“Puh…”

Even when Shin was trying to be serious, he clearly heard a suppressed laughter.

Kali held her mouth tightly, her body was trembling and she couldn’t even manage to breathe.

“Puhihihhi!”

“Hihi, I’m very sorry, Shin!”

Kali laughed even while trying to apologize to him.

Aria rolled her eyes and smacked the back of Kali’s head.

“Hey! What was that for?”

Because of Aria’s smack, Kali’s body stepped forward a couple of steps.

“Why are you so heavy-handed?”

“Well, are you seriously laughing at Shin’s resolve?”

Aria narrowed her eyes slightly as she asked Kali. She knew of course that Kali wouldn’t do so, but still…

A smirk appeared on Kali’s face.

“Oh no, I’m not laughing at his resolve at all.”

Kali turned around towards Shin, glaring at his confident expression.

“I just can’t wait for him to one day stand on the top of the world.”

“You must have felt it yourself, Shin will one day become someone great.”

“No one would be able to stand against Shin, he will one day become the Ruler of Humanity.”

Kali’s voice slowly turned excited as she spoke.

“Shin will lead the path and I will, of course, follow him! Hihi, who wouldn’t want to watch that?”

As Kali was agitated and continued on her talk about Shin like a religious envoi, Shin’s cheeks turned redder and redder.

Barely even managing to stay calm, Shin gazed unfocused at Kali with a smile on his face.

Aria raised her eyebrows in shock.

“I seriously do feel the same way as you, but.”

“Do tell me why are you acting like that.”

“Hihi…”

Kali snickered as she sent a playful glance towards Aria before staring at Shin.

“I want Shin to fully understand with his brain, heart and even his soul that I will stay by his side.”

“Heh…”

Before Shin managed to say anything at all, Azane cut in. She shot a glance towards Aria and Kali.

“You two should calm down a little.”

“Have you forgotten where we are?”

She then put her eyes on Shin and calmly asked.

“Now, do tell us.”

“What’s your plan? You should have one, right?”

While Aria and Kali glanced at Anthon and Nadine, Shin answered Azane briefly.

“I have partially understood the Divine Energy which I managed to take, but it’s nowhere enough.”

“I’m still a Cultivation Warrior, as I harnessed the pure energy, I think my body became at least a mid-stage or maybe late-stage Cultivation Warrior.”

Azane nodded calmly, but she was silently shocked inside.

He turned Divine Energy into a tool to make himself stronger!?

“Your plan is to become stronger, right?”

“Are you going to cultivate normally or use Divine Energies?”

Azane asked more, wanting to understand what their current plan was.

“Yes, as we discussed earlier, I want to become stronger.”

Shin had a faint smile as he stared at Azane.

“I want to do anything to become stronger, normal training, rough training or even stealing energies.”

“But, I think we need to change location first…”

An aura of darkness erupted from Shin, his gaze turned slightly cold as he watched the skies.

Kali’s expression turned stiff when she felt Shin’s aura, she began acting.

“Aria, take Eline!”

She swiftly turned a glance towards Anthon and Nadine.

“Sorry, but we will have to go, don’t stick around here any longer!”

Azane quickly stomped the ground with her toes and rushed forward towards Shin.

With only ten meters apart, she quickly passed by Shin, but as she was passing Shin, she grabbed him and fastened her pace.

Shin only saw a blur and felt his body being moved at a swift speed, he could only see hundreds of trees passing by every time he blinked.

Laura shot a glance towards the skies before she quickly followed Aria.

Aria, on the other hand, grabbed Eline with her left hand and held her silver sword with her right hand.

Peutoa’s eyes didn’t even once leave Shin’s body, she softly stepped on the ground, following Azane’s swift speed easily.

While slightly grinning, Anaj followed behind everyone.

Even while grinning, he had sweat running down his face and two whips appeared, one in each hand.

Seriously, even after being with mother for so many years, nothing like this happened once.

But, having to join this brat, we have only met problems one after another.

Was he born under an unlucky star?

