The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 376 Reaching the secret vault (II)

Cain's Ego Wave invaded the Wave King, and the fear within this one was so immense that he could put the man into hypnosis without a problem. It was only then that he turned toward Farius, using his Ego Wave to monitor the man's heart rate and brainwaves.

While the most effective path would have been to hypnotize Farius as well, Cain was not confident in his ability to forcefully compel a Middle Wave King, and he could not afford to suffer a backlash.

Instead of hypnotizing Farius, Cain planned to monitor this one's vitals to detect any lies and would use Timothy and the Early Wave King to fill in the blanks.

"Answer my question honestly and thoroughly, or else you will end up like him."

Farius knew he needed to maintain a strong front if he wanted to survive, but the fear was too much. The idea of lying faded from his mind when he saw the other two being hypnotized since they might uncover his farce.

"Is this the real Secret Vault of the Azure Royal Family?"

"Ye... Yes. This is the vault the Elders and even the King use to collect their shady belongings!"

Cain was able to relax, knowing they were in the right place. After all, Timothy might have lied from the beginning, and this place was solely a secret prison and nothing more.

Most likely, the reason why Timothy brought Ocius here, despite intending to kill this one from the beginning, was because they could take care of him without drawing attention from the outside.

"Are there any more people beyond the metal gate? Will they be alerted of our arrival?"

Farius immediately shook his head, but Cain's eyes began to lose their light, becoming emotionless to the point that it terrified the Middle Wave King.

"I am telling the truth! There is an Apotheosis Realm Battle Puppet, but only an Elder can activate it, so unless they are alerted, it will not act!" Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire

Cain's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at the Early Wave King, who subtly nodded. That was excellent news since even if he and Krane, working together, could face an Apotheosis Realm Master, it would take all their strength and might alert people.

"Open the gate and let us enter the Secret Vault."

Shortly after Cain uttered those words, Farius felt the jamming signal disappear, allowing him to use his A.I. Chip to command the metal gates. The first thought that crossed his mind was to contact the outside world so the Azure Royal Family's Elders could come to rescue them, but the fear in his heart was too much, and he ended up just following Cain's command.

Cain saw the metal gate split above and beneath them, allowing them to carry on to the Secret Vault as well as the path back to the surface. He was not worried about Farius trying to communicate with the outside world since he could have easily intercepted those signals.

Before marching down, Cain used his Ego Wave to knock out the bloody Zalan and sent this one into his space ring.

Farius saw that, and a glimmer of hope appeared in his heart. Since the man in the red helmet did not kill Zalan, there might be a way out.

Krane disassembled the wooden cage but maintained the branches that held Farius in place.

Cain went down with Timothy and the Early Wave King by his side, while Krane brought Farius with him. It did not take long for the five to reach the other end of the hole, and what they saw was a massive black metallic room with twelve small metal pillars emerging from the ground.

In the back, there was a five-meter-tall humanoid entity with twelve eyes and six arms. Solemn expressions appeared in Cain and Krane as they saw it since it was formidable. Luckily for the duo, it was inactive.

There was no wealth or anything of the sort visible to the eye in the metallic room other than the twelve small metal pillars. However, Cain was not surprised since it would not make sense for a sea of cultivation treasures to just be lying around.

Cain's eyes focused on the pillars, and as he expected, each contained a pocket dimension capable of holding life inside.

"These are the special space treasures where each Azure Elder stored their questionable belongings, right?"

Farius immediately nodded.

"Which one is used by the Azure King?"

Farius froze as he heard that question. If the belongings of an Elder were to be stolen, he would be in serious trouble, but if those belonging to the King vanished, then there was no way he would survive.

However, as soon as Cain turned to him, the fear in the Middle Wave King overcame his rational mind, and he immediately pointed to one black pillar on the far left. It did not seem any different than the others, which made sense after all – why would the Azure King want his pillar drawing more attention than needed?

"I cannot open them; only the owners can. I swear I am telling the truth!"

Farius shouted as he was terrified that Cain would demand he open access to the storage dimension inside the pillar.

Luckily for Farius, Cain never expected this one to open the storage dimension; after all, it would not make sense for a guard to have access to all of them.

Cain walked to the storage dimension of the Azure King and placed his hand over it. He did not attempt to use his Ego Wave to invade the artifact since he was sure that he would not be able to do so.

Cain's Ego Wave was formidable, especially for someone so young, but the defenses of this place surely must be able to hold off the Ego Wave of someone at the Second Realm of the Ego Eternal Path of Power.

Fortunately, Cain had access to another type of force field. It could not cover as much distance as his Ego Wave or have control of the environment and his body, but when it came to scanning, it was an entire level ahead.