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

there was one thing I understood after looking at the forest,

figures below. If my guess wasn't wrong. They had most likely taken

channeling the mana inside

"Let's go."

***

sped into a vast canopy of white, leaving behind a sunken trail

we

was going, added with

the distance, Ava

"We're close."

she tapped her right hand on

"Stop."

wolf came to a

distance, her face

coming to a

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

shield which was still cocooned

"Burp, we stopping?"

burp,

"Wow."

he stumbled a couple of steps. Stabilizing his footsteps, he stared at the half-filled

a lot stronger than

was no longer needed. Any more and

eyes, Ava adjusted the

we can only

one of the mountains, and so, Ava realized

flute and blew on

Tootle too~

the

onto the

two, we're probably going

"Finally."

his shield

"Burp…"

Leopold wordlessly took out a gun-like device and rested it on

might help me sober up a

***

"Stop."

I stopped Angelica from

little,

something wrong with

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,

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

guard up the whole time, yet, I was unable to realize

That was until now.

I extended my hand forward and raised my

"What are you doing?"

asked. Confused by

in a low

"…just checking something."

eyes and sensing the mana in the air, I stopped my finger at a particular point. Making sure that I

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 only one

"As I expected…"

together, I felt a

But.

have time

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

get ready, it looks like we're

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

ignite, and once they did, I was finally able to catch

from before, the area around us was

Angelica and I didn't notice this at all.

body, I pinched my fingers. Feeling a hard sensation on the tip of my fingers, I turned my fingers a bit

"It's these fuckers…"

of a nail appeared in-between my

managed to trap us

for me to notice them. Our attention was focused elsewhere, resulting in

Rustle—! Rustle—!

rustling sound arose from the distance,

"There is someone here."

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