He didn’t know why Milami was here, but Ma Dong could fully control his emotions now. He played the role of Ugly Boss calmly. “Lady, we’re closed for the day,” he said in a hoarse voice.
Milami scrutinized the horrific scars on his face. “Do you think that I can’t recognize you?” she suddenly replied.
Ma Dong was expressionless. He walked away from the bar counter and closed the main entrance of the bar. “Follow me.”
“Well, there’s two people here now,” Ma Dong said, walking slowly towards Milami. He pushed her against the wall.
“Let’s… collaborate,” Milami said.
“Haven’t you always been mine?” Ma Dong smirked.
He was very rough with her, but he loved her as much as he hated her…
He took a closer look and found that the tremor had been caused by dozens of gigantic Oblivion Thunder Beasts. Their armor-like thick bodies stood more than ten meters tall as these beasts salivated on the ground not far away from him. What the hell was this?
Hum~ Clang~
There were heavily armored battle wolves, huge mammoths, pterosaurs with green wings, and even magma giants that were around five meters tall… There were various alien races with odd appearances, many that Wang Zhong had never heard of before at all. Every one of them exuded powerful auras and were dimensional creatures between the 4th rank and 6th rank. They were completely militarized. It was noisy but not chaotic, and everything was in their own form of order.
It was early morning and the Queen’s Bar wouldn’t be open for business yet under normal circumstances. However, since the Wanderlust Team bandits were old customers, the boss had opened the door for them and went snoozing behind the bar counter after that.
Wang Zhong had just entered when he heard the Wanderlust Team members having a heated discussion about something. Everyone’s eyes lit up when they saw Wang Zhong, and Oscar exhaled deeply. “Dammit, you’re finally back! We’ve been waiting for you forever. You would have missed it if you hadn’t come back today!”
“It’s true indeed, and the scale of this operation is unprecedented, the largest one in the past twenty years!” Small Eyes was banging the table, the most excited out of everyone in the bar. “Two Sacred Teachers will be leading this Holy Battle. This is a massive operation. I remember a long time ago, only one Sacred Teacher led the Holy Battle to conquer Zelas World, right?”
“Three or four? Asher, you idiot, you think it’s so easy to find Sacred Teachers?”
“Wang Zhong, it would be such a pity if you missed this opportunity! We were almost forced to go ahead first!” Everyone was talking at once. They looked very excited, unable to stop talking.
Oscar returned to the topic they were talking about before Wang Zhong arrived. “A Holy Battle is different from our normal missions. It’s true that there are a lot of opportunities, but it is highly dangerous too. Although explorations teams won’t be made to fight on the front line, we will need to execute high-difficulty missions that are very risky. For those who aren’t confident enough in your own power or those who aren’t strong enough, I think it’s better if you don’t risk it. Asher, think about it again yourself.”
On the other hand, the newcomers seemed to be more eager to try. Grai and Napier had confirmed that they wanted to sign up. Although these two hadn’t reached the Peak Heroic Soul Stage, their strength was similar to that of Asher, and they held more potential too. Mo Ling passed on this chance as he thought he wasn’t strong enough. In order to survive in the Holy Land, you had to be rational. It wasn’t wise to dash forward without thought.
Mario was also struggling to come to a decision. With Sharmie’s dauntless personality, she was as excited and passionate about this Holy Battle as Small Eyes. She had already decided that she wanted to sign up. However, Mario wanted to stay in the Holy City where it was safer. He had been trying to persuade her for the past few days but to no avail. “Wang Zhong, what’s your view? Do you think me and Sharmie should go?” Mario looked at Wang Zhong a little helplessly.
Sharmie and Mario weren’t able to pass the Holy Disciple test, and the novice protection period was over by now. As a pre-Holy Disciple, they had been assigned jobs in the inner area of the Holy City. Sharmie had good looks, so she was assigned to be a cashier in a restaurant opened by a Great Teacher. Mario had been assigned to run errands for a Teacher. Although it wasn’t that tiring, this was only the first year. If the pre-Holy Disciples remained in this ‘pre’ status for subsequent years, they would hold less and less value. Their assigned jobs would become tougher, and their status would decline as well.
Mario’s face grew red. The others didn’t say anything. Everyone knew how pre-Holy Disciples lived in the Holy City. A few years of that lifestyle, and it would really drive you crazy. Frankly speaking, joining a Holy Battle was dangerous, but if one mustered one’s courage and went for it, it might be a chance for people at the lower tier of the hierarchy to make a name for themselves. That being said, the same logic couldn’t be applied to everyone as everyone was different.
That was why when it came to events like the Holy Battle, it was a godsend to most Holy Disciples. This sort of large-scale battle provided a sea of opportunities. Not only was it a training experience, one could gain a huge amount of resources too. A level three civilization that could pique the interest of two Sacred Teachers definitely posed many benefits to the Holy Land.
