Second World

She had been paying attention to the bright glow emitted by the runestone of probability floating beside Jack. The stronger the willpower injected into the runestone, the brighter it glowed, and the higher the lockpickingʼs success chance was.

Even so, the lockpicks kept on breaking one after another. Jack didnʼt let the constant failures bring him down. He kept his mind focused.

Since they had time now, Jack told Talia about what had happened. About the battle royale match, about how they broke the gigantic hidden rune diagram that sustained their restrictions, and how they found their way into this nexus world.

”No wonder she has not been around for the past few days,” Talia said about Euphosine. ”There were some days when she was completely absent. I guess that was when she was hosting her battle royale match.”

”She shouldnʼt be back for a while,” Jack said. ”You and I will be long gone when she is back.”

”…”

”You donʼt plan to just leave, do you?” Jack asked after noticing Taliaʼs silence.

”Even if she has become like this, she is still my sister. I canʼt let her continue harming the innocence. I have to stop her.”

”I guess as much…,” Jack said. ”Donʼt worry, we may have a way to defeat her.”

”How?” Talia asked. Even if she was determined to stop Euphosine, she didnʼt know how to.

”That outworlder I came here to warn you about, he is doing something about it,” Jack answered.

One of Jackʼs copies was currently in the hall where the altar was. He was watching Master who went around the hall drawing a huge rune diagram using mana paint.

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