"You lost?" Lyera looked at the two men in disbelief.
It was hard to believe that these two had lost to a mere level 6 Specter. Moreover, they lost badly. All of this could be seen from their injuries.
"Yes! We were about to defeat it, but its body suddenly shrank. Then, as if it gained more power after its body shrank, it defeated us!"
Sun Zhou Yi answered honestly about what happened back then.
Sun Zhou Yi's words were too vague, so Lyera looked at Musashi Hirata. She asked for an explanation.
"This is exactly what happened!" Musashi Hirata nodded his head, "But there's something strange about the creature! Before it hit me, I met its gaze and then suddenly, my body refused to move!"
Lyera looked back at Sun Zhou Yi before turning to Hirata. It was too absurd that these two lost without even putting up a fight. What was even stranger was...
"You did not escape and that goat head did not kill you after all of that?"
Yes, the fact that the creature did not kill Musashi Hirata and Sun Zhou Yi was strange.
The creature came as reinforcements. The course of action was to kill those two and come to the Desolate Fort to wipe out all the SES troops.
But it did not, it left after killing those two men and disappeared. It was suspicious no matter how she looked at it.
"Oh, I remember it said something before it left, what was it..." Sun Zhou Yi remembered hearing the creature speak, in Dramonia language for sure.
"Human! Thanks to you, this emperor was able to regain my body! I will spare your life for now!"(in Dramonia language)
Musashi Hirata repeated the words of the goat-headed creature.
"That was what it said before it left! I don't know what it meant."
After that, the room fell silent. Lyera was in deep thought, trying to comprehend the creature's words and let the two men rest.
Kang Hae-Jung, Zhang Zhong Guang and Ren Anqing stood silently at the side. They did not understand what the three were talking about, but the fact that their captains were knocked out was enough to shock them to the core.
*** ***
Luo Wei Chun, an SES team leader of the intelligence team. His hands were shaking and his eyes were wide open.
"They lost!?
He simply could not believe what he was seeing. Two Emperor Class heroes were so easily defeated.
"No, this is not the time!" Luo Wei Chun shook his head and walked out of his room. He approached his team, who were using a satellite to monitor the monster that had suddenly disappeared.
"How is it? Have you found it?"
In fact, not only he but also his team was in a state of panic. After all, they had watched the entire battle.
"No! We can't find it! We tried to search the 100 km area from where the battle took place, but..." A bespectacled youth replied, shaking his head.
"What about a dungeon gate? Can anyone find a gate around the Desolate Fortress?" Luo Wei Chun put the tip of his thumb into his mouth.
When he panicked, he always put the tip of his thumb in his mouth. Based on Musashi Hirata's report, the goat-headed creatures came from the second dungeon. If they could find the second dungeon, they might be able to find where the goat-headed creature was hiding.
Unfortunately, he received negative reports from the team members. Not only had they lost the extremely dangerous creature, but they could not find the dungeon either.
"Keep searching!"
After that, Luo Wei Chun went back to his room. He sat on the chair and watched the footage in front of him.
He played the footage again. The goat-headed creature was certainly no match for the two rising Emperor Class heroes.
But then its body shrank, and that was when the disaster began. The satellite could not catch the terrifying speed of the creature. From the footage, it looked like the creature teleported.
Things went south when Musashi Hirata just stood there dazed. Yes, the last-minute footage was certainly strange. Musashi Hirata showed no reaction at all while he managed to warn Sun Zhou Yi before.
From the footage he watched, it was as if Musashi Hirata let the creature hit him. But he knew that this was impossible. It must be a trick of the creature.
Huh...
With a sigh, he closed the footage and wrote the report. First he had to get the data about the creature.
He typed the creature's description and a picture he got from the satellite into the file.
Dangerous level:
There he hesitated how to rate the dangerous level. In the end, he typed "God Level (Level 8)" on a dangerous level. The first creature to defeat the two Emperor Class heroes, and also the first creature to be classified as God Level.
Name:
"Mnn, let's wait for Chief Xing! He seems to know all the creatures that have not been discovered yet..."
He clicked save, and just as he was about to send the report to his chief, his finger stopped. He remembered that Chief Xing was on his honeymoon break.
"Send it or not?" Luo Wei Chun was in a dilemma.
"Nah, this is an important report, he should know as soon as possible!"
With a click, a report and a video were sent to Heero.
*** ***
Regal Kingdom
Fifteen minutes before Luo Wei Chun sent his report. Heero and his family dressed formally and rode in the same limousine they used to stroll around the kingdom.
After a full day of playing with the children and his wives, Heero and his family headed to the castle of the regal kingdom. They had to attend the exclusive wedding of the Crown Prince.
Tonight was a banquet for the nobles, only people of high status were invited. The nobles of the Royal Kingdom and the executives of the Hero League from the three cities.
As a special guest of the Crown Prince, Heero was the only foreigner who received special treatment.
The limousine entered the castle grounds. The children looked around curiously while Heero admired the sight.
Looking at Heero's expression, the sisters, Han Ying and Hong Yu could guess what was on Heero's mind.
Han Ying smiled, "Don't tell me you also want to build a castle?"
Hong Yu giggled at the shocked look on her husband's face.
"Why not? We have money! Money means spending, you know!"
"But the castle, really? Are we going to be a royal family of Xing District?" Hong Yu teased her husband.
"Oh, if our family becomes a royal family, then I will be the princess!" Miao Miao chimed in excitedly.
"You are my princess!" Heero took the little girl and put her on his lap. But then he received a longing look from the other three little girls.
"You are all my princess!" He picked them all up and put them around him.
"But I don't like the castle, nor the concept. The academy is grouped in one block, the blacksmith association has its block, the business block, and the other blocks with our home in the middle..."
"Let's do that! We can buy more land to rebuild everything!" Bai Xin Yue was ready to make her husband's opinion come true.
"No, let's not do that! I like the current place, a friendly place without a gap! Everyone blends in harmoniously" Heero shook his head.
He only liked the concept, but if he built it like the concept, there would be a gap between the people, just like the four regions in Star City. Heero did not want that to happen in his district.
As the small family chatted, the limousine pulled up to a luxurious building. Knights lined up in order to secure the place where the banquet would be held.
At the entrance, the second prince, Benjamin Rowland Kingsman, was waiting for Heero. Standing tall and dressed in royal golden-red robes, the second prince looked dashing in his formal attire. Royal air surrounded him and when the limousine arrived, a smile formed on his lips. He opened the door by himself, surprising the knights on guard.
The second prince had been waiting at the entrance for half an hour just to greet this guest. It made the guards curious who it could be, the person in the limousine.
Heero was the first to get out, followed by Hong Yu, Han Ying, Kang Seo-Yeon and finally Bai Xin Yue. After that, the four little girls followed the ladies in an orderly fashion.
Under the curious eyes of the knights, Benjamin led Heero and his family into the building.
As soon as Heero entered the building, a frown appeared on his forehead. An unpleasant and pungent smell assaulted his nose. He knew the smell, the smell of his mortal enemies.
Heero immediately activated his Mystic Eyes and scanned the area.