All the carriages are still standing in the same place, and Anon is investigating the site with Faith.
"Well, someone could've attacked us and run away when we were busy reviving the Queen?" Faith spoke.
"No, that's not possible... I used my skill to scan the whole area as soon as I heard the first explosion. I didn't detect anyone hostile within 1 km... this attack was launched from a very far distance," Anon spoke as he started walking towards the carriages that were destroyed in the explosion.
"You mean, witchcraft? That's the only thing that can work from that far, right?" Faith asked.
Suddenly, Anon noticed that something was shining in the ashes of the burned-down carriages.
"Hmm...? Telekinesis..." Anon used his skill to pick up the object from its place, but he failed to pick it up.
"Telekinesis..." Anon tried again as he pointed directly towards the shining object this time, but still, the object showed no signs of moving from its place.
"What are you doing?" Faith asked with a confused expression.
"The heck...?" Anon spoke as he walked into the ashes and grabbed the object directly with his hands.
As soon as he grabbed the object, Anon walked out of the ashes and looked at the object curiously.
"What is this?" Anon wondered as he observed that the thing he held in his hand looked like a metallic plate, but it had an aura of its own.
Anon had never seen something like this, and he was very curious to find out what this plate-like thing was.
[Demonic Eyes]
Anon immediately used his skill to study the nature of this strange element. As soon as he commenced the skill, a very loud buzzing sound rang inside his ears, and a glowing red notification popped up in front of him.
[Name: Unknown]
[Rank: Unknown]
[Description: @-#&5+# -2+#()#(;#( , :"(!2;#(!";782(?[$]￥?[]￥[￥][ °￥°￥°]
[Warning: This thing can't be praised... Please retract the skill as soon as possible, or the host can face severe consequences.]
'What the heck?' Anon thought as he immediately stopped the skill and looked at the black metallic plate with an even more curious expression.
As Anon was looking at the black plate, he decided to turn it around and noticed that there was something written on its back with white ink.
It was the letter D written in an italic manner, with a small crown on one of its corners.
"Interesting... what does this mean now? Do you know anything about this?" Anon asked Faith as he handed the black plate to her.
Suddenly, Faith halted her steps and continuously stared at the black plate with a shocked expression.
"Oh, so you do know something. What is it? Tell me," Anon asked.
"This... This is the sigil of the Dwarf kingdom. Those individuals tried to eliminate our Queen? How dare they attack us? They are asking for war," Faith spoke with a very angry expression on her face.
"Hmm...? Dwarfs. Do you know anything about this particular metal?" Anon asked.
"This is the pure form of extracted Travertine. It cuts through any type of magic, no matter what type or how strong the spells you are using," Faith spoke.
"Do you know where this comes from?" Anon asked with a curious expression.
"Well, this thing dates back more than a thousand years when the Elven kingdom and the Dwarf kingdom were friends.
The Dwarfs worked in the mines, and the Elves conducted research on magic. Until one day, when the Dwarfs found the strongest metal in this world, Travertine.
The first piece of that metal was sent to the Elven Kingdom for research purposes.
Elven scholars found out that Travertine was the strongest metal in this world. They could've informed the Dwarfs about it, but they didn't. Greed took over them, and they declared this metal similar to any other metal like iron and copper.
The Dwarfs immediately believed our scholars because they were very innocent back then, and our scholars bought all the mines in which Travertine was found for the next 200 years. The supply of Travertine started to increase inside the Elven Kingdom.
They started creating magical swords and wands out of Travertine.
This continued for the next 50 years, but suddenly a Dwarf found out the applications of Travertine. He found out that the Elves were using the Dwarfs for their profit.
As soon as this news reached the ears of the elder Dwarfs, they immediately seized all the Elves from their mines and their kingdom as well.
The Elf scholars were greedy; they couldn't stand this. They brought up the mana contract they had signed with the Dwarf king at that time and tried to blackmail them into supplying more Travertine to the Elven Kingdom, or their king would die..." Suddenly Faith stopped as a sad expression appeared on her face.
"What happened after that?" Anon asked as his curiosity increased.
"The Dwarf king... he transferred his crown to his brother and died for the sake of his kingdom. He knew that if they kept supplying Travertine to the Elven Kingdom, they would face major drawbacks in the future.
As soon as the King died, his brother succeeded his throne and waged a war on the Elven Kingdom.
They mined and made their own weapons... they fought on the battlefield.
This fight lasted for 10 years. Both of the sides suffered very high losses, but the Elves were at a very big disadvantage. Since we only had a limited amount of Travertine, our weapons started to get lower by the day, but Dwarfs had an unlimited supply of Travertine. They started winning the wars one by one, but before they could've defeated us entirely.
The Elders from the Elven Kingdom proposed a truce between the two races.
Looking at the numbers of lives and time that were lost in this war, the Dwarfs accepted the truce, but they clearly declared that Travertine would not be supplied to the Elven Kingdom ever again.
But this rule was broken when the Counsellor attacked us 150 years ago, and to defeat him, all three races had to come together.
The Dwarfs started the supply of Travertine again throughout the three kingdoms, but in front of the Counsellor, these weapons were fragile.
That's when the dwarfs started digging further into the mines and found this... The Pure Form of Travertine. Invincible to magic.
