Snip! Snip!
As soon as Kole was about to vanish into the depths of Subspace, he heard the clipping sounds of scissors.
Kole's eyes opened wide as he felt his 'connection' with Subspace being 'cut'!
This is the second time he has felt such a scenario!
However, the other person who had made him helpless was Faneia, which was understandable.
But how can an ordinary bartender do this to me?... Kole's head craned back to the barman, who went back to cleaning the glass with a nonchalant look.
Kole was full of doubts.
Even now, his <
Recalling the details of his skill, Kole's pupils turned into slits.
Once someone develops malign intentions toward me and is about to put any part of my body in danger, I would be able to detect them… but in the current situation, I'm still unharmed.
And the only possible 'harm' is giving me the blood of Goddess knows which creature. But Kole's senses didn't activate when he took a sip, implying it wasn't poisonous either. It was just normal blood.
If that is the case then…
Kole tried again to leave this place by teleporting, but he heard the snipping sound, and his teleportation process stopped.
A frown marred his face.
Soon, Kole had a ridiculous thought.
Why not just leave through the front door?
He was about to move to the door when he heard someone calling him from behind.
"Don't even bother trying…" A feminine voice echoed in Kole's ears.
Kole's heart skipped a beat.
A person surrounded by abnormality couldn't be normal!... It was an absolutely logical conclusion!
Stiffly turning his head, he looked at a woman sitting at the corner of the counter on the high stool.
Kole raised his brows as he saw an unearthly beauty in her adolescent years. She wore a red miniskirt dress that barely reached her milky thighs.
Her exposed skin was porcelain-like and pure white, so white that it seemed any semblance of color had been completely bleached from existence, but that didn't lessen her beauty, instead, it enhanced it further when one looked at her deep red cheery-like lips.
Different from Faneia's bright crimson orbs, her eyes were a deep dark shade of red and carried an air of intellect. Despite her liberal attire, it gave her the aura of a wise individual.
Her long flaming red hair was tied in a ponytail, further refining her sexy presence.
Lifting her face to meet Kole's eyes, she smiled lightly, showing two sharp canines extending from her lips.
"Rosalie Barkus." She introduced herself with a predatory smile. Her eyes glowed a little.
Hot.
Forgetting about the creepiness of the situation for a moment, Kole wondered how his meeting with such a woman would be under normal circumstances.
Despite being some distance apart, Kole could inhale the intoxicating fragrance of Rosalie as if he were right in the middle of her snatch, huffing the sweet odor of the woman's private parts.
Kole's thoughts wondered as his eyes grew a little hazy. The trance-like expression on his face stretched.
"!!!"
Suddenly, Kole's eyes jerked open as he reigned in the ropes of clarity.
Dominator dominated the emotions!
Rosalie had used a certain kind spell of make him fall asleep, maybe lower his inhibitions, or perhaps even charm him…
But he wasn't sure which one. Nevertheless. It didn't matter.
The fact that she had tried this meant she wasn't here with good intentions.
"Oh?" Rosalie raised an eyebrow in amusement. The mild curious look on her face turned into a full-blown intrigue.
"Name: Nobody..." Kole answered briefly and went back to trying to leave this place.
"Interesting." She flashed a genuine smile.
Suddenly, a long scissor appeared in the bartender's hand from thin air.
The blades of scissors were drenched in blood as blood still seeped from the edges.
Ching! Ching!
He made a cutting motion in the air with lifeless eyes.
Immediately, Kole, who was about to rush out of the bar, felt a bizarre force surging in the atmosphere.
Mysteriously, the distance he took was being 'cut'.
He couldn't proceed forward!
No matter how many steps he took, he would be in the same place as he was before.
But Kole kept trying because all the bartender did was block him.
As long as Kole was just being prevented from escaping there was no need to go all out from the start and let your opponent know more about you.
At the same time, Kole was trying to gather intel about Rosalie.
What is her connection with the bartender?
Gazing around, Kole noticed the bar had turned deathly silent. In fact, all the people now had lifeless eyes.
What are they? Are they Banes?
No, Banes are like animals, they wouldn't be so tame!... Kole shook his head internally to terminate his previous assumptions.
Are they dead?... That thought made Kole shiver, but it didn't make him lose hope.
When Kole made another effort at leaving through Subspace, after repeatedly failing at running through the door…
"!!!"
From the corner of his eyes, he noticed a deep gash appearing on the bartender's neck.
Blood spurted out like a fountain as the barman's neck slid down his shoulders.
Chance!
All his repeated failures were for this moment!
Kole was patiently waiting for the side effects of those scissors to show!
He knew it was a Cursed Artifact, just like the Coin of Gradoz but much more powerful and with potent abilities.
However, Cursed Artifacts were named as such because of their side effects.
The stronger the powers of a Cursed artifact, the more dangerous its side effects would be. It was a proven fact!
And one had to be a high-level Ascendant to offset those side effects if one wished to use powerful artifacts.
A child can't swing a massive hammer and get results. Only an adult with proper technique would be able to do so.
But even for them, the chances of getting hurt weren't negligible. The Cursed Artifacts were like a double-edged sword.
And it seems like those who use it may die because of over-usage…
Kole was overjoyed.
He was about to vanish into Subspace when the bartender caught his head with his other hand, raised the scissors high in the air, and snipped.
Snip! Snip!
Kole felt his eyelids twitch.
"You won't be able to run away unless I want you to... Mr. Nobody." Rosalie chuckled.