“Boy, why did you activate the Communication Jade during the fight?” Arthur asked Derrick.
This was something strange, and the others found it strange as well.
It wasn’t that no one did it, but it was usually done out of cooperation and the like while adventuring.
Were Derrick and Lydan like that?
If that was the case, then it was quite a strange partnership because some people felt like they were two knight protectors working together. This could not be confirmed unless Derrick answered Ciel’s question.
“You’ll be done when Lydan comes,” Derrick replied coldly, ignoring the question.
“I’m afraid the result will still be the same.” Ciel shook his head.
(Prince!) Ciel suddenly heard Yasmin’s voice inside his head.
The woman was still standing silently, but Ciel always felt like she was studying something so she made no move to help Mu Yixue.
(Is there something?) he asked while glancing at her.
(We’re at the center of this sandstorm. There is a secret that not many people know, every sandstorm created on this continent actually has a Core that can be used to control it. Given that you can find the Core of the Holy Flame, I think you might have a way to find the Core of this sandstorm. That way, you can control it. However, it’s only a few more minutes before this sandstorm disappears, so you must find it quickly.)
(Ohh…) Ciel was surprised after hearing Yasmin’s explanation so he immediately looked around with detailed observation.
If there was such a thing, then it could make him invincible, however, this sandstorm was so big.
‘What is it?’ Ciel didn’t take long to find something suspicious.
It was small, like a grain of sand, but Ciel saw energy coming out of it, flowing into every sand within this sandstorm.
Ciel flew towards it, confusing the people as he suddenly left.
“What are you doing?” Derrick couldn’t help but ask.
“Just picking up some sand,” Ciel replied calmly, picking up the sand which was very easy.
When he held it, he immediately felt the sensation of being connected to the sandstorm even though the zone he was reaching was not very far, only as far as his power could reach.
To be sure, he could control the sandstorm as he wished.
Of course, that did not include the monsters as they were living beings, who just happened to be living inside this sandstorm.
While controlling the sandstorm, Ciel discovered that he could continuously maintain it without making it disappear.
It had enormous energy. As for why the sandstorm could disappear, it was simply because it was adjusting to natural conditions.
It appeared because of the conditions in this desert, some kind of weather conditions, and when those conditions disappeared, it stopped appearing.
However, with that Core, Ciel could also make the sandstorm temporarily disappear and then reappear later as long as he was on this continent. On other continents that were not desert continents, it would be impossible to make it reappear because there was no sand there.
‘Maybe I can make this sandstorm disappear for now and then reappear later to deal with unexpected problems,’ Ciel thought.
After thinking that, he made the sandstorm disappear.
It finally disappeared in an instant where the sand was falling down, much to the surprise of the people as normally a sandstorm would disappear slowly.
Even so, they didn’t think much of it. They breathed a sigh of relief because then the danger was drastically reduced.
Many of the previously flying desert monsters entered the underground when the sandstorm disappeared.
However, the monsters that were fighting Mu Yixue and the others did not leave.
‘Very suspicious, are they tamed monsters?’ Ciel wondered.
“Boy tell me about those monsters? Who’s controlling them?” Ciel asked Derrick as he approached him.
“Think for yourself!” The boy still refused to answer.
“So you still dare to be arrogant, good, I’ll teach you another lesson.” Ciel swung his sword, ready to continue the fight.
Although Derrick still seemed to be able to fight, Ciel was sure he wouldn’t be able to last long with several wounds on his body. Victory would be his.
However, just as he was about to make his move, something suddenly happened.
A very unique mysterious aura emanated, able to be felt throughout the Eternal Desert Continent no matter the realm it was from.
“The aura of the World Soul,” people said.
“It appeared again,” added others because it had actually appeared several times already, which was why people knew that the World Soul would appear.
“The appearance of the aura this time should mark the appearance of the World Soul, right?” Someone asked.
