Neun shook his head and hurried out of the cave. Neun wanted to ask what the hell was going on but stopped as he activated Alpha’s nose.

‘Something more pressing is at stake.’

He wanted to track Colt’s location. But the ones on his radar were not Colt. They were also scattered, and if Neun pursued one and ended up with the wrong person, Colt would be dead before sunset.

Thankfully, Neun had Fluff with him.

Pah!

[Head deeper east, I can feel them heading over there.]

Ignoring another slap from Fluff, Neun did what the cat instructed and went east. With his legs mutated to such a degree, his speed was much superior to any of the people clad in black.

In a mere ten seconds, he managed to pick up Colt’s scent. After half a minute, the one he’s after was already in view.

In front of him was one of the people clad in black. From her chest, it detailed she was a woman, and she was moving quite fast.

On her right arm was the bleeding Colt and on her left was Julius.

Julius’ limbs were hanging lifeless on the side. He was left with no strength after using his Prana to try and entrap Neun.

He turned back as soon as he heard the ground breaking with Neun’s every step. When he saw Neun hurrying to his direction, he knew that the baits didn’t work.

Now, with only one warrior with him, he knew there was no chance they would survive against an encounter with Neun.

The lady looked at Julius. She wanted to know what it was that she should do. Julius gritted his teeth. He was pressured, but he can already hear the sound of the ocean’s waves.

“Continue running for now. We’ll dive into the ocean at the end of this ravine. We’re almost there. We’ll be able to reach it, don’t worry. Focus on running, and I’ll try and distract them by negotiating—Older Sister!”

His eyes widened as the one carrying him suddenly lost one of her legs. Neun had thrown a sword and successfully incapacitated the enemy. He wanted to take the head, but right now, his body was nearing its limits, and his hands were shaky. There was the risk of hitting Colt.

So he was forced to compromise...there was a chance he would fail, but thankfully, he hit the mark.

“Huh?” The Lady’s reaction, however, was not a scream but confusion

It was too fast for her to notice. She still tried taking another step only to end up tumbling on the ground.

The girl’s body, however, reacted as she immediately hugged Julius to protect him.

Julius was shocked by what transpired, and he lost his grip on the capsule. The capsule hit the ground, shattering it to thousands of pieces.

Julius could still see through over the girl’s shoulder and tried reaching out for the World Tree. Three of his fingers managed to grab onto one of its leaves.

He only needed to pull on it, and it would be in his grasps again.

He needed the World Tree. It may not have been his initial target, but finding it now instantaneously changed his mind.

He needs the World Tree to get what he wished. It’s something that simple.

However, a hand managed to grab onto its stem. Julius saw Colt, who was also supposed to be tumbling on the ground, quickly regain his posture.

Using just his fingertips and the barest of necessary movements, Colt quickly regained his posture and retrieved the World Tree.

Pulling it away from Julius, one of the leaves was taken, but Colt successfully retrieved it.

Julius saw this and wanted to break free from the clutches of the girl. But failed, and before he knew, they had already reached the end of the ravine and fell from a cliff that connects to the ocean.

Julius finally realized he had failed, “NO, NO, NOOO!”

Colt managed to stop his forward momentum just before the cliff and collapsed on the spot.

He peeked over the cliff and saw the hundreds of meters high fall.

The waves down below were rough and powerful, and there were plenty of stacks scattered about.

Colt didn’t see Julius nor the girl anywhere and reckoned, “He must still be alive.”

In this kind of fantasy world, no one dies quickly unless his head was taken.

“Tsk…I couldn’t secure information out of him… he’s going to be a cockroach, isn’t he? I need to behead him once I see him next time.”

Colt decisively thought.

He wanted to capture Julius so he can secure some information. But if Julius indeed survived this fall and come after him again because of the World Tree, Colt would behead him rather than spare the guy.

If he spares him, then Julius might find a way to survive again, “It would be better to just kill him immediately rather than give him the chance to turn the tables on me.”

Colt weakly said. While he held onto the World Tree, Colt was waiting for it to turn into a goddamn mark and become half-immortal.

He knows the torture of immortality, but it’s better than dying.

But, the World Tree didn’t change into a mark like the World Devouring Book.

Instead, it just radiated life. It was doing nothing to help him live.

“Dammit, this thing must be...defective! Tsk, I’ll just eat a leaf.”

Colt made the decision and was just about to pluck one of the leaves when the cat that did jack shit when he was about to die appeared from the side and smacked his hands to keep him from doing something stupid.

“MEOW!”

“What the hell! What are you doing, you little shit! What do you mean I’ll die if I eat one of these? Also, where the fuck were you when…I was about to die!? Damn…it hurts to shout...that was stupid of me.”

Fluff didn’t answer him and simply looked at Neun, who picked up Colt without notice and carried him back to the cave.

He was placed on one of the altars without anyone explaining anything to him.

He was laid down on the altar of the World Tree, then Fluff took his blood and smeared it all over the Egg. A white light then exploded out of Fluff’s and Colt’s forehead.

The dazzling white light continued for some time, and some reason, as Colt became more exhausted and his remaining vitality slowly escaped him, the Egg glowed brighter.

The purple and red etchings on the Egg’s surface continued to shine brighter, and just as Colt was about to lose consciousness, the Egg broke, and his body exploded into ablaze.

“AhhhhH! Shit! What the hell…!?”

“Young Master!”

At this moment, Butler Neun was about to interrupt them when Fluff slapped his cheek.

Colt’s cries didn’t last very long as he felt his body become more energetic than before.

He felt his wound heal in a matter of seconds, and when the fire disappeared, his body had already recovered.

And for some reason, there was a purple and red chick on his lap.

“What?”

He can only ask as he found the whole situation the same when he received a cat rather than a dragon.

He once again felt cheated.