Mystical Journey

The Staff of Absolute Yin was the only thing that could provide him with Potential Points. However, it had been completely blown to pieces during this accident.

Garen stared at the staff in his hands and put it down quietly after a few moments.

He had never been one to overly rely on Potential Points and a long time had passed since he had been the Garen of the Secret Technique World that had to depend on Potential Points to improve by leaps and bounds. Without the Staff of Absolute Yin, his suddenly improved speed would now slow down slightly. Meanwhile, the hundred-odd Potential Points that he had accumulated previously would only be sufficient for a period of time.

While standing up from the deep pit, the wound on Garen’s back healed itself quickly.

He looked at the black cloud and white light that were constantly blending and intertwining with each other in the faraway sky. They were actually two main Inherited Level Mech Pilots who were currently engaging in battle.

“What a scoundrel…”

Suddenly, a male voice could be heard from the side vaguely.

Garen raised his eyes and looked over. He could already detect this person’s Willpower much earlier on before they had revealed themselves. It was extremely familiar.

A man in a black hazmat suit was standing beside a deep pit nearby quietly. White smoke was continuously wafting out of the exploded pit under his foot.

There was a filtration helmet over this man’s face that resembled a gas mask that had two pipes at the back, making it impossible to see his face clearly.

“Anda, you’re not dead yet?” Garen smiled while lifting his feet quickly and walking in the direction of the other man. As expected, the master of the Black Flood Party was probably a guardian that his teacher had called to assist him. Otherwise, it would be unlikely for a rescuer to appear so coincidentally in a remote place like this.

Therefore, he would need to leave this place as soon as possible during this gap in time.

Both of them ran in the direction of the ruins quickly. Their movements were completely in sync during this period of time, as if they had planned everything beforehand.

After going through the ruins of the fortress for a while, Garen discovered a perfect energy battery immediately and carried it on his shoulder. Anda found a large box of energy batteries that he was looking for as well.

Unlike Garen who lifted it in one go and carried it on his shoulder, Anda could only pick up a few energy batteries with higher densities from the box quietly.

When he saw Garen pick up a few hundred kilograms worth of energy batteries from the ground in one go easily, Anda’s face contorted for awhile. Finally, he could only helplessly glance at the energy box that he had found before giving up.

“You don’t want it?” Garen asked when he walked over and pointed at the energy box in which only a few energy batteries had been taken.

“…”

“I’ll take it then,” Garen grabbed it with his other hand and simply carried the entire box of energy batteries off the ground in an extremely relaxed manner.

Anda’s eyelids twitched and his mouth gaped open as if he was about to say something. However, he did not speak in the end.

Once both of them had found their required items, they ran quickly in the direction where their Mechs were previously located.

Garen carried two boxes of goods on his own. He did not plan to conceal his physical fitness this time. He was moving faster now than when he had arrived. When he arrived, he was constantly getting rid of the tracks that he left behind. However, he did not have to do that when he was returning.

They returned to the location of their Mechs within a few minutes.

As expected, Anda’s Mech was parked here as well.

“I saw that you had left your Mech here and I came over after hearing the fighting noises over here,” Anda shrugged behind him. He looked on as Garen flung the heavy boxes of energy batteries in both of his hands on the ground.

Bang bang!

Two heavy banging noises could be heard before two deep depressions appeared on the ground when it sank downwards.

“This freak!” Anda’s mind was filled with fear. Regardless of his combat standard, if he were to use this abnormal strength on a person, they would definitely suffer serious injuries if they did not die. He made a mental note to avoid clashing with Garen in the event that he did not have his Mech.

Both of them remained silent and opened the energy boxes in their respective Mechs quickly while dumping the energy batteries inside at once.

Garen dumped more than half of a box’s worth of energy batteries inside and filled the Mech’s energy to the brim at once. He carried the remaining ones into the Cockpit on his own, making it obvious that he had no intention of sharing it with Anda.

Garen had just entered the Cockpit when he immediately heard an unknown message that was left behind.

‘I can only hold him off for twenty minutes. It will be up to you after that, be careful.’

