Chapter 163: Interrogating The Leaf

Chapter 163: Interrogating The Leaf



As the wind rushed past his face, Emir remained perched on his bike...

The weapon that he had just recently bought lay discarded in the wasteland.

He allowed the bike to steer on its own while he purchased the routes and information package for Fading Haven.

His decision to target this ruin boiled down to two clear factors.

Firstly, its imposing size and formidable monsters made it an ideal choice.

Secondly, the active isolation barrier surrounding it would block all external signals, making it far more challenging for the Gold Leaf family to locate Aria.

This Fading Haven represented the former glory of a once-thriving residential area.

It was also called by another name, Nysandra's Haven, due to rumors of a ghost-like woman appearing at random places throughout the ruin.

They theorized that a legendary figure named Nysandra once lived in this area, known for her compassionate nature, much like a guiding star for the people now haunting the place that was once her home.

But Emir scoffed at that notion, knowing that she was nothing more than an AI manager.

And while she might truly be the Nysandra of the past, she was nothing but a replica of who she was, her only purpose to protect and guard that ruin from hunters like him who would steal their riches.

However, his purpose in visiting this ruin was not for that; he only wished to have a private talk with the lass shoved in his rucksack.

The one who kept waking up to only go back to sleep, unable to handle the pain and shock her body was experiencing.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

While Emir broke her bones as cleanly as possible, it was still extremely painful, and he knew that, as he went through that process for three whole days, his body was broken, sliced, pierced, and electrocuted.

So he understood how long she had before death consumed her, not worrying about it in the least.

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Many minutes later, he finally reached the ruin.

This ruin seemed like a gallery of memories, each fragment telling a story of lives once lived.

Emir could sense the lingering emotions of joy, sorrow, and hope that once echoed within these crumbling walls.

Yet he didn't care about any of that...

He had a mission to complete.

That was all.

His bike pushed past the fauna, traversing through the narrow passages between leaning structures.

As the bright lights from above illuminated his path, casting elongated shadows across the debris, he finally reached his destination.

It was a path leading further downwards, away from the residential district and towards the nests of monsters.

A perfect place to trap Aria, and more than perfect to use as a place of interrogation.

Emir entered the two-story building with his bike, parking it to the side, next to a set of broken stairs.

Hopping off, he covered his bike with a camouflage sheet that he took out from its tiny storage and walked towards a barricaded door that was located in the room next to him.

The door was covered with all types of metals and had a numbered key lock protruding out of

it.

After tapping on it a few times, he unlocked the door and pulled its handle towards him.

As the door opened, he looked down while in thought:

'That'll be a long jump down...'

'It wasn't mentioned in the information package, but that doesn't matter.'

'I only need to slow down my descent so that Miss Aria over here doesn't die from the impact.'

Now that he decided on what to do, he walked forward and was swallowed by darkness.