Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 409 Why should he live when I am still alive?

Chapter 409 Why should he live when I am still alive?

[[MAIN MISSION: ACQUIRE THE LEGACY WEAPON OF THE INFERNAL MONARCH. REWARD IS NEGOTIABLE. TIME LIMIT: 10 YEARS.]]

[[BONUS MISSION 1: FREE THE WORLD FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE VILE EMPEROR LITCH. REWARD: SHARD OF TRANSCENDENCE. POSSIBE ADDITIONAL REWARD: OPTIONAL.]]

[[BONUS MISSION 2: REACH TRANSCENDENCE. REWARD: INFINITY AMULET.]]

[[BONUS MISSION 3: KILL ENEMY TRAVELERS! REWARD: 1 SHARD OF TRANSCENDENCE FOR EVERY CONFIRMED KILL.]]

[[BONUS MISSION 4: DESTROY ALL THE MOONS! DESTRUCTION OF ONE MOON WILL EQUATE TO 125 YEARS OF LIFESPAN. DESTRUCTION OF TWO MOONS WILL EQUATE TO 250 YEARS OF LIFESPAN. DESTRUCTION OF THREE MOONS WILL EQUATE TO 500 YEARS OF LIFESPAN. DESTRUCTION OF FOUR MOONS WILL EQUATE TO 1000 YEARS OF LIFESPAN.]]

[[BONUS MISSION 5: KILL ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE MOON POWER. KILLING A MOON POWER RECIPIENT WILL EQUATE TO 1 MONTH OF LIFESPAN. KILLING TWO MOON POWER RECIPENTS WILL EQUATE TO TWO MONTHS OF LIFESPAN . KILLING THREE MOON POWER RECIPENTS WILL EQUATE TO THREE MONTHS OF LIFESPAN, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.]]

"..." Alex was mostly silent as Asteria read the actual details of the Main MIssion. He did not do anything to disturb Asteria, as he realized that she was too pissed to even crack jokes at Alex.

He only had a reaction when he heard Asteria talking about the Bonus Missions, as some of its details were something new to him.

"Oi Asteria.... can you explain to me some of the things that you just uttered there?" Alex asked as he Asteria ended her words. "Especially that part about the Bonus Missions..."

"Oh, you’re talking about the Shard of Transcendence and the Infinity Amulet." Asteria replied as she gave Alex a sullen look. "I just told you about those things, and you already want to know about them? You’re not even sure that you can get them, so why are you even asking about them?"

"I don’t care if I can’ get it. I still want to know about them." Alex said as he returned Asteria’s stare with his own glare. "Surely you can do something this easy, right?"

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"....The Shards of Transcendence are a much-needed assistance for someone who wants to reach Transcendence. The more Shards of Transcendence that someone have, the better it will be for that person." Asteria started to say after she lost her staring match with Alex. "I am not allowed to explain to you how the Shards of Transcendence works, but trust me, it works."

"...Transcendence huh. Was it offered to me because I already reached the Sixth Stage?" Alex said as he did not stop from asking. "Your manager seems to be really enthusiastic about making me stronger..."

"Yes, it was offered to you because you are already a stage below the Transcendent Stage(Seventh Stage). Asteria replied as she crossed her arms. She then let out a hmph as she gave Alex an imploring look. "Hmph, hooman, for you to be offered with something like this is a great fortune for you, so you better do your best to obtain at least one Shard of Transcendence! This is a once-in-a-lifetime offer, so you better not do anything to squander it!"

"You don’t need to remind me about that. After all, I was planning to do Bonus Mission 1 by myself, no matter what the rewards are in for it." Alex said as his face slowly darkened.

