Cultivation Through Artifacts

'Here he comes!' was what Khal thought as he lowered his stance and readied himself for the impact.

Whoosh!

Clang!

A powerful ripple followed by a thunderous explosion broke the surrounding air, forcing the ground below Khal's feet to crack while several soldiers in the distance took a few steps back as they failed to keep their balance.

"This man..." The corner of Roice's mouth twitched slightly as he watched this sight, feeling like choking Astro to death for his inability of holding back.

As for the results of his attack, he doesn't even need to look to know that he has failed; the sound when his weapon hit the Soulsilver told everything.

"He indeed has a strong soul." Roice nodded mildly with an indifferent look, but deep inside he felt shocked for several reasons.

First of all, the fact that Khal let himself hit with a lowered guard even though understanding that the individual behind the attack was a Limit Breaker was something he has never seen in his entire lifetime!

Trusting others so fast and easily for the first time was something only fools would do, and Roice started to doubt if Khal was right in the mind or not. 

As for the second reason, he felt dumbfounded and slightly terrified because Khal ended up defending against one of Astro's attacks! Although the attempt was without any special power behind it, it still showed the fact that Khal had an incredibly strong soul and could easily make the Soulsilver so durable that it could defend against even an assault from a Limit Breaker head-on!

'That piece of armament will be a terrifying asset in his hands.' Roice' narrowed his eyes, gazing at Khal's calm figure in the distance with wary eyes.

Now that he saw just how strong that armor was on him, Roice couldn't help but feel slightly bothered if Khal will keep his promise and give him the Space Orb or will strive to do something fishy.

Khal naturally felt the almost piercing stare on his skin and even without turning around, he knew that Roice was the one looking at him.

'He thinks I will run away without giving him the Space Orb, right?' Khal sighed, and shook his head inwardly before looking at Astro who still stood in one place with a stupified expression on his face because of the previous events.

He still couldn't comprehend how Khal was able to defend against his attack, even though being two whole stages below him, implying his soul should be weaker than his!

"Thank you very much for helping!" Khal bowed politely toward Astro before walking in front of Roice and summoning an orb above his palm.

"I have decided. I will keep this armor and alas, as promised, I will give this Space Orb to you in exchange." 

Roice looked at the orb in Khal's hand with an unreadable expression, but it was not long before he showed a grateful smile and took the Space Orb into his hand.

"It was a pleasure to do business with you."

"Same." Khal closed his eyes smiled calmly.l, but deep inside he felt joy as he definitely was the winner of this deal, no matter how he looked at it.

Although the Space Orb was a rare and extremely dangerous treasure that could be used in many surprisingly good and many scarily horrible ways, the Soulsilver armor was simply on a whole another level!

Not only was it capable of protecting him from a powerful attack from someone who was above him in strength with ease, but Khal felt that it was not even brought to its limit and could have handled an even greater assault with twice if not thrice as much power!

Just thinking about this made Khal jerk with elation as he just got his hand on something unexpectedly great, and he was sure now he didn't have to fear getting killed easily in the Second Realm.

'I bet this armor is so great because I have formed my Soul World.' Khal pondered, but was quickly brought out of his line of thought as Roice began to speak to him.

"Now then, do you wish to join us for dinner? I bet you are eager to eat something after traveling so much with us."

Khal felt slightly surprised by Roice's hospitality, but as he had other plans in his mind he just shook his head and said, "Although I appreciate your kindness and want to stay, I fear I have to refuse. Unfortunately, I have other things to do."

Roice and Darla look surprised and exchanged glances with each other when they heard this. While other individuals would beg for them on their knees just to get the chance to see the interior of their home, Khal straight out refused it even though he was offered the chance!

This was the very first for them under the many years they have lived, hence why they felt so surprised.

'Quite an interesting one.' Roice thought before he showed a friendly smile and said, "I see. And where do you plan to go? Maybe I can help you get there if it's not so far away."

Again, Khal felt a slight surprise upon hearing Roice's kind offer, wondering why he was so helpful with him when they just met not a long time ago.

But how would he have known that when he showed his trust in Astro previously, he gained Roice's respect and thus why he wished to help him so easily. If it weren't for that, there was an extremely high chance he would have not offered his help to him, much less invite him for a dinner!

After thinking for a while, Khal looked at Roice and said, "I plan to visit Planet Thov and hunt some beasts there." 

"You wish to go there? I hope you know that place is under the Night Crawlers' supervision, right?" Roice widened his eyes.

"Yeah, I know. And?" Khal asked, raising a brow at the strange question.

"You..." even Darla and Astro felt stupified by the casual response of Khal, not knowing if he was just joking or was really serious at the moment.