Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 293 Temporary Hiatus

"Alex!" At the moment that the chicken disappeared, Alina immediately rushed towards Alex, who started to fall down from his position.

Alina’s heart was filled with worry, as she saw that even if the chicken did not attack Alex, what the chicken did with Alex’s Original Spell has affected him too!

Alina used her space folding technique to appear below Alex, catching his body just on time.

As he caught Alex, Alina’s perception scanned his body, making Alina realize that Alex was only 50% healed from all of his injuries.

50% might be not good enough, but considering that Alex’s body was at the brink of death earlier, 50% was actually good right now.

"So Alina, it seems like you have put Professor Frances’ talents to good use..." A hoarse voice came out of Alex’s throat, making Alina sigh in relief. From the way that Alex talked right now, Alina was sure that she is talking to the real Alex, not the Emperor Litch one.

"Hmph, you are extremely lucky that Asteria thought out of a plan to save your ass." Alina replied as she tightened her grip on Alex. "If it were not for her, you could be gone already!"

"Ow ow Alina! It hurts!"

"It hurts my ass! Do you know how worried we are about you!" Alina tried her best to stop her tears from coming out, but it was in vain, as drops of them began to appear on her eyes. "I thought you were already gone for good!"

"Alina, you know that I won’t go down that easily..." Alex replied quickly, as the sight of crying Alina had made him feel somewhat guilty. "Come on Alina, I even managed to create a powerful spell that allowed me to almost kill that Emperor Litch! Argh! If it were not for that chicken, I could have devoured all of his soul already!"

"Hmph, you’re just lucky Alex. That’s it." Alina furiously said as she wiped her tears. "What if we did not arrive here on time before your enemies killed you? Would you still be talking to me here like this?"

"Well, I-"

Alex smirked as he tried to explain himself, but before he could speak up, someone interrupted them.

"Hey, hey, hey, don’t you see that everyone of us is still fighting right now? What rights does you two have to be that lovey-dovey?"

The one who said these words was Ray, who was staring at Alex with unconcealed hostility and anger.

Behind him, Vera casted Alex with both a resigned and complicated gaze, while Noelle gave Alex a murderous one.

There was no doubt that Ray was extremely furious right now, which was reasonable, as he was just enslaved by Emperor Litch earlier.

But right now, Ray’s anger was misplaced, as Emperor Litch was not inside Alex anymore.

"Oi, you madman. Let me explain myself first. I am not-" As he saw the livid appearance of Ray, Alex let out a sigh as he tried to explain what he really is.

But before he could finish his sentence. Ray’s whole body glowed as he and his Companions started to prepare their fighting stances.

"What the hell? Could you please listen to me?" Alex shouted out to Ray, as he realized that this man was about to attack again!

Alex looked at the other Travelers in the area, as he decided to talk to them.

But to Alex’s disappointment, the other 2 Travelers seem to share the same intent as Ray.

"Even if I do not understand what happened earlier, I am only sure of one thing. And that is that I have a mission here, and fighting all of you here will be helping me finish the mission!" Delia, the Envoy of the Holy Order Plane, said as she pointed her spear at Alex.

Power began to flow into her spear as she and her Companions all looked like they were prepared to fight.

"Traveler Alex, I congratulate you for expelling that Conqueror out of your body. You are really just as talented as your original." Malthus said as his wings flapped behind him. "Hehehehe, that chicken said that you managed to devour half of Emperor LItch’s soul? Damn, you must have a big harvest now! Hmm... now I want that harvest of yours for myself..."

Just like Ray and Delia, Malthus and his students let out their fighting intent, showing their willingness to fight here.

"...."

After seeing that these 3 Travelers were all ready to fight him, Alex and Alina could only sigh as they realized that there is no more way out here.

Alex forced himself to stand up, making sure that his body still continued to heal itself now.

Alina pointed her katana to the Travelers, as Queen Mother, Professor Frances, Astria and the Symbolists converged behind Alex.

With the support of these people behind him, Alex straightened his body as he re-summoned the massive tree behind him.

As this tree glowed maliciously once more, Alex cricked his neck, giving his enemies a challenging smile.

"You all want to fight? Well if that is what you want, then I shall give you all a fight!"

"Boom!"

