TO THE TREE OF A REALM (3)
Thanks to Amoura and Logan's guidance, the supposedly 2 day travel to the Tree of a Realm was shortened for a day. They also proved their promise to protect Syton and Stalane. Every time there's a dangerous dera Logan will easily kill it and Syton watched his every move carefully, trying to learn something out of him.
When their feet finally touched the area of Tree of a Realm, Amoura turned around to Syton and Stalane. She gave her brightest smile.
"We're here. Both of us achieved our promises so it's time for us to go in our separate ways." Amoura started.
Syton furrowed his brows as he does not remember doing any of their part yet.
"What happened to the people who was chasing after the both of you? I thought we will be your bait?" Syton asked.
Amoura smiled more after what Syton said. "Exactly. It's your turn to do your job."
Stalane and Syton was confused at what she meant by that. But a second later, their vision suddenly got blurry.
"Don't worry, you'll be awake after 2---no probably 3 hours. We'll also put some barrier around you so no deras would be able to harm you. We just need to let those two to get distra----" Amoura's voice was getting softer and softer until Syton and Stalane could no longer hear her anymore.
Both Syton and Stalane fell into the ground as they fall asleep.
Amoura blew some air out of her mouth. She carried Stalane while Logan carried Syton. They put them inside the barrier they created using a card that they own.
Amoura looked from afar before whispering to Logan.
"Let's go. Those two might catch up on us. We still need to finish our mission"
Logan nodded before they put on their mask. They ran deeper the area until they finally saw the large tree, which is the Tree of a Realm.
"It's up there? We'd probably take months before we arrived on top of it" Logan said.
"We're not climbing all the way on the top. We're only climbing quarter of it" Amoura said.
After that, she summoned another card. The card helped them to climb faster on the tree.
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On the other hand, Vier and Nueve were able to chase after their target once again. On their way, they encountered a lot of traps which Vier took down easily. After what they've went through Vier became more serious, and colder to Nueve.
Nueve was sulking on how Vier treats him. He even went to tell Wu about Vier's action but Wu ignored him as well.
Nueve pouted as he murmured, "I actually did a good job for getting out of the illusion within 4 hours. Usually, I would take longer. Why can't he appreciate that I improved?"
"Shut up and be quicker!" Vier coldly ordered.
Nueve shivered in fear so he can't help but to shout as an answer, "Yes!"
Nueve infused more mana on the compass so he could accurately see where those Annex members went. The compass was given to him by his dice after he rerolled it earlier.
Hours later, they saw two bravers inside a barrier. One was lying on the ground, while the other one was quietly watching his companion, as if guarding it.
Nueve realized who the two braver was. Nueve widened his eyes in surprise. Vier noticed this so he got confused.
"What? Is that the two Annex members?" Vier asked.
Nueve shook his head. "Those two are the bravers that I mentioned to you before. They're the rank 5H bravers"
Vier frowned as he observed the two bravers. He see nothing special about them at all.
"What are they doing there?"
"It looked like the female is under an illusion" Nueve said.
"That might be what those Annex have done. Does that mean, their objective was these two?" Vier asked.
Nueve shrugged as he really doesn't know. "Should we ask them?"
"No. Let's just go to where the compass is pointing to"
Nueve looked at his compass, but unfortunately the compass suddenly disappeared.
"What happened?" Vier asked.
"It looks like the trail of those two ends here" Nueve answered as he sigh.
Vier was however doubtful. He looked around him but he sense no one other than them was around.
"Tsk. Let's go back and report to Zero" Vier said.
Nueve tilt his head before he pointed at where Syton and Stalane was. "Are we not gonna at least investigate those two?"
"No. They obviously have nothing to do with this. They're just a bait."
Nueve think otherwise though. He questioned on how a mere 5H braver would safely arrive a this kind of place.
Surely, they got some help from those Annex members. Which also means that those two are an accomplice!
Nueve was about to tell his partner what he concluded, but Vier immediately spoke.
"I know what you're thinking. I told you, they're just a bait" Vier firmly and confidently said.
Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, a young woman covered with a mask was watching over Nueve and Vier.
"I successfully erased the trace of Amoura and Logan. You should pay me handsomely for this" she said through telepathy.
"Of course" a deep voice that was obviously altered replied to her.
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After Amoura put Syton and Stalane in an illusion, only an hour was needed for Syton to get out of it. For a low level illusion, he already know the ways on how to get out.
Syton knew that Amoura purposely used a low level illusion for them, since she really meant no harm. But he was still frustrated because he have to be under an illusion again.
What Syton saw in the illusion was not scary but something he wanted to come true.
Under Amoura's illusion, he received an email from the company that he was applying back when he was on Earth. The email says that he got accepted on the job. Then a minute later, an an announcement rang on his phone. The announcement was all about his favorite game that got hiatus for a while. It says that it will finally get a new update.
But then, Syton quickly realized that all of it was an illusion. So, Syton looked at the place where he could get out of it.
When he woke up, he saw Stalane was still lying on the ground. It looked like she was still under the illusion. So, he decided to watch over her.
After another hour, he felt some gazes but he doesn't know where it comes from. He have a bad feeling about it, so he act naturally.
Fortunately, the gaze didn't last long.
Syton thought that those people might lost interest on them. Which is a good thing on his side.
Honestly speaking, he is not confident on fighting anyone at this current place. He saw how ferocious and how strong the deras around this area, so he was also aware that adventurers or bravers that was around this place are not someone who could easily mess with.