Hunter waited till Michael floated beside him.

"Yes I can see you," Hunter calmly said to Michael when he arrived at his side. Hunter looked at the city before him and talked to Michael,

Michael was still in shock at how the heck Hunter could see him. He asked the system only to receive no answers from it.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Hunter asked Michael, looking at the neon city before him.

"It took me years to create this place. But they are trying to decimate it in a few days," Hunter's gaze became as sharp as a sword,

"She was one of them?" for the first time, Michael talked to Hunter,

"Hmm," Hunter nodded,

"I don't know about the place you came from. But here, the noble women would rather lose their lives than sell their bodies," Hunter looked over his shoulder at Monolith,

"That bitch came from one of the proudest families, yet she decided to be my bitch. Do you know why?" Hunter turned his gaze towards Michael. In Hunter's eyes, Michael was a ghostly white smoky silhouette,

Michael didn't say anything as Hunter snickered,

"Because she wanted to capture me more than she wanted to keep her body pure," Hunter creased his brows,

"Do you know why they want to capture me?"

Michael shook his head, although he had a clear idea why.

"Because they are just afraid of me. The weak fear the strongest. They fail to grasp the fact that people are either strong or weak. The strong rule and the weak die,"

"You are right except," Michael looked at Monolith's lifeless body for a second before turning his gaze back to Hunter,

"The strong don't let others play them,"

"Hahahaha" Hunter surprisingly burst into laughter,

"You think I just realized that bitch was a snake? Tsk tsk tsk," Hunter shook his head with a devilish grin,

"The moment she stepped into my circle, I knew all about her history. She just thought she was playing me. I created that illusion around her,"

This time Michael was indeed slightly surprised,

"Then why?" Michael's voice trailed off as Hunter chuckled again,

"You want to know why I didn't kill her right?"

Michael nodded,

"First of all, I fed the Sentinel Prime with phony information through her. Besides, what was the rush? The sex was so great" Hunter shrugged,

"You don't feed a cattle to crown but to slaughter,"

After hearing Hunter, Michael did feel pity for the girl. However, Hunter was apparently using her from the beginning without realizing that she was just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

If the same thing happened to Michael as the guardian guild sent a spy to him, he would have killed the spy.

However, Hunter was ruthless and evil enough to bed them, feed them with phony information, and finally slaughter them in the bed with a broken bottle.

"Enough of me. Tell me why are you here? You looking for something?" Hunter asked Michael,

Michael was just about to make up a story when Hunter surprised Michaell yet again,

"You're searching for the key. Am I right?"

Michael kept his face straight but was startled by Hunter's words. The last thing Michael wanted was to get the key that might enable the holder to travel between universes.

"If you worry about what I would do if I had the key, don't bother. Instead, worry about what she would of if she got her hands on the key,"

Michael heard Hunter's voice turn grave and saw the calmness on his face gradually disappears,

"The Queen," Michael said as Hunter nodded,

"How did you know everything?" Michael couldn't help asking Hunter, who seemed to know a hell of a lot more than him,

"You are not the only one who traveled to other universes Ghost,"

Hunter pulled down the black shirt he wore beneath the long coat to reveal a long deep mark running across his left chest,

"Received this gift from the shadow realm,"

Michael was still in shock, wondering how Hunter managed to know his identity,

"You know, where I came from? We had a Ghost too," Michael's heart skipped a beat as Hunter continued,

"Just his name was enough for the elites to wet their pants. No one can blame them because he was the most dangerous assassin my world has ever seen," Hunter slowly reminisced his time on earth and talked about the most feared assassin of his time,

"When he gets you as his target, you will die. You wouldn't know when or how. Most of the time, the target's family wouldn't even know he or she was actually assassinated. There will be no clue, no trace, or no evidence. Ghost was a myth, a legend,"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 20000 badass points]

The system sounded in his mind and surprised him with the number of badass points he just received,

"Only a selected number of people knew the Ghost existed. Once upon a time, there lived the Ghost..." Hunter said the last few words like he was singing,

"I was among the selected number of people. But suddenly, the Ghost disappeared. Some said he died, some said he never existed, and some believed he just retired,"

"What do you think?" Michael asked calmly,

Michael could tell that Hunter has already decoded his identity by looking at his eyes.

