Bab 232: DELIRIUM

DELIRIUM

"Do you remember the tickets that we bought from an auction some time ago. It's about time to use them", Cassandra told us suddenly.

"What tickets?" I asked her.

"The tickets to Delirium of course", she replied to me.

"Is it a concert for a new band called Delirium?" I asked in anticipation.

"No, the ticket is not for a show or concert. It is an entrance to a magical realm that opens once in many years", Meera explained to us.

Some time ago, the apostles auctioned off tickets to the realm of Delirium. Now was the time to enter this magical realm of Delirium.

"What are we going to do in Delirium?" I asked.

"You can have your long-awaited honeymoon in Delirium", Ratatouille said to me.

"Did someone say 'honeymoon'?" Melroy my friend asked me suddenly when he overheard us.

"Hell, don't you have enough of honeymoon already?" I asked him.

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"There will never be enough honey in my time with my wives", Melroy replied while hugging his many wives.

Melroy followed us to Tarah city for his honeymoon with his many wives. Apparently, his honeymoon never ends.

"I don't mind having a holiday", Cassandra said to us.

My wives were in the mood for some honeymoon too. I guess.

"How can all of us go if we only have one ticket?" Meera asked.

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I only bought one ticket to Delirium, so I came here alone to the place where the gate to Delirium opens. The entrance to Delirium.

However, I wasn't the only one going into Delirium.

My friends were hiding inside Sara's special Hell Tank that was teleported into my Faberge ring. There was magical atmosphere inside the Hell Tank that has life support function.

The holders of the tickets to Delirium were gathered in a location in Drachia kingdom in preparation for the entrance.

Everyone who came here has a reason to be here.

This was a golden opportunity to explore the mystical world of Delirium that only opens its access once every many years. The Apostles would normally not allow public access to this realm except during times of war and they were eager to obtain war fundings.

That was the only reason the apostles would allow us to come here now.

"Delirium will open now for all adventure seekers", an Apostle said to us as a heavy cloud appeared before us.

"Let us warn you that the realm is dangerous, and you may never come out of it alive, hahaha", another apostle told us and laughed.

The apostles sold us a passage into Delirium but did not guarantee a return passage. This was a risky expedition. But the people here paid a lot of money for this, and they would not turn back just because of warnings from the Apostles.

We entered the cloud that appeared and to our expectations we reached another realm.

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As we ventured forth, a fantastical realm unfurled before us, crafted entirely from billowing clouds.

The ground beneath our feet resembled undulating waves of light yellow, akin to the ebb and flow of the ocean. Above, the sky was a canvas of misty clouds, weaving intricate shapes reminiscent of otherworldly creatures that danced across the heavens.

Exploring this ethereal landscape, we soon discovered that it was not a mere plain but rather the crest of a towering hill. The entire expanse of this cloud-kissed realm rested upon rolling hills, their peaks ascending into the boundless sky.

In the distance, a magnificent rainbow stretched across the horizon, its vibrant hues leading the way to a castle crafted from clouds of every color imaginable.

This fabled structure, known as the Castle of Delirium, beckoned to us with promises of untold treasures.

Navigating this shifting realm proved to be a formidable task, for the hills and pathways beneath us were anything but stable.

They swayed and shifted, constantly in motion, rendering our journey towards the castle an intricate dance upon the ever-changing landscape. It soon became clear that we were ensnared within a labyrinth of moving clouds, thwarting our every attempt to reach our coveted destination.

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"It is impossible to navigate in this world when the ground moves away from our destination", one adventurer complained loudly.

"We can only fly to our destination", another adventurer suggested.

Several adventurers rose into the air as they tried to fly to the castle on the far horizon.

Suddenly, the large clouds in the sky rushed toward the flying adventurers throwing them back to the ground by the force of their winds before covering the ground with mist.

"We can't see anything inside the fog", someone complained.

We were surrounded by a blinding fog after some adventurers tried to fly to the Castle of Delirium.

Flying to the Castle of Delirium was considered cheating and the cloud formed animals in the sky would stop us.

I took the opportunity from the obscured vision to call out my friends.

Sara, Rinna, Chash, Cassandra and Meera took turns to be teleported out from the Hell Tank in my Faberge egg, before I brought Melroy out with his wives.

"Hey, I can't see anything here", Melroy complained as he hugged his wives.

Melroy and his wives insisted on coming to Delirium because they had never been here before.

"The fog will clear after a while. Someone must have tried to fly to the Castle of Delirium", Yasha, Melroy's eldest wife told us.

Then I brought out the thieves from the Temple of Solomon. They wanted to get to Delirium on a special mission and I helped bring them here.

"Are we in Delirium?" Camliden asked me.

"I believe so. What is your mission here?" I asked him.

"We came to look for a special element that can improve our shadow magic", Camliden told me.

