*Pant… Pant…*

The panting sounds echoed from all directions as six people laying down on the ground. They gazed upon the beautiful night sky filled with bright stars.

If they were in a big city, they probably couldn't see it. And with how tired they got from so many practice battles with Rapakha, they felt the night sky looked even more appealing.

Evan started going around to heal their wounds.

When he healed Kai, Rapakha suddenly walked to him, patting his shoulder.

"Healing ability is very rare. It is an ability that can change the tide of a battle. However, you haven't explored all of its wonders. Healing ability might help other people, but it will surely help you. This is my advice." Rapakha smiled.

Evan couldn't understand what he talked about because his priority was to heal others. However, he still recorded what he said in his mind, hoping he could increase his power like him.

Kai gradually rose his body and looked at Rapakha while sitting on the ground. "Elder. Why did you help us? Now that I have seen everything from our battle, it seems you have another reason for helping us. I bet it's not because you only want to reward us, right?"

Rapakha thought for a moment and shook his head. "You don't need to know about it for now. But I can assure you that it won't disadvantage you."

Kai narrowed his eyes, staring at Rapakha for a few seconds before shaking his head. "Since Elder said it that way, I shall not mention it anymore."

"Still, I want to warn you. Your path might be filled with blood, so you need to be careful."

"I will take care of all of my problems." Kai nodded. "Besides, I feel like I have a clue to how I should get stronger."

"That's good." Rapakha nodded.

Listening to their conversation, Tasha got up. She had been using all of her Lightning Magic and Teleportation Magic. Yet, none of her attacks were capable of bringing him down. Even when she teleported him to the sky, he simply turned the ground to the perfect ground to receive him.

Tasha thought that only her Space Magic could make a difference. Unfortunately, she couldn't use it yet due to her limitation. She thought for a moment and clenched her fist.

Michelle, on the other hand, closed her eyes. Her arms were numb after handling two big swords for a long period of time. She was too tired to even do something after this.

Still, a smile was planted on her face as she couldn't help but feel excited to know that there was a huge possibility waiting for her. Although her strength wasn't enough to handle the two swords, she knew that everything would be fixed as long as she got perfect footwork.

As for Ayaka, she also found something ridiculous. She planned to make some heavy equipment and wore them all over her body. At that time, she could choose which one would be the perfect equipment for her. This was her family line of business anyway, so researching and making them shouldn't be that hard.

After that, she could start working on control. Since it was better to set your target high, Ayaka decided to get perfect control.

Isabelle had a similar thought. She needed more variations to make her bullet become unpredictable in the future.

However, only Sofia had a different thought than them. Instead of thinking about her improvement, she kept staring at Kai with a guilty expression.

Although Kai didn't help her as soon as possible, there was actually no wound in her body. It wasn't due to Evan's healing. Instead, this happened because Kai kept blocking Rapakha's attack, where she thought she would be hit.

She felt guilty because she didn't trust him. Yet, her past still hindered her from thinking of him as someone she could trust her back to. In the end, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.

Kai also noticed this and learned everything from Rapakha. Although he didn't know what plagued such a girl, it would be best for him to know about it, so they could make their coordination more amazing for future missions.

However, he also didn't want to corner her like that. The only thing he could do was to wait for her to open up to them herself.

"By the way, when are you going to leave?" Rapakha asked.

"The pilot is on the island anyway. If you want me to leave, I can do it right away. But the scientists here might need some time because we need the base to send an airplane to bring them back." Kai answered.

"I see." Rapakha thought for a moment and nodded. "What are you going to do here then?"

"I am planning to investigate you. Other than that, maybe touring the island with the girls."

"Hehe… Such a sweet tongue. I was alone in my entire life, not because I didn't get married, it was because I chose not to marry. After seeing the protector, I simply had no confidence to fall in love because I was afraid to not have enough power to protect her." Rapakha sighed.

Kai was surprised to see Rapakha opening up like this. Evan already left his side after healing his wounds and went to the others anyway, so Kai decided to prolong this talk by saying. "I am the same. I am afraid that I don't have enough power to protect myself.

"But there is this girl called Michelle telling me that family is built not by one person. Whether it's two, three, four, or more, she doesn't care. What she cares about is that the family will be helping each other, protecting and watching each other's back, and becoming their strength and weakness.

"The strength to protect and keep the family going. And the weakness, so they can keep going for a better future, hoping to turn all the weaknesses to strength." Kai smiled while recalling that scene. It was also at that time, Kai fell in love with Michelle.

Looking at his expression, Rapakha smiled. "I see. What a splendid girl…"

"The others are also doing everything they could to help me like how I try to help them. And at that time, I realize that this might be the love and family that I dream about. We are getting stronger to protect each other and become their strength at their weakest. That's why I know that I need to be responsible for each of them.

"I respect their wish and will try everything in my power to fulfill their wish. And they… They are even prepared to throw their goal and wish just to give a push on my back. How can I disappoint them? I know that the bases want to repopulate the Earth, but that's why I don't want to have someone contradictory with them even if I need to sacrifice my own love for that person.

"I think at that point, it's not love anymore. It's lust. Luckily, I don't have a case like this yet, and I am not planning to have one in the future." Kai couldn't stop smiling when he talked about the girls.

Rapakha could tell what kind of person Kai is. "Then, I shall give you my blessing. There is a belief that the head of Rapa Nui people can give a blessing to their most respected person… That's why I am praying for you to achieve your goal. I don't know how the world will spin in the future, but I decide to gamble it on you, young man."

Kai's body shook, never expecting Rapakha to do this. They were not close enough to do this, but Kai could feel that Rapakha was sincere about this. He bowed his head with a smile. "Thank you, Elder."

"Good. Let's go back to the house first. You can play around the island until everyone is going home."

"I understand. We shall enjoy ourselves here." Kai nodded and followed Rapakha to the stone house along with the others.

After sleeping through the night in that house, Kai toured the island and enjoyed the beauty instead of investigating.

Of course, they returned to the base first, finding that Carissa had taken care of everything. The pick up would come in three days to isolate the island for a few weeks. They decided not to bring back any equipment because President Brent still wanted to investigate the island.

Even if he couldn't get anything more, he hoped there would be a chance to use that place to be their base to cross the Pacific Ocean. Besides, they might be able to find anything about the Ancient Protectors in that area.

Kai understood his intention and didn't stop him. However, his ability was limited, and his time was related to the mission, so he didn't have any intention to stay on the island unless his teacher asked him.

But Ria Ross would surely keep her silence because there was no point in sending Kai there. Instead, she was planning for something bigger, and she kept it secret from Kai and the others until she had gotten the information needed.

Of course, Kai also had no problem. He also wanted to see what kind of truth behind this apocalypse anyway. As long as it wasn't too dangerous to the point it was impossible, he would surely participate.

He could ask for more reinforcement anyway, so there was no need to hesitate.

Three days later. The airplane came, bringing every scientist and fighter on the island. Kai also returned together with them. Of course, the jets were also dispatched because Kai was in the airplane. President Brent would surely keep his promise anyway.