"I won't let you do that."
A calm yet indifferent voice sounded in the chaotic hall at that moment.
Orion turned and saw Kane looking at him with an ice-cold expression.
"Forget about her. If you even so much as lay a finger on her, my sword will slice through the dimension you're hiding in, kid."
Orion's eyes narrowed with a calm expression, but inside, storms were raging. He had thought his ability to hide in his dimension was a perfect concealing ability, yet someone existed who knew about it.
"What? Surprised?" Kane smiled. "Last night, I sensed many spatial distortions in the palace, but strangely, I couldn't find their source. I could feel something was wrong with the hall—the spatial distortions there were the highest—but again, I didn't find anything."
He then added, "However, I now understand everything. It was one of your many wonderful abilities, and seeing no trace of your family here, I bet you sent them to your hidden dimension, right?"
Orion didn't say anything and looked away from Kane, turning his attention to Luna, bathed in golden light. Though his expression remained calm, he was shocked beyond disbelief. He hadn't expected Kane to figure out so much just from the spatial distortions caused by his dimension. It made him realize his powers weren't absolute, and if he wasn't cautious, it would cost him dearly one day.
But he remained silent the whole time, focusing only on Luna.
He understood that anything he said now would only solidify Kane's speculations and suspicions, so by remaining silent, he let him guess. At least this way, he wouldn't reveal anything he shouldn't.
"That medallion is helping her, right? What if I take it away?" he asked, turning to Kane.
Kane narrowed his eyes at Orion. He was surprised that Orion didn't reveal much after being exposed. He commended his calmness, but that also made him a terrifying enemy.
"You can try," he shrugged at Orion's last question.
On the other hand, Merlin was pissed. He couldn't understand why Orion was still fixated on her, even after killing her.
"What more do you want, kid? Aren't you satisfied that you killed her?" he raged.
Orion looked at her and asked curiously, "What would you do if you saw me one day after this event?"
Merlin's expression turned ferocious when he heard that. There was only one answer to that question—kill!
"See, you also understand. Just as you can't wait to kill me, I can't wait to kill you and everyone you love. It was decided the moment you sentenced my family to death," Orion said, his voice laced with ruthlessness.
The ground beneath Merlin trembled as he struggled to control his rage. He wished he could kill Orion right here and now, but he couldn't.
He couldn't return to his normal form.
He tried again.
But the same result—he couldn't switch back to his normal form.
"Hahaha, don't sweat it, boy."
At that moment, a chuckle sounded, and a woman revealed herself in front of Orion.
She appeared to be in her thirties. Her hair cascaded like pure silk, a flawless shade of white that shimmered with an ethereal glow. Her face exuded a mature charm, every feature perfectly sculpted to convey both grace and wisdom.
Yet, there was a hint of seductiveness in her eyes, a captivating allure that added an irresistible depth to her beauty.
She looked at Orion's panicked expression and smiled.
"Although this Luminous Rope isn't one of the eight Primordial Cosmic Wonders, it is still a treasure of cosmic wonders. It can't be broken so easily."
Looking down on Orion, she continued, "I've had this treasure for a while, but it's useless most of the time since it doesn't work on anything with a materialistic form. But I also heard it's a bane for those with intangible abilities, and it seems correct. You can't change to your physical form, can you?"
Orion gritted his teeth as he tried again and again, but he failed every time.
'Damn it!'
Neither could he change back to his physical form, nor could he break the rope binding him.
In other words, he was trapped.
"Hahahaha, Orion, how do you like this? Being trapped and powerless to do anything?"
Merlin's wild laughter echoed as he appeared before him.
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