'I Love You....'

  Inside the Red Lightning Academy, a girl watching the District 2 Tournament suddenly felt a heavy pain in her heart. Her blonde hair resembled the white hair of an old woman. Although her face was still beautiful enough to make angels jealous, she had fallen into a state of pain that made her not care. Suddenly the sound in her ear, the sudden pain. Even Lily, standing next to her, was worried about her. Ariel looked up at the sky before she calmed down. The sky was something everyone could see. What Ariel felt was that someone in the darkness couldn't see it. But she didn't understand. She could only say out loud what was in her heart.

  "Alan...."

  ***

  Meanwhile, in another area. Outside the Red Lightning Academy, outside the Sky Island, there was a whole world. And within that world, two great powers were fighting a great war. The Hunters hated the Developers, and the Developers lived their lives to protect themselves and the ordinary people. Of course, they hated the Hunters too, but they had priorities. What's the point of being strong if you can't protect the weak? This saying was the mainstay of the Developers. Many years ago, Uranus had engraved it on the World Centre when he founded the Developer Association. It became the philosophy of life for both the Developers and the 6 Guardians.

  At that time there was a meeting in one of the small towns of the Developers. There were 11 people at that meeting. Ten of them were already very powerful, but one of them had completely surpassed the others, and his power was like a volcano that had already erupted. Even though his potential had dried up, this old man had already entered the depths of the 5th Step.

  "We can foresee the hunters' plans. They will not attack Sky Island in the near future. Because they fear us and the dangers of Sky Island. Our geniuses are not ordinary people, and they can protect themselves. That is why we must give our priority to the vanguard of the hunters."

  This was a Grand Commander with the word 'Southeast' written on him. He ignored the greetings of the others and got straight to the point. Despite his words, the old man on Step 5 never lifted his hat. But he was reading a report. Still, no one doubted that he was not listening.

  "I think you are right. They must be planning an attack against us soon. It's better for us that they don't know about our base. We must continue to hide like this and sneak into these areas and destroy them with all our might".

  "You're right, I think we should reopen the bombs that were used in Sarham's time. Let's finish this once and for all and avenge our ancestors!"

  "I think we should make a calmer plan. We need to sit down, think about it and take our time to finish them off. Artemis should be our first target. If we can stop her, the Hunters will have lost their pillar."

  "Yes, you're right, I think that's a better plan."

  "Yes, less risk, more gain, and the people will be safe."

  "Don't be ridiculous! There is no gain without risk. Don't tell me you don't know that! Come on, who's with me? Let's just attack!"

  "No, it's dangerous. Let's plan!"

  Soon the Grand Commanders were divided. Both sides favoured their own plans, but the 3rd Supreme Commander, Zeldir, said nothing. Sometimes he clenched his fists, but the Grand Commanders tried not to let him see them.

  Before the Supreme Commander there were two other Supreme Commanders. When the 2nd Supreme Commander Giyu died in the 1st Sky War, Zeldir took his place. The 1st Supreme Commander was Uranus, who first created the Developers hundreds of millions of years ago.

  Now Supreme Commander Zeldir was ashamed. He was filled with rage when his mistake was sent to him in a document from his brother. Clearly, the 10 Commanders knew something was wrong. For the city had fallen silent and all the people had been driven away. All 10 commanders knew something was wrong,

  'Only if...'

  "Supreme Commander Zeldir. What do you think?"

  "What do I think?"

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  At that moment, Supreme Commander Zeldir raised his head and his evil eyes, hidden by his hat, were revealed. Those eyes, filled with eternal hatred, had caused many buildings in the tranquil city to collapse. The central building they were in had already begun to crumble.

  But Zeldir did not care. He stood up, a ten-foot spear in his right hand, and looked down at the ten commanders.

  "You traitors!!! You have no right to question me!!!"

  Suddenly, Zeldir swung his spear in the air. At the same moment, all 10 commanders pulled out a scroll. Zeldir's attack burned all the scrolls, but the 10 Commanders were unharmed. The building, however, was torn apart, and the hundreds of kilometres behind the 10 Commanders were devastated. It was as if a meteor had fallen from the sky and was trying to land in the planet's core.

  This was the true power of someone at the 5th Step!

  "You must be bored with life if you dare to act in front of me!!!"

