I stepped forward and Zhen Sulong appeared from the side. He stood next to me silently with crossed arms. I looked at his face, chuckled, and held out my fist. Zhen Sulong saw it and also smiled.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve done this.”

“It’s true.”

We bumped fists.

[A new star cluster has been opened.]

A small star floated over our heads. It was an indicator that Zhen Sulong and I were in the same star cluster.

[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ is waving his hand.]

“It has been a while, naked lightning monkey.” 

[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ hates the nickname.]

“Get married if you don’t like it.”

[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ says angrily that he isn’t female!]

Zhen Sulong stared straight ahead as he spoke, “Brother, stop joking and get ready. I think they’ll be here soon.” 

Aidan’s soldiers, who were surrounding us, were narrowing the encirclement. We hadn’t seen each other for ages, but there wasn’t even time to joke. Dammit.

“Raitra, please lend me strength.”

[The fist...