60 [This seemingly impossible Quest!]
Once again, entering that world, I gave it a bit of a thought. While I didn't have any concrete information about the situation, I now had the broken pieces of the puzzle that would form the foundation of solving this whole situation.
"Well. Let's make a straight line to repeat," I decided it would be better to form a singular turn of events to keep in check than doing random things and try to find sothing. That way, we can make proper decisions in successive returns.
"First stop should be saving Evelyn and Oriel," I decided as I looked in the direction where they should be right now.
[Frenzy!]
Since I already knew how far they were, it should take a dozen seconds to reach there even without [One Way Out!]. -Whoosh!
-Whoosh!
I also thought about whether to go as Adam or as 'Phantom' but in the end, I wondered if there is real aning to it. I an, Mira and the others already know my face. Even though I asked Rivas not to tell anyone about it, why was I sure that he wouldn't? 'It would be only a few more days or perhaps weeks before people would know Adam is Phantom,' I understood that much. But I guess it will stop at that… Not like anyone knows about Adam either.
-Slash!
Reaching there, I saw the sa scene once again. Oriel was slashing through the wraiths with all his might, trying to protect Evelyn.
I moved towards Evelyn before approaching in front of her. Even though she was extrely weak right now, I could see the shock in her suddenly widened eyes.
"A.. dam?" she mumbled with her weak voice while I put my hand on her head,
"It's fine. I am here now," I smiled at her
[True Heal!]
Using [Purify] would be too much of a power show, so at least try to keep things hidden as much as we could. We will show it if we need to, but until then, let's keep it to myself.
The healing process began and almost imdiately, the wounds on Evelyn's body began vanishing. Her health, which seed to be on the brink, was now much better than before.
"Brother I know you want to get lovey dovey with your girl there but a little help would be appreciated," Oriel spoke out as he pushed a few more wraiths away. His eyes seed a bit happy, a bit more relaxed than before.
Leaving Evelyn for a mont, as I saw her standing on her two feet, I moved towards Oriel and then pressing my hand against his back
[True Heal!]
His body, just like Evelyn's got healed up pretty quick. After that, it was only a matter of ti before he started slashing the rest of the wraiths down one by one without any pause. Only after all the wraiths were down, he stopped and turned down with a bright smile.
"I owe you one brother," he said as he looked at , making smile while I recalled how he behaved the last ti I approached him with Gray. 'Makes sigh honestly. And since it's a deep-rooted prejudice, I can't even bla them,' I moved towards Evelyn, wondering if I should change her views on that, but on a second thought, it's a pain, so no.
"Adam," Evelyn spoke out with a shy but joyous expression. I patted her head and then looking around the dark area before turning at her again. "Are you okay?" I asked with a concerned look, making her put on a small smile as she nodded,"I am now."
"Done with your flirting?" Oriel, who was getting irritated by this, interrupted us imdiately. 'I was wondering how should I begin the real conversation without making it too unnatural….. Thanks Oriel,' I turned at him while scratching the back of my head.
"So… what's going on here?" I asked as I looked at Oriel before continuing," and what exactly is the place? I was in the bandit's hideout just a mont ago."
The atmosphere beca tense as we finally started the main topic.
"So you ca the sa way as us, huh? I was hoping it would be otherwise but… though why were you in the bandit's hideout? Did your rank raised to that much in the last 5 days?" Evelyn spoke out, a bit surprised as she looked at .
'5, huh?' I thought as I looked at her. If I say yes to that, then they won't ask anything further believing . They might even accept my growth in power a bit more naturally.
Though if they end up knowing everything in the middle, this could go the wrong way.
"5?" I made a surprised expression. Then I looked at Evelyn as I continued," What do you an by that?"
"Adam. What date is it today? And what is the ti outside?" Oriel seed to understand the situation with just this. I almost gave him a thumbs up before, I moved the finger to my chin.
"Isn't it still 16th of 14th? 0192. Morning around 5?" I gave them the exact date along with ti, making them shocked with their eyes bulging. They looked at , trying to see if I was joking, but reading my face, they glanced at each other for a mont.
"Ti dilation," Evelyn mumbled first,
"To think sothing like that even exists," Oriel added to it before looking at as he asked another question," Adam. May I know why were you there in the bandit's hideout? I don't think you have the power to go so deep into their layer."
Seems like he is suspicious of , but he was still trying to clear them by asking simple questions.
"I was there for a quest related to the bandits. Though I saw most of the bandits dead, using a bunch of skills, I went deeper into the layer without encountering anything until a strange mana appeared out of nowhere. Well… it's embarrassing but my curiosity got the best of and I touched that mana and well… Here I was on this strange dead place," I made up a story on the spot making both of them look at with a silent look for a few seconds…
"Adam…" Oriel, who looked more serious, began speaking first…
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