Chapter 1268

“We don’t have any additional time to waste. Shao, do you know where Miki is?” I asked after hearing the limited timing that we had.

“Only that man knows the method of getting to her. You will need to work with him.” Shao gave a displeased look in the direction of Hero.

“I could destroy him and take away his karmic debt.”

“Are you sure you can?” Alysia asked.

I frowned. “What are you implying?”

I had reasoned out a bit about this world of Miki’s. Whatever they had done to her, she had created a means of saving everything. Built into the lore of this dungeon was a way to save all the souls she was taking, and also to save herself as well. It was truly amazing and spoke to Miki’s incredible ability as a spiritualist and her tenacious will. Most dungeons had a goal, but they had no clue what they wanted nor how to achieve it. Miki’s dungeon, on the other hand, had a very clear goal.

Then again, that goal depended on a man Miki believed to be dead. She didn’t believe I would be coming to save her. That’s why the spot that needed to be filled was for someone else. Specifically, she believed that at one point of her friends, one of my former slaves, would come and get swallowed into her dungeon. That’s when the sequence would initiate, and they’d have a chance to complete the lore and save her.

This was why Alysia had drawn Hero’s interest in the first place. She met the criteria of being one of my slaves. So, I would have to depend on Alysia for now. At least, that was my reasoning.

Unfortunately, there was a tiny problem with the plan, and that was timing. I had arrived at the very end of the dungeons feeding cycle, and Miki’s dungeon was on the verge of evolving. I had no clue what that evolution meant, but I did know that a tsunami of miasma would flood this dungeon, destroying every soul in it and resetting the dungeon, much like the Maid’s Lament. Our only chance now was to complete the lore in the next few hours.

I nudged Alysia forward with my shoulder. We had to get moving.