The Author's POV

Chapter 495

"Haa...haaa..."

By the time I reached the top of the cliff, I was already starting to feel exhausted. It wasn't because the climb was hard. No, rather, that was the easiest part. The main problem was the constant attacks coming from the monsters in the sky.

"Kow!"

Jumping back and twisting my body in the air, my foot landed on a small ring, and I placed my hand on the sheath of the sword.

Click—!

What followed the low clicking sound was black blood that spilled toward the ground like heavy rain. Whilst this was happening, I twisted my body in the air.

"Huup!"

Placing my right leg on another ring, I propelled my body to the top of the cliff, and I rolled a couple of times.

"Haaa..."

With my back facing the ground, I took a few moments to collect my breath.

"I'm tired."

Getting up, I walked back and extended my hand toward Angelica who was still climbing up.

"Here."

My gesture seemed to have caught Angelica off-guard as she paused for a moment. After a while, she took my hand and helped herself up.

"...Thank you."

"No problem."

Letting go of Angelica's hand and massaging the back of my neck, I finally got a better view of my surroundings.

It was then that I finally spotted it.

"Looks like we're in the right place."

A large black castle at the very edge of the cliff. Above it was a large beacon that attracted the mana in the air, creating a large vortex; closely resembling a tornado.

'Seems like some part of the future is still intact.'

For the castle to be here, meant that not all of the future had changed. I was secretly relieved by this as it meant that I could still make some changes to it.

That aside.

Placing my hand over my forehead, I got a better look at the castle in the distance.

"It looks the same..."

The castle was almost identical to the castle where I first met Everblood, and it didn't bring me any good memories. Sometimes I wished I had never gone into that dungeon, but I knew that it wasn't something I could've controlled.

Leaning a bit, I looked beneath the cliff.

"Are they still following us?"

"No."

Angelica replied, also looking beneath the cliff.

"Strange…"

My brows creased.

"Was I perhaps wrong?"

Were the people really just some random people who had nothing to do with the matter? It was possible.

But I didn't think things were that simple.

"Angelica stay on high alert, there's a high chance we're going to get ambushed."

Regardless, I wasn't planning on letting my guard down.

"…yes."

"Alright, let's get going."

I turned to face the castle in the distance. Surrounding it, and behind it was a large expanse of dead trees, giving off a desolate and cold feeling. Compared to the bottom of the cliff, the trees were a lot denser, and taller, evoking a creepy and ghostly feeling.

If I had to make an estimate of how far the castle was, I would say it was about five kilometers in the distance.

It wasn't that far. In fact, it was quite close.

Even then.

going to be a lot of traps ahead, so be

I understood after looking at the forest, it was that it was the perfect place to create an

my guess wasn't wrong. They had most

I started channeling the

"Let's go."

***

into a vast canopy of white, leaving behind

we

up to Ava. With the speed the wolf was going, added with

into the distance, Ava squinted

"We're close."

even a second after her words faded, she tapped her right hand on the wolf's

"Stop."

came to a halt and Ava hopped

face had

coming to a

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

precaution, Hein took out his shield which

"Burp, we stopping?"

a loud burp, Leopold also got

"Wow."

off, he stumbled a couple of steps. Stabilizing his footsteps, he stared

lot stronger

bottle away. He was already warmed up enough, and it was no longer

her eyes, Ava adjusted the beanie in her

looks like we can only

of the mountains, and so, Ava realized

raised her flute

Tootle too~

rang in the air,

onto the

going to encounter a

"Finally."

his shield which

"Burp…"

Leopold wordlessly took out a gun-like device and

me sober

***

"Stop."

I stopped Angelica from moving

little, I squinted my

wrong

was something wrong with the place. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have entered the forest, but

sensing that something was wrong with the place, I couldn't quite explain what

the whole time, yet, I was unable to

That was until now.

area in front of me, I extended my hand forward and raised

"What are you doing?"

Confused by

in

"…just checking something."

at a particular point. Making sure that I wasn't sensing wrongly, I slowly moved my

Pluck—

reverberated throughout the air, It was then that I was finally able to catch a glimpse of an

"As I expected…"

a wet sensation. It

But.

didn't have time to care

hand on the sheath of my sword, I got ready to attack at any moment

get ready, it looks like we're

hand and taking out three cards from my bracelet, I threw them in different directions. Left, right,

once they did,

before, the area around us was

I didn't notice this at all. Upon closer look, I

the tip of my

"It's these fuckers…"

my fingers. In

wonder they managed to trap us

for me to notice them. Our attention

Rustle—! Rustle—!

arose from the distance,

"There is someone here."

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