When Calvin returned to the hotel, it was already close to 8 p.m., and Ashley was anxiously pacing around the suite’s living room.The moment she heard the door make a sound, her eyes immediately snapped toward it, and she rushed toward the entrance just as Calvin opened the door and stepped inside.“Calvin, where the hell were you all this while? Why are you—?!”Her words stopped midway when she noticed and smelled something that immediately caught her attention the moment Calvin removed the cap he’d been wearing.“Huh? Blood…?” she muttered, her eyes slowly widening.Calvin raised an eyebrow before following Ashley’s eyes toward his left hand, where he noticed the dried bloodstains covering his skin.“Ah, right, that happened,” he said casually.Ashley immediately reached out and grabbed his hand, her expression filled with worry as she asked, “What the hell ha

Harry’s group went deeper into the tomb, moving through the corridors with relative ease when compared to the majority of those who’d dared come this far into the tomb.The B-rank Light Knights within the core area were simply no match for Harry's guards, who cut through them with ease whenever they encountered one.Each one of them was a peak B-Ranker, with strength on the cusp of A-Rank and the potential to bridge that massive gap—potential which made their value to the Osborn family considerably higher than that of ordinary B-rank Elementalists.That strength and potential of theirs was precisely why they had been assigned as the personal guards of Harry, the son of one of the Osborn family's S-rank Elementalists.Even among the elite forces of the Osborn family, peak B-rankers with the potential to reach A-rank weren't people who could be assigned casually. Their value was simply too high, and their talents made them worth investing in and protecting until they eventually reached

By the time the battle between the four A-rankers began, Calvin and Ashley were already outside the tomb, staring toward the enormous destruction unfolding in the distance.Neither of them said anything for several seconds as the ground beneath their feet continued shaking from the enormous impacts.Massive explosions repeatedly erupted in the distance, with each collision between the four A rankers sending enormous waves of elemental energy through the entire rift.Ashley was slack-jawed as she saw a portion of the mountains surrounding the valley city vanish in a burst of bright light, clearly struggling to comprehend what she’d just witnessed.She slowly turned to Calvin, who had a calm expression on his face, as if the sight wasn’t anything too surprising.“What the hell did you do!?” she demanded. “Where did those things come from?!”Faced with her questions, Calvin calmly turned towards her and repli

Calvin walked towards the Osborn elementalist on the ground, passing both him and the corpse of his comrade on the floor without a word as he stepped in through the enormous double doors that had now been opened.The moment he entered, Calvin found himself surrounded by brilliant white light elemental energy that illuminated every part of the enormous chamber.The interior was that of a majestic throne room, with towering walls and elaborate structures made entirely from white stone.At the far end of the chamber was an enormous empty throne, bearing a striking resemblance to the throne depicted on murals inscribed on the doors.Stabbed right into the centre of the throne was a single sword, one radiating an enormous amount of light elemental energy.‘Yeah, nope.’Calvin shook his head at the sight, then turned around.“Can someone bring that guy on the ground outside? I need him here.”A few moments aft

Calvin and Ashley returned to Dand the very next day, and they separated immediately after arriving at the airport, with Calvin heading straight for his company headquarters and specifically insisting that Ashley not follow him back.Throughout the entire trip, Ashley had repeatedly demanded to know exactly what Calvin had done with Harry, but all Calvin ever told her was that Harry's case was going to be handled by him.“From the beginning, Harry had been after me, and you only got involved since you helped me out with Mechtronics,” Calvin said. “You’ve done more than enough by lending your aid o capture Harry, so from this point onward, it’s my matter to deal with alone.”After saying that, Calvin proceeded to shut down every attempt Ashley made to inquire about or involve herself in his business, much to her immense displeasure.If she spoke to him about something else, he answered her normally, but the moment the ‘H’ in ‘Harry’ came up, Calvin just rejected everything she said or d