Transcendent Dawn

ꨡ[6Ba~oNx5: Chapter 0825: Explosion (2400 additional words, request for monthly votes) Chapter 825: Chapter 0825: Explosion (2400 additional words, request for monthly votes) “Let’s go…

Let’s go inside!”

Varen looked at the mansion, his eyes burning with fervor, “The nexus of this Secret Realm and reality is bound to be an extremely powerful and mysterious artifact, it must be contained!”

A group of people entered the foyer and began their exploration.

There was not much danger left inside the hall, Varen reached a corridor, looking into the deep darkness with a hint of eagerness.

“Everyone be careful!”

Feiqi released a Substitute Puppet.

This item was still very precious; without Varen being there, there definitely wouldn’t have been so many to spare.

The small doll walked into the corridor.

The next moment, a compartment on the wall next to it suddenly opened, and out popped a spring-loaded fist with a glove on it.@@novelbin@@

Bang!

The punch hit the doll, sending it flying back, but the force was not great.

After hitting the ground, the doll quickly got up again.

“What is this, some kind of joke?”

But, in the next moment, his laughter got stuck in his throat, for he saw the puppet’s movements turn rigid all of a sudden.

At the spot where it had been struck, a crack with metallic sheen appeared, revealing gears and small parts leaking out…

“Mechanical transformation…”

Everybody felt a bit suffocated.

Feiqi muttered to himself, then loudly said, “Everyone put on gloves, refuse all direct contact…”

He then turned to Varen and said, “This place is too dangerous, our preparations are insufficient.

Let’s wait, let the church send a high-ranking Bishop here…”

“We…”

Varen, looking at the scene, also hesitated.

…

“Followers of the God of Knowledge, such a bunch of cowards!”

Outside the mansion, Jenny took a deep breath, “Fortunately…

through the Magic Eye, I have already obtained the layout of the manor…

though at a great cost…”

The strangeness within the mansion was somewhat alarming.

Yet, it was also a rare opportunity to acquire mysterious Bloodline; it was essential to seize it before the God of Knowledge’s church did.

Bloodline!

It was just a specific concept and didn’t necessarily require actual blood.

In fact, elements like mysterious artifacts or even characteristics left behind by Beasts could be extracted to provide the ‘Beast Bloodline’ needed for advancement.

“The only living person in the mansion is right here!”

She didn’t approach via the main entrance but circled around to a point outside a wall, took out a piece of chalk, and drew a door.

With a flash of light, the door became real.

Jenny smiled slightly, pushing the door open and walking in.

Pink curtains, various fairy tale books scattered about, a velvet bedspread…

Everything decorated here was full of childlike charm, like the boudoir of a little princess.

Jenny’s gaze shifted to a small girl in a corner, hugging a teddy bear and crying.

“Who…

who are you?”

Mary lifted her head, looking at Jenny.

“I’m here to help you…

Little sister, why are you crying by yourself here?”

Jenny took a deep breath, her Spirituality not triggering any sense of danger; it seemed the little girl truly was alive and not a threat.

“I…

my name is Mary, Daddy, Mommy, the butler, and nanny, they all became so strange…

Daddy in the bedroom, in the study…

doing very strange things…”

The little girl’s eyes brimmed with tears.

“Don’t be scared!”

Jenny consoled her but made no move to embrace her.

The current situation was still quite peculiar; caution was paramount.

After some thought, she asked, “Where are your father and mother?”

“They should be in the bedroom…” Mary pursed her lips.

“Then take me to the study!

Can we?” Knowing these two were the ultimate beasts, Jenny had no intention of a direct confrontation.

Instead, she wanted to investigate and gather some clues first.

“We can…,”

Mary thought for a moment, hugged her teddy bear, stood up, and opened the door, looking around cautiously, “No one is here…

Follow me!”

With little Mary leading the way, the corridor was rather peaceful.

Only in the direction of the God of Knowledge did a vast noise occasionally emanate, but Mary seemed unconcerned, “Don’t pay attention to those sounds.

They’re all traps.

If we don’t go look, there won’t be a problem…”

She appeared quite experienced, leading Jenny to a mahogany door, “This is the study…”

Jenny took a deep breath, and a strand of spider silk shot out, opening the doorknob.

Squeak!

The door slowly opened.

She caught sight of the study’s furnishing, and a painting in the center immediately.

On it was the image of…

…

“There’s no way ahead.”

Feiqi stopped at the end of the corridor, expressing his frustration.

“That’s just perfect…

where there’s no path, we’ll make one.”

Varen pulled out a string of connected spherical metal balls from his person, each the size of a fist, making Feiqi’s eyelids twitch, “Alchemy bombs?

You’re carrying all these on you, aren’t you afraid they’ll blow us up too?”

The sight would have made even a team of combat scholars’ faces twitch.

“I’ve had this feeling since before, but never mentioned it.

Ever since we arrived at the mansion, it’s as if we’ve been under constant surveillance…

until just now, that feeling of being watched has weakened.”

Varen whispered, “So…

there must be a second force that has infiltrated this place.”

“What?”

Feiqi and the swordsman looked around vigilantly.

“Their goal must be the same as ours…

I’ve also discreetly released some small creatures to scout the activity around the mansion…”

A mechanical spider crawled over from the ground and made its way up Varen’s leg to his shoulder, “Now I can confirm…

they are closer to the ‘core’ than we are, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have the chance to take a shortcut!”

He looked at the wall in front of him and pulled out an alchemy bomb, “Find cover, prepare for the first blast!”

“This is madness!”

Feiqi opened a large mechanical umbrella in dismay, shielding both himself and Varen behind it.

The other combat scholars also found cover for themselves.

The next moment.

Boom!

An intense explosion swept through, the deafening sound ringing in everyone’s ears.

After the dust settled, Feiqi peeked out.

He saw that the surface of the wall had been scraped away, revealing countless meshing gears underneath.

“Is this…

a metal house?”

Feiqi was a bit dazed.

The potency of an alchemy bomb was something he knew all too well; ordinary walls stood no chance against it.

But a metal wall was a different story.

“Seems like it’s not powerful enough.”

A crazed smile spread across Varen’s face, “Have you ever heard the saying?

There’s no wall that one alchemy bomb can’t break.

If there is, then use two!”

“No!”

In Feiqi’s eyes, filled with horror, Varen hurled a string of alchemy bombs.

The next moment, a terrifying succession of explosions roared without end.

After the noise, the metal gear wall looked as if it had been melted, with a large hole opened up, its edges glowing a translucent dark red.

“Go!”

Varen led the way through the metal hole, rushed down the corridor, and arrived at the study.

The instant they entered, they saw two females, one big and one small, staring blankly at a painting.