With the introduction by the Master of Divine Seal, except for No.2’s small bowl, the gazes of all the "chosen ones" turned very strange towards me.
Among them, there was No.4 Xuanming’s curiosity, No.6’s confusion, No.1’s vigilance, and No.5’s shock... I also didn’t expect that without being able to clearly see the expressions of others, I could actually distinguish so many emotions.
Even No.7 expressed her own feelings, somewhat similar to No.1, developing a strong vigilance against me. However, I wasn’t sure if it was my illusion, but I felt that underneath her vigilance, there seemed to be a faint hostility.
Did she consider me an enemy because I could intrude into the Void Realm? I was a bit uncertain; perhaps she didn’t show any hostility, and I merely misunderstood; or maybe she regarded me as a hypothetical enemy, which in itself was another form of caution.
Moreover, frankly speaking, I didn’t feel at all like an intruder of the Void Realm.
To be precise, I lacked a sense of practical experience in intrusion. Even No.2’s small bowl said that my process of entering the Void Realm was very similar to theirs. How come they are all the chosen ones, and I’m branded as an intruder?
Boldly speaking, it felt quite good to be scrutinized by everyone with their own thoughts. After all, the others were akin to being kidnapped here, only I illegally intruded by some method (who could tell me what exactly it was). However, one thing is one thing; the current situation was really bad. Perhaps I was really going to be sorted out by the Master of Divine Seal.
Now, it seemed that my only ally was just the powerless No.2 small bowl; I wasn’t sure whether I could pull No. 4 Xuanming and No.6 to form a united front at a critical moment. However, while these two did not get along with the Master of Divine Seal, I couldn’t imagine—nor did I think they could pull some tricks in the home field of the Master of Divine Seal to turn the desperate situation around.
At that moment, No.7 spoke.
This was the first sentence she uttered after entering the Mist Dream Realm—"Void Realm."
"Since you have confirmed that No.3 is the intruder, why haven’t you eliminated him yet?" she asked the Master of Divine Seal.
Some of the gazes shifted to her.
"There’s no need for that," the Master of Divine Seal said, "Being able to intrude into the Void Realm on his own is No.3’s ability. Even if he is an unexpected visitor, as long as he is willing to accept my mission and become my Angel Envoy, he can receive treatment the same as everyone else."
He was actually planning to bring me under his banner.
After receiving the answer, No.7 returned to silence.
No.4 Xuanming then said, "Then, if No.3... no, if all of us defy your wishes and refuse to collect the Divine Seal Fragments for you, how would you treat us?"
"You will go to collect them," the Master of Divine Seal said as if he had mastered everything, "those not destined cannot come into contact with the Divine Seal Fragments. Since you have already obtained the Divine Seal Fragments, even formed a bond with them, it means whether you are willing or unwilling, you are destined to step on the path of collecting the Divine Seal Fragments—the path of fate I have chosen for you."
"Fate?" No.6 scoffed in disdain.
"However, if you all focus entirely on resisting me, indeed some unrelated issues will indeed arise. This place does not need the incapable, within a year, I want to see corresponding results," the Master of Divine Seal said coldly, "You all, bound with the Divine Seal Fragment, if you disobey, such will be your fate."
As his words echoed across the field, everyone seemed to witness a terribly horrifying illusion. Yet, I was still an exception; I didn’t know precisely what had happened. Suddenly, No.1’s body began to tremble, and No.2’s small bowl and No.5 let out painful screams; even No.4 Xuanming and No.6 stiffened up, while No.7 appeared indifferent.
I didn’t think that the reason I wasn’t affected was that I was powerful. Even the soul attack from the Weirdo Maker could produce a strange feeling in me, yet what the Master of Divine Seal was doing didn’t feel unusual at all. It seemed as if something fundamentally crucial was misplaced.
Was it because I was someone who shouldn’t have been here in the first place, so the Master of Divine Seal couldn’t deeply interfere with me? From his words, was the abnormal reaction of others because they were bound to the Divine Seal Fragments? Supposedly, I was also bound with the Divine Seal Fragment, could it be that my binding was different from others?
Seeing No.2’s small bowl in unbearable pain, I immediately wanted to leave the stone seat and go to her side, but the gray mist still firmly suppressed me in place.
Not only that, the surrounding gray mist also became denser and soon completely concealed the distant Master of Divine Seal. Then, I could no longer see the distant No.7 and No.6, No.1 and No.5, even No.2’s small bowl and No.4 Xuanming closest to me became unclear.
Finally, the gray mist completely blocked my vision, immersing me into the darkness of unconsciousness.
I suddenly opened my eyes and climbed out of bed.
The surrounding scene had changed to my bedroom, with the morning sunlight and the faint noise of the busy street penetrating from outside the curtains. My movement of getting up disturbed Mazao sleeping next to me. Not knowing when, she had hugged my arm, and when I got up, she also suddenly woke up, rubbing her eyes and sitting up, looking at me puzzledly.