Chapter 167 Converse With Himself.

"Kuku, do you think you're qualified to give me orders?! Little commoner girl, you have too much esteem for yourself thinking you are qualified enough to negotiate with me; I was addressing our dear master. Little girl idiot without brains."

"Without brains? Who do you think you're to scold me?"

"Sigh, how can he bear the presence of such an insolent slave? your IQ level is so low that I can no longer know how to tame you. You are surely the cause of his stupidity, maybe I have to kill you right here so that you don't continue to make him more stupid than he is now." He pointed the finger at Alvine who was still silent, even though he could speak now.

"M-make him stupid?! Then what else? As long as you're there, why do you call me... Hmph!" Before she continues in her nonsense, Alvine put his hand on her mouth to bring her back to reality.

"Sigh, I must admit that this bastard is right on this point." He supported Dalvine's words without worrying about Sylvia's deplorable state who was like a girl intimidated by two men. But among the small gang, only one person was more to deplore than Sylvia; Liliana Bloodclaw, the queen of vampires.

She wanted to rest after spending more than a month taking care of the military strategies and well-being of her guests, but when she thought she was finally going to rest, (Alvine) forcibly brought her through a dimensional portal that had appeared from nowhere next to her while she was lazily lying down on her soft bed. Besides the fact that she did not understand how Alvine had had such a level of mastery with space affinity, she also could not understand why she was deprived of her movements, and to be treated like a hostage in a negotiation; Since when had she fallen so low? The worst thing was that no one saw how intimidated she was.

"Master, I can understand that we have some disagreements but I would never have thought you would betray me like that because of this madman who only thinks of murder and destruction, but here, it's too unfair."

"..." Alvine's body swayed as if he were going to fall to the ground after hearing Sylvia's sarcastic words.

"S-Sylvia, think for a second, this guy has currently taken my wife hostage and all the others. You don't have to make him angry just for a matter of intelligence. Have you forgotten who he is? A psychopath, a madman who no longer has his leash around his neck!" Alvine whispered in his ear even though he knew it was useless. Since the room did not house beings (normal). But the meaning of his words showed everyone that he made fun of Dalvine who was in a position of strength and seem had all his cards in his hands.

Dalvine raised his eyebrows after hearing Alvine who seemed to want to (reason) his maid. Following his words, Alvine looked impassively at Dalvine with a mocking smile. "Do you want to force me to listen to you gently while you threaten me with the life of your hostages? Who do you think you're, asshole? You may be powerful, but you seem to have forgotten a small detail in your plan. The body you currently possess is entirely under my command; even if you seem to have all the cards in hand, you are currently no different from a simple slave with my seal of enslavement that cannot go against my orders." Alvine told him with placidity as if he did not see the threat facing him at the moment.

Sylvia had her eyes widened remembering this little detail that she had forgotten because of Dalvine's sudden disturbance. 'He's right, even if this guy seems unbeatable, he's no different from being trapped in a celestial prison. But it is better to remain cautious with him, his power, and his whole being are surrounded by mysteries. We can't guess what he had planned to do before coming here.' She concludes in her thoughts while cursing herself for having lost her cold blood to the enemy. Worst too, she even forgot to send her clone to save Liliana at the right time!

"Heh, can someone explain to me what's going on here?" Liliana finally made her voice heard throughout the room when she realized that the heavy atmosphere of the room had calmed down.

Hearing her voice, Dalvine looked her in the eyes before letting go of her hand and sitting again on the bed as if nothing had happened. "In short, since you were able to keep your cool despite the current situation, I guess your case is not as desperate as I imagined." He said after getting comfortable.

'What's going on here at the end?! Are they making me a joke? And why are there two more people in this room?!' Liliana felt like she was losing her head as she tried to understand the situation.

Silence resounded once again in the room while both sides waited for the other to act first. *Let's talk frankly, what is the reason for your presence here?* Alvine finally asked him after confirming his theory. From the beginning until that moment, he had the intuition that Dalvine had a different objective that was not to cause them problems; just like the first time, when he met the shadow soldiers in the dimension. But despite everything, this did not mean that he was not a threat to others. Because in the end, he knew that the actions of this mysterious type were unpredictable and depended entirely on his unstable emotions.

*Kuku, before getting to the heart of the subjects, you'd better tell others to leave us alone. Unless you want me to do it myself? * He imposed his condition with a little nonchalant laugh that strangely seemed to be a non-negotiable condition in Alvine's ears.

Alvine sighed with irritation but he still did what Dalvine wanted. He was even relieved to hear this condition from him. Because in a way, he will no longer have this concern for the life of Liliana or Sylvia.

"Leave me alone with him." He ordered by looking at Sylvia who was standing between him and Dalvine.

