881 Rival

After remembering everything and showed Alex a bit of improvement, Alex finally departed from Eulja using the Teleportation Array.

He arrived somewhere in outer space, completely oblivious to his surroundings. He tapped his forehead once, trying to calculate the distance and direction to reach the Encore.

However, he suddenly noticed a gigantic creature coming toward him, forcing him to see what it was.

"Seriously?" Alex couldn't help but smile weirdly.

It was a Spaceship that marched at high speed, crossing this outer space.

He would probably not die if he got hit by such a thing, but he decided to step aside, considering it was flying three times his speed.

After that, he put on his mask and a black cloak so as to avoid anyone from seeing his face. "In many stories, there will be an arc where someone or the MC almost got run by a carriage, but to think I will be facing a similar experience… But with a Spaceship instead… I wonder what I should say regarding this matter…

"I want to be excited to see another scene from stories, but it's a freaking spaceship." Alex shook his head and let out a long sigh.

Activating his Spirit Eyes, he checked on the spaceship to see what kind of people boarding such a ship. After all, it was a gigantic ship. The length alone stretched for about five kilometers. It was five times bigger than the one he found in the Dwarf Territory.

He shuddered the moment his gaze fell on the ship, finding around a hundred people were stronger than him.

If it wasn't moving a few times faster than him or even stopped before him, he might be in trouble because they would check him or something. However, he noticed there were two people on top of the spaceship talking with each other.

The first one was a middle-aged man with long spiky white hair. His body was similar to that of Leoz, but he radiated a stronger aura than him. In fact, Alex found that the energy inside his body was equal to Lin Xingzhi.

Meanwhile, the one talking with him was a young lady. She had long black hair tied into a twin-tail right around her neck and ran through her chest. She looked like a gentle lady, but her strength was something else.

Alex realized they were there because the energy was outside the spaceship, but the moment the man found his gaze, he shuddered.

'This man is dangerous!' He thought while using his teleportation array to disappear again.

Meanwhile, this got the attention of both people.

However, the two saw the mysterious man was currently using his Teleportation Array, vanishing from their sight.

Her grandfather didn't reply before pinching the bridge of his nose. A troubled face appeared on his face as she realized there must be something wrong with the man from earlier.

"Father… What is wrong with him?" She asked while tilting her head.

"Ugh… I didn't know why, but that man reminded me of my past." He touched the big scar on his face that stretched from his forehead to his right eyes to his right cheek. "Do you know what our destination is?"

"It is to Eulja and Blackwade Clan, right? You said you want to find my idol, and these two people know more about him."

"Yeah… I haven't told you this, but I got this scar from him."

"!!!" The woman was slightly surprised. He never told her the answer when she asked about this scar, and the fact that it came from her idol, she realized it must be hard for him to tell her that her idol actually hurt her father. She looked down and apologized. "I am sorry."

"Haha! You definitely misunderstand something. Do you think I am sad because of this scar?"

"You don't?"

"Of course not! I am thrilled. This scar was proof that I had fought the scariest being I had ever encountered." He smirked, making a face that looked like he wanted to fight someone. "I also have a confession to you as well."

"What is it, Father? Don't tell me you want to kill him?" She gasped and turned pale. If her father wanted to kill her idol, she didn't know what to do.

"You are like your mother, always overthinking something like this. She almost divorced me when she thought I was cheating even though I wasn't." He shrugged.

"It's better than nothing." She pouted.

"Haha… True." He took a deep breath and prepared his heart, telling the truth about what happened a few thousand years ago. "I always told you that I fought him when we were both a Rank 10 God, right?"

"Yes. I always loved that story. You fought him and somehow ruined the entire planet because of how awesome the fight was. I started idolizing him back then, so I agreed to this farce of yours."

"Yeah, but it is actually the true story."

"Hm?!" She narrowed her eyes and asked, "So, Father won?"

"No, no." He shook his head. He always told her that his rival won, but it was not the truth. "I lost miserably. I wasn't even his opponent. In fact, I couldn't touch even a single string of his hair."

"What?!" Her jaw dropped as she was completely baffled by the confession.

"There was no epic fight and something like that, only one side annihilation. I was overconfident of my ability and tried to fight him, but everything about him made me shiver, and the last thing I knew, he already created this scar.

"After that, I tried to chase after him on every occasion, trying to defeat him, but our gap started getting bigger and bigger.

"The last time I found him was when I heard that his wife got heavily injured by someone and created a huge war against them.

