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.

to be

looking at the forest, it was that it was the perfect place to

wasn't wrong. They had most

started channeling the mana inside

"Let's go."

***

vast canopy of white, leaving behind a sunken trail

we need

the wolf was going, added with the

distance, Ava squinted her

"We're close."

faded, she tapped her right

"Stop."

to a halt and

into the distance, her face had a

a stop,

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

Hein took out his shield which was

"Burp, we stopping?"

loud burp, Leopold also

"Wow."

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

is a lot stronger

was no longer needed. Any more and

eyes, Ava adjusted the

looks like we can only walk

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

flute and blew

Tootle too~

rang in the air,

clenching onto the flute, Ava proceeded to head up the

you two, we're probably going

"Finally."

his shield which was shining

"Burp…"

another burp, Leopold wordlessly took out a gun-like device and rested it on his

might help me sober up a

***

"Stop."

stopped

down a little, I squinted my

wrong with this

we entered the forest, I 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

something was wrong with the

whole time, yet, I

That was until now.

I extended my

"What are you doing?"

asked. Confused

answered in

"…just checking something."

a particular point.

Pluck—

plucking sound reverberated throughout the air, It was then that I was finally able to catch a glimpse of an invisible string in the air. Not

"As I expected…"

felt a wet sensation. It was

But.

have time to care about

sheath of my sword, I got ready to

it looks like

from my bracelet,

they did, I was finally

the area around

about this was the fact that Angelica and I didn't notice this at all.

on the tip of my fingers, I turned my

"It's these fuckers…"

of a nail appeared in-between my fingers. In fact,

they managed to trap us

notice them. Our attention was focused elsewhere, resulting in this crappy

Rustle—! Rustle—!

from the distance,

"There is someone here."

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