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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

was too focused on evading his attack,

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

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

that moment, she suddenly heard a voice saying, “Could it be that Gerald is the one causing

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 extraordinary

and females donning strange clothes and portraying queer expressions—took turns nodding at

all, an alliance with the Judgement

the youth went by the name of Felton Gunter, and he was Lady Gunter’s great-great-grandson. To

strong, and he was pretty much the most powerful individual among those from the Gunter family’s younger

that in mind, Felton was definitely Yreth’s most beloved great-great-grandson. As for her most adored

for Yume wasn’t as strong as her adoration for Felton. After all, Yreth had personally trained Felton to be the heir of

instantly

he’s probably only comparable to a stray

apparently helping Gerald in secret. That someone also

for even if exceptional people truly are secretly aiding him, all I need is a few days for me to get to the bottom of all this! Just leave everything to me! As

and those who knew him would oftentimes find him to be quite overbearing. It was almost as though

to accomplish anything that he wanted to, regardless of who the

more about the forces aiding Gerald and report your findings to me as soon as you get any hints! As for your methods of acquiring that information, feel free

back at her

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

apologize, Young Master Gunter! Please forgive me!” squeaked the female servant—who looked to be around the age of sixteen—as she immediately knelt

shouted Felton with a frown before immediately slapping

face, her body now limp on the floor…

thirteen members from Judgement Portal could only look at

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

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

squealed the servants in unison, utterly mortified by what

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Portal agreed to cooperate to hunt Gerald down. It was evident 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

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

task of seeking out Gerald was given mainly to Felton and

over Ancient City, their true influence spanned the

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

people dedicated to hunting Gerald down, however, Yreth was unable to find him at all despite having investigated every spot she could think of

searched, though there still weren’t any signs of Gerald… All that was left,

a week. With that,

find him here, then Dordwell Heights is the only place left for us to search…’ Felton thought

his grandmother had previously used the Dead Annies to check

…

an adorable little girl—who had her 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

to look at the elder brother and elder sister figures, she then smiled before adding,

been

still extremely weak at the moment.

Crawford eats lots of eggs till he gets

simply laughed along as he looked at the young girl

By the time he was rescued, not only had most of his

view, Gerald already had it good enough since he had managed to escape with his life intact. Still, while the man had estimated that Gerald would only regain consciousness after at least a

and internal injuries were healing so rapidly honestly

had regained consciousness on the third day he was there, he was only able to get out of bed on the sixth, which

was—since his body was still recovering—the middle-aged man had set off for Dordwell Heights first thing in the morning to gather

familiar and friendly, though he wasn’t quite sure if that was just a biased viewpoint since the man had, after all, saved

and the man were

when asked where she originated from, Monica refused to give him a clear answer. All he knew about her was

himself was 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 giving a direct answer. Not wanting to continue being rude to his savior,

man’s orders to simply remain

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

Ever since she was saved by that man, however,

she even brought lots of food for him! The fact that the food mostly consisted of candies and snacks—foods

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

girl was studying in the middle class of

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

agree. I’m sure she’ll be quite similar to you

cupped his mouth with a white towel—that he had

before saying, “It’s best that you don’t start walking around just yet. After all, your injuries haven’t healed yet, you know? Truth be told, I still can’t

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

shone at exactly the same time every morning and night. Thinking back, it must have done so at least a dozen times

Gerald as he

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

saved his life on several occasions by giving him aid at the most

on earth is even happening…?’ Gerald

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

just made their appearance right outside the shantytown, fully prepared to go door to door to

shantytown all shared cordial relationships with each other. Due to that, its inhabitants were all pretty united, and that was made evident by how the other families immediately walked out to take a look when they saw

homes after the guards began scowling and threatening to

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

that he was staring at her, the

what seemed to be her parents broke through the interception from the bodyguards—who had been standing in front of their house—before rushing over to the girl while ushering, “Sierra!

this take place—wanted to help, they were simply too frightened

pointing at the girl. Easily understanding what Felton meant by that, the subordinate then walked over and instantly carried Sierra up, even though she was just

out the now utterly terrified

for her safety, and they immediately began running over to her. However, their advances were halted by a few other guards

any of you! She’s my daughter and she’s still so young! What are you planning on doing to her?!”

move from either of you and you’ll both be dead!” threatened the guards as they

subordinate holding onto Sierra then

she was before him, he took in a sniff before narrowing

scent on this girl… Herbs that

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

whimpered Sierra in

they were looking for Gerald. Even so, she had promised her godfather that she would never reveal his

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

he then added, “Now then, are you still unwilling to tell me what you know? Just so you understand, for me, killing you is as easy as killing

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Sierra as Felton lifted

Quickly understanding that he wasn’t going to be able to get anything out from her, he then fixed his cold eyes at Sierra’s parents before asking, “And what about you two? Know

keen on answering, he then

crying in grief by this point—could only

knew for a fact that Felton was looking for Gerald—the young man who had been

of them simply shook

the consequences until you get a personal taste of it! Allow me to demonstrate!”

it again extremely quickly in a swiping motion! At

parents’ eyes widened in horror as blood began gushing out of Sierra’s right shoulder! Her right arm had just been dismembered and was

arm now sliced clean off her body, Sierra instantly

so much with strong emotions that she ended up passing out on

he roared, “You… You b*stard of a man! I’ll kill

matter how much he 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 in

scent on her, her head will be the next thing

weapon Elias had earlier used to slice the girl’s arm off was a white knife. With it,

head stepped on by one of the guards—simply remained silent as he desperately

he brought the knife close to Sierra’s neck. From the way he angled it, everyone watching

to do the deed, however,

only been less than an inch away

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

see the knife flying in the direction

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

thought to himself, feeling his eyelids twitch as debris flew

Earth Realm, nobody should have been able to knock his weapon out

high alert, occasionally turning to look at each other

roar before bounding away from the area, not even bothering to get into his

that even Felton was running, the rest of his men immediately

was cleared of any remaining Simes

them out of the picture, Elias immediately cried out,

was now a puddle

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

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