After Kai left Red Orb City, the wounded youth left as well, arriving at Red Orb Fortress a day later. It was a miracle that he made it this far against Kai's poison. But he was an alchemist and knew how to delay the poison in his system.
Finally, the young man arrived at the Red Orb Fortress, but he could barely stand. The castle was before his eyes. When the guards of the castle saw the young man, they wanted to arrest him, but the young man told them no. He raised his hand and the guards stopped, but each of them had a worried look on his face.
Then the young man pulled himself together and after a few coughs he spoke in a low voice.
"Call Miguel."
As the guards became even more alarmed by the young man's words, one of them immediately turned and ran as fast as he could. He was on his way to summon Miguel, the legendary leader of the Red Orb Academy.
The young man fell to his knees. The pain was getting worse and worse and the young man could not stand it any longer. Seeing the young man fall to the ground, the other guard wanted to go forward and help him, but the young man blocked him again and gritted his teeth. He would not leave the World Tournament until he told him what had happened.
As soon as Miguel heard what was going on, he ran at full speed to the east gate of the Red Sphere Castle without waiting for the guard. When he saw the young man, he knew that something really bad had happened.
"Will!"
Will barely opened his eyes to see his good friend he had not seen in a long time. Miguel looked at his friend with worried eyes.
"Miguel....... I'm sorry... We didn't recognize him... We didn't notice."
Miguel understood that Will was trying to tell him something, but he didn't understand why he hadn't brought him closer to them.
"We were wrong... He came between us... He poisoned us all... Red Orb City.......... Destroyed by the legend of the Red Lightning Academy."
When Will fell to the ground without saying anything, Miguel couldn't wait any longer and jumped up and grabbed Will. But he didn't forget to wrap himself in his aura to get rid of the short-lived poison.
"Who was it, Will?!? Tell me his name!!! "
Will smiled before closing his eyes to the World Tournament. His eyes filled with tears. After surviving here all this time, to die like this after all this time...... It was truly unfortunate.
"Ghost of the Skylands....."
Will gave this island the nickname of the person who would burn the Skylands before he left and said goodbye to this tournament.
Miguel clenched his fists as Will turned to dust. He turned and ran as fast as he could to get ready and get out of town.
"Let's see what answers you have, Alan!!!"
***
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Just then, Alan, who was getting ready for the meeting, looked out the window and sneezed. He quickly grabbed a napkin from his desk, frowned, and looked at the door.
"I wonder who is calling my name?"
Just then there was a knock on the door and Alan said 'Come in' and a group of 6 people came in.
Emma, Jack, Kevin, John, Melony and Sarah came in. They all had smiles on their faces that showed their eagerness. It was quite surprising that John appeared among the five and that he had a normal smile. It was proof that he was getting along better with people.
When Alan saw that smile, he raised his finger and his eyes widened.
"No, no, no! Don't even think about it! This is an important meeting and you must not come!"
But at that moment, all six of them smiled wickedly. Immediately, all six of them surrounded Alan. Alan was frozen by the terrible aura he felt from them.
"Why are you in such a hurry, Alan? "
"You have a little more time to think about it. "
Even John had joined them and approached Alan. By staying with them, John became like them. Sometimes he laughed. Other times he was his old cold self. But he was not the same now.
Sarah and Melony came closer and cupped both of Alan's cheeks with their hands and looked at him shrewdly, but Alan would not be fooled by such tricks.
"You know we know your secret, don't you Alan?"
Emma hugged Alan's back and cupped his neck with her hands, but Emma's words did more than Emma's body. Alan's heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened in fear.
"Wh-what are you talking about?! "
At that moment all the girls moved away and Jack put his arm around Alan's shoulder.
"You know, sometimes you should be quieter when you talk."
"Or more careful."
Kevin took Alan's other arm and hugged him. The aura of the King of Shadows radiated from his body. It seemed that he had succeeded in becoming king. But he was not acting like a king right now.
"Sometimes you have to speak from within. Otherwise, a voice from the shadows can hear everything."
Kevin's last words scared Alan. He racked his brain, wondering what his secret was, but finally, his eyes widened, his heart stopped beating and his brain stopped thinking.
'O-Or..... Is this it?
Alan nearly bit his fingernails. He didn't do it just because Kevin and Jack were holding his arm.
"What are you talking about?"
Alan was able to act normally. He couldn't show anything right now.
CRAPPP!!!
At that moment a 'HAPP' sound was heard in the room with the picture stuck to his face.
"Guys, I found it."
John's words made everyone laugh even harder and Alan looked at the picture in front of him, this time with fear.
"You understand, don't you Alan? Falling in love is not a bad thing. You have to open up to it, don't you?"
"Too bad Ariel isn't here. Maybe it would be better if she was."
"Oh, I have an idea. Maybe we should announce the idea to the people here. That way those who return can tell Ariel that Alan loves her."
As Alan shuddered at the last words, John pulled the photo of Ariel away from Alan's face, took one look at it, and put it back on the table. Then he looked at Alan with an evil smile on his face.
"You still don't want us to come?"
"Damn you!"
***
At the time, Boyd was sitting in front of a large boulder at one end of town. He held the Hell Sword of the 7 Dimensions in his hand and clenched his teeth. He was so far behind the others, and it bothered him. He was at the beginning of the Orange Flash. Raiya had already reached the peak of Orange Lightning. And Raiya hadn't even become a Body Path Guardian yet. Once he became a Guardian, he would transcend his limits and move to the center of the Red Lightning. With that power, he would be the physical equivalent of Purple Lightning. This was even greater than Kai's physical development. If he wanted to, he could be a senior now. But he spent all day bodybuilding and had no time for anything else.
Boyd, on the other hand, just stood still. He hadn't made a breakthrough in a long time and was far behind the other geniuses. Some people thought that he only came in second place in the District 1 Tournament by accident and that it was all because of the Hell Sword of the 7 Dimensions. Boyd knew there was still a chance.
"What are you going to do?"
Boyd suddenly shivered as he looked to see who was sneaking up on him and saw the blue-haired young man. Zachery was in his usual playful mood, and strangely, he was not with Toma today.
Some time ago, Zachery had begun to make great strides, constantly pushing himself beyond his limits. Now his power had reached unbelievable heights and he had reached the peak of Orange Lightning. He was a senior now, and the cloak fluttering around him clearly showed it. It had nothing to do with Toma, even though Zachery was constantly jumping degrees. It was because of a strange stone that no one knew about.
After Boyd saw Zachery, he turned and looked at his sword. The hesitant look in his eyes slowly faded.
"I will try to use the 2nd power of my sword."
Zachery was surprised to hear the mention of the 2nd power. He thought Boyd already used the 2nd power. Hadn't he used it many times in the past?
"Don't look at me like that. That wasn't the 2nd Power. That was just me trying to use the second power and getting knocked back. The real power was something else.
7 Dimensional Gate..."
When Zachery looked at Boyd, Boyd's eyes became determined and he tore the clothes on his right arm. Zachery didn't understand what Boyd was trying to do when the muscles in his arm were exposed in all their nakedness.
Boyd took the sword of the Inferno of the 7 Dimensions in his right hand and took a deep breath.
"I'm going to finish this now!
7 DIMENSIONAL DOOR!!! FIRST DOOR!!! JAERON!!!"