Xiao Qiangwei turned towards Sora and Shiro.
Xiao Qiangwei: Alright, explain things to Steph and Izuna, they think you would really sacrifice Ino.
Sora: Huh? For real?
Steph: W-Wait… Didn't you want to sacrifice Ino-san?
Sora: I can't possibly let a living cultural artifact like Izuna get depressed, and Ino, that real man among men, how could I leave him… Steph, it's not possible to not get tired, but you need to wake up before you start sleep talking nonsenses like this!
Also, I said we would come back, didn't I? Amira can't lay a hand on Ino since he's the only way they can get us to rejoin the game, and if they do they can only become slaves.
Steph: B-But about Ino-san, Miko-san said "We won't do anything"
Sora: Of course, Miko-san let us use Ino as proof, while the rest is our job. Miko-san continuously used an ability "Blood Devastation" that might cost her life, even offering an important subordinate of hers to us…
Now it's our turn to do our best, exactly what it sounds like, we need to put our lives on the line.
While Sora announced cheerfully, Shiro and Xiao Qiangwei nodded in agreement.
Sora: That's called working together, right?
A small shadow passed by Steph, and Izuna looked up with her eyes red and swollen at Sora and Shiro somewhat uneasily.
Izuna: You all are planning to save Grandpa, des?
Sora: But of course, I'll definitely get the old man back, I'll make a promise with you.
The uneasy gaze shifted towards Shiro, and was welcomed with confirmation.
Shiro: ...Izuna-tan… Believe in Nii…
And at last, it came to Xiao Qiangwei, who opened an eye at her and smirked.
Xiao Qiangwei: Don't worry, we will do it, and if you forgot about it, I am forced by the pledges anyway since I lost, so we will get your old man.
Izuna: ...Mm, I believe you, des.
Sora: Alright, someone believes me, des.
Sora spoke jokingly, causing a small giggle to come out from Shiro and Xiao Qiangwei.
Xiao Qiangwei: Ah… Right, Steph, you made another mistake.
Steph: Huh?
Xiao Qiangwei: Sacrificing Ino to get two races… Like we talked about before, sacrificing Ino is wrong, and… It's three races.
…
Steph: ...Eh?
Xiao Qiangwei: Jibril.
Jibril: I'm here.
Xiao Qiangwei: Where did you find about the information about the Empress' game?
Jibril: My hometown… Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: Anyway, with the way you flugel do things, you must have gathered all sorts of written resources from all over the world, right?
Jibril: Yes, of course, there isn't a library bigger than Avant Heim, probably the only one place that might have more books is the Higher Heaven Sect from what His Highness told me, but I can confirm that no one else could get as many books as us.
Xiao Qiangwei: Last question, how much strong am I compared to the other Flugel?
Jibril: Honestly, you could beat many of them, except me, but I don't know about a grouped assault.
Xiao Qiangwei: Alright, Steph, Izuna, go to search for information in the late king's books, I don't believe that the king that had exposed the Eastern Federation's game wouldn't do any other research regarding neighboring nations, search for anything that could connect with this subject.
Steph: Alright, leave it to me.
Izuna: ...I understand, des.
Plum: ...Um, about that… W-What should we do…?
Xiao Qiangwei: Everyone remaining here, you included, we will go in a place that I wanted to go some time ago… Avant Heim.
Jibril: Finally, finally! A new Master to rule us Flugel is to sit on the throne… Ah, to think that such a grand day would come so early!
Plum: Kyaaaaaahhhhh please no! I don't want to go to the lair of monsters like those!
Jibril knelt on the ground and began to pray with a force that kicked up all the sand around her, while Plum was struggling, and yelling in an attempt to get away, but was restricted by Xiao Qiangwei.
Sora ignored the commotion and grasped Shiro's hand.
Sora: To a new adventure!
*Pop*
[At Avant Heim]
They were currently 20 kilometers in the sky, a joke for Xiao Qiangwei to cover with his Immortal Senses, and now he was looking at the scenery in front of him with a dumbfounded face.
First, try to imagine a Rubik's cube.
