16 Chapter 16: The Mischievous turns Mysterious (1/2)

After brandishing the Waning Moon Sword a couple of times, Dylan was satisfied by its sharpness and strength. With the correct usage, he could even fight an 8th level Spirit Veins Realm Expert. He exited his mindscape and went back to the real world.

Dylan suddenly reminded himself something. He lifted his hands up and a sword materialized in his palm. He brandished it several times to test it's veracity and after confirming that it was legitimate. He suddenly thought of something.

”What if I command it to go back? Will it go back to my mindscape?” He thought of it and tested his conjecture. The sword vanished and when he closed his eyes it was within the gates. He reached out to grab it and the sword moved passed the gates as it placed itself on Dylan's palm. He parted with the sword once more and went back to reality.

He thought of materializing the sword once more and it did. Seeing that his hypothesis was right, Dylan felt blissful.

”Hahaha. It works!” Dylan celebrated. 'Does this mean the Cosmic God Mansion is a portable storage type treasure as well? Since it is within my mind, it means that my treasures are safe as long as an expert attacked his mind.

”I wonder.” Dylan thought of experimenting a bit. He came tin front of a chair and thought of it to be transported to his mindscape but to his disappointment, it did not. He, then, deduced that the Cosmic God Mansion only allows materialization of things in the real world and his mindscape that are from within it.

”It's time for me to go and entertain my job applicants.” Dylan reminded himself and exited his house.

As he was going to wards the stage, he looked at the back of the platform. He remembered Scarlet and went inside the restaurant to see how she was doing. She entered the kitchen and saw a girl lying on a bed sleeping soundly.

When Dylan was just about to leave,he heard a peculiar sound.

”Nu..weh..bee..a..po...yy...”

The sound had an archaic feeling surrounding it and it heated up the environment.

”What?!” Dylan felt baffled. What was currently happening inside this room? After the sound faded, everything went back to normal. However, this caused Dylan to feel more baffled. The most baffling thing was that...

The origin of the sound was familiar...

To be precise, the voice was familiar...

”Could it be.. Scarlet?” Dylan was dumbfounded but the voice he was sure that it was Scarlet's voice. This made Scarlet become more mysterious. He began to recall how he found this girl. Whilst he was searching for an Alchemist that would be able to heal his affliction,he came across a rumor that a village which was suspected to be burnt down by wildfire could be found somewhere near the area he was travelling.

Dylan became curious about this matter so he decided to take a slight detour. He asked for directions and eventually found a mountain range. The locals told him that the village could be found after you hike around the foremost mountain of the range. So he hiked for half a day until he reached his destination.

On the mountain range, he saw a burnt down valley. This burnt down valley was where the village originally stood. Dylan saw some remanants of houses even though, he was from afar. He walked closer towards the valley. The rumor said that the fire started at late midnight that was why no survivor was left alive. Only charred bones were left on the remaining corpses.

The ruins of the village were apparent and could be inferred that the disaster happened recently. After scanning the place and going for a few rounds, he felt he satisfied his curiosity already. So he decided to go and continue on to his search.

”Waaah... Waaah... Waaah...”