Suwita frowned after Arya finished speaking. His eyes swept around, trying to confirm the young man’s words—but there was no sign of the group Arya had mentioned.The middle-aged man, who also held the rank of Commander, assumed Arya was either mistaken or exaggerating. Perhaps he was simply referring to the soldiers returning from their hunting patrol.But moments later, a soldier came running at full speed toward the three of them, his breathing ragged and uneven, chest heaving with every desperate gasp.“What’s going on?” Suwita asked curiously.“My apologies, Commander. Less than two hundred meters from here, there’s a group—about a hundred people—moving toward us,” the soldier reported.Suwita frowned again, glancing at Arya with disbelief. He hadn’t expected the young man’s words to be true. Suspicion flickered in his mind—could Arya be one of them? “Do you have any idea who they are?”“I don’t know, sir. I came here alone,

A surge of energy shot forth from Kemuning Sari, targeting Arya’s body. A dark green flash streaked so swiftly that it became invisible to the naked eyes of the soldiers and the effeminate warrior’s followers. Only Suwita managed to catch a faint glimpse of it — and even then, just barely. His eyes could not follow the blinding speed of the attack released by Kemuning Sari.However, for Arya — who had already reached the final stage of the Earth Warrior level — that attack was nothing more than a toy. With a flick of his hand, a powerful gust of wind swept forth, sending Kemuning Sari’s energy strike wildly off course, tearing through the trees nearby.Then came the aftermath. Several trees cracked and toppled, their trunks sliced apart by the stray energy blast. Fortunately, Arya had diverted the attack away from Princess Rani’s guards, preventing any casualties among them.Kemuning Sari’s darkly lined eyes widened in disbelief. The blow that could have shattered a boulder the size o