....


    "I can do that," Azmond replied to wdia.


    After his confirmation of her request, a few seconds passed as we made it back to the present day.


    -


    ''... What is happening right now?'' Percival thought with a look of disbelief.


    One second, he was being prodded by spikes like any other day, and the next second, he was ''visited'' by wdia and a bunch of unknown figures.


    However, in spite of the surprise he felt, he was more worried than anything.


    "...Y-You must get out of here, wdia" Percival began to mumble with a hoarse voice.


    His throat may have been ravaged over thest couple years, but if he used a little bit of his soul essence, then he was able to transmit it out.


    And it looked like it worked, as wdia and the rest of the unknown figures turned in his direction.


    After realizing that he got her attention, he continued, "I don''t know when Amonroth will be back, but when he does, he will surely kill you instead of capturing you... You must escape and go find your sister... She''s probably all alone right now"


    His expression turned a little glum when he recalled the young girl that he hadn''t seen since the beginning of their battle with the Overseers.


    He regretted leaving her behind every day of his life after that point


    He had promised her mother that he would watch and take care of her until the very end


    And yet


    Just as the aura around him was going to be even more doleful, a sudden feminine voice resounded:


    "Are you going senile, old man!? Do you not see that my power is back and that Calista is right there??" wdia shouted with a perturbed look on her face.


    "..." Percival went silent for a moment as he scanned her aura and felt that it was even stronger than it was a few months ago.


    And then his eyes darted over to a short girl with white hair and misty gray eyes.


    "...Am I really bing that old?" He thought to himself in disbelief.


    He couldn''t believe that he hadpletely forgotten to scan Calwdia''s aura!


    And that wasn''t even to mention that he hadpletely overlooked the existence of his other daughter


    "...I''m a failure as a father" Percival muttered.


    "It''s okay, old dude. I understand how you feel" Azmond murmured, his hand patting Percival''s back.


    "...It''s tough, isn''t it-? Wait! Who are you!? And how did you get in here!?"


    He hadn''t even felt a presence near him before Azmond was already inside the cage with him!


    Azmond turned his gaze down to the confused and decrepit man as he replied, "I''m Azmond, and I just walked in through the front door."


    "The front door???" Percival questioned.


    There was no front door to a cage meant to trap someone for thousands of years! What was this random young man talking about!?


    However, his queries were soon answered for him as he turned his head behind him and saw therge gaping hole in the cage.


    ''How did I not see him do that right next to me!? Just who the hell is this man!?'' He thought.


    "You don''t know about the front door, old dude? Look over there, and you''ll see the front door!" Azmond responded with a finger outstretched.


    But since Percival had already seen what he was talking about, he decided to ask another question. "Who are you really?? And why did youe in with my daughter''s??"


    *WAM! WAM!*


    Azmond pped him on the back a few times as he replied, "I already told you my name is Azmond, and as for why I came in with your daughter''s Well, I suppose you should just ask them yourself."


    Following his voice, he put his hand on the katana strapped to his back and gripped it before shing down at the spikes still stuck in Percival.


    SLICE!


    One sh and a million different attacks were consecutively unleashed onto the interior of the expansive cage.


    After the sh made contact, not only the spikes, but even the very cage itself was diced up into a million pieces!


    "!?" Percival was a little taken aback by such a disy of power.


    He wasn''t too keen on the exact level, but he was sure that the youngster before him had reached the Mahayana Realm at the very minimum!


    However, when he scanned him with his divine sense, he saw that his cultivation base was only in the Middle Soul Transformation Realm


    ''Seriously What is going on here?'' He thought with a bewildered expression.


    BZZTTT!!


    His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden fluctuation in the energy that made up the ck and red pocket dimension.


    "!?" He was puzzled over the sudden disturbance, but it didn''t take long before the source announced what he did himself.


    "Oops, it looks like I went overboard again" Azmond spoke with a wry chuckle as he looked at the once sturdy pocket dimension be nothing more than swiss cheese.


    "Are you ready to go, old dude?" He asked.


    "..." Percival was taken out of his stupor as he looked toward him and replied, "You still haven''t told me how you know my daughter''s."


    *Sigh* "This''ll have to wait until we make it out of here," Azmond replied.


    After he said his piece, he suddenly picked Percival up like a bag of potatoes and threw him over his shoulder.


    "You actually have the gall to carry me in this manner??" He questioned.


    Azmond raised his eyebrow before he responded, "Well, what were you expecting?? A fucking princess carry?? We have approximately half a millisecond before this entire ce is turned into a maelstrom of chaotic elements, so decide now if you want to live or die."


    "..." Percival observed the serious expression he was making before he gave up and resigned himself to this humiliating way of transportation.


    He was the king of a cosmic asteroid for God''s sake!


    But regardless of his grievances, Azmond took his chance while the stubborn old man was going through some inner turmoil.