Afterworld, Sal and the others had reached Hangan's office which is very clean and neat that it shows a great contrast with the gloomy and sorrowful atmosphere in the Afterworld.
"The person you are looking for lives in the deepest part of the Afterworld, as you might know, and might know not know, the mist around the Afterworld has a hypnotizing effect that will cause a person to lost their sense of direction, and the effect of the mist is the strongest at that area, unless you are very familiar with the environment there, if not you will guarantee lost and never been able to get out of that area." said Hangan while burning an orb on a purple fire until the orb glows with purple light.
"Is there any solution to that issue?" Sal asked.
"Well, yes, of course. This orb can act as your compass. Its color will change based on different distances and directions from this fire source, when it is near to this fire source, it will be in purple color variations. At different directions, it will present a different range of colors. The only problem is that I never use it and never needed to use it before, so I'm not very certain of the color changes, so... You need to experiment it on your own." said Hangan as he placed the orb into a crystal lamp.
"Why did he sound like some really irresponsible NPC?" said Xenoo who gets pinched by Sal.
"Take this with you, it can last for three hours." said Hangan while handed the lamp to Sal.
"Mmm... He is an NPC." said Athena with an 'I get it look'...
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After a while, Sal and the others are on the way to their destination, Sal had figured out how to use that lamp from Hangan. Within a kilometer from the office/ fire source, it will show a purple color light, the nearer, the brighter, after exiting the one-kilometer range, it will be varies depending on the directions they headed to, North will be black to dim greyscale light and eventually turned white, east will be red, south yellow and west blue. Since the place they are heading to is at the southeast, so the lamp now shows a whitish orange light which indicates that they are very near to their destination. However, they are currently facing some rather tricky issues, their path is blocked by a 'wall' of deformed souls and hungry spirits.
"Hmm... That irresponsible NPC never informed us about this." said Sal.
"Now even Sal-kun admitted that he is an NPC." said Athena.
"So, what should we do about this? Should we just destroy it?" Xenoo asked.
"We can't, I heard it from Terence before, this kind of spirit is different from any creature we had encountered before, our attack would not be effective on it, moreover, this looks like a prison facility and we really don't want to do any vandalism here." said Sal.
"Then what should we do?" Xenoo asked, rather annoyed.
Sal stared at that wall of spirits and souls, trying to find any weak point of it as he scheming through all the available knowledge he has that might be helpful. Suddenly, the wall opened on its own. Sal turned around and saw Hangan in his formal outfit and fan.
"Sir Hangan, I thought you are not coming with us." said Sal, a bit confused.
"Well, I suddenly remembered that Enma-sama wants me to escort you guys here and it happens that I need to open this wall for you." said Hangan while adjusting his glasses.
"Ah... I see, thanks for the hard work." said Sal, rather awkward as he felt they are obviously getting tricked by that evil glasses.
"So, should I get him out and send him to Null Dimension for you?" Hangan asked in a rather casual tone.
Sal took a deep breath, tried to hold in his anger. Fortunately, he is wearing his mask if not, he will be showing a 'are you playing with me?' look.
"We would be glad if you could." said Sal with a forced smile, despite of wearing a mask.
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*pink bubbles alert, not suitable for lonely person.
Meanwhile, Null Dimension, Black Cross quarter. Dark Prince is out for some important matters, leaving that pair of sweet couple alone in the room.
Rei is leaning in the King's arm with a rather dreamy look, the King gently brushed her hair before landed a soft kiss on her smooth and tender cheek. She snuggled his arm before stared into his eyes with her big shiny black eyes.
"Anything bothering you?" he asked with the gentlest voice he could.
"My Lord, how long would you stay at my side this time?" she asked.
"Well, I will have to go back as soon as I get my matters done here." said the King.
"Am I considered as a nuisance for wanting to stay with You a bit longer?" she asked.
"No, not at all. It might be a yes for other girls, but for you, you are never a nuisance." said the King while gently caressing her face.
"How about... that red-haired girl in London? Is she not a nuisance too?" she asked in a rather jealous tone.
The King silenced a few seconds as he heard that question from Rei.
"Rest assured, she is nothing compared to you... But... There is a thing I would want to let you know." said the King.
"What... is it?" she asked, rather uncertain if she could take what he is going to say or not.
"I would want to get her back here." said the King, which totally silenced Rei.
She snuggled his hand and hid her face into his chest, refused to show him her sad emotion...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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