章節 107: The heck did I just see...? O_O

Once the light show ended, Shuhang opened his eyes only to discover that he wasn't in his room as planned, but actually ended up teleporting to just outside of the 5 stories building that he now claims as his house. Well... It's technically Sixteen's house but eh... Toh-may-toh Toh-mah-toh.

Shuhang: "Uh...? The heck? I thought for sure that making such mistake was beneath me since awhile ago. Did I leave too quickly that I forgot to double check on the coordinates?"

After looking around, Shuhang had discovered that it was still night time like before he went to the Dxd world. Checking his phone to make sure, he saw that the date and time really was almost the same and hasn't changed much. Only about 2 hours had passed by.

Shuhang: "Guess that confirms it. Time flows a lot faster over there than it is in this world... Who knows, maybe by the next time I go, a decade would have passed and 'canon' would start. Whatever was left of said 'Canon story' that is... seeing as I fudged the lot of it this visit."

Shrugging off his mini discovery, Shuhang proceeded to the open the door and entered the house. What he saw instead of the expected entrance way however was an endless expanse of sand. Nothing but sand in all direction. There was even the occasional hot air also flowing through. Blinking at this for a bit, Shuhang slowly shut the door once more instead of going in.

Shuhang: "Huh... No wonder why I missed my intended destination. My 'Luck' must have kicked in which caused me to misinput the coordinates. Did Ah White suddenly gain some sort of 'enlightenment' while tearing the house down or something?"

Suddenly, Ddraig's voice resounded in his mind.

[Uh. Partner. There's a slight pro--]

Whatever he wanted to say however got cut off by Shuhang as he suddenly realized something.

Shuhang: "Oh shit! The girls!"

It might have taken a moment, but Shuhang finally remembered about Rin, Illya, Rider, and Saber which were left behind. It should... be fine for the heroic spirits (probably?) as they're not truly 'alive' and made of tougher stuff-- Saber especially. Illya and Rin on the other hand are still plain mortals, magus or no.

Shuhang: "Damn, I got careless since it's been awhile and Ah White's cultivation 'disease' hadnt ever kicked in ever since I picked him up."

[Partner, listen to me. There's a situa--]

Again, Ddraig tried to tell Shuhang something. And yet again, Shuhang dismissed his concern without too much thought.

Shuhang: "Not now, Ddraig. There's an emergency situation I need to take care of asap! Anyways... It should have been at most an hour since this 'True Illusion' went live. Between the harsh desert environment and the 'Youth in green', hopefully, they're doing alright... In the worst case scenario, I could always revive them but I'd rather it not get to that point..."

And with that last line of thought, Shuhang unhesitanly opened the door once more and jumped in without looking back.

[....but there's an emergency in here too.]

Letting out a tired sigh, Ddraig turned to the side, and glanced at the expressionless loli dressed in black. (Uh, Why... Is she just blankly starting at the 'Nascent Soul'? She's not going to eat it right...?) As if noticing Ddraig's gaze, said loli turned around and tilted her head slightly as if to ask Ddraig what he wanted. At that, Ddraig couldn't help but let out another sigh.

As for Doudou and Sixteen? There's no need to worry about them at all. At their current 4th stage, Inborn realm, they could just sit still and do nothing until the True Illusion collapse and they'd still be fine.

[Don't blame me later for not letting you know... Hmm. Swimming sounds nice right about now...]

The moment he got in and closed the door behind him, Shuhang came to a stop as he just realized he didn't know which person he should get to first.

Shuhang: "Alright. Who should I look for first? Rin or Illya?... No wait. Illya has Berserker with her so she should be in a better situation than Rin."

With no further thought, Shuhang simulated his connection with Rin via the [Command Crests]. I'm no time at all, Shuhang was able to the person he was looking for... Or so he thought was going to happen as at the very next moment, a crisp voice had interrupted him.

???: "Little White. Little White! I finally found you."

Shuhang: "😑... So quick? I thought it would have taken a bit longer for you to appear..."

Shuhang's complaint was of course ignored as expected.

Youth: "Little White, where did you run off to, I thought you lost your way."

Suddenly, Shuhang got another idea. Instead of saving the girls one by one, why not just go to the source of this trouble and end the True Illusion all in one go? On the other hand, he could also forcefully destroy the True Illusion itself. The only problem with that method though... He didn't know what effect it would have on Venerable White were he to really do that. Standing on the side with his White Horse, the Youth in green robe continued his one sided conversation.

Youth: "Little White, shall we train some hand-to-hand combat techniques?"

Just as Shuhang was about to ignore the green robed young man and going Venerable White's location, Shuhang's [Divine Sight] as well as [Library of Heaven's Path] activated all on their own. Immediately afterward, something strange happened which gave Shuhang a pause as he got weirded out by what he witnessed.

*BZZT!!*

The world is broken... Or rather, the True Illusion is 'glitched' somehow. Most of Shuhang's views now occupied with all sorts of 'cracks' in all directions. Everything that Shuhang could lay his eyes on started to stutter like an online video that didn't 'load' right and have missing pieces.

Soon, Shuhang's field of vision was replaced by a really blurry vision. Then out of nowhere, Shuhang heard a voice that would continue to haunt and confuse him for a long time to come.

???: "I --bzzt-- Seal.... --bzzt--.....od girl --bzzzt--&:^€~883;&$3784"

The vision abruptly ended at this point and with it, the True Illusion came to an end as well.

Shuhang: ".....the hell was that?"