Chapter 55 Thats a lot of Fores (1/2)
”I'm still alive but barely moving.” Alex thought idly to himself as his mouth refused to open for him. ”Scratch that, I can't move at all.”
Right now, Alex found himself back at the post-paralysis state which followed the aftermath of his use of the Star-Crusted Dagger.
Just like what happened before, Alex's body was once again paralyzed, and he was sure that even Alina was also paralyzed too.
Not only that, but he could also barely use his Esper Power too, which should be the same case for Alina.
Maybe this was the effect of using the Star-Crusted Dagger while having a Power Synthesis with Alina.
Speaking of Alina…
”Oh s**t, Alina just witnessed her sister sacrificing herself earlier! Instead of lying down here like a lazy kid watching YourTube, I should be comforting her now!”
But to Alex's chagrin, he had no way to comfort Alina, as he was unable to move at all.
And this state of his will stay this way for 12 more hours.
”...…..”
Since he knew that moving won't do any good, Alex decided to scout his surroundings with his limited vision.
Alex used his eyeballs to look around him, and he realized that he and Alina were inside a forest.
Alex could somewhat see numerous amount of trees around him and Alina, with the trees towering so high that sunlight could barely trickle in.
Alex could also smell the decayed leaves, musky trunks, and moldy air, indicating that he and Alina were really inside a forest.
Seeing himself in a place like this should make Alex happy right now, but he was not, since his current state was not that good.
”… I really hate the Endless Monarch.” Alex thought to himself as he remembered what happened earlier.
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3 minutes earlier.
After Elizabeth has explained to Alina her plan to die, she teleported Alina, Alex, Ricardo, Lord Gallius, and his master Clint away from their location.
The next thing that Alex knew was that he's back at Clint's house with the others.
At this point, Alex was already paralyzed along with Alina, so they were unable to voice out any words that they wanted to say.
”Oh no! What the hell happened here! Clive, get the medicine kit! Your father and this smug-looking guy needs some first aid!”
”Roger mom!”
Alex could clearly hear countless worried voices, which obviously came from Clint's family. They sounded a little shaken with what they saw, but Alex could feel that they were strong enough to
stomach the current scenario.
At the corner of his eyes, Alex could see Natasha, Natalia, and Clive doing their best to attend to Clint and Lord Gallius. Ricardo, who still looked slightly dazed from what happened, stood beside Natalia as he helped them.
As for Alex and Alina, they seemed to have been ignored first as they looked fine.
”....”
At that time, Alex thought that he and Alina will have to spend 12 hours inside Clint's house before he and Alina sets out to the new world.
But after just 3 minutes of waiting, Alex suddenly saw that his own body was covered by a glow which looked suspicious to him.
”Don't tell me…”
Alex strained the rotation of his eyeballsin order to look at Alina beside him.
”No f**king way.” To his utter surprise, Alex saw that Alina was also covered by the same glow as him.
Aside from Alex, every other conscious occupant in the room saw what was happening, and their shouts of panic confirmed that they were also worried about the glow covering Alex and Alina.
”.....”
It did not take Alex that long to realize what was about to happen next.
”What the hell? Why are both of us leaving now?” Alex thought to himself furiously as he managed to glare at Asteria, who was floating just right above him. ”Isn't this too fast?”
Because Alex was paralyzed, he was not able to voice out any of his resentments to Asteria.
However, Asteria seems to have realized what Alex was thinking of, as she looked at Alex and Alina while saying,
”Main Mission Completed. Bonus Mission Completed. Mission Grade: S.” Asteria's cheeky grin did not leave her face as she continued on talking.
”With the Traveler Alex and his Companion Alina completing the mission in this world, the Endless Monarch had deemed that Traveler Alex and his Companion Alina will now be heading to their next world.” The glow intensified after the small fairy said these words.
”Hehehe, isn't this fun?” Asteria said as she saw the hidden distress on Alex's and Alina's faces. ”We will be on our trip now to the next world! It's time to see new sights and find new babes! Oops, forget the last line, making a harem will only depend on the Traveler's desires…”
Alex tried to ignore Asteria's raucous laughter as he felt his body being brought away by the same power that brought him into this world.
At the corner of his eyes, Alex could see Alina being brought away too.
As for Asteria, she still looked the same, although Alex could feel that Asteria will just ride along with them.