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nZhao Luo looked around with confusion written all over his face.

n'Drums of Bellum....so unbelievable.'

nZhao Luo thought while looking around as just a while ago his consciousness had been pulled in some space inside the last drum.

nZhao Luo rubbed his hands together while waiting for some kind of announcement.

nBut one thing was sure.

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"Is this where I will get the reward?

"

nZhao Luo said as he knew that it was time to receive the reward for all the pain he had to go through.

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"Welcome to My World.

"

nZhao Luo heard a voice coming from the azure skies.

nHe looked upwards just to be shocked.

nZhao Luo could see a young man descending from within the Azure skies.

nThat man soon appeared in front of Zhao Luo as he inspected Zhao Luo with a smile on his face.

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"You did well while clearing my War Cry Challenge.

"

nThe man said to Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo was quiet for a while and looked as if he was in deep thought.

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"You mean the Drums of Bellum?

"

nZhao Luo said to the man as he couldn't remember clearing this

"War Cry Challenge

".

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"Hahaha, King's naming sense still hasn't changed.

"

nThat man laughed while making fun of King's naming sense. This King was the one who Bellum had served.

nThe King was the one who had decided to take a mountain as Bellum's resting place.

nAlso storing the things of Bellum in that mountain along with his tomb.

n

"I am Bellum. The 'Drums of Bellum' that you cleared is one of my top weapon sets.

"

nThe man turned out to be Bellum and the owner of the drums.

n'So he is Bellum.'

nZhao Luo thought while looking at the man who was standing in front of him.

nBellum had red hair. Long spike-shaped hair going down gis shoulder.

nBellum was wearing golden armor with a lion designed on it which had a menacing look.

nBellum's features looked chiseled with eagle-like eyes which were staring right into Zhao Luo's eyes.

n

"Young man, are you done looking?

"

nBellum said to Zhao Luo as his smile grew even more.

nFor some reason, Bellum couldn't stop smiling.

nZhao Luo shrugged as Bellum had caught Zhao Luo staring at him.

n

"No need to be nervous. A dead person can't do anything to a living one.

"

nBellum said to Zhao Luo in a sad tone.

n

"Senior...

"

nZhao Luo addressed Bellum as Senior after hearing Bellum's words.

n

"There is no need to be looking down. You should be happy. It's time to reward you for clearing my War Cry Challenge.

"

nBellum said to Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo looked excited.

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"Before I reward you, I will have to deduct some of your points for destroying my precious drum.

"

nBellum said with a serious look.

nZhao Luo remembered the first drum of the fourth row which had made a perverted sound when he had touched it.

n

"But it made a...

"

nZhao Luo stopped as it was hard for him to complete his reason against such an amazing senior.

n

"perverted sound.

"

nZhao Luo completed his sentence barely with an embarrassed look on his face.

n

"Hah, young man. What kind of things have you been going through that made you think of my weapon's cute sound like a perverted one?

"

nBellum with one of his eyebrows raised questioned Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo noticed the disappointed look on Bellum's face.

n'Hah if only I didn't click on it...'

nZhao Luo thought.

nA glimpse of the past appeared in his head.

nA long time ago.

nIt was when Zhao Luo hadn't even traveled to Japan yet.

nAt the time Zhao Luo had a cat who loved playing the sound of the bell.

n'Jingle.'

nAs a proud owner of his cat, there was a time when he was surfing the net looking for a bell collar for his cat.

nThen suddenly a pop-up appeared on his screen.

nIt was like Zhao Luo was reliving this moment of his past.

n'You don't wanna miss this. Your cat with a bell collar is waiting for you!'

nZhao Luo read the video ad and decided to click on it.

nThis was the time when the innocent Zhao Luo came face to face with some bad secrets.

nThe video started as a girl who was wearing a bell collar appeared.

nMost of the sound in the video was that of the bell as the girl moved in all kinds of weird poses.

nSince then Zhao Luo's mind unconsciously considered the sound 'jingle' as perverted.

nWhile Zhao Luo's face was getting red while remembering his dark past, Bellum's sound pulled his reminiscing self back to the present.

n

"Young man I was only messing around with you. Once you are rewarded the destroyed drum will go back to the way it was.

"

nBellum cleared up the tension but he didn't know what was going around in Zhao Luo's mind.

nZhao Luo's glimpse of the past ended with an enchanting 'meow'.

n

"Haha.

"

nZhao Luo laughed awkwardly as he looked down.

n

"Your first reward will be....

