Void Continent

On the other place led by the swordsman, they were caught off guard when the strong winds suddenly came, causing their unstable movements while traveling. Paired with the thunder roaring and bolts of lightning scattering, it made these people have an ominous feeling.

But they were thoroughly frightened when the winds, thunders, and flashes of lightning were accompanying the heavy rain.

They cursed their luck for following the swordsman and didn't listen to Lander.

What's more? The still and beautiful night became so dark engulfing them that they had to use their magic arts to create lights consuming their stamina.

Soon, they got tired and wanted to go back and join Lander but they were already far away. They might not even find them because of the darkness.

As time passed by, others were panting as they were very tired and needed some rest.

The swordsman leading them cursed, "D*mn! We should find a cave to stay and rest."

But they were unable to find a cave and who knows if they could survive this disaster.

**

The next day, a lot of people from the caves were drunk from the feast last night.

Meanwhile, the enchanting woman was still sighing as she went to the entrance of the cave. The storm was still ongoing and as time passed by, it became more ravaging. "I wonder when will this stop?"

The storm was ravaging. It even caused the trees to break and fall. Also, they could hear the soil eroding from a distance. If they continued with their journey towards the capital, it was unknown if they would survive or not.

"Milady, are you still worried about the centennial celebration?" The potion maker asked as she also followed the enchanting woman.

The enchanting woman nodded, "I just wanted to be in the top three spots."

"With your looks, talent, and mount, I'm sure you'll be able to achieve what you desire," the potion maker sweetly said.

"I'm not so sure about that, but how about you? Aren't you worried about the competition either?" The enchanting woman asked deliberately.

"I'm more interested in that outcast! He's way too interesting," The potion maker said licking her lips.

"Don't tell me you liked him?" The enchanting woman questioned with one of her brows raised.

"Well, who knows?" The potion maker replied as she laughed going back.

The enchanting woman shook her head, "He's just an outcast."

Inside the cave, the enchanting woman and the potion maker just arrived when they heard the Great Baron Bobby, "Little girl, why do you call Lander as inuy-a? What does that even mean?"

Yan Yan shook her head, "I don't know Great Baron. He just told me to call him that. Maybe you could ask your dragon to ask Grey."

The Great Baron nodded as he focused on communicating with his dragon. Then there he learned the meaning of 'inuy-a.'

"So what does it mean Great Baron?" The potion maker asked.

"Well, it means elder brother or sister," The Great Baron Bobby replied nonchalantly.

"I see," The potion maker nodded her head smilingly.

"What language is that?" The enchanting woman asked.

The Great Baron turned his head towards his dragon communicating. After a while Grey told the dragon then the dragon communicated it to the Great Baron.

"It's one of the dialects in the Cordillera located in the Philippines," The Great Baron Bobby said curiously.

"Cordillera?" The potion maker asked.

"Philippines?" The enchanting woman also asked.

But no one knew the answer, even Grey. Lander doesn't want to disclose any information about the Earth to Grey.

"Never heard of that place. Even when I traveled the Phoenix, Tortoise, Pegasus, and Beast Continent," The Great Baron Bobby said shaking his head.

"Then what if..." The potion maker was terrified of her thoughts.

"You mean the Void Continent?" The enchanting woman said sweating as she was very scared.

"That's Impossible! No human could survive in that place!" The Great Baron Bobby exclaimed.

"Excuse me elder but where is this Void Continent?" Yan Yan asked with curiosity.

"Let's forget about it and never talk about this again," The Great Baron said seriously.

So Yan Yan dismissed learning about the Void Continent. Even the two women kept quiet.

During the afternoon, Lander suddenly woke up. He was in a good mood, although he still felt a little bit of pain. He can manage and he's prepared to do some light exercises.

Seeing him, the potion maker was immunized by his abilities so she wasn't that shocked when she saw him regaining composure and was even stretching.

Although they saw him having his pains, they were still amazed at how much tenacity he had that he was able to endure those kinds of pains.

When he was done stretching, he was about to go out when he remembered that there was still a storm so he gave up the idea of running. Instead, he was practicing his martial arts.

Seeing this the Village Chief's daughter went towards him and kowtowed, "Please teach me, master!"

"It's you again?" Lander was shocked pointing at the young woman in front of him.

"How did you find us?" Lander questioned as he just regained a little bit of his strength after being poisoned that he never knew the people around him. So he surveyed his surroundings when his gaze met the potion maker. He was dumbfounded, "Whoah! Such a beauty! Are you an actress?"

The potion maker giggled when she heard Lander's words but was also curious about his last statement, "Actress? What does actress mean?"

"Nothing! Nevermind!" Lander dismissed as he didn't want to explain and found his way towards the potion maker extending his hand.

"Huh?" The potion maker was stunned by his actions.

Then Lander faced palm and grabbed the other hand of the potion maker, he showed her the handshake, "This is a handshake and is used when people meet each other as a sign of agreement or respect."

Then Lander bent his knee acting like he was proposing but instead, he kissed the back of her palm, "This is also a sign of respect and courteousness to a woman whose beauty is unparalleled!"

Then he looked at her in the eyes and said, "May I have the chance to know the name of such a beauty?"

To Lander, she saw her as the most beautiful Bollywood actress with stunning curvature and well-developed breasts hiding inside her robe. She was very alluring.

