Chapter 52: Illusion
"What are you doing outside of your cell!?"
'Are you kidding me? Argh, so much for being stealthy.'
Aster looked up and his gaze locked on someone.
The person wore a standard maid uniform that consisted of a sleeveless black dress, a white apron, white gloves that stretched to her elbows, and high heels.
She was around 160cm tall, with raven black hair and eyes along with dark circles under it, a petite face, and pale skin. An obvious sign that she has not seen the sun for some time now.
A standard maid. Normally they wouldn't be a problem but in Aster's current circumstances, being unnoticed by anyone was crucial.
A quick peek with [True sight] revealed that she was just a small fry, a human at that. Taking her out wouldn't be a problem.
A gust of wind blew and Aster got up with stunning speed.
The wind seemed to carry him as he ran behind the unlucky maid.
'Time to try this out!'
CRACK
The maid collapsed after a chop to the neck which produced a nasty cracking sound. Fortunately, she didn't die.
He got rid of the body by dragging it into the hole he had made.
'Please don't die and don't wake up.'
He avoided going for the kill for a simple reason.
Aster didn't know what consequences it might bring.
Her status panel had 'Ownership Pact' on it.
What did it mean? He had no clue but it was best not to fuck around.
He moved fast after hiding the maid and he did it with stealth.
'Now, where could the exit be?' He pondered.
'There's no windows. That could either mean that I'm deep within this building or maybe there are no windows at all.
I can't just burst outside when I don't know what the outside environment is like.
For all I know I could be in hell.'
The corridor was built with grand onyx marble and reinforced with gold. It was giving off 'Demon King' vibes.
The candles stationed at equal distances were made out of black wax and burned with violet flame. The color was probably the reason for the bad lighting.
Aster ran alongside the walls of the seemingly endless corridor. He could not see an end to it even with his enhanced vision.
Unsettled, he stopped running.
'What's happening?
Surely, a corridor can't be this long? There's got to be a limit no matter how big or extravagant a building is.'
With his perception attribute pumped past 600 and the support of [Enhanced Vision], he could see hundreds of kilometers away clearly.
The length of the hall was not normal at all.
But he had no choice but to keep running.
***
'What the hell?'
'How long did I run? How far did I run?
Maybe a couple dozen thousand kilometers for about 6 hours? I don't know.'
Out of breath and slick with sweat, he kneeled over and took a deep breath.
'This doesn't make sense at all/'
[Energy: 6,100/6,100]
'How is it full when I have been running for hours at full speed?'
Past a certain point, Aster gave up on staying silent and stealthy and used his movement speed boost skills.
After a few consecutive usages of [Dash], he checked up on his energy bar only to find out it was full.
Since then he has been spamming [Dash] without any reservations.
He was getting tired incredibly fast. He could hear his legs creaking and the sonic barrier breaking every time he used it but the bar didn't decrease at all.
'This is an illusion of some sort or a very realistic, terrifying nightmare but the former is more likely.
I need to confirm if it really is an illusion.'
It took a great deal of courage and encouragement but he did it.
He went ahead and punched it.
His fist smoothly passed through the wall, confirming
[[Fireball] has been activated]
[[Fire stream] has been activated]
[[Gale cutter] has been activated]
[[Wind spear] has been activated]
All the attacks passed through the wall as well.
'Alright, that settles it. It would have been really funny if it wasn't an illusion and my attacks made a crap ton of noise and attracted hostile enemies.'
'Now the real question, how do I escape an illusion?'
He laid down on the floor and fell into thoughts.
***
In an extravagant bedroom, a girl with ashen white hair giggled upon seeing her new toy.
"Whoa, he looks delicious!"
"But his face is a little bit ugly isn't it?"
She wore a white dress to match her hair. The aura emanating from her was enough to catch anyone's attention and the manic expression settled on her beautiful face was enough to mesmerize anyone who was fortunate enough to witness it.
"Don't say that sis. Men are hotter when they have a really cool scar." A girl next to her voiced her opinion.
She looked like the reflection of her except her hair was dark alongside her outfit.
Both of them looked to be around 16 years old yet they were eying someone with visible thirst in their eyes.
The someone in question was Aster, strapped to a chair and unconscious under an illusion magic.
"Hey, Mei! Did you get it for me?" The white-haired girl asked her maid.
"I have acquired the item you have asked for, miss." A lady in a smiling mask reported.
She handed her an opera mask similar to hers.
"Whoa, so this is it?"
"Yes, this is a mask that has been imbued with a mind-influencing charm skill. As long as anyone wears this, they will follow your command."
"Awesome! Can't wait to try it out on this thing!" The girl in black said happily.
"It's not the time, young miss. We have to wait until the victim is mentally spent in order for the mask to have a 100% success rate.
Thankfully, I have put him under an illusion spell so his mind will break sooner or later."
"You are so strong Mei! I want to see him suffering, can you do that thing?"
"Certainly, young miss."
The maid walked up to Aster and held his head. Immediately, a light shone from the eye slits on her mask.
The light materialized into a holographic screen depicting Aster resting in an endless hall.
"Wait, why is he resting?"
"Run for your life, you imbecile! Mei, make him run!."
'Uhh, these kids.' Mei groaned inwardly.
'Have some mercy and cut me some slack, will ya?'
"Consider your wish granted."
'Hmm, an endless horde of monsters would be tiring to sustain but that's what the young mistresses are expecting. *Sigh*. Here goes nothing.'
The holographic video buzzed and something else appeared.
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