Chapter 317: Chapter 317: How can you take my toy?

With the preparation complete, there was no room for mistakes. Mist had taken every precaution that she could, making sure that Devourer could not escape this time.

Meanwhile, the person she was targeting was simply sitting with the support of the table, simply gazing at the entrance.

"It is complete!"

While Eren was distracted, the Ghost Queen suddenly called out to him, catching his attention at the last moment.

"What timing." Eren lazily stood up, scratching the back of his head as he walked towards the container in the center.

Inside the container, he saw Aster whose wounds had completely healed. Aster also had his eyes open that seemed to be focused on him.

Within those eyes, there was a semblance of unwillingness which was being suppressed by the seal on the soul.

"If you're awake, get out of it yourself," Eren told Aster, giving his first instructions.

Aster, although unwillingly, clenched his fists. He punched in the direction of Eren. His fist clashed with the walls of the containers which shattered like fragile glass in front of his strength.

As the glass broke, all the strange liquid rushed out of the container, leaving only Aster within. He broke more of the glass to create an opening large enough for him to leave.

With a sufficiently sized exit, he stepped out of the container, his body still being wet with the unknown liquid sticking close to him.

"Who are you?" Aster asked the person in front of him, especially since he knew about one of the souls being a Transmigrator.

"Get dressed and hide that face," Eren tossed clothes at Aster, along with a mask that he had used previously when entering the Southern Continent.

Aster still wanted an answer but his body subconsciously followed Eren's instructions. He wore the full face mask that hid his true face behind a false curtain.

Seconds kept tricking away with each second feeling like an eternity in the absence of any information about what was actually happening outside.

It was only after five more minutes passed that a beep sound resounded from the metallic door that started opening on its own.

On the other side of the door, there was a woman who ruled over the entire Southern Continent.

Eren flashed a carefree smile at Mist. "You found me. Now it's your turn to hide and I will seek you."

"That's enough games. Where is my daughter?!" Mist asked Eren while the other S Rank Heroes also entered the lab, slowly circling around Eren.

At this point, this place was less like a lab and more like a prison that was created especially with one person in mind.

"Didn't I tell you? I will return to your daughter after we finish our little game?" Eren asked, appearing to have been wronged.

While he spoke, his grip tightened around the neck of the Ghost Queen, only to feel sudden spatial displacement.

The Ghost Queen disappeared from his arms, only for her to be replaced by a life sized doll. Seeing the ability, Eren pretended to be quite shocked.

He looked around and found one of the Heroes holding on to the Ghost Queen.

Even though the space was sealed, the abilities of the Heroes in Mist's side were unrestricted, allowing the Hero to use his abilities that allowed him to switch places between people and objects.

"Are you alright?" The Hero asked the Ghost Queen who was the victim in all this, especially in their eyes.

"Cough, cough!" The Ghost Queen coughed, trying to catch her breath as if she had truly been on the verge of death. "If you were a little late, I would have died."

"That was not good. How can you take my toy from me when I didn't even finish playing with it?" Eren looked at the Hero who had taken the Ghost Queen from him.