"Are you going to the Castle of Delirium?" Cassandra asked him.

"No, the element wouldn't be found there", Camliden replied to me.

Soon, Camliden and his thieves went on their way. Our destination and routes weren't the same.

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Bab 233: SNATCHED BY EAGLES

SNATCHED BY EAGLES

"I guess it is just the few of us here", Melroy said to us as the fog in the sky cleared like what Yasha predicted.

"What do you think? How do we get to the castle over the other end?" I asked Sara.

"The grounds are moving in a trajectory that brings us back to our point of origin. We can't walk to the castle. This bloody realm is stopping us", she told us of her observation.

"We can't walk to the castle and the clouds will attack us if we fly, how do we get to the castle?" Chash asked us.

We stayed in the yellow cloud hill for some time until the light went out in this realm.

While we were wondering about what to do, suddenly, several clouds formed like eagles rushed toward us. With their large claws the cloud eagles started to grab the adventurers.

Several adventurers were taken by the eagles and none of us could stop them to our shock and horror.

"Why is the cloud taking our people?" Rinna asked us.

"Usually, the realm of Delirium will only prevent people going to Castle Delirium but will not harm them", Yasha told us from her knowledge and experience.

Yasha was once one of the Black Bishops of the Dark Church of Nerakah. Although she had never been here before, she was more familiar with the place than the rest of us.

On the next day, before the lights came up, we were surprised when those people who were taken by the cloud formed like eagles returned them to us.

We checked these people and found them to be unharmed.

"These idiots are not harmed but they lost all the magic in their body, some of the loss is permanent", Sara told us about what she saw in the returned adventurers.

"Where did the eagles bring you?" we asked the returned adventurers.

"We were taken by the eagles to another cloud peak. A monster there channeled his magic at us and made us sleep. When we awoke, we returned here but our magic is gone", one of the returned adventurers told us.

"Is there someone else in this world on the other peaks?" I asked Sara.

"There is another idiot over there in that peak", Sara told me and pointed to another cloud formed peak.

"Is the monster from there?" Cassandra asked.

That cloud formed peak was where the cloud filled eagles took the adventurers came from and where they brought them away for the night.

"What are you thinking?" Rinna asked me when she saw me pondering about the matter.

"We should check out the guy or monster over at the other peak since we couldn't get to the Castle of Delirium ourselves. There might be clues there on the peak on how to get to the castle", I told them.

"How do we get there, we can't fly in this realm? There is magic that prevents flying in this realm," Melroy asked me.

The others shared the same question as Melroy although they didn't ask out loud.

"The only thing that can fly in this world are the cloud formed eagles", Sara informed us.

"I know how to get there to the other peak and without us flying there", I replied to them.

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The day came and gone but we still couldn't find a way to get to the Castle of Delirium.

"The eagles are back", someone shouted and ran as the night touched down.

But I did not run like the others.

Soon, the eagle found me and thought I was easy prey. The eagle swooped toward me and grabbed me into the sky. The eagle soon brought me into the air before we flew away.

In a short while, we reached another cloud peak. The same cloud peak where the eagles came from and the mysterious person in Delirium resided in.

Suddenly, someone walked out from a cloud cave to meet us. To my shock and surprise, he looked familiar.

"Ah… who do we have here? I'll have another feast on your magic tonight", the guy said to us.

The guy checked our magic by probing us immediately.

He was satisfied with the magic of the other adventurers who were captured, but he frowned when he met me.

"How did an Awakening tier come into Delirium?" the guy asked.

My chaos magic caused the reading of my magic to be misrepresented on the low side. I also cast a unique chaos magic that could lower my magic reading even more.

"Chaos Suppression"

"An awakening tier is not worth the effort of my exertion to extract magic from", the guy complained to me.

"Please don't kill me?" I pleaded with the guy.

The guy thought about it for a while before he replied to me, "I won't kill you. I will just take your magic like the others".

"But I don't have much magic. It is a waste of your time", I replied to him.

This guy was taking magic from the victims snatched here by the cloud eagles. But it probably took more effort from him to steal magic from an Awakening tier than the benefit from it.

I was useless to him.

The guy thought about it again and scratched his head. My appearance here gave him much trouble.

"I'll kill you. That will solve this", he replied to me.

"Master, my magic is weak, but I can work for you. Please do not kill me", I pleaded with the mysterious guy.

The guy thought about my offer for a while as he counted with his fingers. He was calculating the chores that he has to do.

"I don't need a slave. I am usually alone", the guy told me.

I am beginning to have a conversation with the guy and he gave me a lesser than clever impression.

"But I have so much to do", he continued as he counted with his fingers again.

"Why don't you try my service for a day then you can decide whether you want to keep me. I'll help you do all your chores", I asked the guy and pleaded with him.

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