Former No. 1

But just as Roger was about to touch Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment, he suddenly felt a chill behind him!

Because he suddenly felt that someone was watching him from behind!

He had a feeling that he would be attacked if he touched the fragment, so Roger chose to land instead.

Rayleigh had already turned around to find out who had suddenly appeared behind him.

The two of them had puzzled look on their faces because it was a green-skinned person with a third eye on his forehead!

Three-Eyed Tribe?

But why was he very similar to Zero?

There was also a green-skinned corpse at the cave entrance and the ditch earlier. The person in front of them gave off a very similar vibe.

"Please do not remove it." The three-eyed man said pleadingly.

"If you remove it, I will no longer be able to contain the darkness."

"You are... Zero?" Roger could not help but say,

Roger thought that he was an enemy when he first saw him. After all, Zero left quite and impression on Roger, and he even created a huge monster like Kraken.

When this person who seemed similar to Zero appeared, he naturally felt that the man was Zero's ally. However, his words were very rational and he did not seem to bear any hostility, which made Roger a little curious.

"Zero?" There seemed to be a trace of darkness in the eyes of the three-eyed man. He shook his head. "I was the person who would become Zero, but I managed to escape. I used to be No. 1..."

"No. 1... It seems that you are no stranger to Zero." Rayleigh asked vigilantly. He was not as easy to deceive as Roger. At least he knew that he could not easily trust others especially in this place.

No. 1 laughed bitterly, "That's right, No. 1 has always been the candidate for Zero. However... I'm done with those lot. I escaped from that place and vowed to guard the Altar of Ascension for the rest of my life."

"Now I've betrayed both humans and demons. I have nothing and I have no name. I will spend the rest of my life here to prevent anyone from using the power of Altar of Ascension."

"So you want to stop us?" Rayleigh sneered,

"I can't stop you. You are too strong." No. 1 shook his head. "But I would rather destroy this Altar than let you use it. The organization has a skilled combatant like Tunfo, but they still can't take back the altar from me, because I have already tweaked with this cave and the altar. I will destroy this place if necessary!"

Tunfo?

Roger did not know who that person was, but he should be a very strong person. After all, No. 1 was quite a skilled combatant even though not as skilled as him and Rayleigh.

Generally speaking, even if a mutant like No. 1 ate Monster Cells, they would not be that strong.

However, nobody said that one could only eat one Monster Cell. Although the more one ate, the less effective it would be, it still increased their strength.

After eating two Monster Cells, No.1 had become quite strong. He was around the Three All-Stars' level at the moment, which was quite amazing.

Because of that, Roger also assumed that Tunfo was very strong. 

"Don't be hasty. We are only interested in this place, and the Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment happens to pique our interest." Roger shrugged.

"You said that you're supposed to become No. 0, but betrayed the organization. But your organization must've done something, right? Something crazy has happened."

"Yes, Aatrox is back. No one can stop his revival. He will never stop before he destroys this world and ends all life." No. 1 said softly,

"And his first move is to destroy the Altar of Ascension. No one can stop him."

"You seem to know a lot. Can you tell us? We want to stop that guy. He should also be your enemy, right?" Rayleigh asked.

"Stop him? No, no one can stop him, not even the wizards from the distant past. The most they could do is use underhanded method to seal him, which angers Aatrox even more."

"That is not necessarily true. If the people from the past can come up with the way to seal him, that means he is not invincible. There's a chance that we can even defeat him!" Roger said seriously.

Even though he was the person who could comprehend how strong Aatrox truly was, he wasn't afraid, because he wanted to be the freeest person in this world!

No. 1 and Roger looked at each other. Roger's eyes were so determined that No. 1 eventually relented at the end, "Okay, if you insist..."

He slowly turned around and walked out. Roger and Rayleigh followed behind him and began to walk along the outer wall again.

"A few years ago, because of the constant war in this country, there was a group of people who escaped to the mountains."

Roger and Rayleigh knew what No. 1 was talking about. It must be a war over resources.

Those who won would live a better life, while the loser had no choice but to have a miserable one.

"We have had enough of the war. We finally decided to leave our hometown and go deep into the mountains. We then build a paradise of our own."

No. 1 looked ahead with a reminiscing look, "But what we did is considered a betrayal to this country. Because we are both young and strong, they want us to be the soldier of this country, and they can not tolerate our departure. Because of that, we're under constant pursuit."

"We are just ordinary people. How can we shake off an entire country? However, just as we were about to get caught, a person, no… a god descended from the sun."

As No. 1 spoke, he was now in front of ​the first two paintings earlier. What he said was in line with the painting!

In the painting, a god also came out from the sun.

"That god... formed a contract with us!"