Chapter 233: Chapter 233: The one that couldn't be killed

The young man's face was now devoid of the smug grin he wore just moments ago. He opened his inventory and pulled out a black, metallic orb.

"Activate the toss. Attach the third face to the orb of shadows and toss the coin," he said.

An illusory coin appeared before him, having four faces instead of just two like the ordinary coins. A mark appeared on the second face of the coin. A similar mark appeared on the orb.

The coin flipped higher, eventually landing on the ground to reveal the face facing up. It was the marked face which the young man had selected.

[Congratulations on winning the toss]

[A one time preservation effect has been applied to the one time use item 'Orb of Shadows']

With the effect applied, the item that could only be used once was preserved. Now it could be used once without affecting the one use that he was given initially.

Holding it in his hand, he muttered an incantation that made the orb glow faintly.

"Guardian of Shadows, awaken."

The orb trembled before releasing a dark mist that coalesced into a humanoid figure clad in armor made of shadows. The Guardian bowed slightly, awaiting orders.

"Someone has entered the threshold. Find them and bring them to me—alive," the young man commanded. "You just have to bring them alive. It doesn't matter if they are missing a few limbs."

The Guardian nodded and vanished into the darkness, leaving the young man alone with his thoughts once again.

....

Meanwhile, Eren and Yelen continued their ascent. Yelen followed closely behind as she kept pace with Eren.

The spells he had cast on himself made his movements much faster, but Yelen was not weak either.

Eren's stance shifted, a gun appearing in his left hand.

"And who is your master?" he asked, already having a rough guess. He didn't expect the Transmigrator to sense his presence so early.

The Guardian calmly replied, "You will find out soon enough."

Although he was told to bring the intruder alive, it didn't mean he had to bring him completely unharmed. He understood his master's intentions in sending him.

He was to bring him back, but in a condition where he couldn't threaten his master. To make them incapable of fighting, the easiest way was to tear Eren's hands off.

The Guardian lunged forth, a shadow dagger appearing in both his hands. In an instant, he appeared in front of Eren, his daggers going straight for Eren's shoulders.

Eren called forth a sword. As if seeing the trajectory of this attack, he turned on his feet like a drunk man, avoiding the daggers of the shadow warrior.

The shadow warrior was strong. He could easily defeat a person who had lost his senses in the mountain of loss, but the person he was fighting was mostly unaffected by loss of senses.

When the disadvantage was removed, all that was left was Eren who had increased his stats even more with Dragon Tongue.

He appeared behind the Shadow Warrior, his speed being even faster than the shadow. Putting some strength behind his attack, he swung his sword to slice the shadow warrior in two.

"Hmm?" His Sword passed through the shadow warrior's body but it didn't harm him in the least. In the seventh sense, he saw that the person was completely unharmed.

It was like he was cutting through a shadow, which was impossible. A shadow wasn't an existence that one could touch.

While Eren's sword passed through the shadow's body, he didn't even try to dodge. He also knew that it was useless. Instead, he simply turned around at the same time, thrusting his dagger.

Eren jumped back, but he felt as if he was a step too late. The dagger had managed to penetrate his skin.

Fortunately, it was only able to go an inch deep before he moved back. Only a trail of blood trickled out of his chest, staining his clothes.