Chapter 198 - Where Is It?
The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Chris watched on as the man disappeared before chuckling to himself.
"Brown, it's time to escape." He said as he walked closer to the array.
'Hopefully that old man stays out long enough for me to break this array.' He thought as he started looking for a way to break the array.
This array was more advanced than the ones he's familiar with, having more nodes that connect, making it difficult to break. But there's one thing few people knew about him, when it came to learning, he was a genius.
With the knowledge he had in arrays, although it was shallow when compared to this one, he was confident that if he was given enough time, then he would be able to break it.
He soon focused fully on breaking the array while the old man was gone.
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At the battlefield.
The Ice Dragon roared angrily before pursuing the duo who were currently out of sight.
But before it got far, it sensed a familiar aura getting close to it and stopped.
"Why have you come?" The dragon spoke in an ice-cold, detached voice.
"You're just as cold as ever, Aetonth." The old man appeared mid-air, standing before the dragon.
"Hmph! That puny human and annoying cat stole my crystal, I must get it back." Aetonth said angrily.
"Oh! No wonder you're awake. Don't kill the boy, I'll retrieve the crystal from the cat." The old man said.
"What about the cat?" Aetonth asked icily.
Even if it wanted to spare Grey, it didn't want to spare Void. To it, Void is more annoying.
"Don't kill any of them." The old man said.
"Hmph! Fine! I'm going back to my cave then." Aetonth said turning around.
'This place is definitely that place, but how come there are people this strong here? I thought it was abandoned?'
"You're quite good, to be able to actually break this array within such a short time." The old man praised before fixing the array once again, but this time, it was more complex.
"Where are we? I recognize this place, I've been here before." Chris asked seriously.
"Oh, try breaking this one and you'll get an answer." The old man said before shutting his eyes again.
At least with this, Chris would be too busy to complain to Brown about how bored he was here.
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'Void, it's here again!' Grey said when he saw Aetonth getting closer to them once again.
As Aetonth flew through the sky, snow fell from behind it, making the area colder.
'I haven't even been able to get a proper rest.' Void complained.
'Well, it's not my problem.' Grey said while preparing to attack.
'Do you think it will let us go if I return the crystal?' Void asked.
Grey was shocked when he heard this, he didn't believe Void would actually think of returning the crystal since it was shiny. He knew just how obsessed he was with shiny things.
Boom!
Aetonth attacked the moment it got there.
The duo managed to block the attack, and Void instantly decided to return the crystal since they might die from Aetonth's attacks.
But his expression changed when he couldn't find the crystal in his spatial storage.
'Where is it?' Void asked.
'Where's what?' Grey had a baffled expression on his face.
'The crystal.' Void said.
'I knew you'd never return it.'