Journey Of A Legend

"William?"

The moment Greg realized that William was also among the hundreds of people who surrounded them, his face turned serious.

He could clearly remember when Eliana told him the story, that the Clanwing Family has attacked the Scepters and acquire a huge amount of their territories with the resources too.

"To think they have decided to be brave enough to enter the Clanwing's territory, even though their strength has weakened... Just what could their plan be?"

When William noticed Greg and the others among the Clanwing family, his expression turned smug but didn't say anything.

Greg seeing his expression looked calm, but still deep inside he knew this would happen.

Knowing the true nature of the Scepter Family, he was quite sure they would do something so unexpected, but to think they would do it right this moment.

His luck today was truly terrible. First, he almost died because of the time power affecting his body, and now it seems he fell right into the middle of two families' war.

While he thought about this, a man next to William stepped forward. He was a muscular man with a long beard and hair, while his eyes were strangely silver in color.

Crossing his arms before his chest, the man looked cocky and looked at Hogan in the middle while grinning.

"What happened old man? You look like you have lost your purpose in life. Haha! What a sight! Is that an expression that a man should wear? Pathetic!"

When Hogan heard this he frowned slightly and said, "Maybe I feel a bit disappointed in myself, but that doesn't mean you have the right to talk to me like that old geezer!"

*BAM!*

Instantly, the God rank presence broke out from Hogan's body, making the ones closest to them to step back a few steps instantly.

"Oh? It seems I was wrong. You are still the same as before.", said the man with a wide grin, and from his body too, a powerful presence broke out immediately.

*BAM!*

The man's presence was exactly on the same level as Hogan's, so no matter how much the two tried to decide the winner only by their presence, no winner could be decided.

"Hmm... Interesting.", said the man, and with a wave of his hand, his presence vanished.

Looking at the group, he wanted to say something, but suddenly he noticed Cloud, Greg, and the others and his expression turned to confusion.

"I wouldn't have expected that the Illusionist would be here. And also the son of the up growing Dia family with his friends. How unexpected."

Cloud hearing this bowed gently and said, "It's my pleasure to meet with you, Sir Night."

Night hearing this nodded with satisfaction and said, "See?", asked Night from Hogan and said, " This is how you behave before someone stronger than you."

After saying this he looked at Cloud again and said, "I don't have any business with you and those kids. I only want to settle a debt with those there, so I will let you go."

Naturally, Night referred to Hogan and the Clanwing family, and not to Greg and the others. So it was only understandable why Night let those go who were not associated with Jonathan and the others.

Cloud knew that it would be bad to get on the bad side of the Scepter Family, so he wanted to retreat, but suddenly Greg's voice sounded.

"No, we will stay and help them. If you want something then count us in too."

When Night heard this he looked surprised and glanced at Greg on the side.

"Just who do you think you are, brat? You don't even have the right to talk to me if I don't let you!"

Greg seeing those terrifyingly cold eyes, calmed down instantly.

Generally, if it were in the past he would have gotten scared and stayed silent, but he has become several times stronger since then.

And what's more, he had friends supporting his back whatever happened. Maybe it was a bad decision to get in trouble with the Scepter Family and drag all of his friends in it, but he had no choice.

"I'm not someone who walks away when someone is in the need of help.", thought Greg with determination.

He knew that what Jonathan did in the past was unforgivable, but since then he changed. He also said his apology and regretted his actions.

Naturally, that didn't mean he forgave him, but he was not a person who would keep a grudge against others. Jonathan was also a human, so he made mistakes too.

Furthermore, to be honest, he did something even worse than what Jonathan did to Emma. He not only killed her almost but all of his friends and Roy too. If it weren't for Alice's help, he didn't know what would have happened.

Plus, his hate toward the Scepter Family was not a question. Since he was a kid, William did everything to make his life sour, so it was also a reason why not to go away.

He wanted to trample not only him but on the whole Scepter Family.

"I have way too many reasons to stay.", thought Greg and after calming himself down he glanced at Night.

"I don't care what you say, I will do whatever I want."

"!?"

Everyone around Greg looked stunned by his courage. Especially the ones from the Scepter Family. They knew exactly just what person Night truly was, so getting on his bad side was not a good decision.

His title of Absorber wasn't given to him just for fun. His Guardian can consume any attack at him, let it be mental or physical. Moreover, what made his reputation even scarier that he had the ability which everyone feared.

There was a time when an expert challenged Night for a fight. Before the fight happened, everyone thought Night will lose, but the fight had been decided only under a single second.

The expert's full being had been consumed by Night.

Since then no one dared to anger Night, fearing he they would end up just like that expert.

So knowing about this, everyone looked at Greg not as a brave kid, but as a total clown. They didn't know if he was extremely stupid, or simply didn't know what death meant. Either way, he was in a very dire situation now.

When Night looked at Greg, he looked terrifyingly calm, and after a small while later he said, "I give you one last chance. If you apologize right here and now, I will ignore your arrogance and will let you go. But if not..."

Instantly as he said that Night raised his hand and a black light started to swirl atop his palm.

Greg seeing it looked even calmer and just simply started to smile without saying anything.

Seeing him acting like that, Night's expression froze and said, "What an arrogant brat!"

Instantly as he said that he waved his hand and threw the blacklight toward Greg.

Seeing this, Hogan and the others instantly acted and jumped away, but for some reason, Greg didn't. He just simply stood there as calmly as ever.

*Swish!*

With a speed that was almost as fast as Joe's speed, Night's attack arrived before Greg and exploded on his body powerfully.

*BOOM!*

With a huge explosion, dust appeared everywhere, making Night to lower his hand.

Snorting, he said coldly, "This is what you deserve not beh-, huh?"

However, just before Night could have finished his sentence, the dust settled down, and a shocking sight happened.

Before him, Greg was standing calmly as before, but with the slight difference that his body was covered with bluish-white jade, making him look like he was a jade sculpture.

"What the..?"

It was not only Night who looked at Greg with stupified expression, but everyone else around him. To think, that Greg was standing there without an injury was something very shocking.

He not only got an attack from a person on the God rank and survived, but he had no wound on him at all! 

From someone who was only on the Ascender, rank was something quite remarkable yet shocking.

However, what they didn't know that the reason why Greg was perfectly fine was not that that his Jade Layer around his skin was way too powerful, but because Night's attack was not his.

Naturally, Greg knew who Night was because he saw him loads of time in the past, but he knew also he was not an attacker-type fighter.

Just as rumors said, Night's Guardian was able to consume powers, but it had 0 ability to attack. So the only way for him to attack others was through Soul Creatures.

And that is what happened right now.

The moment Greg saw the blacklight coming at him he instantly knew that it was not the power that consumed others, but a simple ability from a Soul Creature.

And what is more, it was from a Soul Creature which was only on the Ascender rank.

And because of that, Greg wanted to try out his Jade Skin, so he decided this would be the perfect chance to do so.

He believed the attack at least could leave a mark on him or wound him to see just how powerful his Jade Skin was, but unfortunately, he was wrong.

Looking at his body, Greg sighed slightly and looked at Night.

"So weak... Is this truly the best you can do?"