Chapter 84:The 'Mission' of the Snake

Finding himself back in this world that was upside down and twisted, the annoyance was clear on Adryan's face.

But this only lasted a few moments as he only sighed as he walked towards the black steeple with a huge silver snake coiled around it.

"It's about time you contacted me..." muttered the redhead who barely took two steps and was already in front of the rotten wooden door.

Before entering, Adryan turned to look at the huge silver snake that was sleeping on one side and he seemed to think about something for a few moments.

Not seeing the damage, he just extended his hand towards the snake and touched its silvery body.

The sensation was cold and he could feel at touch the dense patterns and symbols that covered its entire body.

'I can feel its scales but it seems as if they weren't there as if they were illusory...'thought curiously Adryan looking at the snake that was still peacefully asleep,it seemed that it didn't feel his touch or didn't care.

Having enough of this, Adryan gently patted the snake a few more times before walking through the rotten wooden door.

Seeing the same scene as the last time with the stairs going up and down in a spiral, the corridors, shelves and rooms were either normal, inverted or some embedded in parts of others, he only began to advance through walls and doors until he reached the same but at the same time different place than last time.

He was no longer in the previous darkness but in what seemed to be a child's room, in a corner there was a bed big enough for a child with blue sheets, with a window to the outside showing the barren plain and a simple wooden desk with a wooden chair.

Looking at the floor, he saw how he had several toys scattered around it, from numbered squares of different colors ranging from 1 to 9, a small black teddy bear and various papers with drawings on them.

He bent down and grabbed one of the papers but instead of having a drawing it had a short sentence.

-August 14 at 3:27 p.m in the port of Backlund, wait for someone-

Adryan read this sentence with a flat face, then reread it several times and even turned the paper over but there was nothing written on the back.

Reading the sentence again he just looked around the room but again no sign of Will.

This caused him to let out a slightly dark chuckle as he spoke in a sweet and soft voice.

It was the voice that a mother used to tell her son that she was not going to hit him but she always lied and ended up doing it anyway.

"You bring me here in the middle of the night, you make me walk here and you just show me this note? Don't you have manners? Tell me, didn't your parents teach you that it's rude to disturb someone when they're sleeping?"

When he said that nothing happened around him but he managed to hear the amused laugh of a child in the distance, at that moment the dream where he was was broken.

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Opening his eyes and looking around, Adryan found himself back in his room but there was no longer a crimson light coming through the window but now it was white.

Looking up he saw that it was already morning and as always the sky was cloudy covering the sun.

"At least you made me wake up in the morning maybe I won't spank you the next time I see you...." the redhead muttered with a calm tone as he reached for his nightstand and grabbing Hangover Time he opened it and saw that it marked VII.

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Now being at his table eating a breakfast that consisted of scrambled eggs and a cup of black coffee the redhead was taking a sip but his mind was elsewhere.

'August 14 at 3:27 pm in the port of Backlund, wait for someone...'

"What kind of mission is this?" Adryan said annoyed as he put down his cup of coffee.

Will had revealed almost no information about what he had to do and this bothered him a lot!

No description of the person's physical appearance, how he would be dressed, or most importantly, what he had to do!!

Letting out a small sigh to calm himself, Adryan began to think with a colder mind.

'If he didn't tell me what that someone would be like, it's because that someone would be the one to find me but that doesn't tell me what my mission is about....'

He tried to think about what it could be but nothing came to mind which made him sigh again.

"I just have to wait to see with what this naughty snake surprises me with..." the redhead murmured as he took a bit of egg to his mouth.

As he ate, Adryan put aside the snake's 'antics' and decided to think of something else.

'I have 700 pounds left, I hope the hunt for Joseph is resolved soon so I can 'borrow' some money from the gangs'

'Viktor's funeral is tomorrow at the Holy Wind Cathedral, there are demigods there so entering with any artifact is suicide.'

'But it doesn't mean that I can't hide them elsewhere and when the funeral is over I'm going to pick them up'

'Maybe on the roof of a house quite far away, leaving them in an alley is very dangerous so it's best to be in a high place.' the redhead thought seriously as he ate.

As far as he knew the Holy Wind Cathedral had at least 1 demigod, Ace Snake or as he was known in the beyonder world 'Spellsinger of God'.

Adryan knowing his luck he would not bring any artifacts to the funeral so he was already planning where to hide them.

Already having a roof top in mind, Adryan put his fork down on his empty plate and reaching for his coffee cup he took a sip.

'The next Tarot Club is in two days, since my Monday is already free I don't have to worry about being in an awkward situation when I'm summoned.'

'In this meeting Audrey will obtain the Spectator potion formula and for the next one she will already be one, Alger should also advance to sequence 7 in the next one and Klein should already be a Beyonder' thinking about this Adryan noticed a problem that made him frown slightly.

'Klein will have a much greater spiritual burden because he will have to bear the spiritual drain of keeping two sequence 7s being sequence 9, wouldn't this make The Sun unable to join as in the original?' Adryan thought worriedly.

The Sun or Derrick Berg was too important for him not to join the Tarot Club properly and this worried Adryan immensely.

Trying to calm down, Adryan tried to remember what the process for Derrick to join had been like.

'If I remember correctly Derrick joined after Klein digested the Seer's potion, plus he was still a normal human so his load should be light...'

'When Derrick became a beyonder it didn't take long for Klein to advance to sequence 8 so he should be fine...'

'Maybe the problem is that the meetings will be short but as long as Derrick joins everything is fine...'thought the redhead somewhat uneasy.

'Seer...Seer....Seer!!!'

'Klein will test his spiritual vision at this Tarot Club!' Adryan thought in alarm as he turned pale.

He had no idea what could happen if Klein looked at him!!

Would Mr. Fool explode in front of the still innocent Audrey and the overthinker Alger!!

Or would he lose control and turn into a monster and attack them!!!

'Shit shit I don't even want to imagine what could happen if Klein looks at Hunters Hallows!' Adryan thought in alarm as he raised his hands to his head.

'Now my only hope is that his intuition causes him to unconsciously ignore me like when he didn't look at Megose!'

Adryan was quite worried and alarmed so to calm down he closed his eyes and began to draw the spheres of light on his head, slowly entering Cogitation.

Slowly his mind calmed, his breathing slowed and his worried expression relaxed.

He slowly opened his eyes and let out a soft sigh.

"Klein I hope your intuition keeps your mask from falling off." Adryan said as he got up from his chair and carried the dirty dishes to the kitchen to clean them.

He had originally planned to have a 'chat' with the mage glove today afternoon but decided to leave it for another day.

Right now he didn't need the glove ability, plus he already carried a lot of artifacts, he wasn't immune to their negative effects so he had to be careful not to bite off more than he could chew.