When Nefi took the Demi-Humans to the East Borough, Sifa went alone to the garden of the City Lord's residence and found Lin Rui.
Lin Rui, who had black hair, yellow skin, and rather flat features, seemed to be practicing something.
He pressed his index and middle fingers together and rapidly traced some kind of symbol in the air, just like the Taoist priests Sifa had known in his previous life.
As Lin Rui's fingers moved, faint flames appeared, but in the end, they failed to form a complete Talisman.
He seemed unwilling to give up and tried several more times, but each attempt ended in failure.
The young man sighed, squatted down beside the flowerbed, and looked up at the sky, seemingly wondering whether he was missing his homeland.
Sifa could only clear his throat.
As a newly advanced Sequence 1 Angel, Lin Rui did not know Sifa's current status, but instinctively felt awe toward him.
Hearing Sifa's voice, he first shrank back, then stood and turned around.
"What were you doing just now?" Sifa walked over.
Lin Rui seemed to realize that he had been "afraid," so he stubbornly puffed out his chest. "Practicing."
Then he lowered his head dejectedly and said, "Ever since I left my homeland, my powers have been weakening day by day. Now, I can't even use the lowest-level Talisman."
Sifa knew that the powers of these Destined Ones were all bestowed by a god.
Perhaps because they had left their homeland and the West Continent,
their connection with the gods had weakened, leaving them unable to use their powers.
That explained why Lin Rui had been captured by a fringe member of the Rose School in Bayam. After all, when Sifa had first met him, he had still been able to use various