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.

approach slowly. There's most likely going to be a lot of traps ahead, so

thing I understood after looking at the forest, it

had most

channeling the

"Let's go."

***

a vast canopy of white, leaving behind

do we need to

going, added with the fiercely blowing wind,

distance,

"We're close."

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

"Stop."

wolf came to a halt

into the distance, her face

to a stop, Hein got

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

of precaution, Hein took out his shield which

"Burp, we stopping?"

a loud burp, Leopold also

"Wow."

steps. Stabilizing his

lot stronger than I

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

eyes, Ava adjusted the beanie

we can only walk for

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 air,

clenching onto the flute, Ava proceeded to head up

careful you two, we're probably going to encounter

"Finally."

shield

"Burp…"

Leopold wordlessly took out a

help me

***

"Stop."

hand, I stopped Angelica

a little,

wrong

the place. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have entered the forest, but since it was the only way

with the place, I couldn't quite explain

my guard up the whole time, yet, I was unable

That was until now.

me, I extended my hand forward and raised

"What are you doing?"

Confused by my

in a low

"…just checking something."

and sensing the mana in the air, I stopped my finger at a particular point. Making sure that I wasn't sensing wrongly, I slowly

Pluck—

a guitar, a plucking sound reverberated throughout the air, It was then that I was finally able to catch a glimpse of an invisible string in the

"As I expected…"

my fingers together, I felt a wet

But.

time to care about

on the sheath of my sword, I got ready to attack

get ready, it looks like

three cards from my bracelet,

they did, I

string from before, the area around us

fact that Angelica and I

on the tip of my fingers, I turned my

"It's these fuckers…"

small spider the size of a nail appeared in-between my fingers. In fact, it was probably even

managed to trap

made it hard for me to notice them. Our attention was focused

Rustle—! Rustle—!

arose from the distance, and three figures showed

"There is someone here."

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255