The room became crowded with the sudden appearance of many people Ethan became busy talking to Laima and Axel but he made sure he won't neglect Abigail and Leo while Luca woke Lucia up to serve the guest.
''Hey mister have some snacks'' Cheerfully Luca brought snacks while Lucia brought some drinks.
''So you guys were the ones that were sent here to investigate'' Drinking a cup of tea Ethan said.
''Yeah but sadly we still don't know why such events happened in the forest'' Laima looked stressed while drinking her tea.
''Since we found nothing it only means what happened in the forest has no connection here'' Axel lazily said.
''Actually, it does have a connection'' Ethan calmly said while Ken looked at him questionably.
''It does you mean someone has been the reason for what happened in the forest!'' Laima exclaimed while Leo and Abigail looked at Ethan expectantly.
''Not all of them but I know why a horde of steel antelopes came''
Everyone looked at Ethan waiting for him to continue ''Actually it was my doing'' he said emotionlessly.
''Yue....you moron why would you do that'' Laima look quite ready to jump towards Ethan but beside her, Axel hold her firmly.
''Calm down I did that because the train might leave me you see I sent a report to the Maple Leaf branch dojo so I have to delay the train a little bit'' Ethan explained to them.
''But Yue not only did you delay them you also scared them for no reason'' Abigail said to him as if she was scolding him.
''Yes I know that's why I'm sorry'' he said looking sorry.
''But at least we solved one of the problems we had now all that's left is the mystery about the Deity beasts'' Leo said feeling a bit elevated.
''Why don't we ask this man it seems like he knows something'' Adrian irritatingly said.
''Wait when did you come here?'' Ethan asks in confusion.
''Are you with them the whole time sorry I didn't notice you'' he added but it made Adrian burn in anger while Ken looked excited at how the situation unfolded.
''You...how dare you ignore me!'' enraged Adrian grabbed Ethan's collar Leo and Abigail were about to stop the brewing fight but Axel and Laima stopped them.
''Just watch'' they both said.
''A low-level commoner like you dare to ignore and treat me like a nobody you deserve to be punished!'' he said angrily.
''Is that big of a deal I just didn't notice you'' Looking calm Ethan added fuel to Adrian's burning anger.
''Are they gonna fight'' Abigail looked worried as she looked at the situation she clearly remembered how terrifying Ethan's strength was back in the forest knowing things might go wrong and he might get caught in big trouble.
''Relax no need to worry Yue is...'' Before Axel finished what he was saying Adrian finally attacked Ethan.
A burning green flame appeared and transformed into a large serpent darting towards Ethan.
Summoning his staff Ethan simply swings it extinguishing the green serpent flame.
''Fire won't burn without air'' Ethan said but this made Adrian summon a much larger attack.
A ferocious green flame python emerged from Adrian's palm darting towards Ethan.
''A snake yet again'' he sighed and waved his staff the wind suddenly blew hard and began to concentrate at one point forming a barrier.
Whoosh
The contact between the two almost destroyed the room but fortunately, Axel and Laima both created a barrier around Ethan and Adrian so the impact could be minimised.
Adrian looked at Ethan ready to release another attack but Ethan suddenly disappeared alarm Adrian spread his flame around him to quickly sense his enemy's presence.
''Looking for me?''
Hearing this voice Adrian quickly looked behind him and saw that Ethan's staff already aim at his head.
The wind suddenly focused on the tip of the staff and with a bang, Adrian was sent flying breaking the barrier Axel and Laima built directly flying out of the window.
''Young master!'' the Nirvana cultivators Adrian brought looked worried one of them jumped outside to get him while the other looked at Ethan angrily.
''Oh you want to go with him sure no problem come at me'' Ethan angered them even more.
''Things are getting out of hand now we should stop them'' Abigail looks extremely nervous as she looks at the tension between Ethan and the Nirvana cultivators.
''Don't be like that look everything just starting to get interesting'' Axel eagerly said while holding Luca on his lap.
''Indeed interesting'' Laima added while getting some popcorn from Luca on the other hand Leo looked at them exasperatedly.
Whoosh
The air tightened as Ethan began to command the wind on the other hand the Nirvana cultivators tried to attack but to their surprise, Ethan already disappeared and like what he did to Adrian he sent all of them flying out of the train.
Looking at the remaining people he asked
''So who else wants to go with them'' but nobody tried to speak feeling satisfied he returned to his seat few minutes later Adrian and his group returned.
