Celestial Bloodline

Kyle glanced at the sky for a few seconds and then grabbed a shirt from his mind space to cover his upper body. Although his facial features remained unchanged, his eyes now exude maturity and the extensive experience he acquired over the years under the old dragon's guidance and alone.

"It's already been a long time... now I don't even know what I want to do next. You have already taught me a lot, and I am sure now you have nothing else to teach me-!"

He stopped mid-sentence because Hubert smacked his head with a smile that didn't reach the old man's eyes at all. Kyle cleared his throat and swiftly shiftd his words.

"I mean, now that I have enough power to leave this place, I should go. This land can no longer increase my strength. Moreover, I need divine energy to break through to the divine rank to equal my physique rank with my true rank. Otherwise, when my physique jumped another rank, it wouldn't be good for my body."

He held back his next words because he knew the old man would smack him again.

'Also... I am getting bored.'

Hubert closed his eyes and thought for a few minutes. He knew that the day when the human would leave would come eventually, but now that Kyle had finally mentioned it, he felt somewhat emotional. However, when he remembered how Kyle had forgotten everything except the fact that Hubert was his second master and how Kyle had secretly taken his spear, all the emotions he was experiencing vanished into thin air.

The old man turned to face Kyle with a smile that stiffened a little when he noticed that even the golden sword which had fallen to the ground a while ago had disappeared. He softened his voice as much as possible, even though he so badly wanted to beat up the man floating across from him.

"Right, you should get los.. Ahem, I mean, you should go. It's better for your body to progress in true rank now that your physique has advanced so much."

"Kyle, you're not a dragon, so even though your body has been handling the imbalance quite well, I know it wouldn't be good for the long term. Therefore, even though it pained me, I believe and urge you to leave."

He paused for a second.

"Don't forget to bid farewell to the villagers before leaving, or else the old couple and the many people who had accepted you as one of them would be sad if you left without a word."

Kyle willed the ice on his body to melt into particles that drifted in the air. He waved his hand to disperse the particles around his body and glanced at the old man.

"I have already said my goodbyes to the villagers. I just wanted to talk to you one last time. Now that I have done it, I am going to leave shortly."

Hubert's expression mellowed as he glanced at the pair of green eyes staring back at him. Kyle's eyes had not lost their brightness, but they were not shining either.

"You have changed a lot over the years... but sometimes, I still catch glimpses of the old Kyle in you. So, young man, don't you ever dare to risk yourself for the sake of amusement. It's a reckless habit you have picked up over the years."

The old man's expression turned grim. He had watched Kyle change with his own eyes and had seen how ruthless the young man could get if someone else dared to harm him. It seems that after forgetting about his loved ones, Kyle started to love and care for himself more than anything else.

'I should have kept a closer eye on him and scolded him the first time he disappeared for two whole years within the No Mana Land. After that, Kyle's long disappearances became a regular thing... There was a time when I even thought he had left the No Mana Land, but he came back again.'

The old man stared at Kyle, who gave him a subtle nod that wasn't even sincere, to tell him he wouldn't put himself in danger.

Hubert rubbed his temples, which ached due to this troublesome brat.

'Hahh, even though Kyle had spent many years with me, I can still affirm that he had spent even more time alone in this land... I can scarcely fathom how he eradicated nearly ninety percent of the manaless creatures in this huge land.'

Also, even though the villagers had gotten closer to Kyle over the many years they spent with him, Hubert had noticed that Kyle never genuinely opened up to anyone nor did he completely accept them, as if he just couldn't trust others like before that incident involving Aze happened.

Hubert hoped that Kyle would reconnect with someone he considered his family before he arrived in the No Mana Land. But the old man knew it was highly unlikely because the universe was too vast. How could Kyle possibly search for his family without even a trace of old memories?

He let out a sigh, but then suddenly he remembered about the Sacred Divine Land. Hubert's eyes widened slightly. How could he forget about that place! He called out to Kyle, who paused and tilted his head to stare at the old face he had seen the most in his time on the No Mana Land.

"Kyle... right now, the thing you need the most is divine energy, correct? Go to the Sacred Divine Land. It's dangerous, but it's the best place for you right now if you don't encounter any individual above transcendent rank. Also..."

Hubert counted with his fingers because the time here and outside was different. So he always had to calculate to know how much time had passed outside.

"I don't know if it's going to open, but I remember a grand Arena called the Gladiator Arena opens up in the Sacred Divine Land every century. It's a risky event, but if you enter the Arena, you might come across someone you know, since individuals from all over the universe gather and participate in this grand event... I can give you the location of that place."