Mewheru still remembered the first time he had met Gelman. It was in September 1998, back when they were still in the Kakin Empire.
At the time, Beyond, Xiyou, and Mewheru had led a group of mercenaries to surround Gelman and his companions, who had refused to cooperate. They had held the advantage.
But Ging Freecss and his disciple, Kite, had suddenly stepped in.
Beyond hadn't been sure of victory, and he hadn't wanted to fight Gelman and Ging to the death there, so he had chosen to withdraw.
After that, Mewheru had never seen Gelman again—at least, not face-to-face.
That said, he had always heard rumors about Gelman through various channels, especially as his fame grew.
The Shadow Beasts Squad, the Phantom Troupe, the Chimera Ant Legion... all had met their ends at Gelman's hands.
Mewheru had increasingly come to feel that letting Gelman go back then had been a mistake.
Gelman was growing into a major problem, and sooner or later that problem would come looking for them.
Mewheru had once held a grudge against Gelman, but by then he no longer wanted to avenge the dead mercenaries.
More than anything, he hoped Gelman wouldn't come after him.
Fortunately, during the entire colonial voyage, no one had seen Gelman or heard anything about his whereabouts, let alone had him come looking for trouble.
That wasn't surprising. Beyond, Xiyou, Mewheru, and the others had seen Gelman's mysterious Teleport Lantern.
Since he wasn't aboard the BW1, he had to be on the Dark Continent.
Pariston had already deduced from that that Chairman Netero's plan was to rendezvous with Gelman's squad somewhere on the Dark Continent and open up a route from the Six Continents to the Dark Continent.
The best way to thwart this plan and stop Gelman and the