Alexia

“Is this your companion?” Vargas asks while pausing right next to me and Lexi as I begin to fall down due to not teleporting anymore. But I teleport back up into the air back to where I was and nod my head at him.

“Her name is Luna,” I tell him as we begin to move faster towards the island hosting the Retreat.

Vargas laughs and says, “That’s a good name you have there, little one!”

I glance at him with more than a little surprise before continuing to teleport.

Huh. Guess dragons are fine with non-Class S species if they are soul-bound companions to a Class S species.

That’s good. Would’ve been pissed if he treated her as he does every other non-Class S species he sees.

We continue on our way towards the island before slowly lowering ourselves down to the bridge. A bridge that I find filled with quite the number of people.

It’s not just the bridge though. The city itself is far larger than it was when we were last here. Not to mention that it actually fits the term city now, considering the vast number of people and buildings across it.

The buildings have also been improved. So they aren’t just plain repaired ruins anymore.

“They’ve made improvements,” Ethan points out, making me nod my head with a grin.

Meanwhile all of the people on the bridge and on the city walls are quickly beginning to stare at us before we even land on the bridge. Which isn’t surprising.

Neither of the dragons care about the stares though as we continue walking.

I glance around at the guards on the walls that are tensing up simply at the sight of us.

This will be interesting.

The moment our feet touch the bridge, I surprisingly find myself faced with a System Message.

{The Dimensional Champion of Dimensional Block #109 has entered Dimensional Block #108. Should your Dimensional Council declare war on Dimensional Block #109 you may challenge the Dimensional Champion to a duel so long as you are still within the same Dimensional Block. The winner of the duel will therefore claim control of the Dimensional Block for their own Block and the Dimensional Wall between the Blocks will no longer require Authority to pass through for citizens of the Blocks.}

The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.

Oh. Right. Forgot about that.

I glance at Vargas, but he doesn’t seem to care about the System Message that’s no doubt appeared in front of him.

Curious that it only appeared now instead of when we actually entered the Dimensional Block. Is it because this is the first time he has actually stepped foot on the islands?

Up till now he’s been flying. Even when we went down to get directions and maps.

Guess that’s good to know either way.

We begin walking towards the walls, only for a familiar face to suddenly appear in the shadows on top of the wall, making my face light up.

There she is!

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The Retreat

Moments before Alexia’s Arrival

Astrid lets out a yawn as she sits on the roof of her target’s building. Ever since a little over a month ago, Alara began to ask her to take on stealth jobs to watch and take out threats to the Retreat should they sneak inside and show hostility towards the Retreat. But she’s found the job incredibly boring, even if she spends the rest of her time in the dungeon.

She has at least reached past halfway through Tier 2 by now though. Both by the extra dungeon time she’s gotten from the job and the threats to the city she’s killed.

So in the end she’s been grateful for the job she was given for the city. It’s helped her grow stronger, she’s gotten the loot from the targets she’s eliminated, and she still keeps herself relatively unknown outside of being The Reaper’s sister.

And it’s not the first time she’s had to kill people, so the kills don’t bother her either. She’s already grown used to death from her time at the orphanage. Even if she didn’t have it as bad as Lexi did.

Lexi always tried to protect her after all.

Seconds pass as Astrid keeps her eyes closed, using the shadow mana in the surrounding area to form a pseudo aura in order to keep track of the target.

So far the target hasn’t shown any inclinations of being hostile, but that could change at any moment. But while she’s busy keeping an eye on him, a commotion begins to sound from the bridge gate.

Astrid opens her eyes and turns to look towards the gate, only to smile when she senses a powerful source of strength coming from the gate. One far stronger than anything she has ever sensed since the Reset, with the exception of the Cataclysm Class monster.

Looks like she’s back. It’s about time.

She glances at her own house – the place Luna had decided to nest on.

It would also explain where Luna went.

Astrid quickly begins to teleport through the city going from shadow to shadow until she reaches the walls and leaves the shadows to find her sister standing next to two dragons instead of the one she was expecting as a possibility. Since she had left with a dragon to go to the Dimensional Block.

And now she’s Tier 3.

Astrid glances at the others all around the bridge, including the large line of people and carriages. Along with a couple of basic cars invented by people from the Varsac Kingdom. And every last person is frightened or tense in some way, with only a few people looking excited. Those being from the Retreat.

Cheers soon ring out from some of the soldiers on the wall, welcoming back their protector.

Astrid smiles as her twin gives a playful salute her way. Something that only enflames the excitement from the people of the Retreat since many of them assume she did it to them instead.

Also good to see that the people of the Retreat are starting to like her instead of fear her.

Astrid gives a nod back, still with a smile on her face.

I’m glad she’s back.