陶醉的妻子

The rift looks getting smaller. The distance turned out to be longer than he thought. Or maybe this is just an illusion created by this void. So Erend flapped his wings by adding more Magic power.

"Hurry up! I can't hold this any longer," Eccar said.

"I'm trying!" Erend shouted back to convey his struggle.

Eccar grimaced and indicated that he too was struggling to prevent the rift from closing. Erend increased his speed again.

Finally, after several minutes of trying to cover what felt like a few kilometers, Erend arrived at the rift. He immediately jumped in and left the place where there was only a black and gray void.

Erend fell on the hard and dusty ground. But he felt a cool breeze like in his world. He glanced around and frowned at the sight that shouldn't exist in this place.

Erend was in the middle of a vast plain. Grass and trees cover most of the plain, leaving some areas inhabited by large rocks or hard soil like the one on which he landed.

'It's not like the Chaos Realm.'

"What were you doing there? You should have contacted me if you wanted to come here."

Eccar's words from behind him woke Erend up. He immediately stood up and looked at the other Dragonborn.

"Where is this place?" Erend asked frantically.

"This is my domain," Eccar said. "You don't look fine, brother. What happened to you?"

Erend was slightly taken aback when Eccar called him 'brother' but now was not the time to talk about that.

"My mother and sister are being held hostage by one of the creatures from Chaos Realm. I have to find them now!" Erend said.

Hearing that Eccar's eyes widened. "So that's what made you so angry. Alright, I'll help you. Who kidnapped your sister and your mother?"

Erend clicked his tongue in annoyance. "I don't know what his name is."

Ecchar sighed. He also started to look troubled because of Erend's problem.

"If you don't know their names, then finding your family will be even more difficult," Eccar said.

"Shit!" Erend cursed while grinding his teeth. His eyes moved as his brain tried to find anything he could use from his memories of the creature that possessed President Julius.

But in the end, Erend couldn't find anything that looked like a clear lead. Erend shook his head in exasperation.

"Don't worry. We can still look for it ourselves. It might take a while but I will try my best to find them as fast as possible," said Eccar.

Erend glanced at Eccar. he asked. "Why do you want to help me?"

Erend also saw the concern that was clearly visible on Eccar's face. It was as if he really felt worried about his family even though Eccar was a stranger.

"What are you saying? We are brothers. Your family is my family too," Eccar replied with a smile. Erend felt that the smile looked honest and sincere even though he shouldn't feel that way.

"A-Alright. Show me the way," Erend said.

Eccar nodded then he walked ahead of Erend with a gesture that showed he knew where to go. Erend followed behind him in full confidence.

'Can I really trust him?' Erend looked at Eccar from behind. His instincts told him to believe in Eccar, but his logic told him to continue to suspect.

But then Erend shook his head. 'No need to think about that now.'

After a few minutes of walking, Erend finally saw a towering mountain in front of him.

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Meanwhile, Arty began to slowly open her eyes. What she saw first was a strange-looking red sky.

'Where is this?'

Arty sat down and then glanced around her. She is now on top of a tower. A three-meter-high parapet with sharp spikes surrounds her.

When she turned to the side, Arty saw her mother lying unconscious.

"Mom!" Arty called while shaking her mother's body. But even though she shook her mother's body hard, she still didn't wake up.

Arty was starting to feel more and more worried, even scared. She inhaled and exhaled, trying to calm herself down. It wasn't long before the fear and anxiety that Arty was feeling reduced considerably, allowing her to think better.

'Last time I remember was coming home and finding Mom unconscious as if under the influence of something. Then... something hit me from behind and knocked me unconscious.'

Arty recalled the last thing she remembered before being here. Something attacked her at home. It didn't matter who it was now, what mattered more was how they got out of this place.

Arty stood up and drew closer to the parapet. She finally noticed that the wall was a mix of pink and black. Arty couldn't see beyond these walls if she wasn't flying or doing something.

So Arty started summoning her Magic from within herself. Turn out, it's harder to do in this place. Arty took a few minutes to finally get her Magic.

She concentrated on making herself float. Even though she had never done that before Arty could do it easily now.

She was now several meters above the floor. Finally Arty could now see what was behind the parapet.

"What the hell..."

Arty grimaced, disgust was evident in her eyes.

What she saw was a sea of ​​thick white slime as far as the eye could see. In some places, rocks were sticking out from the bottom and forming small islands but that was insignificant compared to all that slime.

What was even worse was, from within the sea of ​​slime emerged several eel-like monsters that jumped from within the slime as if waiting for their prey to fall into it.

"Shit!" Arty immediately descended back down to that floor of the tower. 'How could I be in such a disgusting place?'

Arty turned to her mother. What should she do now? She should save her mother from this place but she doesn't know how. If only Erend were here. She definitely wouldn't feel troubled like now.

'No!' Arty gritted her teeth. 'I can't keep relying on Erend. He's had enough trouble taking care of everything on his own.'

Arty's gaze which was full of despair before was now lit with determination. She can't be weak like this.

Arty stood up and began to rack her brain to think. If there was anything she could use right now to do something, it was her Magic power.

Arty had learned how to access her Magic power much stronger than usual. She must meditate.

So Arty began to meditate and concentrate. She hoped to be able to muster up enough Magic energy in this strange place to contact Erend. Or better, open the way from this place.

However, before she could meditate long enough to gather her Magic, Isadora came out of a portal not far from her. Initially, Isadora felt excitement when she saw that there were new toys that she could use; but her face turned into one of stupefaction when she saw Arty sitting in a familiar cross-legged position.

'What is the meaning of this?' Isadora, who was worried, walked quickly towards Arty and smacked her in the cheek until Arty toppled several times.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Isadora exclaimed. Her eyes lit up with a sharp pink glow.

Arty gritted her teeth while holding her bruised cheek. 'Who is this fucking bitch!'

Arty jumped to his feet in a fit of rage. But suddenly she realized that this half-naked woman must be some sort of ruler of this place. So Arty held herself back because she had to think about the safety of her mother too.

Arty took another breath to calm herself then asked. "Who are you?"

Isadora snorted. In the blink of an eye, she was right in front of Arty and then strangled her neck.

"Urgh!"

Arty groaned, trying to struggle but couldn't because Isadora's grip was too tight.

"You must be utterly deranged to believe that rudeness will be tolerated in my presence, child," Isadora's voice dripped with a mixture of condescension and menace. "You better be nice or I'll make you and your mother suffer."

Isadora released her grip and let Arty fall. She smirked and then snapped her fingers. Another portal opened and from there, five huge male creatures with savage grins emerged.

"I'll let them have fun first."

After that Isadora disappeared.

Arty saw the five creatures approaching. Obviously wanting to do something bad to her.

However, before they could grab Arty, a wave of energy blew them all away. One of the creatures even stuck to the spear on top of the wall.

Arty stood up and stared at the creature with eyes burning with rage.

"What the fuck you wanna do you me?!"

Arty, who had spent a lot of time with Erend after he got the Dragonborn power, also got the rage of a Dragon like what Erend had.

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