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.

slowly. There's most likely going to be a lot

was one thing I understood after looking at the forest, it was that it

They had most likely taken a shortcut up and were waiting for

channeling the mana inside of my

"Let's go."

***

of white, leaving behind a

do we need

asked as he caught up to Ava. With the speed the wolf was going, added with the fiercely blowing wind,

distance, Ava squinted her

"We're close."

her words faded, she tapped her right hand on the wolf's

"Stop."

a halt and Ava hopped

face had a tinge

to a stop,

"Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Ava replied.

of precaution, Hein took out his shield which was still

"Burp, we stopping?"

burp, Leopold also got

"Wow."

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

lot

quickly put the bottle away. He was already warmed up enough, and it was no

eyes, Ava adjusted the beanie

looks like we can

at the bottom of one of the mountains, and so, Ava realized that going up with the wolves was no

her flute and

Tootle too~

in the air, and the wolfs

the

probably going to

"Finally."

his shield which was

"Burp…"

Leopold wordlessly took out a gun-like device

might help me sober up a

***

"Stop."

hand, I stopped Angelica from moving

a little,

something wrong

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

despite sensing that something was wrong with the

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

That was until now.

of me, I extended my hand

"What are you doing?"

asked. Confused by

answered in a low

"…just checking something."

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

Pluck—

It was then that I was finally able to catch a glimpse of an invisible string

"As I expected…"

a wet sensation.

But.

didn't have time to

on the sheath of my sword, I got

it looks

out three cards from my bracelet, I threw them in

once they did, I was finally able to catch

the previous string from before, the area around

Angelica and I didn't notice this at

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

"It's these fuckers…"

nail appeared in-between my fingers. In fact,

managed

spider's size made it hard for me to notice them. Our attention

Rustle—! Rustle—!

arose from the distance, and three

"There is someone here."

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