"Beno, eighty years without seeing you, and you're still as irritable and hotheaded as ever." The man carrying a giant hammer on his back walked up to Beno Saqiesi and spoke with a hint of contempt.
The sudden voice snapped the enraged Beno Saqiesi back to his senses. He looked toward its source, and with a single glance, his face turned deathly pale, as though he had plunged into an ice cellar. "You... you... why are you here..." Others might not recognize this man, but as his younger brother, how could he not? His dear older brother, Beta Saqiesi, had been selected for the Longevity Crusaders for his incredibly powerful attributes and skill set, becoming a formidable unit that stood in the Blue Star Federation Official's way.
Beta Saqiesi wore a close-fitting white tank top paired with short teal shorts, clearly outlining his bulging muscles. His eyes narrowed slightly, and particle-like streams of black light drifted from the corners of his eyes, swaying without wind and exuding a sinister, bewitching chill. "Word came from headquarters. Zhou Heng is suspected of possessing a Years Scroll-type item. He reached from your location into Chapter Nine and stole the 2,000 Sakast Imperial Sword fragments we collected."
Those few words made Beno Saqiesi tremble all over. "What... when did this happen?"
"Counting backward from this moment, approximately five minutes ago," Beta Saqiesi said quietly.
Beno Saqiesi felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar. Five minutes ago, he had only just lost sight of Zhou Heng. In that tiny span of time, he... he had used an Authority capable of traversing the years, like the Years Scroll, to attack their kin in Chapter Nine? "Brother, why don't we give up? Zhou Heng... he's too strange. We... might end up dying here... I