The message did not have a beginning or an end but Garen understood immediately that this was probably a message from the Inherited Level master of the Black Flood Party.

“Twenty minutes…” he took a deep breath. “That’s enough!”

The red warning light went out and was replaced by numerous blue light sources that were fully charged and lit up brightly. They illuminated his face in pale blue and white shades.

After touching the control panel in front of him gently, Garen investigated the state of the Mech’s damage. Many parts of it were damaged but there were no major issues. There would not be any problems as long as the engine was still working.

Willpower was transferred into the Mech’s Body quickly.

‘Launching engines at full power!’

Without taking the energy consumption into account, blue flares that resembled a waterfall flowed down the back of the Mech’s entire Body suddenly.

Boom!!

While the entire Mech trembled for a while, a large and deep pit appeared on the ground when it was hit by the spurting flares. Next, Garen flew forward in one direction.

“Hey, Garen! Wait for me!” Anda flew closely behind.

“Why are you following me?”

“When I invited you to join me in the beginning, I was considering if the guys that you provoked would be able to make good scapegoats. This clearly proves my initial brilliance now!” said Anda in a somewhat pleased tone.

“If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to escape from danger so easily either. I was initially certain that I would die this time! You’re actually a great supporter!”

“So now that we’re even, you don’t have a reason to follow me anymore!” answered Garen simply.

“I realized suddenly that following you has given me the best fortune I’ve ever experienced in my life!” Anda had made up his mind to latch on to influential people. Upon discovering that Garen was actually a supporter of the Black Flood Party, only an idiot would not follow this group closely behind after finding out this secret or give up an opportunity to escape danger like this! His own household was stronger than the Black Flood Party that was basically scum!

The two Mechs staggered but flew quickly, one behind the other. Soon, they had left two light grey marks in the sky.

Garen could not be bothered with that other guy Anda. The troublesome part now was that the guardian of Black Flood Party could only hold his opponent off for twenty minutes. If he was unable to break away from Nottingham’s fatal pursuit within those twenty minutes, he would truly fall into a dangerous situation this time.

The key point now was that he was too afraid to turn back and return to the original path. That route was too exposed and people with the slightest bit of awareness would definitely arrange for their subordinates to conceal themselves along this path.

Therefore, it was particularly important for him to find an escape route.

While sitting in the Cockpit, Garen glanced at the damaged Staff of Absolute Yin while a trace of ruthlessness flashed across his eyes.

“Nottingham… I’ll make you pay for this next time!” he had been badly injured while his precious treasure had been destroyed. He did not even get half of his desired Mech materials during this trip and ended up using an Instantaneous Paper Box instead. After being subjected to such terrible damages, he had simply suffered great losses.

“You’re merely returning after being forced to escape with a body full of injuries. Are you resigned to that?!” the sound of Anda’s intercom echoed behind him.

“Do you have any other ideas?”

Garen knew that this man was well-informed. He often had clever thoughts inside the Region and he was certain that he had a particular plan in mind now.

“Nottingham is the fifth-ranking Mech prodigy in White Light and he’s known as one of the Great Lights. However, prodigies are always incredibly arrogant. Therefore, he has definitely offended many people before…” sneered Anda cunningly. “There are surely a few people who would hope for the opposite of a peaceful life for him…”

“Why don’t you tell me your plan?” Garen had always been too lazy to use this part of his brain. Now that there were people who specialized in this aspect, he could naturally relax.

“Although the White Light Organization is very powerful, it is still an merely an organization at that is filled with internal disagreements and conflict… From what I know, Nottingham’s nemesis Anlusa is another one of the seven Great Lights who cannot get along with Nottingham at all. Both of them have always been at odds so we just need to inform her that Nottingham has been surrounded by powerhouses from the Black Flood Party. If you could contact your Teacher…” a sinister smile appeared on Anda’s face again.

“Do you think it’s so simple? Even if she was surrounded, she would still release a call for help before she died, right?” asked Garen while furrowing his eyebrows.

“Of course it won’t be simple. However, conditions are merely things that are created by people… While there are places where one can transmit messages easily, there are definitely other places where communication is impossible…” said Anda mysteriously.

