Chapter 168 (1/2)

When the restraint that blocked the resonance between the two had been broken, Noah saw a huge net of mana hanging over Maobiana. The net, designed like a spider’s web, fluttered gently whenever the clouds shifted, and the stars poked their heads out in between the grids.

“This is the passage, Noah.” Muell looked back at her, and the child’s thoughts flowed straight into her mind as if they were her own.

Certainly, it was odd. The tale of Noah crossing another dimension as a soul through a mere storybook acting as a medium, and that ancient dragons could go in and out of this world meant that there existed a way to connect the different worlds.

Maobiana had been a passage during the times of antiquity when dragons crossed over to Mute, and perhaps, somewhere in that infinite universe, there is a door to the world where Park Noah lived.

If I could go back to my world… If my body hasn’t lost life yet… Then it’s not theoretically impossible to get my body back.

Noah could feel all the thoughts that filled her head were also conveyed to Muell. She looked down at the little boy and moistened her lips. “…Will it work, Mu?”

“If that’s what Noah wants.” Muell gave a big smile.

“Let’s find it together!” These words echoed inside her head, and Noah made a decision as soon as she heard the child’s enthusiastic voice. What they ought to do wasn’t merely go after Adrian. Here, in Maobiana, was the only place where Noah grasped the chance to retrieve her original body despite not knowing which dimension she was stuck in.

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Of course, there were things to be accomplished before they could achieve such a feat. The fundamental purpose of their coming was to find answers that they persistently sought.

“So, that means the owner of the mine had ordered to mine some of the undeveloped areas behind Maobiana.”

The tapes from a small portable recorder ran with a click, recording every word of their conversation. At Kyle’s sharp question, a young boy, who was one of the missing miners, answered vaguely.