“Hurry and get on your feet, Gerald!” shouted Nori as she ran over to help pull him up. Seeing that she had grabbed the swaddling clothes—that honestly looked more like a rag by now—Gerald then held it in hand before threatening, “Take one more step forward and I’m destroying this thing! Come on, I dare you!” Upon hearing that, the zombie instantly roared! To both their surprise, however, the zombie actually lifted both its arms before taking quite a few steps back! Clearly an indication that it wasn’t going to make any other rash moves, Nori then sighed in relief before saying, “…I really hadn’t expected this thing to actually retain its humanity!” Just as Gerald was about to breathe his own sigh of relief, a roar of laughter could suddenly be heard booming across the sky… Following that, a blinding flash could be seen… and seconds later, a figure dropped from the sky in a beam of light! Landing right before Gerald, the figure fumbled for a bit, possibly due to the after

Upon hearing that, Nori instantly screamed before running over to hide behind Gerald! Neither of them had earlier noticed the presence of the sword that had probably been hovering above the pool this entire time. The more shocking thing, however, was the fact that a black figure could—in turn—be seen faintly hovering atop the sword! “W-who are you…?” demanded the frightened Nori. “I go by Jade Infused Blade!” replied the figure in a rather faint mechanical tone. “You… How could you be this despicable…? Were you waiting to see my bare body…?” mumbled Nori, too embarrassed to say it out loud. “Before any further misunderstandings take place, I’ll have you know that I’m blind, miss. I only came over since I sensed my master’s aura within the vicinity,” explained Jade Infused Blade as his body slowly solidified… Once he stepped closer, Gerald and Nori saw that Jade Infused Blade was actually a long-haired warrior donning black armor. “Your master…?” asked the surprised Nori.

“Indeed… Speaking of which, may I know why you came here in the first place, master? Also, you said that Miss Lockland is currently in the human world, correct?” asked Jade Infused Blood, still kowtowing before Gerald. “She is. However, she only exists as a remnant of her soul in that world. Sadly enough, I wasn’t strong enough at the time when the King of Judgment Portal came after us. Since I couldn’t even protect myself yet, Zyla served as a distraction by luring the King of Judgment Portal away. After that incident, I’ve searched far and wide for her on earth. Unfortunately, I found no clues as to where she could have gone! With that in mind, I had a hunch that she could’ve possibly returned to Jaellatra!” “As for why I’m here, you could say that returning Liemis to Zyla is one of my reasons. The other reason I came here is because my sister’s been captured by the Quartermains! She’s suffering now, so I have to save her! However, in order to even survive long enough, I need to

After getting captured by the Quartermains in Jaellatra, Jessica had suffered terribly every single day. Despite constantly being hurt, however, her will remained strong. She believed that Gerald would definitely come one day to save her from this place. With that in mind, she knew that she needed to survive long enough for him to do so. Unbeknownst to her, that day would come sooner than expected. After all, Gerald was already in Jaellatra, and he had even postponed his fight with Yosef since he prioritized saving his sister. Either way, now that he had entered the Ninth-rank of the Rune Realm, Gerald was pretty much already on his way into entering the Sage Realm. Due to that, he knew he didn’t need to be afraid of dealing with the Quartermains anymore. He could now finally save his sister! It wasn’t long before Gerald arrived in Bario City. Now alone and donning a long robe, Gerald slowly made his way across the city’s streets. All along the street, Gerald saw luxuriousl

Seeing that, Gerald simply pushed his palms forward, instantly sending the two guards flying backward from a blast of powerful essential qi! When the two bodies landed, Yesirn realized that both of them had died there and then. A single blow! That was all it took from Gerald to kill both his strongest guards…! Now fully aware that he was truly powerless against Gerald, the horrified Yesirn found himself quivering as he slowly took a few steps back while threatening, “S-stay back…! If you dare lay even a finger on me, my family won’t even think about sparing you…!” Though Yesirn knew that his death was imminent, he was still trying to use the Quartermains to threaten Gerald. After all, Gerald had come alone to deal with his family. With him being so reckless, Gerald was sure to be an insensible person that would possibly fall for his threats, right…? Yesirn’s hopes for such a scenario proved that he really was as dumb as a post. To Yesirn’s horror, Gerald then began walking ov