"I joined his side even though he didn't know me. And we managed to destroy four worlds with our combined force. However, he never presented himself during the war… Do you know what he did?"

The female thought for a moment and shook her head. "He probably sneaked inside and killed the one who did it himself."

"Nope! He found that the group had a backer and eliminated the backer along with all the influences under their command. In that war alone, he destroyed ten Divine Worlds."

"What?! Ten Divine Worlds? Were the opponents too weak for him? Wait, since it was a case like this, the backer should be far stronger than the actual influence that created this situation…"

"Yeah. That's why his reputation became well known after this battle. Even the Rank 2 God in the past like Death God, Battle God, War God, and the others cowered before his presence. They had challenged him in the past but rendered to be useless to the point they would simply leave when they heard his name."

"…" The female furrowed her eyebrows and squinted her eyes while asking, "So, the part where you had a big fight against him and ended up becoming a rival and a friend was a lie? Also, the fact that you and he fought together in that war was a lie?"

"Ugh, yes." He let out a long sigh. "That's why if you have a different opinion, this will be the last time you can get away."

"You have told me the stories about him again and again since I was a kid to the point I have grown to idolize him, now you are saying to back down for this… Isn't that a bit mean? Even though I haven't seen him or anything, I am really curious about it. Well, how about this… We can meet him first and see whether we can get along. If not, I will leave and be done with all of this."

"Eh?! But this will be the last time where you can back down."

"Hmph! I can annul this at any time, unless you want to face the wrath of Mother, especially with these fake stories." She narrowed her eyes, pressuring him.

Chill ran down to his spine as he agreed. "Fine. I shouldn't say this first before this… Huft."

"Hehe, it's your fault. Still, we haven't talked about the young man from earlier. It was rare to see you getting fixated on another person like that."

"That man, huh… If you don't want to marry him, how about marrying this one instead?"

"Huh?" She made a weird face as she glared at her father while releasing her killing intent. "Can you be more serious about it?"

"I am absolutely serious. The fact that my scar was tingling meant that this man was extraordinary. Even though his strength was only a small Rank 10 God, there was something deep inside him that actually scared me. He reminded me of that God back then…"

"Who?!"

"The one that once reduced a Divine World into ashes, the Fire God, Phitrus."

"He was once a God King too, right? If I am not wrong, his strength was on par with Time God and Spirit God at their peak. In fact, he was known as the Spirit God's mentor, just because the Spirit God refused to have a master."

"Yeah. That was him. When he helped the Spirit God, he burned the entire Divine World and reduced it into ashes. No Fire users dared to stand in front of him unless they wanted to commit suicide. In just a single glance, the latter could kneel."

"There is a Rank 2 Fire God around this area, right? How is his strength compared to him?"

"I have met this Fire God, and I believe if the former Fire God was a normal size human, this Fire God was simply an ant. Even a Pure Fire element could only endure to not kneel in front of him, but if he wanted to take their life, it would be an easy thing to do. His Fire had reached the pinnacle after all, surpassing the Pure Fire itself."

"That is certainly something I want to see. Unlike Father, my element is plant, and I am more of a doctor myself."

"Ugh, now that you mention something about the plan, I remember that I need to face that old witch."

"Old witch?"

"The one and only Time God's daughter, God King, Nature Goddess."

"But the fact that you want me to marry the reincarnation of Spirit God meant that you have prepared for this, right?"

"Yes, but if I push her to the corner, that witch will surely kill me. Although we are both God Kings, her strength is above the rest. Although they won't do something reckless like making war with me, it will only happen if I don't push it too much." The middle-aged man scratched the back of his head. "I have seen how she destroyed a world by causing the Spiritual Energy disturbance, causing them not able to cultivate. She simply watched them while smiling as all God Rank Experts kneeled in front of her, asking to forgive them."

"And there are still many experts in Eulja. Even four Divine Worlds under me are not able to best them. The best they could do is to stall time."

"That strong? So, you want me to marry the Spirit God for his power?"

"Nope!" He shook his head. "As a rival, I absolutely want to win. Isn't it the greatest win when you have your rival call you father-in-law? Guahahahaha!"

"…" She was speechless. "So, you brainwashed your daughter for a petty reason like this?"

"What brainwashed? I only told you about your father's grand tales." He smugly claimed his innocence.

"Yes, yes. Whatever you say. Anyway, we will arrive at Blackwade Clan in a few days, right?"

"Yeah. Let's go inside."

"Sure."

Unbeknownst to them, the one they were talking about was actually the young man they saw earlier. What would they do when they actually realized that?