“Yes, but it seems that the location has yet to be determined. Perhaps it exists in unique places.”
“Let’s search!”
The people began to move again in search of the World Soul, heedless of Ciel and Derrick’s fight.
Surprisingly, Derrick seemed not interested in the World Soul at all as he suddenly pointed his sword at Ciel.
“If you want to leave, you have to kill me first,” he said coldly.
“So after failing to drive me away, you want to keep me here?” Ciel instantly guessed the young man’s plan, he couldn’t help but mock him.
This time, Derrick did not argue. He calmly replied, “wait for Lydan to come, we will work together to kill you. Don’t think you can escape us just because the Ice Goddess is watching.”
“You should stop fantasizing. Okay, I’ve decided not to kill you even if I can so that later you can see how Yelina fell into my arms.”
Derrick, “…”
“You deserve to die!” The young man finally jumped at Ciel, no longer able to contain his anger.
At the same time, Ciel shouted to Thalia. “Go and look for the World Soul, call me when you find it.”
Ciel threw a Mirror Jade at her as he said that.
It would of course serve as a means of tracking her whereabouts later.
Ciel was confident that Thalia could be relied upon as the Elven Race tended to be able to find things that were hidden.
After receiving his orders, the Elves were on the move, something that was obvious since they also wanted to leave, but had difficulty before accepting Ciel’s orders since Ciel was their Young King with official status.
Clang!
Ciel’s sword and Derrick’s sword met, creating many sparks.
This time, Derrick didn’t just attack, he also used a technique.
However, before he could unleash his technique, Ahong suddenly came and sent his fist at him.
He failed to dodge because he was too focused on Ciel.
BANG!
Ahong’s giant fist slammed into his hard, sending him flying while his expression turned pale.
Although Ahong was weaker, it was actually not far off. When an attack successfully hits a target, even if that target is stronger, that target still suffers.
“You…” Derrick looked at Ahong with a gloomy expression, not expecting that Ciel was still so shameless.
Of course, if Ciel wanted to leave now, he could do so. The truth was that no one could dissuade him, but he chose to delay because he had other plans, one of which he needed was to wait for Lydan’s arrival.
And it seemed that the man was indeed serious about coming.
At this moment, Ciel finally saw a beam of golden light moving at high speed from a distance.
When they saw that light, the people who had just left stopped their steps.
The geniuses of the strongest Race came, their curiosity making them delay their own business.
Whoosh!
It didn’t take long before the golden light arrived near Ciel.
When it disappeared, a young man with short golden hair and a white cloth covering his forehead suddenly appeared.
He gave a very different impression to Zaden. His style was more similar to Ciel’s as he was wearing a shirt and trousers.
However, compared to Zaden, he looked more striking as his face had to be admittedly very handsome.
His golden eyes were truly like a pair of giant suns brought down to earth, piercing the eyes of anyone who saw them.
He had an aura that the world could not seem to contain. When sensing his aura, people’s hearts immediately skipped a beat, especially when they saw the cloth covering his forehead. It seemed to hide something even more terrifying.
Ciel wondered if he exceeded the unique category the Elf Queen was referring to because he felt he was stronger than him if he only relied on his three Holy Flames.
He suspected that he needed one more Holy Flame that was on the same level as the Holy Sun Flame to fight him.
“So he’s Lydan, if his appearance is already like this, it’s only natural that his sister can make a man blind,” people said. 𝑶𝑽𝗅𝐞xt.𝗇𝓔t
“You can’t compare Yelina to him,” someone from the Heaven Realm replied.
“Why?” asked another.
“Because she is much more conspicuous than him. If she is a man, Lydan is just an ordinary person next to her.”
“How is that possible? Aren’t they twins?” People were surprised to hear that because it seemed absurd.
Normally, twins would not have any noticeable differences.
“Well, this is hard to explain. It’s said that when they were born, they were just like any other twin, but it seems that all this time Lydan kept giving her his gift.”
“…”