Shado’s eyes were filled with hope, turning to Alex. “Is it true that we can leave this place? To the outside world?”
Alex smiled. “Of course, it’s true.”
“This is great! I’ve never been to the outside world. This will be my first time!” Shado was quite excited, as she had longed to see the outside world after all.
She was the one who left her village back then and headed into a place where no one in her tribe had ever been. That was how she met Alex. If she hadn’t, it would’ve been uncertain if Alex could even enter the palace.
Alex said, “But there’s too much trouble in the outside world. People keep fighting and waging war. It might not be as amazing as you imagined.”
Shado waved her hand back and forth. “So what? At least it’s better than guarding this place and waiting for the Undead to get past the barrier and kill us all, you know?”
“The Undead can’t get past our defense for now, and we didn’t need to help the Great Genbu when we were fighting either. So, to be honest, it’s been pretty mundane for the past two years!”
Alex let out a chuckle. “You still want to fight?”
Shado replied. “We Nagas are born warriors, so imagine how boring it’ll be if we don’t have to fight?”
“It’s too bad that I’m still not strong enough. Even if I did go out, I wouldn’t be able to leave the sea, unlike my grandma. She can live just fine, despite living on land for years!”
Alex responded. “You’ll achieve your dreams soon. Your grandma said she’d like to take over some place.”
***
Lena was still evacuating at the time, but Alex couldn’t wait any longer. He had to look for Cheryl, so he went through the teleportation door in the deserted village and got back to Yukon, bringing Angel along with him as well.
However, as he went through the door, he noticed something surprising. The teleportation door set in this dungeon was mobile, where he could move it however he wanted. When the Great Genbu gave this to him, he didn’t have the time to explain its functions. Hence, Alex only realized it now.
With this, Alex immediately took action and set the door to teleport the Nagas to a place nearer to the underwater palace so that it’d be more convenient for them to migrate.
When setting the teleportation door, Alex had a sudden idea. ‘Could I make this place into a powerful slaughter formation?’
As he spoke, Alex’s words made Daya tear up, nearly crying out loud as well.
“Mama…”
As Bubbles called out to her softly, Daya pulled her into a warm embrace and started crying, rmable to control her emotions any longer.
Alex spoke up. “Daya, show our daughter around for the time being. I have to look for Cheryl.”
Daya was slightly upset. “Our family literally just reunited, yet you’re going to look for another woman now? No way!”
Alex replied. “This is really important. Cheryl is related to the Undead Queen in some way. I even fought the queen just now.”
Daya shrieked in disbelief. “You’re joking, right?”
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