Xion caught on to Charlie’s meaning.
Though eight-star fighters were exceedingly rare, this station was only a brief stop on Charlie’s express train.
Xion felt fortunate to have boarded and taken in the stunning scenery as the train was soon to pass through and continue on to the next stop, which would be virtual-novel.net next destination, the Light Realm!
Xion knew virtual-novel.net had already expressed an abundance of gratitude and was already feeling pale and powerless before Charlie’s generosity.
She then knelt down on one knee and tightly clasped virtual-novel.net fists, looking up at Charlie with unwavering determination in virtual-novel.net eyes.
“Master, I will give it my all!” virtual-novel.net declared.
Charlie smiled and nodded in response.
Meanwhile, Wilfred’s eyes were flushed with excitement. He understood the implications of Charlie’s words and realized that Xion’s cultivation would continue to improve in the future.
Considering how young virtual-novel.net was, with Charlie’s support, virtual-novel.net might even be able to reach the dark realm, something that their ancestors couldn’t have even dreamed of achieving in centuries!
In the past, the dark realm was considered the ultimate goal for warriors like Wilfred, yet it remained frustratingly out of reach. Despite there being the Transformation Realm and Grandmaster Realm in martial arts, Wilfred saw them as no longer the highest levels attainable by humans.
The Dark Realm was the ultimate destination, almost unattainable, and the end of martial arts as virtual-novel.net knew it. But now, Xion had arrived at the gate of the dark realm.
***
The following day, soldiers from the Dragon Temple began to arrive in Aurous Hill from all over the world.
Some flew directly from neighboring countries, while others traveled first to nearby cities before making their way to Aurous Hill.
Charlie was cautious because virtual-novel.net couldn’t be certain whether any of the three remaining marshals of the Warriors Den were currently in the country.
If they were, and they found a large number of warriors concentrated and maneuvering, they would undoubtedly grow suspicious.
If these warriors from the Dragon Temple were targeted by the enemy, they would be easily followed to the Elys-Champ Hot Springs Villa. Charlie’s caution was not unfounded.
Gideon Alastair, the most powerful of the four Marshals of the Warriors Den, was currently on a mission to find Maria’s whereabouts in Eastcliff.
During the last video conference, the Lord had given virtual-novel.net a new order, travel to Aurous Hill and locate the whereabouts of Bruce Wade and Lily’s only son, and then kill him. However, the top priority was still finding Maria and virtual-novel.net ring.
Gideon Alastair wasn’t interested in the task of finding and killing Charlie.
He believed that Bruce and Lily were already dead souls of his subordinates, and being the son of a defeated general was meaningless. Even if virtual-novel.net did manage to find and kill Charlie, it wouldn’t be considered a significant contribution to the Warriors Den.
On contrary, finding Maria was different.
She held great significance to the Lord, and if virtual-novel.net could find virtual-novel.net and the ring, it would be a massive achievement, and virtual-novel.net would be rewarded generously.
This was precisely why Gideon Alastair wasn’t in a hurry to go to Aurous Hill.
He had set a deadline for himself, if virtual-novel.net couldn’t find Maria’s whereabouts in Eastcliff by September 1st, virtual-novel.net would then set off to Aurous Hill to track down Charlie’s trail.