Chapter 971 Alien Planet

As soon as Kisuke got to the other side, he immediately felt the drastic change in the atmosphere but that wasn't much of a problem since he could easily adapt to it.

Kisuke hurriedly scanned his surroundings under the cover of chaotic Magic Power flow, but because his ability is extremely limited in his current form, he could only scan around 100 meters beyond him, 'A warehouse...'

While Evies were transporting enormous boxes of supplies through the hole, Kisuke made his way to the terminal that was right beside it. But after a quick look, he figured out that it was only for monitoring purposes and the real control panel was somewhere else. Although he could hack it after learning a bit of the system they were using from their ship, Kisuke wasn't confident that he'd be successful with just the handful of knowledge he had from self-learning and deciphering.

'I'm not in a hurry. I have to get out of this place first.'

Retracting as much of his Magic Power and Spiritual Pressure as he could with his current body, Kisuke erased his presence and went for the exit.

Even though he was a bit slow, his small size helps him a lot more compared to the emission of Magic Power he'd produce if he were to go invisible. It didn't actually take too long for him to exit the facility and the security within the perimeter wasn't as tight as he'd expected. And when he got out, harsh air blasted his whole body and almost killed his 'Gigai' if not for his immediate response, 'This... High concentration of sulfur and methane in the air?' he thought while bracing himself.

Kisuke then found a tower-like structure and climbed it and as soon as he reached the top, the world he was in was fully displayed to him. A red sky and metallic spires of varying heights everywhere, with some fuming out large amounts of black smoke which brought him back to the conversation that he'd heard earlier from the Evies working in the facility, 'Of course... No living being without some tricks would be able to survive this land. The world of Stranu Nelzell... Did they really annihilate all of its inhabitants?'

Kisuke came out of an Evie facility, however, he's not in their main world, Evie Etoulde, but on a planet the Evies had taken over some time ago, Stranu Nelzell, and was being used as a transportation hub for their supplies.

Naturally, Kisuke already expected that this was the case as it'd be incredibly stupid of them if they were to connect their main world to an 'unsecured' place like Earth, or by their naming scheme, Draconic Deus.

'I'll have to take my distance first and plan my next steps.' If Kisuke wanted to return, he could just disable the Gigai and return his consciousness back to his real body or even self-destruct if the situation calls for it. Although that would cause him a significant injury, it was a good method of surprise gift.

Running through the desolated and dry land devoid of any life, Kisuke aimed for a place where there was not a single Evie structure. An hour later, the metallic structures became a lot more sparse and he found a giant hole in the ground spanning 30 meters in diameter. Without thinking much about it, Kisuke hopped into the complete darkness.

Kisuke immediately deployed his senses and did nothing else as he descended into the hole for a few minutes, 'The air is a lot cleaner here... Could it be...'

Soon enough, he landed on hard ground and broke each of his legs and arm. Kisuke wanted to heal them up but at the edge of his Detection Magic, a slight presence was revealed and the first thing he did was retract his Magic Power, 'Did I get noticed?'

Kisuke's mind raced and various scenarios ran through his head, 'That presence just now wasn't an Evie's... If that's the case... Let's bet on that.'

As if a switch had turned on within him, Kisuke's facial expression instantly changed to someone who's enduring great pain and started huffing and puffing at the dirty air surrounding him. He also disabled his defenses allowing the atmosphere to poison the Gigai and clear black marks appeared on his formerly flawless skin.

Pretending not to notice the presence earlier, tears began to fall from his eyes as he struggled to walk towards the rugged wall of the giant hole in order to look for support. Kisuke reached the wall and laid his back on it while looking up to the 'tiny' hole where he came falling down.

For a few more minutes, Kisuke was just sniffling and trying to straighten his broken arm and leg while also coughing up blood due to the poisoning he was receiving from the hostile air.

At that moment, the wall directly opposite him began shaking before a portion of it started moving to the side, revealing a tunnel.

'Shocked' Kisuke immediately stood up with great difficulty and gritted his teeth in anticipation of an enemy.

[Relax. I'm not here to hurt you.] A voice suddenly came out from the dark tunnel. Although it's using the language that the Evies use, it didn't have the same synthetic-like feeling.

However, Kisuke's expression didn't ease up, instead, became even more grave.

[Hmmm? Could it be that you don't understand me?]

In response to that, a small amount of Magic Power gathered on Kisuke's hand and a small fireball emerged.

[...] A few seconds later, a six feet tall young man that looks like a Human came out of the tunnel, [Hmmm... Looks like you really couldn't understand me... But what sort of being are you supposed to be?] He asked the 10-centimeter tall Kisuke even though he knew he wouldn't be able to answer.

Surprise further covered Kisuke's face as he finally replied with a fear-filled voice, "W-who are you!?", not in any language from Earth, but the language where the Dungeon is located.

The mysterious young man didn't reply but instead took out a smartphone-like device and began operating it while mumbling, [...As expected... That language isn't in our database either.]

Finally, as if losing his strength, Kisuke's fireball disappeared as he slowly leaned forward without stopping, losing consciousness. The last thing he saw was the young man dashing forward with incredible speed to catch him, [He's probably kidnapped by the Evies. Did they find a new planet to terrorize?]

Back in the Mars Base, the pod where Kisuke was 'sleeping' opened. Stretching his sore arms out, Kisuke chuckled to himself, "Such luck. To think I'd encounter someone like that on my first trip to the enemy territory? And that aura... That's definitely Spiritual Pressure."

Kisuke returned back to Earth in a light mood, and of course, he didn't forget what Riveria asked him to buy.

But when he returned home and found Riveria messing with her smartphone, he was startled when she suddenly looked up at him and made a terrified expression, "What?"

Riveria calmed herself down and grabbed the plastic bag that Kisuke was carrying, "Did you get me the strawberry one? Oh~! Thank you~!"

After getting her ice cream, Riveria hurriedly returned to her room and closed the door behind her while inspecting her ice cream carefully, 'That face... That's definitely the expression he makes when he successfully scammed someone. What did he do to my ice cream!?'

Her first thought was an aphrodisiac and she got a bit excited, but immediately shook her head since that would actually go against the girl's wishes that Kisuke wanted to respect, 'How do I remove these ideas from my head!!!? And why is my heart racing!!!?' She shouted internally.