"You want to finish Bonus Mission 1 no matter what the reward is? What is that mission again? Hmm.... Wait, this mission is about freeing this world from the rule of Emperor LItch... Oi, oi, oi hooman! Are you really planning on doing this?" Asteria began to jump up from her position as she realized what Alex was talking about. To say that she was angry was an understatement, as her face turned into an ugly shade of purple

"Hooman, when I talked about you gaining a Shard of Transcendence, I was talking about you killing an Enemy Traveler! Killing them to gain a Transcendence Shard is much easier compared to what you want to do! Come on man! You want to gain one Transcendence Shard from fighting against Emperor Litch? That’s just too risky! Are you willing to put your life in that much risk, when you can just get the same reward for killing an Enemy Traveler? Come on Alex, you’re better than this!"

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"Oi hooman, say something! I don’t want you doing risky s**t just because you had a personal feud with him! Remember, your companions will be in danger once you-"

Asteria’s next words at this point were all cut-off, as the dumb fairy suddenly went silent. Her courage to continue speaking disappeared as she saw the look on Alex’s face.

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Everyone inside the room felt chills at the sudden change in Alex’s face, with Professor Frances almost backtracking herself away from what she saw.

It was only Alina who kept still on her place, although she also looked unsettled from what she had just witnessed.

"Asteria, you know nothing about my personal history with Emperor Litch." Alex said as his unsettling appearance continued to freak Asteria out. "So you should not say any crap about me not doing against him. You don’t know what’s at risk here, so don’t interrupt me!"

"But-"

"Emperor Litch is someone that cannot live the same world as me. If he exists in this world, then I will do my best to kill him with my own hands." Alex muttered as he slowly clenched his fists.

"Crack..." Sounds of cracking bones could be heard inside the room as Alex continued to clench his fists. He seemed to not care on what was happening on his hands as he only focused on stating his case on Asteria.

"If the act of freeing this world will lure Emperor Litch to this place, then I will be exulted on doing it! Nobody, not even those enemy Travelers can stop me from succeeding! So Asteria, don’t expect someone like you to stop me!"

"Hooman, you..."

"Okay, now that we are done talking about the Shards of Transcendence, why don’t we talk about the Infinity Amulet already?" Alex suddenly said in a joyous tone, as his unsettling face from earlier disappeared.

He was now back on his ’original template’, with no traces of what he just said left on his body. The fear-inducing aura that surrounded him earlier was entirely gone, with his freakish appearance disappearing like a puff of smoke.

He now looked like how Alex should actually look like, and the brilliant smile on his face seems to drive this point further home.

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This sudden change made it appear as if the Alex that talked about killing Emperor Litch did not even exist, and that what Asteria and the others saw was just a nightmare.

Of course they knew that it was not a nightmare, but at this point, none of them had the courage to point out about this.

They only kept silent as they politely listened to Alex’s rambling words.

"Since that amulet is related to the Infinity Monarch, then that means that it must be hella powerful, right?" Alex said as he ignored Asteria’s pale face. "Can it summon the Infinity Monarch himself? If that’s its ability, then I must also obtain it!"

"Hooman, you should reach Transcendence first before you can worry about the Infinity Amulet." Asteria replied as she did her best to keep her voice from trembling. It was an extremely hard task to do, as she was still reeling at the way that Nightmare-Alex glared at her earlier. "Besides, I am also not allowed to talk about it. So if you want to know its capabilities, then you should get it first."

"Really? That’s too bad..." Alex said as he let out a disappointed sigh.

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"...So hooman, is there anything else that you want to talk about?"

"There’s nothing left, Asteria. Your answers have satisfied me." Alex replied as he stood up from his seat. The bed creaked as his weight left it, with small undulations appearing at its edge.

Alex looked at this undulation listlessly for a second, before he suddenly glanced towards one of the occupants of the house.

"Queen Mother, how are you feeling right now? Does your body still hurt?" Alex asked worriedly as he stared at Queen Mother.

The unconscious Queen Mother from earlier was already awake, and she appeared to be doing her best to persevere through whatever the Great TimeMaster did to her.

She was clenching her teeth as the green water threads continued to frolic in her body, with her not shouting out in pain even though her face shows the torture that she is facing right now.

