episode_0423

We were surprised by CC’s abilities for a moment, but Lily and I quickly became accustomed to this phenomenon.

Because it was just a phenomenon of maintaining a certain distance from CC without causing any harm to us.

I approached CC, catching my breath.

“You look surprised.”

“Of course. Anyone would be surprised.”

CC nodded to my words.

I carefully opened my mouth after observing CC’s expression.

“Where are you going?”

“Going to the top floor.”

Top floor.

I looked back at Lily at CC’s words.

But it was Lily.

It seemed like Lily didn’t know what was on the top floor.

“What’s there?”

“Well, it’s been so long I don’t know.”

“You’re just going up there without even knowing what’s there?”

“If my memory serves me right, she will be waiting on the top floor.”

“Her…?”

After saying that, CC closed her mouth.

Unable to hear any further answers, I had no choice but to turn back the fire.

“Hey, CC was in that room for a long time, right?”

“That’s right. I think it’s been about 300 years.”

I didn’t believe the whole story about her being in the room for 300 years, but judging from the condition of the wine she had brought out, it seemed clear that she had not been out of the room for quite some time.

“Why were you in that room?”

“That’s right…”

CC, who was trying to answer lightly, frowned as if she sensed something strange.

The small mouth moves, and the small tongue inside sticks out slightly.

CC’s expression suddenly crumpled as if she was displeased with something.

“You got hit.”

“You got hit?”

“The reason I should have been in that room is gone.”

After saying that, CC stopped in her tracks.

Since she didn’t move, Lily and I couldn’t move either.

Cici, who was standing, started muttering in a small voice while touching her chin.

“The reason disappeared. The moment I left the room? No. I shouldn’t have been able to leave in the first place. But…”

There was a moment when CC was just standing there blankly, muttering in a small voice.

At the end of the hallway, in a space filled with black, a man with a huge body appeared, writhing.

He was Khan.

Khan, with his stiff expression, seemed to be walking slowly, but before we knew it, he was standing facing us.

CC also seemed to notice Khan’s appearance and raised her head.

The moment the bloodshot eyes turned to Khan, Khan’s momentum began to change.

“The sweaty guy is here.”

As soon as CC finished speaking, a loud explosion was heard.

Pfft!

A huge force strikes the air.

But it had no effect on the area behind where CC was standing, that is, where Lily and I were.

A rough wind passes through my hair.

I stared blankly at the sight.

Clash of the Transcendent.

But there seemed to be a difference in level.

Khan’s fists were pounding the air, but not a single wound was left on Cici’s body.

Phagejik-

A blue light flashes before my eyes.

An ability that naturally flows out, even if unintentionally, strengthens the eyes.

The eyes that recognized the rapidly accelerating world were able to observe all of Khan’s attacks.

Each and every one of them is fatal.

If I tried to take it with my current body, I would definitely be lying on the floor groaning after two punches.

However, the attack did not reach CC’s body.

I break out in a cold sweat as I watch the power dissipate into the surroundings, blocked by an invisible energy.

There was no conversation between the two.

And then, at some point, Khan’s figure suddenly disappeared.

I blinked and held Lily’s hand tightly.

As I stood there blankly, just like when Kelly disappeared, C.C., who was standing in front of me, spoke.

“Don’t rush.”

CC really hurried as he said.

As she walked quickly, the surrounding scenery moved as if gliding.

It was as if I was moving through dimensions rather than walking, but I couldn’t feel anything.

Is this the power of the transcendent?

While I was amazed by CC’s power, I continued to wonder how I could approach this power.

Climb the stairs and eliminate the nameless opponents.

Those who tried to stop CC, like Kelly and Khan, all disappeared.

CC, who had been moving forward without any obstacles, stood in front of a wall and frowned.

“Length…”

“This is a wall, Mr. CC…”

CC nodded at Lily’s words.

The wall was definitely there, but CC continued to walk forward as if she had to go there.

As the road gets longer, the walls get further away.

Space begins to warp, as if to deny access at all.

It was then that the corners of CC’s mouth went up and her pure white fangs were revealed.

The shadow of CC at my feet seemed to move, then covered the wall.

An unidentified force moves again.

At that moment, the wall that had been standing guard in front of my eyes began to move, creating a small door.

CC burst out laughing when she saw it.

Lily and I just looked at CC, not knowing what was going on.

I looked at CC’s expression.

He was smiling, but he wasn’t really smiling.

She was harboring anger.

Her red, glowing eyes moved like blood, and then CC turned around to look at me and Lily.

