57 Chapter 56

Letting out a snort, the voice spoke as if it was obvious, "He was known for his identity instead of his name in your Kin's place. His identity is the Administrator." 

Furrowing his eyebrows, Zuyuan recalled a certain man with a violet hair and eyes that he had met before he was transported to Ragnar. Hearing of the rumors about how strong an Administrator was, Zuyuan felt doubtful with the sudden task given to him as he asked, "And why would you think I would do that? The Administrator is strong." 

Silence ensued in Zuyuan's head as the voice failed to give a reply. 

Waiting patiently, Zuyuan moved his gaze towards the clouds of smoke in the distance as he imagined how chaotic the situation in that place was. 

Soon, the woman asked back with a playful tone in her voice. 

~"Do you want to know the truth?"~ 

His frown began to deepen, Zuyuan spoke in confusion, "What are you talking about? What truth?" 

~"The truth of your father."~ 

*Badump!* 

As if something had stabbed right unto his heart, Zuyuan widened his eyes and asked, "What.. Do you mean?"

~"Do you want to meet your father?"~ 

*Badump!* *Badump!*

His heartbeat became faster as unbearable killing intent emanated from his body. His eyes filled with hostility, Zuyuan spoke with a cold voice, "Do not talk nonsense, witch." 

Chuckling at Zuyuan's words, the woman continued while divine aura was emerging in the air, "Now, now. Excited aren't we? But first, please do not call me any names or you shall not live to regret it. My candidate." 

Closing his eyes, Zuyuan tried to calm himself as he rhythmed his breathing. Slowly opening his eyes after a moment, Zuyuan asked, "Would you let me find him?" 

~"I will tell you a part of the truth and the clue. Isn't it a good deal? After all those years of investigation without no results, but just with my words, you would know where he is."~ 

Letting out a sigh, Zuyuan nodded and replied, "It's a deal." 

~"Good. Go towards the direction of the smoke. It will lead you to the battlefield, while a guide has been waiting for your arrival."~  

Soon, the voice no longer sounded inside of his head. Clenching his fist, he stared into the deep forest in a mixed gaze. On the next moment, Zuyuan activated his Ghost Walk technique as he dashed to the jungle with his sword ready. 

'No matter who's in my way.. I'll kill them.' 

With that in mind, each of his steps became firmer while his eyes revealed murderous intent. 

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"Tsk." 

Swinging his sword around, Ryuhei clicked his tongue while he observed the tide of spriggans and fairies who used their magic to fend off his vanguard army. 

"I'm done." 

Sheathing his sword on its scabbard, Ryuhei started to turn around his body and walk away from the battlefield. Additionally, he would create more undead soldiers for each abomination that had died on the ground. Even chanting corpse explosion spell attacks in times whenever the bodies were littered deep within the enemies rank. 

'If not for that b*stard Astar, I won't be sent to army duty as part of the punishment…' 

Thinking of what happened to him, Ryuhei felt more annoyed as he recalled what had happened. After his colleague, Astar, had messed up on Ryuhei's territory, now Ryuhei had to spend the last one hundred years banished to lead the failed trash experiments against the residents of the world tree. Even though time was just a nonexistent concept for them, the Elder Lich, it was a very different matter once they had tasted the life of the Sanctuary. 

'The Sanctuary..' 

Just like its name, the Sanctuary was a heaven for those of undead race. Especially for them, the Elder Liches. They were supposed to be a being without pain, taste, mental fatigue, sleep, lust, and so on. However, the time they had spent on the Sanctuary could only be described in one word. 

'Alive.' 

They could taste, they could sleep, they could feel pain, they could have the pleasure of the flesh. It was truly heaven for them and just a day away from that heaven made Ryuhei's heart really ache, although he didn't have any heart in the first place. Not to mention, he was the king in his own sector. Anyone would come unto his bidding, he could request for any homunculus of his taste and preferences to bed with. It was endless pleasure. 

'I was too greedy..' 

When Astar had bribed him with the golden card, which was the special currency only for Administrators, Ryuhei's heart swayed and he quickly accepted the request without thinking twice. 

After all, the difference between bedding a homunculus or bedding a beauty idol in Administrators circle was like heaven and earth. The gorgeous Yuna in charge of sector 15 has been rumoured to accept any guest onto her bed for three nights if one was to be able to gather three golden cards for her. 

Ryuhei had prepared two golden cards, with the last card he had from Astar, he finally could satisfy his desire to conquer the beauty even just for a short three days.

Those nights truly were one of the best three days of his life as an Administrator. 

Until suddenly, when the nights of pleasure had ended, Ryuhei found himself being punished for the misconduct Astar had created and was given a banishment period, right after he had sent out the next world mission for the supposed time of the missionaries in his sector. 

'Hmm.. Now that I think about it, I have been in this place for eight years. Doesn't that mean three days have passed since that Astar's favorite missionary went to the world of Ragnar?' 

The time flow in the world tree is much much faster than all of the worlds in its leaves or other worlds. If Ryuhei had to compare the time in the Sanctuary with the world tree, then a day passed in the Sanctuary would be a hundred thousand days in the world tree. While the world of Ragnar, a day passed in the world of Ragnar would a thousand days in the world tree. 

'Hmm?' 

Immediately, Ryuhei's attention was shifted to a certain being that was cutting down his forces bit by bit on the front line. The creature's appearance resembled a spriggan, however the combat display by it has shown to be unlike any spriggan Ryuhei had seen. 

'What kind of species is that? A breed of Spriggan and fairy? It wields a sword as it is donned in wooden armor? Woah, it can even multiply itself and send out a few transparent like figures of itself.'

Observing the creature's battle capabilities, Ryuhei felt as if he had seen those skills before but he couldn't really recall it. However, there was something Ryuhei had noticed. 

'It's getting stronger.' 

Each enemy it had slayed, the faster and stronger it became. Curling up the corner of his lips, Ryuhei stared at the creature and…