Chapter 285: Inception

Chapter 285: Inception

Youre crazy Just read this last one and we should move to something else Its honestly tiring to follow so many conversations at once, theyre going crazy in there Here goes.

[TheJailed] : Is my daughter fine? Please say that she is I lost all contact due to Yeah Sorry that you got caught up in it, but you were also the one who killed her when you messed with her scribe, so Please just tell her to stay safe

Your daughter No way This is curse? It was the quest that killed her? Sir scribe You have some serious explaining to do if curse is saying the truth. Is it a fatal flaw in the system? Ill bring it up to whoevers in charge of the next trial. The system would have me kill Zerei without even telling me? Thats not the kind of quest I want to receive.

Not at all.

Zerei is fine My, uh Uncle? He helped her. Last I saw her she was wanting to open a school. Ill tell her about your message next time I see her, but you better give Cinthia some good compensation for making it happen.

Cinthia was only slightly shocked by Sofias answer to the message and her barely disguised attempt at coercion against a God. But her expression changed when she received a new donation.

V- V- Vakaria? Are you secretly the demon king?

Not that I know of, no. I dont even know what the demon king is supposed to do really.

I just received a donation larger than what I earned in total these last three years

So much?

Cinthia nodded so fast her face became blurry.

Nice, Sofia congratulated her. I appreciate elder curses sincerity. Ill make sure to tell Zerei how much of an attentionate father you are. Though she already knows. I might even try to give a hint to my Uncle, if you see what I mean. But I cant guarantee anything on that front. A pleasure doing business with you.

Cinthia raised her voice a bit, Uuuh Is it really fine for me to get all this? Youre not getting anything out of that exchange, are you? Negotiating with the Recessed for me

Eh, it's not like you can share your class coins, right? Just bring me to Saria, itll be payment enough, I assure you. In fact Ill be the one in your debt.

If you say so Boss is here almost all year-round though, its not very hard to meet her

The message I have for her is just that urgent. I would appreciate it if you could lead me to her sooner than later, in fact. I have been scouting the city but its been rather unfruitful until I found you.

We can go when you want then. I have a general idea of where she is.

Great, just give me a second to check what my skeletons found while we were talking Actually, Pareth, just go check on that one bird, would you?

Pareth appeared on the roof, startling Cinthia, who silently took a step back. He gave a curt bow to both ladies and jumped off from the roof.

This one is a bit more intimidating than the birds Cinthia commented as she observed Pareth falling through the air and crashing down on the streets far below.

Hes the best one. In fact, hes my first specialization.

Oh Is that why your armor is bones too?

Pretty damn big, thanks to all the machinery hes strapped to. Zephir invested a lot in the research to make sure we could all benefit the most from these safe training grounds.

He seems to care about his disciples a lot.

Cinthia shrugged in response. Its not all selfless generosity. It benefits his class to help us. But he is pretty caring, Ill give him that, we all owe our leader a lot. Can you breathe underwater, Vakaria?

Sofia nodded.

Thatll make things easier, lets go then.

Wait. Youre sure shes out there?

Almost certain, yes.

Then Ill go alone, I think, If you dont mind, thank you for your help.

Uh? Do I stink or something? You dont like red skin? Cinthia asked, trying to laugh it off but clearly somewhat baffled by the sudden change.

No, its just. I have personal matters to settle with her. I would rather do that in private, but you can ask her later, or me. You dont have to worry, it is not like I can do anything bad inside here, right? And Zephir let me in just for this.

Thats Weird. But if you want, then. Your choice. I still have the underground entrance to look for so Ill be going back to doing that I suppose. Was nice meeting you Vakaria, thank you for the unexpected windfall. It really helped a lot.

You helped me, I helped you, were even. See you outside, then. Sofia winked as her skeletons grabbed her through the heavy steel door.

Did she just?... Awh, lets get back to my quest Yes, yes, Im still reading the chat, thank you for your donation, Hatred. I dont know what GL is, no. Thank you for the 100 tokens, Death, always appreciated. Thanks

Sofia phased through another heavy door, arriving directly into the dark, cold and salty water of the deep ocean.

Hmm, I can still fly, even if its a bit slow, its not so bad. The salt is a bit irritating but I can handle that. Bookie?

Sofia summoned a skeleton that Zerei had given her. It was once she had never tried.

[Solar Saltwater Spinefish]

The skeletal fish in question was larger than Sofia and had two long horn-like spikes, on either side of its body. They were in fact his first and last vertebra that had become like that somehow. A strange species of fish that Zerei had captured for the express purpose of giving Sofia aquatic mobility.

It would have been a shame not to use you. Sofia thought as she grabbed the fishs bones, now go!

The fish swam much faster than Sofia could fly underwater. It was fast, but the visibility underwater wasnt the best. So Sofia closed her eyes and focused on her mana senses. The ocean was weirdly empty of life, but it did not take long for her to locate another facility built on the seafloor. Going around, she found another big circular door, and once again, she phased through with [Graveyard of the righteous].

In the space behind the door was another door again. But not only that, Sofia noticed footprints. It was just a bit of sand left over on the ground, but it was clearly the tracks of the combinations soles. Just like what Sofia was wearing right now.

Found your tracks, sister. This has to be you, right? I'm not dreaming inside the dream, right? After all these years

If this is a dream, please let me sleep some more