“I guess I’ll have to go alone from here.”

“Huh?”

When Lily asked in surprise at CC’s words, CC closed her mouth.

It was clear that there was something going on that we didn’t know about.

I felt a cold sweat coming from the ominous power of the CC, and I held onto Lily and stepped back.

I felt like I had to give up on the idea of getting clues about transcendence through CC.

As soon as CC finished speaking, an unidentified force left the shadow beneath Lily and I.

Only then did I let out a sigh of relief at the sight of her disappearing gaze.

It wasn’t a long time, but I felt a considerable amount of pressure from the strange gaze I felt during that brief moment.

With that, CC opened the small door and went inside.

So Lily and I were left alone.

“Over there. Lily…”

“Huh?”

“Do you know where this is…?”

“I don’t know either.”

Lily looked around and sighed.

The empty hallway looked like it was there.

The two of us, abandoned in an unknown place, seemed to have to sit on the hallway floor until Kelly returned.

CC was right when she said Kelly would be back soon.

Kelly appeared in front of me and Lily shortly after.

With a rather tired expression.

“Jeff… Lily…”

As soon as Kelly saw me and Lily, she looked around.

It seemed like he was looking for CC.

I raised my hand and pointed to the pitch-black wall that was now bare.

“I went in there.”

“What…?”

“A door opened, so I went inside.”

Kelly tilted her head as if she couldn’t believe what I was saying, and walked up to the pitch-black wall.

Her eyes darted around, scanning the walls as Lily cautiously approached Kelly.

“Mother.”

“Why?”

“Do you know the name CC Vlad?”

“CC Vlad?”

Kelly tilted her head at Lily’s words and stroked her chin.

It was like looking back on memories.

But she shook her head.

“No, I’ve never heard of that name before, and the family name is the same.”

“I see…”

I thought.

It didn’t seem like CC was lying.

If so, it meant that it was a name that had been forgotten and erased from history for some reason.

Kelly sighed as she looked at the wall.

No matter how hard she searched, there seemed to be no information she could obtain.

“Mother. Have you ever been to the top floor of the Black Palace?”

“Top floor?”

“Yes, he said he was going to the top floor, so he made a door in the wall and went through it.”

“If it’s the top floor, then it’s not here…?”

At Kelly’s words, the moment Lily and I tilted our heads, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

I was bewildered by the changes in my surroundings that didn’t even give me time to blink, and a strong wind blew past my cheek.

I looked around blankly.

“This is the top floor of the Black Palace.”

Tall pillars and a wide roof covering them.

Everything was black, but the vast clouds scattered around were flowing like a sea.

My hair flutters in the cold wind.

I walked towards the black railing, stroking my hair.

A place where clouds rise so high that you can almost touch them if you stretch out your hand.

“This is the top floor of the Black Palace.”

Kelly said that and looked around.

But no trace of CC could be found here.

“How did that guy get in there in the first place?”

“That’s…”

Lily began to explain to Kelly in detail the circumstances of her meeting with Cici.

I leaned against the railing and looked at the clouds flowing like the sea.

The sky that spread out above was still high.

So much so that it’s out of reach.

sky.

height.

So, does that mean that the Black Palace is a castle located high in the sky?

I couldn’t see underneath because it was obscured by clouds, but it didn’t look like it was as tall as a typical castle.

thud-

I raised my head at the faint sound of impact.

Where is that sound coming from?

Far away, a little further away.

But surprisingly, it is close.

Kelly and Lily continued their conversation as if they didn’t hear anything.

At that moment, a thud-! sound was heard again.

This time, Kelly and Lily also seemed to have heard the sound and began to look around.

thud-!

This time the sound was louder.

And the ground shook.

The fact that the ground he was standing on was shaking meant that the entire Black Palace was shaking.

Kugugung-!

The Black Palace begins to shake.

Roughly, staggering wildly.

The moment Kelly and Lily lost their balance and fell to the floor, my body was lifted into the air.

“Oh.”

“Jeff!”

The moment Lily’s voice was heard.

My body was falling downwards.

White waves made of clouds.

The body falls on it.

I thought as I slowly fell.

It’s not that I didn’t think about jumping out.

But even if I fall like this, won’t Kelly catch me soon?

So, I didn’t think much of it.

Even as my body rotates and I fall into the white sea.

It didn’t feel fluffy.

It just felt like cold water droplets were passing over my body.

Everything felt slow.

The moment of falling, and the clouds passing by.

And also the blue lights seen in the distance.