Chapter 432: Hall of Life and Death
A new item had appeared in Eren’s inventory that only he could see. At the initial impressions, the item appeared no different than a wooden mask which wasn’t even something that could properly be
worn.
It was too small to be of any use, merely being a few inches long. It was more like something that could be used to make an accessory for a pendant than a proper mask.
With the Left Guardian nearby, Eren couldn’t bring the mask out of his inventory to check its uses. For the time being, he silently followed the Left Guardian with the support of Ruby.
Soon, the left guardian stopped in front of a large metallic door. She opened the door and told Eren to enter.
“What is this place?” Eren asked, frowning.
“You ask too many questions…” The Left Guardian simply waved her hand, using the controlling force to pull Eren’s body.
Eren’s body flew straight inside the room,
Ruby following closely behind. The
moment both of them were inside the dark
room, the metallic door closed.
From outside, the left guardian’s voice came, “For now, you will be staying here.
After we confirm what happened in the Kiel Family Estate, we will think about how to deal with you.”
The left guardian turned around, not offering any further explanation.
From inside the room, Eren heard the sound of footsteps getting distant. They were truly left behind in this room, which was truly no different than a prison cell.
The walls were made from anti magic material. Even a powerful mage couldn’t break these walls, let alone people from other Continents.
The metallic door was even worse. Eren simply touched the door and he felt as if his strength was being sucked by the door.
If he was to attack the door, he was sure that the door wasn’t going to break. If anything, the door was going to steal his energy, maybe even use it against him.
He confirmed his theory with the use of Identification Skill on the door, only to realize that everything was just as he expected.
“Just as I thought, this was a trap.” Eren
walked back and sat down, his head still a little dizzy from the use of the portal
formation.
Fortunately, with time, he was becoming
more clear headed.
“She is going to bring them back to life and then come to kill us. What a ruthless
woman,” he said.
Ruby was shocked at Eren’s words. Did it
mean that they were already discovered?
“If you knew that this was a trap, why did
you agree to come here?” she asked, looking back at Eren.
The moment she saw Eren’s face, she grew
even more stunned. Even though the young man was talking about such a scary thing that could lead to their death, he didn’t look scared.
He was calm. In fact, he was a little too calm. She didn’t understand how he could be so calm in a situation like this, as if everything was still going as per his wishes.
She saw Eren waving her fingers in the air, appearing to be touching some invisible object. Before long, she saw a tiny wooden mask appear in his hand out of thin air.
The mask didn’t feel anything extraordinary. It only looked like a charm that a kid had made from one of the most ordinary trees in the neighborhood.
She could even break the wooden mask without using any special abilities.
“What is that?” she asked Eren, curious
about the object.
Although the small mask looked too
ordinary, she was sure that wasn’t the case.
Eren was the Great Elder of the Demon
Sect. How could he have ordinary things?
“It’s something really fun.” Eren’s lips crept
up to form a smile as he looked at the description of the small wooden mark.
He wondered if this was the effect of his
Destiny Physique. This item was truly useful for him.
“Before anything else, there is one more
thing for me to finish.” He kept the wooden mask back in his inventory.
Standing up, he walked closer to Ruby and placed a finger on her forehead.
Under his breath, he chanted a few words to use the Dragon Tongue Language, accompanied by the ability of the Hero
Academy Professor that he had stolen in the Hero Continent.
With the hero’s ability, he started manipulating her memories. With the girl
being so weak, he didn’t have any problem when it came to the mental manipulation. With the Dragon Tongue, he reinforced the effects of his abilities, creating new memories for the girl to believe in.
Now that he was in the Necromancer Tower, anything was possible. His biggest
weakness here was Ruby, who knew his real identity.
Previously, she barely controlled her fear and wasn’t interrogated by the left guardian. It was quite possible that next time it might not be so easy for her. He made sure that Ruby believed the story that they had told the Necromancer Tower. He even erased memories related to Fey, manipulating them to make her believe that it was actually an ordinary meeting in her family which was attacked by someone who looked like the Cardinal.
“That should be enough.” After completing
the manipulation, he walked back to his place and sat down.
He had taken care of the most basic things.
Now only the important pieces of this puzzle were left.
“The left guardian is coming here?”
“What? What did we do? Why is that
monster coming here? Did you offend her somehow?”
“What do you mean? It must be you who offended her! Remember the time she
brought back an adult Mythical Beast Corpse after hunting it? She must have found out that you failed to reanimate the corpse of the beast!”
“How could she find out so soon? Argh, I am dead if it is true! I need to hide!” Inside a hall, there was absolute panic as
the news amidst the members of Hall of
Life and Death..
