"It's okay, it is just a small thing to do."
Grand Magister waved his hand to show that everything was fine. Then he finally looked at the massive portal suspended above the vast sea.
"Looks like the portal is now fully opened. Then, let's enter the Shadow Kingdom, shall we? Malcolm, let's et inside if the situation allows."
He spoke lightly with a slightly solemn look. Even at Lord Realm, feeling the faint energy radiating from the portal, Orin didn't feel completely safe.
"Yeah, sure, Sir Orin. Then, you first."
Malcolm nodded lightly with a smile and signaled that they could enter first. Although the portal seed large and looked like anyone could enter, it wasn't exactly so.
If Dorian didn't have the token he was given and if the Magister didn't have his own thods, there was no way they could enter with such a large ship.
To be honest, even Malcolm didn't know how they managed it. If he knew, couldn't he have taken Cedric and Seraphine with him?
After all, he wasn't lacking a Mana boat like the one they were using.
"Very well. Second Prince Dorian, let's go."
Orin didn't care what they thought and asked Dorian to enter the portal while he himself left the hull and stepped inside the room.
"Swish!"
As soon as the Grand Magister asked Dorian, the floating boat suddenly began to move and accelerated rapidly toward the portal.
Although the boat was quite large, compared to the size of the portal, it didn't occupy much space and easily entered the darkness before disappearing completely in an instant.
Neither Malcolm nor Lucien could sense its presence with their consciousness anymore.
'Lucien, be careful of the royal family.'
However, before the boat fully entered and disappeared into the darkness of the portal, Lucien suddenly felt the mark in his mind stir, followed by a faint voice of Lilith.
Surprisingly, what she said was a warning to be careful about the royal family.
"Okay, let's enter too. The portal might disappear otherwise."
Malcolm waited a bit after the floating boat disappeared into the darkness and finally gave the order.
The entrance to the Domain Dungeon wasn't permanent and could vanish at any ti. If they missed it, they might not be able to enter later.
Fortunately, exiting the Shadow Kingdom wasn't that hard, at least for those who carried the mark of this world.
"Umm…"
Lucien nodded, ready to enter. But rembering Lilith's warning just before she disappeared, he still cautioned Malcolm.
"Grandpa, try to make sure you return on ti and relocate Father and Mother. I will also see what I can do. Don't rely on the royals… I don't feel good about them."
He spoke with a serious look on his face. Even without Lilith's warning, he had no intention of leaving his parents at the rcy of others.
But the World of Origin was unpredictable. It was good that Malcolm tried to think of every possibility.
"Hmm? Oh… I know, don't worry. Besides, I didn't ask the royals for a favor, but Lord Orin. Don't worry, he is a man of his word."
Malcolm raised his eyebrows at Lucien's warning and explained lightly. Fortunately, it seed he already understood the stakes.
"Velmara, let's go."
He finally gave the order when, suddenly, Lucien felt his vision blur.
'Hmm? What happened? Am I feeling…that call again?'
Lucien sensed the strong call of the World of Origin all of a sudden, this ti so intense that it made him feel dizzy.
"Umm, be careful!"
However, before he could tell Malcolm what he felt, he heard Velmara's voice as they accelerated rapidly toward the portal.
"Swoosh!"
As soon as Velmara entered the portal along with him and Malcolm, Lucien felt extrely dizzy and out of control before losing consciousness completely.
"Lucien…?"
"Where did he disappear?"
Before losing consciousness, all he could hear were the anxious voices of his grandpa and Velmara.
…
"Ugh…so sleepy…"
Lucien mumbled uncomfortably. He felt so tired, as if he had worked twenty-four hours of extre labor with no rest.
"Why am I so tired?"
He mumbled again irritably, finding it so hard to open his eyes. He felt the sa way he did on exam nights, so weak and tired. There was no strength left in him at all.
"Hey, be silent. You will scare away the fish."
