"Is that— me?!"
If Kim was able to shout, he would
"No, that's not possible… I'm— right here"
All of a sudden, Kim who is sitting on the left chair near the throne, turns his head to look at Kim
It stares at Kim with an empty voided look, startling Kim
——-
The Old Man stares as Vas Allen carries Kim's collapsed body as they make their way out of the illusion spells
"huff— bleh-.."
The Old Man has thrown up
"I guess my body ain't what it used to be any more for me to cast such spell…"
The Old Man has cast a powerful high-level spell that some sorcerers would avoid casting
That charged-up spell was so strong, that it disrupted the flow of the illusion magic by a whole 0.3 second, which is impressive for a man of his age
"Those two boys, how strong would they be in the near future?"
"For them to mess up the flow of illusions in which I have cast… their plan was simple really"
"They planned to overwhelm the illusion magic, which even I didn't think was possible— they had Kim run back and forth, both his body and his perception of time enhanced"
"His body was enhanced by multiple spells in which, it has surpassed its very own potential- his perception of time was also enhanced by a few hours or maybe even more…"
"And Vas Allen, despite casting infinite amounts of high-level magic spells, almost as if he has a monstrous amount of infinite energy"
"Even when Kim's body collapses on the floor, he still has enough energy to easily heal Kim and was also able to escape without barely sweating…"
"What a scary duo I have truly stumble into… "
The Old Man slowly walks back to his house
"My illusion magic was able to be disrupted…
just how much weaker has it gotten? Ask the old man
"Kim and Vas Allen… thank you for giving me this last bit of excitement I have yearned for… and I wish you two the best of luck— in your adventures…"
The Old Man slowly approaches his rocking chair
There, the Old Man stands in front of his rocking chair, then he slowly sits on it, rocking himself back and forth…
——-
Vas Allen dropped to the ground, he heavily breath back and forth, his heart shaken in due to adrenaline
"That Old Man illusion spell… just how strong is it?" while heavily breathing in and out
"Now, I wonder how strong was the old man back in his prime"
Vas Allen takes a deep breath, and breath out
He soon realizes that Kim's eye is open
"We finally escaped that forest huh"
As Vas Allen was talking to Kim's body, Kim stared at the clear blue sky
Kim didn't hear any of what Vas Allen was saying
There he said
"Where am I?"
"Where are we?"
Vas Allen was confused by Kim's reaction
"What are you talking about, we're finally outside the forest!"
"NO!!!"
That sudden yell startles Vas Allen
"I-I was just in a voided room… a room filled with random people— you were there… and I was there…"
Vas Allen stares at Kim
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the voided place— whose faces I couldn't see except yours and me…"
"Take a deep breath for a bit"
"No, you wouldn't understand, he- I- smile at ME!"
"I'm not going crazy, I'm ju—"
Vas Allen put his hand on Kim's shoulder
"Breath, Kim, you need to breathe…"
"What you just witnessed was probably the aftereffect of multiple spells cast onto you"
"No— I- I-i…"
Kim stays silent, "Was it fake after all"
thought Kim
"Y-you're probably right"
"Maybe it was just the after-effect caused by the spells"
"See, no worries, just a little bit of rest and your minds will go back to normal"
Vas Allen reassured Kim
Kim brings his mind back to his senses, touching the warm grass and staring at Vas Allen
"But where are we?"
"We're outside of the forest"
"What about the Old Man"
"Didn't he want to leave?"
"No, he said that he wanted to stay living in that house"
"Oh… when did he tell us?"
"That's a secret" replied Vas Allen
"Wha- just tell me"
"Forget it, we need to find a road or a trail that lea-"
"You mean that road over there?"
Vas Allen looked in the direction Kim was pointing in, there he looked back at Kim and stared at him with a blank stare
"Yes… just like that road…"
"But before we do anything, we should take a break"
"Me taking a break is what got me into this situation!"
"That's funny"
"It wasn't supposed to be funny, me almost dying isn't funny at all!"
There, both Kim and Vas Allen sit on the cozy grass field, resting
——-
"Are you ready?" Asked Vas Allen
"Yea!"
"Alright then, let us go"
Vas Allen and Kim begin to follow the road
"Where are we even going?" Asked Kim
"I'm not sure, but the way the road is placed.."
"We must be going to Andra"
"Andra?"
"Yep, the country of Andra"
"I heard it's the third most advanced country"
"Third?"
As Kim says in a surprised voice
"Mhm, though I'm not sure what that's about"
"Woah, that's cool… wait, how do you know for sure?"
"I don't, I'm just guessing but I did study a bit of the location of each country and the pathway for Andra looks the same as this"
Kim let out a long sigh
"You guess huh?"
"Yep"
Kim didn't say anything, he stayed quiet
"…"
"So how did you get caught by the gremblings?" Asked Kim
"Probably the same as you"
"No way!"
"The gremblings kidnapped me while I was sleeping"
"That's how they also caught me!"
"I would never" Kim poking fun at Vas Allen
"I— I'm not even going to bother… Mugen…"
"Hey!" Kim shouted out
"That's not fair…"
"Fine fine, I'll stop"
Kim: "Do you mind if I call You Vas instead?"
"I don't mind— unless I call you Mugen"
Kim Mugen stayed quiet… "fine I won't call you Vas" he muttered under his breath
"I'm just joking with you, you can call me Vas if you want"
Looking away with a smile
"Oh wait I almost forgot to do this"
Vas Allen look at Kim "Hmm?"
Kim punches lightly on Vas Allen face
"Ow what was that for?"
"That was for laughing at my last name while we were tied up"
Vas Allen begin to wrestle with Kim trying to get the last hit
"Wait wait- we should continue moving now"
"Damn you're right, next time… I'll last hit you"
"In your dream"
They chuckled at eachother
Both Vas Allen and Kim begin ranting about the turn of events they just experience