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.

most likely going to be a lot of traps ahead, so

one thing I understood after looking at the forest, it

my guess wasn't wrong. They had most

I started channeling the mana

"Let's go."

***

sped into a vast canopy of white, leaving behind

do we need to

wolf was going, added with the fiercely

distance, Ava

"We're close."

second after her words faded, she tapped her right hand

"Stop."

wolf came to a halt and Ava hopped

distance, her face had a tinge of

a

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

out his shield which was still cocooned

"Burp, we stopping?"

loud burp, Leopold

"Wow."

Stabilizing his footsteps, he stared at the

a lot stronger

the bottle away. He was already warmed up enough, and it was no longer needed. Any more and he might

Ava adjusted the

like we can only

the mountains, and so, Ava realized that going up with the wolves was no longer

her flute and blew on

Tootle too~

melodious tune rang in the

tightly clenching onto the flute, Ava proceeded to

two, we're probably going to encounter a

"Finally."

his shield

"Burp…"

took out a gun-like device and rested it

might help me

***

"Stop."

my hand, I stopped Angelica from

little,

wrong

knew that there was something wrong with the place. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have entered the forest, but since it was the only way that led to the castle, I

with the place, I couldn't quite explain what was

had been keeping my guard up the whole time,

That was until now.

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

"What are you doing?"

asked. Confused by

answered in

"…just checking something."

my finger at a

Pluck—

reverberated throughout the air, It was then that I was finally able to catch a glimpse of an invisible string in the air. Not only one string but in fact a series of them, but, I was

"As I expected…"

my fingers together, I felt a wet sensation.

But.

time to

my sword, I got ready

get ready, it

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

did, I was finally able to catch a glimpse of

string from before, the area around us was

that Angelica and I didn't notice this

tip of my

"It's these fuckers…"

a nail appeared in-between my

wonder they managed to trap

notice them. Our

Rustle—! Rustle—!

the distance, and three figures showed

"There is someone here."

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