Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 292 S & K, BBS Edition

Kuro was definitely enjoying what she was seeing.

All the fights that just happened earlier were of high entertainment value to Kuro, and she could not help but feel thrilled as she continued on gulping down her cola.

"Hehehe, this clash between the Travelers is great! Especially when that chicken appeared!" Kuro muttered as she brought out another bottle of cola. "I don’t really like that chicken, but still, that foul bird managed to fool those Travelers. Hahaha! I wonder what those Travelers would do once they realized that they were just fooled by a chicken!"

As she thought of the daring way that the chicken has tricked all of those Travelers, Kuro shook her head as she downed her cola.

"Ah! Drinking cola while watching people fighting for their lives really is the best!"

After saying these wise words, Kuro leaned down on her chair as she decided to continue watching the rest of the fight.

Now that the chicken was gone, the Travelers and their allies were all back at square one, which meant that they will have to fight each other again.

"Hehehe, I wonder who among these Travelers will survive?" Kuro thought to herself as she tilted her head. "Each one of these teams were extremely powerful, and all of them were resourceful and devious individuals! Seeing all 4 of them fighting each other right now will surely be entertaining!"

With her mind enthralled by this prospect, Kuro let out a satisfied sigh as she stared at the screen. Her eyes widened a little as she waited for the fight to break out!

But at the moment that Kuro relaxed herself, her whole body started to tremble, as she felt the arrival of a powerful presence just right behind her.

Kuro looked behind her, just in time to see a 7-foot tall man covered with silver armor, staring at her directly!

This man’s entire body was covered by this silver armor, making him look like an object rather than a living being.

"!!!"

Kuro froze up as she saw the silver man, as if seeing this visitor has triggered something inside Kuro.

"Y-y-yo, long time no see." Kuro slowly said as she looked at the silver armor man with trepidation. "I-it’s nice seeing you here. W-when was the last time that we saw each other again?"

"The last time that we met was when three Monarchs attacked the Endless Monarch head-on." The silver armor man replied quickly. "At that time, you perfectly demonstrated on how a superior should not act under tense situations."

Compared to the rough appearance of his armor, the silver man’s voice sounded sleek and smooth, which was just a great contrast to his image.

"..."

After hearing this answer by the silver armor man, Kuro could only nod dazedly as she started muttering to herself. "Y-yeah, yeah, that’s the last time that we really met... Hahaha, sorry for my bad performance... That day is not really a great day..."

"..."

"Um, so... why did you come here?" Kuro asked the silver armor man haltingly as she avoided looking at him directly. "Are you here to talk about some stuff to me? Well, as long it is not that personal, then maybe I can entertain you with some of my time. But please do not take that long, I still have to watch the-"

"Kuro, if you think I am here to talk pleasantries with you, then you are sorely mistaken." The silver armor man suddenly said as he seemed to get fed up with Kuro’s awkward manner of speaking. "I was sent here specifically by the Endless Monarch, which means that my presence here is something that you cannot just ignore."

"The Endless Monarch sent you here? Why?" Kuro asked, as the nervousness inside her disappeared. "Does he want you to do something special here? Or does he want you to... eliminate me?"

Kuro then started to shiver in fear as she gave the silver armor man a shaky smile.

"Come on Sieg. I am a useful worker. I-I did nothing wrong. You cannot just eliminate me!" Kuro said passionately as she gave Sieg, the silver armor man, a pleading look. "Come on Sieg, you know me well! You know that as long as I get my cola, I will do my job properly!"

"When did I even say that I am here to eliminate you?" Sieg replied with irritation clearly present on his voice. "I am here for an entirely different matter, so you can be rest assured that you can keep your cola-addicted life!"

"Oh... thank goodness I am safe." Kuro said as she started thumping her chest. Her tense wings started to relax as her worried look disappeared. "So Sieg, if you are not here to eliminate me, then what is your real mission?"

"I am running out of time here, so let me give you the shortest explanation." Sieg said as he adjusted the gauntlet placement on his armor. He took around 10 seconds to fiddle with the gauntlet, and it was only when he was done with them that he continued talking.

"The Endless Monarch sent me here, because he wanted to make sure that all of the Travelers in this world will survive for their next missions." Sieg said, with his voice coming out of his helmet smoothly. "The Endless Monarch told me that you and I can use any method that we want, as long as it is legal, to make sure that those Travelers that you are watching will not die and will be able to go on to their next missions!"

