Brand was startled, realizing that he still had many troublesome enemies in the outside world. The soldiers from the Silver Wing Cavalry could be dealt with, but the mysterious swordsman with Golden Power was a deadly enemy. Although Tu Men boasted that he could easily handle them as a Travel Mage, Brand still couldn't understand where this ease came from.
Just as he thought of this, he suddenly opened his eyes and found himself still in the act of reaching for the mana potion, with the surroundings unchanged—a small room at the back of the trashed auction house. Everything that had happened seemed like a dream: Elemental Emperor Tu Men, Destiny Cards, Travel Mage—all felt like illusions.
But Brand knew it wasn't an illusion because he still held those cards in his hand—