"I think he went to another universe. I think he became a god," Hunter stepped closer to Ghost and looked him in the eyes,

"I think he traveled through the shadow realm and standing before me,"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 30000 badass points]

"So I assume I'll be the first man to see the Ghost and live to tell the tale," Hunter smirked,

"Luckily for you, I am retired. Hunter Blade"

This time, Hunter raised his brows in shock. He had no idea how Ghost recognized him. Granted Hunter used the same name he had back on earth but he was transmigrated into another body. There was no way in hell he looked the same as he did on earth. Yet, Ghost recognized him.

"The youngest dictator in the history of the earth. The man who took the throne of Kingdom Blade at the age of six. The most dangerous modern-day dictator to walk the earth. The last time I heard, you were building more nuclear missiles. What happened Hunter? They blew up in your face?"

Michael chuckled and so did Hunter,

"Not on mine," Hunter grinned,

"Let's just say I reset the clock of earth before coming to this universe,"

The cold devilish grin on Hunter's face made Michael think the worst. Still, Michael had no one he cared for and loved back on earth. So whatever Hunter did to earth failed to upset Michael.

"Look Ghost. We are both from the earth, and that makes us kinda brothers in arms," Michael chose to remain silent, so Hunter would give him more information without him asking,

And just as Michael expected, Hunter talked more about the Queen and the key.

"We are more happy and free in our respective universes. No matter how powerful and feared we were back on earth, it cannot be compared to what we have in our own universes," Hunter slowly turned his gaze back to the city outside and sighed,

"But something threatens what I'm building here,"

"The Queen," Michael said as Hunter nodded,

"You reek of Queen's scent Ghost. If I am right and I usually am, you had already come across one of her generals,"

Michael creased his brows,

"When I say generals, it's not the human generals you might have met. These abominations could end all life on a planet within a few hours. So imagine what their queen is capable of,"

"You fought one of these generals?" asked Michael curiously, but he saw Hunter shook his head with a tired smile,

"I am powerful but not powerful enough to defeat the generals. In fact, neither of us could defeat them. At least not yet and we cannot defeat the queen alone. That's why I want to help you locate the key. We can die fighting alone or live standing together,"

Michael pondered everything Hunter said for a few moments before breaking the silence,

"Hunter, how did you know everything? If you already went to the Shadow realm, what stopped you from getting the key?"

"I don't remember anything except killing hundreds of skinless ugly bastards. How many universes have you gone to?" Hunter's answer disappointed Michael but when he looked into Hunter's eyes, Michael didn't see any signs of Hunter lying to him.

"Two including yours,"

"You went to Etheria?"

Michael nodded only to see Hunter deeply exhale,

"Then you have one more universe to go to. The most powerful and dangerous universe of them all,"

Just by hearing the seriousness in Hunter's voice, Michael could draw an idea about the next universe he was about to travel to.

"It's where everything began," Hunter clenched his fist.

"Those fucking idiots," Hunter cursed the mages in his mind.

Hunter deeply regretted letting the mages open the ancient pyramid. If he had known at that time the queen's general was caged in the pyramid, he would have stopped them by any means necessary. Now he had to find a way to stop the queen's general before it broke the rest of the shackles put by the ancient gods.

"Here," Shoving his anger to the corner of his mind, hunter flicked his wrist as black card with a golden lion head embossed on it appeared in his hand,

Hunter tossed the card towards Ghost as Michael caught the card in mid-air. Surprisingly, Michael was able to touch the card despite his ghostly form.

"This is a calling card. With this, I can travel to the universe and you can visit mine. Remember the card can only be used once. If the general in your world broke its shackles, use the card. I'll do the same when the time comes,"

Michael looked at the card before putting it into his storage. Although Michael had no love for Hunter, he was right. With his current level, Michael didn't think he could stand a chance against the queen's general. If his instinct were right, the hydra might be the queen's general in his world.