Chapter 1549 A Meeting With Gnomes II

Chapter 1549 A Meeting With Gnomes II

Grey and Klaus didn't let the carriage leave their sight. They followed it closely, making sure they were not noticed as they followed it.

While they were following the carriage.

Reynolds was speaking with the lady, asking her a few personal questions that the lady felt a bit compelled to answer. She has been asking Klaus questions all this while, and now that he started asking questions, she felt it was only right to answer his questions. Not just that, but she felt he was someone that would be offered to the Gnomes in a few hours time and didn't see anything with refusing to tell him a few things.

Reynolds didn't ask too much, only asking where she's from and where she's headed. According to her, she's from a mid-level family from the next region and she was headed to meet up with a family friend. Hearing the word family friend, Reynolds could barely believe his ears. He never thought there would be a Family that would have such close ties with Gnomes.

There was also the possibility that the lady was lying, which he strongly believed. But from how she was speaking, it was almost as if she didn't want to lie to him which he found surprising.

According to the lady, this was a task that is only assigned to the most trusted people in her Family.

After Reynolds was done asking all this, he saw a two two way road and told them he'll drop there.

"I'm sorry, but it'll be in your best interest if you followed me to my meeting." The lady didn't agree to Reynolds leaving the carriage.

"You just said it's a top secret meeting, why would you willingly take a stranger there when even your family members aren't allowed to know where this place is?" Reynolds asked.

"Because the people I'm going to visit will like you. Don't worry, they're not going to hurt you." The lady tried to convince Reynolds.

"I don't feel comfortable going to such a meeting knowing how important it is to you and your Family. Why don't you leave me here and I'll find my way to the City myself?" Reynolds didn't buy the lady's words. There was no way he was going to agree to head there in the first place. He had found out everything he needed and felt there was no reason to stay there.

"I insist." The lady's voice was still the same, the same with her expression, but Reynolds could sense the coldness in the carriage. It was almost as if the lady was ready to attack.

This was more reason for them to enter the Gnome world. Those people need to either be killed, or saved. Grey didn't know which would be possible, but he knew he had to take action.

Reynolds hoped there would be some action, but Grey didn't agree to it. This was another portal to the Gnome world, and the more options they had when entering the Gnome world, the better. At the moment, they've found three portals to the Gnome world, and he was sure they'll find more. He would study all of them and pick the one with the least danger. There's no way all the portals would be guarded by top experts.

Grey stayed until the meeting was finished and the lady was about to leave. He only left after the lady went out. The Gnomes disappeared into the portal as soon as they were done.

With the help of the bunny leader's bunny, he inspected the place, and realized that this one had a much looser security compared to the others he had seen. In fact, this portal was in the middle of the woods with only a Sage Plane Elementalist keeping watch.

Among all the portals, this was the only one that wasn't in a City, which meant it was the best choice to enter the Gnome world without being detected.

The trio left this place and decided between following the lady back and destroying the next Necromancer's hideout. Klaus and Reynolds didn't like snooping around, so they opted for the Necromancer's hideout.

Since the lady was under Grey's control, he could locate her whenever he wanted to, so he didn't bother with her and followed the duo towards the Necromancer's hideout.

....

The trio were fighting with Necromancers while Alice was on the border of life and death.

She didn't know how many times she had escaped death since she entered this forbidden zone, but she knew her luck had been great, if not, she would've been dead a few days ago from the attacks she received.

This place wasn't called a forbidden zone for no reason. The danger here far exceeded what she expected, but it also put her on edge which was beneficial for her growth. The frequent battles, teetering between life and death has made her grow exponentially, both physically and mentally. She has encountered a few people here, and has ensured to keep her distance, she didn't want to have anything to do with these people since she didn't know them. And neither did them. They always leave as soon as they see her. Most of them were like her, alone. But there were a few that were in groups.

She has ventured deep into the forest and has gotten a pretty good number of items, but none of them has been able to help her break through to the Sovereign Plane, hence her reluctance to leave this place.

At the moment, she is heading towards a place where she sensed a powerful aura. From what she felt, she was certain it was from at least a Pseudo-sovereign or a Sovereign, and she felt like seeing what caused them to unleash their aura.