Kapis Dimension.
Chris and Ben are slowly approaching the forest with full caution, after devouring those despicable villagers, the carnivorous forest had somehow gone inert. After confirming the forest is under control, they entered the forest. Just as they expected, under that thick forest of gigantic plants is a whole abandoned small kingdom with all the buildings and features still standing up in a recognisable state. From the king's castle to a rural house, and the broken and empty stall of the civilian marketplace.
In the middle of the road which is covered by some huge crawling plants, there are empty carts with torn-up horse ropes hanging loosely on the empty shaft. At the side of a shop building, there are some shattered tables and chairs, among the scattered pieces of the table and chairs there are some porcelain cups that are covered by dirt and vines of the crawling plants along with a broken plate and some silverware, as if someone was still having their meal when this kingdom got abandoned all of the sudden...
Yes, instead of getting abandoned, it gives a vibe that the people in the whole kingdom got wiped up in a blink...
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Chris stared at the porcelain cup on the ground with a thoughtful look.
"Well, I am wondering if we could pretend that we didn't see this and just burn off the whole forest and leave." said Chris, with a slightly fed-up tone.
"Well, I was thinking the same thing, but unfortunately, I don't think we could. No matter how I see it, it gives me a vibe that it is directly related to that pair of daggers." said Ben, equally fed up.
"Or could we pretend that we never know anything about that pair of daggers? Would it be better?" said Chris.
"Haha... That sounds like a good idea." said Ben in a casual tone.
"Great! Let's burn up this whole thing then!" said Chris, who is also in a casual tone...
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Null Dimension. Sky, Maria and Ai are walking in a really dim underground passageway. All of them are wearing hoodies and face masks to cover up their faces.
"Ai-chan... Are you sure we are heading to the right spot?" said Maria who is still a bit sleepy as he got dragged out of bed by Sky.
"Mhmm... The KILLER has a secret hideout here to accept quests from people in Null Dimension. Since most of the KILLER's quests are from Null Dimension, we can usually find Mr. X in that hideout." said Ai as she led both Sky and Maria to a small hidden door at the side of the passageway.
Then, Ai knocked on the door twice. After about three seconds, a tiny window on the door opened, with Ai's eye signal, Sky took out a letter with a golden wax seal and slipped it into the tiny window, as soon as possible Sky slipped the letter in, and the tiny window closed.
Fifteen minutes later, the small door opened, and a lady in a black suit bowed to them and invited them into their hideout behind that door. Behind the door is an average-sized room with some sort of bar-like interior, at the innermost area of the room is a lounge area with a long couch and a wine table made of glass, Mr. X is sitting on the couch, enjoying a glass of cocktail, in his hand is the letter from Sky.
Seeing Sky, Mr X steadily stood up and briefly bowed at him before inviting three of them to have a seat with him.
"I didn't expect to see you again this soon, I shall once again apologize for my rudeness last time. Would you like some drink?" Mr X asked, in a slightly strange attitude that makes people uncertain of how he feels at this moment.
"No, it's okay, let's just save your drink for yourself, for now, we are more interested in the matter we mentioned in that letter." said Sky, in a slightly stern tone.
"I see. Well, I guess I have no choice but cooperate with you guys since we could be in big trouble as well if we left this matter unattended." said Mr. X as he put down his cocktail glass.
"Ah... So you do realise about the crisis right now eh?" said Sky, in a slightly sarcastic tone.
"Well, it's not like I am an idiot. Although that physical dimensional block wouldn't cause much harm to us but if that certain party actually aim to take over this dimension, it will be a big deal to KILLER, we can't just let our biggest 'business pool' got affected by that, right?" said Mr X with a shrug.
"Hmm... That sounds fair enough for me." said Sky, with a shrug as well.
"Anyway, let me just get straight to the point. The boy you are looking for is probably in the Afterworld right now, that time, that high-ranked official from the Afterworld who wears a pair of antique glasses took that boy away from me by force without giving me any relevant reason." said Mr X.
"High-ranked official with antique glasses? You mean Hangan?" Sky asked, rather surprised.
"Hangan? Mhmm... That's his name. But too bad, I don't think it would be an easy job to get into the Afterworld right now. I don't know if you had noticed it or not, but apparently, some unknown idiot had somehow blocked the dimensional link between this dimension and some other places that included the Afterworld. Not even our... I mean your dear Miss Ai could open a portal to the Afterworld right now, you might need to figure out another method to get there." said Mr X...
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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 cause the writer to stop writing."
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