Then, hand this Rubik's Cube that requires a certain level of intelligence over to someone that is pretty far off from that certain level of intelligence.
After being forcibly taken apart by a pair of pliers, the splinters of the Rubik's cube would then be splattered all about the floor.
Now, resist the urge to complain, and repeat those previous actions about a thousand more time, add a sun at the top of the place, and here it is.
So? Do you get it now?
Jibril: Welcome to my hometown located on the back of the Phantasmas, the floating city… Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...In the Higher Heaven Sect we can easily teleport, fly, and other things… But there were roads anyways… Nevermind. Guys, be careful, the air around here is somewhat thin.
Sora and Shiro nodded, and looked around while Xiao Qiangwei used his Immortal Senses.
Xiao Qiangwei: Nice… This place is even bigger than I can see…
Jibril: Avant Heim is a Phantasma ranked second among the Exceed. This race is ranked even higher than the race that is the source of the Elemental Galleries in this world, the Elementals, and they are organisms completely independent from all normal forms of reproduction.
To put it simply… Avant Heim is another world entirely, that's all you need to know.
Shiro: Hmm… I see…
Sora: I don't get it.
Xiao Qiangwei: It's basically a pocket dimension.
Sora: Ohhh…
Xiao Qiangwei: Still, I've seen better, I admit that this place is rich of energy that I can absorb, but… The fuck is this supposed to be?
JibriL: What!? This place will eventually be the throne of His Highness, to think that you'd actually dislike it, it really makes me disappointed…
Xiao Qiangwei: Speaking of which, you should probably do something with Plum…
Everyone looked at Plum…
Plum: Aaaaahhhh, the sun! The sun! I'm going to melt! I'm going to melt, burn and evaporate!
Plum was crouching down with his body scrunched up into a ball and his hood covering his face while crying continuously.
Jibril: Ah, I'm sorry… I completely forgot about you, are you still alive?
Plum: I'll be dead in a few seconds! My power is decreasing drastically!!
Xiao Qiangwei: *Sigh* Jibril, take us somewhere where all the information is concentrated, and it would be best if it's indoors…
Jibril: Ok, so please grasp my arms, and then…
She appeared somewhat nervous, but yet her expression was simultaneously unreadable as well, she grasped onto everyone's arms and spoke.
Jibril: ...His Highness, I understand that it's extremely rude for me to raise such requests… But could you please agree to two requests of mine?
Xiao Qiangwei: Hm?
Jibril: ...Please don't be disappointed, and please believe.
Xiao Qiangwei didn't understand her words at all, and Jibril shouted.
Jibril: That thing over there.
Plum: Y-Yes!?
Jibril: I don't mind leaving you behind here… So could you please hurry up?
Plum: Ah, I'll be there right this instant, don't leave me!
Plum hurriedly stood up and dashed over, and in the instant she grabbed onto Jibril, the scenery changed as well.
[Another place]
They didn't teleported that far away, Xiao Qiangwei could still sense the place where they teleported from, and then the guests looked around.
This place was even more solemn and immense than the Elchean National Library Jibril had hogged for herself… It was a humongous library, it is almost around the size of the library of the Piercing Sky Sect or Higher Heaven Sect.
The high-perched ceilings appeared to stretch up to ten stories high, and the interior was designed like an ancient ruin, with stone-made pillars and stairs, intersecting corridors and curved walkways with intertwining vines growing all over them.
On the other hand, there was random memorabilia scattered around the entire place as well, and stairs and walkways arranged in impossible fashions like a surrealist M.C. Escher painting were all over the place.
And what lit them up was, gigantic fixtures of painted glass that were definitely not on any walls, as well as infinite amounts of floating lanterns. It was a dream-like yet elegant place… But it was a blasphemous library completely incomprehensible to the likes of the imanity.
Xiao Qiangwei observed that the library appeared to be ravaged by strong winds, and large amounts of books were dancing about in mid-air in spiral patterns. Probably because Jibril transported air too.
