Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Young Mistress Nightly looked up into the skies. She could see Ryu through the treeline quite easily, her eyes sparkling with hints of surprise even through her usual indifference.

Her question was much the same as everyone else. Why was he here?

Despite their rage toward Eska's words, the fact that Ryu was worthy of standing amongst them wasn't even a question in their minds. They wanted to knock him down a peg, yes. But they didn't have the same disdain for him as they did the others.

With what they knew about the Title Stele, it didn't make sense for him to be here.

However, other than a slight hint of surprise, Young Mistress Nightly continued to walk calmly as though she wasn't in any sort of rush. From time to time, her scythe would sweep out and sever another head, before she continued ahead just as calmly.

In her mind, she was wondering.

Should she try to fight Ryu head on now? Or should she try and wait for a better opportunity?

She didn't fear Ryu. She didn't fear anyone in this world. Her Dao Heart was firm and it was worthy of the title of Mistress of the Devas.

However, she was also a calm and indifferent person. She didn't care about fame or face, so long as the results justified the means.

She wanted to come out on top and etch her name into the Title Stele, but fighting someone of Ryu's caliber so early on would only make that a further impossibility.

So, she decided to just keep moving at her own pace. If Ryu came, then she would show him the difference between a Deva and a mere human.

If he didn't, then she would be fine with continuing on to the next region with just the two of them. It should be easy enough.

If Ryu decided to cooperate, they would likely have quite an easy time of making it to the final region. After all… who could stop their caliber of genius?

… Ryu continued to walk through the skies, lost in his thoughts.

'Ah, there it is…'

He descended and landed before another Ruin, a smile quirking his lip.

'… I should be able to find them with much greater ease now.'

Ryu walked into the Ruin.

It didn't take him very long to exit, it must have been 10 minutes at most. But in his hand, there was another large blob of milky Fate.

He tossed it into his Inner World once more, thinking to himself that by the time he came out of this Title Stele world, he would well and truly become a complete existence.

Not only would he have the talent he had always deserved…

He would have the Fate to back it up.

'This region is larger. There should be a second Ruin around here, but they've made it a bit difficult to find.'

Despite the words, it only took Ryu a few seconds to lock his head in a new direction.

With a step, he crossed the distance.

He looked to the side, finding Young Mistress Nightly approaching from the distance.

"Truly quite the beauty." Ryu said with a chuckle.

He had sensed the young woman long ago, but he was focused on other things. The reason he walked through the skies was to force others to attack him so that he could conveniently deal with them while he looked for the Ruins.

These places were well hidden. The only reason he had found the second one so quickly was because of the things the first exposed to him.

Young Mistress Nightly didn't respond to Ryu's gaze and she continued to walk forward quite calmly.

Ryu brazenly scanned her from top to bottom before entering the Ruin without a word.

Inwardly, Young Mistress Nightly was a bit speechless. With the way Ryu had been waiting there, it seemed as though he would try to talk to her or strike a deal. But he didn't even wait for her at all, just entering the Ruin directly.

Young Mistress Nightly came to a stop, wondering if she should enter as well. It wasn't as though there was an entry limit.

After a moment, she chose to do so. Like she had said, she wouldn't go out of her way to challenge Ryu, but she didn't fear him either.

However, what she saw when she entered left her speechless once again. She had entered with the intent to catch up and see if she could take some of the Fate for herself. Even half of the Fate in this Ruin would be enough for her to make it to the next region.

But…

There was nothing.

The traps, the challenges, they were cleared? Or maybe they never existed?

She rushed ahead even faster, but she kept running into nothing at all.

She frowned, her body leaning forward as she pushed off with a strong flap of her duo pair of wings. Wind sliced against the cave walls as she became a streak of black and red.

However, she still couldn't catch up. Unless Ryu had taken a completely different path from her, she had no ability to understand just how he had managed to make it so far.

Until she saw it.

There was a burst of light and Ryu appeared before her vision. The region was an expanse of red waters and Ryu's light steps almost seemed to dance in the center of it.

Everywhere he landed, a golden ripple spread and until he suddenly landed on a final location.

The waters rumbled and overturned, an altar slowly making its way out.

"Alright, that should be it."

Ryu casually snatched it and put it away. Then, a strong pulse spread in all directions as a glob of milky Fate formed in his palm.

He turned over to Young Mistress Nightly and gave her a wink before he vanished.

By the time the young Devas had made it out, all she saw was Ryu's back, standing there nonchalantly, the blob of Fate gone.

Ryu turned back, his palms flipping over to reveal two great swordstaffs.

"Shall we?"

Young Mistress Nightly's eyes narrowed. This guy… actually wanted to fight.

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