The Forest Guardians

28. Chapter Da Firenze

Note: Recap back to YSH Chapter 2 of the interaction between Omen and Mike in case you have forgotten.

Mike's POV

"Skkkk.... World, I'm meeting Professor Dumbledore there to discuss about the substance."

There was a long pause from Omen's end. I frowned because senses were telling that something was wrong.

"... Omen, did something happen?"

I briefly sensed confusion from her. But that was quickly masked over.

"Nope, just spaced out for a moment there. Well, see you after this. Good luck!"

"This is a bit late but good luck."

I replied back while feeling a bit bewildered.

What happened?

I recalled back my conversation with her on the phone. So far, nothing was amiss apart from the sudden static.

The static.

I slammed the table with my fist while standing up, jolting the stuff on it. Horror seized my frantic thoughts. There is only one person apart from Ravenna and me who have this ability.

Damon Windsor.

He was the only one among the two loyal followers of Dark Shadow who was capable of using time manipulation magic. Fortunately, I was familiar with the workings of it because Ravenna taught me during the time she was sleeping under her statue.

"I should have known!"

I growled as I snatched up my cloak from my seat. I needed to go to the YSH World. But Dice, which had predicted my next set of actions from my turbulent emotions, had stood in front of my door. He was blocking my way to the teleportation room.

I glared at it.

"Do you believe that I will break you apart? If you don't want that, then move!"

He fixated his gaze on me unflinchingly despite my threat.

"Master, you have things to do. Even though Miss is in danger, we cannot stop everything or all will be for naught."

Dice was right. If I put down everything and went after her, we won't achieve much because I can't defeat him. Damon was still too powerful for me. Me going there is the equivalent of a suicide. The fate of everything lies on us.

But... if I don't go, Omen might die. I couldn't do anything about Kagura's death but this time, I could...

I clenched my fists in frustration. I threw my cloak on the ground and turned around with a huff. I really wanted to break up the things in my room because until now, I still did not have the strength to protect my people... It was always not enough.

"She... will be fine with the egg with her." I reassured myself loudly while grabbing the back of the chair. I squeezed it until my knuckles turned white. "She will... come back with the letter.... Let's go... Dice."

My robot observed me for a moment before nodding softly. He picked up the fallen cloak on the ground and flew after me.

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I activated the Guardian ring that was on the pointer finger of my right hand. It was a disguised interface that shows the personal information the Library has for every individual Guardian. The ring was a standardised simple silver band with a bead size leaf-shaped emerald in the middle.

A screen pops up in my vision with the reward message cheerfully greeting me like an old friend.

[Congratulations, Micheal Johnathan Evans for completing the task!