Although Yu Lian had said he would have Creel Belmont arrested and tortured, he figured he must have been joking. But the "what a shame" from Feifei's lips had seemed, somehow, to be genuine.
She really had been planning to grab the guy and lay into him. She might even have been perfectly happy to make him disappear without a trace.
...So when exactly had Creel gotten on this girl's bad side?
Of course, whatever the reason, it had to be his fault!
Yu Lian had immediately thumped his chest and promised Feifei he'd get even with him for her, then seriously asked her what had happened.
In short, Creel Belmont had been very skilled, and reasonably lucky. He'd tried every trick in the book and finally managed to escape the subspace's confinement. But though his luck had been decent, it wasn't that good. The instant he crossed the spatial barrier, the chaotic spatial currents caught him off guard, and he took quite a beating.
Of course, as the Belmont family's carefully groomed heir, he'd been carrying a priceless protective talisman. It was a one-use item, but when it shattered, it still generated a very sturdy defensive field.
So aside from a bump to the head, he'd been almost completely unharmed.
And then, despite being completely unharmed, he'd lost his memory. With his mind a blank, unable to remember anything, he'd wandered the deserts of New Jade Gate for several days.
But we should remember that a lot of memory loss is actually a stress response, and in a sense, can even protect the brain. Losing your memories doesn't mean losing your skills and knowledge. He was, after all, a professionally trained Ranger. Even if he couldn't remember who he was or where he was, he knew he should head