Chapter 191 Twists & Turns (3/3) [Event: Cool af surname]

Chapter 191 Twists & Turns (3/3) [Event: Cool af surname]

Arkhen and Azela turned around and saw a woman with a plain white robe-dress floating in the sky on a big sword.

"No need to be so cautious, haha. I was just nearby and sensed something, making me curious," the woman said with a faint smile. "Are you from here or...?"

[My lord. This woman… is either from the 3rd realm or the 4th realm. This one here is just an avatar of her original body. Her true body is in a higher realm].

'I see…'

"We ascended from the Gravel Realm to here," Arkhen answered her with a smile.

"Yes, and we are staying in the Bariat kingdom's capital for now," Azela said with a nod and a smile.

"I see, I see. I am here to pick up two new disciples," the woman said with a smile as she looked at Arkhen, "Young man, do you want to join my sect? If you are not part of any forces yet, you should join my sect, so you can have some form of protection. Naturally, you both need to pass a test if you want to join my sect here."

Arkhen and Azela were surprised.

"I won't be able to join anytime soon, but Arkhen can if he wants to," Azela said as she elbowed Arkhen with a smile. "He is really talented and powerful."

Azela felt that if Arkhen joined a sect and became close to it, he would have some sort of backing. Moreover, she felt that the woman in front of her was very mysterious and powerful.

'A sect? Interesting… This sounds like a thrilling turn of events for my next destination from here. I don't want to stay in this kingdom forever after all.'

Although Arkhen wanted to say yes, he also wanted to complete his emergency quest. So, he revealed hesitation on his face and asked, "I want to join, but can we have some time? I need to finish an unfinished business here."

"Sure, you have twenty-five days of time. On the twenty-sixth day of today, I will be in Pentarix Continent for an event. You should also come there and participate," the woman said as she nodded with a smile.

"Is your sect in Pentarix continent?" Arkhen asked curiously.

"No. It is not even in Astoria land. It is in Mercilla Land's Utopia Fall continent. I am an honorary guest at the event in the Pentarix continent," the woman shook her head before she continued.

"If you want to join my sect, then be there in time to meet me," the woman said before waving her hand as a card shot out from her sleeves towards Arkhen. "This card will lead you to me. Haha, now you can continue with your tests and hunting."

Arkhen grabbed the card while the woman flew away without making any sound of air friction.

"We forgot to ask her name," Azela said with a wry smile. "Anyway, what's that card?"

"It's a blank card with just one letter carved on it," Arkhen said as he saw a golden "R" letter carved on the black card. He used the first rule of checking things out: infusing energy into things and did that with the card.

Right after he did that, the letter on the card glowed before a magical hologram appeared from it. [Rong Zivhail]

[My lord. This is a spiritual contact card. Take out your comm crystal and add this contact so you can call that woman].

"Rong Zivhail should be her name…" Azela muttered before she remembered something and looked at Arkhen. "Arkhen, what is your true surname? Since you told me that you entered the Walton family with your strange powers and that they are not your real blood family."

"My real family, huh?" Arkhen muttered as he shook his head. "The only family I had was my mother, and she died when I was very young. I don't have any surname, heh."

A grin cracked on Arkhen's face as he continued, "How about I make my own surname? Hmmm, I'll think of a good one. But for now, let's hunt some dire beasts and return."

…

After hunting dire beasts for five hours, Arkhen, Azela, and Lucius, Blancia returned to the kingdom. The wolf was smug during the ride back since those tigers couldn't catch up to Ruan in speed.

However, after Arkhen and Azela returned to the Duke's palace, they were surprised to see Duchess Liani sitting in the living hall.

After Arkhen and Azela entered, she gestured to them with her hand to sit in front of her, "Sit. Meya told me about everything, and I will help you according to your plan."

"Thank you in advance," Arkhen said with a smile as he and Azela sat on the couch.

"So she is targeting this lass?" Liani said as she looked at Azela and nodded. "I have heard of those higher beings who bless Gravel realm people and devour their souls when they awaken their souls via the connection of their blessing."

"Yep."

"But why do you want her alive? I can just kill her for you. If you are scared of retaliation then worry not. I will not hold back in the slightest and won't let her escape," Liani said with a reassuring smile.

"No. I need her alive for an important task in the Gravel realm," Arkhen said with a serious expression. "I get unique tasks from a higher existence because of a connection. Even I don't know how that happens, but if I complete those tasks, I get rewards."

