In the middle of the silence, Kyle suddenly opened his eyes and startled everyone around him by standing up from the array.
Jian, Nine, and Sinon's eyes widened at his actions, and the trio shouted at the same time.
"You can't stand up after you have sat down!"
Yon's eyes also widened, wondering what the heck the grey-haired man was doing. But then he noticed the array beneath everyone and let out a sigh. He quickly shouted, and his voice echoed in the air.
"After so many hours, the array has absorbed enough divine energy. You all can stand up and leave the array. It's going to activate in a minute or two."
The moment his voice drifted in the air, everyone sitting cross-legged on the array stood up. They all had their clothes drenched with sweat, except for Kyle, who has naturally cold skin and fire-resistance skill.
Jian grabbed the collar of his shirt and gave it a shake before looking at Kyle with a groan.
"Kyle, you could have used your icy flames to make the place a little colder, but... you're never useful in this type of situation."
Kyle's ears twitched as he turned around and stared at Jian with a raised eyebrow. But before he could say anything, Jian quickly ran off to join the others who were heading towards the tents in the distance to change their clothes.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})On the other hand, Bia let out a tired yawn and flapped her wings, creating air currents in every direction before transforming into her smaller form and flying toward Kyle, only to land on his shoulder.
-"Kyle, where's Yue? I haven't seen her."
"Not that far... she'll be here in a minute or two. I did contact her, but she stopped in the elven Kingdom for a long time, probably because of something important."
Bia raised her head and narrowed her eyes at the man who was stretching his body.
-"How the hell do you know she stopped in the elven Kingdom for a long time? There's no way it's the scent perception skill because it can only vaguely sense others."
Kyle raised his hand and softly flicked the phoenix's head because she was looking at him as if he had done something extremely impolite to a lady.
"I can only know her location, nothing else. Don't give me those suspicious eyes. It's a new feature of the scent perception skill that was unlocked after the skill jumped a rank. I can mark someone to track their location, but only one person at a time for now. And I already told you I will remove it once the uneasy feeling I'm having goes away."
Bia hrumphed at his words and looked away. Just then, a bright light shot out from the air-cleaning array that had been supplied with enough divine energy. The light scattered into countless bright particles like fireflies, covering the entire sky in a beautiful blanket.
Kyle raised his hand and touched one of the particles, but to his surprise, not just one particle, but a lot of particles gathered around his body as if they liked his presence. He glanced around and noticed that he was the only one the particles gathered around.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})In the distance, Yon chuckled at him.
"Don't worry, they won't harm you and will scatter with the wind. They're made of nature and divine energy, so they tend to gather around people close to nature. It seems your luck stat is quite high..."
Kyle looked away without answering. Regardless, these particles will roam the whole planet, and the air will finally be cleaned once they're done. Just as he predicted, after a minute, Yue arrived with Anlee and a few other old elves. The elven queen gazed at Kyle, who waved at her, causing the bright particles around him to scatter in different directions.
Yue suppressed a smile and waved back. Then she went directly to King Istalian and King Muzim with an elderly elven woman in elegant attire. She started talking with the two kings, and after her, the dwarf king also arrived and joined them. The four leaders of the continent had solemn expressions as they discussed something important.
Kyle found a clean spot on a nearby boulder and sat down above it with Bia, observing everything from a distance. He couldn't help but notice that Yue was much younger than the three old foggies she was talking to.
'The way she talked with the kings with so much confidence despite her age is remarkable.'
Bia rolled her eyes at his words.
-'Just think in your head. Why are you making me listen?'
After talking for a while, the four leaders of the Continent turned around and asked all the strong people around them to gather with solemn expressions, as if they were going to make a hard decision.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})At that moment, Alec stepped out from one of the tents in a fresh set of clothes. He was wearing a white button-down shirt with black pants, and his shoes were sleek, giving him a sophisticated look.
Kyle let out an 'Oh'.
"He's back to his usual cool and charming look. I can sense a lot of eyes staring at him."
He let out a chuckle when he noticed Lara in the distance. She rolled her eyes at Alec, who slowly closed the buttons of his cuffs in a cool manner. Kyle watched as she took quick strides toward Alec and smacked his shoulder with a huff before walking away with a look that screamed that she would beat him up if he followed her.
Alec blinked at the sudden turn of events and gazed at Sinon, Regius, Jian, and Nine who were doing the same beside him, a little aggrieved that he was the only one suffering. Carcel also came out behind Alec, but unlike the others, he tentatively stepped away and started walking toward Mia, who had just stepped out from a tent in the distance.
Jian quickly left when he spotted Kelvin in the crowd. The man had arrived with a few others when he was supplying divine energy to the array.
Alec and the others noticed the gathered crowd, and as the young guardians of the continent, they quickly joined everyone in front of the four leaders of the Continent.
But at that moment, Yon landed in front of Istalian and the other three leaders and told them something that turned their expressions ashen.
The human king, Istalian, took the lead and stood in front of the crowd. He cleared his throat but paused when he sensed a sharp pair of eyes staring directly at his head. From the corner of his eye, he saw it was Kyle, and a drop of sweat rolled down his forehead unconsciously.
'Don't tell me he wants to get back at me just because I took the phoenix's blood? No, it can't be possible... right? I sacrificed so many of my precious treasures in exchange for just a few drops of blood that stingy phoenix gave me!'
He wanted to protest, but well, he had more important matters to attend to. So, he focused his gaze on the people in front of him with a solemn expression.