This was one of the many reasons that we were able to defeat the counsellor but as soon as the war ended, it became an illegal element and everyone banned the use of this. But, I think they want to start the war again...."
"Hey, Faith... I have a favor to ask," Anon spoke.
"Hmm...? A favor?" Faith asked as she turned towards Anon with a confused expression.
"There are pieces of this pure travertine in the ashes of these burned carriages. Can you help me gather them?" Anon asked.
"Yeah, why not? But if you are thinking that you will make a weapon out of it, then forget it," Faith spoke.
"What? Why?" Anon asked with a confused expression.
"Do you really think that you can melt the strongest metal on this planet with a normal furnace? And let's just imagine that you somehow melted it... how are you going to give it a shape? Because, if you want to make weapons out of this pure travertine, you will need a very special enchanted hammer with forbidden runes upon it, and those runes are known to one and only one person on this planet," Faith spoke as she looked at Anon with a smile.
"Hmm...? Who might that person be?" Anon asked with a smirk.
"The brother of the First Dwarf king... who sat on the throne after his brother died due to the mana contract failure. He was the first and the last king of the dwarfs who had the knowledge to read ancient runes. After the war ended, he was betrayed by his Royal Ministers, and they turned him into a factory worker for the Sunshine Clan. He manufactured weapons like normal dwarfs during the day, but I heard that they would torture him at night just to get the patterns of the rune enchantment out of his mouth," Suddenly Anon interrupted Faith.
"Wait... what was the name of that clan again?" Anon asked.
"Sunshine Clan. Why is there a problem?" Faith asked.
"Oh, no problem. For how many years did they torture that dwarf king? 500 years?" Anon asked.
"Yes, How do you know that?" Faith asked with a confused expression.
Suddenly a smile appeared on Anon's face.
"Luv, can you tell me his name?" Anon asked with a smile.
"I think his name was something... Biyuk Jase Kujer... yeah, that was it," Faith replied.
"Hahahahahaha..... This is the best." Anon slightly touched his forehead and started laughing loudly...
"H-Hey, are you alright?" Faith asked with a worried expression.
"Oh, I am very good. Never been better... hahahaa..." Anon replied.
"Then, why are you smiling like a lunatic?" Faith asked.
"Sorry, I ahhahaha... just can't stop it. I just remembered a joke. Hahahaha..." Anon spoke as he kept laughing.
'What happened to Mr. Jule?' Faith wondered in her mind.
"Faith, do you know that this world is a very small place?" Anon asked with a smile.
"Umm... Mr. Jule, the world is a pretty big place if you ask me," Faith replied.
"Okay, let's pick up the pure travertine for now," Anon spoke.
10 minutes later...
Thud
"This is all I could find, Mr. Jule." Faith spoke as she dropped many parts of the pure travertine in front of Anon.
"Good..." Anon spoke as he picked up all the parts from the ground and put them into his inventory.
"So, did you find out who attacked our carriages, and will they get attacked again if we move?" Faith asked.
"I did... these carriages were hit by missiles," Anon spoke.
'The pure pieces of travertine has explosive powder on it, one of the parts that i found has a pointy end to it... I am sure it was a missile. I don't how they have it, but they have it.' Anon thought.
"Hit by what?" Faith asked with a confused expression.
"Missiles, Luv. These things carry very highly explosive powder inside them, and they can be shot from a very, very long distance. I checked some parts of the pure travertine and found out that the missiles are enchanted with an auto-target finding spell," Anon spoke.
"Wait... What is that spell?" Faith asked.
"These missiles, they can't miss their target because they are enchanted with a spell that attracts them towards the target that they are obligated to hit. Using this spell, these missiles would automatically find out the target they are ordered to hit from the start and hit it even if the target is moving." Anon explained.
"You are telling me that these missile things are made from pure travertine, they can be launched from a very long distance, they carry explosive power in them, and they can find their target on their own once launched, right?" Faith asked.
"Yep, that's pretty much everything," Anon replied.
"Fuck... We have to get out of here now. These things can't be stopped by magic barriers and they are pure chaos," Faith spoke as she started panicking.
"No, wait. There is something else to this.... if we would've been getting targeted by some living being, then we would've been dead by now, but since we stopped after the first two explosions, no third explosion has happened after that," Anon spoke.
"What do you mean? Do you want to say that if we moved from our places, some trap will go off, and we will be fried by those magical missiles?" Faith asked.
"Yes, that's a possibility. But we can get out of here if we find the movement triggers," Anon spoke.
"What are movement triggers?" Faith asked.
"Well, movement triggers are things that get's triggered when they sense movement, and they are here somewhere in this area because every time a carriage passed it... it got alerted and sent a signal to the main machine that's placed at a very far distance from here to shoot the missile," Anon explained.
"Okay, I understand, but what does this thing look like?" Faith asked.
"I don't know... it can be anything. A tree, a stone, and even a fruit," Anon replied.
"Soldiers, leave everything you are doing. Come with me. We have a thing that we need to find, right now," Faith shouted as the soldiers immediately rushed towards her.
After this, all of them started looking at the trees and under the stones to search for the movement triggers.
"H-Hey... I found something. Come here..." A female elf soldier shouted.
Anon and Faith immediately rushed towards the girl, to look at what she has discovered.
As soon as they reached near the girl, they noticed a machine. Covere with a fake stone cover.
