Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 591 People Die When They Are Killed

Excluding the ridiculous behaviors from Old Man and Rainbow Quasar, Soul Exacaliber, Magnificent Dude, the whole meeting between the 5 Returners was able to proceed smoothly.

Without any further ado, the Old Man was quickly kicked out of the meeting, leaving only the Grand Master, the Overlord, the Crimson God, and the [Rainbow Quasar, Soul Exacaliber, Magnificent Dude] in the discussion.

With the Old Man gone, these 4 were now able to discuss more plans regarding Alex and Great TimeMaster, with the Grandmaster and Overlord giving perfect ideas on how to deal with the situation.

The others pitched in their ideas too, turning the whole meeting into a successful one.

In fact, the meeting was so successful, that all the Returners from that meeting returned to their territories with contentment in their hearts.

This contentment however did not last that long, as the day after their meeting, another shocking news was suddenly announced to the world.

The headless corpse of the Crimson God was discovered inside his residence, and only his bright red blood was the only thing left ’lively’ from him...

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1 DAY AFTER THE MEETING.

"Hmm? The Crimson God is dead? And nobody knows who did it and how it was done? Uh oh, this seems to be the sign of bad times coming..."

Alex, whose body was currently lying on the bed beside a sleeping Alina, muttered these words to himself in a dazed fashion. His eyes were also wide as he said this, making it obvious that he was greatly surprised by what he had just heard.

"Just yesterday, the Great TimeMaster and I made our major moves. And now, someone else made theirs, and it led to the death of a f***king Returner! Tsk, if this goes on, this whole world will be really chaotic!"

Alex could only shake his head as he tried his best to digest the news about the Crimson God’s death.

But no matter what thinking Alex had tried to do, he still found it hard to believe that the Crimson God is dead.

After all, there had been no recorded cases yet of a Returner dying here in the Traveler’s World. The worst that happened was some Returners getting heavily injured, which was of course healed through recovery.

With that kind of statistics, the death of Crimson God is a stain that is hard to believe.

Aside from the statistics, there is still one more reason that the Crimson God’s death is hard to believe.

And that reason is the fact that the Crimson God is a Half-Step Transcendent Being!

Half-Step Transcendent Beings are hard to kill, especially with their Peak Sixth Stage Powers and their Personal Laws bolstering them.

In the case of the Crimson God, his power which was related directly to life and infernal energy makes him one of the hardest-to-kill creatures here in the Traveler’s World.

Just the amount of life force present inside the Crimson God’s Energy Clone was already overwhelming Alex’s senses, to the point that it made him feel slightly suffocated before. Since his Energy Clone was like that, then his Main Body must have monstrously higher amount of life force too!

Add his frightening mastery of Infernal Magic, and the Crimson God’s body can be considered as a treasure that is extremely hard to break.

Then there’s the Crimson God’s Personal Law too, which according to the Great TimeMaster, was around 50% near completion. That kind of Personal Law is enough to make the Crimson God’s fighting ability approach the peak, which just makes him harder to kill.

But even with that, the Crimson God still died!

And to make matters even more confusing, there were no signs that the Crimson God had fought someone at all!

Nobody in the Traveler’s World has detected the Crimson God doing anything for the last 24 hours, and not even his closest subordinates felt anything.

The Crimson God was just nowhere to be found for the last 24 hours, and when he was indeed found, it was only his corpse that was visible.

A corpse, which was as mentioned earlier, was missing its head....

With this kind of mysterious and baffling events surrounding the Crimson God’s death, Alex found it easier to believe that the Crimson God was alive.

Maybe, just maybe, all of this is just is just a trick, and that the Crimson God was still alive, hiding somewhere to recuperate...

The dumb fairy flying behind Alex quickly revoked this theory however, leaving Alex sighing in sheer disappointment.

"Hooman, the Crimson God is definitely dead. In fact, he’s so dead, that his body and treasures have been taken by T-Teacher Kuro already for her collections. Since my teacher has taken his body, you should best believe that he’s dead..." Asteria the dumb fairy said to Alex. "Why are you even doubting his death? This is the Traveler’s World, so its normal for anyone to die here! The Crimson God was just too unlucky that it was he who died this way...."

