The Author's POV

Chapter 851

[Ashton city, Earth.]

Whiiish—!

Coming out of the pocket dimension, Liam and Han Yufei were rather disoriented. The sudden change in environment confused them for a moment, and the fact that they hadn't been back on earth for over five years didn't help with the situation.

"Are we back?"

"It looks like it."

The familiar city streets, the pillars in the faraway distance, the serene blue sky… they were truly back.

Not that they had seen the Pillars before...

Liam sighed in relief, but he didn't get to enjoy the relief for very long. All of a sudden, the ground trembled, and one of the skyscrapers near them collapsed.

BOOOM—! Something crashed against several of the buildings as they collapsed.

They were taken aback when, after turning their heads to look at the structures, they noticed a familiar figure off in the distance.

Liam was able to identify them in an instant, as evidenced by the sudden yellow glow that emanated from his eyes, and he quickly disappeared from the spot.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Appearing right above the skyscraper, Liam could hear Han Yufei's voice in the far distance, but he didn't particularly care and cocked his head.

"Do you need help?"

Bang—!

Crashing against the wall, Emma looked up and glared at Liam.

"What do you t—Akh!"

KWAAANG—! Crossing her daggers, she barely managed to block the demon's claw. Groaning, she nudged her head several times. As if trying to tell Liam to get on with it.

Cracka! Cracka!

Good thing that Liam got the message, and lightning crackled around him.

The demon that was on top of Emma immediately froze on the spot, and Liam appeared behind it. He slashed his hand across the demon's thigh as his eyes took on a yellowish tinge and began to shine even more brightly than before.

That's where he felt the core was.

"Huek!"

That was about it for the demon. Just one move from Liam was all it took, and its entire body turned to dust.

"Thank… haaa.. you."

Catching her breath, Emma sighed in relief.

Upon closer observation, Liam realized that Emma's complexion was rather bad. Her face was pale, and her head was covered in sweat.

Thinking about the demon that he had just defeated, his expression turned strange.

"You were struggling with just that?"

Actually, now that he took a closer look at her, she seemed different from how she normally was. He hadn't spent much time with her, so he wasn't too sure, but… she seemed a little wilder.

If that made any sense.

"Do… hhaaa… do you really think that's the only… haaa.. demon that I was up against?"

Catching her breath, she pointed toward the distance, and that was when Liam finally noticed. A street littered with demon corpses.

It was a sight to behold, and his mouth instantly shut.

"That's fair enough."

"No shit…. Haa… I'm fucking tired."

Well, he could tell. The fact that speaking made her this tired was a great testament to that.

"Want a potion?"

He offered her a potion as an apology, but she rejected him right away.

"I'm good."

"Well, suit yourself."

Putting the potion away, Han Yufei suddenly appeared beside them. With his broadsword on his back, he gazed at the streets hidden behind the skyscraper and put up a thumbs up.

"Wow, impressive."

"Thank you."

gulping it down. Her chest

suddenly changed, and his head snapped

"What's wrong?"

expression, Han Yufei and Emma looked

and continued to stare at the sky for a good couple of seconds before his eyes suddenly shone with a brilliant

"Liam?"

but his subsequent words startled them

way to contact the

lethargic, had an unusual seriousness to it that made both

nonetheless thought about his words, and Han

of a

"Okay."

Liam nodded his head.

him that he

"He?"

"Yeah… he."

***

WOOOM—!

"…"

a word upon coming out of the

quietly at the world around them without saying a

they'd wittinesses inside of the

"Are you…"

as she turned to face Angelica. She

words, and sensing the attention she was being given,

"I'm fine."

what she tried to

that she

wasn't something she wanted

to be done and she deserved it… It still left her

mother. Someone she looked up to despite hating her at the

you sure you're

reached her ears, and when she turned, she saw a face she hadn't

"I'm fine."

She smiled at Smallsnake.

I'll believe

was clear that he could see right through her, but it was good that

"What are we sup—"

feel your communication;

familiar voice that

froze the moment he

"Ryan?"

raised her watch and brought it to her

"Ryan, is that you?"

one th… ah, no

"Ryan?

It was there that the

"…"

"Ryan?"

once more, hoping that he could hear

"…"

again, he was met with no response. Just as he

What are you guys trying to pull? No, never mind; I

voice as he

he still

even more, and his head moved

of him.

him again, he had a lot of things he wanted to say to him... He had changed a lot in appearance since the last time he saw him; he had become an adult, and looking at how disheveled his appearance was, he

up a

were the words that came out of his mouth when

his appearance was what reminded him of how times had changed and that he was no longer the young teen he once used

"…"

Smallsnake's, his eyes

more, he brought his arms over his face and continued to wipe at whatever

"Huuu."

face with his

time that you left, I am

"Ah… I see…"

smiled, his lips trembling a

huh… I, sure missed a

"Yeah… yeah you did."

***

an unknown area,

was a mess. Buildings crumbled, ecosystems were torn apart, and

utter precision that they

Thump—!

ground, black threads would spike out from the point between his foot and the ground, shooting directly at the demons near him and impaling

the years, and he was now at a level where only Prince ranked demons could pose a threat

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