Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 42 Bold claims and plans

Chapter 42 Bold claims and plans

The only thing that Lord Gallius could do was to stare at Alex with disbelief as Alex and Alina looked at Lord Ergo intently.

Lord Ergo, who was under their stares, could only tilt his/her head as he/she said,

"What the hell is going on here?"

Lord Ergo’s voice sounded the same as usual, although someone like Lord Gallius could detect a hint of murderous intent lingering in his/her voice.

"...."

Alex, who was the focus of this simple question, only let out a smile as he said,

"Oh, I am just here to say hello. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Nothing is wrong with that, young one." Lord Ergo replied, with him/her slowly approaching Alex.

Alex tried not to walk backward, but it was quite obvious that he was a little peachy as Lord Ergo approached him.

"However, I do not like your attitude." Lord Ergo breathed out as literal mist came out of his/her mask. "I think you should die already."

Lord Gallius, the girl beside Lord Ergo, the afro guy, and Alina all jumped out of the way as they tried to avoid the mist.

As for Alex, he was a step too late as the mist had a little contact with his skin.

"Ugh!" Alex exclaimed as the part of his skin that was hit by the mist began to turn red and full of blisters.

Lord Gallius winced when he saw what was happening. Lord Gallius had no idea on what Lord Ergo’s power was, but he knew that this mist was one of Lord Ergo’s method of executing anyone who annoys him.

Seeing it used on Alex will not be a pretty sight for him.

"Tsk, if you could have just closed your mouth, then we could have been friends." Lord Gallius thought to himself as he imagined Alex dying in front of him. "Well, at least with your death now, I will still have a chance to woo Alina."

As Lord Gallius thought of this, he casted a discreet glance in Alina’s direction, as he tried to gauge how sad Alina was looking right now.

But to Lord Gallius’ surprise, he saw that in terms of body language, Alina seemed to be unfazed with what was happening to Alex.

"How could this be?" Lord Gallius thought to himself as he looked at Alina intently. "Even I could see that Alina and Alex has some feelings for each other... But then why is Alina not worried for Alex at all? Does she actually have no feelings for him? Or maybe..."

Lord Gallius perked up as an unbelievable notion crossed on his mind.

"Maybe they are planning something right now!"

The more that Lord Gallius thought about it, the more sure he became.

However, instead of being happy and impressed, Lord Gallius became irritated and angry as he realized what they were doing.

"Hmph, you two are risking everything right now!" Lord Gallius thought sourly as he decided to sink himself further into the background. "Well, if you two fail, I will make sure that I will not be implicated with it!"

At that point, Lord Gallius decided to leave the room, as he knew that the next set of events would not be pretty.

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"Tell me, why should I not be killing you right now?" Lord Ergo said as more mist came out of his mask. "I heard good things about you, so I do not want to just see you dead. Although technically speaking, you will still end up dead on my hands."

"Hahaha..." Even though Alex look pained because of the mist, he still managed to wear a cocky smile on his face as he sent a grin towards Lord Ergo.

"Even if you want to kill me, you actually dare not to, since you need my help." Alex replied as he shook off the mist clinging to him.

"You have a big problem right now, and I think that your only hope is me, right?"

"....."

"....."

"Don’t try to test my patience, young one." Lord Ergo replied as his/her cloak billowed around him. "You are rambling the words of an insane person. Perhaps I should end you now to relieve your mind from your agony."

"Oh really?" Even at the face of a threat, Alex seemed to not be perturbed as he continued smiling at Lord Ergo.

"If you really want me dead, then with your power, you should have done so by now." Alex replied as stood up more confidently than before.

"When you arrived 15 minutes earlier, you have all the time available to kill me... But instead of doing that, you did not use your ability to attack me... Hell, you even allowed me to stay here!"

"And in case you could not see it, I am particularly close with Alina, who is your so-called ’property’." Alex said with his voice sounding out like he is mocking Lord Ergo.

"I heard that you do not like others playing with your properties.... If that was really the case, I really should have been dead by now. But just like what I said earlier, here I am still alive and kicking."

"..."

Everyone in the room went still as they heard what Alex said.

