It was very quiet underground. 

Xia Lei spaced out as he stared at the silver piece of metal he had brought out of the underground chamber. 

Da Vinci said it was a portion of an angel’s sword. The Knights Hospitallers then coined it God’s Metal and were willing to get their hands on it no matter the cost. Da Vinci didn’t have any conclusive results from his studies while the Knights had paid a terrible price for it\. This was the piece of silver metal’s story. It was a mysterious piece of ancient alloy indeed. 

‘If it is merely a piece chipped off the sword, where is the rest of it? Could it be with the Knights Hospitallers? Perhaps they wanted this piece to complete the entire sword?’ This was what Xia Lei thought to himself. 

In a moment, his left eye twitched again as he summoned his X-ray vision. 

When he looked at the piece of ancient alloy, his vision turned dark. It felt as if he was close to death. It gave off an aura of dread and despair. This time, he did not ‘fall into the darkness’ nor was he afraid. His...