"What are you doing there!?!!??"
The scream of Fanna almost made Crocus take the phone away from his ear. He didn't know how to explain all the details but...
"It's a long story... Hehe"
Crocus said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Don't you know how dangerous you are right now!?"
Crocus felt helpless upon the question of his fiance. They were never really close, but if he didn't contact her immediately, he would be pulverized by the bombs.
"Yeah, I know. Can you tell your father not to bomb this town? It's so far away from the city you are all currently in right now, anyway."
Fanna on the other side didn't answer. A second, a minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes...
"Hello, is this former Prince Phereon?"
Crocus finally made it. His target is his uncle. The father of Fanna, Hagen Kuzo.
"Yes, uncle, it's me."
Hearing this, Hagen Kuzo's tone of voice changed. It was cold and serious.
"You know that place is dangerous and you're not a prince anymore, right?"
Crocus knew it. He knew that being a former prince was equivalent to being a civilian.
"Yes, I'm here because I'm planning to experiment with zombies to know more about them."
'I need to lie. After I improve my cultivation, my game dimension would tell me everything about these undead creatures. I just need to find a place to game.'
On the phone. Hagen sneered, but Crocus ignored it.
"You're not a scientist or a smart student when you're still studying. I know because supreme leaders often discuss it with me."
Crocus knew his uncle would say this.
"I know. But give me ten days, and I will give you all the results."
On the other side.
"Really?"
Crocus was a little happy when he heard that and without wasting time...
"Yes."
Hagen went silent for a moment. About a second later...
"I don't know if you're a fool or not, but I can say you have guts... I will ask my subordinates."
Crocus nodded.
"Go on..."
The other side hung up the phone. It didn't take long and soon the voice of Hagen can be heard again.
"We can give you five days before the mutated beasts come to town."
Hearing this, Crocus was shocked once again.
"What do you mean? The wild creatures?"
He said as couldn't help but look at the faraway trees.
"Yes, we recently found that there are bugs the size of a fist. We are not sure what is going on, but it seems the virus is not only affecting humans but forest creatures, too. So are careful, we can give you five days. If you manage the results, we will send help to you."
Crocus was in disbelief for a moment, but soon he calmed himself down and think.
'It's possible. I should ask about my game dimension later. Sh*t I got a lot of things to do... I need to prepare.'
"Also, Look for survivors in that area. In this game, we are the prey, so we need to gather more people."
Crocus coughed when Hagen Kuzo said that.
''You already bomb a lot of towns and now you are looking for survivors?"
On the other side of the phone.
"We need to do it to protect ourselves from the beasts that may come from the forest and the ocean. You know, we are Islands and we are surrounded by the oceans. We may be lucky against the human zombies, but we don't know against the creatures underwater."
After listening, Crocus nodded with understanding.
"I don't know what the explosions are for, but I hope you don't destroy that I'm in. Also, I don't want you telling my father where I am. It's not that I'm against them, but I don't want anyone interfering with my businesses."
On the other side of the phone...
'I was supposed to tell the supreme leader, but he is now just a former prince only, so he can be compared to a normal civilian.'
"Alright, I won't tell anyone."
Hearing this, Crocus heaved a sigh of relief.
'My father is my enemy, someday... I will rule this land now.'
"I'll take care of everything."
*Cluck*
Their conversation ended. Crocus closed his eyes, waiting for the result of their conversation when...
*Boom!*
Crocus opened his eyes when the explosion happened from a distance.
"I'll remember this."
He looked at the sky and turned his attention to Envy, his sin demon.
"Change yourself into a bird that can be used for a ride in the sky, Asmodeus."
Unconsciously, Crocus called him Asmodeus because Aesmo jos is hard to pronounce and Asmo. After all, because it sounds easy. He also felt like he knew someone named Asmodeus from his past life, but he couldn't remember from where.
Envy nodded then he spread his arms like what Crocus told, like a servant he is. His skin bubbles with blood, changing his body to have giant wings.
Crocus tried to stand up at the back of Envy.
Ack! Ackk! *Flap!* *Flap!*
A sound of a giant bird animal made both him and Envy stop. When they looked up, they saw the creature with two heads, four wings, and three feet hawk up in the sky, flying like a King.
Looking at it, Crocus' face darkened.
"So Hagen Kuzo was right, creatures are evolving too. In a mad manner."
With a Grim expression on his face he looked at Envy, and was about to command it to go underground instead, but...
"Ka! Ka! Ka!"
As the master of the seven demons, Crocus can feel of Envy right now. It was a feeling Envious of the bird and it wanted to eliminate and be the only one in the sky flying freely with the wind.
Ackk!!Ackk! *Flap!* *Flap!*
'Sh*t, I can feel that this is going to be a big problem if I don't accept its request to eliminate that bird. My Name Dimension system mentioned that if I lose to my sin, I would be a demon, thus losing myself.
'Could it be this one that would go crazy once I don't accept its request? If this one goes crazy and attacks me, I might have to kill Envy on my own. However, I would lose one of my hearts and it's going to be a problem being alone in the apocalypse.'
Crocus looked up at the giant bird, and Envy then closed his eyes.
'I don't know the level of that beast and why big that fast... It would be a great problem... But... Well... F*ck it!'
His eyes opened and his d face contorted with killing intent.
"Asmodeus
"Prepare!
"Let's murder that arrogant bird!"