Chapter 383 - Chapter 383: Chapter 363: Unconstrained Fischer (2/2)

Perhaps in her imagination, those unknowns lurking in the darkness were stealthily approaching, every sound sufficient to accelerate her heartbeat and make her body tremble.

Byrne asked:

“Helen… how are you feeling? Are you okay?”

In the darkness, Helen remained silent for a long time, so long that Byrne even thought she might not speak, but eventually, the girl slowly began to reply.

“I don’t want to talk.”

Deep inside, Byrne knew quite well that Helen had entered a period of emotional low.

Under such circumstances, Helen didn’t want to do anything and could hardly generate any normal emotions. He didn’t know how long this state would last, but he now desperately needed the Destiny’s Trajectory of the “Fantasy Fellow.”

“Is that ‘Little Black’ still here?”

Byrne’s brow furrowed slightly, knowing in his heart that Helen, because of her Fantasy Trajectory, had a natural ability to attract mysterious creatures and gain their favor.

That’s how “Little Black” had come to her.

And it was five years ago that Helen’s dreams directly took her to the Spirit Realm, which, due to the special nature of the Fantasy Trajectory, was as easy and comfortable for her as going on a picnic.

She even felt it more comfortable than living in the real world.

During one of her wanderings in the Spirit Realm, Helen by chance encountered a strange shadow, a mysterious presence she had never seen before.

Since then, Helen often encountered it, gradually becoming more and more familiar with it.

She later told her family about it, but nobody paid much attention, as Helen’s mental state had always been a bit off, and indeed she possessed special abilities. It was hard to distinguish whether she had really encountered a mysterious presence or it was just a figment of her imagination. In fact, the latter was the most likely.

Even if it was real, Helen could handle it, given her natural ability to gain the favor of mysterious beings.

Two years ago, however, Helen suddenly told her family…

“It’s here!”

“It has come to our world, right here!”

Only then did everyone realize that something was seriously wrong, because none of the mysterious presences Helen encountered in the Spirit Realm had ever followed her for long, let alone from the Spirit Realm into the real world!

Helen named it “Little Black,” and only a very few within the Fischer family could observe its presence using extraordinary power.

And “Little Black” ignored everyone except Helen, so over time, everyone stopped paying it any attention.

Until a year ago, when Byrne, while using his extraordinary power, inadvertently had his “Body Double” interfered with by “Little Black,” realizing that the other possessed a unique power.

“It’s here.”

Helen nodded lightly, took a deep breath in front of her grandfather, and then looked palely toward the corner.

Byrne turned his head, his gaze following Helen’s to the corner not far away.

That was “Little Black,” the mysterious being from the Spirit Realm with an undiscovered origin.

In the dark and profound corner, a life form coalesced from night itself lay in wait, its existence a subtle defiance of light, like the most inconspicuous shadow at the edge of an abyss.

The shadow was formless and substanceless, only a contour captured in the faintest of light changes, blending noiselessly into the surrounding darkness like the deepest ink of night.

Byrne, through his Perception Ability achieved after reaching the 5th Rank, sensed its presence yet could not accurately capture its trace, only vaguely feeling a nameless chill rising up his spine, as though observed by some ancient and powerful force in silence.

This “Little Black.”

What, exactly, was it?

Its eyes, elusive, stared coldly and devoid of any emotion around it, that gaze penetrating the barriers of matter, staring directly at the secrets and fears deepest in one’s heart.

The shadowy life form belonged neither to the clamor of daylight nor to the tranquility of night, as if it existed beyond time and space.

He could not understand what the mysterious being from the Spirit Realm “Little Black” was, but he was keenly aware that it contained a formidable power!

Now needing to find the president of the Alchemy Council to obtain means to extend his lifespan, Byrne had a series of plans in mind. He spoke calmly and firmly:

“I need its help, Helen.”