Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 435

After he finished telling them everything, Gareth leaned back with a look of satisfaction on his face, only to jump when he saw Regis in the distance, smiling faintly at him.

The two rivals looked at him in confusion when they saw Gareth’s smile go from something kind and sympathetic to slightly panicked and horrified.

His face changed so fast that they hadn’t even gotten a chance to react to it yet when Gareth ditched them.

“Uh…” Gareth smiled at them. “Well, that’s all for now. I’ll leave you to it. If you don’t want to suffer for long, then you better give up right now! But if you have the guts to continue, then you should stick to it…”

Wait, what? This was different from what he was saying just now? Previously he had been encouraging them to hold on, and that it wouldn’t be too hard. He even described some of the methods that Regis would use in the future, allowing them to prepare themselves.

Little did they know that it was because of his ‘kind intentions’ that made Regis amp it up a notch, causing the two of them to bitterly curse Gareth in their hearts in the future.

Under their combined confused gazes, Gareth darted off in the opposite direction that he saw Regis.

Of course, they remained confused until they saw Regis running with his standard smile after Gareth. Then, they suddenly understood.

The two quickly went back to their training routine and pretended that they didn’t see anything while they mulled over Gareth’s words to them, preparing for the future.

Meanwhile, Gareth was trying his best to escape from his best friend’s wrath. He knew that the other man was coming. He could feel the cold air coming from behind him.

He almost cried.

He hadn’t done anything wrong at all! He just wanted to help them out a little, seeing as they weren’t as bad as the usual lot.

Was that so wrong?!

Apparently, it was in Regis’ book.

Gareth didn’t make it far before Regis caught up to him.

“Ouch!”

“Wait! Softer! Softer!”

“Don’t hit so hard!”

“Mercy! Mercy! Can you really bear to hit your best friend?”

“Ah! I know I was wrong! Forgive me! I won’t do it again!”

After a few rounds of ‘sparring’ with the Sin, Gareth picked himself off the floor, looking worse for wear. His hair was messy, and his clothes were dishevelled.

Gareth brushed himself off. “Do you have to do this every time?”

Regis turned to look at him, slightly raising his arm, and Gareth instantly caved and tried to change the direction of Regis’ thoughts.

“Okay, okay, no need to get physical. I’m just saying.”

Regis just smiled, which sent a chill up the man’s spine.

“If they prove they’re not worthy, then they’re not worthy.”

“Do you have to be so hard on them, though? It’s not like they’re doing anything wrong. Katherine is an attractive young woman, and there’s bound to be suitors for her. Heck, I would have gone after her myself, if…”

Gareth trailed off when he saw Regis’ smile widen, and a faintly murderous air started to develop.

He hastily backtracked, knowing that he had dug yet another hole for himself unwittingly. He seemed to do that a lot, unfortunately. “I was just saying it! You don’t have to take it so seriously each time! She’s not my type, anyway.”

Regis just grew more murderous.

How dare he say that he wasn’t attracted to his sister?

If Gareth knew what Regis was thinking, he would have cried. Bro, can you not be so unreasonable? You don’t want me to be with your sister, but I can’t say that she’s not my type either?! What do you want, exactly?!

“Why don’t I introduce you to a nice girl,” Gareth said hesitantly, seeing how strong the murderous air on Regis was. He probably needed to get laid or something. Why was he so uptight all the time?

Regis gave him a piercing look. “I think you need more training instead.”

With that said, he dragged his friend away, causing Gareth to be shocked. “Wait, no. What was it that I said?!”

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Alec pushed open the door, finding himself in a brightly lit room. The flooring was parquet, and there were some pieces of furniture in the room.

This didn’t look like a reward hall, but instead looked like someone’s room.

There was a single bed behind curtains, and a bathroom that was attached at the side.

Alec was surprised, but he quickly regained his calm.

His eyes sharpened when he heard heartbeats in the room. There was someone or something here.

Sure enough, behind the curtains, there was a hazy dark figure that could be seen on the bed behind curtains, though they showed no signs of awakening.

They had deep breaths, and Alec realized that it was not a human at all.

Instead, he made the conclusion that it was a magical beast.

Alec tried the door to leave – he was many things, but he wasn’t rude. Unless, of course, they provoked him. That was another matter altogether.

The door did not budge.

Frowning, Alec turned to look at it, but he realized that it was not shut with arrays at all, which meant that it was out of his expertise, outside of knocking down the door.

How did they do it exactly? He was interested.

More than that, Alec wasn’t rude enough to do that with someone whom he had not met before.

So, Alec approached the translucent curtains around the bed, and he realized that the size of the bed was a lot larger than he realized upon entering the room.

The quicker he approached it, the bigger it grew.

Likewise, the figure on the bed grew bigger in proportion, and he was surprised to realize that it was because of the way the room was designed that the bed that wasn’t that far away looked like it was much smaller.

By the time he stood next to the bed, he realized that whoever was sleeping on the bed was at least ten times larger than he was.

The being was likely in a deep sleep, and this was probably the reason that all those monsters and creatures avoided this place.

Strangely enough, Alec didn’t feel anything menacing coming from this magical creature at all. He didn’t even feel any of its power.

It was like it had returned to the origin, and its magic was perfectly blended into the environment.

Alec waited politely for the other party to wake up. He sat down next to the bed, not calling out at all. He continued to close his eyes and go over his various findings and learnings, consolidating his strength.

He ran over various battle scenarios in his mind, and he created a few seals on the fly, testing his creation speed.

He kept doing it until he could form it with barely a thought, reaching the pinnacle.

Unfortunately, the being continued to sleep deeply on the bed.

Even after a whole three days, they didn’t stir at all, nor did they reveal any signs that they were about to wake.

Alec had gone around to see whether there was another exit, but there wasn’t one at all, which was rather surprising.

He supposed that this magical beast had to wake up before they did anything.

At this moment, while Alec was debating whether or not he should call out to the other party to wake them up, the figure sleeping heavily on the bed suddenly moved, causing Alec’s eyebrows to rise.

Then, twin golden eyes opened, and the startling intensity could be seen even behind the translucent curtains.

The figure let out a snort, and coldly said, “Wait here.”

Having said that, the figure disappeared instantly, causing Alec to just stare blankly at the place where he or she previously stood.

He could feel the other party’s unpleasant mood just before they left.