The red brazen sky illuminated the mountain range of living plants' intense atmosphere. There stood three figures. One was a jade green haired woman which gave off a pristine aura. While the other was a thin man. Though his appearance cannot hold what he was, His gaze alone was exalted.

The latter was a brown eyed youth paired with a shiny black hair. Although the three were actually of the same age. The aura that the former two gave made the latter bow in fear.

"I'll repeat. Are you Robert Longinus or not?" Ashura spoke in a careful manner, If this youth was really Robert. He would be damned if he offended him. Kaila just nodded with Ashura's sentiment and carefully glanced at the youth before her.

"He doesn't look like Teacher Sofia at all." Kaila sighed to herself. "But we can't really doubt this necklace that teacher gave." Kaila peeked at the necklace on her hands.

"Milords, You're suspicions are right. I am indeed, Robert Longinus." Robert solemnly said. His head still bowing down, and so, He couldn't see the two's reaction.

Because of the deafening silence. Robert's patience left him and he raised his head to look. "Eh?" Robert became flabbergasted.

"L-Lord Robert?" Ashura astoundingly said.

"This guy is Robert?" Kaila was also shocked.

The two slowly averted their gaze and looked at each other.

"He doesn't look like Master Sofia at all!" "He doesn't look like Teacher Sofia at all!" The two exclaimed at the same time. They rubbed their eyes and glanced back at the dumbfounded Robert.

"Hey, Hey, Hey. What's the name of your mother?!" Ashura quickly asked.

"Milords, Why do you ask?" Robert questioned their sudden change of attitude, But his tone still had a hint of respect in them.

"Nothing! Just answer our questions!" Kaila interjected. Robert's eyes widened and said. " My mother is Mother Sofia, Are you perhaps an acquaintance? " Robert didn't even finish his sentence before the pupils of the two widened.

The two adjusted their posture, bowed and said. "L-Lord Robert! "

"E-e-eh?! Wh-what are you saying milords?" Robert swiftly said, Because he himself was weak. He couldn't bear the sight of being respected by strong people.

"Don't call us milords! We are here on Master Sofia's orders! We must protect you!" Ashura steeled his resolve and said.

"Yeah, yeah. We must protect you, But keep yourself from becoming a luggage!" Kaila's icy voice emanated.

"Mother's orders? Hey, Did they spoke the truth? Is my mother dead?" Robert's voice become hoarse and brittle. He couldn't speak clearly because of the sorrow he suddenly felt. Being reunited with acquaintance was nothing, He longed for his mother.

*Bang

Robert fell on his knees. Streams of tears fell from his eyes. He couldn't help but be returned to the child he was years ago. He remembered the precious times he and his mother spent. The story about the great Wushan. Every memory he had with his mother.

He cried as he remembered it all.

"Please! Tell me! Is mother dead?!"

"Please... Please tell me that she's alive..."

"Robert." The two couldn't address their emotions, They too were affected. They also couldn't help but feel teary eyed. Ashura rubbed his two eyes and Kaila rubbed the corner of his eyes.

"Robert, Don't be too sad! Death and Life is applicable to all life! " Ashura firmly clutched Robert's shoulders, and there he saw, Robert's crying figure. It was too sad to behold.

"I understand, I understand. " Robert vigorously rubbed his eyes and slowly stood up. He dusted his clothes and hoarsely said. "But I must know where mother's grave is! And who killed him!"

"Don't worry Robert, We know where your mother is." Kaila finally calmed down and said in a low voice.

"Where?!" Robert turned back in that instance and approached Kaila. He held Kaila's two hands and asked. "Where is mother? Bring me to her!"

"Don't worry Robert, We'll let you visit your mother, But first. Enlighten us. Did you obtained your mother's artifact?" Ashura interjected with a steely voice.

"Artifact? I haven't got anything! What I got is the divine artifact that landed on James City! It's not mothers artifact!" Robert gravelly said.

"No artifact? But your mother clearly said that she sent her artifact to you!"

