Bottom A, Top O - Chapter 113

The ball which Narukami had thrown vanished and Narukami and Rivna’s figure appeared.

Rivna was confused as she was shocked. She looked around and realized she wasn’t in her previous position and had escaped from certain doom.

On the other hand, the hands grabbed nothing and froze in place as if a machine encountered an error and didn’t know what to do.

Aware of this, Narukami knew these hands could only follow simple commands but how did they figure out his exact location?

Did the Leader watch him from somewhere else and control these hands from a distance?

If that was the case, that would be bad.

As he was in his thoughts, the hands retracted into their respective vortexes and closed on their own.

Narukami frowned and felt a bad premonition. His danger senses were tingling as he quickly grabbed Rivna’s wrist, threw ten black balls as he scattered them, and tapped his left palm a few times..

“Hand Gesture: Jump Through!”

Not long after, their figure vanished and a huge gap opened on the floor. What happened next was shocking.

A giant hand raised from it, its white palm had a mouth, which was enlarged so that it could swallow a car.

This scene reminiscence of a scene from J****sic Park: L*** W*** where that giant fish monster came out of the sea and ate a helicopter.

But the difference here was that it was a hand and it failed to catch anything. It immediately went back into the vortex, feeling disappointed it couldn’t get any catch.

Rivna’s face was as white as paper. She was breathing heavily as she thought about the possibility of how many times she could die today.

Glancing at Narukami, Rivna felt a sense of gratitude and hatred.

“Why did you save me?” She asked.

“I just want to. No need for a reason to do something kind.”

“Why? I’m a member of Fallen Nightless. You probably know it yourself. I’ve killed countless innocent people without batting an eye.

*What makes me different from those lunatics that made you save me?” Rivna frowned.

After a short pause, Narukami responded, “because you’re different from those lunatics. They kill without hesitation and act as if they just killed an ant.

“You, however, are different.”

“Me? Different? What do you know about me? What makes you think I’m unlike those lunatics?” Rivna asked one after another.

I lived for more than a million years for nothing, do you think I can’t grasp your character from a glance? Underestimating me now, aren’t you? What an annoying brat, Narukami thought to himself in disdain.

“Your little brain wouldn’t understand. Regardless of my intention, you’re now saved. Shouldn’t you be grateful and thank me instead of interrogating me?” Narukami said as he swept his gaze over.

He didn’t see any abnormality but it would not do any harm to raise his guard.

Rivna pouted angrily, “I got all As in my college exam and got an invitation to study in a famous lab! I’m smarter than you!”

If Narukami could form a helpless expression. He might have done it already but he could only do so in his mind.

“Oh yeah? Then why doesn’t the planet Uranus explode if it contains so much hydrogen and methane?” Narukami asked after a long pause.

“This…” Rivna fell silent. It had been a long time since she hadn’t studied and most of the time, she increased her mysticism knowledge.

“I don’t know,” she shook her head as she gave up thinking the answer, “Why?”

Narukami’s mouth almost twitched. Did she seriously think he was going to answer it, especially in this kind of situation? Where was the death possible?

Narukami ignored her question as he decided to run from this place.

It isn’t safe to stay here any longer, Narukami said inwardly as he quickened his pace to the exit.

He left Rivna behind as he had nothing to do with her. Of course, before he did so.

He grabbed Eyes of Sceptre out of his space shadow and gave one to Rivna.

This was coming so abruptly that Rivna was shocked. She was digesting what was going on.

First, Narukami saved her, and then, he gave him something she had been eyed on for many years?

Why did this happen? Was it because of her charm which made Narukami fall in love with her? And he was playing hard to get yet at the same time approaching her?

That must be the reason!

Staring at Narukami after she received Eyes of Scepter from him, she asked, “Why did you give me this? Did you fall in love with me?”

If Narukami were drinking water right now, he would cough as he spurted out. As a matter of fact, he almost choked himself.

How did this woman get to such a conclusion? Narukami thought to himself and somehow couldn’t blame her.

His doing was indeed coming abruptly.

It was as though two archenemies were in the middle of a battle and out of the blue, one of them gave a gift in the middle of the battle, which made one’s opponent bewildered and creeped out.

Narukami wasn’t sure how to explain this misunderstanding. He neither liked nor was interested in her.

After pondering for a while, he chose to let the matter go as it was. He was somehow interested in how far this misunderstanding lasted.

It could be her dark history too.

“Let’s leave,” Narukami suggested. Without waiting for her response. He quickened his pace as he left her behind.

She was disappointed that Narukami didn’t reply to her question and instead ran away but she was okay with it.

Probably he is just shy! Rivna thought to herself as she put the material into her space ring.

She was in an extremely good mood. Although what she just gained was little, it was still better than nothing. Furthermore, a powerful person like Narukami fell in love with her!

If she could make Narukami fall over her heels. She probably could get the other Eyes of Sceptre!

Leaving the storage room, it was so smooth that Narukami felt it was wrong. Wasn’t the Leader observing them from somewhere? Yet why didn’t he make any moves?

Narukami became restless despite his calm expression.

“Why are you still following me?” Narukami asked. He felt that Rivna could be the cause why the Leader observed them. Was there a profound meaning of Rivna’s existence that the Leader himself intervened in this matter?

Rivna a traitor the moment she retreated from Narukami and entered this place simply intensified her penalty.

She betrayed the organization and even wanted to steal its resources. If other members were sent to deal with her, Narukami only thought it was normal but the Leader himself personally stepped in…

He wanted to remove this ticking bomb but couldn’t find the way… yet. He couldn’t tell her to scram.

It was against his principles and image. Hence the question. He perhaps could find a way to remove this ticking bomb.

“I have nowhere to go left.”

“You said you go to a college. Doesn’t have a plan to continue it?” Narukami asked.

“I left 50 years ago. People there would look weird at me if I used the same identity.”

Sorcerers lived for quite a long time. 50 years were like 5 months to them. Of course, this was only applied to some high-Level Sorcerers such as Narukami.

He was a vampire to boot so his lifespan was extremely long. In consideration of his mermaid blood, as long as he lived underwater.

His lifespan could increase by more than thousands of years.

Fifty years might be considered as old in terms of human lifespan but for Narukami who had mated with a dragon that could shapeshift into human form in his previous life, who lived for more than hundreds of years to be precise, fifty years could be considered as a toddler.

“So you have nowhere to go?”

“Yeah.”

“… Why don’t you go with me?” Narukami offered and Rivna’s eyes lit up as she was excited.

Doesn’t this mean he wants to live under the same roof as me? He must be eager to live together! Rivna thought to herself. Although Narukami couldn’t read her thoughts, he knew what she was thinking from her expression alone.

“Don’t misunderstand. I want to gather strong Sorcerers and you’re the first batch I’ve gathered.”

Rivna didn’t care about that. She took it that it was only Narukami’s reason to conceal his true intention.

Don’t worry, I know you use a reason to conceal your true intention but I know what your goal is, Rivna probably thought.

This girl isn’t listening… Narukami thought to himself and felt a bit helpless.

“Is there a reason why you want to gather powerful Sorcerers?” Rivna couldn’t help but ask. Out of many reasons he could tell her so as to conceal his intention, wasn’t that reason a bit solemn?

“To destroy All Beyond,” Narukami simply replied but his phrase struck a shock in her heart.

To destroy All Beyond? Is this guy nuts?!