Book 4: Chapter 71: Reappearance
Diana gave Lucas an unfriendly look. âThis is a ruin, not a tomb. How dangerous can it be? Donât tell me that youâre scared?â
Lucas shrank a little and moped, âW-Whoâs scared? I guess Iâll just entertain you guys since you all have invited me to this special assault team with so much enthusiasm.â
Durance nodded in satisfaction at Lucasâ response, then turned to the others. âIn that case, letâsâ¦â
His expression suddenly changed mid-sentence.
Not only him, but everyone else was looking at their surroundings in shock
They were originally in a natural cave, but their surroundings changed suddenly.
They found themselves in front of an ancient castle without any warning.
The castle towered high into the clouds. It was so grand that it didnât look like it was a man-made structure; more like a black mountain blocking everyoneâs way. The black bricks of the castle were covered by strange vines â on the walls and to the entrance. It was almost like they were tentacles.
âW-Whatâs⦠going onâ¦?â Diana frowned.
âNo idea.â Durance looked up, not at the castle but at the sky.
A black sun hung high in the crimson sky which looked like a canvas that had been dyed red by blood. It was somewhat similar to the sun they saw when they first entered here, but not exactly the same.
This time, the sun was completely black.
The crimson sky turned into the most perfect background to intensify the black sunâs mysterious atmosphere.
Just looking at it made one feel as though their mind was being sucked into it.
As someone with strong willpower, even Durance couldnât help but feel intimidated.
He took a deep breath. âRegardless of the current circumstances, Iâm afraid that thereâs a change in our plan.â
The castleâs door slowly opened. A huge bony hand reached out and grabbed on the ground, leaving five several meters deep gullies in the ground.
The owner of the huge hand eventually emerged.
It turned out to be a hundred-meter tall skeleton with a pair of bone wings on its back.
âROAR!â
The giant skeleton let out an angry bellow and charged toward them, carrying a gust of foul-smelling wind. Some of the weaker mages instantly lost their balance and got blown away.
Diana kicked Lucasâ rear with a look of disgust on her face. âYou totally jinxed it!â
âIn the name of Goddess, this has nothing to do with me!â
âAlthough Iâm unlucky, Iâm not as unlucky as our saintess! This is definitely a coincidence!â he moped.
âHow could there be so many coincidences?!â
Durance was the first to draw his rapier, Golden Stella, a sacred artifact that was passed down from generation to generation in the Aneva family.
âSomeone must have done something to trigger a certain switch in the Ancient Ruins to cause this.â
âYouâre sayingâ¦â
Dianaâs expression remained unchanged, as though she had already figured it all out. âGolden Demon Htililâ¦â
â¦â¦â¦
â¦â¦â¦
Uhn? What happened? Whereâs Titan 12138 and the rest?
Lilith sat on the ground looking dazed with a half-eaten green fruit in her hand.
She obviously couldnât react to the turn of events.
She quickly stuffed the remaining half of the fruit into her mouth while scanning her surroundings.
It was thenâ¦
Her gaze met with half-naked Lesiah, who had the same dumbfounded look on her face.
Ugh⦠Well this is awkward.
Lilith was stunned for a moment. She quickly swallowed the fruit, then crouched down and protected her head.
Sure enough, Lesiah let out a shrill scream then picked up the rocks on the ground and started hurling them at Lilith while ignoring her state of undress.
âYOU FOUL DEMON! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO AGAIN THIS TIME?!â
âItâs an accident! Itâs really an accident this time!â
âDo you think I will still believe you? You must be trying to get me to let my guard down then do that kind of thing to me again right?! I definitely wonât fall for it this time!â
Lesiahâs reaction annoyed Lilith.
âLook up first! This really has nothing to do with me!â
She ran up to Lesiah, pinned her to the ground and forced her to look at the sky.
âBlack sun⦠Crimson skyâ¦?â
And⦠an unfamiliar surroundingâ¦
âWhere are weâ¦?â
âHow would I know? Iâm as puzzled as you.â
Lilith curled her lip.
âAre you sure this is not your work?â
âOf course not. Why would I have amazing power to instantly change the surrounding environment?â
ââ¦â¦â
Lesiahâs gaze slightly softened.
It was true. Even if a peak saint-level expert could instantly destroy a region, they were not capable of instantly changing or reshaping an environment.
âUnhand me at once!â
âWhooops!â
It was only at this moment, Lilith realized that Lesiahâs clothes were disheveled. With her shoulders half exposed, she looked extremely alluring. If someone walked in on them, they would definitely think that they were either going to or were already doing something R-18 with each other.
Lesiah flushed and punched Lilith angrily. But Lilith didnât feel anything, she was the one who was in pain instead.
Lilith quickly got up and pretended to look at the surroundings to hide her embarrassment. However, she was still stealing glances out of the corner of her eye when Lesiah wasnât aware.
Lilith only turned around when Lesiah finally tidied herself up.
âUmm⦠It was an accident, donât be mad. Letâs figure out what happened first.â
âHmph.â
The contempt on the princessâ face made Lilithâs scalp numb.
âIn any case, both of us are in the same boat until we figure out whatâs going on. Weâre in this together now so letâs start by exploring the surrounding area first?â
Lesiah didnât answer, but nodded.
Lilith secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
They made a round and Lilith realized that they came to a place that was both unfamiliar yet familiar to her.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It was the grassland she was at when she first entered the ruins, and also the place where the black devils appeared.
It still looked the same, save for the flames burning at the horizon. It replaced the sun in becoming the only light source of this little world.
She looked above her head. The black sun was still hanging in the sky. The crimson sky behind it looked like the devilâs tablecloth.
However, according to Titan 12138, the black devils shouldnât respawn once they were defeated. This was an indication that the day of darkness was over. She certainly didnât expect that it would come for the second time.
Why did the black sun appear again?
And more importantly, what was the power that instantly transported Lilith and Lesiah to this grassland which was supposedly thousands of miles away? Neither of them felt any trace of fluctuation in spatial force.
It seemed like it wasnât them who moved, but the world.
But why only both of them were transported here?
Lilithâs head throbbed painfully. She was never good at thinking. In fact, she was more like those characters who would pin down a murderer on the ground while shouting âYou have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will be a good reason for me to beat the s̲h̲i̲t̲ out of youâ after someone else figured out the murderer.
Lesiah stroked her chin in deep thought. âIs it possible that only the outsiders were teleported?â
âOutsiders? Weâre not the only ones here. Where are the others?â
âMaybe the destination differs for everyone. I would suggest we explore a little further while the situation is still unclear to us.â
âRight.â
Lilith took a step, then the expression on her face instantly stiffened.