Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Small respite (247)

Kai leisurely strolled up the path he had been following for the last two weeks. After that whole fiasco with the Forgotten Husks, he had been much more diligent with his use of Soul Sense, but even that couldn't prepare him for what was about to happen.

Behind him, Petunia was riding on Umbra's back, the young child having gotten too tired to climb every day. She was still wearing his tunic, but now she was also making use of the slippers and cloak he had given her. She now looked like a little snow princess.

Cecilia, meanwhile, seemed to be doing much better. She had the Fortified Bodysuit in its actual bodysuit form, only she had changed its colour to black rather than its regular dark white. The coat he had given her was drapped over her body, the snakeskin garment clinging to her comfortable.

Remy was also positioned on top of Umbra, the rat happily clinging onto the large wolf's fur.

And Esurient was stored away, ready to be called upon if anything went down.

That was how well armed and spatially aware the group was, and yet they still had no idea about what was going to happen in a few seconds.

Taking one more step than he was allowed, Kai's foot hit the ground and-

He walked into another invisible wall.

Kai groaned in pain as his he quickly lifted his hands to hold his head. He cursed his luck as he looked in front of them, where the invisible wall is.

"Are you okay, Sir?"

He heard Cecilia's worried voice enter his hears, but he just sighed to himself and responded.

"Yeah... I'm fine, just another damn invisible wall."

And just as he finished that sentence, another voice entered his ears.

Well, not really, considering that the System spoke directly into his brain.

Trial 2 reached

Would you like to challenge Trial 2?

Kai sighed and turned around. He already knew that Cecilia and Petunia had heard the same thing, so he asked:

"You lot ready?"

Petunia didn't really seem to care, as always. She was way too nonchalant for her own good, but that was probably due to the trauma she endured back in the city, which made sense.

Cecilia, however, seemed much more nervous.

"I'm not sure, Sir. I don't feel that we are ready. I mean, we barely survived the last trial, and we only survived because we got lucky.

I think we should at least set up here for a day, rest before we actually challenge anything."

Kai sighed.

Cecilia wasn't wrong. They had gotten very lucky in the last trial, and a bit of rest didn't sound that bad.

Also, it would give him some time to do some things he had to do, just in case anything did go south in the second trial.

He was fully healed, no backlashes currently inflicted on him, his armour had its daily damage negation ready and if he needed to, he had an Equilibrium ready to go.

And yet, Kai couldn't help but feel worried about the second trial.

So that's why he agreed with Cecilia.

"Alright, we'll rest here for a day. Set up the tent and get some food ready, I just want to do something."

After watching Cecilia set up the tent and crawl inside along with Petunia, Kai shook his head and summoned Esurient, giving them a small mission.