CHAPTER 411: TAKE THE MASTER AND LEAVE

"System, are you here?" — Idan called out as the tentacles forcefully pulled him back into the incomplete world of darkness and light.

[Yes, Host.]

"Phew, — Idan breathed with relief when he heard the voice of his system. However, his heart was racing with fear.

[Host, the space is sealed. Teleportation-related abilities are prohibited.]

"Haha, of course. Ned had already escaped through summoning once, and the second time he just hid, but the Queen still decided that he had teleported away. So, she had to do something so that I wouldn’t escape this time," Idan said ironically, stopping resisting the tentacles that dragged him to the Queen.

"And the ability to teleport between worlds? Is it available?"

[Yes, Host, this ability is available. Spatial sealing only applies to the space of this world.]

[Host, you should consider that the ability to teleport between worlds has some special features. Any outside interference can disrupt the transition process.]

"And you’re just talking about this now?" asked Idan indignantly, almost cursing the System.

[Previously, you always used this ability in places where no one had any intentions of interfering with the teleportation process, as in the current situation.]

Idan didn’t have time to fully realize what the System had said, because at that moment he was already looking into the Queen’s eyes.

Her cold gaze seemed to penetrate into his very soul, and a satisfied smile played on her face, as if she was very pleased that she had finally caught him.

Idan, looking into the Queen’s eyes, also noticed that her presence had changed slightly. She was no longer as overwhelming as before.

[Host, your partner is here]

Idan’s heart sank when he heard the System’s words.

The Queen’s gaze immediately rushed to the place where the rift had just closed, and there she appeared — Arabel, in her Spirit form, dressed in a snow-white dress and with long black hair.

As soon as Arabel passed through the rift, she lost touch with the endless amount of energy of ice and darkness. She immediately felt the energy she had absorbed rapidly melting away.

The Queen’s look of hostility directed at Arabel, and her smile, which became more sadistic, forced Idan to take a desperate step.

Still trapped by the tentacles, he cancelled his Spirit Form and transformed into the Lumiar race. His height increased to two and a half meters, his hair lengthened, and two rotating wheels appeared behind his back.

Idan’s desperate attempts to find a way out did not go unnoticed by the Rank 6 creature. The Queen watched his actions with amusement, as if she saw nothing special in them.

Her confidence was based on the fact that she had already seen what Idan was capable of in this form. It startled her at first, but now that she already knew about his abilities, it didn’t cause her any emotions.

"I never thought that I would have the chance and determination to take advantage of this," Idan thought, looking at the Queen, who saw no threat in him.

And in vain.

When Idan finally made up his mind, the two wheels behind him began to rapidly rotate in opposite directions, separating from each other and making a hum.

Only mildly annoyed by this, the Queen created even more dark tentacles around him, tightening her grip around him.

The Queen quickly glanced at Idan, losing interest in him, and turned her attention back to Arabel, who was looking at her, resisting her pressure.

It was only when the Queen was about to catch Arabel that she noticed the strangeness and looked at Idan again, but it was already too late.

The two originally light wheels turned into a blood-red light due to the abundant amount of Lumiar bloodline essence. At great speed, they contracted and rushed towards each other.

Idan managed to stop his already weakened Lumiar race transformation at the last moment and tried to take on the Spirit Form, but the two wheels collided and caused a deafening explosion.

BOOM!

The explosion was so powerful that all of the Queen’s dark tentacles were instantly destroyed, and the Queen herself was thrown back by the blast wave.

Idan, who used the Lumiar race’s sacrifice ability and found himself in the epicenter of the explosion, was able to partially assume the Spirit Form, but still suffered serious damage.

"Idan!" — Arabel exclaimed in despair, rushing towards him. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw what he had just done.

Idan ended up in a semi-conscious state, and all the energy he had absorbed in his Spirit Form before he was dragged into this world was completely drained. In order to repair the damage, his Spirit Form began to absorb his own life force.

In a semi-conscious state, falling from the sky, Idan, unaware of what was happening around him, felt the call of his first star. Without hesitation, he answered the call.

Ned, in the form of the Alpha of Fire, appeared next to him and caught him. He had been inside the Star all this time, after he had last encountered the Queen.

Ned looked at his master with an expression full of complicated emotions. He was angry, very angry. He was angry at his master for what he had done. He was angry at the Queen and, eventually, at himself.

Ned, though he was mad, was not a fool, and he knew that the Queen was targeting his master precisely because of his actions.

For the first time in his life, he felt regret that he had never felt before.

"Take the Master and leave," Ned said, handing Idan over to Arabel, who appeared. Then he immediately turned his gaze to where the Queen had recently been dropped.

Seeing Idan’s condition and not even surprised that Ned had spoken, Arabel bit her lip and, grabbing Idan, hurried away.

Ned did not look after them, his attention was focused on the Queen, who had already appeared next to him. She looked from him to Idan, trying to figure out what was going on, since Ned looked exactly like Idan at that time.

"Oh, that’s interesting", — Queen finally said, as if realizing the truth, and a smile appeared on her face. "Which one are you? The one from the Trading House, or the one who destroyed my toys?"

Ned didn’t answer, but he didn’t take his eyes off her. There was no longer his crazy smile on his face, but only a cold determination.

At that moment, Ned realized that his desire to become like his Master was wrong. Instead of helping, his actions created problems. If he continues to try to imitate his Master, he will only make the situation worse.

But he didn’t want that. He was trying to provide support, not harm.

The dangerous thoughts that had previously visited him began to disappear, and instead the first seeds for the formation of his own conscious personality appeared in Ned’s mind.