All of a sudden, Baron found himself out in the spectator arena instead of the holding cells of Xuan Feng as he was just a moment ago. This could only mean one thing, somehow he was hit by one of the explosions that he had heard earlier and that he had died an immediate death. Now that he was out, he would have to be a bit careful in how he left, after all, he was sure that there would be a lot of people who would love to know the secret to the brilliant blue weapon developed by Roxi. Although they couldn’t force it out of him, he was sure to be pestered to no end.

He wasn’t exactly sure where the others were at the moment, but they all had an agreement as to where they would all meet up once they came out of the simulation. That was why Baron quickly made his way back to their HQ as fast as he could. After covering himself up in something that no one would be able to notice him in, he slipped out of the spectator arena and out of the Sun Alliance’s huge hall then proceeded to the HQ to meet up with everyone else. Once there, he could see Meng Wu, Guan Yu, Roxi, and Yue Fei all waiting for him. However, he was not expecting Meng Yi and Meng Tian to be there as well.

(BM) “Looks like all of us are gathered. Have you met the Meng Duo Roxi?” Baron greeted everyone.

(RB) “I have, they seem nice,” Roxi responded.

(BM) “Good, good. So, what do you all think of our performance in the last tournament? I think we did extremely well considering the opponents that we were up against.”

(YF) “I have to say, I haven’t really had such a high amount of excitement in my system in so long that I have nearly forgotten the feeling.” Yue Fei said with a smile.

(GY) “Agreed, both of us had been so caught up with the tasks of the elders that we had no idea that we were missing out on so much. I used to wonder how some were able to spend hundreds of years in warfare, but now I begin to understand their reasoning.” Guan Yu added.

(MW) “I just want to add that it was an honor to fight alongside all of you. I thank you for putting your faith in me and my men.” Meng Wu said gratefully.

(BM) “No, no, thank you, for all you and your men have done over the course of the tournament, I think we really could have used your help in the naval and aerial tournaments as well. Haha.”

(MW) “If the time comes that you need to use our service again, please don’t hesitate to call us. I must leave now to get back to my men and take care of other matters. Meng Yi and Meng Tian will continue in my stead.” He said with a bow to the room and promptly left.

(BM) “Meng Yi, Meng Tian, what have the two of you been up to ever since you left the aerial tournament?”

(MT) “Both of us were at the hall of records making sure we did our research on how Wang Qi, Eumenes, and William Bridges fought their aerial battles. We just wanted to make sure that once we face them that there will be minimal room for surprises.” Meng Tian the elder brother gave a quick response.

(BM) “Oh that’s good, were you successful?”

(MY) “We both have our own ideas on how to take the three out, but this would require us to go through a couple of hundred simulations before we can begin to be certain.” Meng Yi the younger brother responded this time.

(BM) “Ah yes, we can begin to do that after the land tournament ends and we collect our prizes. I can’t wait. Think of all the high tech weapons that they have in their treasury.”

(RB) “Hey Baron, can I talk to you, alone?”

(BM) “Of course.”

Roxi and Baron proceeded to leave the others in order to go to another room where they could get a little privacy.

(BM) “What’s up?”

(RB) “I don’t think that I can do this.”

(BM) “Do what? Fight? Kill? You have done plenty of that before, what’s the problem now?”

(RB) “It’s just that on Earth, I was doing it to a couple of hundred people at a time. Now… it’s a couple of thousand to even millions of men. I don’t think I could ever get used to that. I’m sorry.”

(BM) “Hey, don’t worry about it. I won’t force you to do anything that you don’t want to. There might just be something here for you yet.”

(RB) “What might that be?”

(BM) “From what I’ve heard of you from all of your stories is that you like to tinker with weapons and stuff like that right?”

(RB) “Yes, that seems to bring me more joy than the actual use of those weapons to end someone’s life, even if they were never breathing, to begin with. I can’t explain it, but that is just how I’ve always felt.”

(BM) “Guan Yu is in touch with a lot of people, I’m sure at least a few of them will be able to set you up on your journey of weapons research and development. Although I’m sure you have the potential to really kick things into gear once you get the hang of it.”

(RB) “You underestimate me a little too much, Baron. I’ll aim for revolutionizing everything in this industry one thousand times over.”

(BM) “I’m glad you have found something for you here, it’s good to have a goal that can motivate you here on planet 4. A lot of people fall victim to the endless lifestyle of warfare and blueprints and whatever else that they forget that this is the only life that they have so they may as well make the best of it with whatever is available to them.”

(RB) “Hehe, yeah. I wonder how the rest of the tournament is going on now?”