A blue streak plunged rapidly toward the sky above the Boyd Clan's great hall, then gathered into the form of a blue-haired, middle-aged man.
"Who goes there?"
The two patrolling soldiers cried out in alarm. Coming from opposite directions, they immediately moved to surround Barbary.
"Hmph!"
Barbary, his appearance altered, merely sneered. A blue glint flashed in his eyes, and two patches of white frost appeared in an instant. The two guards fell straight from the sky.
"Who are you, sir, and why have you killed members of the Boyd Clan?"
A figure in gray robes flew out of the great hall, and Boyd's furious voice rang across the land.
"The man who's going to kill you!"
Barbary spoke in a hoarse voice. Then he moved, reaching Boyd in almost no time. His fist, large as a sandbag, slammed down with what seemed like the force of billions of pounds.
"You!"
Boyd's face changed drastically. His gray hair flew as he crossed his arms before his chest, unable to say anything more. Divine Power surged wildly within him, and gray mist shrouded his entire body.
"Boom!"
With a deafening crash, a gray-robed figure smashed into the ground, gouging out a pit more than a hundred meters deep.
"Hm? He blocked it?"
Barbary couldn't help pausing in surprise. A flicker of astonishment crossed his eyes, then he plunged down at full speed.
Ever since learning that Boyd had a Life Source Crystal, Barbary had immediately begun considering how to take it from him.
Before coming to the Boyd Clan, Barbary had deliberately changed his appearance. He had immediately ruled out simply asking Boyd for it.
The Overgod had once instructed him to secretly collect Life Source Crystals. Though he wasn't entirely sure what "secretly" meant in practice, he couldn't risk approaching