Alex let loose of his power, making sure that his enemies can feel his intent to fight.

His allies and Companions showed their willingness to fight too, which filled the space all around Alex with intense power.

"...."

Right now, every single person in the area were prepared to fight, and they only need a single signal before everything breaks loose.

As for what this signal could be, nobody among them was sure.

But as long as a signal appears, they will fight, and they will do it with ferocity!

"Ting!" Suddenly, a melodious sound was heard as one of the Celestials dropped her earrings on a nearby rock.

The resulting sound was faint, but for everyone, this sound was as loud as thunder.

"Attack!" Each one of them shouted as they knew that the battle has started now!

They hefted their weapons and powers while rushing forwards, as they knew that the incoming fight will be the hardest one!

Seconds later, and all of them were about to clash with each other at the middle of the area.

But before they could let out their powerful abilities, two figures suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Stop stop stop! Cease this fighting at once!" The one who said these words was one of the two newcomers, which turned out to be Kuro.

Kuro flapped her wings rapidly as her black clothes clung to her body tightly.

Her face was full of panic as she waved her hands randomly.

She stared at everyone in the area pleadingly, as she seemed to be serious with what she was saying.

"Please stop fighting everyone. You cannot fight right now." Kuro said once more, with her voice resounding all throughout the area. "Please listen to me..."

The sudden appearance of Kuro and the person beside her had effectively stopped the fighting, although Kuro’s plea had made everyone intrigued enough to lose their intent to fight.

"And why would we listen to someone like you, huh?" As expected, Ray was the one who gave a rebellious reply to Kuro. "We are about to finish our businesses here. Don’t you dare interrupt u-"

As Ray was giving his speech, the person standing beside Kuro started to make its move.

"Boom!" This person, who was wearing a silver armor, summoned a massive broadsword, which he swung towards the mouthy Ray.

Before anyone could realize what happened, the broadsword was right beside Ray’s neck, with only a hairbreadth of distance between the two.

Ray was forced to shut up as he saw the broadsword that was next to his neck.

He gulped his throat, as he could only give the silver armor man some aggrieved growls.

"Do. Not. Talk. Back. When. Kuro. Is. Talking." The silver armor man said in a smooth voice, although it sounded like he was giving a death sentence on Ray. "Open your mouth one more time, and your head will be rolling down on the floor. Do you understand?"

Poor Ray was unable to say anything, as he could only rapidly nod his head.

"..." Alex was also silent, as he felt fear while he looked at the broadsword and the silver armor man.

Alex was not sure why, but he had the feeling that if the silver armor man had wanted it, he could have killed all of them easily!

It was the same feeling that Alex had with the chicken earlier, which made him extremely wary against this man!

The others seemed to have realized the same thing too, as nobody else gave any of their complaints.

"So, just like what I am saying earlier, you have to stop fighting now." Kuro said as she gave the silver armor man a tentative look. "Nothing good will happen if you continue fighting..."

"..."

From the way that Kuro looked at the silver armor man, it was quite obvious that even Kuro was scared of the silver armor man too.

"Why are you looking at me? Talk to them!" The silver armor man said as he glanced at Kuro, with his visor suddenly glowing yellow. "We should not waste our time here!"

"Okay! Um, so all of you have stopped fighting already! That’s good! Ahahaha...." Kuro laughingly said as she stared at the crowd, which made the current atmosphere feel both awkward and forced.

"..." Alex, who was busy observing each statement uttered by Kuro, could not help but feel suspicious of this whole affair.

"As far as I know, there should be nothing that can force Travelers to stop fighting each other." Alex thought to himself as his eyes narrowed. "And yet this black fairy and whoever that silver person was comes striding in here and forced us to stop fighting. No matter which way you look at it, something’s definitely wrong here!"

Alex looked around him, observing the reactions of the other Travelers as Kuro continued talking.

Just like Alex, the eyes of the other Travelers showed that they were also highly suspicious of what was happening.

Even the brash Ray looked wary right now, as it seemed like his head had cooled down enough for him to realize the current situation here.

Fortunately for Alex and the other Travelers, they immediately found the reason for the fight stoppage on Kuro’s next words.

However, the words that Kuro said next made the Travelers lose their cool!