The machine was old but Anon immediately understood that it was one of the movement.
As soon as Anon looked at the machine, he used his skill...
[Demonic Eyes.]
[Name: Movement Sensing Trigger.]
[Origin: Unknown]
[Description: This magical artifact can sense any movement in its surrounding environment, and once any suspicious movement is captured, it will immediately send a signal back to its receiving end. Mostly used in auto-opening doors.]
'Interesting...' Anon thought as he sat down to observe the machine from a closer distance.
It looked like a small box made out of wood, on its top, it had a very small diamond-like magic crystal, and on the sides, 4 golden pistons that were working at a very fast speed, without making any noise.
The box had three small umbrella-like objects on its three sides.
Anon gently grabbed the small magic crystal on its top and removed it very carefully. As soon as he removed the magic crystal, the box stopped working.
"This thing is made with very good knowledge of engineering.... I wonder, who made this?" Anon spoke as he observed the movement-sensing trigger carefully without touching it.
"The dwarfs..." Faith spoke from behind.
"Hmm...?" Anon looked at Faith with a confused expression.
"Here... look at this corner. This is the same sigil of the Dwarves. They built this, and, to be honest, I knew they made it, because no one else in this world can make things like this," Faith spoke as she pointed towards the upper left corner of the box.
Anon immediately noticed that Faith was right; it was the same sigil that he saw on the missile.
"How do you know if it's a real sigil? I mean, someone could've copied it and painted it here to start a war between you guys?" Anon asked.
"Here... use this," Faith spoke as she gave a small metal stick to Anon.
"What is this?" Anon asked.
"Hold this stick above the sigil..." Faith spoke.
"Okay..." Anon did as he was told and started hovering the metal stick over the Dwarf sigil.
Suddenly, the sigil started glowing bright red in color.
"Okay... is that the sign that it's real?" Anon asked.
"Yes, it's drawn with a very rare paint that glows in different colors every time you hover this stick over it," Faith answered.
"You mean if I hover it... once again-" Anon spoke as he hovered the stick over the sigil once again, and this time it glowed purple in color.
"Yep, it will change color," Faith spoke.
"Woah... this is some kick-ass technology," Anon spoke as he stood up and returned the stick to Faith.
"So, what now? Should we inform this to the Queen?" Faith asked.
"Well... I can't say for sure. If this were to be a fraud and you guys started war with the dwarfs again, it would be chaos. I suggest you guys go and talk with their leaders in peace first, and-" Before Anon could conclude his conversation, he sensed things coming towards them from the sky.
Anon immediately summoned his sword and looked back at the sky. Suddenly, he noticed big birds flying in the sky with elven knights riding on their backs.
"Don't worry, they are here to rescue us. The path of land is not safe anymore; we have to go through the air," Faith spoke.
"Good..." Anon spoke as he took out a cigar from his inventory and lit it up.
"Where are you going?" Faith asked as she observed Anon going toward the other direction.
"To get that box and search for the source of these missiles," Anon replied.
"I will come with you," Faith spoke.
"As you wish..." Anon spoke as he picked up the movement trigger box from the ground and threw it inside his inventory.
Swish
The birds landed on the ground, and the knights immediately stepped down.
"Where is the Queen?" A knight asked Faith with a neutral expression.
"In the carriage..." Faith spoke as she pointed toward Fiona's carriage.
The knights immediately stepped forward and surrounded the carriage at once.
The knight captain opened the gate slowly.
"My greetings, Your Grace... we are here to save you. Please come with me." The knight commander immediately bowed down and greeted Fiona.
"Oh my god, Andrew... you are here, thank God. Let's just go. I want to go back to my castle as soon as possible," Fiona spoke as she slowly walked out of the carriage and started walking toward one of the giant birds.
Faith walked up to Anon with an annoyed face.
"What happened?" Anon asked.
"Well, that guy took all the credit again. I saved her so many times from assassination, but every time... he would come with his team and take all of our credit. But this time, I don't mind it... since you are the real credit holder this time, it goes to you this time, Mr. Jule. You brought her back from the dead, and he can't take that away from you," Faith spoke as her annoyed face expression turned into a smiling one.
Suddenly Anon noticed a knight from Andrew's team coming toward him.
"Sir, Andrew has ordered both of you to return to the kingdom; he wants to interrogate both of you," the knight spoke with a tone filled with attitude.
"Let's go..." Faith spoke as she turned to look at Anon.
"You go; I have some work to complete," Anon spoke as he took a puff from his cigar and started walking toward the other direction.
"Oi, don't you understand? Our captain has ordered both of you to return to the kingdom," the knight shouted from behind.
"Yeah, Yeah... Forget it now," Anon spoke as he continued to walk toward the other direction.
'I would've stopped him from doing this, but if I stopped him today, he will never stop talking like that. That's why I will just stand here and enjoy the show...' Faith thought as she observed anger appearing on the knight's face.
"You, son of a bitch... come back here," the knight shouted as he started walking toward Anon with a furious expression.
"Oh, that one is going to cost him one or two bones at least," Faith spoke as she looked at the knight carefully.
As soon as the knight reached near Anon, he grabbed his hand and tried to stop him forcefully.
"Didn't you listen, what I-" Before the knight could've said anything else, he saw a punch coming directly at his face with incredible force.
Crack
Thud
"Oh, Shit..." Faith spoke as she looked at the knight with a very shocked expression.
