Chapter 319
Kieran heard birds chirping and bugs buzzing around him .
The smell of dirt and plants filled his nose .
When the gray mist dissipated again, he was back in the primitive forest of Forende Town .
"Huh?"
Even though he knew he should be celebrating, Kieran was confused about the way he had been transported back .
Before he could think about it though, he heard Schmidt’s cry of delight from afar .
"2567!"
Charles, Raul and Cidney were with him as well .
"We finally found you! When you got out of the car, the mist disappeared with you…"
"Wait!"
Kieran put up his hand, interrupting Schmidt as he asked again with a serious expression, "I disappeared the moment I got out of the car? What about you, Schmidt? Are you okay?"
"Yes, what’s wrong?" Schmidt said with a nod . He had been about to crack a joke to ease the tension, but when he saw Kieran’s serious expression, he realized that something was wrong and swallowed back his lame joke .
Kieran turned to Charles without answering .
"Master, did you feel like you were being watched when you stepped into the primitive forest?" he asked .
"No, I didn’t! I don’t sense anything strange . Maybe this is because I’m old and my senses are not as good anymore though!"
The alchemy master’s words sounded mocking as usual .
After spending a week together, Kieran knew that Charles had sharp senses and quick reflexes . Although he might look like an old man, his body wasn’t old by any means . He was almost on par with Kieran!
Kieran’s doubts were confirmed by Charles’ answer .
"I see…" Kieran muttered, urging everyone to go back to the campsite .
They all trusted him, so they followed him back to the lakeside camp despite their confusion .
"Want anything to eat?" Schmidt pointed to the canned food and grilled fish by the campfire .
Kieran picked up a grilled fish and a tree branch .
"When this happened, Schmidt and I were outside Forende Town…"
Kieran was recounting his own experience as he wrote on the ground quietly with the tree branch .
"The gray mist had a certain level of intellect . "
"I hated the feeling of being spied on, but I couldn't see anyone behind me . I thought it was the trees that blocked my senses, but I was wrong . It was the mist . "
"I never thought the mist would possess any life or intellect . . . "
"If it has intellect, then when Schmidt and I encountered the gray mist, I was the one taken because Schmidt couldn’t open the gate! When I got interested in the gate and wanted to inspect it, I was transported back here because the mist wanted to protect its secret!"
"It chose the right target to complete the mission and made sure it wasn’t interrupted… Although I can’t confirm whether it has the intellect of a human being, considering its moving patterns, it isn’t relying solely on instinct! This means that we are facing a monster of some kind . . . "
Kieran wiped the words away before he continued to the next sentence .
This didn’t stop the others from seeing what he had written .
Raul and Cidney exchanged a look as Charles smoked his pipe quietly .
Schmidt picked up another branch and wrote down a question .
"Why did it choose you?"
"Lineage! I have the special lineage that allowed me to open that gate!" Kieran wrote .
He had thought it was his strength at first, but when he thought of Charles and the devil statue, he corrected himself .
Charles had strength and abilities that were on par with his . If it had been about strength, Charles would have noticed the gaze as well . Plus, that statue back there…
The answer was obvious .
"Do you remember the runes carved on the stone gate?" Charles asked all of a sudden .
"They were small, concentrated, and written in an overlapping manner, so it was too hard for me to make them out . I can only remember a few," Kieran said before he wrote down the runes he could remember . As Charles saw them, he remained silent . His silence attracted everyone’s attention .
After a few minutes, he wrote back .
"It’s a Seal! What you saw was a Seal, and the thing behind it might be the devil!"
The word "devil" caused everyone to hold their breath .
The modern mystical realm knew how fearsome the devil was thanks to books passed down through generations, but when Kieran had transformed out of nowhere, everyone had realized what a legendary monster looked and felt like . Even though they had barely gotten a glimpse, it had been enough to let the East Coast mystics know they were facing a disastrous defeat .
‘Fortunately, the Bird of Death is not a hot-tempered man . Otherwise, I don’t think anyone could’ve held him down other than the God of Earth!’
The Special Daily’s article had been rooted in everyone’s heart . Compared to the real devil in the abyss though, Kieran’s abilities were inferior .
Kieran couldn’t deny it . He knew that the blood of the devil was impure after all .
It was only because of [Fusion Heart] that he could transform into it .
Inside his heart was not just the devil, but also a human and the shards of the [Eye of the Chimeras] .
Although the latter appeared in the form of the Creature of Desire, he had not forgotten what it had originally been .
"The real devil?" Kieran took a long breath .
He couldn’t doubt the master alchemist’s judgment . He also believed that the devil might appear in this dungeon world himself .
After all, he had acquired his [Devil Heart] in the previous dungeon, which had shared the same universe as [The Shaman’s Partner I] and [Prison on the Island] .
"There is a statue of the devil . Could the devil be trapped beneath it? Does this seem possible?" Kieran wrote down in confusion .
"The devil did not love peace or harmony . The war within the abyss was caused by those creatures trying to invade each other’s territory . It is possible that a devil-like being has been trapped inside that devilish temple! It could be a sacrifice to the devil or the lord they used to worship!"
Kieran informed Schmidt about the history of the abyss before he turned his eyes to Charles .
He wished that he could get some help from the veteran’s experience .
"We…" Charles wrote . Before he could finish though, the grey mist started to rumble once more deep inside the primitive forest .
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