"As for why you have to stop fighting, it is because the whole mission on this place will be put on temporary hiatus." Kuro said as she gave the Travelers a sheepish smile. "Since the mission in this world will be on temporary hiatus, there is no need for you to fight each other anymore."

"What the hell?"

"What did you just say?"

"Did you just say that the mission will be placed in temporary hiatus?"

Shouts of complaints rose once more as the Travelers were rattled by what Kuro just said.

Even Ray looked like he was about to talk, and it was only the threat of the broadsword that has kept him quiet.

Kuro only nodded her head as she listened to the complaints of the Travelers.

As for the silver armor man, he seemed be fed up as he glared at the bickering Travelers.

"Keep. Quiet. All. Of. You." The silver armor man said as his visor glowed red. "Or else I have to end you too."

Right at once, the complaints died down, allowing Kuro to talk again.

"Administrator Rulebook. Rule No. 34." Kuro’s appearance seemed to appear dignified as she started talking again. "If something happens that will derail the whole scenario of a mission, the Administrator will be given permission to put the mission on temporary hiatus. The Travelers affected by this hiatus will be immediately sent to a new world. These Travelers will have to finish the mission in that new world, and once they finished it, they will be allowed to continue the mission that was placed in temporary hiatus."

"What? There is a rule like that? And what the hell does an Administrator mean?" Alex thought to himself as he gave Kuro a quizzical look. The other Travelers looked at Kuro in this way too, showing their confusion with what they just heard.

Kuro seemed to have felt these gazes landing on her as she continued talking.

"So, according to the rules, I have to put the mission in this world on temporary hiatus, since something has derailed the mission scenario here." Kuro said as she crossed her arms. "I won’t have to explain what derailed the mission. You should only know that the mission here has indeed been derailed."

"...."

"Now that the mission here is on temporary hiatus, you 4 Travelers will be sent to your next worlds. And just like what has happened every time, you should do your missions on those new worlds." Kuro said as she gave the Travelers a light smile. "Once you finish those missions, you will be allowed to come back to this world to finish the mission here. Pretty simple, right?"

"How the hell could that be simple?" Alex thought to himself as he did his best to hide the incredulity on his face. "We used a lot of effort just to finish the mission here, and now you are saying that we have to leave this world and do a mission on another world? And we can only finish the mission here once we do the mission on another world? That just... reeks of something suspicious!"

"Well, well, well, I do not care of what you think about what I just said. Rules are rules after all." Kuro said as she snapped her fingers. "I have to follow it just like the rest of you."

"Snap!"

At the moment that Kuro snapped her fingers, Alex felt some kind of power covering his body.

As he felt this power on him, Alex’s eyes widened as he knew that this power was similar to the one that has sent him to other worlds!

With that realization, Alex could only frown as he realized that he and his Companions were being sent away right now!

"You! You could not send me away!" Alex could hear Malthus shouting angrily at Kuro, as his body was starting to slowly disappear. "I still have to combine with my True Body! Argh! Can’t you just allow me to combine with my True Body first?"

"Nuh uh uh. Just like what I said, rules are rules, so I have to send you all away now." Kuro said as the playful tone on her voice returned. "If you have any complaints, just say it to me once you see me again!"

"You bast-"

"Good luck on your next world! Be sure to finish your missions there so that you can come back here! Kuro cheerfully said as she waved her hands. "Hahaha! I wish that you will all survive!"

"Blasted b**ch! I swear if I come back here, I will make you cry like Asteria!" Alex thought to himself as he lost control of his body. "But now that I think about it, aren’t I lucky? I got a lot of Lifespan, and I even got half of Emperor Litch’s memories and power! And I did not even have to fight for my life! Hahahahaha! It seems like I have to thank Kuro for what she did!"

"Oh, I forgot to say this, but in order to compensate for the bother here, 200 Years of Lifespan will be given to each Traveler and 1 Million Contribution Points will be given to each Companion!" Kuro suddenly said as she hovered behind the silver armor man. "Use those compensations well, ok?"

"..."

Alex’s has something to say about what he heard, but his vision was then overtaken by darkness, as he and his Companions were brought to their next adventure.

[Main Mission: On Hiatus]

[Bonus Missions: On Hiatus]

[Grade: On Hiatus]

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