Chapter 441: Unexpected Visitor

"Father?"

"I’m speaking as a family head right now."

"Oh! Understood. Yes, family head. May I ask why you called me? I gave you the report two days ago. Their movement is minimal, but the government seems to have taken a few countermeasures. It will be quite hard to approach him, but I’m working on it."

"It doesn’t matter. Go back now."

"Sorry?"

"Go back now. We’ve got a situation. I’ve just been informed by our guy in immigration. Apparently, Bifang is coming here."

"Excuse me? Bifang? What is happening?"

"I’m not entirely sure, but our Bifang is going to come here in seven days. Go back right now. The country is moving as well, and I’m not going to back down."

"Understood, family head."

The woman hung up and looked at the horizon before letting out a long breath. "Home advantage... This is going to be fun."

...

Meanwhile, Ellia had arrived at the store hugging a long briefcase. She put it down in front of Auric and opened it, showing a long black sword. "This is my spare sword. You can do anything you want with it."

Auric scratched the back of his head. "Sure. I’ll work on it."

Ellia then took out his passport and slid it across the table. "This is your passport. Unlike going to other countries in the European Union Great Base, you need a passport to fly to another Great Base. Everything has been settled, and it will remain valid for five years. Has anyone briefed you about the long flight?"

"My grandfather was supposed to do that," Maya lazily responded.

Ellia had heard about the lineup, so she nodded and said, "All right. Just to let you know that international flights and intercontinental flights are different.

"The former will be a low-altitude and low-speed flight. However, the latter will be a high-altitude and high-speed flight. At that speed, you will rarely encounter beasts strong enough to catch up. However, encountering beasts in your path and accidentally hitting them will probably result in your death. It’s almost guaranteed.

"The plane is following the old model. This means no one will be able to come out to protect the plane from the beasts ahead.

"Meanwhile, low-altitude flight allows a plane to have an outside cabin, which allows you to fight outside in case you encounter flying beasts."

"That’s encouraging." Auric nodded calmly.

"So, if you are going on a flight like this, make sure you put all the luggage into the space storage. Then, prepare some oxygen tanks and masks in case you will have to exit the plane using Void Step. You’ll probably have to fight in a low-oxygen environment, so it’s best to prepare."

"Understood." Auric nodded.

"Your life takes priority over your secret."

"I know."

"Good. That’s all I want you to know. The rest of the briefing will be handled by Sir Mathias. Also, since you are there on vacation, you will be staying in my hotel. We’ll proceed with the original plan, but keep Sir Mathias in the loop."

"You got it."

"In that case, see you in a week."

"You are a worrywart, Ellia." Stella chuckled. "It will be fine. You guys are not being chased by that organization anymore. As long as you keep everything straight, we will be back in no time."

Ellia abruptly halted her steps. "Did you just say we’ll be fine in front of me?"

"W-What?" Stella was startled.

Ellia’s eyes turned cold as she glared at Stella. "Did you just try to endanger the person you’re trying to protect?"

"..." Maya, who was lazily resting her head on the table, couldn’t help but rise from her seat.

"Hmm? What’s going on?" Katarina came out of the bathroom, wondering what was going on.

"She just said the F-word." Maya pointed at Stella.

"Fuck?" Katarina raised her eyebrows. "I mean, we all have cursed others, right? I don’t think Ellia is the type to mind someone cursing.

"No, not that ’F.’ The ’F.’"

"Oh!" Katarina scratched the back of her head. "We’re not going there to hunt beasts, so... that one should be the ’Q’ word, but since we’re there on vacation..."

"Yeah, especially since Ellia is a businesswoman." Maya chuckled.

Katarina sighed. "I will need to do another recon then."

Stella tilted her head in confusion. "What’s going on? I didn’t know you were so superstitious. This is just—"

Before she could even finish speaking, the store door was flung open.

"This store is now open! Get me Auric Elfe now!"

"..." All of them were speechless. They turned around to see who dared to actually slam open the door.

It was actually a 13 or 14 year old girl. She was wearing an expensive but graceful dress while puffing her chest out proudly.

