67 Stuck Once Again (1/2)

”What's next?” asked Daniel teasingly.

Slightly irritated by Daniel's tone, the middle aged man looked back at him and said ”Very well.. It seems that your aptitude for spatial essence is nothing to laugh at. How about something a little more difficult then?”

Before Daniel could respond, a hundred and twenty-eight different rings appeared from out of nowhere, and started to orbit around the middle aged man.

From the middle aged man's body, just as many threads of spiritual essence emerged and joined the rings. Inside the rings, each thread turned into spatial essence of different properties, which once again emerged from the rings and entered another one randomly.

Daniel could feel the one hundred and twenty-seven spatial connections that were being formed, but before he could memorize them, his surroundings rapidly changed just as many times.

After so many teleportations, even he couldn't help but fall on his knees and vomit everything he had eaten during the day. He then dropped unconscious on the ground.

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When Daniel woke up, the first thing he noticed was that he wasn't in empty space. Instead, he was lying on a large expanse of rocky ground. No matter where Daniel pushed his spiritual essence, he could not feel anything but earth essence and the unusual space essence.

After spending a minute focusing on earth essence, within the space essence, he found feeble connections to at least ten different pocket dimensions.

Without any idea of which passage he should go in, Daniel picked one at random and entered it.

Once on the other side, Daniel immediately felt the water essence. The water was in an aerosol state, inside which small wisps of solar essence fluctuate randomly. Once again, Daniel could feel multiple exits inside the unusual space, but none lead outside.

The only thing that put him on a good mood, was a sudden and unexpected window that appeared in his mind.

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*Freedom for All!*

Second objective complete.

Reward: 2500 Karma Points

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”They did free him..” muttered Daniel as a faint smile grew on his face.

Unfortunately, Daniel didn't have many reasons to be happy right now. He was still trapped inside this place and he couldn't seem to figure out how to leave it.

Without a better option, Daniel decided to travel between the many pocket dimension and increase his comprehension of space.

With a serious expression and eyes filled with determination, he jumped straight into another spatial passage.

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An unknown amount of kilometers away from the Krehan empire, five distinct people were currently sitting in a large and elegant throne room. In front of them, two men were standing quietly, while a third kneeled in between them.

If Daniel was present, he would be able to immediately recognize the two men standing as his first two teachers. Master Kye, and the Silver Alchemist.

Kneeling in the middle of the room, was an extremely skinny man. His head was low, and his muscles were so thin that he seemed to have been just taken out of an isolation cell. His eyes were closed, as he didn't seem to be used to so much light anymore. His sickly white skin was almost completely covered in grime, and he couldn't help but cough every now and then.

Sitting to the sides of the room were four people. The first one, was a man who appeared to have reached his early sixties. He wore extremely elegant clothes, and seemed to be a wealthy merchant.

The second, was an old man whose body was covered under a large coat. If someone could take a look at the old man's body, they would be shocked by the impressive muscles he was hiding. He had no weapons on him, which indicated his proficiency with martial arts, and hand to hand combat. His body was filled to the brim with dense ki.

On the other side of the room, a man that seemed to be in his forties sat quietly. He held a longand showy sceptre in his hand, and wore a light blue robe. On his robe, the water essence danced quietly as if the very fabric itself was the surface of the sea.

The fourth person was a young looking woman. She wore a thick layer of make up, making her look not a day older thirty years old. Her body was too well hidden underneath a green robe to verify her age.

The last person present in the room, was the one who sat on the throne. He wore a golden plate armor, above which the heroic story of how a member of the Ralis royal family had exterminated the old owner of the land, had been carved neatly.

This man was, of course, the King of Karalis. His name was Kalmew Relis, and he was the 517th member of the Ka lineage. The main lineage within the Ralis family.

He was currently sitting on his throne, and he didn't seem to have spent his past few weeks in a carefree way.

These five people were the current most powerful people, and only ninth rank cultivators within the kingdom of Karalis. The current king, the chairman of Karalis's branch of the Merchant's Collective, the leader of the Mist and Ice sect, the previous head of the Klyn family, and finally, the Poisonous Dame.

”Is this him?” asked the king to Master Kye.

Master Kye looked back at him and said ”Yes your majesty. We have already verified that this man is indeed related to Dan of the Hiel's.. What would you suggest we do?”

The man in elegant clothes immediately rose to his feet and said ”Your majesty, he is a slave of the Mining Conglomerate, which belongs to the Merchant's Collective.. He should be under our care.”

”Like hell he should!” Barked the leader of the Mist and Ice sect viciously. He then pointed the sceptre at the elegant man and said ”If we give him to you, you'll sell him for a pat in the head from one of your superiors.. He stays in Karalis!”