As soon as Anon's punch hit his face, his neck broke, and he died right there.
"Oh shit... He killed him," Faith spoke as she immediately started walking towards Anon.
"Soldiers, immediately capture this guy and kill him if he resists..." Andrew ordered as soon as he noticed that Anon had killed one of his knights.
"Yes, Sir..." The knights shouted as they started running towards Anon and surrounded him from all directions.
Anon saw this, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Why does everyone have to die today?" Anon spoke as he took a very long puff out of his cigar and finished it all in one go.
Anon turned around and looked at Fiona with a smile on his face.
"Stop. Let him do whatever he wants..." Fiona shouted because she had seen this view before in the Colosseum; she knew what Anon was about to do next.
"But, My Queen... he killed one of our knights. He is definitely dangerous," Andrew spoke with a shocked expression.
Andrew had been working for Fiona for the past 50 years, and she never ever spoke between his commands, not once. But today, she interrupted him.
"Yeah, I saw that very clearly, and I don't want you dead as well. Let him go," Fiona ordered as she mounted one of the birds.
"Yes, My Queen. Soldiers, come back... Let him go," Andrew ordered as he recalled his soldiers.
"Good move..." Anon spoke as he puffed out all of the smoke from his mouth and smiled at Andrew.
"Take the Queen to her castle immediately." Andrew ordered the knights.
"Yes, Sir." The knights spoke as they took off from the ground with Fiona.
Andrew observed Fiona going away, and as soon as she went out of sight, he immediately started walking toward Anon.
"Who are you?" Andrew asked with a very serious expression.
"Call me whatever you want." Anon replied.
"Well, you seem like a bastard to me. Who doesn't care about lives." Andrew spoke as he picked up the dead soldier's body from the ground.
"You can say that." Anon replied with a smile.
"He has a fucking family... You psychopath." Andrew shouted.
"Mr. Andrew... Please, we don't have to do this. He is the chosen candidate for the Academic Exchange Event, Mr. Jule." Faith interrupted.
"Now I understand... Why the Queen let you go, but you won't get away with everything in your life, Mr. Jule. So, watch your actions in the future. Even if you become the Counselor of the Queen, I don't think she will need you after the Perfect Queen ceremony. So, you better watch yourself." Andrew spoke as he threatened Anon.
"Are you threatening me?" Anon asked with a serious expression.
"Oh, I am just giving you a warning." Andrew replied as he started walking toward the bird.
"He has anger issues." Faith spoke as she looked at Andrew going toward his bird.
"Yeah, I can see that." Anon replied as he smiled and looked at Faith.
"Mrs. Faith, are you coming with me?" Andrew asked turning around.
"No, I am going with Mr. Jule." Faith replied.
"Well, I don't have extra birds for this. You guys can walk wherever you want to go." Andrew replied.
"Well, that's bad. Right, Luv?" Anon asked as he turned around and whistled loudly.
Whistleeeeeeeeeeeee
"What the fuck is he doing?" Andrew spoke as he halted his steps and looked back at Anon with a confused expression.
Cawwwwwwww
Suddenly a very loud cawing sound came from a faraway place.
Chiiii
Chiiii
Chiii Chiii
The birds that were standing on the ground started running away as soon as they heard the sound.
"The fuck is happening?" Andrew wondered as he looked at the birds in confusion.
Suddenly, he saw a big figure in front of the moon. A raven that was coming toward him.
"Shit... A demonic being." Andrew immediately unsheathed his sword and got ready for his self-defense.
"Don't worry, Andrew. It's my ride... I don't think it will be interested in the likes of you." Anon replied as he grabbed Faith from the waist and picked her up in the princess position.
"See you later, Sir Andrew..." Faith spoke as she looked at Andrew with a smile.
Hup
Anon jumped and mounted on the raven's back.
"Let's go, Luv. Take me to the south..." Anon ordered as he touched the raven's neck slowly.
Cawww
The raven immediately started flying toward the direction that Anon commanded.
"How the fuck is he controlling a demonic, three-eyed Raven?" Andrew murmured as he observed both of them going away.
"Hahaha... His face was like, 'What the fuck is that?' He literally unsheathed his sword." Faith spoke as she smiled and made fun of Andrew.
"Well, not his mistake. If you would've seen a three-eyed raven in the middle of a forest, I guess you would be scared as well." Anon spoke as he smiled toward Faith.
"Well, I don't have to be afraid now. Since it's my boyfriend's raven." Faith spoke as she kissed Anon on the lips.
'Show me...' Anon commanded.
[Faith's Mind Control: 60%]
'The fuck? It's been stuck right there for the past 3 days... Why isn't it moving from 60%? Is it because Faith has no more guilt in her heart? Or is it something else?' Anon wondered as he looked at Faith.
"So, how are you going to find out the location of that machine that was firing those things..." Faith asked.
'Hmm... I will corrupt her more if I can have sex with her, and once she is corrupted. I will start the Corruption of Fiona.' Anon wondered as he was lost in his thoughts and ignored Faith's questions.
"Mr. Jule, I am asking you something?" Faith spoke as she touched Anon's face.
"Hmm...? What was that?" Anon asked as he came out of his thoughts.
"Well, how are you going to find out the thing that's launching these missiles?" Faith asked again.
