The chariot carrying the queen moved slowly towards him, pulled by ten Undead white horses. The horses had red-orangish flames coming out of their heads, their bodies adorned with a full suit of shining armor. This made them look very powerful.
Alex wasn’t scared. He knew that this was just a mere illusion. ‘I have nothing to be afraid of. I’ll just fail my mission at most.’
But…
The chariot stopped a hundred meters away from him. The queen’s eyes looked very mysterious as she stared at him. “We meet again, seed.”
Alex was stunned, he thought. ‘This illusionary realm is quite impressive. The Undead Queen even knows about me being the seed. Truly impressive.’
The queen smiled sweetly. “Do you think this is an illusionary realm? And that this is all just an illusion?”
Alex froze. “Is it not?”
The queen chuckled. “The buildings and floating mountain you just saw was the true illusion. I have been waiting here for a very long time to meet you again, seed.”
‘What?’ Alex was dumbfounded.
‘This is not an illusion? It’s all real?’
“Then what is this place?” He spoke his mind.
“What is this place?” The queen giggled once more. “Take a guess, but I suppose you won’t get it right. Do you know what the Heavenly Stairs are? Do you know… What lies at the end of all nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine steps?”
Alex was utterly appalled. ‘This Undead Queen knows about this too! That means everything she says is true. This is really not an illusion.’
Suddenly, he remembered that he wasn’t inside his own body when he was in the first step. Not even his clothes were his. Everything had been created by the illusionary realm. He immediately checked his clothes, only to realize that it was, in fact, his own. Nothing had changed, not even in the slightest.
“How about this then? You can be my king, and I shall bring you to another universe! This is a lowly universe, even falling behind the other universes. There’s no point in achieving anything here. Follow me to a universe of a higher class. That’s where we should actually be going.”
“You lack a king?” Alex laughed again. “So you’re basically saying that you, the Undead Queen, have no game? I have several gorgeous wives. Why would I want scraps?”
The queen was furious. “Do you have a death wish? I’ve been nothing but reasonable, so how dare you speak to me like that? You say you have several wives, huh? Then take a look at this! Is she one of them?”
“Guards, bring her over!”
Two of their troops then walked up to them, dragging a woman.
After taking a closer look, Alex gasped in surprise. That woman was his father’s disciple, his sworn sister, Frostine Usoro.
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