My Beautiful Disciples, I'm really not the Main Character!

Chapter 233: Chapter 233: The one that couldn't be killed

The young man's face was now devoid of the smug grin he wore just moments ago. He opened his inventory and pulled out a black, metallic orb.

"Activate the toss. Attach the third face to the orb of shadows and toss the coin," he said.

An illusory coin appeared before him, having four faces instead of just two like the ordinary coins. A mark appeared on the second face of the coin. A similar mark appeared on the orb.

The coin flipped higher, eventually landing on the ground to reveal the face facing up. It was the marked face which the young man had selected.

[Congratulations on winning the toss]

[A one time preservation effect has been applied to the one time use item 'Orb of Shadows']

With the effect applied, the item that could only be used once was preserved. Now it could be used once without affecting the one use that he was given initially.

Holding it in his hand, he muttered an incantation that made the orb glow faintly.

"Guardian of Shadows, awaken."

The orb trembled before releasing a dark mist that coalesced into a humanoid figure clad in armor made of shadows. The Guardian bowed slightly, awaiting orders.

"Someone has entered the threshold. Find them and bring them to me—alive," the young man commanded. "You just have to bring them alive. It doesn't matter if they are missing a few limbs."

The Guardian nodded and vanished into the darkness, leaving the young man alone with his thoughts once again.

....

Meanwhile, Eren and Yelen continued their ascent. Yelen followed closely behind as she kept pace with Eren.

The spells he had cast on himself made his movements much faster, but Yelen was not weak either.

Her own abilities hadn't fallen behind. Even though she couldn't fly, but she was a spirit blessed by nature itself. Even without flying, she could move much faster than an ordinary human.

"How much further?" she asked, her voice steady despite the grueling pace.

"Not far," Eren replied, his Seventh Sense guiding him like a compass, making the complete use of the thread. "I can feel it. We're close."

They had already traded halfway up the mountain. Only the last stretch was left. At this pace, he was sure that he could reach the top before losing his second sense.

As they neared the summit, the air grew colder, and the atmosphere more oppressive. With the Frost Bloodline that Eren stole from the Frost Demon, the freezing atmosphere didn't affect him, but he could see that Yelen had started shivering.

"Aren't you a spirit? How can you feel cold?" he asked, slightly confused. It was different in the Spirit Realm where she was in her physical form, but here she was in her spirit form. So how could cold affect her?

"There is something strange about this mountain. Even in my spirit form, I can feel this cold. But that's not surprising since it also affected my senses," Yelen replied, quite intrigued about the origins of this mountain.

Even a spirit wasn't unaffected by the curse. She was quite curious as to how this mountain came to be, especially with such strange characteristics.

"Can you hold on until we-" Eren tried speaking but he suddenly stopped speaking before completing his sentence.

He frowned as his heightened senses picked up on subtle shifts in the environment. If he was just looking with his eyes, he might not have noticed. However, his Seventh Sense made him feel the changes.

Suddenly, a chilling presence washed over them. Eren stopped abruptly, and Yelen nearly collided with him.

"What's wrong?" she asked, her eyes scanning the surroundings.

Eren's eyes narrowed. "Something's coming."

Without warning, the Guardian of Shadows materialized before them, its dark form contrasting starkly against the snowy backdrop of the mountain.

"You are the intruders," the Guardian said, its voice echoing in the frozen surroundings. "My master has been expecting you."

Eren's stance shifted, a gun appearing in his left hand.

"And who is your master?" he asked, already having a rough guess. He didn't expect the Transmigrator to sense his presence so early.

The Guardian calmly replied, "You will find out soon enough."

Although he was told to bring the intruder alive, it didn't mean he had to bring him completely unharmed. He understood his master's intentions in sending him.

He was to bring him back, but in a condition where he couldn't threaten his master. To make them incapable of fighting, the easiest way was to tear Eren's hands off.

The Guardian lunged forth, a shadow dagger appearing in both his hands. In an instant, he appeared in front of Eren, his daggers going straight for Eren's shoulders.

Eren called forth a sword. As if seeing the trajectory of this attack, he turned on his feet like a drunk man, avoiding the daggers of the shadow warrior.

The shadow warrior was strong. He could easily defeat a person who had lost his senses in the mountain of loss, but the person he was fighting was mostly unaffected by loss of senses.

When the disadvantage was removed, all that was left was Eren who had increased his stats even more with Dragon Tongue.

He appeared behind the Shadow Warrior, his speed being even faster than the shadow. Putting some strength behind his attack, he swung his sword to slice the shadow warrior in two.

"Hmm?" His Sword passed through the shadow warrior's body but it didn't harm him in the least. In the seventh sense, he saw that the person was completely unharmed.

It was like he was cutting through a shadow, which was impossible. A shadow wasn't an existence that one could touch.

While Eren's sword passed through the shadow's body, he didn't even try to dodge. He also knew that it was useless. Instead, he simply turned around at the same time, thrusting his dagger.

Eren jumped back, but he felt as if he was a step too late. The dagger had managed to penetrate his skin.

Fortunately, it was only able to go an inch deep before he moved back. Only a trail of blood trickled out of his chest, staining his clothes.