“What happened?" Abreu asked, looking grimly at a female Birdman. “Where’s my brother?”

Awkward and nervous, the female Birdman said, “Lord Armes went after that human named Nie Tian.”

After a brief pause, she added, “And he forbade us to interrupt his battle with him. I think Lord Armes found that man a worthy opponent, so wanted to finish him off alone?” 

“How is that possible?” Tago, the Demon leader, blurted with a frown. “How can some human intrigue Lord Armes?”

Upon hearing these words, all of the Phantasms and Demons fell silent, somewhat confused.

At that moment, a dilapidated teleportation portal flew over with a burly Stoneman on it.

Upon his arrival, the large Stoneman leader asked for a description of Nie Tian and said, “That same person damaged our teleportation portal on that nearby island. It was him who forced us to come back.”

Tago gasped. “That’s the guy you told us about?”

The Stoneman leader, who was named...