God Class Awakening: Ascension of the Demon Hunter-Chapter 39: Planning Ahead

The girl watched him for a while before beginning to walk towards him. Her steps were overly deliberate, as if she were trying to walk in the best possible manner.

She held a piece of paper in her hand and stretched to Vale when she entered the rundown building. Her head was held low as Vale looked at her outstretched arm. He didn’t say anything, just accepted the piece of paper from her.

Opening it, he was surprised to find that the words were understandable. The language in the prison realm seemed to be the same one used by the system. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

It was an Archaic Language known as Lesvon. And it seemed to be a common language across worlds.

The handwriting was crude but legible. "Grandpa said I should follow you," it read, and Vale couldn’t help but raise a brow.

’She really can’t talk?’

Vale nodded at her after reading it, signifying his understanding.

As much as he would have wanted to avoid this babysitting job, it was definitely too late to do anything about it at this point.

There were a few questions he wanted to ask her, though. But her inability to speak proved that those would have to wait. At least until Roxy was done, then they could all contemplate the next step.

The wait wasn’t long, and after a few minutes, Roxy finally opened her eyes and stood up, stretching her limbs.

Vale couldn’t sense any danger from her, so even though she had recovered, it was clear that she was still far from her prime. He also realised that she had gained a few centimetres, for some reason, feeding her mana made her body grow.

This brought up a serious question: How old was she actually? From what he had seen, it was possible that she was six years old, but she could also be an old hag.

Something in him wanted to ask, but for some reason, he knew it wouldn’t end well.

"How long have we been here?"

Vale thought for a while, then answered her question. "Not too long. A few hours, maybe. It’s hard to tell."

She nodded, then noticed the girl standing near him. Even Vale had almost forgotten about Rein, something about her made her blend into the background easily.

"Who’s that," Roxy asked.

Vale took deep breaths and began explaining the events that had transpired in the last few hours. Although he didn’t say anything about getting tricked twice, that information was going to the grave with him.

At the end of the speech, Roxy was looking around the inn in deliberation.

"You were probably stuck in a domain."

"What’s that?" Vale asked, clearly confused.

She stopped for a second and a thoughtful expression manifested on her face as she thought of the best reply to that question.

"When you’re powerful enough you’ll naturally unlock your domain. Depending on how talented you are it can span from a few metres to hundreds. A domain is usually a product of your mana signature and past experiences."

It was then the memory clicked. He indeed knew what a domain was, in fact, he probably had one in his past life.

Why didn’t I think of that, Val thought; indeed that seemed to be the best explanation for the inn situation.

"It is possible for a dead person’s soul to remain in their domain without passing on, as long as it’s a self-sustaining one."

If Corvis’ inn was indeed a domain, then it probably ran on the few mana stones he had which would explain why he had mana stones to spare.

"So what do you plan on doing with her?" Roxy pointed at Rein who was still standing in the corner.

"Well, there’s hardly anything I can do other than follow the contract." Vale sighed.

"It isn’t hard to bypass contracts. Killing her wouldn’t—"

"No, I’m not doing that," Vale said, interrupting her. Part of his resolution was out of fear of the contract’s punishment while the other part was due to them still being in the inn. He was sure Corvis could still hear them, and if Vale agreed to try killing his grandchild then he might have a change of heart and attack him.

Even though the man was dead, Vale was still sure that he could end his life easily.

Roxy tsked but didn’t argue with Vale’s decision. "I’m currently no stronger than you so if she ends up being too much of a burden don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Vale nodded; indeed, it was in his stead to take responsibility for anything that happened to her.

There was silence for a while as Roxy’s eyes hovered over the other three mana stones, her mouth salivating. But in the end, she held herself, those could prove very useful in the future. Besides, even if she ate them all she would hardly gain any substantial strength.

"So, do you have a plan to get out of this realm?"

Vale’s question brought her back to reality.

She thought for a while, then replied uncertainly.

"If I can get enough mana stones, it should be possible for me to create another transfer array to send all of us out of this realm."

"How many mana stones are we talking about?" Vale’s brows furrowed.

"An entire deposit," she said casually.

Vale stared at her. "You’re joking."

And she hit him with a look that told him she wasn’t.

Vale felt his world blur for a moment. Getting three mana stones had turned out to be such a hassle and she was now asking for an entire deposit.

It was even unknown if the entire first level had a single mana deposit.

"Where are we going to find that?"

As Vale was feeling downcast, he felt a light touch on his shoulder, he turned to find Rein standing behind him, she had scribbled some words onto another piece of paper.

"There’s a mana deposit in the central city, Mitdrel," it read.

Vale’s eyes widened as his hope was reignited, if there was indeed a mana deposit there then they could find a way to sneak Roxy in and have her...eat it.

Vale shared the information with Roxy who immediately agreed, she also suggested they start moving as she didn’t want to spend more time than required in this mana-deprived realm.

But before Vale could say another word, the sunlight began disappearing.

He immediately went out to check what was happening and to his amazement, night had begun to fall. Unlike the real world where the sun disappeared into the horizon, this sun grew dimmer with each second and soon it was so dim that its surface was visible.

The temperature dropped, almost instantly, and the winds became so cold that goosebumps formed on Vale’s skin as they brushed past.

It now looked identical to a moon, shining a dim light on the dreadful desert.

Everyone decided to spend the night in the town, ready to leave the next day.