No matter what, let’s see how things go for now. If mother really didn’t want me to join them, she would have made it possible.

Even while knowing they were in a bad spot, Anaj never lost his calm. Because he trusted his mother with all of his heart, she would never send him somewhere dangerous.

“Humph!”

Kali’s eyes turned golden and she ascended swiftly, appearing hundreds of meters above the ground. She turned around and raised both of her hands, thousands of needles appeared around her body.

While staring at the skies with a frown on her face, she started to stomp on the air, sending her backwards.

As Kali was guarding those who tried to escape, she was backing away too.

That was because she knew that the enemies they were going to face, were not easy to deal with.

Hihi…

Let’s see who appears, I’ll welcome you with all my needles through your body!

Even as Azane had grabbed Shin and ran at the fastest speed she could muster, she sensed an underlying threating aura behind her.

And it was getting nearer and nearer, she had sweat running down her face.

This is very bad!

She reached her left hand towards her back and grabbed her halberd.

“Fuck, it can’t be!”

Not long after, Kali cursed out loudly, droplets of blood ran down her golden eyes as she roared out again.

“Aria, lead them away!”

Kali didn’t follow Aria and the rest, she stopped and a frown appeared on her face.

They are really going all out!

She stared towards the heaven, clearly sensing a dozen different auras rushing towards them.

“Hihi… Let’s show them that this Witch isn’t someone to be taken lightly off!”

Kali stretched out her hand slowly before long her humungous purple scythe appeared.

As Shin was hanging on Azane, he could see Kali’s figure becoming smaller and smaller.

He watched further ahead and also sensed a dozen different type of auras coming after them.

This is really bad…

Shin closed his eyes and his conscious entered his own small world inside of him.

Deep inside of Shin

Shin stood in front of his black sculpture which was surrounded by twelve others which shined in different colours.

“Master, we know of your situation, what do you want us to do?”

Ker’Vrak was the first one to appear, he knelt and asked in a respectful tone.

Not long after, one and another, each Guardian appeared kneeling in front of Shin.

“Rise, you don’t have to kneel in front of me.”

Shin had a conflicted expression on his face as he asked them to stand up.

Mekina standing right to Ker’Vrak shook her head as a smile bloomed on her face.

“Shin, you have awakened, this means more than you could think of right now.”

Not even a second later, a smirk appeared on her face.

“But, if you don’t mind me, I could eat you up.”

Mekina licked her lips as she stared at Shin as her own prey.

Even when Mekina was kneeling, Shin was frightened of her expression. Shin gulped forcefully as he was staring back at her.

“Uhm…”

Not knowing what to say, Shin timidly tried to say something.

“If I can be of help…”

Shin’s cheeks were turning red and he glanced everywhere, not knowing what to do.

“Stop it Mekina, it’s not the time for playing games now.”

As Mekina’s smirk grew even broader, Malika interrupted with an impatient tone.

“Humph!”

Mekina glared coldly at Malika before whispering in a low voice as she glanced at Shin.

“I will eat him up sooner or later…”

“Master, what do you want us to do?”

Malika asked as he stared at Shin, he had no idea why, but he felt glad for some reason, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Silence…

Shin narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a second before answering.

“To what extent can I use you guys right now?”

He asked casually, but every single Guardian which saw him right now, sensed his aura which he was trying his best to hold in were leaking out. They shivered just from the speck of his aura which he couldn’t control.

“Shin, let me explain that.”

In a golden robe; Kira answered with a serious tone.

“Our souls are now engraved in you, just with time we can grow stronger to our previous strength.”

“I’m not asking that!”

Shin interrupted, he knew that he couldn’t stay here for a long time.

“What can you and can not do for me right now?”

With a slight hesitation, Kira answered respectfully.

“You can use our Powers without any backlash.”

“But…”

As Kira was carefully watching Shin, he continued slowly.

“The Power you would be using would only be a portion of what we previously could give you.”

“Your current body and with our souls bonded, our Powers which was almost like our previous strength, is now restricted.”

