Reaper's Resurgence: A System Reset

B2 | Chapter 64 - A Reunion

Alexia

I sit down on the floor of the dungeon right outside of the room as I cross my arms and stare at the System Message floating in my vision. A message that is now starting to fade.

Why would the Dimensional Champion of a Dimensional Block so far away from our own be here? Are they just traveling from Block to Block? And if that's the case, did they straight up abandon their own Dimensional Block?

Most importantly though, why did they come here, and who are they?

I turn to look back, only to find that the long corridor behind me has somehow been closed off without my noticing. Which makes me frown in surprise before I turn back around to look at the path ahead.

Looks like I can't leave the dungeon until after I find an exit.

So I look at my map, searching once more for anything hidden nearby. But I don't find anything, so I let out a sigh and climb to my feet again.

I can't learn who the Dimensional Champion is with Luna inside of the dungeon with me, and I can't leave the dungeon until I find an exit.

Then again, as long as they don't bother the Retreat, I don't really care what they do in the Dimensional Block.

They could even attack Varsac, and I wouldn't really care. The guy has been annoying, even if he's currently trying to make me happy.

And there's a chance the Dimensional Champion might be a Class S species, so Ethan might take interest in them without me having to go see who they are.

Either way, I teleport to the other end of the room, deciding to just go ahead and proceed through the dungeon to find an exit.

It's too bad communication devices don't work within dungeons.

Somewhere in Dimensional Block #108

Lysandre is filled with anxiety as he flies through the air in his enormous hydra form, not bothering to stop even when he passes by cities located on the islands scattered through the air. Instead he follows the bond he feels with his adopted daughter.

He's pretty sure that the reason the bond vanished with Lexi just recently was her going into a dungeon, but that knowledge doesn't make him feel any better regardless. So he continues flying through the air towards where he feels Astrid is at through the bond he set up with the twins.

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The hydra briefly notices that every island he passes by raises their alarm at the mere sight of him, but he ignores that as well.

He just flies straight towards his adopted daughter, uncaring of anything else.

And after nearly an entire day of flying, he sees the island the bond is leading to beginning to enter his vision.

Then a loud roar echoes from a nearby island, making him come to a halt, his nine heads quickly looking around to find the source of the roar. A search that doesn't take long before he finds a large dragon taking off from a nearby island covered in taiga.

Hellfrost dragon. Ethan Silva.

His eyes narrow.

He's one of the two dragons that worked with Lexi according to that Legendary Feat.

"Knight of the Crimson Score, what brings you so far from your Block?" A deep voice resonates through the area as the nearby islands sound alarms at the sight of Lysandre.

Lysandre narrows the eyes of each and every one of his heads slightly and says, "First answer my question. What is your relationship with The Reaper and her sister?"

Several seconds pass in silence without the dragon saying a word. Then, out of nowhere, a deep laugh fills the area and Ethan says, "And what does my relationship with The Reaper have to do with you?"

The serpentine heads of the hydra all let out a slow hiss as if showing his anger. Meanwhile the air around the two Class S species grows tense, with flames of ice sparking into life around the dragon, with droplets of magma falling down from the air around the hydra.

And just as quickly as the tense atmosphere had arrived, it's shattered when Ethan laughs again and says, "If you're looking for your adopted daughters, I only know where Lexi is." A smile stretches across the dragon's face at the sight of the hydra's eyes narrowing further as Ethan returns to his humanoid form. "She is currently inside of a Tier 3 dungeon training."

Despite the situation, Lysandre can't help but feel relieved upon hearing that. Then he asks, "And Astrid?"

"I don't know," Ethan answers, his interest rapidly dropping at the topic of Lexi's twin sister. "You can find her yourself, can't you?"

Lysandre glares at the man once more before returning to his own humanoid form while keeping his molten wings manifested on his back.

The tense atmosphere returns as the hydra's glare meets the dragon's apathy and indifference.

"What interest do you have in my daughter?" Lysandre asks, putting more than a little heat in his words.

Ethan just stares for several seconds before sighing and answering, "None that she'll ever know about."

Then the dragon flies away without another word, leaving Lysandre blinking in surprised.

He could realize the hopelessness of chasing after her like that?

The hydra watches the fading dragon for several seconds as the dragon heads towards the very same taiga island he had left from before turning around and beginning to fly towards the city he senses Astrid in.

That dragon might be more than appearances imply.

Lysandre keeps his attention narrowly focused on a single point on the island as soon as he gets close enough to see her. And it doesn't take long for her to see him as well, proving that her sensitive perception hasn't changed in the slightest.

Although he is surprised to find her new form, since she is clearly no longer human.

Must've changed her species after the Tutorial.

It's not as surprising as when he learned that Lexi had become a quantum being though. Lysandre is pretty sure nothing can top that surprise.

He quickly begins to fly down towards the city as he sees a smile stretching across Astrid's face.

And for the first time in a while, a matching smile stretches across his own.