Binding System

Chapter 176 Standing Before The Altar With Sad Face

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Henry's House, Family Room.

Henry was currently sitting on a couch alone. If someone saw his face, that person would know immediately that he was furious.

Actually, he was angry because Lala and Lily did not give him any information regarding their mission. 

It had been three days since he asked them to kill Ace, but he still did not get any news about it.

Even if they still had not managed to kill Ace, they should at least give him information regarding the progress of their mission, not disappear like a ghost like that.

This was the main reason why he was annoyed.

'Damn it!'

At this moment, he suddenly regretted hiring Lala and Lily because, from his point of view, they were not professional in doing their job.

'Should I hire another assassin?'

As he was considering whether he should hire another assassin or not, Liam stepped into the family room.

Henry instantly lifted his head to look at Liam. "What's wrong?"

"My lord, young lord Leo sent a letter." Liam gave the letter to Henry.

Henry took the letter and uttered, "You can leave now."

After Liam walked out of the family room, he opened the letter.

[Father, how are you? I hope you are doing fine.]

The content of the letter was Leo informing him that he would be home in two weeks. Leo also said he missed him and Edward.

Leo told him what he experienced during his adventure. Leo said he got an amazing spell and skills book for him and Edward.

Of course, Leo still did not know that his younger brother had died because Henry did not tell him about it.

No!

Actually, Henry wanted to inform him about it, but he did not know where Leo was.

This was the reason why he was happy when he received a letter from Leo.

[Father, I'm one step closer to Grandmaster rank. I can help you more in achieving all your dreams now.]

After reading Leo's letter, Henry's lips curled up into a smirk.

'Good! Good! Good!'

He said good three times because Leo would return home soon.

'I hope he can kill Ace and help me get Scarlett.'

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Framingburns Forest, Altar.

Scarlett was standing in front of the altar with a sad face. Her eyes were dull with sadness, and a great pang gripped her heart.

She felt a great wrench of sadness because she could not find Ace at the altar. 

Sure, she still remembered what Mike had said to her, but she hoped it was a lie. This was the reason why she was still standing in front of the altar and did not return to their camp.

'Ace…'

The look in her eyes was desolate.

Everyone probably thought she was overreacting. 

Everyone probably thought she was a weak woman.

But they thought that way because they were not her, and they could not feel what she was feeling.

In their eyes, Ace was only a handsome young man, but for her, Ace was everything.

He was her life.

He was her soulmate.

And he was the source of her happiness.

Ace could make a cruel world into a beautiful garden.

Ace could make her boring life filled with happiness.

And Ace could make her days full of joy.

This was the reason why her heart was flooded with sadness when she could not find him at the altar.

"Ace, you are still alive, right?" she tilted her head back and slowly shut her eyes.

'You won't leave me alone in this cruel world, right?'

She added in her mind.

As Scarlett was drowned in a sea of sorrow, Mike and her other subordinates arrived at the altar.

"City mistress." They rushed toward her when they saw her standing in front of the altar.

Of course, they knew what was going on because Mike had told them everything. He told them what had happened to Ace and Lieutenant Valeria a few minutes ago.

This was the reason why they went to the altar together because they were worried about their city mistress.

Scarlett opened her eyes and turned around.

She was not surprised when she saw her subordinates because she knew they would follow her to the altar.

"The Wilderness Martyr training is discontinued. We will go home now." After saying that, she walked toward their camp.

Even though she was still sad, she hid it behind her cold expression because she was their lord.

As the lord of Nightshire City, she was not allowed to show her weakness to anyone, or else it could ruin her city.

That was why she hid her sadness and walked toward their camp. 

All of her subordinates followed her without asking a single question. 

Ace and Lieutenant Valeria got sucked into a black hole, so it was normal if she decided to discontinue their training.

That was why they followed her without saying a single word.

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Unknown Place, Forest.

Ace was unconscious on the ground. 

The black hole did not kill him.

It only teleported him to an unknown place. 

However, he was separated from Lieutenant Valeria because the black hole transported them to different places.

As he fainted on the ground, his injuries healed at a fast speed.

Yes, his Sweet Dream skill activated by itself the moment he fell unconscious.

And because he only had minor injuries, all his wounds got healed in a short amount of time.

Time went by quickly, and without realizing it, it had been ten minutes since Ace was sent to the forest.

Even though he was in the territory of magical beasts, none of them attacked him. 

No!

They were not afraid of him.

He was still alive because none of the magical beasts found him when he was unconscious, or else his body would have been torn to pieces, and he would have died again.

In other words, he was lucky!

*Swoosh…

The sound of trees swaying in the wind reverberated in the entire area.

When the wind brushed against his body, Ace regained consciousness 

"My heart hurts!" he immediately sat up and touched his head.

'What?! I'm still alive?' 

He was shocked and happy when he knew he was still alive because, previously, he thought he was dead.

'But where I am?'

He rose to his feet. 

When he was looking at the green forest, he remembered Lieutenant Valeria.

'Ah, right. Lieutenant Valeria! Where is she?'

He skimmed his surroundings, but he did not see her.

He began to look for her in that area. 

He had only stopped looking for her when the God of Wind told him she was teleported to another area. 

'I have to find a shelter now.'

The sun was setting, so he decided to find a shelter.

After looking for shelter for about thirty minutes, he found an abandoned house. Even though the house was small and only made of bamboo, he was still happy.

'Ice Clone.'

He made four ice clones.

He ordered two of them to check around the courtyard while the rest helped him check the inside of the house.

He was in a dangerous place, so he had to be careful because one mistake could lead to death.

This was the reason why he used his clones to help him check the house. After he believed the house was safe from the mythical creatures, he lit the torch.

Yes, there were four torches in the house.

He was also shocked when he found these four torches earlier.

It was as if the heavens were helping him. 

'I should call Scarlett now. I'm sure she is worried.'

With that idea in mind, he retrieved a communication token from his space ring.

At this moment, Scarlett was sitting on her bed. 

Like before, she was still sad.

She even skipped dinner because she was not in the mood to eat.

Her mind was filled with Ace.

That was why she only sat in bed while looking at the night sky through the windows.

'Ace…'

She kept holding the communication token, hoping Ace would call her.

"Ace, you won't leave me alone in this world, right?" she held the token firmer.

As she was looking at the communication token, the blue crystal in the middle of the token gleamed, indicating that Ace was calling her.

"Ace!" Scarlett could not describe the happiness in her heart when she saw him on the blue screen.

"Scarlett, are you in your room now?" Ace asked curiously because he saw a familiar painting hanging on the wall.

However, she ignored his question. "Thank God! Thank God!"

Due to how happy she was, tears fell down her soft cheeks. 

Previously, her heart was filled with sadness. She even had the thought that she would never be able to see him again.

That was why tears of happiness fell down her cheeks when she saw him. "Ace, are you hurt? Where are you right now?"

"I'm fine." He responded, "I'm in the forest right now, but this is not Framingburns forest. It seems the black hole teleported me to a faraway place."

"It's fine. As long as you are not injured, it's fine." Even though he was far away from her, she was fine because the most important thing was that he was alive.

As long as he was alive, they could be together again. 

Distance could not stop them.

They could also use a teleportation gate to help them meet again.

"Are you in your room now?" he repeated his previous question.

"Yes. I decided to stop their training because I was not in the mood to train them." She responded, "Ace, do you know the ones who attacked you earlier?"