Eren could get out of it on his own. The only problem was that it was going to take more effort and time. Fortunately, there was no need to worry about time.
As long as he didn’t ask a question using the voucher, the effect wasn’t going to run out anytime soon.
“Four months and no less!” The Author also grew stubborn, albeit going down on the duration as well.
“You have a deal!” Eren brightly reached out his hand towards the Author.
“You are truly something else…” The author also shook his head lightly.
He reached out his hand, grabbing a hold of Eren’s hand. He pulled Eren out of the darkness that had been trying to devour him before the time was frozen.
With the author’s help, Eren was pulled out of the quicksand-like darkness, landing on the ground in the distance.
Eren was finally able to catch a breath of relief as he sat on the ground, feeling the numbness in his legs.
“Recovery.” He used the Dragon Tongue on his legs, helping them recover faster.
“That feels so much better,” he said, feeling the smooth recovery. He was soon able to stand properly, as if nothing was wrong with him.
The only problem was that the clothes on the power half of his body her been destroyed, leaving him completely bare from chest down.
He brought new clothes from his inventory and changed his attire.
“When you said that I might die on my trip to the North, did you already know about the thread of soul?” he asked the author while looking at the Tower Master in the distance.
The Tower Master looked completely helpless. He couldn’t even move a finger, making it the perfect opportunity to kill him at first glance.
Unfortunately, that was too good to be true. In the frozen world, as long as Eren tried to attack any living being, the effect of the frozen world was going to be over.
Attacking the Tower Master was no different than freezing him from these restrictions, giving him another opportunity to kill him.
If it wasn’t for the thread, it wouldn’t have been this dangerous for him in the Northern Continent. Unfortunately, he hadn’t even known about it.
He came straight to the territory of the Tower Master, not even realizing that he was carrying something akin to a gps that led the Tower Master straight to him.
“Is that the question you are asking using the Question Voucher?” The author asked, only for Eren to fiercely shake his head.
“Don’t you even try!” Eren exclaimed. “This is just a normal question.”
The effect of the time freeze was only lasting until the question asked using the voucher was answered. He couldn’t use a question like that as that was going to free the Tower Master.
“In that case I can’t answer.” The Author simply looked elsewhere, not answering Eren’s question.
“You said that the only opportunity I had to survive was by using the Sword of Retribution which belonged to the Sword Emperor. Does it mean I can kill the Tower Master if I could use that sword?”
Eren changed the question since the first question couldn’t be answered. As long as it wasn’t a forced question, the effect of the question voucher weren’t counted.
“I said you might have a chance of surviving. I didn’t say you could kill him. At the same time, I also didn’t say that you couldn’t kill him. So who knows?” The author shrugged, being just as vague as ever.
Eren rubbed his temples, not knowing how to take the author’s words. When he meant that he might have a chance of survival, what percentage of chance was it? One percent chance? A hundred percent chance? Nothing was clear.
Unfortunately, it was clear that the person wasn’t going to answer until he was forced, which Eren couldn’t afford to do right now.
Instead, he turned to the Tower Master. He wanted to see himself what was the true strength of the tower master.
“Identification!”
A status scree appeared in front of Eren, being blood red. Seeing the screen, Eren’s frown deepened.
He wasn’t taken aback because of the man’s stats. Instead, he was surprised because he couldn’t see anything at all.
Everything on the status screen was blurry and glitchy, making it impossible to even properly read the person’s name on the status screen.
Soon, a black screen appeared in front of the red screen which was much smaller, only having a few sentences.
“An unknown force is restricting me?” Eren looked back at the author. “Can you tell me anything about it?”
The author remaining silent, not even saying a single word this time. It was as if he didn’t even hear a single word spoken by the young man.
The mist around the author’s face made it impossible to see what he looked long, or even his expressions at the moment.
“It looks like I won’t be getting any answers from you.” Eren could only give up on trying to get answers.
He raised his Sword and walked closer the Tower Master. As he had no intent to attack the tower master, the time freeze effects remained in place.
Eren stepped in front of the Tower Master and used his sword. However, he didn’t use it on the tower master.
Instead, he used the sword to carve a few words on the ground. He wrote using the language of this world to make sure that the Tower Master could understand him when he woke up.
“Are you really…?” The Author looked at the message that Eren wrote for the Author, almost facepalming himself. “You are so childish.”
“Don’t be a moral policeman now.” Eren shrugged before turning around.
He kept the sword back in his inventory, having finished writing the message that he wanted to leave behind.