"Well, with this..." Anon replied as he took out the Movement Trigger box from his inventory.
"Wait, you are thinking that. Are you?" Faith asked with a serious expression.
"Oh, I am, Luv." Anon spoke as he took out the magic crystal from his inventory and placed it right over the box.
Beep
-x-X-x-
Beep-Beep
As soon as Anon placed the Magic Crystal over the Movement Trigger, a faint beeping sound emanated from the box.
"Mr. Jule, what are you doing? What if the missile targets us? We can't even stop them," Faith began to say, but before she could finish her sentence, they heard another sound.
Shhhhhh
Anon and Faith turned their attention to the source of the noise, which was rapidly approaching them.
"Mr. Jule, it's a missile," Faith said, pointing at the incoming threat.
'I can't sense them coming towards me. They're working beyond magic... They're dangerous,' Anon thought as he stood up.
"Mr. Jule, what are you doing? We have to run. That thing will kill us," Faith pleaded.
"Well, well... Only the shell of these missiles is made of pure Travertine. The explosive powder inside them remains the same," Anon explained before closing his eyes.
"Mr. Jule, please, we have to—" Faith's sentence was cut short as a white aura enveloped Anon's body.
Hup
Anon leaped off the Raven's back, landing safely on the ground. The missiles adjusted their trajectory in response to Anon's movement.
"My, my... I want to meet the person who invented these damn things," Anon said with a smile, observing the four missiles approaching him.
Boooooom
Booooom
Booooom
Booooom
All four missiles collided with Anon, creating a fiery explosion in the vicinity.
"Noooooo... Mr. Jule!" Faith shouted as she quickly dismounted the Raven and ran toward the inferno caused by the missile collision.
Faith reached the spot, crying out, "Please don't be dead... Please don't be dead..." and to her relief, she soon spotted a figure emerging from the fire.
Cough-Cough-Cough
It was Anon.
"Hello, Luv," Anon greeted with a smile as he looked at Faith.
Faith immediately embraced him and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Sob-Sob I thought... I lost you too," Faith sobbed.
"Don't worry, Luv. I won't die that easily," Anon reassured her.
"Why would you do something like that? And how did you even survive?" Faith inquired.
"Well, just magic," Anon replied with a smile as he hugged her.
'The explosive powder inside these missiles isn't that potent... The pure Travertine shell isn't impervious, but I can still feel that one or two bones might have broken when these missiles hit me. I need a weapon made of Travertine to withstand such attacks,' Anon contemplated.
"I tracked down the location where these missiles came from," Faith informed.
"Good... Let's go," Anon replied as he carried Faith in his arms and mounted the Raven.
Caawwwww
The three-eyed Raven obediently took off, following Faith's directions.
After an hour of flying, Anon and Faith arrived near a waterfall.
"I don't see anything here," Anon remarked.
"But according to my skill, the missiles were launched from this exact place," Faith explained.
"Are you sure? Can you pinpoint the exact location?" Anon inquired.
"Yes, just wait a minute," Faith replied as her eyes emitted a green glow while she focused on the waterfall.
Suddenly, a shocked expression appeared on Faith's face.
"What's wrong? Do you see something?" Anon asked upon noticing her expression change.
"It's inside the waterfall, I can see it," Faith revealed.
"Well, let's go," Anon ordered the Raven to approach the waterfall.
Cawww
The three-eyed Raven complied, descending toward the waterfall.
"Come," Anon said as he took Faith's hand, and together they leaped into the waterfall.
As they emerged on the other side, they found themselves inside a cave. The ancient cave was filled with spiderwebs, and torches were mounted on the walls.
"Wait... This place, I remember it," Faith said.
"How is that possible?" Anon asked, puzzled.
"Yes, I've been here with my father when we were very young. My father was friends with a dwarf named Fang Juker. He used this place as his lab to construct various weapons. I always thought he was mad," Faith reminisced.
"Why didn't you mention this when we were outside?" Anon wondered.
"Well, I was only five years old then. We always arrived here in a closed carriage without windows, and there was no waterfall at that time. This place must have become concealed by enchantments after his passing," Faith explained.
"How do you know he's dead? Maybe he's still inside the cave?" Anon suggested.
"It's not possible. He was 2,000 years old when I was five... He must have passed away a year or two after that," Faith replied.
Beep
A sudden beeping sound, similar to that of the movement-triggering box, interrupted their conversation.
"What's that sound?" Faith asked.
"I'm not sure," Anon responded, using his scan skill to inspect their surroundings, but he couldn't detect anything.
"Look, there's something shining over there," Faith pointed to a dimly lit area in the corner of the cave.
[Light]
Anon activated his skill, creating a small circle of light over his finger, illuminating the entire cave. The source of the light revealed a shocking discovery.
A massive missile-launching cannon stood in front of them with twelve missile launch ports, six filled with missiles and six empty. Attached to the missile-launching cannon was a device resembling the movement-triggering box, but it had only one piston and a smaller magic crystal on top.
"A receiver..." Anon remarked as he approached the device.
"Wait, Mr. Jule, it could be dangerous. What if it fires a missile here?" Faith cautioned.
"Don't worry, it won't launch any missiles unless this box receives a signal from the device that sends the movement-triggering messages. I now understand that this magic crystal is a component or broken part of the same crystal that was placed on the movement-triggering box, enabling them to send and receive signals seamlessly without any problem of distance between them.