Lord Gallius, who was about to leave the room at that time, froze on his position as he held the door handle.

The silence in the room was painful and full, as if something was about to overflow from it.

"You think that me, Lord Ergo, would want a help from someone like you?" The whole room, no, the whole building started to tremble greatly as Lord Ergo seemed to grow larger.

"Well, there is a first in everything." Alex replied coolly as he let out a relaxed sigh. "Well, if you really do not need my help, then you are free to kill me now. If you want, I can even assist you!"

"F**k!" This was the first time that they heard Lord Ergo cursing, and it certainly was fitting in their current situation.

"Boom!" Before everyone could react, Lord Ergo made a move as he suddenly grabbed both Alina and Alex.

With a sound comparable to an explosion, Lord Ergo flew out of the room, bringing the hapless Alex and Alina with him. As for the fragment of the World Diagram and the girl beside him/her, Lord Ergo did not forget to bring them too.

"....."

A car-sized hole was formed in the roof, which ed to generous amounts of earth and soil pouring down into the room.

"Sigh, and there Lord Ergo goes again." The afro guy said as he waved his hand.

The downpour of the soil stopped, as if there was something blocking the hole.

"This place is situated underground, and the first thing that Lord Ergo did was to fly out?" The afro guy seemed to be more amused that angry as he shook his head wryly. "Really, this is the first time that I see someone leaving this place by flying through the soil..."

The afro guy let out a sigh as he clicked his hands, and seconds later, his secretary entered the room.

The secretary did not even blink when she saw the devastation that the room was in. She only looked at the afro guy’s direction as she waited for his command.

"Bring me the fastest airship there is. I need to follow Lord Ergo." The afro guy sullenly said as he opened the door which Lord Gallius failed to do so.

The afro guy’s secretary just followed him calmly as he left the room.

As for Lord Gallius, who still looked stunned from what just happened, he decided to follow the afro guy too.

"Mr. President..." Lord Gallius hesitantly said as he saw the afro guy’s confident demeanor. "Are you really following Lord Ergo? Wouldn’t it be better if we just..."

"It seems like you do not understand the underlying danger right now, Lord Gallius." The afro guy snapped as he wheeled around to face Lord Gallius.

"You just heard what that Alex said earlier. Lord Ergo is in dire need of help, and that he needs Alex’s help to do it." The afro guy said as his hair started to frizzle out.

"If someone like Lord Ergo needs help, then I think his problem will certainly a big one." At this point, Lord Gallius could swear the he saw the light of ambition flashing on the afro guy’s eyes.

"Surely Mr. President, you are not planning to..." Lord Gallius let his question trail as he hesitated on what he was about to say.

"You can see the desperation in Lord Ergo’s actions earlier." The afro guy said as he tired to stifle his laugh.

"Not only that, but you can see how Lord Ergo hastily brought Alex away from this place. That just means that Lord Ergo’s problem is much bigger than what we could imagine." The afro guy’s body trembled only for a second before he concluded his words.

"That just means that if we can time it well, then we can use Lord Ergo’s problem to our advantage!"

"But-" Lord Gallius reply was cut off as the afro guy glared at him.

"You will not say anything that can deter me!" The afro guy said as he grabbed Lord Gallius’ arm tightly. Waaay too tightly.

The afro guy then leaned his face towards the cowering Lord Gallius as he slowly said, "Lord Gallius, let me give you two choices right now. You will either join me, or you will die running away from me."

"Gulp." Even with his power, Lord Gallius felt weak in front of the afro guy. It was as if the afro guy was a wall of indomitable power that nobody can topple.

"So, will you join me or not?" The afro guy said as he gave Lord Gallius a smile that was also not a smile. "This could be our chance for a new world! A world free from control! Isn’t that what you and some of your allies wanted from the beginning?"

After hearing what the afro guy said, Lord Gallius realized that he was once again, back in a losing situation.

"I don’t have any choice, do I?" Lord Gallius said as he slouched his body forward.

"From the very start, you don’t have any choice already." The afro guy’s face shone as the light of the arriving airship silhouetted his face.

It looked both terrifying and enchanting, something that Lord Gallius would never want to see again.

"All of us never had a choice to begin with."