Primordial Soul's Rebirth

Chapter 170: CHAPTER 170 – The situation around the gate.

"Where is he?" Alice asked in confusion.

"He is standing right there," Ann replied without pointing at anyone as it would seem offensive.

"Right where?" Alice asked again, and the one who replied to her this time was Alex.

"Look in the middle of the group, focus on the guy wearing black armor, that's him."

"That's him?!" Alice exclaimed as she looked at Alex.

"Yes, it seems like he had gone through a lot," Alex commented as he looked at the said person.

"I couldn't even tell that it was him…." Alice muttered.

They were standing in front of the supposed SS-rank gate, and it was huge…..

It was 10 meters wide and 10 meters long violet-colored portal.

Compared to the normal gates, which are mostly 2 or 3 meters wide and long, this was 5 times larger.

There were pebbles and wet sand at the bottom of the gate, indicating that this gate would take them to a coastal territory, this also gave them an idea of what kind of enemies they could face.

'Coastal area means monsters with water-related or earth-related abilities, there might be wind as well, but you won't find fire-type monsters in this territory (In most cases).'

This is what has been observed over the past five years.

Alice, Ann, and Alex didn't bring anyone other than Noctura with them, after all…

"They would just be pieces of baggage in an SS rank gate."

These were Alex's words when he was asked for his opinion.

The raiders from Crimson Lotus guild wanted to help, so they tried to protest, but when Alice reminded them of the gate that had an SS-ranked beast while being an S-rank gate, they backed down.

They could still remember how they were frozen on the spot when they saw that monster.

"You might have to face more than one monster that is equal if not stronger than that one in this gate."

Alice told them, but there was someone in Crimson Lotus who was unsatisfied.

"What about me?" It was Frank who asked that question.

"I'm SS-ranked as well," Frank waited for a reply and he got one soon enough.

"If all of us enter the gate, then who is going to stay here in case of emergency?"

Frank wanted to say more things.

'Just make Alex stay back, isn't he the strongest?'

'Just leave Ann behind.'

But he didn't.

He had realized long ago that he was not worthy of Alice anymore, and he should stop having the small hopes he always had.

So, Frank agreed to it, and with his agreement, it was decided that only Alex, Alice, Ann, and Noctura would go from the Crimson Lotus's side.

But the same could not be said for the Blue Empire.

The Blue Empire made a large raiding party for this raid, and it consisted of some lower-ranking raiders as well.

It was the first time they were going to raid an SS-rank gate, after all, they came prepared.

There were around 100 raiders from the Blue Empire's side, but none of them seemed excited or motivated.

It was more like they were forced to come, and they really were.

Argon had forced them to come as it was all for his plans.

Right now, Alex, Alice, and Ann were talking about Argon, Alice was unable to recognize him was not because of his looks, rather, it was because of the aura around him.

He didn't seem like a leader or an Emperor, he had this dark and gloomy aura surrounding him, and the people that used to stick close to him and lick his ass were now standing away from him.

Right now, he just looked like a guy who was involved with something dark or had some evil plans, like a perfect villain with a villainous vibe.

"Well, there are many pieces of news flying around about his recent change in behavior," Ann spoke as she took out her tab, scrolled through it, and continued.

"Some say that he had gotten addicted to some kind of new drug that had been going around.

Some say that this is his true face.

Some say that 'The evil young master of the Hart family' has finally shown his true colors.

There are many more things like this, and this all started after our press conference.

They say that he started collecting anything that could help him power up which ended up emptying the Empire's treasury."

Ann paused as she looked at Alex who had a contemplating look.

"His actions could be justified by two reasons," Alex spoke as he looked toward Argon.

"First one: He just doesn't like us gaining power, which might be true as he had been on the top for a while."

Alex spoke as he looked at both Ann and Alice simultaneously.

"Second one: He is preparing for something, something that was not supposed to happen anytime soon."

Alex continued with his hand on his chin.

But just then, Ann asked in confusion.

"Preparing for something?"

"Oh, I didn't tell you guys?"

Alex asked as he scratched the back of his head.

"Tell us what?" Alice asked as she looked into Alex's eyes.

Ann was also looking at Alex with all of her focus on his words.

"Well, Argon knows the future," Alex replied casually, but Alice and Ann paused for a while.

They looked at each other, and from the shock in each other's eyes, they could tell that both of them heard the same thing.

"What?!" They exclaimed in a suppressed voice.

But they quickly calmed down, after all, they were in public with a lot of cameras focused on them, so they kept their reaction suppressed so as to not attract attention.

"Since when did you know this?" Ann asked after a while after she made sure that no one was looking at them and their earlier reaction didn't attract much attention.

"Since the day I first saw him."

Alex replied calmly.

"I see…" Ann nodded her head.

"Now it makes sense why Argon was able to collect things that were later found out to be very valuable," Ann muttered to herself and Alex nodded his head.

"Oh, it almost slipped my mind."

Alex snapped his finger as he remembered something.

"There is one more thing special about him, or more like related to him…."

Alex spoke garnering Alice and Ann's attention.

"What is it?"

Alice asked, and Ann also looked at Alex questioningly.

'Wasn't knowing the future already enough….?'

Both of them thought the same thing.

'What else could it be?'

"Well, it is….."

Alex then proceeded to tell them about Aurora, the woman who was always beside Argon, but no one could see her.

This made Alice and Ann alert as they never thought that there was someone strong enough to escape their senses even with how powerful they were.

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