A white space, without anything even a building in it. There were only plains around even he could not describe if this was another dream or not.

“We meet again.” Said someone. When Manstein realized who the sound belonged to, he slowly turned his entire body to the source. He would not forget this voice because this voice belonged to that entity.

“Reaper.” That was what Manstein called him.

“You can call me that. And you are the few person in the entire world that currently exist to be able to see me. Of course, you already know one of my tasks so there is no need for me to explain. Or is there something you have to ask?”

Reaper said it in monotonous. Manstein had never believed that in such a short time he would meet again.

“Are you perhaps an existence those dead people call angel?” when he had seen those people that already dead appeared that time, Manstein had heard them speaking about the angel. But he did not know whether their statement was true or not.

“Those that can only observe, they are given the knowledge of our existence when their soul leaves from this world.”

While Reaper said that, he moved his finger slowly. Thought that Manstein could not differ what his gender was but Manstein would call Reaper a ‘he’.

“And you are the few that have the privilege to see all of the things the world do not even know it exists. If I should introduce myself, then I’m The Angel of Death. The Soul Reaper, The one who knows the time of death for every living being as well as for the time of birth for them.”

Manstein then lost in thought. If what he said was true, he would be able to know the death time for every living being that existed. But then why Manstein could see him?

“Then are you also a living being?” asked Manstein.

“I’m able to manifest into a myriad of beings as well as your human form so of course, I’m also a living being. And then you wonder, ‘if you are also a living being then how do you die?’ like that or similar things right?”

What Reaper had said really hit the spot. Manstein just wanted to ask about it but suddenly heard that sentence made him silent again.

“You and that little boy know the answer already.” With that just word, Reaper did not utter a single word.

‘Does that mean I really can’t know when I’ll die?’ with some connection between him and Ye Yingyuan, Manstein could share some of his knowledge with him. And surprisingly, their comprehension also went towards this direction.

“So you, The Angel of Death don’t know about your own death?” this time Manstein let out a long sigh.

“That’s the point. If someone knows when they will die, wouldn’t all the people in the worlds become a saint by the end of their life? And they could just do evil things before the time arrived for me to reap their souls. Is that fair?”

Reaper said it with a profound meaning behind it. Imagine if you know when you will die, then you can just ask for forgiveness and then repented for your sins as well as spending all your wealth for charity.

‘Yes, that is why there’s no one who knows when they die otherwise they can just do evil deeds before repenting for their sins. That is called cheating, fortunately that does not become true.’ Thought Manstein as he slowly absorbed the knowledge.

At the least, this was also considered a knowledge on its own.

“Then why did you let me see your form? Why did you visit me again?” in a soft and defeated voice, Manstein asked this question. This was the most important question ever since he had seen Reaper for the first time.

“Truthfully, I started to like you. It’s not in the form of feelings but rather in the form of your characters. You cared about them, right? The family that takes care of you for some time, you planned to let them sheltered somewhere safe. That is why I come here to inform you.”

But then the vision turned dark for Manstein, he did not even know why though.

-

‘He’s unconscious but his position and his body still act to protect the barrier.’ Seeing the body moved on its own without a bit of the consciousness for half a day truly brought Wang Yu surprise.

Currently, half a day had passed and the tremor from outside the hive kept increasing in quantity while the Nightstalker King could only shout in fury, unable to enter the area around the Forbidden Fountain.

“It’s come!” while still clinging to compress the energy to shrouding the fountain, a large and long dragon with its golden scale came from below. Wang Yu’s vessel then somehow glowed in the golden light.

‘I can feel you, my vessel. It’s good that I send my vessel first and put part of my consciousness inside. To think that Nightstalker King is a subordinate of that person.’

Before the group’s departure, Wang Yu placed a certain teleportation point at one of the item’s they carried. But of course, Manstein picked it up, summoning the vessel when he wanted to enter the gate.

‘And this is a wormhole! The formation even created this thing?’ an exclamation came from Hou Fei. The formation they currently used was far more advanced because of its multifunction purpose.

Even long distance communication became possible other than spreading the voice with the help of qi imbued in it. When the two saw that Nightstalker King just charged endlessly towards the formation, they felt pity for the creature.

It was because every time Nightstalker King used stealth mode to bypass the formation, it caught him like a kid got caught when stealing a candy. After detected, dozens of light that formed a line chased it until the creatures got out from the formation's range.

“I need you to support me as well as maintaining the current situation. And the worst, we only have half a day left.” Wang Yu knew that to forcibly activated and created the formation had took a great toll on Manstein.

“Half a day!? Then we must make haste.” Hou Fei then quickly used his energy to channeled the power from the wormhole which connected to the Coiling Dragon Formation back in the city.

“You all, how dare you to snatch that item!?” left with no choice, indeed in his head, made Nightstalker King furious. But no matter what, he could not pass even the formation so how could he bring them any danger?

