Did something happen to Heero? The answer was yes. It traced back to his trip back to Star City from the Regal Kingdom.
King Gerard used the kingdom's private jet to send Heero back. It was the least he could do in the current situation of the kingdom.
Sun Zhou Yi was supposed to lead the SES back with their original plane. However, he decided to go back with his master, so he separated from his team and joined Heero's group.
On the plan, while Han Ying and Hong Yu were busy taking care of the children. Heero, Sun Zhou Yi, Kang Seo-Yeon and Bai Xin Yue stayed in the same room. There was something Sun Zhou Yi wanted to tell Heero.
"What do you want to report? Don't tell me that you lost to some random specter?" Kang Seo-Yeon said jokingly as she placed a cup of coffee in front of her husband while taking a cup for herself.
She sat down next to Heero and took a sip.
"Hah... Indeed, I lost to a specter! Oddly enough, it did not kill me!"
Pfft!
Kang Seo-Yeon spat the coffee into her mouth as her eyes rolled around. She was only joking, but she did not expect Sun Zhou Yi to go along with the joke.
Even Heero and Bai Xin Yue were surprised to hear this.
Kang Seo-Yeon immediately picked up the cup and took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.
"Hey, I was just joking around, you know."
Sun Zhou Yi shook her head and repeated the same words, "No, I am not joking. I lost, not just me, but me and Hirata lost to that specter!"
Kang Seo-Yeon looked at Sun Zhou Yi's dejected face. Only then did she find out that Sun Zhou Yi really was not joking.
"How?"
This word came out of Bai Xin Yue's mouth.
"Hah..." Sun Zhou Yi sighed and recounted everything that had happened back then. The battle between him and Musashi Hirata against the goat-headed specter.
He told it all without missing a single thing. Even the words were spoken by the goat-headed creature during the battle.
After Sun Zhou Yi finished telling everything that happened to him during the Desolate Fort mission, the three looked at Heero.
"Do you know anything about it, Master?"
"According to your descriptions, the creature that defeated you must be Goun! At least that was its name back then. But..."
Heero stroked his chin as he thought of something.
"This Goun is a specter of the same caliber as the Wyvern King, and it's a specter that hibernated in the second dungeon. You and Hirata should be able to defeat it..."
[-Huh... It seems I have advanced to that realm!
-Human! Thanks to you! This Emperor has managed to regain his body! I will spare your life for now!]
These words disturbed Heero. Based on those words, the Goun's consciousness seemed to have returned. But it was impossible for a specter to return to its original race.
Goun were classified as a Beastmen race in Dramonia. Beastmen who were famous for their speed. This Goun race had a hostile relationship with the specters and did not welcome humans either.
To turn such a powerful Goun into a specter, it had to be killed first. However, it was impossible for the dead to regain its mind. The dead turned into a specter was the same as a puppet, but this Goun...
"Interesting..." That was what Heero said when he encountered such a bizarre phenomenon.
"I can ask this Goun, but it won't be easy to make the Goun that has reached the God Realm talk!
"Huh!?" Sun Zhou Yi had various concerns regarding this matter. He could not rest easy with such a powerful creature like this Goun roaming free outside.
"Shouldn't we catch it or kill it, Master?"
"It should be no problem for us! It won't touch us as long as we don't bother it! But we do need to watch it, just in case!"
"Team Leader Luo has put the Goun on top priority search! All we can do is wait for the report!" Sun Zhou Yi leaned back as he let out a short sigh.
Heero looked at his first disciple who had sighed several times in front of him. From the look on his face, the defeat was a big blow to him. He seemed very frustrated to have lost against the Goun.
'Hmm, the Earth is in a state of transition. Soon, the old Dramonia will be connected to Earth through the Gate. More specters and other races will come...'
'The current group of specters is also worrisome... If the situation continues like this, it will only be a matter of time before they dominate the Earth!'
It seems that it is time for them to receive further training...'
"Then what do you get from the Desolate Fortress? Just that?" Heero inquired further as he took the cup in front of him and raised it to his mouth.
"Ah, speaking of the specters, they seem to have created a cult or something. Their operation is centered around this cult and they call their leader God Horas!"
As soon as Sun Zhou Yi finished his words, he freaked out and fell off the chair. His eyes opened wide and sweat immediately soaked his face.
Kang Seo-Yeon and Bai Xin Yue were no different. Sweat soaked their bodies and faces, their bodies trembled with fear, and their feet were drained of energy.
The three looked at Heero in horror as the room filled with a thick and terrifying killing intent. The killing intent suffocated the three of them, and Sun Zhou Yi was the most terrified as the killing intent was directed at him.
Sun Zhou Yi met his master's dark and emotionless eyes. However, the killing intent disappeared as soon as it appeared.
Heero was now standing and looking down at Sun Zhou Yi who was sitting on the ground. He rubbed his temple as he realized that he had lost control.
"I'm sorry," a weak and apologetic voice came out of Heero's mouth. The words were surely addressed to the three people in the room.
Heero leaned back and closed his eyes for a moment before turning to his wives, "Can you please leave me alone with Zhou Yi?"
Heero's voice was soft, completely different from his previous image, which was actually terrifying. It was the killing intent he had gained from fighting the specters for half his life. Not something the three of them could handle.
"But..." Kang Seo-Yeon started to say something, but Bai Xin Yue immediately stood up and pulled her aside.
"I understand, but just so you know, we are always at your side to share your burden or listen to your story," Bai Xin Yue smiled gently at Heero.
A gentle smile crept out of Heero's mouth and he nodded to his wives. After that, Kang Seo-Yeon and Bai Xin Yue left the room, leaving the master and disciple behind.
Ten minutes later, Sun Zhou Yi also left the room. He went to the main cabin where Heero's four wives were gathered.
Sun Zhou Yi shook his head and told them to leave Heero alone.
Since then, Heero stayed alone, asking his wives to leave him alone to calm his chaotic mind.
Even when they were back in the district, Heero isolated himself on the rooftop.
This was the main reason why the two girls were in a bad mood when they arrived at the meeting.
Night fell and Heero was still sitting under the apple tree. He looked at the full moon.
The ghost god Horas, the mastermind behind the destroyed Morabaka City. The one who killed his beloved. When he tried to take revenge, he fell into the trap of the Specter God Horas and was sealed in Eternal Ice.
The memories of Morabaka City being destroyed by the Evil Dragon were still fresh in his mind. It was as if it had happened only yesterday. The memories were still vivid.
"Huhu... Fate brings us together again..." Heero chuckled before his face became motionless, "This time, I will take my revenge!"
At that moment, the door opened. Hong Yu, Han Ying, Bai Xin Yue and Kang Seo-Yeon arrived on the roof. It was Heero who called them.
Heero smiled at his four women, but none of them smiled. They were worried about what had really happened to Heero.
"I told you everything about my background, now do you want to hear my past, my story before I came to Earth?"