And Xiao Qiangwei could observe a flugel under the books… Poor girl…
Xiao Qiangwei: Uhhh…
Jibril: Don't worry about it, His Highness, the owner of this place is the creator of the Book Equality Law. Her books are the Flugel's books, I am a Flugel, so her books are my books.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Nice, in short this is Communism… Everything is for everyone.
Jibril: Yes.
She confirmed, and then a voice came out from the books that fell.
?: Aaaaahhh! The books! All the books I haven't finished!!
Everyone looked towards the source of this outcry.
Shiro: ...Whoa…
Even Shiro couldn't help but cry out in awe, the person standing there was an extraordinary beautiful young girl.
The halo spinning around on her head, and the wings stretched out from her waist suggested that she was a Flugel just like Jibril. However the pattern drawn in the air by her spinning halo was even more complicated than Jibril's.
The largest difference between them was that she had a single horn protruding from her jade-green hair.
She was doing her hardest to collect all the books, and when she finished, she landed beside Jibril and spoke.
?: Ugh… Jii-chan you're mean, nyan…
The saddened expression on her face immediately shifted to an angelic smile.
?: Is this what I think it is, nyan? Is it those pranks that people play on their loved ones, nyan? Aww… Jii-chan I haven't seen you in so long… Nyaaaa!?
Jibril brilliantly teleported away in order to dodge her flying lunge towards her, making her crash into a pile of books, then she spoke blandly from behind Xiao Qiangwei.
Jibril: His Highness, I'll introduce her to you, she's the one that approved the dastardly "Book Equality Law", the head of the Council of the Eighteen Wings of Avant Heim, the Full Representative of the Winged that has the right to make the final decisions regarding the country's affairs…
She sighed and continued.
Jibril: Azrael-senpai.
Then Xiao Qiangwei seen the girl already hugging Jibril tightly while rubbing her violently with her cheeks over a span of time so short that only he himself noticed.
Azrael: Nyan… Jii-chan is so mean… I haven't seen you for so long, but you're still as cold as ever… But! That's fine too!!
Jibril: Azrael-senpai is as annoying as ever as well.
…
Xiao Qiangwei: 'Now I get why Jibril told me to not get disappointed…'
Xiao Qiangwei turned towards Sora and Shiro.
Xiao Qiangwei: Alright, explain things to Steph and Izuna, they think you would really sacrifice Ino.
Sora: Huh? For real?
Steph: W-Wait… Didn't you want to sacrifice Ino-san?
Sora: I can't possibly let a living cultural artifact like Izuna get depressed, and Ino, that real man among men, how could I leave him… Steph, it's not possible to not get tired, but you need to wake up before you start sleep talking nonsenses like this!
Also, I said we would come back, didn't I? Amira can't lay a hand on Ino since he's the only way they can get us to rejoin the game, and if they do they can only become slaves.
Steph: B-But about Ino-san, Miko-san said "We won't do anything"
Sora: Of course, Miko-san let us use Ino as proof, while the rest is our job. Miko-san continuously used an ability "Blood Devastation" that might cost her life, even offering an important subordinate of hers to us…
Now it's our turn to do our best, exactly what it sounds like, we need to put our lives on the line.
While Sora announced cheerfully, Shiro and Xiao Qiangwei nodded in agreement.
Sora: That's called working together, right?
A small shadow passed by Steph, and Izuna looked up with her eyes red and swollen at Sora and Shiro somewhat uneasily.
Izuna: You all are planning to save Grandpa, des?
Sora: But of course, I'll definitely get the old man back, I'll make a promise with you.
The uneasy gaze shifted towards Shiro, and was welcomed with confirmation.
Shiro: ...Izuna-tan… Believe in Nii…
And at last, it came to Xiao Qiangwei, who opened an eye at her and smirked.
Xiao Qiangwei: Don't worry, we will do it, and if you forgot about it, I am forced by the pledges anyway since I lost, so we will get your old man.
Izuna: ...Mm, I believe you, des.
Sora: Alright, someone believes me, des.
Sora spoke jokingly, causing a small giggle to come out from Shiro and Xiao Qiangwei.
Xiao Qiangwei: Ah… Right, Steph, you made another mistake.
Steph: Huh?
