"What do you mean, Souta?" Lumilia sounded confuse at his words.
"I mean weâre teleported far away from that place..." Souta said to her.
"Far away...?"
"Yes, weâre too far... I mean weâre in a sub-world and we donât know [Dimensional Hole] spell so I donât think that weâll return quickly." Souta explained to her and the rest his circ.u.mstances.
Lumilia, Lynn, Brando, and Yujin were shocked when they heard that Souta and Alice were in a sub-world.
Lumilia shook her head and asked, "Do you know the coordinates of that sub-world?"
"No, we donât. Iâm sure that you understand it. The teleportation spell malfunction and it teleported us to a random world." Souta paused for a moment before he added, "Weâre already lucky that weâve got teleported in a sub-world. If Alice and I got teleported into outer space then the two of us will undoubtedly die since only people who could harden their mana survive in the chaotic space."
"Souta, I will find someone who knows [Dimensional Hole] spells so try to gather information about the coordinates of that sub-world," Lumilia said to him.
"Sure, thatâs my plan from the beginning. To gather information about this world." Souta smiled as he turned to Alice and asked, "Do you want to talk to them?"
Alice shook her head and said, "Iâm going to rest for now."
"S-Souta... Can you tell me about that world...?" Lynnâs voice sounded.
Lumilia, Brando, and Yujin were interested in this topic. They havenât gone to a sub-world in their entire life. They only heard stories about it from other people.
"Weâve just arrived here so the things that I know are limited but sure..." Souta smiled as he lied down.
He slowly told them about his experience today with Alice while looking at the starry sky.
"Iâve finished talking about my situation. Itâs your turn to tell whatâs happening there." Souta said to them as he wanted to know whatâs happening to them.
"Nothing much. Itâs noon here and weâre in the middle of the road." Yujinâs voice sounded.
"So youâre going back to Hebrei Kingdom...?" Souta asked. He thought that they were helping the people there stabilized the Blue Lawless City.
"The city will rebuild itself even without our help. The Sea Tower and Cloud Tower will manage it well. The incident about the Moon Tower greatly changed the structures of the city so everything will not stay the same. With the new law that the two towers have established, the Blue Lawless City will become a proper city in the future. It will continue to prosper and it will eventually become a country if the improvement continues."
Lumilia explained to him what happened to the city after the incident where Curdova unsealed Cl.u.s.terâs power.
"I see... If the situation is fine. You can establish a branch of the Dark Oculus Legion in that city." Souta said to her.
"I understand. As the vice-commander of the legion, I will do my best to raise the Dark Oculus Legion in commanderâs place." Lumilia said to him.
"Yujin, Brando, and Lynn. Be sure to follow Lumiliaâs instructions. She will be the acting commander while Iâm stuck here in the sub-world." Souta said.
"Okay."
"Yes."
"I understand."
"Good. About Cl.u.s.ter... Did she come with the sisters?" Souta asked in a low voice.
"..." Lynn, Lumilia, Brando, and Yujin grew silent at his question. They became dejected when they heard the name Cl.u.s.ter.
After a few moments, Lumilia opened her mouth and said, "The sisters took her. We couldnât do anything as the True Godâs Holy Kingdom is her home. Cl.u.s.ter gave us a talisman before she left. With this, she could sense us the moment we enter the True Godâs Holy Kingdomâs territory."
"Itâs not in vain. At least, Cl.u.s.ter is safe in that place. Also, we managed to take down the organization who was hunting her." Souta said in a low voice.
He knew that Cl.u.s.ter was the Thousand Spell Cl.u.s.ter. One of the most powerful weapons of the True Godâs Holy Kingdom in the game.
Just like its name, the Thousand Spell Cl.u.s.ter has tens of thousands of spells in her mind. It was the effect of the universal artifact called [Grimoire of Spell].
This artifact wasnât an ordinary universal grade artifact. The people from ancient times recorded all the spells that they created in this book. From the lowest tier to the highest tier was all recorded in the [Grimoire of Spell].