Ellia was already glaring at Stella as if she was blaming her for all this. Stella was shrugging while approaching the girl. "Hey, little girl. It’s not nice to slam open the door like that. Besides, don’t you see the ’closed’ sign from the outside?"

"Who are you? Do you think you have the status to speak with me? I am the heir to the great Dexerteeth family. You are a nobody. Step out of my way. With one phone call, I can make you regret it."

"..." Stella was dumbfounded.

When they heard about the family she belonged to, they couldn’t help but recall a certain person.

Floyd Dexerteeth, the number one playboy in the capital city as well as Kallarnos University. He was the one who helped Auric in giving the company back to Ellia when she was in trouble.

The Dexerteeth family was also a prominent family that wasn’t afraid of the Astler family, but it was still ranked lower than the Astler family.

And this one was only the young lady. While she was cherished, her status wasn’t exactly higher than that of everyone here.

After all, the one she was looking for was Auric, the man who created the Sun Store, the Moon Store, and the Unique Temple. A pioneer who was on another level than the others.

Next to him was Stella. She used to be the most prominent elite from Dermania, but after following Auric, she had finally become the world’s youngest Rank 5 human. While the world had yet to know that she had become the youngest Rank 5 human, it didn’t change that fact.

There was also Katarina. Her family might not be as powerful as those of the others here, but her position as the heiress had become absolute. Besides, she had the help of the Kefflin Brothers as well as her own family. With the ability to mobilize three Rank 6 humans, she was definitely not inferior to anyone.

Maya was too lazy to bother. She might just be one of the five children in the family, but her family was the unique Relesha family. If she ever wanted the family to take action, they wouldn’t mind massacring the Dexerteeth family, just as they had done to another family in the past.

Then, there was Ellia, the richest woman under twenty. Her position as the next heir had been secured. While her movement was still quite restricted, the financial power she could move was beyond anyone in this place.

Compared with a mere young lady from the Dexerteeth family, not a single one of them was truly inferior.

"You sure it’s just superstition?" Katarina laughed, teasing Stella.

Stella’s eyebrow twitched. Before she could even open her mouth, a man rushed in.

"Meaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Auric couldn’t help but recognize that voice.

A young man slightly older than him entered the store. He hurriedly grabbed the back of her head and pushed her head down. "Sorry, sorry. I’m really sorry. This girl must have said or done something bad!"

Ellia rolled her eyes, feeling tired about this already.

"Well... isn’t this Floyd?" Katarina grinned. "Your sister?"

"Student Council President?" Floyd froze. "No, wait. Lady Maya from the Relesha family and even Ellia?"

Floyd turned pale. He never thought he would see all of them here.

"Well, it seems that she’s your sister. Don’t you want to know what she just said before? I can probably send some information to the Relesha family and the Astler family about your family. Digging up dirt is my family’s specialty." Katarina grinned.

Floyd panicked. "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!"

Auric just facepalmed and let out a long sigh. "Can’t you just tell me why you would come to my store today without even telling me about it?"

Floyd took a deep breath, but his sister stood back up and began to say, "You are lucky that you—Mmph!"

Floyd covered her mouth and hurriedly pushed her back, while the two bodyguards who were supposed to come with them held her and covered her mouth before leaving the store.

"Give me one second! Let me bring those out!"

Floyd exited the store, grabbed a few briefcases from his car, and returned. "I was trying to surprise you, but I feel like I’m the one who is about to get a heart attack."

"Maybe teach some manners to your sister. The brother is a playboy, and the sister is too spoiled." Ellia snorted.

"Hey, I apologize about my sister, but I’m not going to apologize about myself. If my friend here, Auric, is like me, all your worries will disappear." Floyd raised his hand.

"Do you want to die?" Ellia turned cold as she pulled out her sword, placing it right in front of his neck.

"Wait, wait, wait. I apologize again!" Floyd lifted up one of the briefcases and said, "This is what I really came for. The research is finished, and this is the prototype. Thanks to your research, I can finally make these, so I will bring you a few prototypes."