Outside the ruins city of Miore, locates a large army camp. At the center of the camp, there are a few luxurious tents that stands out from the rest of the normal soldier tent.

In one of the luxurious tents,  there’s a man in black robe that seems to be meditating. A staff with a glowing skull as its ornament is floating in front of him. There are also 2 other man with the same robes beside him. But they are not meditating but guarding him from any distraction that can affect his meditation.

Suddenly, the man who is meditating spurts out a huge amount of blood, dying the carpet that he is sitting on into dark red color.

The 2 other dark robe men was shocked and hurried to his side to support his body from falling.

[Hey, what happen?] one of them asked

[Cough.. cough.. there’s.. cough.. another  man beside...  ..cough.. her..!]

[What? I thought we killed off all of her guards? There should be no one that can injured you around her..]

[Did the intel we obtain wrong?]

The 2 dark robe man begin to discuss among themself, while the injured person begin to meditate again and his complexion slowly returning to normal.

[Who is the man that managed to injured you? What rank of power is he?]

[I don’t know. And I can’t determine his rank power. But he must be a warrior magician. He managed to catch the Mithril Sword and crush it with his hand, and he also traced back the magic of Corpse Control back and managed to damaged me.]

[He must be the reason why eight out of thirteen of our B ranked warriors didn’t return from the jungle.]

[He could be an A ranked.]

[We should inform this to Boss and request for reinforcements.]

[I think that’s not a good idea. By the time they reach here, they are already long gone.]

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[Then what should we do? Just leave them alone?]

[No, according to their route taken, they should be heading towards Kouma Kingdom, which should be the next target for our attack. For now, we head back and report everything to Boss.]

[Why should we still call him Boss though, he has already taken over this kingdom’s territory.]

[I don’t know. But Boss’s orders are absolute.]

That night, the whole army stationed outside the ruins of Miore begin packing their stuff for returning.

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The next day, Raynor wakes up by the smell of something delicious. He saw Yuria cooking something with a pot.

[Good Afternoon, finally you wake up. What time do you plan to sleep until?] Yuria asked.

Raynor was surprised that he slept until afternoon. He is normally a morning bird. He usually wakes up before the sun even rises.   He suspects that the time scale here is different from Earth that causes him to wake up late, or the changes done to his body from yesterday’s meditation mess up his internal clock, or maybe it changes him into a lazy person..

Regretting that he meditate yesterday, he gets up and eat his meal prepared for him by Yuria. He plans to ask her regarding the changes done to his body, but he realizes now is not a right time. There is something weird about Yuria. She seems to be in a good mood.

He read an article before about women, that they are a creature that acts opposite with what they are feeling. A perfect example is right in front of him now. She may seem to be in a good mood, but she’s actually in a bad mood. Raynor can feel a cold wind blowing through him whenever he thinks more about it.

After their meal, they packed their stuffs and finally leave the cave and head towards Yuria’s destination. The cave is the first place that Raynor arrived when he came here. He felt a bit of insecurity having to leave this place that accommodate him for many days, and to travel to an unknown destination.

Leaving the cave, Raynor saw 2 piles of dirt with stone slabs on it. It is a burial place for the 2 corpses of Yuria’s loyal guard. She has spent the entire night burying them while he is asleep. Raynor took a glance at the 2 grave, then turn to look at Yuria. But he saw her walk past the grave without looking back.

It might be that Yuria is trying to act tough, or she has already gotten over it.

What Raynor didn’t know was that this is not the first experience that Yuria lost someone important. For over 200 years of living, many important people come and go in her life. She even has many close friends that she watch them since they were born until they died of old age. The sad experiences accumulated during her long period of lifetime, something like this can’t even compare to it. After mourning for the whole night, she has already moved on. For she also knows that those that went ahead of her wouldn't want to see her stumble because of their death.

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After walking for a while, Raynor noticed the baggage that Yuria is holding. It contains the swords that manage to damage his titanium armor yesterday..