The Innkeeper

Chapter 1206 I'll take care of it

Chapter 1206 I'll take care of it

Lex turned around and saw a dog. It was nowhere near as skinny and mangy as the one he saw in the vision, but as an ordinary Golden core beast, in front of him it might as well be. The dog lunged at him... and broke its teeth trying to bite him.

Feeling a mix of shock, fear and anger,, the dog retreated and tried to claw at him, but it broke its nails instead.

Lex sighed, and feeling a hint of mercy, he put the miserable dog out of its misery before it could harm itself some more.

The vision returned, and Lex saw another scene. He wondered if that counted as him passing through the first level. Wasn't that way too easy? Then again, reaching the tower had been hard to begin with. Maybe reaching the tower already ensured that they had passed the level, but needed to motivate contestants to go through levels so they added the condition of passing through at least one floor or level. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

This time, in the vision, he saw an older human, though he was at most a teenager. He was leaping from branch to branch, treating the trees in the forest like his home. Yet this was not some casual commute. It was in the middle of a fight with a ferocious ape, who was also swinging through the trees, pursuing him.

The two figures clashed time and time again, but in one particular clash, the human faltered. He was thrown back, and though he tried to latch onto a nearby branch, it broke.

The human fell to the floor with a pointed branch in his hand. He barely had a moment to orient himself before the ape attacked again, and in what was the first spear jab of the entire realm, the human stuck the pointed end of the branch through the ape. The scene ended, and Lex found himself standing on a tree branch.

His instincts warned him of something coming at him quickly, but Lex still didn't bother moving. This time, the beast that he faced was at the peak of the Golden core realm, but it was not enough to harm him, and he quickly ended the fight.

The vision continued, and the scene in front of him was very different. There was a caveman and a woman, wrapped in animal skins during the winter chill. It had not snowed yet, but the low temperatures were too much for mundane humans to bear, and one of them fell to the ground.

The other tried to get her to stand, but she was unable, and soon the chill set in. She was dying, yet the man didn't know what to do. Her eyes closed, and the man lost his mind.

He cried out against the heavens, and beat the ground in frustration, again, and again, and again, until his hands were bloody, but he could not feel pain.

Yet just as Lex defeated his foe, and he was about to witness the next great achievement, Mary showed up on his shoulder, and her expression was far from her usual chirpy stuff.

"I have some bad news," she said solemnly. "Someone discovered Moon. Someone kept the World Eater busy while there was an assassination attempt. Luckily, Z was there, so she survived unharmed. Since then, the World Eater has changed locations again. But if they can find her once..."

Lex's expression became grim and his mind started working, ignoring everything around him as he thought of solutions.

"Did Gerard and Luthor get back with something yet?"

"Not yet."

"Well send them word. Let them use more drastic measures if need be. We're bringing the deadline closer. Have Velma coordinate everything. Have all forces on standby and ready to take action at a moment's notice."

"Got it."

"How's Moon doing? What's her progress with her connection to the planet?"

"She's fine for now, but as a result of the assassination attempt, her planet took quite a beating. That has slowed down her progress."

Lex frowned, and turned to look back at the image unfolding in front of him. The humans were finally ready to declare their first king.

"I'll take care of it. Make sure the World Eater keeps moving her planet. Don't settle in any one place."

Lex opened the buttons of his shirt one by one, and then undid his second seal on his chest, leaving only the final one remaining.