The Man’s Decree

Two figures quickly approached Jared and his group, moving with intense speed. Flames seemed to surround them, their faces hidden behind masks.

The moment Jared laid eyes on them, his brows knitted together. Especially the woman, something about stirred a deep sense of familiarity in him, almost like had known for a longtime.

“Mr. Norton…” As the pair arrived, Jared greeted them with a respectful fist-and-palm gesture.

Seeing Jared standing alongside Kishor, Skylar hesitated briefly before asking with respect, “Mr. Chance, have you already completed your challenge?”

Jared gave a nod, then turned his attention to the woman beside Skylar. “And who’s this lady standing next to you, Mr. Norton?”

“Oh, she’s my senior,” Skylar said, sounding almost proud.

“Why does look so familiar?” Jared stared at closely, then extended his hand. “Hi…”

He wanted to stay close to her, to really take in presence and get a feel for aura. But Josephine immediately took a step back, eyes cautious.

“Sorry, my senior’s a bit unusual. She avoids physical contact with men,” Skylar quickly explained.

the things expected, never imagined that the woman behind the mask was the one who’d been occupying

you’re free to move on to the second level. We still have to face ours,” Skylar said, then cast a

instead of saying anything, quietly stepped behind Jared, avoiding

out here now, you can just go up to the second level. He already

completely baffled. “You convinced to join you?

with thoughts and feelings, not robots.” Jared spoke matter-of-factly, but then let out another small

word “robots”, forgetting that the others probably wouldn’t get the reference. After all, only people from the mundane world knew what a robot

Jared didn’t realize was that Skylar, standing right across from him, also came from the mundane world, knew exactly what a

you wouldn’t deceive us,

you don’t believe me, step outside and see for

Jared grabbed Kishor. In a flash, the

frozen, stunned by what

muttered under

supposed to kill

the entire first level began to glow