Xiao Qiangwei: Sacrificing Ino to get two races… Like we talked about before, sacrificing Ino is wrong, and… It's three races.
…
Steph: ...Eh?
Xiao Qiangwei: Jibril.
Jibril: I'm here.
Xiao Qiangwei: Where did you find about the information about the Empress' game?
Jibril: My hometown… Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: Anyway, with the way you flugel do things, you must have gathered all sorts of written resources from all over the world, right?
Jibril: Yes, of course, there isn't a library bigger than Avant Heim, probably the only one place that might have more books is the Higher Heaven Sect from what His Highness told me, but I can confirm that no one else could get as many books as us.
Xiao Qiangwei: Last question, how much strong am I compared to the other Flugel?
Jibril: Honestly, you could beat many of them, except me, but I don't know about a grouped assault.
Xiao Qiangwei: Alright, Steph, Izuna, go to search for information in the late king's books, I don't believe that the king that had exposed the Eastern Federation's game wouldn't do any other research regarding neighboring nations, search for anything that could connect with this subject.
Steph: Alright, leave it to me.
Izuna: ...I understand, des.
Plum: ...Um, about that… W-What should we do…?
Xiao Qiangwei: Everyone remaining here, you included, we will go in a place that I wanted to go some time ago… Avant Heim.
Jibril: Finally, finally! A new Master to rule us Flugel is to sit on the throne… Ah, to think that such a grand day would come so early!
Plum: Kyaaaaaahhhhh please no! I don't want to go to the lair of monsters like those!
Jibril knelt on the ground and began to pray with a force that kicked up all the sand around her, while Plum was struggling, and yelling in an attempt to get away, but was restricted by Xiao Qiangwei.
Sora ignored the commotion and grasped Shiro's hand.
Sora: To a new adventure!
*Pop*
[At Avant Heim]
They were currently 20 kilometers in the sky, a joke for Xiao Qiangwei to cover with his Immortal Senses, and now he was looking at the scenery in front of him with a dumbfounded face.
First, try to imagine a Rubik's cube.
Then, hand this Rubik's Cube that requires a certain level of intelligence over to someone that is pretty far off from that certain level of intelligence.
After being forcibly taken apart by a pair of pliers, the splinters of the Rubik's cube would then be splattered all about the floor.
Now, resist the urge to complain, and repeat those previous actions about a thousand more time, add a sun at the top of the place, and here it is.
So? Do you get it now?
Jibril: Welcome to my hometown located on the back of the Phantasmas, the floating city… Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...In the Higher Heaven Sect we can easily teleport, fly, and other things… But there were roads anyways… Nevermind. Guys, be careful, the air around here is somewhat thin.
Sora and Shiro nodded, and looked around while Xiao Qiangwei used his Immortal Senses.
Xiao Qiangwei: Nice… This place is even bigger than I can see…
Jibril: Avant Heim is a Phantasma ranked second among the Exceed. This race is ranked even higher than the race that is the source of the Elemental Galleries in this world, the Elementals, and they are organisms completely independent from all normal forms of reproduction.
To put it simply… Avant Heim is another world entirely, that's all you need to know.
Shiro: Hmm… I see…
Sora: I don't get it.
Xiao Qiangwei: It's basically a pocket dimension.
Sora: Ohhh…
Xiao Qiangwei: Still, I've seen better, I admit that this place is rich of energy that I can absorb, but… The fuck is this supposed to be?
JibriL: What!? This place will eventually be the throne of His Highness, to think that you'd actually dislike it, it really makes me disappointed…
Xiao Qiangwei: Speaking of which, you should probably do something with Plum…
Everyone looked at Plum…
Plum: Aaaaahhhh, the sun! The sun! I'm going to melt! I'm going to melt, burn and evaporate!
Plum was crouching down with his body scrunched up into a ball and his hood covering his face while crying continuously.
Jibril: Ah, I'm sorry… I completely forgot about you, are you still alive?
Plum: I'll be dead in a few seconds! My power is decreasing drastically!!