"That's also what I heard Robert, Please don't lie to us! The artifact is very precious to behold. If you really want that artifact that much. We must test you! Someone incompetent must not handle the Earth Shattering Heaven Piercing Sword carelessly!" Kaila also steeled his resolve. She didn't care offending her teacher's son for the sake of the artifact.

"I really didn't get any artifact from mother! I swear." Robert protested.

"I see. Then there's nothing to fear right? If you really don't posses the artifact. Let us hypnotize you, With that we will know the truth." Ashura also didn't care of offending his master's son for the sake of the artifact.

Robert staggered. He slowly took several step backwards. "Damn it! Are these guys really my mother's friend? " Robert glanced at the unconscious Sahhad, and gulped a mouthful of saliva and said."I'm sorry, Sahhad." Teary eyed, Robert bent his knees and ran at full speed.

The ground was buried deep by Robert's feet. He immediately crossed a distance of twenty meters with a full step. His stamina capability weren't inferior compared to seven star warriors, and so Robert was confident that he could at least outrun these two supreme experts.

"Running?!" Ashura howled at the distant figure of Robert.

"I'm sorry, Master Sofia, This is for the sake of the artifact!" Kaila gravelly bellowed and signed the air with her hands and a translucent green marking appeared mid-air. With her command. The markings light intensified and fast moving vines appeared from the rune.

They aimed at Robert's distant figure.

"Let nature imprison this foe!" Ashura activated his battle qi and judgement type magic. He then slammed the ground with his palm sending the ground before him to ashes.

"These people are monsters! How can they still target me from this far!" Robert's adrenaline levels were alerted, But he was on his limit. "Damn It!"

*Thud

"Eh?"

*Bang

For a moment, Robert felt his feet hitting a huge obstacle. Then crash. The obstacle immediately dissipated. The dumbfounded Robert held his bloodied head. His crash was quite hard. He was running at full speed then suddenly crashed.

"Ugh..." Robert moaned in pain. "Am I gonna die? " Robert thought to himself as he saw the two approaching figures.

The jaded figure of a woman first appeared. She signed the air with her hands and a small translucent purple marking appeared mid air. Robert felt dizzy, and lost consciousness.

"Stop acting tough when you can't even take a low level hypnosis technique." Kaila cursed to herself and approached the brown haired youth on the ground.

"He really doesn't look like teacher."

A blur slowly solidified to a human figure. Ashura leaped from the skies to the ground, But this time. No explosions happened.

"Kaila, What happened here?" Ashura approached the pensive Kaila from behind.

"Ashura, So you already arrived. I just used low level hypnosis magic on this kid and he immediately fell. Too weak! For him to be our teacher's son, Inconceivable!" Kaila slightly cursed and looked at the unconscious Robert.

"Huh?! Where is he?!" Kaila's eyes widened. On the ground where Robert was laying. She only saw the green grass. No hints of Robert.

"Hmm? Didn't you say that you catched him? Did he escaped again? " Ashura frowned and was about to say something before losing consciousness. An immaterial attack struck him from behind and shook his unprotected soul.

Due to his sudden silence. The flabbergasted Kaila turned and only saw the unconscious Ashura from the ground before she herself lost consciousness.

"Hmm... Weak. To think that they contested for the artifact. " A blur slowly solidified and a cold icy voice rang.

"Little Robert, Thank your mother for her protection. But now that she's not here. Who's gonna protect you?"

"But to think that you already became strong that you even defeated Count Guillermo's forces. Hahaha, as your father. I'm quite proud!" The blur already solidified and the exalted visage of King Luis can be seen. With his thin figure. There was a grim smile.

"To think that after all this years of sacrifice, I would stumble upon the Earth Shattering Heaven Piercing Sword!" With a howl of laughter. King Luis threw Robert on his shoulders and clutched Ashura and Kaila with his hands.

"Let there be wind to ride! " King Luis figure emanated a green glow before disappearing into the horizon.

END CHAPTER 4: DISSATISFACTION.

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