312 Shackled (1/2)

Chapter 312: Shackled

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The darkness was boundless and seemed everlasting.

Lucien was floating in this space. The certain power in his chest was shouting some words that he was not able to hear clearly. But the words were so powerful that the darkness almost started to surge, as if a storm was going to arrive.

Suddenly, dark green vines quickly rose from the ground beside Lucien's feet and tightened their grip around him within a couple of seconds. The dark red thorns on them were covered with dried human blood, and the dangerous sweet smell from it could paralyze people easily.

Lucien tried very hard. He tried to cast spells, but there was no spiritual power left in this strange space.

The thorns fiercely stabbed into Lucien's body and the unbearable pain made him cry out loud like Elvis. And, at the same time, his whole body felt frozen.

However, the great pain woke Lucien up. Rays of light that were too bright to look at came into space and pierced the darkness.

Lucien felt very dizzy. He squinted in the sudden bright sunlight. Very quickly, he recalled that he had been hit by the many magic rays from the scarlet tree. And he did not even have the time to activate his boots—Sidestep.

Subconsciously, Lucien cast Short Distance Teleportation to avoid the following attack from the tree.

It seemed that Elemental Swirl worked, so Lucien, fortunately, had had enough time to recover. But what about the vines in the darkness? Were they from Lucien's subconscious to make him wake up as soon as possible?

However, as soon as Lucien used the spell, he instantly realized that, just like what happened in his dream, his spiritual power had been drained by using Elemental Swirl. Therefore, he pressed his hands against the ground and dodged sideways.

As a level two knight, Lucien's life force became stronger. Thus, unlike what happened before, after using Elemental Swirl, Lucien was now still able to move relatively swiftly.

But after he rolled over, he noticed that there was nothing underneath him. When Lucien's eyes were more used to the light, he was shocked to find out the fact that he was in a small room painted white. There were no vines, no creepy trees, and no eyes!

Bang! Lucien fell onto the floor.

A knight's body was tough. Lucien did not feel much pain. He quickly looked around.

It was a small room. Except for a small wooden bed, there was only an open wood box here. And nothing was in it.

The room was not dirty, but it was so simple that Lucien wondered if he was in a cell. Maybe he did a space-time travel again?

Lucien lifted his hands and saw that they still looked the same. He touched his neck and felt the summoning mark was still there. Lucien finally believed that he was still Lucien Evans.

But that did not bring much relief to Lucien, because there was a black bracelet on each of his wrist. The black bracelets were shining with a creepy light. Furthermore, when Lucien touched his neck, he felt that there was also a collar on it.

What was even worse was that all his magic items were gone! Sun's Corona, Fire Weaver's Bracelet, Sidestep Boots, Transformation suit, Ogre Gloves… all gone!

There were tiny needles on the bracelets, piercing into Lucien's skin. The look on Lucien's face was very serious. He guessed that the bracelets should be used for confinement and the collar should be used to prevent him from using his spiritual power. No wonder Lucien felt that his spiritual power was drained even more compared to the time when he cast Elemental Swirl still as a junior-rank mage!

Being able to use neither his spiritual power nor his Blessing, Lucien tried to get access to his spirit library. However, it was blocked by some strange power.

Lucien wondered if his spirit library required his spiritual power to be accessed.

Lucien kept trying. He tried to use the mark on his neck to see if he could summon Rhine in his dream. Rhine had the title called the Observer, so he should be the one who could provide Lucien with the most useful information about the Dark Mountain Range!

However, he failed again. For a second, Lucien felt very helpless, just as when he first arrived in this world.

”But I've got a healthy body, a strengthened soul. I think and take actions way better than I used to. Calm down, Lucien. There's hope.” Lucien comforted himself, ”Try to gather more information about this place. So I can figure out the next step.”