"Oh? I've never heard of such a phenomena. Interesting," Liani said, surprised. But then she wryly shook her head and said, "Well, I still have a long way to go, haha. I am just the existence of the 1st realm, and there are still eight more realms above. Who knows what sort of wonders they hold?"

"Indeed."

Azela and Arkhen nodded with smiles.

"One more thing I should let you know," Liani said before wryly smiling and continued, "Meya has left for the Pentarix Continent with her Master. Gereld is also in the Pentarix continent, and both of them will leave for the Mercilla Land tomorrow morning."

"What?" Arkhen was startled as he stood up.

"Why are they suddenly leaving?" Azela asked with confusion.

"Sigh, we didn't want to send them to this sect, but we have no choice. Because of the big battle yesterday in the west sea, the force of ascension is putting pressure on us...Sigh.

"Those who have truly reached the peak and met the requirement to enter the 2nd realm can not stay in the 1st realm for long. If you use your powers more, that time shortens even more. In the end, you would be forcefully ascended to the 2nd realm," Liani spoke with a wry smile.

"So that's…how it works, huh?" Arkhen muttered as he sat down. Suddenly, he caught the keyword in Duchess Liani's words and took out the card given to him by Rong Zivhail. "I got this card from a lady. She said that she was here to take in two disciples. I guess she was talking about Meya and Gereld?"

"Oh?" Liani was surprised as she looked at the familiar card. "So, you met her?"

"Yes. At the southern snow region," Azela nodded.

"Haha, you are lucky then. Gereld and Meya told me that you are very talented and powerful. Maybe she also saw potential in you and invited you to her sect? That's very good," Liani said with a heartfelt smile and nodded as she continued,

"Lady Rong is actually someone from a higher realm. We had a fortunate encounter some years ago and met her when we traveled to Mercilla Land. Long story short, we plan to join her force after ascending to the 2nd realm."

"I see… So maybe something happened, and she also agreed to take in Meya and Gereld as her disciples," Arkhen said as he raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Yep. They will be her personal disciples. We can truly rest assured and ascend after handing them over to lady Rong," Liani said with a relieved expression. After all, both of them were her and Duke Lanker's kids. They were worried for them despite everything they said before.

So now that they joined the sect, they can get proper nurturing along with tough training, making them ascend to the 2nd realm with peace of mind and wait for their children to ascend.

"Well, we were told to go to the Pentarix continent, the deadline being twenty-five days. If we pass her test, she can let us enter her sect," Arkhen said with a smile.

"Good. I am sure you will pass considering the praises Gereld and Meya had for you, haha," Liani said with a light chuckle.

"That, I am also confident," Arkhen said with a grin.

"About connections, do all people pre-join the forces in the 2nd realm before ascending?" Azela asked curiously. This sounded very good.

"Not all, but most of them do. Yep," Liani nodded. "It's better this way and guarantees your initial protection, although you still get some from the realm, just like how you must have a realm artifact. Did you use them or not?"

"Didn't have chance to use them yet," Arkhen said before he grinned and continued, "but I plan to use it on that fake goddess of life and water who is coming here to target Azela."

"Alright, I shall not ask what kind of realm artifact you got because none other than their original users can use it," Liani said with a smile. "So, when is she coming? I heard you have some idea about it by using her blessing against herself?"

"She will likely arrive here tomorrow," Arkhen said with a nod. 'Velshi, can you track her?'

[I cannot. The reality points I used were just to know her arrival here. I can not track her exact position and even her location right now].

'But it is possible to do with reality motes, right?'

[Indeed. It will cost 37,380 reality motes to put one hour tracker on her. For one hour, you will know her precise location].

'…'

"Alright, if she arrives here tomorrow, I will be on the lookout. Though I won't be able to find her if she decided to stay low-key. It will up to her to reveal herself," Liani said.

"We will know because she will definitely try to approach us in a low-key manner. Like... Hiding her real power and becoming someone weak before approaching us," Arkhen said before a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. "I will recognize her when she approaches us."

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[A/N: Event! I have thought of a cool surname for Arkhen! However, you all can also create some cool fantasy-like surnames and comment on them in the comment section :D. If I find a surname better than the one I thought of, then I will use choose it xD Haha, I also see many people with fantasy names in their profiles, and you can also do that if I choose the surname chosen by you and become Arkhen's relative lol xD]