Death… And Me

Chapter 3828: Out of Choices

Finally, Kunprio sighted the Main Core of the Corrupted System. It looked pretty much like the Dimensional Realm itself when the twins saw it from outside. It was a black and red sphere that rippled like a lake. One thing to take notice of was the Corrupt System’s Red Energy, which emanated from the Sphere.

Kentucky saw that from afar, stopping his flight and keeping his distance from Kunprio. ”That has to be the main Core, right?”

Rean and Roan didn’t have Kentucky’s eyes, so they had to trust Kentucky’s description of the Core.

”It does look to be the it,” Roan commented. ”Kunprio stopped there, right? Can you see what he is doing?”

Kentucky focused on Kunprio and his two companions. ”They are standing near the core, probably discussing something. Other than that, it doesn’t seem like they are doing anything else.”

”Alright,” Rean continued from there. ”Kentucky’s plan worked pretty well, and now we can see the core. So, what now? They can’t use much Divine Energy from what we saw, but it is still Divine Energy. We only have our bodies to rely on.”

Roan went silent, thinking of a plan.

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Meanwhile, Kunprio was relieved when he arrived at the Main Core. He was ready to throw himself into the fray and kill the twins’ group at all costs to stop them from doing anything to the core. Yet, the core was here, but the twins’ group was nowhere to be seen.

He thought that since the twins’ group managed to open the barrier and enter the Dimensional Realm, they also knew where the core was located. Obviously, he didn’t think that anymore now that he saw the core intact.

Rokerfa couldn’t help but ask a question. ”Kunprio, don’t you have any way to find them?”

Kunprio shook his head. ”With my Celestial Laws and my status as D33 Owner, I am able to use my Celestial Laws to allow us to use a tiny bit of our normal power. However, that’s about it. This Dimensional Realm has its own rules, set by its previous owner before he died, so even my Divine Sense can’t go that far with all these restrictions.”

”Well, we can’t wait here forever, right?” Plinio pointed out. ”First of all, what if they just lured us inside this Dimensional Realm and then left it straight away? Could their real objective be somewhere else?”

Kunprio couldn’t discard that possibility. As long as he is inside this Corrupted System’s Dimensional Realm, he has no contact with the external world. Not even the Werdlem Network reached this place, let alone this Universe’s separate network.

”No,” Yet, Kunprio didn’t give up. ”Even though we had been careful, they managed to come here and enter the Dimensional Realm of the Corrupted System. Even now, I don’t know how they managed to open a Spatial Gate into this Galaxy. Why go through all of that just to lure me and then leave? There were other, more efficient ways of doing it. Also, I have the other holders on watch duty just outside the barrier protecting this Dimensional Realm. If they truly left right after entering the Dimensional Realm, then that will be even better. They will be captured or killed straight away.”

”But...” Rokerfa had her doubts. ”They managed to escape from you once. Then they managed to pass through our defenses and reach the dimensional realm of the corrupted system. They even, somehow, managed to open a gap in the barrier around the Dimensional Realm, and they didn’t force their way through it. The barrier literally opened for them. If you take it all into consideration, is it that hard to believe they can leave this place without anyone noticing?”

”This...” Kunprio wished he had the answer to that, but he didn’t. The main problem was actually not the core at the moment. Instead, it was the other Light Spreaders. The twins’ group destroyed one of the Spreaders, so what if they have friends who decided to act as soon as Kunprio entered this place? Kunprio wouldn’t know about it until he goes out, and then it might be too late.

Still, Kunprio was adamant. It would be one thing to lose one or another Light Spreader. They can make do with half of them, and within time, the Corrupted System would create new shards that the Werdlem Empire could use to build new Light Spreaders. However, if they lose the Main Core, then that’s checkmate. This Universe’s special traits will be gone forever, and Kunprio will probably pay for it. ”I will stay here. Plinio, now you know where the main core is located. I want you to go out and check the situation. Regardless of the situation, I want you to return here and tell me.”

”But I can’t break the Corrupted System’s barrier around its Dimensional Realm...” Plinio pointed out the obvious.

”You won’t need to,” Kunprio explained. ”That barrier can prevent you from getting close to the Dimensional Realm, but it can’t stop the Werdlem Network. You will appear between the Dimensional Realm and the barrier, which is enough. Now go!”

Plinio nodded and immediately departed.

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Back on the twins’ side, Kentucky observed Kunprio and the others. ”One of them is leaving. It’s the man. The Woman of the Blue Flowers and Kunprio stayed behind.”

Roan narrowed his eyes. He didn’t know what Kunprio was capable of in this Dimensional Realm, so it was possible that they were sending someone to ask for reinforcements. At some point, the twins’ group simply wouldn’t be able to hide anymore.

”There are three of us against two of them. Should we give it a try? We can leave a few drops of our blood behind, just in case,” Rean suggested.

Roan shook his head. ”We can’t contact the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm, so there is a good chance that once we die, the blood reformation won’t work. That’s an ability from our system, after all.”

”I don’t see any other choice? The longer we wait, the worse it will be...” Kentucky obviously didn’t want to wait for the situation to deteriorate.

Roan thought of various scenarios, including trying to lure Kunprio away from the core. However, he couldn’t see any of those ideas working.

Yet, just as he was about to give it a try...

[*Bzzz...* hear... *bzzz* me... *bzzz...*]

The system’s voice echoed in their heads... and there was a lot of interference. However... that wasn’t the Celestial Soul System!