The potion maker blushed and she was just about to tell him her name when Great Baron Bobby laughed with amusement, "HAHAHAHA! Young man your flirting is quite extraordinary!"

Then Lander turned around and saw the Great Baron Bobby, "What the hell!? Elder, are you stalking us? Why are you always following us? And what do you mean by flirting? That is how we do respect in our place. We even hug each other and do some cheek kissing."

Then Lander showed it to him as he hugged and did some cheek kissing with the potion maker.

The potion maker was blushing with a face as red as a tomato.

"Shameless!" Another word was heard full of disdain. It came from the enchanting woman.

Lander turned his head towards where the voice came from when his world stopped, his heartbeat went faster, his eyes sparkled and his underwear was starting to loosen up while his junior was getting overjoyed.

He couldn't believe his eyes while looking at the peerless, captivating, extraordinary, unparalleled, ravaging, one of the best beauty he had ever seen.

Not long after, he regained his composure and suppressed his junior as he rubbed his two eyes, checking if he was really seeing the enchanting woman. He also pinched his hand to check if he was not dreaming. Only he stopped when blood flowed out from where he pinched. His eyes were as round as an owl and his mouth was even shaped in an 'O' shape, "Whoaw!"

There was a glint of anger on the face of the enchanting woman and harrumphed.

Seeing this Lander frowned and asked himself what he did wrong so he looked at the potion maker, "Is her period today?"

Hearing this, the face of the enchanting woman became so red full of embarrassment, "How dare you!"

"Oh? I thought you wouldn't understand that," Lander spoke embarrassed.

The potion maker giggled while the Great Baron laughed amused.

Then the enchanting woman turned around and went to one of the corners of the cave hiding her embarrassed face.

Lander turned towards the potion maker, "What is thy name again of such beauty?"

"Anushka," The potion maker replied smiling sweetly.

"Nice to meet you, Anushka," Lander replied grinning.

"As expected, you're an Indian," Lander said.

"Indian? What does that mean?" Anushka asked curiously.

Lander faced palm again, "Never mind. Anyway, I shouldn't bother you then I shall take my leave beautiful."

Striding towards an open area, Lander continued his martial arts training. But before he continued, the Village Chief's daughter was bugging him again. Because she was persistent, Lander gave up and also taught her the basic posture and stance, "What's your name anyway?"

"Elizaveta," The young woman replied as she continued doing the basics. She was even taught the importance of exercise.

Then Lander left her and continued his training in which he also called Yan Yan to accompany him. He saw that Yan Yan had no experience in fighting during their time in the Thundering Town so he fought with her enhancing her abilities and experiences.

Yan Yan would often be hit on her belly, head, thigh, and feet. She stumbled a lot of times but continued to stand up.

After thirty minutes, Yan Yan was already huffing and puffing so Lander told her to rest.

The people around who were watching them were twitching their lips every time they saw Yan Yan receiving the blows.

Even Great Baron Bobby can't help but cover the areas of his body every time Yan Yan gets hit.

Also, Anushka found it a torture.

While the enchanting woman felt pity towards Yan Yan, "What a cruel bastard!"

Lander who was the center of attention grabbed his bag brought out his soccer ball and started juggling.

Seeing this, Great Baron Bobby went towards him, "Mind if I join?"

Lander didn't speak and passed the ball to him. When Lander saw him using magic to control the ball, he snatched the ball back, "Do not cheat Elder. Don't use magic. You're ruining the beauty of the game."

"It's hard to control the ball without magic," The Great Baron explained.

"That's why you should practice. Practice paired with perseverance will take you anywhere. Talent without practice will only point you out to one destination." Lander explained with his head high up and continued juggling with his head.

The people who heard him were deliberating his words in their minds, and they all nodded. "It's true! If you can practice and persevere you will achieve success even if you don't have the talent."

Even Anushka and the enchanting woman agreed with his words.

Soon the cave became a practice area where the elites practiced their magic arts while the outcasts followed Elizaveta. Sometimes Yan Yan would point out the proper positioning and stance to them.

The Great Baron Bobby smiled as he was amused that just a few words of Lander made the people around excited.

Soon, evening came when the people hadn't yet stopped their practices while Lander started preparing to cook. He ordered Grey to catch them beasts to feast on.

Grey was very happy about this because he missed Lander's cooking then he informed the dragon and the panther. Then they went out of the cave to hunt.

The storm was still ongoing but the heavy rain stopped. Only the winds, thunders, and bolts of lightning can be heard.

It only took the three beasts to catch wild boars and rabbits twenty minutes.

Lander then started removing the furs of the rabbits and chopped them. After that, he marinated the rabbit meat and set it aside.

While the rabbit meat was being marinated, Lander used his time to butcher the wild boars and grilled it.

After an hour, Lander finished cooking as the people around stopped practicing upon sniffing the aroma of foods that made their stomachs grumble.

Upon tasting the food, a look of ecstasy was plastered on their faces, "Delicious!"

"This is more delicious than last night," One of them praised making Yan Yan pout but she couldn't rebuttal the words because it was true.

"This is my first time tasting such delicacies," Anushka praised.

The enchanting woman also nodded. Although she didn't like Lander, she was still praising him for his food. She was eating elegantly but because the food was so delicious, she ravaged her food without caring how she looked.

Lander smiled at her which made her harrumph and ignored him continuing her eating.

Soon the feast ended with a look of contentment on their faces.