Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master

"Tsk!" William could tell Fang was lying and he'd just head directly towards Sara's mother, "just make sure your head remains on top of your shoulders, ok?"

In fact, William secretly supported what Fang was going to do. He wanted someone to keep Sara's mother busy. And Fang was the best one to do that.

He watched Fang move fast, bypassing lots of fights without interfering. "Let's go," he led everyone down the cliff, "be aware of the monsters, they won't let us pass through without a fight."

The moment he said that, a loud roar came from the side. "I'll handle them," Sara volunteered, leading tens of masters she brought with to fight the incoming evolved monsters.

"I'll help her as well," Berry volunteered as well. Seeing the two girls go to fight the monsters around made William inwardly sigh.

"Make sure to not overdo it!" he shouted before leading everyone to the front. He knew Sara didn't want to fight or meet with her mother. It was expected, as the two had a complicated relationship so far.

As for Berry, it seemed what Sara's mother did to her still left a scar on her heart. It wasn't time to speak about any of this with these two, and it was better to let them do what they wanted while he led everyone to the upfront battles.

"Our plan is simple," the moment they met the hostile masters from the higher world, William shouted, "we'll slowly grind our way to the front. Always step in and help each other, never fight an enemy alone or in a small group…"

William started relaying his orders before the fight started. Even if Sara's masters were stronger in terms of spirit rank, they still got affected negatively by the limits enforced by this world.

William depended on this. And to take down any higher world master, lots of these world masters should cooperate and work together.

The early battles were quite hectic, many were fighting without paying attention to what he warned earlier. And so, it wasn't weird for many to lose their lives in the early hours of this expedition.

But soon enough, lots of masters started to gather and work together. William didn't join the fight at first, kept watching everyone and intervened when danger arose. At the same time, his main focus was on someone else, on Fang.

He couldn't spot Sara's mother's location easily in the middle of all this mess. So it was better to let Fang lead his spirit sense towards her. And as he expected, Fang ended up spotting Sara's mother, and came hard at her using his lightning formation.

The attack landed but didn't leave much impact. Sara's mother wasn't standing alone, was surrounded by lots of strong masters, the strongest of the army she brought here.

"Found you!" Sara's mother, Fang, and William muttered the same words at the same time. It was a moment of fate, and William kept his senses focused on Sara's mother, to make sure she got involved with Fang before making his next move.

"She isn't easy to get tricked," William helplessly smiled. Even after an hour of constantly showering her with lightning, Sara's mother never budged an inch from her spot.

Fang was doing his best to take revenge, and yet all he could do was to kill other masters, not her. He didn't even leave behind a single wound, making him more enraged.

That wasn't what William wanted. He wanted Fang to keep Sara's mother busy. Staying uninvolved in a direct fight with Fang wasn't the best situation William wanted to see.

"Lara," out of the blue, William suddenly approached Lara. She was fighting alongside many of her city masters, alongside the masters from the Fox Guild who followed her faction.

"What?!" she shouted, while landing a hit over a monster that popped out of nowhere towards her, "what do you want? Don't you see I'm busy?"

"I want you to do something for me," William knew she was frustrated not because she couldn't kill her enemies, but because their progress was as slow as snail.

She seemed to think this battle was going to end up fast like lightning. Yet what happened was for all the masters to struggle against their enemies.

"What? Are you insane! Can't you see we are having much trouble already?!!!" she couldn't help but blink twice, before exploding at William's face.

"This must be done," William stressed, "we came here to do something, and we need to do it fast!"

"..." Lara already had her doubts about what William was doing here. At first, she thought he wanted to get rid of the new threat in the underground city. But after directly fighting against those masters for the second time, she couldn't help but feel this goal wasn't realistic at all!

Even if they spent weeks fighting here, the disparity in power was enough to make them fail in the end, or worse. They could win after paying a very scary price, one that even she wasn't willing to do.

Thinking about that made her realise this wasn't William's goal from the start. And she couldn't help but guess vaguely about what he wanted to do.

And now he just asked her an outrageous request, one that meant they wouldn't be able to progress at all. If their current progress was slow, she would never replace it with a status quo situation like what he wanted.

"Trust me," William tugged on her arm, "we'll have our victory on her, but…"

"Not this time," she sighed, deeply sighed when she realised her worst worries were true. William didn't come here with any intention in reclaiming the city. And that meant any more time spent here was pointless.
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"Fine," she finally succumbed to his wish, "but after all this is over, you owe me a big apology and a huge explanation."

"I promise you that," he showed the sincerest look on his face, making her feel he was lying.