''You!'' still angry Adrian still wished to fight but Ethan didn't look at him instead he signalled Ken to make a move.
''Man, what a pain'' Ken looks at the hopeless Nirvana cultivators before activating a powerful bloodlust capable of immobilizing them.
With a powerful bloodlust Adrian and his group were unable to move looking pitiful and weak they slowly lost strength in their legs and slowly fell to the ground.
''Okay moving on where were we when we got interrupted?'' as nothing happened Ethan happily asked Leo and Abigail.
''Yue it's about the possible theories about what happened at the forest'' Leo answers him.
''No need for theories it's simple those Deities run because they were afraid of something I'm sure our parents came out with the same idea'' Axel immediately said but he received a light punch from Laima.
''So you saying that it might be a god-level beast who appears in the forest'' Abigail begins to share her thoughts.
''Not possible since God-level beings need to cultivate in the heavenly realm finding one here is extremely impossible'' Laima stated.
''Then why do such a large number of Deities appear in the forest and they seem to be running away from something'' Abigail said to them.
''Unless something attracted those Deities'' Ethan said calmly.
''You mean their not running away but instead, something attracted them'' Leo said.
''That might be possible but what could it be?'' Laima curiously said.
''Godly essence relic'' he simply said.
Everyone who heard it was shocked godly essence relic is a very rare item which valuable to Deity-level experts who are about to advance.
''A remnant of a dying God... godly essence relic'' Leo murmured while looking at Laima.
''Yue if your assumption is correct then we must inform our parents about it'' Laima said as she stood up dragging Axel with her.
''But we need to confirm if it's true since we can't just report this to our parents'' Abigail said to them before they could move outside.
''How about we search every passenger here'' While everyone was thinking Axel voiced out his opinion.
Hearing his opinion Leo and others agree to it since it won't hurt to try any suggestions.
''Leo I think we better inform the crew here so that they can help us search every passenger's belongings''
''Yue I don't think that's a good idea if the person who holds the godly essence notices us looking for it we might get a hard time since he might become cautious''
''Laima don't make things difficult if they try to struggle then we'll fight them simply'' Axel said so Ethan and Laima looked at Leo waiting for his decision.
''Okay we'll search the train but you guys need to take extra precautions alright''
Hearing Leo's command everyone nodded their heads.
''Then Yue we will be going now'' Finally giving the final decision Leo and the rest begin to leave since they need to prepare for their search for the godly essence relic.
''Um..... Yue see later'' shyly Abigail bid Ethan farewell.
''Okay see later'' he simply said to her.
With them leaving the room became quiet again Ethan looked at the kids asking them to rest again.
''Man that guy hates you even when you just talking to that Abigail he keeps giving you a nasty look'' Ken jokingly said to him.
''Stop that Ken I still have to focus on something''
''Oh right about that godly relic could that thing be here''
Hearing what he said Ethan jolted he only said that because he wanted to cover up for Pyr.
''Just bear with it a little Ethan you can pass this'' Ethan thought to himself as he thought of what would happen after they found out he was just lying.
''Hey are listening to me....hey Ethan Yue Chen do you hear me!'' being ignored by Ethan Ken shouted right behind his ear.
Bam
The answer to his question was a burning fist from Ethan which he quickly blocked.
''Don't shout I can hear you'' With a glare Ethan said to him.
''Now that's the face I want to see'' With a smile Ken let go of Ethan's hand.
''Don't do that again'' Still worried about the lie he did Ethan went to the bathroom and quickly took a bath.
''Just what kind of flame was that'' Looking at his burned hand Ken was a bit surprised an earth-level cultivator was able to harm him. ''Interesting'' with a wound on his hand Ken suddenly looked energetic.
On the way to the captain's room, Leo looked at Laima and Axel and said ''You guys did that on purpose right?''
''What do you mean?'' they both said.
''You two purposely break the barrier around Yue and Adrian a while ago letting Adrian fall out of the window''
Laima and Axel both look at each other before looking at Leo.
''We don't know what you are talking about'' Axel gave a mischievous smile while lightly tapping Leo's shoulder.
''Yue senses Adrian's hatred so what happened a while ago was intentional'' Laima said in a low voice so Adrian won't hear them.
''And you two supported him in doing it''
Laima and Axel only laugh not answering Leo.