"Is that— me?!"
If Kim were able to shout, he would.
"No, that's not possible… I'm— right here!"
All of a sudden, the Kim who was 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…"
"The two of them change the surrounded mana to where it's not the usual mana the illusion magic was used to… Think of it like a car, you need certain gas to run it, but they change the gas to where the car is not used to it, so it break down, but it's harder to do then and plan… If you find out your car have different kind of gas, you would change it instantly, it was just like that…"
"Vas Allen mana was the highlight of this plan, his mana alone already disrupts the flow of the illusion mana… but he thrown out countless magics spells filling the surrounding area with his mana which eventually disrupt the flow of illusion mana… Kim was also important, Vas in theory could do this alone but he dont got a hold of his power and mana as of right now… Vas could only change the outer layer of mana but not the inner layer which is where Kim come in. Running back and forth while being linger with Vas mana, Kim abruptly sped up the process of changing the surroundings mana with Vas, due to the facts that once he filled up Vas mana in the inner layer, this speed up the process even more for Vas to change its outer layer…"
"The illusion magic would adapt to their palm if they were to fail, making it harder to disrupt the flow and escape. I'd admits It's not the best example for how their plan work but it's something similar…"
The old man realizes how senile he had become, he was talking to himself, realizing this he chuckled, "What a scary duo I have truly stumble into… "
The Old Man said while slowly walking back to his house.
"My illusion magic was able to be disrupted…
just how much weaker has it gotten?" Asked 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, he stumped to the ground.
"That Old Man illusion spell… just how strong is it?" while heavily breathing in and out.
"Now, I wonder how strong the old man was back in his prime."
Vas Allen look at Kim and he soon realizes that Kim's eyes was open.
"We finally escaped that forest huh" Trying to strike a conversation with Kim.
Vas Allen was talking to Kim's body but Kim just stared at the clear blue sky.
Kim didn't hear any of what Vas Allen was saying. There Kim opened his mouth and 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 your and mine…"
"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's 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…" Vas Allen thinks for a moment and said, "We must be going to Andra."
"Andra?"
"Yep, the country of Andra!"
"I heard it's the third most advanced country."
"Third?" Kim said 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."
Vas Allen looked at Kim with a surprise expression. He smile while saying, "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…" Kim mutter under his breathe, Vas Allen heard this.
"Fine fine, I'll stop."
Kim glanced over at Vas Allen and said, "Do you mind if I call You Vas instead?"
"I don't mind— unless I call you Mugen."
Kim Mugen stayed quiet for a moment… "Fine I won't call you Vas" Vas Allen let out a few giggles.
"I'm just joking with you, you can call me Vas if you want!" Vas Allen said looking away at Kim with a smile.
"Oh wait I almost forgot to do this."
Vas Allen look at Kim "Hmm?"
Kim punches lightly on Vas Allen head.
"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, after a few minutes of wresting.
"Wait wait- we should continue moving now" Kim said all tiredly.
"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 while following the roads to Andra…