Chapter 28 - Above all

"There are meridian opening declaring to fight against each other and the state lord will also be present!"

"...First of all calm down. we've already took care of the people that came to attack us"

"What!?"

"Now everyone! Sorry for being late we will start going now!" A person said and directed them to somewhere.

"B-but rumours said there were at least 20 people!" The guy besides luan said.

"There were over 20, but we managed to win it."

'Ho...w did he do it?'

...

A few days earlier, that same guy had just hunted a beast and started returning to their base.

"Haa I wonder how many of these Lord Alden needs." He said, "Let it be hundreds! I'll get every single one of it to him!.'

Rustling rustling

He heard the noise not too far away from there.

"Hm? Is someone here?" He started going to the direction of the noise, he left the beast in a secured place and took out his sword. He moved with caution.

"Kill them and you can swim in money for the rest of your life."

He heard someone say. That was the short blonde haired second prince ordering a middle aged man.

"What is...!" The guy put his hand on his mouth before saying anything else.

"Did I hear something?" That assassin said and started going to the source of sound.

'Shit Shit Shit he's coming here! What should I do!?'

Before he looked behind the tree, someone appeared.

"They are finally out of the Ice Mountain sir." The assassin kneeled and said.

"...Sure let's go." The man said looking at the tree one more time.

The Prince moved in a different direction as well.

'This happened way too close to our stronghold.'

'I should go tell Lord Alden about this.'

He took a huge detour to the a particular area in the mountain where human sized rocks were piled up together to make a mountain.

Chatter Chatter

He went on the highest peak of the rocks while people were talking with each other. Alden was meditating here.

He opened his eyes and saw him coming.

"Oh hey Eagor! What's up?"

"Sir I think there is something you should hear..." Eagor explained everything that happened an hour ago.

"I think they are planning to attack our base! We should do something about it!"

"...True. Alden shouted, "Everyone look here! I want you all to speak any information you have on the Second Prince."

They looked at him and many raised their hands.

"Yes you!"

"I've heard that he'll be doing closed cultivation for a while."

"Hmm. That's quite helpful. Ok you!"

"He's been talking with mercenaries the past few days. I think he has appointed a little over 20 people, everyone being above Qi realm 2." Another one said.

'20 people? Why would he spend that absurd amount of money on those things...?"

"I think that person named luan has been crashed with him a few weeks ago." Different person said.

'Wait, Luan is mingling with the Second Prince? Why would he do that?' Alden thought.

"Tell me everything you know." He ordered that person.

He told him that he overheard the Second Prince talking about them when he was going by his home.

"..." Alden thought, 'If 20 people attack him he'll surely die...I wouldn't have to fear him again in the future.'

Flashback.

Sob Sob

A much younger Alden came crying to his house.

"Did you get beaten up again?" His mother asked.

"... No I didn't." He denied.

His mother just laughed, "Then why is your face like that?"

"I tripped off! Nothing else."

His mother cleaned her hand on the apron and went towards him.

"Now, now. Why don't you tell me the truth?" She asked.

"... Waaaa, they always do this my friends *Sob sob* Why can't they just leave us alone!?" Alden broke down in tears.

"I got beaten up by those bullies today and my friends picked a fight with them because of it" He continued, "But they were beaten up too! Why does that happen to us!?"

Pat pat

Her mother patted his head.

"You did good! Bullies don't own the world! Why do they do it?" His mother spoke jokingly.

"You're making fun of me too! I'll leave the home now!" Alden pouted his cheeks.

"Haha. Nooo, how will I survive without you my dear son!" She continued. Alden became embarrassed.

"M-mom!"

"Sorry sorry. But really, you did right. If someone protects you, then you must repay them ten folds, because they're the reason you still have that choice."

Alden listened closely, "Sure!"

Present

'...What was I gonna do? He saved my life.'

"Everyone listen! The fastest one of you will deliver this information to Luan himself."

"Yes sir!"

...

Their chances of winning were supposed to be close to non. But they still won.

The team moved with everyone and Eagor followed as well.

"What are you going to do from now?" Eagor asked.

"For now, let's just see what actually is going on."

...

They exited through a gate identical to the one they entered from.

Chatter Rustle

"Get that mob over here!"

"Why are these flowers not fresh!? Get new once this instant!"

"Our! Lord! Will be passing close to the town we need to be ready!!"

Everywhere they could see, people were very nervous. They started organizing their store and cleaned the already very clean ground.

The team were fazed by the urgency and respect of the people. They decided to ask about it to a town native passing by.

"Excuse me. Why is everyone on edge here?" He asked him.

"You don't know...?" He looked at him with surprise.

"You must be new here. You see, the appearance of a Supreme Lord is something no one could take lightly." He continued, "When they walk past the people, they bring their fate and divinity with them."

"But...she won't be passing from the town?" Angela said.

"True, but being in her presence even from several hundred km away is considered a huge accomplishment by people. Oh shit! I forgot I have a lot to do!" The person went his way leaving Luan, Angela and Eagor behind.

"...What now?" Eagor asked, "Are we going to wait here or?

"What will you be doing?" Luan asked him.

"Oh I'll go now, I don't have much to do."

"Hm, let's watch the meridian opening fight before going our own way." Luan said.

The fight between Meridian Opening didn't cause the chaos in the whole city, but the news of the Supreme Lord (State Lord) traveling near the town did.

Later that day, luan booked another inn for the two of them and sat on the bed thinking about the day.

"Meridian opening, huh? *Sigh* I don't like someone being above me." He lied on the bed.

"Oh come to think of it, I have the nature's book from that store."

He took out the book from the storage and flipped the pages.

Flip Flop

"Amazing, anyone who made it really knew what they were doing."

There were beautiful portraits of mountains, sea and sometime even people and funny sketches once in a while.

"You like it?" Angela who was watching it with him asked.

"Yeah, it kind of reminds me of manga and manhwa I used to read." He replied.

"Manga... Manhwa? What's that...?" She asked.

Luan thought for a few seconds before answering.

"Those are just books on Earth which tells us story by using visual media." He said with excitement.

"Ohh! Sounds good." She said.

"Yep! It sure is. I used to read them everyday."

"Oh and there were even a huge variety of food and entertainment on Earth which you might've liked." He said.

She became even more excited.

"Like Pizza and Burger!" he said hysterically.

Sparkle Sparkly

Her eyes sparkled with emotions. Luan smiled.

'This makes me want to introduce new things in this world.' He thought, "That's it. I'll use the system to recreate them.'

When he was in the closed cultivation, he had many talks with the system and one of its ability "Remake" was a useful one in this world.

It allowed luan to recreate most of the things he's seen before as long as he had material and has felt it. Like food and weapons for example. He would just need the material and system will give him the recipe for it. Fortunately, his father had already stored most of the things from earth to the system.

At first this wouldn't sound like a thrilling ability, but what if a godly weapon's making process was lost? Nobody could create it again in future.

System didn't had such a limitation.

The down side of this ability is that he has to make the stuff himself or let someone else make it. The system can only give him recipes. And he also couldn't remake something like a spell.

"I also have to buy a sword for Angela." He could remake a sword with the system's ability but it wouldn't last for too long. Just like the previous sword.