"How, how is this possible...?"
This was the thought that crossed the minds of everyone who witnessed the scene.
Only Lipum, coughing up blood, struggling to rise from the ground, widened her eyes at the sight.
"Is, is it him...?"
Naturally, Lipum would recognize Reiger.
Although the hood of his cloak concealed Reiger’s appearance, his posture and aura were unmistakably those of the expert she had just been endeavoring to recruit.
But precisely because she recognized Reiger, Lipum felt her mind go blank.
She knew the other party was strong, but hadn’t imagined him to be this strong.
One strike to kill a senior Swordsman?
What level was that?
...Sword Saint?
"No! Impossible!"
It wasn’t just Lipum’s thought; it was shared by everyone present.
There was only one Sword Saint in Sin Yele, and that was the City Lord of this Neutral City.
As for a Sword Saint from outside?
How could these local big shots not receive even a bit of news if such a character arrived in this Neutral City?
This was the consensus among most people.
Moreover, the City Lord of Sin Yele was extrely xenophobic.
It wasn’t foreigners he repelled, but foreign Sword Saints.
Because this was the territory he had established with his own hands, a foreign Sword Saint entering here, venturing into this wilderness, likely had ulterior motives.
The arrival of such individuals could arouse the City Lord’s extre vigilance.
Therefore, the City Lord of Sin Yele had once announced publicly that he did not welco any Sword Saints, and if any foreign Sword Saint entered Sin Yele without his permission, he would regard them as enemies.
This was also because the small country the City Lord hailed from was destroyed by major powers like the Ginas Kingdom and the Leiblu Kingdom, causing him to distrust any nation. If so nonentities arrived, he couldn’t be bothered to deal with them, but if figures like Sword Saints who could threaten him and the existence of Sin Yele appeared, his reaction was usually quite extre.
While few in the Ginas Kingdom and the Leiblu Kingdom were aware of this, the declaration of the Sin Yele City Lord had been made many years ago. Due to the distance, it had been circulated only among the high echelons of those kingdoms. Moreover, Sword Saints had no interest in coming to such a barren place or in witnessing the City Lord’s stern countenance, leading everyone to disregard the declaration as a re joke over ti.
However, the locals of Sin Yele were well aware of the City Lord’s style, and especially the people from a certain power group, who could not possibly ignore the rules set by the only Sword Saint in Sin Yele.
With this in mind, the locals of Sin Yele had scarcely ever seen a Sword Saint other than the City Lord, and subconsciously believed no other Sword Saints would co here. In fact, many years ago, soone had succeeded in becoming a Sword Saint but was ultimately driven away by the City Lord and fled to the Leiblu Kingdom, never to return.
Therefore, as soon as the people present thought of the Sword Saint, they imdiately negated the possibility.
The thoughts may seem complex, but in fact, these reflections and considerations only occurred within two or three seconds.
During these two or three seconds, everyone remained petrified in place, montarily forgetting to move.
Until—
"This item is now mine."
Reiger’s voice finally rang out.
"Since everyone is fighting over it, having one more person like shouldn’t be a problem, right?"
The calm voice, as though making an introduction, twisted the faces of everyone present.
No problem?
The problem was huge!
It was this lack of tension in his speech that finally woke up many of the people there.
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
Imdiately, several Swordsman close to Reiger dashed forth, reaching for the box in Reiger’s hand.
However, Reiger rely glanced at them and then sheathed his sword.
"[Advanced Teleportation]."
The next second, Reiger disappeared from the spot, leaving no trace.
"What?"
"He, he ran?"
"Where did he go!?"
Those who had charged at Reiger stopped in their tracks, looking to the left and right, but found nothing.
The rest were the sa, their expressions turning as they instinctively looked around, but still, nothing was to be found.
Unbeknownst to them, by this ti, Reiger had already returned to the group of buildings where he was originally.
"Master."
Liz had yet to understand what had happened, surprised and astounded by Reiger’s sudden disappearance and his sudden return with a box.
"Let’s go," Reiger said to Liz with a smile, "Let’s go back and study this box."
Speaking, Reiger glanced at the cluster of buildings around him, tuned out the presence of the people sweeping towards him, and, taking Liz with him, activated the teleportation magic and disappeared from the spot.
Quickly, one figure after another landed on the building where Reiger and Liz had been.
"Gone?"
"How did they suddenly disappear?"
"Was it magic?"
"But he clearly cut down an experienced Senior Swordsman with a single stroke."
"No good, we must find him."
"Let’s go."
The crowd left with an air of urgency.
Even those who were still fighting in the abandoned warehouse district started leaving, shouting and calling to one another.
They had to find Reiger.
They had to find that box.
Only the Dragon Horn and Play Magician folks had no way to retreat smoothly.
Because they had been targeted.
"I’ve long wanted to taste your blood! Yade! Kammon!"
Demon Swordsman Leo, wrapped in blood-red magic power, laughed maniacally with blood-shot eyes, having set his sights on the leaders of Dragon Horn and Play Magician at so unknown ti, bearing his blade and launching an attack on these two.
"Tch!"
"Damn lunatic!"
Yade and Kammon’s faces were extrely grim, but they had no choice but to engage as they couldn’t ignore the oncoming Leo.
In an instant, flas roared through the air, the light of the swords tore through space with Space Slashes, colliding with the Demon Swordsman wrapped in blood-red magic power, setting off thunderous booms.
To protect their leaders, those affiliated with Dragon Horn and Play Magician couldn’t retreat either, they had to join together in attacking Leo to support Yade and Kammon.
"Big sister, are you okay?"
The robust man, clutching his chest and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, approached Lipum.
"I, I’m fine..."
Lipum had been watching the direction in which Reiger disappeared until now she finally ca to her senses and shook her head at the robust man.
"Then can you still fight?" the robust man asked anxiously, "Leo has gone mad again, although Boss Yade is strong, facing that lunatic is too dangerous!"
At these words, Lipum seed to rember this matter, quickly got up.
"Let’s go! We must help our brother!"
Saying so, Lipum rushed to the battlefield with the robust man, while in her mind, the images of two figures in cloaks still lingered.
Perhaps, this wasn’t such a bad thing...
...
In a small alley of Sin Yele, a city district.
"Swoosh!"
Reiger and Liz suddenly appeared here and then walked out of the alley side by side, erging onto the street.
"What is this, master?"
Liz couldn’t help but ask as she watched Reiger playing with a box.
Unfortunately, Reiger shook his head.
"I don’t know what this is either."
Reiger’s reply left Liz at a loss.
Then, Reiger changed the subject, "Although I don’t know what this is, the contents inside are probably related to us."
"Related to us...?"
Liz tilted her head, looking puzzled.
Reiger did not elaborate, only gazing at the box in his hand.
Clutching the box, a pounding feeling kept erging within him.
This sensation, Reiger had experienced it once before when he ca into contact with the piece of animal skin map that Liz brought.
"This thing must be related to the ancient magic civilization, right?"
Perhaps even to the hero’s lineage.
"Interesting."
Reiger suddenly smiled.
"It seems, just on my first day in Sin Yele, I’ve already made so gains."
Then Reiger tucked the box away and, taking Liz with him, headed towards a hotel.
And Sin Yele remained in chaos throughout the night, showing no signs of quieting down.
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