Kageno Island, the western district, Sixth Slope.
In a place lined with accommodations catering mainly to couples, commonly known as Hotel Street, an inconspicuous alley held a deserted antique shop.
This was the Lion King Organization's office on Kageno Island, which Luo Zhen had visited once before.
Now that Rose Familiars had ravaged Kageno Island and nearly seventy percent of its structures had collapsed, this was one of the few places that had retained its original appearance. Its uniqueness was easy to imagine.
However, very few people could sense its existence.
That was because an unknown barrier was active around the shop, making it nearly impossible for ordinary people to notice that it was there.
But today, a visitor had arrived.
"Vrrrm!"
Amid a ripple in space, Luo Zhen appeared at the antique shop's entrance with a guitar case.
Looking at the tightly shut shop door, Luo Zhen did not hesitate. He walked straight over and opened it.
As soon as he opened the door, Luo Zhen realized that he had triggered some sort of ward.
It was obviously a magical device meant to notify the people inside that someone had broken in.
Luo Zhen paid it no mind and stepped inside.
At that moment, something unexpected happened.
"Whoosh!"
A figure suddenly leaped down from the ceiling beam, a silver greatsword clenched in her hands as she brought it crashing down toward Luo Zhen's head.
"Clang!"
A crisp sound immediately rang out.
Luo Zhen's empty hand had risen at some point, and he caught the descending silver greatsword just like that, taking the blow head-on as though he possessed steel-forged bones.
"Wha... what?"
The attacker was instantly stunned.
A closer look revealed that the person wielding the silver greatsword was a young girl.
The girl had a tall, slender figure