  The 10 commanders suddenly lost their good looks, and one of them quickly pulled out a crystal and smashed it. Finally, a bastard smile appeared on their faces, reflecting their personalities,

  "Everyone knows you're not that smart, Zeldir!!! Who told you that, huh?!? Was it your little brother Michael?!? Hahahaha not having him here will get you killed!!!"

  "SHUT UP...!!!!"

  DING....!!!

  FOSHHHHH...!!!!

  Suddenly, Zeldir disappeared from where he had been. When he reappeared, the Grand Commander who had just spoken had a spear in his belly, but the frightening thing was that his body was split in two. Instead of driving the spear straight through, Zeldir had split his body in two and brought it down into his stomach.

  "What a frightening spear!"

  It had shattered even the strong armor of the Great Commanders, and one of them was dead.

  "I will kill whatever makes you think you can kill me. You dare to be a threat to my people! You are already dead!"

  At that moment, Zeldir quickly raised his spear and hurled it directly at a nearby Grand Commander. It was impossible for him to block the spear.

  DING...!!!!

  But at that moment, in the silence, a sword struck the spear, knocking the shocked Grand Commander out of the air. A figure appeared in front of the commanders. This man had a sword underneath him, and a terrifying sword power radiated from both the sword and his body. Of course, this man did not have the will of the sword, but he was not far off. This man was also at the 5th step, but he didn't have the power to deal with Zeldir. The reason he came here was to save these 10 people, not 9 people.

  Apparently, one of them had already died when he arrived.

  "Supreme Commander Zeldir. Just wait and I will come back to kill you when the time is right.

  The swordsman said his last words and quickly threw a sword. As the sword grew and reached a width of ten meters, the Grand Commanders immediately jumped on it. There was no way they could outrun Zeldir at their own speed.

  As they began to flee, the swordsman and the others turned to taunt the Supreme Commander. But as one of them turned his head, the broadsword snapped from his neck, rolled through the air, and fell from the sky. At the same time, the Zeldir behind them disappeared.

  The swordsman opened his eyes wide. From the beginning, he had thought he could escape Zeldir. But he had not expected such a reaction. Zeldir stood 30,000 feet from them, spear in hand. The aura gathering around the tip of his spear made each of them break into a cold sweat. The swordsman wanted to turn around quickly, but the broadsword would not listen.

  "Seven Ruby Spears of the Great Heavens!!! Show me your flames!!!"

  Suddenly, the spear trembled, and from the small hole at the tip of the spear, countless rays of lava shot up into the sky and turned into a sea of fire. This sea of fire covered almost half of the planet. If there had been an attack on the planet. The world would have been severely damaged. If Zeldir's Sea of Fire was an ocean, Kai's Sea of Fire was a drop in the ocean. The difference was immeasurable!

  "Master, let's use the Scroll of Artemis! Otherwise, we won't make it out alive!"

  After hearing these words from the group of 9, without waiting for them, the swordsman took out a scroll from the dimensional ring in his hand and lit it. At that moment, the sea of lava in the sky gathered into a single point.

  After the scroll was lit, a light appeared in front of the 9 people. It was a bow! It represented a raging beast at the end of the bow. Just by looking at it, they could feel the terrifying power of the 6th Step. Artemis Dramer, goddess of hunters!!!

  'This could kill him! Great!'

  Zeldir was aware of it all. He had heard the burning scroll and the words spoken. But he could not escape. He had failed. He had failed despite all he had done. He had wanted to be a good leader. He wanted to protect everyone and not fail the 1st and 2nd as the 3rd Supreme Commander. But he knew what he had to do now. He could leave the developers and ordinary people behind. He would become a wall. Once that wall was down, his brother Michael could take his place.

  The arrow in the scroll moved quickly. But what was unexpected at that moment was that the Lava Sea Point went around the arrow and never collided with the attack. It went around it and flew straight at the 8 Grand Commanders and the Swordsman. Seeing this, the Swordsman and the others were shocked and terrified. They were terrified. They began to tremble and wet themselves as the fear of death took over their bodies. The Swordsman was able to turn his head and look at Zeldir, even in the glare of the bright lights. And he saw. The old man was smiling now, after all his anger.

  "He will meet the attack head on!"

  BOOOOMM.....!!!!!!!

  But that was all the swordsman could say. In two attacks, it found its owner. And the sky was filled with this incredible light show. 3. Supreme Commander Zeldir and the 9 Mighty Soldiers of the Hunters were shattered to atoms in this battle.