Chapter 302 - 067 – Entering The Cultivation Chamber

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lirian asked in a cold voice.

Izlandi's eyes widened with shock as she looked Lirian in the face, she felt a shooting pain through her arm where Lirian was grabbing her, and in just a few seconds she lost all her feeling in the arm.

"I-I-I, y-your mask slipped off," she squealed in embarrassment and offered the mask back to Lirian.

Lirian frowned and touched his face, 'It's that dream again, it's affecting even my instincts, what would have happened if it was an enemy just now getting so close?' he wondered with worry and released Izlandi's arm.

Izlandi felt her arm fall limply against her body, the feeling was completely gone, "M-my arm, what did you do to it?" she asked with worry as she tapped it and felt nothing at all.

"I hit a pressure point, you'll get your feeling back in an hour," Lirian said coldly, "Now explain yourself, my mask was on my face, which is not where your hand was," Lirian said.

Izlandi looked at Lirian nervously, "I-I-I… it's just that… you, I mean your face, are you a g…" but before she could finish speaking Lirian cut her off.

"Don't. You Dare. Call. Me. The 'G' Word!" he uttered through gritted teeth, as his entire face went red with anger and shame.

Izlandi took a small step back, and shut her mouth while vigorously nodding her head, she felt like she had almost triggered an extremely life-threatening trap.

'I guess that was an answer in of itself, he is a man,' she thought with her eyes flickering to his crotch.

"I used the capsule last night!" she blurted out with excitement, it was also her attempt to prevent any further awkwardness, then she quickly started to narrate the events.

Lirian nodded, "That was bold of you to use it on so many people," Lirian said while rubbing his chin as he was lost in thought.

"If you can make a more potent version of the poison, could it kill a knight?" Izlandi asked, with that question her choice was clearly made, it was her telling Lirian that she was prepared to do what ever it takes to obtain her freedom.

Lirian turned to her with surprise, it was rare that a person would be so undisturbed after taking their first life, let alone, the numbers that she killed on her first assassination.

'Don't tell me that she is one of those psychopaths,' Lirian thought with a sigh, it did happen occasionally, after a person takes their first life they get addicted to the thrill of causing death.

To have the power to determine the life and death of many, was easily one of the most addictive feelings in the world.

"It won't be able to kill a knight," Lirian said, "But it will weaken one to the point that even a novice will be able to harm the knight," Lirian lied, unfortunately the ingredients had a limit in their ability, and Lirian would bet that unless it was a god, no one else would have been able to come close to bringing out the effects of the ingredients to such a degree.

Someone of the third grade could not be brought down so easily, at best the poison would cause a person of the third grade some pain.

But that didn't matter, all that Lirian wanted was to get into that cultivation chamber and he didn't care if he had to lie.

Besides this girl seemed to be trouble, with her strange personality, Lirian wondered how long it would be before she tried to kill him or sell him out for power, it would be better if she died trying to kill her father.

After that Lirian planned to kill everyone in House Kurt, he wanted to make sure that there was going to be no trail of him ever being here, for that to work, he needed to get rid of Reyna and her squad, he especially needed to repay Colten for torturing him.

Then he needed to track down the people of the auction house to get rid of all off them, a slave that almost sold for 610 gold, was bound to raise some discussions if word spread.

"There is going to be a funeral procession for all the novices who tragically died," Izlandi said rolling her eyes, "I'm currently on the outs with all the nobles, so it won't raise many questions if I don't attend and sneak you in at the time," she said with a happy smile.

Lirian nodded with a smile, 'Finally!' he shouted in his head gleefully, 'Things are finally going the way I need them to,' he thought.

"Now to think of a way to sneak you in?" Izlandi said thoughtfully as she rested her chin in her palm.

"Oh, that's easy," Lirian replied, "I'm quite small in size, get all your alchemy items packed and hide me in one of the chests, no one will search them if it's you bringing it in," Lirian said.

"This isn't your first time sneaking into an important place is it?" Izlandi asked with a curious smile.

Lirian chuckled wryly, he was genuinely feeling happy for the first time in a long while, "Not my first, and I doubt its going to be my last," he laughed.

Izlandi stood transfixed in her spot as she looked at Lirian with a mesmerised gaze, she felt like it was the first time she saw him show an emotion so genuinely, she had no clue why this made him so happy, 'Maybe he is just like me?' she thought while feeling lost in his smile.

"If that's the case, then there is no need to wait, I can get you into a cultivation chamber before noon today," she said with a smile.

Lirian raised his brow in surprise, "Can you arrange a room that no one will be able to disturb me in on such short notice?"

"You can just use my chamber, no one uses it except for me," Izlandi smiled proudly, "I guess you'll get to be the first exception," she said and licked her lips.

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An hour later Lirian was stuffed inside a chest it was a little uncomfortable due to his legs, but other than that it was surprisingly cosy.

"Be careful with that one it has fragile content," Lirian heard Izlandi say as the chest he was in was being lifted.

'I'm fragile content,' Lirian sighed in acceptance as the chest was lifted and carried down five flights of stairs and finally loaded in the carriage.

All Lirian could hear was the sound of the horse's hooves, that were pulling the carriage, on the way to the keep.

A half hour passed when the carriage came to a stop, and the great gates that lead into the keep were slowly raised.

Lirian breathed out in anticipation as the carriage moved past the great gate and came to a final stop at the keep's entrance.

Izlandi climbed out of the carriage first and instructed the servants to carry the boxes, she kept a careful eye on the box that contained Lirian, she walked a pep behind the servants as they carried the alchemy tools into her room and through the doors of her cultivation chamber.

Where they were neatly arranged.

[Mission: Survive]

[You have made it into the cultivation chambers of House Kurt without being killed]

[Completed]

[Reward: Knowledge on Nebula-6]

Lirian listened to the systems alert as he entered the cultivation chamber and quickly accepted the reward.

[Nebula-6 is broken down into five main regions, with 6 powers that govern the land]

[There are 12 sentient races that currently reside on Nebula-6]

[Mithland is one of the main regions and is primarily ruled by the humans]

[Vraga is Mithland's neighbour, and the ruling race of Vraga is the orcs]

[Elmguard stands on the opposite end of the world from Mithland and is home to the elven race]

[Lytryn is a far more diverse region, that is home to many of the other races, with its primary power being the Lycan race]

[The last region is the desolation, the largest region of all, however it is home to the infernals that are usually locked behind a barrier, making it very difficult to pass through, 'The Bastion Mountains' and 'Tower Guard act as the main defences when the barrier is removed]

[Unity is a hidden power of Nebula-6 that has spread its reach throughout the four regions, they are regarded as a terrorist group by the other powers and are also seen as symbols of terror to the vast majority of the people of the world.]

[The White Tower is a power that occupies a lone continent at the top of the world, they are recognised as the most powerful group in the world, due to their unique cultivation methods, The White Tower is however a passivist group that strives to maintain the order and balance of power in the world.]

Lirian read through the basic knowledge of the powers that made up Nebula-6, as he waited for Izlandi to signal that it was safe for him to show himself.