Chapter 118 - 118: Waking Up In An Unknown Location. (1/2)

Gray's eyes slowly opened.

He was greeted with an unfamiliar ceiling, and a soft cushion which his body seemingly seeped into.

It was a normal white room, with a reinforced automatic door leading out. Opposite to the bed there was another door which was open, through the frame Gray could see a toilet and bathtub.

Getting up, he felt a sudden throb in his head causing him to stop and think for a while.

”How did I... Get here?” He asked.

His eyes widened as he recalled the events which had happened before he found himself in this situation.

-Memory

”Of course… I'm a man of my word. Princess Ruby. Let's head to your world.”

Ruby slowly nodded before taking his hand.

The instant she did, it happened.

Everything began to shake violently. The shaking wasn't coming from the ship but rather, the ground in the city itself.

”What's-”

Before they could say anything, a pillar of light up from beneath the ship, temporarily blinding them.

Being unable to see anything, Gray grabbed onto Ruby's hand and called out to the others.

”We're fine! This light...! It came from the Labyrinth beneath us!” Violet yelled out.

After the light faded, they all made their way towards the edge of the fleet, before looking down.

Beneath them, they could see the large hole in the ground in the middle of the city. It belonged to the Labyrinth.

Gray glanced at the others, they looked just as confused as he was. Ruby on the other hand, seemed to recognise that light, she had a confused and worried look as she mumbled. ”That's not possible... Already...?”

”Already? Ruby - What does that light mean?” Gray asked.

”It means all the floors of the Labyrinth have been cleared.” She replied. ”I've only seen it once before, when I was a child...” She added.

[Affirmative, the labyrinth has been fully cleared.]

”The labyrinth's been cleared? But who...”

*Throb*

Gray was interrupted as he suddenly felt a stinging throb in his heart. The throbbing got stronger and stronger, before he collapsed towards the edge.

Everything turned black and he couldn't remember a thing after that.

-Memory End

”What happened to me? System.” He said.

[The shop has been updated.]

[The user experienced the side effect of stopping time twice in a row and using the <Mark Of The King> the body had still not adapted to the mark.]

”So I fainted as a result?”

[The user seems to be downplaying the situation.]

[The health potion helped you the first time, but you proceeded to ignore my warnings and used the incomplete time stop ability again.]

[Your organs began to fail, and you almost fell over the edge of the ship.]

[If it wasn't for Ria, who caught you with teleportation and Ruby healing you with Lara alongside her, you would have experienced a much worst fate.]

”System you're being quite talkative... Are you mad at me for ignoring your warnings?” Gray asked as a smile grew on his face.

[…]

Gray chuckled to himself and through the corner of his eyes, he noticed a note on top of the table beside his bed.

Gray grabbed onto the note before reading it out loud.

”There's toothpaste, a new clean brush and warm running water. A spare set of clothes have been placed inside the toilet along with a towel. They've been wrapped to not have water fall on them.

Your pouch and tools will be waiting for you outside.... An officer will accompany you after you're ready.”

Gray placed the note back on the table before getting up.

”So, where are the others and how did I end up here” he asked.

[Whilst you were being healed, a group of four individuals claiming to be working for the government showed up.]

[They asked for our cooperativeness and claimed that their leaders desired to speak to us.]

[The others had been in the room not to long ago with you, but they agreed it would be best to leave you resting as you had already gone through enough.]

Gray began taking his clothes off.

”Who was their leader and why did the girls and Kylo agree to trust them?”

[They claimed it was the president and the leader of the fallen angel opposition corps.]

[They trusted them because, someone familiar was amongst the four, so they decided to trust them.]

”Opposition corps? Never heard of them. Who was this familiar someone?”

[Realm.]

Gray stopped for a moment.

”So that guy's still alive, huh...” He muttered, with a slight smile.

Gray entered the toilet and looked at his reflection.

”System... One more thing. The thing that you did, it worked out this time... But don't ever do it again without warning me ahead of time.” Said Gray with a cold smile.

He was referring to the hibernation process which the system hadn't told him. Because of it, if was a second too late, three of the most important people he had would have been lost.