"A-are you serious about that Sieg?" Kuro replied, with incredulity present on her tone. "You were sent here to make sure that all these Travelers will go on to their next missions?"

"Kuro, do you doubt the Endless Monarch?" Sieg replied gruffly as the visor of his helmet glowed red. "Do you just take my words for granted? Because if you do, then maybe eliminating you will be for the best..."

"Hey! I believe you! I believe you!" Kuro replied panickingly as she raised both of her arms in surrender. "I am just making sure... that you are not joking!"

Sieg, who was now holding a gigantic broadsword, paused in his tracks as stopped his sword from hitting Kuro. He let out an irritated sigh as he dispelled the broadsword.

"Kuro, I do not make jokes." Sieg said as his visor glowed green. "You know I hate jokes."

"Yeah, you really hate jokes... I have already seen what you meant by that before..." Kuro muttered to herself while shaking her head.

"Did you say something?"

"Ah, oh, I did not!"

"So just like what I am saying, the Endless Monarch wanted us two to keep those Travelers alive." Sieg said as his visor went back to normal. "Even if the Travelers were to be heavily injured here, it will be fine, as long as they will all stay alive..."

Seeing that Sieg was serious with what he was saying, all that Kuro could do was nod as she accepted his words.

"...Ok."

"Now then, please give me all the information that you have about the Travelers in this mission." Sieg said as he saw Kuro’s acceptance. "I need to see it so that we can formulate a plan."

"Um, okay. Here it is." Kuro replied as a sphere materialized in her hand.

She pushed this sphere towards Sieg, who gobbled the sphere up without any hesitation.

Kuro did not hear any chewing sounds as Sieg swallowed the sphere whole.

"..."

Sieg went quiet for a while, as he seemingly started to analyze whatever was inside the sphere.

It was only when a minute has passed by that Sieg started communicating with Kuro again.

This time, his voice was still as smooth as before, although some strain could be heard from it.

"These 4 Travelers... I think I see why the Endless Monarch want them alive." Sieg said as his visor glowed blue. "One has connection with the Abyss Plane, while the other one has connection with the Holy Order Plane, and there is one of them that has connection with the blasted Demon Plane. Then there is that guy who has connection with that madman..."

"They clearly have impressive connections, but didn’t we see Travelers like this before?" Kuro replied before she could stop herself. "If the Endless Monarch wanted this four alive, there must be something that they have that the other Travelers did not. Maybe it was that something that is making them interesting to the Endless Monarch..."

"Hmph, and what could that be?" Sieg replied as he started to get more friendly with Kuro. "What could these 4 have that other Travelers don’t?"

"Well, what if it was the presence of the Divine Sensory Organs?" Kuro tentatively replied as she raised her fingers. "Traveler Alex has the girl with the All-Seeing Eyes. Traveler Delia possesses the Tongue of Extreme Palate. Traveler Ray has the girl with the Ears of Divine Communication. As for Traveler Malthus... I think he has connections with the woman who possesses the Omnipresent Skin."

"The presence of these Divine Women could be the reason." Sieg replied as he nodded his head slowly. "But as long as we do not have any exact evidence, we cannot just make any assumptions here."

"That’s right."

"And besides, what we should be more focused now was on how we can assure that these 4 Travelers will all survive." Sieg said as he stared at the monitor screens, which showed the situation of the Travelers. "From what I can see, a fight between all of them is about to break out any second from now..."

"This will be hard." Kuro said as she stared at the monitor screens.

Kuro already lost the mood to drink her cola, as her mind was now preoccupied with the Endless Monarch’s new commandment.

"And we can only keep them alive through the legal way." Sieg replied as he shook his head. "That means that we cannot say things that they are not supposed to hear..."

"How the hell can we do this if only the legal way is allowed?" Kuro said as she threw her hands high in the air. "If we can just make them win this mission, then everything will be fine! But no! We must do this the legal way! How great!"

"Well, that is your job to do." Sieg said as he crossed his arms. "You think of the plan, and I will be the one enforcing it. That is the best job distribution here."

"Excuse me?"

"What Kuro? Do you have any complaints?"

"Ah please don’t point your big, black sword at me! I yield! I don’t have any complaints!"

"Good. Now, think."

"...."