This motherfucker used Quantum Physics to build this thing... He is one genius Dwarf. Using, Quantum entanglement in this sort of thing." Anon explained as he touched the device and noticed something unusual.
"What is Quantum Physics, Mr. Jule ? Is it like the ancient Quantum Magic ?" Faith asked with a confused expression.
"Yeah, something like that." Anon replied.
'Even I don't understand Quantum Physics that much, why are you asking me ?' Anon thought.
Upon moving the device, Anon discovered a large metallic door concealed behind the missile-launching cannon.
As soon as Anon moved the box from its position, he discovered a large metallic gate concealed behind the missile launching cannon.
"If I recall correctly, this cave used to be much larger than it is now... There was a big metallic door at the front leading to a very spacious room with various instruments and chemicals," Faith explained while lightly touching the missile launcher.
"It doesn't end here," Anon said.
"What do you mean?" Faith inquired.
"Come, take a look at this," Anon pointed to the metallic door.
Curious, Faith approached the door and observed it closely.
"Oh, you're right... This is the door. If I remember correctly, it leads to the room I just described to you. But to open this gate, we have to remove the cannon from here, and I don't think the two of us will be enough to even budge it. It's fixed in place, see its base?" Faith pointed at the bottom of the cannon.
Anon examined the cannon's bottom and noticed it was securely anchored to the ground with thick metal pipes and large nails designed to absorb the missile's recoil.
Anon stood up, walked towards the missile launching cannon, and handed his butler coat to Faith. "Hold this for me."
Faith questioned Anon, "What are you trying to do? This thing has been here for who knows how long, and these nails are too old to be removed now. You can't use magic on this."
While Faith expressed doubt about their chances of moving that thing, Anon moved to the other side of the cannon, rolled up his sleeves, and grabbed it from the bottom like a man.
Clutch
"Come on, don't let me down, baby, i worked hard on you. Now is the time to pay off." Anon muttered to himself as he flexed his biceps.
Hup
Anon strained, attempting to lift the cannon off the ground. His face turned progressively redder with the effort. He was using everything he had in himself physically.
Crack
Slowly, the nails began to come loose from the ground as Anon continued to pull. Anon kept pulling and pulling until every single nail from the left side of the Cannon came out.
"This is... impossible," Faith muttered in disbelief as she observed that the Cannon has been lifted from one side, she immediately walked over to the other side of the Cannon, to observe Anon pulling the cannon with all his strength.
His clothes were tearing, his bowtie had broken, and his face grew increasingly red.
"Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk..... Come on, Bitcccccch." Anon shouted, boosting the power in his muscles. Eventually, he successfully removed all the nails on one side.
He stood up after removing the nails and walked to the other side of the Cannon and grabbed the Cannon once again.
*Hup*
*Hup*
This time he wasn't alone, Faith also helped him in doing this.
"I will help... Mr. Jule." Faith spoke.
'It doesn't matter... Your presence here is useless to me woman. You don't even have 25% of the physical power that i possess right now.
Come on... once more.' Anon thought as he tightened his biceps and supplied power to his legs.
*Ting*
*Ting*
The nails started coming off from that side as well.
Once all the nails were out, Anon carried the cannon away from its position, unveiling the massive metallic door behind it.
Anon then approached the metallic door and touched it. "This is pure Travertine as well. What was this guy researching, that he had to live in such a secured place ?"
"I don't know; I was only five at the time. I believe he was a weapons developer," Faith replied.
"How do I open this?" Anon asked, applying pressure to the gate, but nothing happened.
"No, wait. There's something that Father did when he came to this door; it was related to this wall. He spent two minutes staring at this wall. I never knew why." Faith pointed at the right wall, where two torches were mounted on both sides.
"This torch... it's not the same size as the others, it's slightly shorter. An observation that's not easy to make," Anon said, indicating the torch on the right wall.
Faith pushed the shorter torch slightly.
Shhhh
Grrrrre
The torch began to recede into the wall, and a small glass screen emerged. Above the glass screen, an ancient Elven magic circle floated with green symbols.
"Can you read this?" Anon asked Faith.
"I can't; it's very ancient..." Faith replied.
"Damn..." Anon said with disappointment.
[A blood detection magic circle,] Link suddenly spoke.
'Link, did you say something?' Anon inquired.
[Master, that magic circle is for blood detection. It can send a signal if the correct blood is placed on the circle and activate a destructive signal if the wrong blood is used,] Link explained.
'A blood detection magic circle... With Faith and her father sharing the same blood, this gate can be opened,' Anon thought, examining the magic circle.
Faith tried to decipher the Elven inscriptions on the circle. "This is related to blood; I can understand some of the words. This one signifies blood, and this one indicates authority."
"Put your blood on the glass," Anon instructed.
"What? I don't think it means that," Faith hesitated.
"Just do it, Luv," Anon insisted.
"Alright, if you say so." Faith took out her sword and made a small cut on her finger. She allowed two drops of blood to fall onto the glass plate.
The magic circle above the glass screen began to rotate rapidly in a clockwise direction.
Beep
Suddenly, it came to a halt, changing to a red color.
"What does that mean?" Faith asked, puzzled.
The glass screen receded into the wall, and the torch returned.
