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Chapter 12 – Strength!

When Hira saw the woman channel her energy into the array, he immediately became astonished because she actually used her life force to fuel the array!

It's a life-consuming array!? The woman had actually used her own life force and not an exterior energy! She is basically suiciding!

Even though an array tends to need a huge amount of energy, there is an alternative way to activated it.

That is by using the life force!

Different from any kind of energy and essence, life force is much denser and contain ten times of volume from other sources! Let say an array that need ten people to be activate, it can be done by one people using the life force. But of course every array had different amount of capacity and every realms had different amount of life force.

Even though it sounds very tempting, the benefits obviously will not come for free. To use life force, a cultivator would have to cut their life expectancy! And even a little amount of life force would likely to take a large amount of a cultivator’s life expectancy. This method usually been used by cultivators only in desperate situation.

The woman's explosion array had caused the wall to scrambled everywhere on the ground. The explosion enveloped the whole arrangement of the wall and had let a big opening into the kingdom! This would probably take a long time to be fixed and might attract the kingdom’s enemy attention!

Damn it, just what kind of trouble had I ran into?!

This event is probably not a small matter and much likely a very serious problem. It will just take a moment for the Avarganda’s military force to come here. Both of the guard above had already died and the woman had obviously become smithereens of meat. Hira had used his Mind's Eye to scan the above area to get the surrounding information.

What should I do? Damn woman, if you want to kill yourself just do it quietly and don't drag people into it!

Hira can only curse the woman in his heart. Just why the hell did he meet so many misfortunes for today? Suddenly, a rumbling sound emit behind him, it probably the army he thought. With a flash, he pulls an ordinary white mask and put it on his face. He can't risk his identity only for this small matter! There still a lot of thing that he needs to do!

The rumbling sounds slowly decreasing and stopped with rhythmic disposition.

“What the hell happened here!?” A deep voice loudly rang behind Hira. When Hira turn his head, he saw a large bulky middle-age man wearing a heavy silvery armor standing there with a raging expression. The middle-age man is probably the commander for the 1000 troops behind him. With his intimidating helmet, he really looks like a proud and noble general.

Ugh….

Then the commander caught the sight of Hira and his expression immediately become ugly. With Hira’s white mask, he probably thought Hira as the culprit. Hira appearance is too suspicious right now!

“You…. who are you?” The middle-age commander used his mighty aura while asking Hira with a vigilance expression.

Mid-Perfect realm? Seriously?

“Ah…. well, you see, I know this might sound absurd, but I'm just a passerby. And this…. is not my fault at all.” Hira said it leisurely while kicking the brick from the wall.

“And how can you prove that?” When the middle-age commander saw Hira isn't even being affected by his pressure, he immediately become on guard and ready his hand on the hilt of his sword. He became a little bit surprised when Hira is not even resisting his aura, this would probably mean that Hira is in higher realm than himself!

“Well, I don't have any evidence. But it is better for you to believe me and not make a move, or, I can just massacre all of you.” Seeing the commander vigilance expression, Hira can only sigh.

With Hira’s figure, the commander had assumed that Hira is a youth. But when he heard that Hira can massacre them all, he doesn't take any mind from it. Because only a Nirvana realm practitioner would be able to do that! Most of his troop is in peak-High realm and the weakest one is in peak-Median realm. Not even a Perfect realm practitioner would be able to harm them! Adding him, a mid-Perfect realm practitioner, they are pretty much invincible within Perfect realm range! And now a youth had state that he can massacre them? What a joke.

“Let me say this again, you make a move - you die.” Before the commander ready himself to attack Hira, with a friendly smile Hira said a simple sentences to the commander that cause his whole body to shudder.

“........... “ The commander’s face became full of cold sweat and his hand tremble at his sword’s hilt. After Hira finished his sentence, a terrifying aura suddenly envelope and pressured him! But he knew, this isn't a Nirvana realm pressure because he had once encountered a Nirvana realm practitioner in the past.

Then what is his realm right now!? It's impossible for a Perfect realm to pressure him like this! Even a peak-Perfect realm would be having a hard time with him! This is the first time he felt fear this much in his heart. Even when he encountered a Nirvana realm practitioner, he doesn't envelope by fear this much!

He takes a deep breath and he composed his mind and tried to find the solution for this matter. He absolutely can't let the youth in front of him to go. This is the same as releasing a fierce tiger in his own home!

What a commendable commander, Hira thought. The middle-age commander can still think calmly and not rushing ahead, this just show the experience his accumulated isn’t something to be trifled!

After contemplating the pros and cons of this situation, the middle-age commander glanced at Hira with a determined expression.

I don't know what realm is he, but there is still one thing that is confirmed! He is still not in Nirvana realm! We still have a chance, if he isn't at Nirvana realm, then we can still fight him for time and wait for the main force to come!

This guy…. must be captured! I'll start wi-

The moment the middle-age commander grabbed his sword, Hira already in front of him.

“This is my LAST warning, you attack - you die.” Even though it's only the simple and same sentence, the pressure exerted by Hira is much different from before, it is humongous enough to envelope the whole troops!

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

Sounds of metallic armor fall resonate behind the middle-age commander. Almost ¾ of his troops already fainted and they are only left with peak-High realm practitioner! And they all have fallen to their knees! Even the middle-age commander can barely stand and only look towards Hira with a bewildered expression!