But not anyone can open this book. Only the person chosen by the book could open this. The chosen one was called the Librarian by ancient people.
The book couldnât be opened physically. Instead, it could only be opened mentally. So no people could peek inside the book aside from the Librarian. As the Librarian, she could let some borrow the pages. Of course, by âborrowâ it didnât mean that she will pass the book to someone else. It only means that she will give that person the authority to access the book in her mind.
Lumilia and the rest didnât have an idea that Cl.u.s.ter has the [Grimoire of Spell] in her body. They only knew that she had some strange powers.
"Weâll visit her after I returned there," Souta reassured them.
After talking for half an hour, Souta hung up the talisman. When Lumilia and the rest found that it was night in Soutaâs place, they decided to finish the conversation so that he could rest.
"Itâs not bad talking to them like this..." He said to himself before he closed his eyes.
...
In a pub, two people were occupying the table at the corner. There were drinks in front of them but none of it were alcohol. Souta and Alice werenât alcoholic people to begin with.
Three days had passed since theyâve arrived in this world. The groupâs goal was to go to the Gyunar Republic. After they arrived there, they will try to find someone who knew [Dimensional Hole] spell. Even if no one knew it, at least there were some records of this worldâs coordinates.
He wasnât sure if the [Dimensional Hole] really malfunctioned or not. Also, thereâs no sign of that spell when theyâve arrived in that place so he could only guessed that it malfunctioned. A lot of people knew about this spell but the details of werenât know by many people.
Thereâs also a possibility that the metallic figure was from this place.
...
The Gyunar Republic was one of the most powerful countries in this world so there should have some information there. If they couldnât find what they wanted in that country, then they will head to the Condifan Empire. One of the oldest countries in this world. A lot of historical things were preserved in that country but this country was too far from them. It will take them three months before they arrived in that place.
Souta closed his eyes as he listened to the conversation of the people around him.
"Should we go out and hunt some wolves?"
"I want to buy a new sword."
"Damn! I thought I was going to die yesterday!"
"Weâll head towards the Granmr tomorrow."
Souta opened his eyes as he heard some information that will help him and Alice in this unknown sub-world. He slightly turned his head and looked over the pub.
Five tables away from them was a group of six people. Two of them were women and four were men. All of them were human and they looked like they were experienced fighters.
Granmr was the capital of the Gyunar Republic and it was his destination. If he was to get there, he had to find someone who knows the way and familiar with the whole place.
He stood up and Alice quickly followed him. She also heard the group talked about Granmr, the capital of the Gyunar Republic.
The two approached the group and said, "Excuse me. I heard your heading towards Granmr."
A man with short spiky dark green hair looked at Souta and Alice. "Yes. How can I help you?"
"Iâm Souta and this one is Alice. Sheâs a comrade of mine. Weâre also heading towards Granmr. You see, this is our first time going there, so... I wanted to ask you if we could accompany you on your journey." Souta said politely. He knew all the capital of the three strongest countries in this continent. He learned this from the bandit leader that he killed before. Aside from the capital, he didnât know about the other city of the three strongest countries.
"Hmm..." The man grabbed his chin and he examined the two people in front of him. After a while, he said, "The journey towards Granmr isnât easy. If you have money, you can go to the mercenary guild to form a quest."
"No, donât worry about us. Despite our looks, we can protect ourselves. We will just follow you and weâll provide everything for ourselves." Souta said to him.
"I see..." The man looked at his comrades and asked, "What do you think?"
"I donât know. Iâm not sure if we could let some stranger follow us on our journey." An attractive woman with yellow color hair that was tied in a ponytail said. She was a tall woman and her physique was different from Alice who was slim.
"Then, donât let your guard against us. Weâre strangers so I can understand that you donât trust us but weâre not going to do anything against you. We just want to go to Granmr like you." Souta said to the woman.