Meanwhile, trouble's supple lips pushed onto the Jade Dynasty.

　　As soon as Krann left for the Celestial Church, from deep within the Barbarian Continent's Hidden Forest, a commotion arose.

　　"Ouuuuin!"

　　"Ouuuuuin!!"

　　"Ouuuuuuin!!!"

　　The World Tree's wailing sound intensified, and with it, so did the grey mist swirling around its gargantuan form. From the ground, the continual rumbling sounds heightened, bringing alongside them a plethora of cracks from which two grey coc.o.o.ns rose.

　　In an eruption of grey light, the coc.o.o.ns broke, releasing two 1.5 meters tall young men with gruff, stocky features. But though their ordinary faces, eyes and hair colors gave no insight into their lineages, those tiny bodies of theirs rippled with formidable destructive strength that made them impossible to ignore.

　　In silence, they stepped forward, vanis.h.i.+ng to reappear before the Holy Continent's Anti Divine Screen. They ignored it, instead locking their eyes on the Tower high in heaven's vault.

　　"According to the elders, this Tower is the result of a merge between Marduk and Isylia's G.o.d-Artifacts. Its rank is fairly high, and its mysteries profound. If we can, we should bring it back."

　　The left one stated in a bland tone.

　　"Do not forget that our primary task is to probe the depth of this rising force. Everything else is secondary."

　　The right one replied in a similarly bland tone. His companion merely nodded, and the two then stepped forward, bypa.s.sing the Anti Divine Screen to land above the capital.

　　Clearly, their cultivation was below the Divine Rank. As soon as they arrived, they swept the imperial palace with their small black eyes, then directly punched out!

　　Each of those jabs released a formless pressure that barreled into the imperial palace, threatening to obliterate it!

　　*BOOOM*

　　But before the formless force could collide with it, it met an invisible screen that blocked its onslaught in a resounding force explosion that raised a vast array of dust.

　　Undisturbed, the two looked beyond the dust clouds to spot the source of this resistance.

　　The figure of a freckled, auburn-haired young maiden clad in a fancy silver armor appeared above the imperial palace, her presence blocking any rogue a.s.sault.

　　Four pairs of wings stretched from the back of the silver armor and lightly flapped as if animated by a will of their own. The maiden's cold, hazel eyes locked onto the two dwarf men whose indifferent eyes slightly s.h.i.+mmered following her appearance.

　　"Impressive."

　　The right dwarf appraised. Before emerging from beneath the World Tree, they'd received orders to evaluate the current state of the Holy Continent and test the depth of the new dynasty. However, as they came, they didn't expect much. After all, before their clan's current strength, the Ancient Crystal World's experts were nothing more than ants.