1189 Plot 1 (1/2)

Crack…

Garen's leather boots sank into the sand as he stood in the distance, staring at Yuria and the Root Doctor Jiatai in the midst of battle. Both of them have already reached the point of exhaustion.

”Now as soon as I join in, the battle will end immediately.”

Garen spoke casually. Sensing there were people behind him, he could tell it was Nine-Tailed Fox and the other's footsteps.

”Then why don't you?” Nine-Tailed Fox and a group of her men dressed in black swiftly walked toward Garen's side and stood still, also staring at the battle that was happening on the beach far away.

”Why should I? From the beginning to the end, Vulture had never shown malice s any of us, no?” Garen asked in return, slowly keeping his saber into its sheath. ”I've already let the rascal go, I just wanted to probe them.”

”So now they know our capabilities then, right?” Nine-Tailed Fox stood beside him with her arms crossed around her chest, she seemed to agree with his method.

Garen was unsure of her thoughts. Her active participation this time around probably had something to do with other intentions.

He already knew now, even if it was among the transmigrators, nobody had the same talent attributes as him in terms of abilities, so the only thing in each world that could make himself stronger was to grasp the familiar plot and obtain benefits that he needed from it.

Garen did not know what the others want, if it was the same as what he wanted, something related to Soul Seeds or Soul Powers, perhaps the final hostile list would be even longer…

At this moment, it was clear who was the winner and loser of the battle on the beach. After Jiatai continuously threatened Yuria verbally, he decided to retreat.

A submarine emerged from the sea, bringing him away from the beach and disappeared quickly into the waters.

It was only then Garen and the others walked over slowly. Nine-Tailed Fox quickly brought people over to treat the wounded. This was the best opportunity to build relationships. After all, a savior's friendship would be one of the greatest advantages of the plot.

Garen stood far away as Nine-Tailed Fox brought people over. Li Hua and the other transmigrators were still nowhere to be seen, even Kong Xinxue had disappeared.

”I don't know why, martial power grades in this world clearly exceeded my expectations, but I still don't get any sense of crisis at all. What is this?” He fondled his chin, thinking that he must have been too relaxed and slacking too much recently.

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Nine-Tailed Fox looked on as Yuria and his sister were taken away when Li Hua suddenly appeared beside her.

”How was it? What's the situation?” Li Hua whispered.

”Something is not right,” Nine-Tailed Fox frowned slightly. ”The plot is a bit out of control, I feel that something is really wrong!”

”Does it have anything to do with Yuria? Or is it that newbie, Garen?” Li Hua frowned too. She knew Nine-Tailed Fox's hunch had always been extremely accurate.

”It seems that… No.” Nine-Tailed Fox walked further away to prevent eavesdropping, the sea breeze ruffled up her hair but she was not bothered at all.

”I just feel that something's wrong and it's not the way as it is before, yet I can't tell what exactly.”

”Perhaps it's a misconception?” Li Hua asked.

”No…” Nine-Tailed Fox shook her head. ”Nevermind, I'm not going to think about it anymore. We will take one step at a time for now. All we need to do is stay close to Yuria, the Savior will naturally lead the main line. Right or wrong, there will be clues sooner or later, we just need to be more prepared, that's all.”

”Yeah.”

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Garen, overcome with boredom, tended to Yuria's injury. Determined that Yuria was just asleep due to over-exhaustion, he too went back to sleep. He was currently in his state of relaxation as he knew that the threats in this world were not exactly a lot. With his Sword Master-Level powers, he was basically invincible on land, not to mention if he used his Soul Ring to rank up his Saber Art realm. Soul Energy nourished his body all the time.

Yuria and his sister, Kong Xinxue, Nine-Tailed Fox, the transmigrators… These people seemed to be evolving along with the plot all the time, whereas he was the only one at leisure.

Ever since the battle at the beach, Yuria seemed to be somewhat triggered and started to train every day to strengthen himself.

On the other hand, Nine-Tailed Fox and Kong Xinxue got together every day for discussion.

As for Garen, he just did not bother with any of those things. He would go to the restaurant every day and ordered some small dishes, enjoyed the hot springs, do saunas, and occasionally show up for classes to reminiscence the memorable, high school era.

Life was unrestrained.

As for money? There was no need to worry about it. With his capabilities, it was nothing for him to earn a little cash. There was this one night when the National Security Agency came visiting him and they spoke all night long. After that, Garen received money that an average person could never get in a lifetime. It was more than enough for his casuals spendings.

All he had to do was to lend a hand in urgent times. He became the so-called Chief Instructor of some Special Forces Team, or maybe it was some military coach or some other title.

As for what team exactly, he himself had forgotten already. It was enough for him to lead a better life anyway.

Of course, news of the other party's identity soon came to Nine-Tailed Fox. It turned out to be Vulture's men. Seemed like Vulture and homeland security have always come hand in hand.

This, however, was confusing for Garen and the others. Why did Vulture's men kill a large number of maritime police at the sea then? It made no sense.