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."

taking out one of her own potions and gulping it down. Her chest started to level at that point, and her

speak, Liam's expression suddenly changed, and

"What's wrong?"

expression, Han Yufei and Emma looked

respond to them and continued to stare at the sky for a good couple of

"Liam?"

of them, but

you have any way

lazy and lethargic, had an unusual seriousness to it that made both Han Yufei and Emma look at

thought about his words, and Han

of a

"Okay."

Liam nodded his head.

him that

"He?"

"Yeah… he."

***

WOOOM—!

"…"

coming out of the dimensional pocket. Be it Angelica,

just stared quietly at the world around

inside

"Are you…"

was the one who eventually broke the silence as she turned to face Angelica. She was quietly staring at the

sensing the attention she was being

"I'm fine."

At least, that was what she tried

was that she

wasn't something she wanted to

be done and

own mother. Someone she looked

you sure

voice reached her ears, and when she turned, she

"I'm fine."

She smiled at Smallsnake.

I'll believe you for

that he could see right through her, but it was good that he let the topic go and shifted his attention toward

"What are we sup—"

can feel your communication; are

was stopped by a familiar voice that echoed

moment

"Ryan?"

watch and brought it to

"Ryan, is that you?"

be? I'm the only one th… ah, no

"Ryan?

was there

"…"

"Ryan?"

once more, hoping that he

"…"

Just as he was about

some sort of sick joke? What are you guys trying to

anger in his voice as he spoke, and

still

made him smile even more, and his head moved

and a projection appeared in front of him. Turning the camera on, Smallsnake waved, a soft smile on his

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 knew that he must've had a hard time during the few years he wasn't

up

that came out

was what reminded him of how times had changed and that he was no longer the young

"…"

his gaze met Smallsnake's, his eyes blinked

he brought his arms over his face and continued to wipe at whatever was falling, his expression never

"Huuu."

with his hands,

time that you left, I am approximately the same age

"Ah… I see…"

his lips

age, huh… I, sure

"Yeah… yeah you did."

***

unknown

Buildings crumbled, ecosystems were torn apart, and the ground was shredded

the enemies with such utter precision that they

Thump—!

the point between his foot and the ground, shooting directly at the demons near him and impaling them

skills had improved drastically over the years, and he was now at a level where only Prince ranked demons could pose a threat to

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