Green sap continuously flowed out from the wounds that the water threads created, which all settled down on the floor, creating a viscous mixture that reeked of impureness.

This sap also covered Queen Mother’s skin in a web-like structure, with some of the webs hitting her wounds. This appeared to be adding more pain to her, as her face would occasionally contort as the webs hit her wounds.

Alex and the others winced as they saw this, with each one of them inwardly thankful that they are not going through the same thing as her.

With the pain that Queen Mother was going through, Alex’s question went unanswered for a few seconds, as the tree woman herself appeared to be preoccupied to even talk.

But she eventually talked in the end, and she did so with the same struggle as a legless man climbing up a ladder.

"Alex... I am fine. Don’t worry about me." Queen Mother replied slowly as began biting her lip. She showed signs of tearing up at this point, although it was quickly hidden by her body juices "Just focus on what you and the others should do. I can deal with this by myself."

"Are you sure about that, Queen Mother?"

"Yes... I am sure. So just... leave me alone first."

"Okay then, you’re the one who said it, so I shall take your word for it." Alex said as he shrugged his shoulders.

He then looked at Professor Frances and Alina, who were both looking at Alex with wariness.

The effects of Alex’s outburst earlier were still fresh on the minds of these two, and no matter how they did their best to hide it, their apprehension towards Alex were still visible now.

Naturally, Alex detected this.

"Hmm? Is there a problem?" Alex asked as he saw the way that these two women looked at him. "Did I do something wrong-"

"Knock knock knock."

The knocking sound of the door echoed throghout the room once more, interrupting Alex’s statements.

"Knock knock knock."

Whatever Alex was going to ask from the two women went unheard, as he stopped himself from talking. Right now, he was looking at the door with obvious amusement, which was different from the reaction that he had on the door knocks earlier.

"Knock knock knock."

As he and the others went silent, the knocking sounds of the door continued, as if the door knocker did not care on what Alex and his compainions were doing.

"Knock knock knock Knock knock knock Knock knock knock Knock knock knock Knock knock knock Knock knock knock."

Eventually, the sounds of the door reached the point where Asteria began to get irritated by it. She was about to complain about this noise to her human, but fortunately for her, Alex began to respond to this clearly rude newcomer.

"You seem to be in a rush to meet me. I wonder why you are here. Do you really have a deathwish?" Alex said as he pointed his right index finger at the middle of the door.

"Bzzt!"

A small sword, which was the size of a needle, slowly appeared at the end of Alex’s finger, with its body appearing to be made up of lightning.

Bits of golden and bluish flecks rotated around the sword, making its already majestic look appear even more awe-inspiring.

The ones inside the house could feel a powerful suppression from this sword, making them acknowledge this sword in a higher light.

As time went to, this sword showed signs of instability, as the power supplied through it was causing the sword to flicker.

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Instead of getting worried, Alex appeared to be smiling as the sword continued its flickering status.

"Bzzt!"

When the sword reached the point where its body was almost near to the point of breaking down, Alex took a deep breath as he drew back his right arm behind him.

His shoulders cracked as he continued to pull his arm back, with his right arm trembling to the point that it looked like a seizure.

Alex persevered through these changes as he kept his position intact.

After a few seconds of staying at this state, Alex suddenly let out a shout as he threw the sword in his hand.

"Bang!"

Before anyone could notice it, the sword has already penetrated through the door, blasting the door into smithereens. The power contained in the sword was compressed in such a state that it was enough to pulverize anything, including a puny door.

The sword appeared to be like a force of nature as it pushed through its path, making it appear like an unstoppable force.

"Slick!"

A low, squelching sound was heard at the departure of the sword, which was similar to the sound of a weapon hitting flesh.

This sound made Asteria sneer, as she knew that the sword has hit whoever was behind the door. Alex seemed to be thinking of the same thing too, as he began to walk towards the destroyed doorway with a complacent expresion on his face.

"I told you to leave, yet you still stayed here. Why are you this stubborn?" Alex said, as he did not mince his words at all. "Do you really want to die?"