"Hmph, since you mentioned your teacher here, then it must be really true. The Crimson God is indeed dead. Tsk, guess I have no choice now but to forget about him..." Asteria might be unreliable sometimes, but Alex can definitely feel that she’s telling the truth now, hence his reluctant acceptance of the reality.

But even if he had now accepted the truth, Alex could still not shake his mind off the weirdness of the situation.

"H-hey, Asteria! Since the Crimson God is dead, then someone definitely killed him, right?[1]" Alex added, with his widely open eyes staring intently at the nearby Asteria. "But if he was indeed killed, shouldn’t there be signs of any attacks? But look at what happened earlier. We did not feel anything, not even a fart from the Crimson God. All that we just saw was his corpse in the end, which does not make sense here!"

"...."

"Tell me, Asteria. Doesn’t this death of the Crimson God look fishy to you? This feels like an..."

"You can think what you want hooman. The death of the Crimson God is an overall good thing for us, and if you really are worried, then be worried against the person who killed the Crimson God." Asteria flapped her wings in a lazy manner as she hobbled around the bed, making her dismissive words sound slightly insulting compared to before. "Someone who can kill the Crimson God this way is surely dangerous..."

"Asteria, of course I am worried about the killer of the Crimson God. But how can I perfectly worry about the killer, when I don’t even know him? Or her?" Alex tried his best to not move the bed, but his irritation at Asteria’s words made this an almost-impossible deed.

"Well, hooman. It could be-"

"Who knows, this killer might actually be a new Returner who just arrived in this world. Or maybe, the killer was actually the Great TimeMaster, and she’s the final boss here..." Alex looked uncomfortable saying this, which is already a given regarding his relationship with the mentioned woman.

"Hah? What are you saying hooman?"

"Ah erm, Asteria, just forget about my comment about the Great TimeMaster. The possibilities of this case is endless, so baseless speculations will be of no help at all. Just... just give me any of your opinions here, ok?"

"..."

"..."

"Hooman, don’t look at me like that. Even I have no idea on how the Crimson God died too."

"Oh, you don’t have any idea? Tsk, then what’s your use as a Guide to me? Are you just here to freeload us for food?"

"Freeload? You’re mean to me again Hooman!"

"Hmph, I don’t care if I am being mean to you, Asteria. What I want to know now is everything about the current situation, so your concerns will just be considered by me later!"

"You-"

"You-"

With their investigation about the Crimson God’s death now reaching a dead end, Alex and Asteria almost resorted to insulting each other again.

Fortunately for the two, Asteria was able to contain her rage, which allowed her to give Alex one piece of advice.

"Hooman, if you really want to know more regarding the death of the Crimson God, then why don’t you go and visit his body? You can clearly see more things once you see the Crimson God personally..." Asteria muttered diffidently as she scoffed at Alex. "And maybe you can know the identity of the killer through his wounds..."

"You want me to see the body of the Crimson God? Didn’t you say earlier that it was taken away by your Teacher Kuro already? Since that’s the case, how can I even see it?" Alex was right to be exasperated at this point, as Asteria’s answers was just grating his ears already.

"Asteria, what in the hell should I do? Should I visit your Teacher Kuro personally? Come on, the corpse of a Half-Step Transcendent Being is so precious, that there’s no way that your Teacher Kuro will show it-"

"Hooman, the truth is, Teacher Kuro told me that she is fine with you seeing the Crimson God’s corpse. Just go to the Roaming Inn and look for her room. Once you’re there, you can do all the watching that you want." Asteria cut-off Alex with these surprising words, making Alex’s thought process almost stop.

"H-huh? Your Teacher Kuro said that? Didn’t you say that she’s a selfish, hoarding person who does not want anyone to see her collection? Especially her corpse collection?" Alex asked hoarsely. "If your Teacher Kuro is that selfish, then why will she suddenly allow me to see the corpse? IS there something special about me that made her change her mind?"

"I don’t know. I just told you what Teacher Kuro said to me. Anything aside from that is just my speculation..." Asteria replied with a shrug,. "Speaking about Teacher Kuro, there’s actually one more thing that she told me. I think you should know about this too, hooman."

"And what could this be ’one more thing’ be?"

"Well hooman... Teacher Kuro said that aside from you, all the other Returning Travelers are allowed to see the Crimson God’s corpse too."

"Oh."

[1] People Die When They Are Killed