“You’re saying lie low beforehand to allow White Light’s Anlusa to obstruct the support teams while my Teacher ambushes her while she’s alone?” Garen furrowed his eyebrows. This plan was actually very possible, but he would need to safely transmit his message to White Light’s Anlusa on the other side first. This was difficult because both sides were in warring states. Therefore, their messages would undergo strict encryption. Furthermore, they would change their encryption methods after a certain period of time. If they were able to decipher these messages easily, they could simply become the decoding officers in the intelligence departments of the army by now. Individuals who could easily decipher their enemy’s decrypted messages would be undisputed trump cards and first-rate talents in any force.

The second difficulty was that his Teacher in the Black Flood Party would not listen to plans properly. Moreover, it was usually the teachers who instructed the students, not the other way around. Meanwhile, the great distance created an issue with whether his Teacher would be able to arrive in time.

“You have good ideas but it will be difficult to put them into practice. Do you have any way of getting into White Light’s encrypted information channels?” Garen continued to ask.

“I have a friend who managed to accidentally get into the decrypted channel that White Light is currently using.” he could tell at once that Anda was not being fully honest when he answered. It was obvious that this person was a highly secretive individual.

“We don’t have a great success rate,” Garen pondered carefully for a while and shook his head. “Try thinking about the losses that we incurred during this trip. We didn’t do much but suffered terrible injuries and heavy losses instead.” He had initially planned to come out and personally look for his little brother and the others. His other goal was to train his Mech Controlling Skills for awhile. Looking for materials for his Exclusive Mech was merely an excuse. However, he had not expected that he would encounter these incidents instead.

“Spending some money to reward those who forge alloy as one of the materials of Exclusive Mechs should not be a problem, right? You could just release a few quests asking others to help you. Since you came out all this way on your own, you would surely have another goal,” Anda reasoned. “I have another plan. Since Nottingham has been pursuing you all this while, don’t you want to breathe a long sigh of relief?”

“What’s your plan?” Garen was really curious now. Nottingham was an Inherited Level Mech Pilot who could kill the strongest Level Five Mech Pilot within seconds. This guy merely possessed normal Level Five powers and did not even have Resonance Degrees. Did he really have a way of retaliating against an Inherited Level Mech Pilot?

“Mastery Energy Ores, have you heard of them? Supply ores that need to be melted in the Mechs of Inherited Level individuals. I discovered a canyon when I was coming over here previously that may be the reason why you were being pursued. You lured the Mech Pilot guards that mined for Nottingham and killed all of them. It would be surprising if she wasn’t furious,” said Anda in a relaxed manner. This guy certainly had a nimble mind as he was able to make accurate guesses by connecting a series of inferences and verified information to make the entire truth of the situation come to light.

“Are you talking about… stealing from the mine?”

“Correct! Mastery Energy Ores need to be stored in extremely low and freezing temperatures. These items are continuously needed by Inherited Level Mech Pilots as well because all Mech Pilots constantly need to melt new alloy into their own Mech Bodies. Therefore, these things are always used as universal exchanging currency among Inherited Level Mech Pilots. After all, they don’t lack Universal Units at all as the only thing that they require more of are resources that will help them improve,” explained Anda quickly.

“Lead the way!”

“Follow me!”

Anda did not say anything else before turning around and charging towards a new direction.

A short while later, both of them returned to the front of a deathly quiet large crevice again. The inside of the canyon that was filled with interlocking saw-like growths was completely quiet except for the whistling sound of wind.

Two Mechs passed the teeth-like cracks, one after the other. He did not know what techniques Anda was using to be able to find a grey wall immediately without having to detour at all. This wall did not look any different from the other stone walls around them.

He raised his hand and punched it violently.

Boom!

A large hole appeared on the wall of the mountain while dense white cold air surged out from the inside instantly.

When he looked inside, he could see clusters of identical icy blue ores that were the same size as energy batteries stacked inside neatly like a little hill.

These ores had blue metallic surfaces while slight shape changes had occurred throughout the areas that had somewhat higher temperatures. It looked as if they were in a state where they could melt.