Alvin had just been about to blow up and stop the two sides' bizarre standoff when a figure flew out of the shuttle-shaped aircraft overhead...
A handsome young man in a futuristic-looking combat suit shot blue energy pulses from his calves and shoulders to propel himself through the air. He swept past the cavalry in an incredibly cocky pose, startling the front ranks...
The cavalry raised their blue cloaks in front of themselves, forming a pale blue energy wall. The young man arrogantly drew a long blade and carved a deep furrow in the ground before them, then flipped through the air and landed gracefully not far from Alvin, taking a stance that said they would live and die together...
Alvin glanced sideways at the young man, then watched a small aircraft descend beside him.
Zhang Qiang of the Gun Club stepped out of the aircraft with a big-eyed little girl and stood beside Alvin, glaring "angrily" at the "invaders"...
Alvin looked at the perfectly serious Zhang Qiang and the little girl, who was putting so little heart into her act that she kept staring at him. Annoyed, he pointed skyward again...
Zhang Qiang had completely changed his usual style and come over to curry favor with him. That definitely meant trouble...
And the handsome young guy looked like he was itching to escalate the conflict and die alongside Alvin. It pissed Alvin off. Just being "handsome" was a capital offense, and now he was causing trouble for him too? Who did this punk think he was?
As Alvin raised his left hand, a lightning bolt as thick as a drainpipe shot cleanly into the sky and exploded between the two sides' air forces...
The Mage's level-20 Lightning, tripled in power by the level-20 Lightning Mastery skill, blasted a huge