"What?! Have you lost your head?" She even doubted the veracity of the order she had just heard from her master. Why did Alvine seem to be so carefree in the face of someone who was, without the slightest doubt, able to crush him with a simple thought on his part? He still had to have a limit to his stupidity, right?

"Sigh, believe me, he doesn't seem to want to hurt me; at least, for now. Not to mention the fact that he seems to have found a solution to help me progress in my learning. I have to get strong to crush arrogant guys like him who think they are above the food chain. Just trust me, as you had always done." Alvine tried to convince Sylvia with these words to keep her away from this ruthless reaper who had taken possession of his replica.

"No! This man is visibly different from the others. If I leave you alone with him, only the goddess knows what he will do to you in my absence!" Sylvia was deaf to her master's orders, at least as long as her master's orders did not threaten his own life.

Alvine could guess how much their conversations would take forever if he wanted to convince Sylvia to leave the room. Precisely, the only thing he was missing right now was time! Even if Sylvia could defend herself against Dalvine, this was not the case with Liliana. "Sylvia, if you don't take out this room with Liliana in five seconds, I would have no choice but to talk to him in the dimension!" He replied in a placid tone, leaving Sylvia no choice but to obey him.

During all this time, Dalvine did nothing special except contemplate the room while crossing his arms with an impassive air.

"Tsk!" What else could She do other than comply with Alvine's orders when she heard such threats? If Alvine decides to leave with Dalvine in the dimension, she will lose her only chance to help him in case of danger!

She went to the door, accompanied by the replica that dragged Liliana with her before slamming the door behind her with a dull noise.

"I didn't ask you to stay behind the door, dirty voyeuse!" Alvine raised his voice by addressing Sylvia who had still not left but was standing behind the door while monitoring them with her magical perception. It was in these kinds of situations that Alvine had felt more irritated by their loyalties!

"Urgh, do as you like it! But don't bother me anymore with the problems you will have with this bastard!" She thundered behind the door before continuing her way with Liliana and her double with her restless eyes.

"Well, now that we are alone, tell me what you want. You didn't make it all this way just to visit an old friend, didn't you?" He asked Dalvine while sitting on the edge of the bed.

Best

"Hmm, an old friend, you say? In short, I will no longer dwell on unnecessary speeches, since I no longer have much time before the energy of this body runs out." Dalvine replied nonchalantly by looking at Alvine with a frown.

But he was at ease as when he had been with Dalvine in the dimension. "Tell me one thing, are you afraid of me?" He went on to ask him this question.

Alvine stared at him with a slight surprise. "Sigh, I thought you didn't want to waste more time? But well, if this question worries you so much, allow me to fill this void in your skull. Everyone is afraid of something, some are afraid of what could happen to them, while others are afraid of losing their loved ones. You just have to place me in the second category of these groups. As for if I'm afraid of you, you couldn't ask me a more ridiculous question than this one. The reason for my fear is not what you intend to do to me when you find this freedom you currently enjoy, but what concerns me is what you intend to do with my loved ones and the problems you intend to cause me and them." Alvine gave him an honest answer without turning around the question.

"Kuku, to summarize the situation, you are afraid of yourself and your own weakness. On the one hand, the Valskars against your maidservants, on the other hand, the leaders against the Punishers; and finally, yourself against the system that constantly monitors you. Yet, these insignificant battles you are waging are only fearful because you are weak. So weak that you can't even defeat a low-level divine mage without the help of your shadow soldiers. Did you ask the question once about you your origins and the origin of the dimension? The origin of the supreme planet, the origin of the shadow soldiers who are under your command, and the cause of your perpetual reincarnation without having the right to rest like any other?"

Hearing his words, Alvine remained silent for a short moment before giving him the answer that came to his mind. "I am weak, I know it. I am ignorant about the truth of this universe and the origin of its powers, I know all this. But it is rigorously because I am weak and ignorant in a universe that does not tolerate beings like me, that I must go through all these things to become stronger than anyone else. Only by becoming a being capable of subduing primordial beings would I no longer have to feel this feeling of weakness that never ceases to gnaw at me. Like every living being with intelligence, I also have dreams and plans; but a being as weak as me who is not even able to scare insects with his aura does not deserve to have dreams." Alvine responds to Dalvine as if he were conversing with a brother-in-arms.

At present, he had even forgotten the threat presented by Dalvine and his madness.

"You are right, weak and ignorant such as you do not have the right to have dreams. But if you are ready to agree with me, you will have the power of a being who will far exceed the power of these weak beings such as the creatures of the flower. Magical affinities that had never existed in this universe as your shadow affinity! And finally, no one in this universe will be able to defeat you even if the Punishers and Leaders unite against you!"