“A-ah……ewhe……” The middle-age commander can't utter even a word in front of Hira! His whole body is trembling and full of fear. He actually thought he would be able to resist Hira’s pressure by at least a portion of it, but betrayed by his own confidence, he can only felt despair being in front of Hira.

“...........” When Hira saw this scene, he can only sigh regretfully. Ilsiya’s practitioner is too weak for him. When he remembered Augustur’s memory, he felt a longing sense of real battle. He already knew that in Ilsiya continent, there will not be much challenge for him. But what can he do? He must execute his revenge first or he would only be in grief and mourning.

He waves his hand and cleared his pressure from the troops. Some of the peak-High realm practitioner had even hard time to breath that if Hira let his pressure goes wildly longer they would probably be a goner.

“We are sorry for our rudeness, young Lordship!” Immediately after the pressure cleared, the middle-age commander kneels very hard to the ground causing his joints to be bleeding! He bows his head and pose like a knight taking a medal of glory from a king. Followed by his leftover troops, they all kneel in front of Hira.

So this is what strength can do huh? Watching this scene, Hira felt a sense of accomplishment and a little bit proud. But he can't let himself to be drowned by this feelings, because he still not at the pinnacle! The real pinnacle!

“Nah it's okay, It's understandable. But just let me clear this okay? The real culprit is not me, but the woman above the wall. I don't know why, but she just used a life-consuming array to explode herself and this wall. But she already dead, so I doubt you can get anything from her. Anyway, there is two guards corpse up there. And like I said, I'm just a passerby.” Hira explain with a friendly and leisure way creating a gentle and comfortable atmosphere around him. The whole troops including the middle-age commander are astounded by Hira. They felt that Hira is not their enemy but allies instead!

“Thank you for young lordship explanation. This servant, George really appreciated it. By any means, if there anything you wish for, this servant will complies immediately!” The middle-age commander whom called George is grateful for Hira’s patience. If it was anyone else, the whole troop might be annihilated easily.

Oh? What a luck! This guy probably had a pretty nice ranking in Avarganda, he should know a lot about other factions.

“Let me tell you my purpose first, I came here to gather information about a certain faction in Ilsiya. And the only hint I had is “one of the top clan in Ilsiya”. Could you provide me some pointers about this?” Hira said it George bashfully. George felt this youth are truly weird because of his personality, but surprisingly, he is very easy to get along with his cheery personality. Normally a genius cultivator which is stronger than the other would look down upon the weaker, becoming a highly arrogant person with a cold attitude.

But the youth in front of him? Not a genius but a supreme genius! And he doesn't even have a shred of arrogance in his face! This had made George to admired Hira more and more.

In contrary, Hira actually is not a saint like George thought of. From the bottom of his heart, he truly looks down upon George and his whole troops. Not just them, he even looks down on the whole Ilsiya continent and the other continent. Because from what he learn, the world he belongs right now is situated at lower realm. And his talent and potential can only rivaled in the higher realm. This had caused him to look Ilsiya with contempt.

But he knew everything must have the limit and had to be balanced. A person can't be too arrogant, but they also cannot be too humble. That is what Hira has comprehended in The Manner of Greeting.

The balance!

“Then let this servant tell young lordship about the factions in Avarganda first. There is countless amounts of sects, school and clans in Avarganda. But the top five ranking is taken by Regal Dragoneer Clan, Golden Radiance Clan, Diamond Blue Lotus Sect, Yellow Leaf Avenue and Clan Bamboo Blade Style School respectively. And the Regal Dragoneer Clan, the first rank faction in Avarganda is placed at 36th on the continent ranking. And by what young lordship hint,“one of the top clan Ilsiya”, the faction that you're searching probably not here.” George explained towards Hira with utmost respect and politely.

If a person from Avarganda saw this scene, they would be stupefied. For a commander to lower their head towards a random youth, that is practically impossible except for the royalty.

“Eh….seriously? I wasted my time here….Then tell me the top ranker faction in this continent.” Feeling a little bit of regret, Hira can only accept the results.

“That…...this servant apologize, my knowledge about the outside of this continent is still not vast enough.” George bows his head with apologetic face. Even though he had gone out several times from Avarganda because of small skirmishes and escorting nobles, he still has a little knowledge about the whole continent situation.

Hearing this, Hira face sunk. He already expected this kind of development, because it’s not possible for a mid-rank kingdom to join the “real” conflict of Ilsiya continent.

“Oh..I see, by the way, did you send a type of signal to the main palace?” He said it casually while staring at the east side of the place.

George's face instantly become pale and he immediately regret that he send a message toward the main palace with a special method.

“That is…. I…. I…” His face is full of cold sweat and his heart is beating like a horse galloping to it death. He can't even lift his head up to see Hira’s expression. But the next sentence muttered by Hira had shocked him!

“Nirvana realm…….” Hira’s eyes are full with excitement and a sense of longing! The sense of challenge and battle that he want! And finally, the opportunity has come to him!

“Gr-grakh!?” Suddenly George vomits a mouthful of blood!

W-what is this!?

He felt a humongous pressure that can even rival the primordial beast in front of him! He slowly lifted his head up, and his whole body shivered when he saw Hira.