Chapter 11 - One Life for Another

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"Are you just an idiot or do you want me to beat you to death" replied the foxy girl in an icy tone.

Leo at the side heard this question towards his brother and angrily retorted, "Ai Ai little girl no need to get your p.a.n.t.i.e.s in a bunch. Even though you are indeed a beauty, your father, I, can easily get anyone I want. My brother only asked whether you can tell him what a journeyman is or not."

The young boys at the side were frozen by the comment. The only thought that crossed their mind was 'Who the hell would ever offend the foxy girl!'

The foxy girl was startled and had never been insulted in her life. Although she still was embarrassed and agitated by what this male said, she could tell by this remark that maybe Devlin was actually asking an earnest question.

She turned her head and casually said, "They're either used as servants for outer sect disciples or tools that can be used for the Immortal King Guild whenever they discover any Secret Domains, which hold valuable treasures but dangerous traps in every corner."

Devlin and Leo were frightened and a little skeptical as to why the hell anyone would want to do that. The foxy girl saw this and felt a bit of joy from scaring the two.

"Indeed, it is a dangerous job but those who are successful and go through without any trouble will gain a portion of the treasures that are gained from the domain to further their cultivation."

From this remark, Devlin and Leo now understood why these people would rather risk it all to get a chance at changing their fate. On earth, they were the same way, hoping to discover a purpose in their life.

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Names were being called out one at a time. There were a few Empyrean and King phantoms from time to time, however, most of them were Mortal phantoms. There were even a few that just had their shadow shake and then nothing changed. These were Lost phantoms that could never be awakened, simply saying that the person was destined to be normal forever.

Names kept rolling on one by one when a familiar name entered into Devlin and Leo's ears.

"Calvin Skyfall"

A young man with slicked-back purple hair and a face as if it was sculpted by the lord himself walked up to the dragon altar. The foxy girl's eyes twinkled when she saw him as if this was a match made in heaven.

One of the disciples in the group exclaimed, "Storm Fenrir!" drawing a commotion.

"I can't believe I'm actually seeing it with my own eyes."

"Who would have known a semi-deity phantom would appear today!?"

Devlin had heard of a semi-deity phantom from Jack, but he had never anticipated it would occur here and especially on one of his brothers.

He asked the foxy girl again. "What's so special about this Storm Fenrir?"

The foxy girl reluctantly looked away from the scene and said, "It's because it's titled as the bounded phantom that wants to break away from the chains that hold it down. That's why it is considered a semi-deity."

Devlin felt like a light dawned upon him and he realized that his brother had a bright future ahead of him.

Luke who was at the top of platform suddenly appeared in front of Calvin, grabbed him, and stepped back onto the tall platform with Calvin behind him as quick as a lightning bolt.

A few of the Temple Envoys on the side congratulated the Sky Monarch Temple on their new recruit. Calvin was bewildered by what happened and only realized after a few minutes that he had already been accepted as a personal disciple of the Sky Monarch Temple. His face had a narcissistic grin that could only explain the exhilaration he was feeling.

The Myriad Illusion Envoy's mind instantly knew their Temple had just gained another genius and a burning pride rose in her heart anticipating the future to come. Just like the Sky Monarch Envoy, she also received a few congratulations.

Grace was then invited to the tall platform as well, which she gladly accepted and stood behind the Myriad Illusion Envoy. Every so often she would give a few side glances to Calvin. Nonetheless, it seemed Calvin was only interested in her for a sec and seemed to be worrying about something else.

In just a few minutes, two top tier level phantoms had shown up and stolen the spotlight and still a Celestial phantom had yet to show.

"It looks like we have a reliable brother to possibly depend on if we get a shitty phantom, haha," Leo whispered to Devin with a sly grin.

Devin facepalmed himself, however, he couldn't deny the fact that his brother was kind of right.

After a few more names, two deity and two celestial phantoms had been awakened as well. The two celestial phantoms were a Silver Minotaur and a Crimson Sunbird, which were both gladly accepted into their temples depending on their specialty.

A young boy named Chad, who was from the Ice Giant Clan, ended up awakening the Ice Giant, Ymir. The Ice goddess from the Crystal Waterfall Temple cracked a tiny smile under that veil when she saw this. The other deity phantom was Hel, which came from the God and Demon Clan's young princess, Selena. Hel was a special phantom as she could cultivate both light and dark attributes. Both the angelic woman from the Immortal King Guild and Nick from the Demon Venerable agreed to let her represent both of them since it would bring out her potential to the most.

When the other temples that had yet to get a deity character from this ceremony saw this, they were envious.

"Leo Skyfall"

He noticed a young red-headed kid with a cheeky grin stare up at him when he walked towards the altar. Calvin saw this and rushed down the platform with tears streaming down his face and gave him a hug as he yelled, "Bro, It's really you! I thought I wasn't ever gonna be able to see you again!"

Luke and all of the other envoys were stunned. The whole crowd surrounding them were stunned. It seemed like this person was also gonna be another legendary character.

Leo rubbed him on his head. His eyes began moistening as he said, "Little Twerp, quit embarrassing me, the one who deserves this hug more than me is your eldest brother that's been worrying about you since we got separated." At this point, his finger pointed towards a short blonde-haired boy that had a huge grin on his face.

"Big Bro!" Calvin exclaimed in a heartwarming way.

A few people passed out from the invigorating situation and others noticed these two that were related to Calvin were actually the voyagers from the news.

When the Envoys and the Immortal Drunken Saber heard this, they instantly realized that Calvin must have been an unreported voyager too!

It all made sense!

The crowd was in an uproar while the three brothers were chatting with each other. The foxy girl up on the platform had a shocked expression as these two were the exact ones who she was cold too earlier. Now she understood why they were so clueless about what was going on, and she felt a little bit of despair as her destined lover was actually related to them.

"You brat, I've been worried sick about you. Is Dylan with you as well?" Devlin emotionally said. It really was the truth, although he did feel at ease knowing that he could find them at this city, it still didn't leave his mind that they could be in danger.

At this part, Calvin's heart dropped and he couldn't keep talking anymore since his brother gave himself as a slave in order to save him. This tension of being a phantom cultivator gave him hope and forced him to work his hardest so one day he would be the one to save his brother.