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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.

is the assailant?”

his attack, I wasn’t able to

be that there are other powerful forces that are secretly helping Gerald…?” muttered Yreth

Hogan up that badly, they needed to at least possess the strength equivalent to the final stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. Even though she could deduce at least that much, Yreth simply wasn’t able to figure out what kind of force would even step forward to help

a voice saying, “Could it be that

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

Judgement Portal members—who consisted of both males and females donning strange clothes and portraying queer expressions—took turns nodding at the youth as they greeted, “A pleasure to meet you,

after all, an alliance

by the name of Felton Gunter, and he was Lady

was pretty much the most powerful individual among those from

definitely Yreth’s most beloved great-great-grandson. As for her most adored

her adoration for Felton. After all, Yreth had personally trained Felton to be the

saw him, a smile instantly formed on Yreth’s face as she

honestly so trivial a person that he’s probably only comparable to a stray dog! Despite that, to think

was apparently helping Gerald in secret. That someone also seems to be

few days for me to get to the bottom of all this! Just leave everything to me! As

oftentimes find him to be quite overbearing. It was almost as

put his mind to it, he was able to accomplish anything that he wanted to, regardless of who the other party was. It was due to that that Yreth

findings to me as soon as you get any hints! As for your methods of acquiring that information, feel free to do as you please!” replied Yreth, a

Yreth as he smiled back at her

servant just so happened to be entering with ginseng tea in hand. Due

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

frown before

woman’s fair face, her body

the thirteen members from Judgement Portal could only look at each other in

simply revealed a smile as she looked at Felton before saying, “Pay it no

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

squealed the servants in unison, utterly mortified by what they had just

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that, the Gunters and those from Judgement Portal agreed to cooperate to hunt Gerald down. It was evident that seeking Gerald out was crucial for

the same time, both forces were also well aware that even Queena—who owned the Squad of Divine Grimness—was looking for Gerald. Unlike them, however, Queena’s aim of finding Gerald was to make him marry

Gerald, both Lady Gunter and the King of Judgement Portal still

task of seeking out Gerald was given mainly to Felton and

over Ancient City,

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

dedicated to hunting Gerald down, however, Yreth was unable to find him at all despite having

there still weren’t any signs of Gerald…

Gerald, even after a week. With that, both of them then headed to the shantytown with a

is the only

hadn’t left the city since his grandmother had previously used the Dead Annies to check

…

hair tied in pigtails and looked to be around six—could be seen standing in a small courtyard of a house within 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

before adding, “Since

been

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 had been looking after Gerald—along with that middle-aged man—this entire time, and her full name was Monica

eats lots of eggs till he gets healthy again! Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on him!” replied Monica with a

child meant no harm with her words, Gerald simply laughed

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

with his life intact. Still, while the man had estimated that Gerald would only regain consciousness after

fact that his broken bones and internal injuries were healing so rapidly honestly

that he had regained consciousness on the third day he was there, he was only able

man had set off

that man, ever since Gerald had regained consciousness, he had found the middle-aged man to be extremely familiar and friendly, though he

and the man

to give him a clear answer. All he knew about her was that she had stayed

had appeared all of a sudden to save him, the man simply avoided giving a direct answer. Not wanting to continue being rude to his savior, Gerald soon decided

man’s orders to simply remain in the shantytown—for the time

time awake, Gerald had gotten to know the cute and kind girl fairly well. From what he was told, she was the youngest

had fallen terribly ill. Ever since she was saved by that man, however, she had

every day. Additionally, she even brought lots of food for him!

running off while waving back at him—before shouting,

what he had been told, the girl was studying

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she already is, I’m sure she’ll grow to be

she’ll be quite similar to you

mouth with a white towel—that he had been holding onto—as

got stained with blood, Monica frowned slightly before saying, “It’s best that you don’t start walking around just yet. After all, your injuries haven’t healed

intently at his chest. Feeling weirded out, Gerald then said, “…Why

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 pointing

again?” said Gerald as he looked down

regularly ever since he woke up. However, he had no idea

giving him aid at the most

earth is even happening…?’ Gerald thought

he came to the conclusion that he wasn’t going to be able to figure it out just by dwelling on it. With that in mind, he then followed Monica into

of bodyguards dressed in black—under the lead of a few Gunters—had just made their appearance right outside the shantytown,

were all pretty united, and that was made evident by how the other

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

eyes. After slowly opening his eyes a little while later, he found himself frowning when he saw a young girl walking across

at her, the girl was temporarily frozen

interception from the bodyguards—who had been standing in front of their

had been watching all this take place—wanted to help, they were simply too frightened to move, knowing that

girl. Easily understanding what Felton

cried out the

their advances were halted by a

you! She’s my daughter and she’s still so young!

and you’ll both be dead!” threatened the guards as they placed knives

another move, the subordinate holding onto Sierra then

took

scent on this girl… Herbs that ordinary people wouldn’t ever

growling, “Have you come across any odd patients recently? Spit out the truth,

don’t know…!” whimpered Sierra in

had promised her godfather that she would never reveal his location, and she

I’ll be giving trouble to your parents right after I slaughter you!” growled Felton

unwilling to tell me what you know? Just so you understand,

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Sierra as Felton

Quickly understanding that he wasn’t going to be able to get anything out from

on answering, he then held onto Sierra’s neck before slowly increasing the force of his

already crying in grief by this point—could only gnash their teeth in their panicked

Gerald—the young man who had been saved by the middle-aged man—they were extremely loyal to that man, and would never even dream

mind, both of them simply

get a

swiping motion! At that

in horror as blood began gushing out of Sierra’s right

now sliced clean off her body, Sierra instantly began screaming in pain,

the other hand, was brimming so much with strong emotions that

he roared, “You…

tried to rush past the guards to attack Felton, there was simply no way that he was going to be able to get past those from the Gunter family. Soon enough, he ended up being flung backward, landing on the ground

just the beginning. If you 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 wicked smile on

slice the girl’s arm off was a white knife. With it, dismembering

on by one

smile. Following that, he brought the knife close to Sierra’s neck. From the way he angled it, everyone watching knew that a single

he was about to do the deed, however, the crisp sound of metal clanging

knife—that had only been less than an inch away from Sierra’s neck

had all happened so fast. All he remembered was

to see the knife flying in

into a million pieces! From what Felton could tell, the tree’s diameter was wide enough for at least seven people to hug before they were able to

to himself, feeling his eyelids twitch as

being in the middle stage of the Spirit Earth Realm, nobody should have been able to knock his weapon out of his

Gunter family’s subordinates were now on high alert, occasionally turning to look at each other in

still waiting here for?! Leave the area!” ordered Felton with a roar before bounding away from the area, not even bothering to

that even Felton was running, the rest of

enough, the shantytown was cleared of any remaining Simes

them out of the picture, Elias immediately

ground before fleeing, and there was now

with a roar of fatherly pain, a figure could be seen from afar, running toward him at high speeds.

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