"

nBellum spoke as Zhao Luo looked up at him.

nA scroll appeared in Zhao Luo's hand.

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"Open it.

"

nBellum instructed Zhao Luo.

nThe scroll was emanating strange energy that Zhao Luo could feel even when he had yet to open the scroll.

nZhao Luo opened the scroll and started reading the content of the scroll.

n

"Technique of the War Sovereign.

"

nZhao Luo looked at Bellum before returning his sight at the scroll.

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"Soul Shaking War Cry.

"

n'What a powerful name.'

nZhao Luo thought as he learned the technique of the name.

n

"Gather your internal energy around your chest while closing your mouth from any outer interference. After the energy is close to exploding inside your chest, hit your right chest with your index finger then release the energy in the form of sound as you open your mouth.

"

nZhao Luo read the instructions written on the scroll. But it didn't end there.

n

"The power of the technique will increase with the increase in the vassal storing the internal energy and the amount of internal energy used in the attack.

"

nThe description of the technique ended.

n

"So this is, Soul Shaking War Cry.

"

nZhao Luo said as he clenched his fist.

nZhao Luo tried doing exactly as it was written in the scroll.

n

"Fuuuhhhhh.

"

nZhao Luo inhaled and closed his mouth.

nHe had never done this before.

nZhao Luo tried to somehow focus all of his body's energy around his chest but it wasn't working. But Zhao Luo who was trying out a new technique didn't stop yet.

nHe didn't exhale even when his face turned red.

nAfter a few minutes, keeping the air inside his body was becoming hard for him.

n'Is this it?'

nZhao Luo questioned as he looked at Bellum who looking at Zhao Luo with squinted eyes.

n'This must be the moment.'

nZhao Luo could confirm while looking at the expression on Bellum's face and the pain in his chest because of holding his breath.

n'Aaawww~~rrr.'

nZhao Luo roared letting out all the air inside his body.

nUnexpectedly for Zhao Luo his roar came out like a lion cub's roar.

nIt was just a simple sound with nothing special about it unlike the name of the technique.

n'No soul would shatter with this kind of roar.'

nZhao Luo thought.

n

"Hahahaha.

"

nBellum who had been watching couldn't take it anymore as he burst out in laughter.

nZhao Luo was dumbfounded.

n

"Young man do you not know about the internal energy?

"

nBellum asked even though he already knew that Zhao Luo had no idea what internal energy was.

nZhao Luo shook his head as he could already guess that his idea of internal energy was very different.

n

"Then don't be hasty. The technique is yours. Learn it after you master the internal energy.

"

nBellum said with a smile.

n

"Young man do you know I was like you too once? Naive but always confident in my abilities. Never forget who you are and what your goal is.

"

nBellum said to Zhao Luo as he looked far ahead reminiscing about his past.

n'Nod.'

nZhao Luo bowed his head as he listened to Bellum's advice.

n

"It's time to give you your second reward.

"

nBellum said to Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo looked excited.

n'Hope it's a weapon.'

nZhao Luo hoped.

nTo Zhao Luo's surprise, the reward was indeed a weapon.

nBellum raised his arm pointing his hand towards the azure sky.

nSoon the sky split into two.

nA sword descended from the crack in the sky.

nIt stopped in front of Bellum.

nBellum waved his hand towards Zhao Luo which caused the sword to float in Zhao Luo's direction.

nThe sword came to stop in front of Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo could see the beautiful sword in front of his eyes.

nThe sword was fiery red and had tiger markings in the middle of the blade.

nThe markings were so amazing that the tigers looked realistic enough that they would jump out of the sword.

nThe hilt had a red dragon coiling around it.

nThe sword was as big as Zhao Luo.

n'What is this luck?'

nZhao Luo questioned while looking at the tall sword.

n'I know I wished for a weapon and a sword is fine but how am I supposed to swing this?'

nZhao Luo thought while moving to grab the sword by the hilt.

n

"Twing~.

"

nJust as Zhao Luo's grabbed the sword by its hilt, a sound was released from the sword.

n

"Ha, a resonance.

"

nBellum said as he heard the sound released by the sword.

n

"Give it a name.

"

nBellum instructed Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo looked at the sword in his hand that he was barely keeping straight.

n'The fiery color and the beasts.'

nZhao Luo thought as he could see them like they were alive and moving inside the sword.

n

"Ifrit. I will name it ifrit.

"

nZhao Luo called out the name of the sword in his hand.

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