398 Blue Marble Plane (1/2)

”Who the hell are you?”

An aggressive and wary shout sounded behind Raven, causing him to turn around.

He then saw a tall and bulky man with heavy bronze skin color. His forehead was wide and shiny with sweat, his upper garment was made out of worn and torn out scholars robe and his lower garments are made out of beast skin. He was riding on a back of an enormous boar and he had a large metal club on his back.

Raven bowed and said: ”Hi, my name is Raven. May I know which is the way towards the nearest civilization here?”

The bronze skinned man didn't answer him right away, instead Raven could feel his stern gaze roaming around his body, causing him to feel slightly uncomfortable.

”You…are lost?” The man asked him after a while of deliberation.

Raven had the sudden urge to roll his eyes and reply 'Obviously, duh?' But he didn't. Instead, he nodded to him.

*Woosh!*

Out of nowhere, the winds howl and a hulking mass of metal suddenly flew towards him. Raven's gaze narrowed dangerously but he didn't make any movements, instead he straightened his back and gazed coldly at the club flying at him with dangerous speed.

To the man's surprise, before the club even manage to touch the kid, it mysterious stopped inches away from his face. The bronze skinned man could feel that the club seemingly met a solid by formless obstruction which didn't allow it to move any closer to Raven.

When he met Raven's gaze, goosebumps suddenly crawled onto his skin. Solemnness appeared on the man's eyes, he quickly thought of some things but in the end, he sighed and held out his hand, causing the metal club to fly back to his hand.

He hopped off of the boar and clasped his hands while performing a bow, he then said: ”My apologies for suddenly attacking like that Fellow Knight. Believe it or not, I am forced to be vigilant due to some matters at hand.”

He then suddenly produced something from his spatial ring and passed it down to Raven.

”Please take this.” He said after passing a wooden box to Raven. ”I hope this quenches Fellow Knight's displeasure towards my rude behavior.”

Raven took a swift glance inside the box and a surprised glint appeared on his face.

The wooden box is actually made out of precious Mysterious Azure Wood, and it contains a Bone Relic with mysterious markings that contained traces of laws.

'An infant Roc Bone Relic!' He exclaimed inwardly, 'Ah, this is great. This man isn't simple. Oh well, I'll let him off this time.'

Raven sealed the wooden box and placed it inside the spatial ring before nodding towards the bronze skinned man.

Seeing that Raven's face carried no traces of enmity anymore, the man unknowingly sighed in relief, which surprised him somehow since he didn't understand why he felt nervousness while facing this young man.

”I'll be troubling you then.” Raven nodded as he saw the man climbing on the back of his boar once again.

”Oh right. My name is Albert, this is my mount Perry - a young Sky Trampling Boar.”

”Well met, Fellow Knight Albert, Perry.” Raven nodded towards them, he then asked: ”I wonder where we are right now?”

”We are at the forest near the Sky Blaze City.” Albert replied as they started heading east. ”This forest is considered as a Hunting Zone for the nearest city. We usually gather supplies from here and either sell of trade them back in the city.”

'Sky Blaze City huh? So I ended up in the Blue Marble Planet. Not bad.'

Series of information gradually surfaced on Raven's memory. Although this was his first time coming here, he had read about it in some records before.

The Divine Realm is immensely vast. This Blue Marble Planet alone is almost thrice the size of the Grand Ancestral Plane, what's more is that this is just a territory under an Empyrean Ranked Power.

He then glanced at Raven's who carefully looking around them and continued: ”I wonder where Fellow Knight Raven hails from?”

A wry smile appeared on Raven's face as he said: ”Believe it or not Fellow Knight Albert, I actually just ascended from a Lower Plane. After travelling through the spatial tunnel arranged by my senior, I ended up here.”

Shock and doubt was plastered on Albert's face when he heard Raven's answer. From his discernment, he could tell that Raven's not lying to him at all. But that made this matter even more surprising.