Chapter 75: arriving at manesi

He caught the rogue leader’s weapon with his bare right palm, his muscles tightening under his shirt as he activated his verbal skill at full force.

"your debt is completely due!" Barry commanded.

While the leader was locked mid-movement, Barry balled up his left fist, packing a direct surge of his peak spiritual energy into his hands, and delivered a straight punch into his chest .

Crack!

The pure physical force of the strike shattered the his armour into small pieces, throwing the rogue leader twenty feet backward into a wall until he fell unconscious. The remaining nine fighters looked in total shock, their jaws dropping as they felt the crushing pressure coming off Barry’s muscles. They did not try to trade another strike; they picked up their leader and ran down the mountain trail in a complete panic.

The old traveler looked at the wreckage, then looked at Barry, his eyes carrying a deep, unreadable curiosity. "That was a very efficient cleanup, young man. Thank you for the assistance."

"We are heading toward the Manesi Capital too," Barry said, "The path is long. You can ride inside our carriage if you want to save your footwork."

"That is a very generous offer," the old man smiled, bowing slightly before climbing into the luxury compartment with them.

Once the carriage started moving down the main track again, Suzy handed the old man a cup of clean water. "You said you are traveling to the capital? What is your business there?"

"I am just a wanderer who travels all over the world to see the sights," the man replied, taking a sip. "But this time, I am going to the Manesi Capital because of some immortal things. When the Gate of Dimensions opens, i want to see something and also the capital is the very safe place."

Barry looked at the old man sitting across from him on the cushion. Intrigued by his relaxed manner, Barry secretly tried to pull up his internal system panel to run a routine check on the visitor’s cultivation rank.

[System Notification: ERROR! Target analysis failed!]

[Warning: Target’s spiritual density and power limits are completely off the charts! The system interface cannot track or scale any data lines for this entity! Proceed with extreme caution, host!]

’The screen can’t track anything,’ Barry analyzed inside his head, his fangs tightening slightly. ’His power level is way too high. He looks like a simple wanderer, but his core is completely hidden from my tracking logs.’

They keep talking like this for a long time then-

Barry decided to keep his face calm, shifting the conversation to the geographical layout of the land. "Speaking of the summit, I saw a complete continent map inside the capital a few weeks ago. Suzy and I were discussing the numbers. The entire continent has almost eighteen countries total, and they are divided into four major sectors: North, South, East, and West?."

"Your information is completely accurate," the old traveler nodded, looking at them. "And each sector has one powerful person who sits completely above the kings. So there is four powerful persons who rule the North, South, East, and West completely."

"Let’s see if my memory matches the lines," Barry said, leaning back. "If I saw that right, the West sector has at least six countries, the South has four, the East has five countries, and lastly, with the lowest number of countries, the North has only three countries. There are also many powerful ancient clans hidden in those mountains, and they must be invited to this gathering too?."

"They are all mobilizing their units right now," the old man explained, his tone unhurried. "The last time the Gate of Dimensions opened five years ago, everything turned into absolute chaos for two full months. The sky split apart, and thousands of foreign demons and monsters poured into our world. It was a complete disaster for the local markets."

Barry looked at him seriously. "How did the continent survive this calamity if the monsters were that dense?"

"It was thanks to four heroes who held the line," the traveler said, looking out the window at the distant valleys. "They fought the demon kings and the monster hoards at the central gate for sixty days straight, keeping them pinned down until the time was up and the rift closed, forcing the creatures back to their own world."

Barry shifted his posture, his curiosity rising. "Four heroes? I think I heard a brief rumor about them back at the capital walls."

"Yeah, they are the true powerhouses ," the old man said, a respectful expression showing on his face. "One time, during my travels across the central province, I actually saw three of those heroes with my own eyes."

"Tell us more about them," Barry asked directly, keeping his yellow snake eyes steady on the man’s face.

"Among the three kings I saw, the first one is named Huang Shin," the traveler said, counting on his fingers. "He is an old man, but he is the absolute supreme king of the West . The second one is named Vordan Sylas. He is a strong, middle-aged man who rules as the king of the South sector. And the third one is a gorgeous woman who holds the throne as the queen of the East , her name is Veronica, "

Suzy leaned forward,"What about the fourth hero? Who rules the North?"

"I don’t know much about the fourth one because I have never seen his face," the old traveler said, his voice dropping into a serious tone. "But there is a massive rumor across the world that he is the youngest among all of them. He is also known to be incredibly ruthless, brutal, and totally unyielding in his business. His name was something like ma—"

Before the old man could speak the name, a massive shadow suddenly fell over the entire carriage compartment.

The driver pulled the horses to a full stop, shouting in absolute awe from the front box. The doors of the carriage pushed open automatically as the vehicle cleared the final mountain ridge, revealing an incredible, sprawling view straight ahead of them.

Standing right in the middle of the central plains was a fortress city that stretched out for miles, its white walls reaching hundreds of feet into the clouds, with thousands of luxury carriages from every hidden kingdom lined up at the entry gates. They had finally arrived at the grand entrance of the Manesi Capital.