Chapter 299: To the Portal (2/2)

As I was about to turn towards the passageway straight to the Portal, I heard another set of voices of Mortal Ranks conversing amongst themselves. They're coming from the left turn's passageway not far from where I currently am.

These guys really have the worst jobs, huh? Lucky them, I already decided to not bother with more Mortal Ranks. The Portal is already a few turns away from me. I will go straight at it and check the situation.

While concealed.

Taking out the Orb of Concealment, the Concealment Aura fully covered my body before they finished their turn. It's the standard group of 10 Mortal Ranks whose strengths hovered between Rank 4 and 5 Mortals. All of them had a dark face as they continued talking about how they would save their hides if they ever encountered one.

They would surely suffer from a heart attack if I suddenly appeared before them, no?

Well, let's not waste the 20 minutes just for a prank.

Passing by them, I turned to the direction where they came from. On the way, I passed by more Mortal Ranks who were talking about the same thing. Though there were small bits of information that were worth picking up, I will think about those later.

First a left, a right and another right turn. Making the map from my head, this passageway was just a square and I would surely arrive at the same place if I took the right turn first.

Anyway, When I reached the middle and was presented with the two passageways, I didn't need to think twice but to pick the left one rather than the straight or I would surely be back from where I came from.

At the end of this path, a familiar tall door appeared before me. However, unlike those at the Restriction Rooms of Jayna and Fleur, the one here was a double door. Two Mortal Ranks were at both sides of the passageway. Their hands were on some kind of a lever.

It's safe to guess that they're the 'doorkeeper'. A few seconds later, the two Mortal Ranks pulled the lever at the same time.

Along with the metal creaking sounds, the tall double door opened from the middle.

As soon as that happened, my eyes instantly caught sight of that gaping hole in space. Though it could be compared to the one my Incarnation closed at the World of Spirits, this one's surely bigger due to how it was fully widened to allow a Transcendent to pass.

The wave of Dark Energy coming from it was stronger that if I stayed exposed to it, I fear that the Concealment Aura will wear faster due to the pressure of a Level 2 Energy.

That's why, without waiting for whoever's about to leave that place, my feet moved and entered through the gaps made by the opening of the double door.

As I slowly walked towards the Portal, my eyes scanned my immediate vicinity. From my left and right, two pairs of Transcendents were sitting in a lotus position atop the circular plates as they poured in their Dark Energy to maintain the formation.

All of them had their eyes closed as if they're concentrating on what they're doing.

There were still a lot of Mortal Ranks here but all of them were busy running around with tubes and tanks of Dark Energy from their arms.

Judging from how many tanks of Dark Energy they're trying to line up next to the circular plates, they're most likely making a device to substitute for the four Transcendents.

Well, aren't they slow workers? Or did they just decide to do that now? Jayna's rescue and Fleur's escape probably made them change their minds.

I guess even after coming here, we're still underestimated or we managed to exceed their overestimation.

In any case, my eyes soon left them as my feet unconsciously walked towards the Portal. The oozing Dark Energy and the Dark Space I could glean from the outside was pulling me to it.

If I enter this, I will arrive at their world…