Death… And Me

Chapter 3215: Most Probable Scenario

Sister Orb immediately made the outside world visible from inside the Dimensional Realm, and that allowed everyone to see the events there.

”Sister Orb...” Rean called her out.

[Donʼt look at me. Iʼm not the one who started the quest.]

”Quest?” The others looked at Rean in confusion. ”What are you talking about?”

Rean looked outside, seeing the sky turning a mix of yellow and silver color. ”Forget about that. What you need to know is that things arenʼt going very well outside. This is most likely happening all over the planet. Sister Orb, can you detect the activation of those formations over the planet?”

[One sec...] Sister Orb concentrated. Those enormous formations caused a lot of commotion even in their inactive state, so if they activated, she should still be able to detect them from afar. [Yes, the two closest ones to us are definitely activated now.]

Rean shook his head, sighing in response. ”Forget about escaping this planet. Seems like the entire thing will go down in 24 hours.”

”What?!” Zangeshu and the others were taken aback. ”How?! The Contest is still seven months ahead!”

Roan kept his calm, although he was annoyed by the changes. ”Shut up. The contest is in seven months, but who said that the Inquisition Hall had to wait for it to happen?”

Rean agreed with him. ”Every day, more and more experts from the various planets arrive here in Closal. Since this is where the contest will take place, you would want to acclimate to it first. This is just one example of what might have caused this sudden change.”

Rean looked at Roan, communicating through their Soul Connection. ʼThe System spoke

about someone being controlled by the Abyssal Soul, right?ʼ

Roan was also thinking about it. ʼIt did indeed. That reminds me of how that cocoon monster tried to take Rifindioʼs bloodline. Perhaps it is something similar to that.ʼ

He continued. ʼThat isnʼt all. The system also mentioned that we would be eliminated if we failed the quest. However, the point was what it mentioned right after.ʼ

ʼWe will be eliminated, but it will not be the system that will eliminate us...ʼ Rean definitely didnʼt forget that important detail. ʼI can only conclude that whatever is going to happen in the next 24 hours is something that we canʼt avoid by trying to flee from this planet.ʼ

ʼThatʼs what I thought as well,ʼ Roan looked at the quest as he answered. ʼStill, why now? What changed for this event to start like this?ʼ

It was at this moment that Rean received a call in his CD.

-Rean! Good! The Werdlem Network is still working.-

Rean sighed, already guessing what happened. ”Karev, it was you, wasnʼt it? You said that you knew where to find more Divine Werdlem Stones, and you went there to acquire them. Let me guess: the moment you took them, everything went upside down. Am I correct?”

-Eh... - Karev was taken aback for a moment, but he nodded in the end. -Y-Yes... I got the Divine Werdlem Stones, but they were attached to another hidden formation underground. When I removed them, everything went out of the rails... Well, I did a little thing too...-

”Divine Werdlem Stones?” The others in the Dimensional Realm were surprised to hear about them.

Roan didnʼt want to fulfill their curiosity at the moment, though. ”Forget about it for now. You can ask more later.” Quickly, he turned to Karev. ”Tell us what happened on your side.”

Karev nodded and began to explain.

Back when Karevʼs brother told him about the Divine Werdlem Stones, he also spoke of a secret passage that Karev would be able to use to acquire the Stones without being detected. That was the method Karev used to approach the Divine Werdlem Stones. No one was supposed to even know that the passage existed, so there was no protection there.

With his path free of risks, Karev was able to reach an underground facility where the Divine Werdlem Stones were being stored. Each of the stones was standing on a huge altar, and many formation runes seemed to be filling them with energy.

Karev made sure to check his surroundings, and after confirming that there wasnʼt anyone in there, he acted on the Divine Werdlem Stones. In his head, he thought that was how the Divine Werdlem Stones were created in the Mortal World, so he didnʼt consider the consequences of removing them.

Initially, everything went fine. He removed the Divine Werdlem Stones, and altars deactivated on their own. However, this was a place that belonged to the Inquisition Hall. It was the Inquisition Hall that caused so much suffering to his brother. So... before leaving, Karev decided to destroy the area.

Well, and so he did. There was a core of the formation in that huge underground area, and it was filled with even more energy. Without a care for the world, he released his anger on the core, which was quite fragile. In just a single attack, it immediately cracked, and the whole thing began to shake.

Karev quickly left the area through the secret passage... just to reach the outside world and see the transformation in the skies. He didnʼt dwell there and left the surroundings as fast as he could. Naturally, he contacted Rean once he felt he was safe.

Rean and Roan narrowed their eyes. Karev destroyed the formation that was feeding the Divine Werdlem Stones. First of all, were those stones really Divine Werdlem Stones? The twins thought Divine Energy was necessary to make them.

”From the looks of it, those Divine Werdlem Stones and that underground formation were connected to the formations being built all over the planet,” Rean commented. ”Since Karev destroyed the core...”

”I see what is happening here,” Roan intervened. ”Karev said his attack cracked the core, but he didnʼt stay to see if it exploded or whatever. There is only one explanation. Karev didnʼt succeed in destroying the formation core. As a result, the guy being controlled by the abyssal soul was forced to initiate the procedures before the Contest started in seven months.”

Rean and Sister Orb could only nod in agreement. ”Seems like the most probable scenario...”