There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 741

Chapter 741: Side Story 4. Endless Journey - 24

"What? Crystal?" Asa clasped his mouth and shifted closer to his twin.

He looked around the dome; there were a lot of crystals there, but all of them were big. Too big to be taken and carried around. Asa wasn’t even sure they could pick those crystals off the ground.

"Something you can pick up?"

"I think so," Kar nodded. "It’s small. It has mana inside."

Asa gasped and did a little dance with his feet. He had almost given up and had been devastatingly thinking that he might have to catch one of those glowing bugs or worms to be presented as a gift. Weird, he knew, but strangely enough, Nari loved weird things like bugs and worms and other small animals even though Uncle Shin abhorred them.

But if he didn’t have to catch any bugs or worms, Asa would be the happiest boy!

"Should we go there?" he whispered eagerly.

"Mm...the guide said we can’t go to those paths though..." Kar muttered in a dilemma. After all, he was supposed to be the good boy.

"Then, we can ask the guide--"

"No," Kar shook his head quickly. "There’s only one, maybe two of them. We have to get them for Nari and Lucy. What if the others also want to go and we have to share the crystal? We might not even allow to bring any."

Asa gasped and shook his head quickly. "No way! I don’t want to catch a worm!"

"Huh?"

"We have to get the crystal, Kar!" Asa scrunched his face fiercely. "We can’t make Lu cry!"

"I don’t think Lucy will cry for this, but I do want to get that crystal," Kar nodded.

Asa glanced around at the students and teachers who got absorbed in the pillars of light and the scattering huge crystal. "Should we ask bodyguard brothers?"

Kar shook his head adamantly. "We can’t--it won’t be our gift anymore, then."

"Oh, you’re right..." Asa nodded and pursed his lips. "Besides, they might say it’s not allowed."

Kar bit his lips, feeling hesitant for a bit. But then, when he saw the tiny sparkle on the other side of the dark path, and felt the warm mana coming from it, he steeled his heart. He had to get that.

He turned toward his twin. "Asa, listen to me..."

* * *

Ibaru National Park, known for its beautiful starlight cave, was a designated national park for education. Rather than tourists, it was only open to students. Adults who wanted to enter the cave had to register for admission, and they would be given a time slot accordingly.

Because of that, the place was relatively safe. The field outside the cave was flat and suitable for camping, even for children in kindergarten. There was no valuable item to be stolen, and there was a police station nearby. It was unthinkable for a thief or unsavory character to pay the place a visit.

Still, if anyone wanted to try doing the unthinkable, they had to go past the two guards from the Iron Shield, who were patrolling the vicinity around the campsite.

But they did not factor in the possibility of someone from the camp causing trouble.

For example, a pair of mischievous young masters tip-toeing away toward the cave in the middle of the night when they were supposed to be fast asleep.

Of course, the cave was not without protection. There was a mana barrier that formed by a square device in the middle. There were several buttons that would show runic symbols randomly. To disarm the barrier, the right buttons should be pressed, and only the tour guide knew which.

But honestly, it wasn’t anything complicated. There was no sequence to it; all the guide needed to do was press all the buttons that contained mana. It only looked complicated because the buttons kept moving around, and the buttons containing mana changed randomly every day. Such a mechanism wouldn’t pose any problem for espers or trained guides.

Or a child gifted in mana sensitivity.

"You can see it, right?" Asa whispered so very quietly.

"Sush--let me concentrate."

Asa clasped his mouth so his brother could focus on detecting the flow of mana on the barrier device. The blue and amber eyes glared and squinted for a few seconds before Kar decisively pressed four buttons. After taking a deep breath, he pressed the fifth button and shifted his gaze toward the barrier.

With a silent simmer, it dissolved beautifully.

"You did it! You did it!"

"Sush!"

Again, Asa clasped his mouth and nodded, following his brother sneaking inside the cave. _{fгeewebnovёl.com}

"We should do it quickly before the teachers or bodyguard brothers notice," Kar said while taking Asa’s hand so they could go through the dark path together. "Someone might get suspicious because the barrier disappeared when the cave is closed."

Asa nodded and hastened his steps, taking out the small flashlight he brought as a precaution to light out their way. Thanks to their highly athletic constitution--from all the exercise their fathers imparted--they could run through the uneven terrain without any problem. Soon, they entered the starlight dome, faster than they did this afternoon.

They stopped in the middle of the dome as Kar swept his gaze around, trying to pinpoint the flicker of mana he felt during the day. "That way!" he pointed to the other side of the cave, around the ten o’clock from the entrance.

"Let’s go! Let’s go!" Asa raised his arms excitedly, since they didn’t have to whisper anymore in that place.