The Innkeeper

Chapter 1165 Cattle

Chapter 1165 Cattle

"I need to go to this planet," Lex said to Powell, showing him a zoomed in projection of the galaxy, displaying the planet as well as its nearby star systems.

Powell, who was smiling, looked at the projection with a frozen expression, and then at Lex. Then back at the projection. Then at Lex.

"You know we're a store, right? Not a teleportation facility," Powell said as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. Lex shrugged.

"Do you at least know the name of the planet?"

Lex shrugged again. Powell sighed, and then walked to the back room. Lex was certain he'd be able to do it, and he wasn't wrong. Soon enough he found himself once again teleporting through a number of teleportation facilities, since there was no direct teleportation available.

Powell also included a VIP security check free access for Lex, so that he could avoid problems with the TSA. He was hoping that this time Lex would not cause an intergalactic incident, though he didn't say that out loud. Lex was too good of a customer to annoy over something as trivial as disrupting the flow of goods and people across an entire galaxy. There may or may not have been hints of sarcasm mixed in when Powell had that thought.

Either way, soon Lex found himself teleported to a planet suffering from an artificial ice age.

The dominant race of the planet were called the Yeti, and preferred lower temperatures, and so had a deal with an environment conditioning agency that ensured long periods of ice ages on the planet.

His parents were nowhere to be found so he thought it was unlikely it would be them. So what were either Belle or Liz doing this deep into this planet? The level of security, by now, was something Lex could no longer joke about.

Even with his stealth suit, and his many means, not to mention his instincts guiding him, he was nearly caught multiple times.

Eventually he reached a mountain, covered in snow with the black stone underneath visible in certain areas where the snow had slipped. His connection was coming from within the mountain. Either there was a very convincing illusion formation, or there was a base inside the mountain.

He entered his soul state and slowly approached the mountain and carefully went through it. The fact that he was repelled meant that it wasn't a formation.

Carefully, so as to not let his building anxiety rush him, Lex entered the mountain, passing through layers and layers of rock until he eventually reached some kind of hidden facility. Lex had kept his spirit sense contained so that it was not detected, which is why he was not prepared for what he saw when he entered.

"Master," Pel, who had been Lex's silent companion for quite some time finally spoke. "The sword in your eye is returning."

But Lex did not care, because it was not the sword hiding in his soul that was causing his anger to bubble.

It was the sight of dozens of glass containers in front of him, each carrying an unconscious, naked clone of Moon, floating in some kind of liquid, that was causing the bubbling anger.

"Master, do not act rashly," said the former dragon trapped in the ring. "These clones can be beneficial for your sister. She can absorb them to regain strength."

But Lex could not hear Pel's words. His gaze was locked onto a particular yeti who was standing in front of one of the glass containers, taking voice notes about the growth of the clones, talking about them like he was talking about cattle.