Xiao Qiangwei: *Sigh* Jibril, take us somewhere where all the information is concentrated, and it would be best if it's indoors…
Jibril: Ok, so please grasp my arms, and then…
She appeared somewhat nervous, but yet her expression was simultaneously unreadable as well, she grasped onto everyone's arms and spoke.
Jibril: ...His Highness, I understand that it's extremely rude for me to raise such requests… But could you please agree to two requests of mine?
Xiao Qiangwei: Hm?
Jibril: ...Please don't be disappointed, and please believe.
Xiao Qiangwei didn't understand her words at all, and Jibril shouted.
Jibril: That thing over there.
Plum: Y-Yes!?
Jibril: I don't mind leaving you behind here… So could you please hurry up?
Plum: Ah, I'll be there right this instant, don't leave me!
Plum hurriedly stood up and dashed over, and in the instant she grabbed onto Jibril, the scenery changed as well.
[Another place]
They didn't teleported that far away, Xiao Qiangwei could still sense the place where they teleported from, and then the guests looked around.
This place was even more solemn and immense than the Elchean National Library Jibril had hogged for herself… It was a humongous library, it is almost around the size of the library of the Piercing Sky Sect or Higher Heaven Sect.
The high-perched ceilings appeared to stretch up to ten stories high, and the interior was designed like an ancient ruin, with stone-made pillars and stairs, intersecting corridors and curved walkways with intertwining vines growing all over them.
On the other hand, there was random memorabilia scattered around the entire place as well, and stairs and walkways arranged in impossible fashions like a surrealist M.C. Escher painting were all over the place.
And what lit them up was, gigantic fixtures of painted glass that were definitely not on any walls, as well as infinite amounts of floating lanterns. It was a dream-like yet elegant place… But it was a blasphemous library completely incomprehensible to the likes of the imanity.
Xiao Qiangwei observed that the library appeared to be ravaged by strong winds, and large amounts of books were dancing about in mid-air in spiral patterns. Probably because Jibril transported air too.
And Xiao Qiangwei could observe a flugel under the books… Poor girl…
Xiao Qiangwei: Uhhh…
Jibril: Don't worry about it, His Highness, the owner of this place is the creator of the Book Equality Law. Her books are the Flugel's books, I am a Flugel, so her books are my books.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Nice, in short this is Communism… Everything is for everyone.
Jibril: Yes.
She confirmed, and then a voice came out from the books that fell.
?: Aaaaahhh! The books! All the books I haven't finished!!
Everyone looked towards the source of this outcry.
Shiro: ...Whoa…
Even Shiro couldn't help but cry out in awe, the person standing there was an extraordinary beautiful young girl.
The halo spinning around on her head, and the wings stretched out from her waist suggested that she was a Flugel just like Jibril. However the pattern drawn in the air by her spinning halo was even more complicated than Jibril's.
The largest difference between them was that she had a single horn protruding from her jade-green hair.
She was doing her hardest to collect all the books, and when she finished, she landed beside Jibril and spoke.
?: Ugh… Jii-chan you're mean, nyan…
The saddened expression on her face immediately shifted to an angelic smile.
?: Is this what I think it is, nyan? Is it those pranks that people play on their loved ones, nyan? Aww… Jii-chan I haven't seen you in so long… Nyaaaa!?
Jibril brilliantly teleported away in order to dodge her flying lunge towards her, making her crash into a pile of books, then she spoke blandly from behind Xiao Qiangwei.
Jibril: His Highness, I'll introduce her to you, she's the one that approved the dastardly "Book Equality Law", the head of the Council of the Eighteen Wings of Avant Heim, the Full Representative of the Winged that has the right to make the final decisions regarding the country's affairs…
She sighed and continued.
Jibril: Azrael-senpai.
Then Xiao Qiangwei seen the girl already hugging Jibril tightly while rubbing her violently with her cheeks over a span of time so short that only he himself noticed.
Azrael: Nyan… Jii-chan is so mean… I haven't seen you for so long, but you're still as cold as ever… But! That's fine too!!
Jibril: Azrael-senpai is as annoying as ever as well.
…
Xiao Qiangwei: 'Now I get why Jibril told me to not get disappointed…'
