Chapter 83: Glitch Areas

The bar closed two hours after midnight, allowing the guests who rented rooms on the second and third floors to sleep.

After the closure, Hiro dressed himself up in a long black coat and left the Passione Tavern.

Although he couldn't perform mass enlightenment yet, as such a huge change would surely garner Asmir's attention—Hiro could easily walk through the districts of the stronghold to enlighten creatures one at a time.

Even if most demons had their intelligence unlocked naturally, he could upgrade their intelligence to the 2nd or 3rd level of enlightenment.

As long as they didn't have the intelligence quotient of toddlers, things were simple.

As Hiro stepped out from the tavern's back door and into the dimly lit alley under the twilight sky.

Toward the east, rays of sunlight penetrated the night sky, accompanied by the chirping of birds and little animals.

On a whim, Hiro opened a small portal with the help of the system's concealment and brought Medusa out.

The silver snake slithered along the ground and climbed up Hiro's legs, and waist, and settled on his shoulder.

"Don't tell me you haven't learned how to transform yet?" Hiro asked curiously.

Medusa evolved into a magical beast together with the evolution of the pocket dimension, and she naturally learned how to transform into human form.

"I don't like to transform. I can't coil around Master's neck like this if I'm in my human form," Medusa answered matter-of-factly as her slender and warm body coiled around Hiro's neck.

Before the portal closed, a tri-pupils squirrel squeezed its way out, rolling on the ground.

The squirrel had golden fur, and each of its pupils had a different color, twinkling like a bright kaleidoscope.

Hiro was stunned, but he quickly remembered where he last saw this squirrel.

The squirrel quickly dashed over and climbed to Hiro's other shoulder, using the fluffy tail to fawn on Hiro by brushing his face.

"Master, I've finally got to meet you again!" The squirrel's voice was immature, but Hiro could recognize it as the voice of a little boy.

Of course, the snake and squirrel didn't speak normally but rather telepathically.

"Why did you follow me out here? Master didn't summon you," Medusa was displeased.

How long had it been since she last saw Hiro? But the moment was ruined by this little guy jumping into the portal after her.

Hiro also didn't expect another beast to jump into the portal after Medusa, but he then realized that portals wouldn't distinguish between different creatures or objects.

As long as someone managed to enter the portal before it closed, they could easily get to the other side.

Next time, he should try to find out whether it is safe to open the portal before going ahead and doing it.

Since the pocket dimension was his territory, Hiro could use the faith energy to mentally view the pocket dimension in his mediation.

Although the process was taxing and would consume faith energy, prevention is always better than treatment.

"It's okay, I don't mind," Hiro placated Meduda with a pat on the head. Honestly, he was also feeling a little lonely and out of touch in this place.

He didn't have friends here, and although it sounded childish and stupid for him to keep himself locked up here when he could do greater things back in the human world, Hiro still pushed through with it.

He was worried that Berlin might sell him out on one hand, and keen on establishing a foothold for Arabella here on the other hand.

Medusa reluctantly accepted this new situation, but she nonetheless hissed in displeasure at the squirrel.

"Do you have a name?" Hiro asked the squeeze and switched topics.

"He doesn't," Medusa was quick to reply while rolling her head. "Ever since he learned that you gave me my name, he's been pestering me and waiting for you to show up to give him a name as well."

As it turned out, the magical beasts from the four directions would occasionally travel to meet with Meuda, also known as the 'Divine Serpent' in the pocket dimension, to pay their respects.

This guy was fearless and innocent, so Medusa wouldn't mind spoiling him every now and then.

As things progressed, they eventually got along pretty well and talked about their respective encounters with Hiro.

That's when the little squirrel decided that it must also be named by Hiro and not his parents.

Hiro didn't give it much thought and named the little guy Hans.

Hans was very happy to finally get a name for himself, but he suddenly went silent and started to look around frantically.

"Master, something is wrong!"

Hiro stopped, a little confused. But then, he quickly realized that something was wrong indeed.

"I've been walking for such a long time but I haven't gotten to the end of this alley," Hiro stroked his chin in realization.

"But it doesn't feel like an illusion or a maze formation to me."

Hiro turned his gaze to Hans and asked, "What do you think, little guy?"

Hans was at a loss, scratching his head with his tiny hands. "I don't know, but I feel like we stopped moving a long time ago."

Hiro decided to pay more attention to his surroundings as he started to walk forward again.

This time, it was obvious that something was wrong since Hiro kept walking in place.

"Huh? Interesting," Hiro stopped and squatted down, touching the ground.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

However, the more it was like this the more intriguing things are. Since Hiro couldn't sense the energy even with his innate physique, it could only mean one thing. Enjoy exclusive chapters from m-v l'e|-NovelFire.net

This was power on the level of laws.

"Is this some sort of backlash or error in Asmir's foundation? That is to say, the trap they set was almost successful?" Hiro was deep in thought.

If the cycle of cause and effect was disturbed, it makes sense for such adverse effects to appear now after Asmir's large-scale operation the other day.

Although there was a delay of an entire month, and the discrepancy is on such a minor scale that it could only affect the normal demons, this was still a sign of decline in the foundation.

Hiro confirmed his assumption by allowing his demonic energy to circulate, exhibiting his current power level.

As expected, he easily walked out from the 'glitch' zone unhindered.

Hiro then used the system to seal his power once again and walked around the 'glitch' zone, confirming the area's sphere of influence.

"How troublesome," Hiro scratched his head and muttered. As long as the demons had a sliver of active demonic energy inside their bodies, they wouldn't be obstructed by these glitch areas.

However, being unobstructed by them doesn't deny their existence.

Hiro was now torn between informing Asmir of his discoveries or keeping them under wraps—all in preparation to reap some benefits in the ensuing chaos.

"Forget it, since I'm already an employed intelligence official, I should do my job well and earn some favorable points with Her Highness."

Hiro chuckled to himself and continued on his way. However, he changed his direction towards the Demon Tower, and he maintained his power level in check.

This way, he could easily find more glitch areas on the way. With the map of the entire stronghold in his mind, Hiro could keep track of the positions for each glitch area.

He wondered if the glitch areas were spontaneous, permanent, or under some unexpected influence.

If someone was influencing them from the dark, it could only mean that Asmir was too careless.

Controlling cause and effect doesn't make her the sole hegemon who wields this authority, she is just the top-level administrator.

However, the stronghold was really too large to explore on foot.

Looking into the distance where the Demon Tower breached the clouds in the sky, Hiro felt tired just thinking about walking all the way there.

He decided to leave the matter of finding these glitch areas to Asmir. Hard labor wasn't his responsibility, he only needed to report his discoveries.

Using a movement technique from the demonic arts, Hiro arrived at the Demon Tower by high noon.

The guards almost stopped him from entering, but Hiro had one of the black raven's tokens with him, so he easily entered the tower.

Once inside, a servant approached him to lead the way toward the upper floors of the tower.

The servant eyed Hiro curiously because rumors spread that the lord's new habit of speech was influenced by this little guy.

Hiro also inspected the servant, his thoughts wandering towards those creatures of myth called Naga.

The servant was huge.

The lower half was that of a snake, while the upper half was that of a humanoid demon.

Hiro then noticed the servant's eyes move to Medusa and Hans on his shoulders.

"These are?" The servant was very curious. Sёarᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Hiro smiled and didn't reply. So far, he didn't know which of these servants and so-called followers of Asmir were traitors.

When Hiro tried to use the interpersonal missions scan, he discovered that the information displayed was useless.