Chapter 438 Subtle threats are still threats, no matter what you think about i
5 MINUTES LATER.
The sudden appearance of Blue Alex and Malthus on the cratered area brought forth another world-shaking battle. This time around, more powerful ripples came out as these two fought it out with the other powerhouses, making everyone in the whole Four Moons World shake from both fear and antic.i.p.ation.
The people currently inside the Inst.i.tute were no different form these people, as almost all of them were captivated by the new battle. Even if they were scared with what they were seeing, the students and the teachers were all intently observing the fight.
Their interest in this new battle was so great that they did not notice four figures stealthily entering the the Inst.i.tute Building.
These four figures, which appeared to have no interest at the battle at all, were now currently inside the Inst.i.tute Building. And from the looks of it, they seemed to be trying to enter the deeper parts of the building itself.
If it were the normal situation, then someone from the teacher or the guards could have stopped them already. But due to the fact that almost everyone was captivated by the battle, these four were able to swiftly reach their destination.
"Thud."
The four only stopped moving once they reached the lowest part of the Inst.i.tute Building, which was located 500 meters below the ground.
Here, only metallic walls and numerous machines could be seen scuttling around. There were no signs of life at all in this place, making it appear both alien and hostile.
One of the four figures visibly shuddered once they reached this place, while the remaining three appeared to be excited at this point.
"Here. This is the place where the Storage Vault of the Inst.i.tute is located. Are you happy now?" The figure who shuddered said as it gave the other three a baleful look. There were both resignation and fear in the figure"s face as it glared at its companions, as if it was not happy with its situation at all.
These unstable emptions were further exemplified when this figure began to reveal its body, which was hidden by a piece of cloth since earlier.
"Now that I have brought you here, can you let me off already?" The figure, who was actually Wisteria in disguise, said as she stuffed the piece of cloth inside her pocket. This woman who was wearing a domineering armor earlier appeared to be acting meekly right now, something that will surely make other people feel shock.
But with the things that happened just earlier, it was inevitable for Wisteria to be acting like this.
After all, her prided Star Armor was shown to be weaker than Black Alex"s Star Armor. With just that display alone, it was already shown to Wisteria that she had no hope on winning against her opponents.
This left her with no choice but to listen to her opponent"s demands, which brings her at this place along with them.
"Well…. There"s still one thing that you should do." Replied one of Wisteria"s companions. Of course at this point, it was easy to point out that the other three who was accompanying Wisteria right now were Black Alex, White Alex, and Kid Alex.
The one who just replied to Wisteria was White Alex, who was still holding his blood-red sword.
The killing intent that he had in his eyes earlier has not yet disappeared, and it seemed to have increased now that Wisteria was in this place.
This man, who had previously spoken about the Dao in a calm manner was almost non-existent at this point, as only the presence of a sly butcher can be felt from his body.
"What? You still want me to do one more thing? But I already brought you to the Storage! What more would you want!" Wisteria shouted out as she gave the three a confused look. "Didn"t you make an Oath that as long as I bring you here, you will set me free? If you will uphold the Oath, then let me go already! If you don"t, then you will regret breaking the Oath!"
"Miss Wisteria. We have indeed promise to set you free once you brought us here. However, our definition of freedom is not the same as yours…" White Alex replied calmly as he twirled his sword. "Be rest a.s.sured. We will really set you free starting from now on. But just like what I said earlier, the freedom that you will get is not like the one that you are thinking of…"
"A different freedom? You… you are just clearly playing games with me!"
"I am not playing games with you. You are not worthy enough for that." White Alex said in an almost snarling tone. He appeared to be offended by Wisteria"s latest retorts, and he clearly showed this offense on his face.
"I am not playing games with you. After all, you are just a part of my game. You are one of the pieces that I am using to fight against my real opponent…" White Alex continued to say as he and the other two Alex"s approached Wisteria. "So don"t be scared. I will not kill you, as you are still important to me. But don"t think that your life will be like what you foresee it…"
"You-" Before Wisteria can say something else, Black Alex chopped her neck with the back of his hand, which quickly brought her to the dreamland.
Her unconscious body was caught deftly by Black Alex"s extended hand. He then pa.s.sed her body towards White Alex, who held the sleeping Wisteria in a gentle manner.
"Wisteria had been acquired already. Now, all that we need to obtain are the materials inside the storage vault…" White Alex murmured enthusiastically to himself as he adjusted his hold on Wisteria.
He appeared to be happy with his capture on Wisteria, although some signs of worry could be seen on his eyes.
"Hmm… because the Original Alex is busy on fighting with Blue Alex, he had no way to give us instructions right now. This means that we just have to wing this operation by ourselves, and hope that nothing wrong will happen from this point…" White Alex said as he gazed at the direction where Blue Alex was having his fight.
