Chapter 1102 - : A New Problem Arises Before the Old One is Solved (1/2)

Rhode’s journey in the underworld came to an end for now. Of course, he didn’t trust that Asmodeus would keep his word. In fact, demons latched onto every opportunity there was. If Rhode were that foolish to think that this was the end of his exchange with Asmodeus, he would truly be a fool. But… he had his own countermeasures.

But he didn’t expect that as he finally returned to the main plane, before he had the chance to catch his breath, he heard news that made him jump up from the sofa. He was truly startled after hearing the news.

“Erin is missing?”

“Yes, Rhode.”

Marlene replied with a solemn expression. But she couldn’t be blamed as the disappearance of the moon princess was indeed too bothersome. It could also be said that after Marlene learned about it, she focused all her energy on that matter. But even so, she didn’t receive the results she expected and this left her feeling somewhat defeated. Gazing at her grim expression, Rhode knew he should watch his words. After gnashing his teeth and pondering for a few moments, he continued to ask.

“What happened exactly? Tell me the details.”

“Alright, Rhode.”

Marlene seemed to be long prepared for this. After hearing his question, she reported the matter, starting from the beginning. In fact, the situation wasn’t all that complicated. It happened soon after Rhode led his group to the underworld. After Rhode left, Erin stayed in the Country of Darkness for a few days and when she decided to return to the Void Territory out of boredom, she wrote two reports to Ion and Marlene (after all, she was a diplomat for the Void Territory apart from being the moon princess). After ensuring that there were no issues, Erin left the Darkness Capital and headed for the Void Territory.

The situation should have been that simple, but what left Marlene puzzled was that Erin was nowhere to be seen two days after her departure. Besides, Angelina also mentioned that she didn’t see the moon princess anywhere in Grandia. That was really strange. Even though Erin often acted as she pleased, she was serious when it came to business. It was especially so for her identity that predetermined this moon princess couldn’t head wherever she wanted. But Marlene felt odd that she didn’t meet Erin after two days. She asked the Country of Darkness about it and the response from them was that Erin had already left the Darkness Capital two days ago!

This matter was serious. After hearing about this news, Marlene was stunned. She instinctively felt like the situation was out of hand. She looked for Alice quickly, hoping that Alice could find out about Erin’s whereabouts. In the end, the results that Alice received astounded Marlene. According to Alice, Erin’s history was broken off and there was only one possibility. She was no longer in this world!

“No longer in this world?”

Rhode asked with an odd expression. No matter what, this description didn’t sound great at all and it also felt unimaginable to him. Frankly, if Erin was killed by someone, Rhode’s first reaction would be to feel shocked because in terms of all-out strength, even he couldn’t defeat Erin in a short battle, not to mention her being the moon princess.

“Was she killed in our territory?”

Rhode knitted his brows at this thought. If Erin got into trouble on his territory, he would be in for a huge trouble. But after pondering in silence, Marlene shook her head and denied. “No, Rhode. According to Alice, Erin went missing before she arrived at the Void Territory. She should have gone missing in the Country of Darkness.”

“That’s interesting.”

Upon hearing Marlene’s response, Rhode’s curiosity piqued. Honestly, if Erin were to be killed, Rhode thought that the possibilities of her being killed in the Void Territory were much higher as she was the moon princess who wouldn’t die as long as the moon was there. So taking a step back, it wasn’t impossible for Erin to be dead during daytime in the Void Territory because she lost her immortality due to the absence of the moon—though the chances were one in ten million. According to Marlene, it seemed like Erin went missing in the Country of Darkness? Everything was too strange! The Country of Darkness had three moons hanging in the sky! Erin, killed? Rhode wouldn’t believe it at all.

“Could she have headed to the outside world like us?”

Rhode raised one of the possibilities at this thought. After all, Alice only said that Erin was no longer in this world. So perhaps she met an accident and went to the elemental world, Seven Fantasy Boundaries, or whatnot. Maybe she went to the underworld like them too. It wasn’t totally impossible, right?

“That isn’t the case, Your Majesty.”

At this moment, Alice finally spoke.

“My historical records included all history in the Dragon Soul Continent,. And now, there are no historical records of Her Highness Erin. This goes to show that she is no longer in this world.”

“Mmm… hmm?”

Suddenly, Rhode was taken aback. He caught a loophole in Alice’s words.

“What you meant was… Erin disappeared from this world?”

“Yes.”

I see.

Upon hearing Alice’s confident answer, Rhode nodded. Although the first reaction when one heard of a person being ‘no longer in this world’ was that the person was definitely dead, Alice’s record was the ‘history’. Putting it bluntly, even if Erin were truly dead, the process of the rotting and decomposing of her corpse would still be recorded because this belonged to Erin’s personal ‘history’. And now, Alice clearly said that she wasn’t in this world and couldn’t be recorded. This proved that Erin was out of the range of Alice’s ‘historical records’, which meant that she was truly ‘no longer in this world’.

“In this case, she most likely has gotten herself in an accident.”

Rhode understood Erin quite well. If Anne were to go missing, he wouldn’t be surprised. After all, Anne relied on senses rather than brains when doing things. On the other hand, even though Erin seemed nonchalant, she was meticulous with her work and had strong resilience. Rhode wouldn’t believe that she would accidentally fall into some trap. In that case, she was most likely caught in an accident. But Rhode was also curious as to what exact accident made someone like Erin fall for. It wasn’t easy at all. At this thought, Rhode didn’t speak any further, but asked instead.

“By the way, what’s the response from the Country of Darkness?”

“Ugh…”

This time, Marlene put up a difficult expression. She gazed cautiously at Rhode and spoke.

“This… the Country of Darkness refused to believe us. They accused our Void Territory of Her Highness Erin’s disappearance. His Majesty Ion has also sent men over several times to hear an explanation from us… Perhaps there might even be a war!”