Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1174 - 863: Cleria, Death
"Huh?"
In another room of the fortress high tower, Reiger suddenly raised his head.
"...What’s that girl trying to do?"
Reiger wore a puzzled, peculiar expression.
"Master, Master..."
A very shy voice rang out in front of Reiger.
On the bed in the room, the little princess was sitting there, her face flushed.
Her hands were bound.
Her eyes were even blindfolded.
She looked as though she’d been kidnapped, about to be subjected to some indescribable act, with her clothes nearly stripped away—creating an extremely provocative scene.
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Beside the shy little princess, Yuloli looked at her own bound hands with a curious expression, seemingly unaware of the morally corrupt situation she was about to face.
Fortunately, Ellie and Leo weren’t here. Otherwise, upon witnessing Reiger mistreating their treasured royalty, they would have been furious enough to ascend to heaven on the spot and fight Reiger desperately.
"No problem."
Reiger withdrew his gaze, feeling somewhat regretful as he put on his coat against the tempting sight before him.
"Wait for me here, I’ll be right back." Reiger earnestly instructed them, "Remember to wait for me, don’t struggle free, and don’t open the door for anyone else, understand?"
The little princess’ face turned even redder. Even though she was already blindfolded and couldn’t see anything, she buried her head under the covers, seemingly too embarrassed to face anyone.
"Uh-huh."
Yuloli nodded obediently, indicating she understood.
Only then did Reiger reluctantly leave the room, making sure to close the door tightly, and after ensuring Ellie and Leo wouldn’t suddenly come here, he leapt from the hallway into the first-floor hall.
Then, Reiger quickly crossed the hall, through the corridors leading to the hall, arriving at the fortress high tower’s main gate.
Here, someone was struggling to push the door.
"Why, why won’t it open?"
A girl’s frustrated voice sounded softly.
Who else could it be but Cleria?
Reiger came to check things out because he sensed someone was attempting to open the fortress high tower’s gate.
"She wants to leave?"
Seeing Cleria unaware of his presence, still struggling to push the door, Reiger mused.
He wasn’t worried about Cleria being able to open the door.
The tenth tier magic [Create Fortress] in "YGGDRASIL" could only be opened by players who formed a team with the magic’s caster through touch. Others could only open it using violent destruction, special unlocking skills, or unlocking tools.
In reality, there’s naturally no concept of "forming a team with players."
Therefore, in reality, apart from the magic’s caster, others can only use the aforementioned means to open the fortress’ gate.
Cleria seemed like a regular person, unable to use sword skills or magic, lacking the capability to force open the fortress gate.
So Reiger was not worried about Cleria unknowingly escaping.
But...
"I’d like to see what you’re really trying to do."
After murmuring self-reflectively, Reiger subtly opened the gate through his connection with the magic.
"Rumble..."
In the midst of a grand sound of the door opening, Cleria exerted herself to open the door.
"Suc, success!"
Cleria gasped intensely while secretly rejoicing.
She immediately glanced cautiously over her shoulder, then wrapped herself in thick clothing, and charged into the blizzard.
Reiger’s figure then appeared, watching Cleria charge into the blizzard, his eyes narrowing slightly.
The next moment, Reiger slowly stepped out of the fortress high tower, braving the snowstorm, keeping up with Cleria.
...
"Hoo—"
The night’s blizzard howled incessantly, not only cold but dark, giving off a sense of stepping into an abyss.
The ground was a blanket of white.
The surroundings were pitch-black.
The world of black and white formed a chilling abyss, as though a roaring hellish beast was opening its maw, seemingly able to devour all life.
Walking solitarily in such a world was not only physically but also mentally and spiritually torturous.
At least, Cleria felt she was being tortured, her fear rising amidst the surrounding darkness and white snow, her body temperature rapidly decreasing. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
She was beginning to regret.
"If I had to escape, why didn’t I flee earlier, why wait until now?"
This question was clearly Cleria questioning herself.
Unfortunately, there was no one to give her an answer.
Cleria could only grit her teeth, continue braving the snowstorm, trembling as she walked forward.
She was unaware that someone had been following her all along.
With [Complete Unknowable] activated, Reiger closely tailed Cleria, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
He initially thought the tracking would reveal some secret about Cleria, and assumed Cleria had a purpose for fleeing, but it seemed otherwise now.
She appeared to have no definitive destination, but continued walking with wandering aim, shivering as her brows frosted over.
"Is she truly not afraid of death?"
