Stella met the attack with the fury of her flaming whips while having the shameless audacity to wink at Naomi. “You were blushing, weren't you? It looks like the Ice Sword General isn't so cold after all.”The fight went on for an hour long. Moving high above ground, where they didn't have to worry about damaging the forest anymore. Fire and Ice met in great quantities; the highly energetic force that created them thickened as the steam rolled like clouds, forming a dark cloud above their heads.By the time the two were breathing hard, the dark clouds had rained, dropping out of them and towards the ground. Lightning shook across the sky, almost striking the two of them. They had to move away.The second they did, General Naomi was ready to create a new batch of powerful ice swords. For generals at their level, only a quarter of their energy reserves had been used up. They could still keep on fighting for about three hours more, straight up.But then Stella moved with sudden speed, s

Stella knelt in front of her, bowing her head slightly. As a Chinese descendant, I recognize this is a recognizable way to admit one's mistake within the Cho family. Stella wanted to convey her sincerest apology, and she couldn't think of a better way than this. It was something she knew Naomi would truly understand its depth.“Naomi, my dearest, I'm truly sorry that I abandoned you for all these years I have never …and I mean never,....once thought about life outside of you. I love you so much, and I'm sorry for the parts I played in bringing doubt upon that.”There was a truth of silence as Stella waited for response while her head was still bowed. She got none, and fear of a resolute separation flared within her.“Naomi, I'm…..”Stella was cut off and Naomi rushed into her arms, silent tears flooding down her face at this point. There was nothing left to be said. The two remained hugging for what felt like hours but was only a few minutes. The downpour intensified, and the two de

After Sonia was done chatting with Stella, she left to go check on her father, who was still unconscious from the kind control incident with the Pseudo S-Rank Yako Vexora. Then the two men sat down with Stella to talk.After a while, Stella thought about it. “Guys, I have to be frank. I know my girl. Naomi is not the kind to use her relationship with me to benefit her young madam. She's not that kind of person. She wouldn't do that to me.”Tom could sense the seriousness within Stella's words, so he didn't feel the need to argue it. He placed a hand on his chin. “In that case, Young Madam Meredith might be planning something that General Naomi might not be privy to either.”After a bit of brainstorming, Jamie put an end to the matter. “Let's just wait and see. There's no point in guessing right now. Time will tell, and by then, I believe we'll be ready to deal with whatever problem surfaces.”Stella nodded her head. “In the meantime, I'll pay more attention to my interaction with Nao

Stella shrugged her shoulders. “What?! All I do is just get a bit creative with my battle strategies! And I don't implicate my lieutenants or soldiers!”Tom nodded his head slightly. “I know you don't implicate your underlings. Otherwise, the AS99 would have never allowed you to be assigned a team like the Bridge Crow.”“But when it's you, the personal rules tend to become disruptive. You do not follow them, but rather, you let it guide you. I can't trust that, in the heat of battle, you won't attempt to go into the rift and foolishly attempt to face the oversoul yourself.”Stella wanted to argue with this. She could have lied at that moment. It wasn't that hard at all. But conscience decided to weigh itself deep in her heart, and she kept her mouth shut, silently agreeing with Tom Yates.Tom smiled warmly. “Thank you for your honest reply.”It concluded like that, and Jamie was amused at how Tom had silenced Stella.Jamie would have preferred to take Sonia to HU campus alone, not wa

The ride to the location took about an hour, and Jamie was able to see just how determined those that are trailing were about getting to him.The convoy following him definitely meant business. Jamie was quite amused. He could sense the level of evolution these people were. Automatically, that meant that these people following him were below his own level of evolution.“This is either gonna be fun, or just a huge waste of my time.”In the convoy chasing Jamie, William and Alessia were in one of the SUVs.Alessia looked pissed off. “He's fast. He's quite an impressive driver.”William banged his fist on his armrest, yelling at the driver. “Do not lose that bastard!”Alessia gazed at William. “Hey, are we really doing this? If Sir Ethan, or heck, our parents find out that we actually gathered AS99’s high faction soldiers to go after Jamie, we would end up in serious trouble.”William scoffed. “I don't even have an ounce of reason in me to give a shit about how our parents feel about wh