Shin closed his eyes for a second, trying to calmly breathe in and out. He slowly opened his eyes and glanced at each of his Guardians, eleven of them kneeling all around him.

As his eyes landed on Gladius, a vicious smirk appeared on his face.

“Gladius!”

“Yes, what is it, my Lord?”

Gladius replied without any delay and his voice contained a hint of eagerness.

“Fight on my side for the battle, I need you.”

Shin said as his smirk didn’t vanish but only grew larger.

“Haha, of course, my Lord!”

Gladius laughed joyfully and disappeared from his spot, a white light which was in his sculpture slowly flew towards Shin and entered his body.

“Thank you…”

Shin said in a mumble before disappearing too.

When Shin left, everyone stood up.

“Hey, you bastard, why didn’t you want to tell Shin about it?”

Mekina reproachfully asked Kira as she coldly gazed at him.

“We are currently too weak, what would happen if we told him?”

Kira asked without even thinking about it twice, he also knew that Mekina would not accept it that easily.

“In his heart, he thinks that we are unbeatable. Then, what would happen if he gets over his head thinking that we can defeat any opponent?”

“Right now, Shin is able to perceive what he can do and not.”

“Mekina, let me ask you this then, what would happen if one of us suddenly appears in front of him?”

When he finally asked his question, he raised his eyebrows slightly and watched Mekina, wanting to know her reaction.

“Ugh!”

Mekina groaned painfully as she continued to glare at Kira hatefully.

“How else am I going to eat him up!?”

“Even the Succubus hasn’t even talked about it and you; the Goddess of Phoenixes hasn’t stopped once!”

Kira tried his best to speak calmly, but it couldn’t be hidden that his voice was contained with irritation.

At that time, Shenya in a pink robe raised her hand and spoke out.

“I have not said it out loud, but I will have him first.”

Her pink eyes didn’t waver and her calm soothing voice sounded out. What was interesting, was her pink hair which was behind her back fluttered, not before long, two large wings appeared on her back.

“I will not allow an impure bat touch my Shin!”

Mekina snapped back and roared out as she was pointing towards Shenya.

“Hehe…”

Shenya laughed and a broad smile appeared on her face.

“No one at that time could interest me, I’m still pure like that blockhead over there.”

She spoke in a teasing tone as she pointed towards Murutha.

“Heeeh?”

Murutha not knowing when was glared at everyone at the same time.

She raised both of her hands and yelled out.

“I have done nothing wrong!”

“Hehe.”

Shenya laughed for a second before staring at Mekina while raising her eyebrows.

“I’ll rip those batwings off your back if you think of touching Shin!”

Mekina angrily spoke.

In reply, Shenya’s mouth curved upwards and said.

“Then I will pluck each of your feathers.”

While Mekina and Shenya continued sending insults back and forth, Kira walked towards Ker’Vrak.

“Ker’Vrak, when are we going to reveal ourselves?”

Kira asked in a low voice, but his eyes shone brightly.

“Unless it’s way too dangerous for Shin, we will not step in.”

Ker’Vrak answered while being in a daze.

“We have to continue creating our bodies, they are way too weak to help Shin at this moment.”

“I understand.”

Kira replied eagerly before he turned his body and watched the black sculpture of Shin.

“You deserve my respect, Shin…”

He mumbled as a smile appeared on his face.

In the woods

Azane sensed something she didn’t sense earlier, her gaze swiftly landed on Shin’s body.

“Boy, what are you planning?”

“Azane, let me help Kali.”

Shin tried to speak casually, but his voice was trembling slightly.

“I am able to use my Guardian’s Powers with no backlash, I can help Kali!”

“No!”

Before Azane could reply, Aria interrupted with a cold voice.

“They are too many. Even if Kali can’t beat them all, I don’t believe that she wouldn’t be able to escape them!”

Even if Aria and Kali were on each other throats when they were resting, the two of them respected the other because both knew how strong the two of them are.

Hehe…

Let’s see how many of them will fall dead before Kali has to fall back.

