“Oh, come on. You think Jordan’s that weak to easily get defeated?” Thomas chuckled. “I trained him myself, so expect the best,” he added, then sprinted after Henry toward the spackling battle deep inside the forest. Back at the battle, Jordan was already breathless, he clenched his chest, the poison was seriously taking effect on his body, but thanks to the pills he had taken, his body was able to fight the toxin giving him little time to fight back. Additionally, The two-minute countdown was ticking fast. Only fifty-five seconds remained, And still counting down. “Shit, I don’t have much time. I’ve got to end this—now,” Jordan growled, gripping his blade tightly.Jordan felt his heart begin to beat super fast and just then, his system translucent screen appeared. Penalty for not completing accepted mission to level up: burning skin for an hour in torture dimension. “Huh?” Jordan barely grasps what the prompt on the translucent screen implies.“I now get punished if I fail to com

Thomas drew the demon trapper blade, crafted from elemental stone—specifically designed to trap energy, the blade was what Thomas used on the shadowing demon previous that made them bond to his commands. Thomas then slashed the blade across the man’s cheek. He observed the wound and observed his blade as well, waiting for a reaction, a sigh that would prove a specific thing he was waiting for. But after a while, the reaction from both sides was dormant. “Hmmm,” Thomas frowned, narrowing his eyes.“He’s human. Not possessed, I thought Ryan must have been fighting a demon all this while, or could something different have happened?” Thomas muttered to himself, staring at the blade on his hands. After that, he shifted his gaze to Jordan then moved it back to the man on the ground. “What’s the point of talking,” the man rasped, “when I know I’m going to die anyway? No matter what you do, I’ll never say a word, read my lips you bunch of clueless fools, hehehe, you have no idea what is c

Just then, Jordan grew frustrated and rose from his bed and walked to the place where he kept the magical stones, which were now two. One he retrieved from the man’s chest. And the other, that was already in his possession.He brought both to his desk, and set them down side by side, each one facing the opposite side. He could easily differentiate both of them. The new one was different, somehow lighter than the other one that was Tempered. As Jordan examined the other stone he had retrieved from the man’s chest, his eyes suddenly locked onto a strange marking of two triangles crossing each other at the center, and beneath them, a line of ancient text was etched into the surface of the rock. “What does this symbol mean?” Jordan whispered, his brow furrowed in confusion.He picked up the other stone, examining it closely. But notice no markings neither writeup was etched on the surface. Which clearly means that, the other one he had retrieved from the man’s chest, was something diff

“I can’t believe what I’m seeing… am I still dreaming if yes. then damnit I had to wake up,” Jordan murmured, and then when he remembered he had intentionally pinched himself earlier and had felt pain, he shook his head dismissively. “I don’t think I am dreaming, because all this feels real, or am I in some sort of hallucination.”Jordan thought wrestle from within striving for answers. Jordan then raised his hands and stroked himself twice and Hard across his face. Hoping to wake up, but it was all of no use. As Jordan was busy panicking, slapping himself over and over again, a cold voice rang out behind him—from one of the giant statues.Jordan’s blood ran cold, his eyes shooting open. His body became cold, unable to breathe for some moment.“Boy,” the voice whispered, deep and chilling. The voice was so powerful that Jordan felt as if the wave was passing through his body. Jordan hands began to tremble. He didn’t want to turn, but curiosity and fear pushed him. Slowly, he tur

And just then, a thought ran through Jordan’s mind. “Yes, that’s it, I have to preserve the dust. Maybe it could regenerate back.”Jordan refused to believe that the rock’s energy had been completely extinguished. He remembered how he had once managed to regenerate the exact type of the stone—similar to this one—after it had turned to ashes. And hoping if he could keep it somewhere safe, it could regenerate just as the other one did. Quickly, he retrieved a bottle, poured the dust into it, sealed it with a cap, and carried it to the hidden hole where he kept the special book—a place reserved for his secret tools. Jordan placed the bottle inside and resealed the brickwall carefully.When Jordan was done, he glanced at the clock on the wall and was shocked to find that only one minute had passed. Which means all the time he spent at the other place called the void was just a second. “So… it really wasn’t a dream, and truly that place is out of time,” Jordan whispered in astonishment.