Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

To Live (214)

Kai stared blankly at the pile of glass before him, wondering if he was seeing things correctly. Cecilia had said that it was a sort of tube of glass that they would have to go through, so where was the tube?

The glass on the ground shimmered, the light trapped in it slowly dimming.

Slowly, Kai turned his head to look at Cecilia, saying a small prayer in the process.

"All we have to do is stand on the pile... right?"

Cecilia's body trembled, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes as she lifted a hand up to cover her mouth.

"I- it's broken.... The teleporter is broken."

Shattered.

Combined with the harrowing pain of the backlash inflicted on his soul, Kai felt like he had just about reached his limit. After all he had gone through to get here, all that he had endured, there was no way out?

"W-what if we just hide out somewhere near here and wait for someone from the outside to come and repair the teleporter, surely someone would care about this Subdimension, right?"

Cecilia shook her head.

"Someone would normally come and check up on the teleporter every few centuries, but we can't rely on that, otherwise..."

Kai grimaced, realising what she was getting at.

"Petunia and I will get stuck here until the next Tournament of Time."

It was not a good situation to be in. The destruction of the city had already been set in motion, meaning even if they do survive here, they won't be safe, especially with all of the horrifying beasts that came out when the blizzard was at its heaviest.

And Kai didn't even want to imagine what sort of beasts would be attracted by the smell of a burning city filled with plenty of meat for them to consume.

And there was the whole thing that he had no idea when the next Tournament would actually be. He had asked Cecilia during his time in the cell, but she wasn't sure either. It could be a year, or it could even be a thousand years, Kai had no way of knowing for sure.

Petunia nervously grasped at the skirt of Cecilia's dress.

"What's happening?"

Kai hesitated before answering.

"The way home got destroyed, so we need to find another way."

Kai desparately racked his brain, trying to think of anything that could possibly be of use to them. The thought of trying to get The Ever-changing to help occurred to him, but he had also tried that when back in the cell, so he was mostly certain that they wouldn't answer this time either.

They could try to repair the teleporter themselves, but he had no experience as an engineer. Plus, Kai-

An idea flashed in his mind and he quickly turned back to Cecilia, grabbing her by the shoulders as he looked her in the eyes.

"You said before that there was another teleporter somewhere, where is it?"

Cecilia stared at Kai blankly for a few moments, comprehending what he had said fully before she actually answered.

"T- there's a monastery that contains a teleporter, but it's very deep in the blizzard."

Kai swallowed.

"How deep."

Cecilia looked away as she responded.

"On top of the Royal Peak..."