That afternoon, a man walked into the tent, even before he entered Zhao Bing could feel his aether in the air, the fifth tier. Once he walked in, the scent of ozone filled the tent, it felt like a storm just walked in pure ions before the rain. Behind him, two familiar faces escorted him, the man and woman from the morning, whose names he hadn't gotten yet.

  "Zhao Bing, fifth rank, born twenty-fift September, aged 60, affiliated to the university of Aniu-lang. Did I get all that right?" The same enthusiastic man from before asked

  Zhao Bing nodded.

  "Mind telling me why an affiliate of The university of Aniu appears in front of my company. A company, mind you, guarding one of the empire’s ward nodes, does Aniu-lang wish to provoke the Immortal king?" He inquired

  “A coincidence." Zhao Bing explained

  “A coincidence? You expect me to believe that, you appeared in front of one of the empire’s most valuable asset without tracks and you expect me to just believe coincidence?”

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  “Will you fight me?"

  The question gave everyone pause, the four heads in the room turned to the origin of the question. The man for his part kept his cool, eyes trained on Zhao. The enthusiastic man looked like he wanted to say something but thought better of it.

  "What?" Zhao Bing asked

  "For your freedom" the man continued “Spar with me, a round and I will get you a vehicle into the city right now, if you want. What do you think?”

  Zhao Bing waited a while before he replied, hoping one of his entourage would desuade him. When he saw none of them try to stop the man, they just stared between each other and the man but his focus remaind squarely on Zhao Bing. When Zhao Bing realized he would have to answer, he blurted out.

  “Uhm….. who are you?”

  Everyone was stumped at his reply but not the man, he took it in stride.

  “I am the commanding officer of this camp, you may call me captain Altan Niraj, this are my first lieutenant Lanka Viaan." He pointed at the enthusiastic fellow. "My second lieutenant miss Yasemin Leyla and I am sure you have met corporal kahil Raj” captain Altan Niraj finished. “Now, from the report, it says you are a water elementalist, that you didn't try to escape gives me some relief to your intentions. So how about my offer?”