Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 540 The Truth and the Redaction

A FEW MINUTES LATER.

"Hm, I can feel that Alex’s control over his portion of the Legacy Weapon is still here. Does that mean that he’s still alive?" Delia, whose body was currently wedged between two massive sofas, muttered these words to herself as she grabbed her Key tightly.

Her hair appeared to be disheveled at this point, which is unnatural given her ability to always keep her hair proper.

Aside from this, there was also a pale pallor present on her face, as if she had her power drained out of her body. This was made more obvious by the fact that the vitality that she exuded was weaker compared to earlier.

These traits made it look like Delia was weakened, something that the woman seemed to know.

But even with this ’weakness’, Delia did not let herself look weak at all. Instead, she maintained a lively and exuberant façade in front of her Companions.

"Tong’er, do you think it’s ok for us to come back to Alex’s location already? I think that there’s a chance that he has already resolved whatever problems he has there..." Delia asked as she looked at Tong’er, who was currently sitting in a meditative pose.

"Go back to Alex’s place? I think it will be fine..." Tong’er did not look at Delia at all while giving this reply, as she seemed to be engrossed with what she was doing right now. "The spirits told me that the air of danger surrounding Alex is already gone. So there will be no problem for us to come back..."

"Is that so? Hmph, that’s good then. At least our ally is still alive, even if he’s a repulsive man..." Delia then stood up from her place, scooping up the sleepy Milo with her arms. She gave Tong’er an imploring look while doing this, which is a signal for Tong’er to follow her.

"Stand up Tong’er, we have to leave this place already." Delia gave Tong’er a little nudge on her knee, prompting the little girl to stand up from her seat. "I know that you want to stay here longer, but our time here will always be limited..."

"Sigh, if you just obtained more keys for the Legacy Weapon, then we could have stayed here for longer, Big Sis." Tong’er looked like she was disappointed by their sudden departure, which was showcased by her pouting lips. "I’m sure that I can become a Sixth Stage Grand Spiritualist if I stay here for much longer... Sigh, if we only have extra time..."

"Tong’er, I know that you’re disappointed by this, but I assure you that you will have more chances to use this place in the future. We have Alex with us after all." Delia tried to make herself sound convincing as she said this, which seemed to have failed, as the little girl just looked down sadly after hearing her reply.

"..."

"Ehem, are you ready to come back Tong’er?" Delia awkwardly asked as she winced from Tong’er’s mannerisms. "If you want, you can still stay here-"

"Let’s just leave, Big Sis."

"O-Ok. Good. Um... just hold tight to me and don’t let go." After giving this one last reminder with a slight stutter, Delia activated the Key in her hands, which then summoned a powerful force around their bodies.

"Hong~"

But instead of feeling the suction force which brought them to this place earlier, what Delia and her Companions felt was the opposite of it.

An expulsion force, one that seemed to have enough power to expel anything in the world, began to exude its might all over Delia and co.

With Delia’s lack of resistance, this expulsion force was able to do its work on her; Which is to bring her out of this place.

"Woosh~"

Delia closed her eyes as she felt the sensation of space shifting all around her body, a sign that she was being transported to a new location. Having this sensation made her calm down, as she realized that her Key was still working as it should be.

"Hmph, let’s see what kind of mess Alex made once I come back. Did he use a lot of his trump cards just to survive? If that’s the case, then I can exert my dominance over our alliance later..." Delia thought to herself slyly as she began to feel her impending return to the Traveler’s World.

She seemed to have already forgotten her exchange Tong’er, as her eyes now glinted with the light of ambition. "Hehehe, it will even be better if Alex is injured! That way, he will owe me a lot once I heal him!"

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If this world is a perfect one, then maybe Delia’s wishes upon her return could be true. Maybe Alex really used up a lot of his powers just to survive, and maybe he was also heavily injured right now.

But instead of seeing these things, what Delia witnessed once her body came back to Traveler’s World was nothing[A1] short but anticlimactic.

"...."

With her very own eyes, Delia could see only 2 people standing right in front of her. There was nobody else present on this area except for these 2 people, something which naturally had Delia feel suspicious.

These two were no other than Alex and Alina, who both looked at Delia with stiff smiles. These two seemed to have suffered no injuries at all, and the only things that were damaged from these two were their clothes.

Aside from the damage, the auras exuded by Alina and Alex appeared to be weird too.