Shin might be right just by guessing on their Powers and auras, Kali would only be able to defeat one of them, but who said that was all Kali had?

A smirk appeared on her face.

“Just let me be support, I can currently control a portion of Time and Space with Gladius’s Power!”

Shin tried to struggle his way out of Azane’s tight grasp while trying his best to explain.

The master of Time and Space; Gladius?

Aria narrowed her eyes slightly, glancing behind her at Shin and then towards where Kali was.

With some hesitation, she stopped her speed and turned around. A cold pressure emitted from her.

“Let’s decide, shall we fight or escape?”

Before she could finish asking her question, a white shield appeared in front of Eline.

“I am not afraid of dieing!”

A pair of gloves appeared on Laura’s hands, she snickered and nodded towards Aria, clearly meaning that she would fight.

“Hahaha, I will gladly accept a fight!”

Azane laughed as she held her halberd.

The only response Peutoa gave was holding her daggers, still not showing any kind of emotions.

Anaj closed his eyes for a second before opening them slowly and answered Aria.

“I have decided to fight.”

With the two whips in his hand, he was ready for a fight since the start.

Humph, do you think I’m afraid?

I, a descended of the Seer Keria, have never been afraid of a fight!

“Hehe…”

“Let’s go back and murder them then!”

Aria’s voice was slightly cold and her silver katana was already in her hand, ready to cut their heads off from their bodies.

Before they even started moving, Shin vanished.

Aria rolled her eyes before she sprinted towards Kali and Shin.

“Shin is already there, let’s rush over and help out!”

Behind Aria, Azane grabbed Eline and followed, only a step behind Aria.

Peutoa, Laura and Anaj stood side by side with Aria, clearly knowing that time wasn’t on their side right now.

Shin’s vision changed as he was with Aria and the rest, to a battlefield.

He swiftly glanced and found Kali holding a humungous scythe and thousands of needles around her.

Kali had not only sweat running down her face, she had cuts all over her body and blood seeped out from the wounds.

In front of Kali, stood eleven people, male and female. Only a male which was cut in half was on the ground.

All of them, including the dead man, had green hair. The one which stood in front of the others was a woman with green eyes, a white dress and her hair reached down to her shoulder.

But, she was currently coldly gazing at Kali.

“Why don’t you just run away? You can’t win against us.”

“Hihihi…”

Kali laughed in a low voice, she shook her head as her golden eyes shined even brighter.

“I cannot allow you to reach Shin.”

“Why? He’s just a brat, is his life more important than yours?”

The leading woman asked Kali, but she was already holding her rapier tightly in her hand.

Why is there someone as strong as her in the mortal world?

Fighting her would only lead to us using up way too much Power!

“Then why are you on the hunt after that ‘brat’ then?”

Kali snickered before she laughed.

“hihi…”

“Besides, how can I let my future man die in the hands of simple annoying things like you guys?”

“Don’t get angry, we need to stick with our formation, Laria.”

A male behind Laria said hurriedly, not wanting them to get any unnecessary injuries.

“Hehe… I don’t think that’s needed at all.”

Laria suddenly laughed loudly.

Kali had a bad premonition, cold sweat ran down her back when she heard the next words of what Laria said.

“That brat is already here, he’s just a weakling, that witch surely cannot fight us and defend him at the same time!”

Laria snickered as she pointed behind Kali.

Kali glanced back swiftly and saw Shin, but she felt something was different. She carefully stared at him before she found the change, his night sky eyes had turned into white, but it wasn’t hollow at all.

Is he borrowing Powers already?!

damn!

As understanding Kali’s thoughts, Shin said lightly.

“I will have no backlash from doing this.”

Not knowing what that meant, the eleven green haired people just rushed towards Shin without caring about Kali any longer.

“Space…”

Shin muttered and the surrounding space was locked in his grasp, he disappeared and reappeared hundreds of times around the eleven people.

“Time…”

Time seemed to go slower, each of the eleven people’s speed turned half while Shin’s own speed became quicker.