Death… And Me

Chapter 3608: Frozen Globes

”Still, this turned out to be simpler than I thought...” Rean couldn’t help but comment.

The region they were walking in now didn’t have anything. The slowed time was still present, but other than that, the area was barren. Well, at the very least, they couldn’t miss the right path. That’s because the Time Power got stronger the further ahead they moved, albeit slowly. If they changed direction, Rean could feel it through the fact Light Element wasn’t as affected. It was truly an unexpectedly easy region.

”That’s because you have Light Element affinity, and you are who you are,” Kentucky commented, although he, too, could do the same now that he knew what had to be done. ”For the others, things might not be as simple.”

Rean shook his head, though. ”The trick here is to find out about the time issue. As long as you notice that, you could simply control the environment’s Yang Energy to gather some Light Element and then do the same thing as me. It’s just that anyone else would use a lot more Divine Energy.”

”That’s exactly what I meant,” Kentucky added. ”Just how many experts out there do you think can control Light Element with Yang Energy with such precision? Don’t forget we all have our cultivations suppressed to the Transition Realm. It is easy for you and me, but for anyone else who doesn’t have Light Element Affinity, they would probably be sweating buckets by now.”

”This is taking too long. Let’s run,” Roan commented. He wasn’t being careless. It’s just that Kentucky’s words were right. This was supposed to be a very hard region to pass by for anyone else, especially since they would need to notice the light element trick. It was unlikely there were any other dangers in this place. And, if there was, they have a good bait ahead of them to take the first blow.

And so, they increased their pace, running as fast as Rifindio could while he could keep his Divine Energy reserves intact. Let’s not forget that even running too fast spent a lot of energy here due to gravity, especially for him.

Slowly but certainly, they advanced. Now and then, Rean and Kentucky took turns to keep the Light Element inside everyone’s bodies running. Rean wasn’t tired or anything, but it would be good if Kentucky did that as well in case something happened to Rean.

It took them over a week, but they noticed something further ahead. It wasn’t a change in the environment. Instead, it was a Globe, a Self-Defense Globe! Approaching the globe, the twins’ group looked inside, and they saw everyone frozen in place. No, they were still moving, but very, very slowly, to the point it wasn’t possible to notice even if you looked closely. It was the same effect Grititi got back at the start.

”This team is not part of our group back in the Molten Ocean. They are someone else,” Roan commented.

Royer nodded, finding it normal. ”I told you, didn’t I. The Golden Palace changes every time, but the regions themselves don’t. Everyone will have to pass by the regions unless they find some way to skip some of them. This here is probably just the first one of these Globes we are going to find.”

”They were careless,” Celis commented. ”Their Globe has no energy left, but the experts inside still have plenty of Divine Energy. That means they didn’t think about what was happening here and let the energy of the globe run out. They were caught by the slowed down time, and they probably haven’t even noticed it yet.”

”Should we wake them up?” Elsie asked.

”Let them rot!” Roan had no intention of allowing it, though. ”When the ten years are over, they will be dragged out of the palace anyway. No reason for us to increase the number of idiots who could potentially cause us trouble.”

Royer pondered a bit. ”Actually, we might as well kill them. They can’t defend themselves anyway. Their Sptial Rings must have quite a lot of treasures and Divine Energy stones, too.”

”I don’t mind robbing them of their Spatial Rings, but I won’t kill anyone,” Rean commented. He never killed just for the sake of killing.

Royer shrugged, but he didn’t insist. He just thought Rean to be a little too naive.

*Bang!*

Kentucky smashed his beak against the globe. If they wanted to reach the experts inside, they first had to enter it, right? Yet...

”So hard...” Kentucky’s attack resulted in failure. He didn’t even scratch the globe.

”It isn’t hard,” Rean shook his head. He then touched the Globe, and a second later...

*Crack, crack, crack...*

*Pling!*

The area Rean touched shattered. ”It’s just that you forgot to make the globe’s shell time come back to normal. Try to do that against the area you just attacked. It should break straight away.”

”Oh!” Kentucky nodded and did as Rean said. Sure enough...

*Crack, crack, crack...*

*Pling!*

The area Kentucky just attacked broke apart as well.

They all entered the globe and began to take out the Spatial Rings. Royer was right. There were plenty of High-Rank Divine Stones inside, as well as quite a few life-saving treasures. It’s just that the treasures weren’t of much use to the twins’ group as they themselves are quite stronger than the treasures’ powers. Well, they still kept them.

Grititi looked at all of that, feeling a little jealous. He was pretty rich, but so were most of the Divinity Realm experts who came this time around. It wouldn’t be bad to increase his own fortune. Too bad no one gave him anything.

Their journey resumed, and three days later, they found another globe. However, everyone inside was dead, and a hole in the globe could be seen. Someone had the same idea as Royer. They simply killed everyone inside and took their belongings.

This was only one of the quite a few globes they would find on the way.

Crossing this region took the twins’ group one and a half months, and most of the globes frozen in time had dead teams inside. Only one or another was lucky enough to not have been found by murderous groups.

Rean wasn’t the only one who decided to not kill, though. Of the globes with living experts inside, three of them had been completely robbed by the time their group found them. So, it wasn’t like everyone thought they had to kill regardless of whether it was necessary.

*Flap, flap, flap...*

Kentucky took flight, rising a few hundred meters before coming down straight away. If it was for a short moment, Kentucky had no trouble flying. It just used a lot of strength and Divine Energy. He did it so he could pry further ahead, especially since he had the best sight in their group.

”Seems like we arrived,” Kentucky commented. ”There are quite a few globes standing further ahead.”

”Should we go there and meet them?” Celis asked. ”We aren’t using a Globe, after all.”

”Absolutely,” Roan didn’t think twice. ”But before that...”

Roan then took two pills out of his Spatial Ring, passing them to Grititi. ”Swallow them.”

Grititi obviously didn’t want to. ”What are these?”

Royer got impatient. ”What do you care? Just swallow them already.”

”Alright, alright.” Without a choice, he took them. Following that, both his aura and form changed, much to his surprise. ”This...”

”We can’t have other Camazotz Bats recognizing you, now can we?” Roan commented. ”With this change, you can definitely pass by some other bat race.”

Royer found Roan’s methods to have a flaw, so he contacted him. ’But nothing stops Grititi from simply using his Divine Sense to send the Camazotz Bats a message.’

’So be it. That just means we will have more Camazotz Bat stew to eat later,’ Roan didn’t give a damn. ’Anyway, if he is smart, he will know to keep his mouth shut. Remember, we can make his head explode anytime we want... or so he thinks. Calling for help might just be the trigger necessary for us to decide to kill him, and he knows that.’

Royer very much wanted to have Roan’s confidence, but he didn’t complain. ’Alright then.’