“The fountain rooted itself to the bedrock beneath the surface of the soil. And possibly the fountain already found the energy vein and the black water is produced again.”

As if deaf, Wang Yu just stated the point he had observed so far. After that, he raised his palm and a fluctuation from the vessel appeared before the vessel jumped towards Wang Yu’s true body.

“Wait for me to return this first. Please feel free to prepare.” Wang Yu returned to absorbing the vessel. Then the vessel dissipated like sand being blown by the winds. Hou Fei also sent his energy down to the edge of the fountain, placing his own energy atop of Wang Yu's energy.

-

While half a day passed rather peacefully behind the gate but it was not the case for those who were outside.

The barrier kept weakening but the numbers of those beasts just increasing instead. The group finally met with the rest of the knight regiment, ready to return to the chamber.

“Those who take the rear position, hold them off!” as the highest command in the knight made Jack’s sound like an order. Several Beeknight stood behind with their energy released at full capacity.

They moved at the long corridor leading to the chamber but behind them, a Steel-legs Spider came towards their direction while following behind it were the smaller ones but greater numbers.

Then an energy arrow was shot and hit the spiders before exploding with a large, orange flames. Although it was good, the numbers were so large that the explosion felt like throwing a stone into the ocean.

“Move faster, to the chamber!” Ye Xiaobai then used his bow but this time he used the manual-mode and a string pulled themselves from the bows. This was the standard form and the previous form was semi-automatic.

The difference was this time, he had to pull the strings to launch the arrows while the previous gave him faster fire rate. But there was also penetrating force to reconsider.

He pulled the strings until he felt his arms ached, pouring his energy into the had of the arrow before shooting it straight to the enemies.

A deafening sound produced from it surprised every person. The arrows flew unhindered, unstoppable because everything that stands in its way was eliminated without mercy. A straight empty line was formed due to that shot.

“Cousin! Don’t use that technique, it’s dangerous.” Just when Ye Yingyuan warning came, Ye Xiaobai coughed up blood from his mouth. He coughed up several times which was not a good sign.

“Let me take care of him.” Suddenly Yue emerged from the side and approached Ye Xiaobai.

Then she looked at them because they stood still before continued, “Just keep going, we will catch up with you all.”

After that, they had to left and even Ye Yingyuan and Ye Qingcheng reluctantly. They did not want anyone from their family to get hurt by this.

“You know you should not use that technique. Explosive Chaos Technique is simply an unstable factor even for someone stronger, you should not push yourself too far.” As she said that, Yue placed her hands on the back of Ye Xiaobai. She gave her energy to replenish and recovered Ye Xiaobai's body.

“Just to try if I can use it with my own understanding before modifying it.” Ye Xiaobai smiled slightly. He obtained a few things while at the same time also lost a few things. Lost his friend but obtained power, this kind of exchange that made his anger raised to a new degree.

“Even then, you should not use it! After all the long way, I finally found the person I’m looking for, how can you just disappoint me by doing all of this, harming yourself?”

“What do you mean I’m the person you are looking for? Is it because of his words?” when Ye Xiaobai heard it the second time, he was sure that Yue had waited for this moment but for what purpose?

“Young Master told me about the cure he had given to me. He said that the one who gave the materials was his friend, even Young Master had to beg with a pitiful appearance just to get it.”

“Then at that time when he even held my legs, begging me to lend some resources was to cure you?” Ye Xiaobai turned solemn. He still remembered it like it had happened yesterday but he kept his mouth tight.

“Yes, and...” it was a long pause and even Ye Xiaobai looked to the rear where the Beeknight defense line was almost broken by a charge. With swift hand movement, he dragged along Yue to pull back.

“You all, retreat!” even someone like him with his cultivation at Foundation Establishment stage could not take the crowd alone. And when Ye Xiaobai saw the crumbling defense line, he ordered them to just retreat.

Fortunately, their movement speed was not inferior to those beasts, making the retreat safe but still in pursuit.

“About what I told you about the cure, Young Master said that all of them came from you. So I feel I have to return the favor and the gratitude in my heart increasing. So he suggested to resolve this for me and planned to give me to you.”

Just as Yue wanted to continue, Ye Xiaobai caught a sentence that made him narrowed his eyes.

“What did you say, give you to me? Him?” it was his reaction when he moved towards the chamber.

“Who are you actually? Do you perhaps a slave?” when Ye Xiaobai fully remembered that Yue had the characteristic of an animal, he recalled that the majority of them was discriminated. As for why did that happen, the recent invasion of other world was enough for the world’s inhabitant to despise them.

That words made Yue’s entire body quivered even Ye Xiaobai could feel it instantly. As the Beeknights used their wings to accelerate their speed and rushed together with Ye Xiaobai, another quake appeared even though the hive was still in its place.

Fortunately, they were floating around the long corridor.

“Sorry, I’m just asking. But coming here all the way from that place is too reckless of you so explain to me in detail about everything from your point of view.”