Click
Clank
The sound of a lock disengaging emanated from the room's door as it swung open.
"Jackpot. Let's go," Anon said.
"Mr. Jule, I already told you. He was a 2,000-year-old dwarf, and his research is equally ancient. There's nothing in there that will interest you," Faith replied as she followed Anon into the room.
As Anon and Faith explored the room, it became apparent that Faith's earlier description of the lab was accurate; the room was old, filled with shelves, tables, chairs, and various experimental tools. Cobwebs hung in every corner of the lab, but curiously, there wasn't a single insect in sight.
As Anon ventured further into the room, he came upon a table covered with a red cloth.
"Let's see what you hide," Anon said as he removed the cloth, revealing a shocking array of items beneath.
These items were instruments designed for torture, and they were far from ordinary; they were tools for extreme, sadistic torment.
"HoHo... Some intriguing torturing toys, huh...?" Anon commented as he picked up a syringe from the table with five needles attached to its main needle.
"What is this?" Anon pondered, noticing a small white note inside the syringe.
Opening the syringe, Anon retrieved the note.
[Nail Acid Injector: Fill the syringe with toxic acid and insert the five needles between the subject's nails and fingers. Inject the acid into their fingers to extract any information you desire.
Designed by Fang Juker.]
"Wow... I even get a manual on how to use these toys, huh?" Anon said with a sardonic smile. He placed the nail acid injector in his inventory and moved on to the next item.
The next item Anon picked up was a thin yet strong silver chain with three small golden rings.
Two of the rings were of the same size, while the third was slightly smaller.
"What is this?" Anon wondered as he examined the item. Eventually, he grew bored and picked up the nearby white paper.
[Nipple-Clit Clamper Device: This device is designed to torture female subjects and has three enchanted golden rings attached to an enchanted silver chain. The two rings adjust their size to match the subject's nipples, while the third adapts to the size of the subject's clit.
The first enchantment causes the rings to clamp tightly when placed on the female's nipples and clit.
The second enchantment responds to the subject's emotions. When the subject is angry, the rings vibrate and clamps even tighter. If the subject is about to climax, the rings prevent it without your consent.
The third enchantment applies to the silver chain, responding to the subject's movements; if they move slowly, the chain remains loose, but if they start to run, it tightens, causing their clit to move up and down as their breasts jiggle faster.
Designed by Fang Juker.]
"Wow... That's quite the sinister stuff, but I personally like it," Anon remarked with a dark grin. He stowed the Clamper in his inventory and proceeded to examine the next items.
Time passed and Anon acquired ten new magic-enchanted torture devices from that table.
"Hehe... This is some interesting stuff I've found today, but where is Faith?" Anon thought as he glanced around and realized that he hadn't seen her for a while.
He began walking to the other side of the lab to search for Faith. However, as he moved in that direction, he felt something peculiar.
"What is that?" Anon questioned with a perplexed expression. His heightened senses detected a faint aura emanating from the corner of the room. Anon turned to his left, looking at that corner. Although nothing initially seemed out of the ordinary, he couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right.
'I feel this aura coming from that side... It's like something is calling me into that corner.' Anon thought.
Approaching the corner, Anon sensed his surroundings shift. Suddenly, the corner transformed, revealing a dwarf's corpse seated in a chair before him.
"Whoa... What the hell? How did this guy—?" Anon began to say but quickly took a few steps back.
When he retreated, the corpse in front of him vanished. Anon realized it was an illusion. He cautiously approached the dwarf's corpse once more, and it reappeared.
"Why am I seeing this? I'm supposed to be immune to illusions due to my class, The aura... It's coming from this corpse. It's like this corpse is calling me." Anon wondered as he surveyed his surroundings with confusion.
Upon drawing closer to the corpse, Anon realized that it had already decayed into a skeleton.
"How long have you been here, my friend?" Anon mused, examining the dwarf's skeleton. In the corpse's hand, he noticed a book. A big red coloured book with golden lining on the corners and it had a big dwarf sigil made out of gold on it's cover.
"You won't be needing this anymore, I guess," Anon said, taking the book from the corpse's grasp and opening it to read its contents.
The first page revealed three paragraphs written in dark black ink.
[I am Fang Juker... one of the leading engineers and scientists of the Dwarven kingdom. They called me the "Pervert Bastard."
I was cast out of the kingdom due to my wicked experiments and studies, which I conducted secretly. I was indeed a pervert and a psychopath who used my experiments for sinister purposes, including seducing women.
If you are reading this, there are only two possibilities: you have stolen it, or I am dead. If you seek to continue my wicked experiments, read this and gain the knowledge I acquired throughout my life.]
"Wow... This guy is just like me. Let's see... What have you done in your experiments." Anon spoke as he turned the page over and noticed a heading on the top of the next page that read....
[Experiment No.1: The Pocket Watch of Corruption.]
[I made a pocket watch that works on magic crystal's energy, it's ticking sound can generate sounds that will put your Target's mind into a state of deep thinking for some time and in that time whatever thought you fill in their mind, they will Start to think about it and after sometime their minds would start corrupting.
I have used this gadget to sleep with more than 13 elven woman, one of them being the current Elven Queen, Dorina. This watch is something that can only work on elfs only and this is one of my favourite creations.
I will always keep it near me and if i die... I want you to have it. Yes, you the one who is reading it, right now. It's behind a painting of me and Jefferson, in my lab on the right wall.]
