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."

own potions and gulping it down. Her chest

suddenly changed, and his head snapped upwards, toward the

"What's wrong?"

noticing the shift in Liam's expression, Han

at the sky for a good couple of seconds before his eyes suddenly shone with

"Liam?"

action startled both of them, but his subsequent words startled

any way

to it that made both Han Yufei

thought about his words, and Han Yufei was

he knows of a

"Okay."

Liam nodded his head.

him and tell him that he is

"He?"

"Yeah… he."

***

WOOOM—!

"…"

upon coming out of the dimensional pocket. Be it

the world around them without saying a

wittinesses inside

"Are you…"

to face Angelica. She was

her words, and sensing the attention she was

"I'm fine."

At least, that was what

that

she witnessed… it wasn't something she

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

was… her very own mother. Someone she looked up

sure

when she turned, she saw

"I'm fine."

She smiled at Smallsnake.

I'll believe you for

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

"What are we sup—"

Hein? I can feel your communication; are you

a familiar voice that echoed from Ava's

the moment

"Ryan?"

and brought it to her

"Ryan, is that you?"

th… ah, no never mind. That's not

"Ryan?

closer to Ava. It was there that the communication abruptly turned

"…"

"Ryan?"

out once more, hoping that he could

"…"

Just as he was about to try again, the

sick joke? What are you guys trying to pull? No, never

his voice as he spoke, and when Smallsnake heard

still

even more, and his head moved closer to the

him. Turning the camera on, Smallsnake waved, a soft smile on

the last time he saw him; he had become an adult, and looking at how disheveled his

grown up a

were the words that came out of his

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

"…"

side, Ryan's expression froze, and when his gaze met Smallsnake's, his eyes blinked several times until, eventually, droplets of water

continued to wipe at whatever

"Huuu."

his face with his

well, as of the time that you left, I am approximately the same

"Ah… I see…"

his lips

I, sure

"Yeah… yeah you did."

***

an unknown

mess. Buildings crumbled, ecosystems were torn

such utter precision that they

Thump—!

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

he was now at a level where only Prince ranked demons could pose a threat

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