Just as he was having difficulty opening his eyes and adjusting to his weak body, all of a sudden, he heard a faint whisper from his side.
The voice was male, middle-aged, and sounded quite irritated.
"Fish? What fish are you talking about?"
Lucien was shocked to hear an unknown voice near him, not to ntion the contents. He just couldn't understand at all.
"Oh, right…Didn't I enter the portal to the Shadow Kingdom? What happened to ?"
Only now did he finally realize his condition, getting shocked by his situation. He rembered feeling dizzy just before entering the portal and getting unconscious right after.
Now, he didn't know where he was at and his damn eyes wouldn't budge an inch as if they completely gave up on him.
For a mont, he was suddenly nervous about his situation and shouted a little louder,
"Pah!"
"Ugh!"
"Damn, don't you understand language? Why are you shouting all of a sudden? Fuck…you will scare all the fish away."
Suddenly, Lucien felt a solid slap on his head followed by a curse from the sa voice. The person, whoever he was, seed a little angry at his antics.
Fortunately, although Lucien felt the pain from the slap, it also managed to fully wake him up, and he could finally open his eyes and look around.
'What is this place?'
The mont Lucien opened his eyes, what he saw was a massive lake that seed to have no bounds.
Well, it might have had edges sowhere, but due to the heavy fog concealing them, he couldn't see them yet.
'What? Why am I carrying a Fishing Rod?'
However, his shock beca more pronounced when he saw himself sitting in a short log, carrying a fishing rod in his hands.
And besides, there were a few people doing the sa, along with the middle-aged man in a flowing white robe.
From how he was looking at him, completely annoyed, he seed to be the one who had smacked him just now.
"Boy, I warned you. If you shout one more ti, I swear I will shove you right into this lake."
When the middle-aged man with a goatee saw him staring, he whispered faintly, his cold eyes making the warning clear.
"..."
For a mont, Lucien didn't know how to react after hearing him. He had so many questions to ask, so much confusion, but he couldn't even talk.
The most important thing was, he belatedly realized that he had no strength.
Yes, he had no strength and felt like a mortal. Otherwise, why would his head still hurt from the slap before?
Even the Dragon King's Physique and the draconic essence he was so proud of, he couldn't sense them at all.
To be honest, if soone were in his place, they might have already panicked.
Fortunately, it hadn't been long for him to awaken his class and experience the power-up.
So, he managed to calm himself and avoid being shoved into the lake. After all, with this weak body, he might not even be able to swim back up.
'Am I in a dream or what?'
For a mont, Lucien began doubting his reality. After all, nothing made sense of his situation.
'System, are you there? If you are, show my status panel.'
Fortunately, Lucien still had one more way to confirm his situation, and that was his golden finger.
He didn't believe that whatever his situation was, it even managed to affect his system.
Sure enough, his hunch was right. As soon as he gave the order, he imdiately felt sothing stir in his mind, followed by a blue panel briefly materializing in his vision.
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[Na: Lucien Goldveil]
[Race: Human]
[House: Goldveil Viscount Lineage]
[Class: Unawakened]
[Title: None]
[Talent: Poor]
[Attributes]
Strength: 20
Agility: 17
Endurance: 26
Intelligence: 16
Perception: 15
Charisma: 18
[Unique Stat: Origin]
[Current Origin: 2 point]
[Affinity: None]
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"What the fuck?"
But when Lucien saw his status panel, he was so shocked that he shouted aloud directly, scaring the shit out of all the people nearby fishing with him.
"Okay, that's it. Boy, you are done for."
The middle-aged man next to him finally couldn't take his stupid behavior anymore and angrily stood up from his log, directly fixing Lucien with overwhelming pressure.
His eyes suddenly turned so murderous that Lucien's scalp tingled all of a sudden.
After all, he belatedly realized that the mont that pressure locked onto his figure, he couldn't move a muscle.
Lucien was now basically a helpless fish on a chopping board.
'Fuck… I'm done for.'
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