As soon as Anon read where the pocket watch was, he immediately closed the book and put it into his inventory.
After that, he exited the illusion and started walking towards the right wall of the lab.
"If I can get this watch, I can easily corrupt any elf with my skills and this watch's combination. I hope this guy made more items like this one," Anon thought as a perverted smile appeared on his face, and he started walking even faster.
But as soon as he reached in front of the painting, he noticed Faith standing in front of the painting.
"Oh... Hello, love?" Anon spoke.
"Hmm...? Oh, Mr. Jule... I am sorry, I forgot about the time," Faith spoke as she wiped away the tears coming out of her eyes.
"Is that your father, love?" Anon asked as he pointed towards the painting.
The painting was big, and there was a male elf in the painting. He had blue hair and blue eyes, with a small dwarf standing beside him.
The dwarf had brown hair and an eye patch on his right eye.
"Yes, he was a very good guy. He loved me so much," Faith spoke as more tears started coming out of her eyes.
"Hehe... Emotionally vulnerable. Let's use this opportunity..." Anon thought as he closed his distance and slightly placed his hand over Faith's shoulder.
Faith also placed her head on Anon's shoulder and smiled as she looked at the painting.
"So, what was your father's name?" Anon asked.
"Jerry Jefferson, and the dwarf beside him is the one that I was telling you about earlier, Fang Juker," Faith replied.
"Hmm... Why would her father be friends with an evil and perverted person like Juker? This is one strange thing," Anon thought as he looked at the painting.
"I miss him so much, Mr. Jule. I didn't even know him that well when he died," Faith spoke with a very emotional voice.
[Faith's Mind Control: 60%]
"Ugh... This emotional tone and her corruption rate isn't increasing even one bit. I just want my watch, woman, get off of me," Anon thought as he tried to find an excuse to send Faith away from him.
"Oh, I think I saw some of your dad's pictures in the back of the lab. Why don't you go and check them out?" Anon lied as he looked at Faith.
"Hmm...? Really? You aren't kidding, right?" Faith asked with a very big smile on her face.
"Oh, I am not... You should go and take a look," Anon spoke.
"Okay, I will be back in a minute..." Faith spoke as she immediately started walking towards the back side of the lab.
"Wow... She is one easy girl to manipulate with lies," Anon spoke as he immediately grabbed the painting and took it off the hook.
As soon as Anon removed the painting, he noticed a pocket watch hanging behind the painting.
The watch was all black from the outside, it had a red gem on its cover, and it looked enchanting.
Anon immediately placed the painting down and slightly took the watch off the hanger, on which it was hanging.
Anon observed the watch with a very excited expression and decided to open it.
Click
As soon as Anon opened the watch, a notification popped up in front of him.
[System Notification]
[First Class Related Artifact Has been Found. To use the Artifact more efficiently, the Host is advised to bind with it.]
[Would you like to bind with the Artifact, 'Pocket Watch Of Corruption'?] [Yes/No]
'Hell yeah...' Anon answered.
[Binding has started... 10%... 30%... 60%... 90%... 99%]
['Pocket Watch Of Corruption' has acknowledged you as its new master and is ready to be used.]
Suddenly another screen appears in front of Anon.
[Name: Pocket Watch Of Corruption]
[Origin: Fang Juker.]
[Rank: S+]
[Description: This watch is made by the perverted dwarf named 'Fang Juker,' who would do anything to seduce elven females.
This watch is made out of pure travertine material and can't be broken that easily. The gem on its top has an unknown origin, but it has a shocking effect when used with this match.
As soon as the watch's cover is opened, it starts ticking, and a very enchanting sound is generated from the watch. This sound directly affects the minds of the elven people, making them go into deep thinking, where their minds become vulnerable to mental attacks and can be easily manipulated.
Once you close the watch, it will cease to work on your opponent. Needs a magic stone to work.]
'Hmm... It only works on elves. That's sad but still a very good thing for me,' Anon thought as he dismissed the screens and looked at the watch.
"Hmm...? Why isn't it ticking?" Anon wondered as he looked at the watch's still hands that didn't move even one centimeter from their position.
"Why the heck aren't you working?" Anon spoke as he started to tap the watch slightly from the back.
Suddenly, the back lock opened up, and an empty mounting device came out of the watch.
"Oh, this..." Anon immediately remembered because he had seen this thing on the movement triggering box as well. It was a mounter for the magic crystal.
Anon immediately took out a small magic crystal from his inventory and placed it over the mounter.
The mounter started going back into the watch.
"Mr. Jule, what are you doing?" Suddenly Faith's voice came from behind.
Anon immediately turned around as he hid the watch behind him.
"Hmm...? Oh, you are back, love," Anon spoke as he looked at Faith with a smile.
"Yeah, I am. Why would you lie to me, Mr. Jule? There wasn't a single painting at the back of this lab," Faith spoke with a suspicious expression on her face.
"Oh, I thought I saw something like a picture-"
"What are you hiding behind your back, Mr. Jule?" Faith asked as she started walking towards Anon.
"Hmm...? I am hiding nothing," Anon spoke as he opened his inventory, and just as he was about to throw the watch inside his inventory, he noticed something unusual.
Tick-Tock
Faith suddenly stopped in her tracks, and her pupils shrank.