Unlike what Delia had expected, the auras present on Alex and Alina’s bodies did not look like they were diminished at all.

Their auras were just the same intensity as before, which seemed to show that Alex and Alina did not use any of their powers since Delia’s departure!

"..."

Seeing these contradictory things had Delia feel extreme confusion, as she did not expect to see Alex and Alina acting like this.

"Weren’t there 3 Returning Travelers fighting here earlier? With their powers, Alex and Alina should have been forced to do something to save their skins! But instead of seeing them weakened, all that I see now are just the same Alex and Alina! What the hell is happening here?" Delia thought to herself as she continued to stare at the two. "This... this is just weird!"

Alex and Alina did not look like they just experienced a life-death situation with the Returning Travelers. Instead, these two seemed to have just breezed through whatever happened earlier, something that Delia was not pleased to see.

"Oi Alex... what the hell happened here? How are you... still this okay?" Delia asked Alex, as she tried to make her voice sound even. "No offense to you, but you seem okay to me. And where the hell are those Returning Travelers? Did they kill each other off?"

"...It’s a long explanation, Delia." Alex seemed to be not offended by Delia’s probing question, as he gave this reply with a small shrug. "Just accept that we’re alive now."

"If it is long, then just shorten it, Alex."

"...Fine. So the Crimson God turned out to be our enemy, while the Great TimeMaster and Old Man both supported me. Since my supporters outnumber the Crimson God, he had no choice but to leave. Because of that, we survived. The end." Alex let out a sigh at this point, which was followed by him giving Delia a tired smile. "That’s the gist of what happened while you were gone. Are you satisfied now?"

"....Huh. So that’s what happened." This was the best reply that Delia can give, as she honestly felt slightly underwhelmed with Alex’s explanation. "So nothing else happened earlier? Like for example, your two supporters doing something interesting? Nothing like that?"

"Hmph, if you expect Old Man and the Great TimeMaster to do something interesting, then you are right. Those two... really made my day." Alex then let out a snort, as if the mere mention of these two people were enough to make him feel disgruntled. "Old Man... is a perverted, dirty old man who wants to cuddle me in his house. He’s my Sponsor after all, so he must really want to get close to me."

"He’s your what?"

"MY Sponsor. The one who turned me into a Traveler. Pretty shocking, right? Out of all the places I could see him, he would be actually here." Even if these words should sound happy, hearing it from Alex’s mouth made Delia think that he actually sounded disappointed. "Well, he’s still suspicious to me, so I don’t plan on getting close to him until I am sure of his motivations...’

"...."

"As for the Great TimeMaster, you can say that she’s a really good informant. She told me a lot of important things while you were gone, all that are very important for this world." Alex said with his voice sounding a little more upbeat, although Delia could also detect some irritation laced in his voice.

"The Great TimeMaster told you a lot of important things?" Even if Delia was a little worried by the sudden changes in Alex’s mood, what he just said about the Great TimeMaster was enough to get her attention. " What did she tell you? Did she tell you why are the recruitments a thing here? Did she also-"

"Sorry Delia, but I cannot tell you what the Great TimeMaster told me. What she gave me was classified information, one that will not be safe if its known by the wrong people." Alex said as he interrupted Delia deftly. "If you want to know what the Great TimeMaster told me, then you should ask it directly from her."

"What? But I am your ally! Shouldn’t you tell it to me too?"

"I will, eventually. But for now, we will have to focus on recruiting more Rookie Travelers first." Alex said, ignoring the now seething Delia. "According to the info that the Great TImeMaster gave me, we have 6 months of time left to freely recruit as many Rookie Travelers that we can. Once that time is up, we will be in a lot of danger. So if we want to get the maximum advantage, we must recruit them quickly!"

"Recruit my ass! How will I recruit if I don’t know the reason why?" Delia shouted out to Alex, as her temper began to roil up like an awakened dragon. "Alex, even if you have 2 Returning Travelers supporting you, there’s still 7 Returning Travelers that can attack you during these 6 months! Since that was the case, then recruiting during these 6 months should be dangerous! But you’re now saying that it will actually be safe? Alex, how the hell did that happen?"

"Ah, you better ask that to the Great TimeMaster, not me." Alex confidently replied, which made Delia almost screech in sheer anger. "Didn’t’ t I just said it earlier? It’s all classified info."

"You-"

"For now, let’s just do our best to recruit more Rookies, ok? That will be the best for us...."

"Argh!"