"Sigh… if I were just at the Core Formation or the Nascent Soul Stage, then maybe I would have a better role in this operation. But since I am still at Foundation Establishment, this is the best that I can do…" White Alex sulkingly said as he made a small pout. "But whatever. At least I have the Black Alex and Kid Alex with me. With these two here, I am sure that we can perform our task perfectly!"
It was at this point that the silent Black Alex began talking.
"White Alex, I already sent my Abyss Sprites towards the end of this hallway. They saw a ma.s.sive steel door there. That door must be the entrance to the Storage Vault." Black Alex said in a hoa.r.s.e tone as he crossed his arms.
"Your Sprites detected that? How impressive…" White Alex said in a fake jealous tone as he looked at the direction of the hallway nervously. "So, were they able to see the inside of the storage too?"
"No. Maybe its because there"s some kind of anti-spying spells placed on that door. That made it impossible for my Sprites to observe the storage from the outside…" Black Alex replied with a grimace. "That means that if we want to be sure on the contents of the storage, then we must open it manually already."
"Sike, why did I not think of that? How silly of me!"
"…."
"Don"t look at me like that too, Black Alex. We"re cooperation here, so let"s just keep it cool and focus on our task, ok?"
"…Fine. Just let my Abyss Sprites do their job on opening this door. As for you and the kid, stay back here in case something wrong happens."
"Oh, that"s what I am thinking that you should do since earlier. Since you said it by yourself, then go there and open the storage already! Hehe, I wish you luck! May the will of the Dao be with you today!"
"I don"t care about your Dao. My fate is already tied to the Abyss, so whatever happens to me will be the will of the Abyss…"
"Okay, Black Alex. I get it. You and I are different. Now that we have established that, it is now time for you to show your worth! Open that metal door already!"
"White Alex, there"s no need for you to say that command again. My sprites had just opened the door."
"That fast?"
"Yes, my sprites are just that good. Hmm.. from what my Abyss Sprites can see, I can tell you that the storage is the real deal. Oh Abyss, thank you for the blessings that I had in this mission…" Black Alex then began to perform a bizarre prayer ritual at this point, something that White Alex obviously did not know.
"…Hoooh. My sprites can see a lot of treasures inside the storage. Not only that, but from what my Sprites can sense, the things that the Original Alex was looking for was also inside this storage too." Black Alex mumbled after he stopped his prayer. "Good, this is good. I thank the Abyss for these blessings once more."
"…Good job Black Alex. Now, the next thing that we should do is the collection itself." White Alex said in a normal tone, as if what he was just saying was something that he can just casually say anywhere.
"If there are any traps that will activate when we enter the storage, you and I will deal with these traps." White Alex continued to say as he pulled Kid Alex lightly with him "As for Kid Alex, he will be the one that will obtain our target items. Once we did that, we will leave this place quickly, and then we wait for Original Alex"s signal on starting the ritual…."
"That"s a pretty simple plan, but it will only succeed if we survive the "traps" part." Black Alex replied as he let out a snort. "Hmph, knowing Emperor Litch, there"s no doubt that he left some traps in this place. After all, this man whose slyness and maliciousness was enough to make the Abyss hungry, surely knows that this storage is something that can tempt the Original Alex. For this storage to have deadly traps meant for us is not impossible…"
"Now that you say it that way Black Alex, it is indeed bad…"
"Tsk, it will only be through you and the Abyss" support on me that we can succeed here, White Alex. So stop spouting about your Dao nonsense and just let the Abyss do its glorious job here!"
"Well, well, well, I wish us luck here. You"re the strongest one here Black Alex, so I hope you can help me out later." White Alex said with a laugh as he began striding towards the storage vault. "Even if you are clearly tied to an evil existence, you are still a part of the original Alex, so I know that you will not betray us later. You… you will not betray us, right?"
"No. I will not do that. To do that means that I violate the rights that the Abyss had given to the original Alex. To do something like that… is not in my nature." Black Alex quickly replied as he and Kid Alex followed White Alex.
"Is that so? I"m relieved. Since your Dao is also related to evil, I thought you will be harboring evil thoughts against us. It"s good to know that you are still loyal to us…"
Black Alex said nothing regarding this last comment, as he just continued on approaching the storage vault. White Alex and Kid Alex took notice of this silence, although none of these two made any issue out of it.
"…" All three of them were only silent as they reached the door of the storage vault, which was now ripped apart by some kind of corrosive ability.
"Good job, Wrath. I will make sure to feed you with more of my anger later." Black Alex mumbled as he nonchalantly stepped through the opening on the door of the storage vault. He seemed to be not worried on what will happen to himself by doing this, as he just went through the door like he was entering his room.
"…" Both White Alex and Kid Alex shook her head upon seeing this, although just like earlier, they still did not make any issue of it.
They just kept their mouths shut as they entered through the door too, leaving nothing behind them but the air displaced by their movements.