Chapter 262: Manifestation (1)

The weeklong fantasy had to end, no matter how reluctant they were. It was time to face reality.

Kamille and Rise finally inquired about the matters of the outside world, and it was worse than they expected. Still, their faces showed no surprise.

Rise sat comfortably in his seat, wearing his beloved combat uniform. It was not the Union standard uniform but that of the Dark Crimson Guild.

It was not just him, everyone was in their respective combat uniforms.

"So, if that’s the case, any minute now and they’ll be here." Rise cut in the conversation, earning everyone’s attention. He smiled and stood up. "Before anything else, I suggest we continue this conversation elsewhere. Although I don’t fear fighting now that I’ve recovered, it’ll still be troublesome."

Rise had already felt the malice had locked in his location, and so he knew those frenzied crowds were already on their way here.

His voice abruptly woke them all up, and they knew he made sense. Planning might be pointless, but it would not hurt. They needed to consolidate their strength first.

"But where to go?" Niftan asked. He had a lot of properties, sure, but they were already overrun in the past week. Only this property was intact. And it would soon be destroyed too.

Thalia was the same, and so she could not give any ideas either. The Evergreen Guild had also become an enemy, except for a few who were very familiar with her. Thalia was now wanted by her own guild too.

Everyone in this room had already been listed as traitors of humanity. They first looked at Kamille but saw he also did not have much say regarding this problem.

After Kamille shed his pretense and used his ability in the capital, he had not heard anything from Dark Crimson. Moreover, he was busy finding Rise, so he could not think of anything else and was unable to contact his trusted subordinates.

Even now, he did not know if they were also manipulated by the world.

"Regarding that," Rise smiled, "I already knew of a good place. And by the way, fetch those servants of mine."

In a stroke of luck or something else, Rise found that all of those he subdued using the seed of betrayal... were not influenced by the world at all.

Just a few days ago, they managed to contact Rise. Interestingly, Thalia even told him about this. One of the main reasons she managed to find him so quickly was because of those guys.

It seemed his investment had sprouted this early on.

Surprisingly, it was also the same for those trusted subordinates of his father and Thalia. As for how and why it was the case, they had no room to investigate further.

A few hours later, they arrived at the secret hideout of Rise’s intelligence organization. Although he knew they were not influenced, they were still cautious and were prepared to take action once something amiss unfolded.

In the end, everyone truly was not influenced. Rise could still feel the mana he left behind in the seed. Kamille swept his eyes around, making everyone stiffen and lower their heads; only when Kamille shifted his gaze did they slightly relax.

"This place isn’t secure." Kamille could not help but comment.

Everyone agreed with his words. Although these people could not keenly sense the world’s malice, their instincts as espers told them that staying in this place was dangerous.

"Guild Leader, have you forgotten?" Rise slipped out the title subconsciously, but no one commented on it, not even Kamille. They already stared at him, waiting for his answer.

"That world we recently subdued. Guild Leader, what do you think of fighting a world with the strength of another world?" Rise’s lips quirked up. "Although it’s a decaying world, it’s still a world, isn’t it?"

It was not that Rise had been so muddleheaded with sweetness in the days he was in recuperation with Kamille. Since Dino had managed to contact him a few days ago, this thought had been lingering in his mind.

They were strong. And with Kamille by his side, he was even more confident in their strength. Yet, at the end of the day, their opponent this time could not be judged by conventional means.

In order to increase their chances of winning, the only thing they could do was to use every card at their disposal.

Kamille was obviously startled. He stared at Rise. He admitted that this did not cross his mind. Although he had this world, it was something he only refined along the way.

It was not particularly important to him. But now, thinking of Rise’s words... It seemed it was really feasible. Kamille narrowed his eyes at Rise and eventually smiled.

He wrapped his arms around Rise, not minding the presence of others, not even Niftan.

"We’ll do as you say."

At these words, Rise’s lips automatically lifted into a grin. He loved to hear such words, as though he was truly the one in control. Kamille loved to indulge his desires the most.

Their situation was doomed at the start, but even if the heavens fell apart, their relationship would not. Rise was very confident about that.

Test of time... They had already proven that. Even without the memories of previous resets, Rise already knew it in his heart.

Having decided that, they proceeded with the plan. Kamille had to open the gate toward the other world.

Of course, this could not be hidden either. The moment that Kamille stirred the space here, the world’s malice would truly lock on them.

They could not stop just because of that. They needed to give Kamille a few minutes.

After giving instructions to their people, they also prepared for battle. It was not the same as last time; Rise and Thalia were not alone anymore.

"Just stand by Dad’s side, alright? Don’t leave here," Rise sternly instructed Riri. The child was also sensible and nodded, obediently holding Kamille’s clothes.

Kamille nodded at him reassuringly. "It’ll only take a few minutes."

Rise smiled at him, not saying a word. This was his trust, and also, they did not have enough time for a loving talk. Since the malice had arrived.