Ten years ago, Pan Long slew the Demon King's avatar, prevented his resurrection, and spared the human world a terrible calamity.
The deed had an enormous impact. Bards sang of it across the land, and a bronze statue of Pan Long was erected in Hero Square in Elor City, capital of the Kingdom of Chris, beside the statues of the Four Heroes.
After that, the Hero vanished without a trace and never appeared before the public again.
His admirers searched everywhere, but ten years passed without a single person truly seeing him.
Of course, stories surfaced claiming he had appeared here or there, but every one of them proved false.
Some said he had come from Heaven, sent by the Gods to save the human world from disaster, and had returned once his task was done.
Others said he had been cultivating in seclusion, seeking greater power so that one day he could enter the Demon Realm, kill the Demon King for good, and end the threat at its root.
Still others said he had slain the Demon King Avatar alone but suffered terrible wounds in that battle, and had spent the years resting and slowly recovering.
The teachers and students of Hero School from those days also wanted to know where Pan Long had gone.
Back then, Pan Long had told only the Four Heroes and the old headmaster where he came from. Of those five, only four remained, and all were tight-lipped. Naturally, none had revealed his secret.
So when Pan Long met Headmaster Ron, the former Golden Knight, now accustomed to wearing a scholar's robe, greeted him with a question: "Pan, where on earth have you been all these years? Why hasn't there been a word from you?"
Pan Long smiled. "I came from another world to