Chapter 98 - CARVE A NEW STORY II (2/2)

'Wang Jian, come to accompany me, looking at the sunset?' Loki heard a chuckle and Wang Jian sit beside Loki.

'What are you worrying about, Loki? These past few weeks you keep having the same expression of worry. Sina and Sofia is worried. And I'm worried too. You seem listless. Sina even brew you a Potion of Calmness to calm your nerves.'

'Are you afraid it would affect my decision making or something?' Loki said as he chuckles a bit.

'No…that's not what I mean. I'm just worried. You can talk to me. If not, you can share with Sina.'

Loki chuckles a bit.

'Men do not share. They keep their feeling bottled up and die of a heart attack at 40' and he chuckles as he make a joke.

Wang Jian just shakes his head. Loki always does this.

Wang Jian does not know Loki that well, but from what he knows of Loki, he knows Loki always hides behind his jokes and vague words.

Loki was about to say something but then he shakes his head. Then he release a long sigh like he hold the weight of the world.

'Just…that…..things didn't happen the way I wanted to. And that frustrates me. All that planning and it turns to dust'

Wang Jian thought Loki was talking about the heist a few days ago where they were ambushed and outsmarted by the Seven Fairy of the Plains.

'Hahaha. Rarely things happen the way we wanted it to happen.' Wang Jian said.

Loki smirked.

'That's true.' Then for a while both of them just look at the sunset. Loki coughed a bit and then he ask

'How's Sofia? Did she improve? She insisted so much, it would be a pity if she did not improve even a bit'

'Yes. She is a good study' Wang Jian replies. Then Wang Jian begins complimenting Sofia.

'I can't teach her archery since that is her specialty but I could teach her spearmanship and swordsmanship. Having variety of skill is better than having nothing.'

Loki nodded in agreement.

'True. In the early stage to learn some normal skill you don't have to do much. You just have to buy the skill at World Orb shop. But as you level up miscellaneous skills like swimming or archery doesn't really appeal anymore. as we get stronger our ability to learn thing become faster. Not to mention that when we reached a higher stage, we need to imbue our attack with our attributes.'

Wang Jian just nodded. In this group of vagabond, there are only three Energy Disperse Stage users.

Loki is an Energy Disperse High Realm expert with Nine Opening Purification body refinement stage.

Loki decided to forego the other stages since it would take too long.

The only reason he manages to reach that kind of body refinement was because of herbs, pill and consumable artifacts.

If not it would take him two years and a half.

Sofia is also an Energy Disperse Stage High realm expert with Divine Meridians. She has decided to breakthrough to Seed Forming at this stage.

To expend more EXP on her body refinement would be a waste of time. It would take too long.

Wang Jian is an Energy Disperse Stage Middle Realm expert with Titanium Bones body refinement stages.

After Loki fed him pills from Sina he manages to raise his level of Body refinement.

Sina however is still stuck at the Orb Condensing Stage but her path is different from them. Sofia is archery. Wang Jian is spearmanship though now one could say he is using the stick more.

Loki is dark magic.

Each one of them has their own path to walk, their destinies are different. There is no need to envy or be sad about.

But, in the world right now, other than large factions or the World Government and Revolutionary Army they are not many Energy Disperse Stage gathering together in one group.

This is why Loki group is such a headache to the large factions and the World Government and Revolutionary Army.

Since they didn't have any permanent place, the forces that hunt them can't really ambush them at their house since they are always on the move.

Loki and his group even robbed other robbery group and once tangled with the 51 Bandits of Aegean.

Their group is formidable. And Loki troublemaking skills are legendary. His Yue and Wei fiasco event is still talked about till this day.

Then Wang Jian touches Loki shoulders.

'You will join the festivities tonight, right? Zhang Ye caught a giant cockatrice yesterday. The meat is like chicken. Nie Feng knows how to spice the meat. It would be delicious.'

Loki contemplates a bit. Cockatrice sound delicious.

'Do you have some wine?'

'How about Baiju?'

'Sorghum wine? No, thank you.' Loki face immediately scrunched up. Loki once tastes Wang Jian Baiju.

It has strong fragrance, sweet tasting, unctuous in its texture and mellow.

Not his style.

Anyway, when the sun was about to sets fully Loki gets up.

He then said at Wang Jian while smiling.

'I don't like your wine but I do like Feng cooking. Let's go.' He said as he pats his buttocks as grass fall out from his pants.

But just before he wants to jump from the stone a sky quake happens in the sky and it was like someone sets of a bomb in the sky.

The wind changes direction and the clouds dissipated.

Loki was startled and almost lost his footing because of the shocking sound. If not for Wang Jian holding him back from falling forwards, his face would be smacked down on the grass.

'What the hell?' Loki said as he looks at the sky.

Loki is not the only one. Sofia who was taking a nap inside her tent with Sina concocting medicine at the army tent also was startled.

Sofia rubbed her eyes and then rushed outside, preparing for war, as she slings her bow behind her back.

Sina also comes out of the ten with guards all around her. They could not let the Genius Alchemist be harmed if this was the attack of their enemies.

The soldiers who were ready for the festivities tonight also turns vigilant and they looked at the sky.

Loki faces of annoyance changes. Sofia expression of alertness also disappears changing to a look of happiness.

Sian on the other hand almost drops her newly brewed potion as she was so shocked.

There, up on the sky, as the dusk of the sun is setting, a man clad with black attire, floating above the area, like an all seeing God.

Celestial Presence wafted around him, energy ripples beneath his feet; the sun could not cover his brilliance, and his eyes scans all the living things.

All the Energy Disperse stage user in the camp, like Loki, Wang Jian, and Sofia, all felt their bodies trying to force them to kneel down.

They even feel the energy is gathering inside their core trying to demote itself back to Orb Condensing. Energy Disperse Stage means disperse the energy to the body.

If it gathers, then it would create an Orb which defeats the purpose of Dispersing the Energy.

For the Orb Condensing stage, their Orbs rotated with high velocity trying to dispel the unintentional pressure emitted by the being in the sky.

For the Pillar Forming Stage, their pillars cracked but did not shatter.

If the being in the sky truly emits his pressure, Pillars will crumble, Orbs will be shattered Energy would be gather and the Path to Seed Forming will be severed.

Wang Jian realizes that Loki was not wary even though the pressure is truly oppressing. But Wang Jian is feeling wary.

After all, he does not know who that guy in the sky was.

And the power that man emitted, even though, that man was so high and far from them, the pressure is suffocating.

But looking at Loki face, it was like he was seeing a friend.

'Loki, who's that?'

Loki smiles as he answers

'An Old friend.'

And as the man in the sky floats down, Loki quickened his pace to meet him with smiles on his face.

Sofia was running across tents to reach him first.

She passed by tents and soldiers all were captivated by her expression. The Divine Archer who rarely smiles is smiling, like a flower blooming in the spring, a smile that could melt any man's heart

Sina was calm as she did not run.

But traces of many emotions could be seen on her face. Shock. Longing. A feeling of meeting an old friend.

Azief has returned this is the thought of all the three people bind by destiny.

He has returned!

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