Chapter 517 - 463 : Departure (2/2)
”Alright… so we have to get past these two and we'll arrive East?”
Vyncent shook his head and corrected him: ”No, that's not a certainty. What I can tell you, however, is that the two enemy bases will chase us down like dogs and we won't be able to get past them, stealthily, I mean.”
Curious about what she had previously seen, Lucy asked: ”What about that massive monster?”
Lissandra knew who Lucy was talking about. She looked at the shadowed sky and answered
”Timos won't interfere. The Cthulhu may be his creation but he's not interested in them.”
The woman stopped, then, as if she remembered something, added: ”If he telepathically talks to you, ignore him.”
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Half an hour later, after everyone readied themselves, they finally departed. To make sure Lissandra is absolutely safe, Arthur conjured a Dark Barrier around her and hid three Death Knights in her shadow. Furthermore, he built a simple, offensive formation that can deal with the weaklings.
The formation uses thirty-six swords which follow his will. The swords do not have any attributes and are fed with Sword Essence, it is an efficient killing formation, something used back in the old days, when the Buria Empire was still prosperous.
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”What is this place?”
As he heard her expected question, the old man chuckled and said
”See for yourself.”
They elevated in the air, having a much clearer view of the land before their eyes. There was a vast, lush forest, clean rivers and snowy mountains.
Anastassia, confused, kept scanning the area but this peaceful place was unfamiliar. Her spiritual body followed the calm old man, who took her to various places of this world.
Just when they were about to head West, a small, pinkish figure blocked their path. With an angry expression, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at them, she loudly yelled.
”What are you doing here? Scram! It's not a place for stinky people!”
The Lolitta coldly snorted and waved her hand, signaling for them to immediately leave this place. Her face telling them that she didn't even want to hear an explanation. It's either she truly didn't stomach them or wanted to vent some accumulated anger at the first people she ran into.
Seeing this she-devil rage at him and his disciple, Death frowned and inspected her. Unfortunately, he found nothing suspicious, she was an office AI hired by the System to manage this world. However, her strange and eccentric attitude was definitely abnormal.
”Little day, we're just sightseeing, we won't bother anyone.” He kindly smiled and mouthed his sentence quite well to not incense the Lolitta.
”What sightseeing! This isn't a park! You better leave before I make yo-”
She halted mid-sentence, her gaze focusing on Anastassia.
”Wait.” With a hand on her chin, she stared at the black-haired woman from head to toe before adding: ”I know you! You're one of the parasite's friends!”
Just as she said that, the old man's eye narrowed. His countenance became much more serious as a cold gleam flashed across his eyes. He lifted his hand, which magically reached the Lolitta and grabbed her by the throat.
With a chilling voice and a piercing glare, he said
”Who are you?”
He knew all of Arthur's entourage yet this girl, who's also an AI, seemed to be awfully familiar with Arthur, to the point of recognizing Anastassia.
As she was suffocating under his deathly grip, the little girl's face reddened. She helplessly moved her hand and legs, trying to free herself.
After a lot of effort and a bitter struggle, she managed to squeeze out a few words
”P-perverted freak! I'll s-show you!”
A simple red card fell from under her dress, falling a few meters before it froze mid-air then started emitting a red light.
Before the old man could react, a monstrous force hit him from above, sending his flying like a kite while at the same time releasing his grip, finally setting the little girl free, unwillingly, of course.
”Jeeeeeez! Never thought I'll be called so soon.”
The Joker stared at the haggard old man, who swiftly got up and glared at him.
”Don't try to frighten me with your old eyes!”
The Joker's hand flashed and grabbed the startled Anastassia. He held her from the back of her neck while mockingly saying
”What? You hold one of my people yet I can't do the same?”
He paused, glanced at the distressed and angry Lolitta then said
”Now, you're going to be a good old man and sincerely, I repeat, SINCERELY, apologize to her. Hmmm, and give her a gift too, she's still young so a present would certainly please her.”