In the morning, Kai and the other three boys got ready, said goodbye to their friends, and headed for what was called the Dragon's Lair. Alvar had named it the Dragon's Den, but no one had objected to it because the name fit perfectly. No one had any other name in mind.

  Meanwhile, Zaheer was thoughtful. He had heard Kai clearly that day, but he couldn't disagree. He didn't know why, but he was really comfortable.Kai was going to win the tournament for sure.Even though Kai had been unconscious for a while, he still had superpowers like Lena and Jace.Kai's strength was better than the other Legendary Leaders.Most Legendary Leaders didn't have a King or a title.The real geniuses of Sky Island were those who had high potential despite their young age. People like Alan and Ramas may have been great geniuses, but they were superior to other great geniuses only because of their age. John, Quentin, Kronos, Fury or anyone else like that. If they were Alan and Ramas' age.... there's no telling how powerful they would have been.

  But then again, people like Alan and Ramas were not bad geniuses. They too had benefited from Sky Island. You never knew what would happen.

  "Zaheer, let's go on a mission together. That way you can relax a little."

  Zaheer turned his head and saw John talking beside him.John was giving off a sad and cold aura again, and Zaheer was being affected by it. This was a clear indication of the difference in talent between them.John was only 17, but Zaheer was already over 25.

  "I think you're in a bad mood too."

  Zaheer could see that John was upset right now. In fact, John was probably the easiest person in the whole city to read. When John was happy, he had a thin smile on his face. When he was sad, his face was grim, and the aura he gave off was suffocating. Much colder and creepier.

  "I just can't find anything to do. There's a reconnaissance mission. Let's do it together if you want."

  Zaheer was depressed and ashamed of himself after Kai's words.At least now he could recover with some natural air.

  "Okay."

  "Hey! What are you doing?"

  Just then, Sarah walked in and interrupted Zaheer and John's conversation. When John and Zaheer looked at Sarah coldly, she looked embarrassed and took a step back.

  "Are you still thinking about what Kai said? He sometimes doesn't know what to say!"

  Zaheer knew Sarah and Kai were close, but Sarah's behavior made him wonder how the first 32 had met. Zaheer had only seen them at the Red Lightning Encounters. He had fought Kai that day and lost.

  "Sarah, when did you meet Kai?" Zaheer was really curious about this.

  Sarah just laughed gently and tilted her head back a little.

  "When we met Kai, we were at the District 1 Tournament. We were actually very different people back then. I was very shy. Milah was very cold. John was too sadistic. Kronos was very tough. Zack was a bit of a loser, but he was a social butterfly.Now, there's a big difference between how most of us were before and how we are now.We've all changed.Surprisingly, people have changed a lot in 3 years."

  "Blah, blah, blah..."

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  "Hey!"

  Zaheer rolled his eyes at what Sarah had told him. He had asked how they met, but Sarah had told him everything except how they met.

  But Zaheer didn't ask that again, because this time Sarah might tell him something else, something stupid.

  Zaheer stood up and shook himself a little, then looked at John.

  "I think we'd better go now."But as they walked out, Zaheer had very different thoughts on his mind.The discovery wasn't really important to him, and he knew that he would soon lose his Legendary Title.Until then, he would enjoy it and think.

  "And I'll have time to think about what Kai said."

  ***

  Meanwhile, Kai, Kevin, Jack, and Alvar were speeding towards the Dragon's Lair. They were moving quickly because of their strength, and they were very close to the Dragon's Lair in no time. Now Alvar was saying every ten minutes that he could smell the Eastern Dragon Academy, and this was starting to annoy the others.

  At that moment, Kai suddenly looked down at his hand. There was a spark on his arm, and it was a black spark. Kai knew it had something to do with the Black Thunderbolts, but why had the Black Thunderbolts suddenly done this?As time passed, Kai could feel electricity in all sorts of places in his body, so he asked the others to move on and announced that he would be back in a while. He had to meditate and get his body under control.

  Eventually, these three people arrived at the Dragon's Lair.How did they know they had come to the right place?

  "Who would put up a sign here saying 'A place about the Immortal Dragon'?"

  Jack let out a deep sigh, feeling a sense of wonder at the words inscribed on the cave's walls, hinting at the tales of the Immortal Dragon. Could such an inscription be a sign of such a significant place?

  "Don't worry about it. This is the Explorers Academy, where anything is possible."

  The Explorers Academy was an independent academy, not focused on winning the World Tournament. Instead, they were more interested in the treasures of the Sky Lands. They had already made a deal. After the last academy was defeated, they would kill themselves and the surviving academy would win.The Explorers Academy may have lost the tournament from the beginning, but that didn't matter. They were all going to leave here very strong.No one took them seriously because they weren't strong enough, even though they were all cowards.

  Just as Jack was about to move forward, Alvar grabbed his arm.

  "They're close!"

  "Alvar, come with me to-"

  BOOOM!!!

  Suddenly a bomb landed where Jack had been, but Alvar had managed to pull Jack away before it fell. Not even a few seconds had passed when Mario appeared with some Eastern Dragon Academy Students. Alvar already knew they were coming here. The Eastern Dragon Temple was connected to the Immortal Dragon and the Academy came from the temple. So the Eastern Dragon Temple would definitely come to this cave.

  But Mario had already realized that Kai had the Immortal Dragon's Bloodline. Even though he didn't understand how that was possible, he knew there were answers inside.

  "I've been waiting for you to come here, Alvar!" Mario said with a warm smile. Alvar was coming here with Kai. Mario spoke once more before Alvar could speak.

  "Don't worry, Alvar. I know what Kai is, his bloodline, and how much he needs what's in this cave.The Immortal Dragon played a big role in the war between the Ancestors and the Gods, and after a while, he disappeared.No one knew what happened to him, and so the Ancestors were slowly killed off.There was only one ancestor left, but you know this story, don't you, Alvar? They used to tell this to every little child, didn't they?"

  Kai arrived there shortly afterwards and regained control. This brief period of disorder worried him, but he knew he shouldn't think too much about it.

  Kai and the others understood nothing of this, but Alvar did. So he gritted his teeth hard, his hand trembling towards the sword hanging at his waist.He wanted to speed up and attack Mario at any moment, but first he would listen to his words.

  "I'm ready to face you, Alvar, but first I have to share something with you.During one of our adventures from the sky island, we came across some information about this war. For some reason, we found a lot of information about that war on this island.Other academies have also found a lot of information about the battle, but we found the most important pieces, and I have found information that is very important for you."

  Mario slowly drew his sword and pointed it at Alvar. Kai and the others weren't on his mind right now. His eyes were fixed firmly on Alvar.

  "Only one Great Ancestor survived that day. After all this time, I discovered that the Great Ancestor, the one who reached the legendary 9th Level, was your master, Monk Mang!"