Sierra simply continued denying that she knew anything. Quickly understanding that he wasn’t going to be able to get anything out from her, he then fixed his cold eyes

he then held onto Sierra’s neck before slowly increasing

Elias and his wife—who was already crying in grief by this point—could only gnash their teeth

who had been saved

that in mind, both of them simply shook their

until you get a personal taste of

lowering it again extremely quickly in a swiping motion! At that moment, everyone froze, unsure of what Felton had

of Sierra’s right shoulder! Her right arm had just been dismembered

her arm now sliced clean off her body, Sierra

with strong

eyes had turned bloodshot as he roared, “You…

he was going to be able to get past those from the Gunter

still refuse to tell me where she had gone to get that scent on her, her head will be the next thing that flies off!” taunted Felton with

a white knife. With it, dismembering her arm was as easy as breaking

threat, Elias—who currently had his head stepped on by one

your way then!” said Felton as he shook his head with a bitter smile. Following that, he brought the knife close to Sierra’s neck. From the way he angled it, everyone watching

however, the crisp sound of metal clanging could suddenly be

an inch away from Sierra’s

happened so fast. All he remembered was seeing a white light intersect

Felton instantly turned back to see the knife flying in

what Felton could tell, the tree’s diameter was wide enough for

thought to himself, feeling his eyelids twitch as debris flew all over the

of the Spirit Earth Realm, nobody should have been

now on high alert, occasionally turning to look

Felton with a roar before bounding away

Felton was running, the rest of his men immediately scattered as

cleared of any remaining Simes and

out of the picture, Elias immediately cried

ground before fleeing, and there was now a puddle of

lifted his daughter up with a roar of fatherly pain, a figure could be seen from afar, running toward him

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