"A Creator? What do you mean? Isn't he The Creator?" Andre extended another question which wasn't clear to him.
"You don't need to know something that is beyond you for now. You should break the shackles of being an Avatar first and become a Creator yourself." The voice suddenly turned cold before vanishing. Andre knew it because he felt the passing of the voice's aura that made him feel young.
"What.. is that?" Andre muttered with shock plastered on his face. Since the entirety of his existence, he considered himself one of the highest existences in all of the realms, and the only existence that proved difficult to defeat for him would be Solomon and some mysterious beings that can be counted with one hand.
Although Solomon is powerful to the point of making him shake, the presence of that voice was so powerful and he is definitely certain that it was still holding back its aura from him, either because of being considerate or because he sees him as an insignificant worm that does not have the right to feel his glorious energy wholly.
Although this experience changed his entire perspective about this world and the realms, he still had to do what he needed to do, and that is to live. This encounter would just make him more cautious about mysterious existences that he doesn't know.
Breathing in, Andre directed his look at the orb that contains Solomon's Anthology before keeping it inside his personal space that is separated from the world.
The codex, being an item filled with tremendous power and knowledge that is and will be coveted by every being that discovers it, needs to be secured and contained in a location that no existence, living or dead, would see or feel.
No place, except for his independent realm, has that luxury. Made from his soul after a lot of agonizing processes, it is a space where he is the only one who can access anything that is inside it.
After keeping the orb, he turned around and went to Ken, who was still asleep. He checked his condition, and when he was sure that he was okay, he carried him on his left shoulder before jumping to the surface.
When he reached the surface, it was already restored to the normal color, without the bloody red hue all over the place. Before leaving, he first turned around and did a crumpling gesture with his right hand. Immediately, the huge hole closed and mended itself like there was nothing wrong with it before.
"What happened to him?!" Outside, Professor Lee exclaimed with worry when he saw Andre coming out with Ken on his shoulder. Andre looked at Professor Lee with an assuring nod, "Don't worry, Professor. He just fainted and his status is normal. He was just overworked, I guess." He replied.
"Then, we'll arrange him to the infirmary." Professor Lee said and glanced at the other researchers behind him and motioned at them. They rushed to Andre and extended their hands to him, "We'll carry him, President."
After analyzing them, Andre gave Ken to the researchers before turning to Professor Lee, "Call Lieutenant Ahn and Felipe to come meet me at Sueojangdae. Tell them that I have to talk to them." He ordered.
"Affirmative." Professor Lee nodded before turning to the side and taking out a radio transmitter and contacting the two Lieutenants.
While the professor was doing so, Andre had already started the engine of an SUV and driven off to the top, where the command post is.
After arriving, he went straight inside and sat cross-legged on a mat while waiting for them to arrive.
A minute later, an SUV came and stopped beside the car that Andre used. The two Lieutenants exited the car and walked to him at a brisk pace.
"Do you need us, President?" Lieutenant Ahn asked with a serious face.
"Pull out from Namhansanseong. I'm removing the ban for all the personnels."
"President!" Lieutenant Ahn exclaimed. "What about the danger inside Sunglyeoljeon?" He asked.
As soon as the words escaped from Lieutenant Ahn's mouth, he immediately turned blue and slumped down, shocking Lieutenant Felipe.
"No one else besides the researchers and the protectors know the danger inside Sunglyeoljeon." Andre uttered coldly.
Lieutenant Ahn's blood ran cold, his body motionless. The air inside him was siphoned out like a balloon ran free.
Felipe shuddered with what he saw. Andre then moved, extending his hand towards the dead body. When he got ahold of Lieutenant Ahn's head, he closed his eyes and sighed. "They have infiltrated the Foundation." He said while the body of Lieutenant Ahn was disintegrating.
"Who?" Although Lieutenant Felipe was terrified by what happened to Ahn's body, he was shocked by the former more as he gasped, asking, "The Society." Andre answered as soon as he got back to his seat, "I didn't expect them to enter us without me noticing."
The lieutenant's eyes widened as soon as he heard it from Andre. "Is the Society already that adept?"
"I think so." He nodded and sneered, "There's almost no one who can escape from my sight, and that bastard's men did."
Thinking so far, Andre immediately took out his phone and dialed Mimicry. "What do you need me for, President?" Mimicry asked behind the phone.
"I want you to immediately call for a meeting between the Continental Directors of the Foundation. Tell them to gather at the Snow Court."
"Affirmative, President." Chairperson Mimicry answered. Andre ended the call and stood up from the cushion, "Let's go."
Back in the infirmary, Ken finally moved as he slowly opened his eyes. "Mister Ken, you're awake?" The doctor who was taking care of him exclaimed and asked quickly.
Ken grunted as he tried to sit up. The doctor helped him up while he signalled to the nurses behind him to call the Professor.
When the nurses left, Ken asked the doctor while wincing in pain, "Where is Lord Andr– I mean President Ouroboros?"
"The President is talking with the Lieutenants currently. He will see to you later." The doctor replied.
"O-Okay." Ken nodded and leaned back on the headboard. A while later, Professor Lee rushed inside and ran to Ken worriedly.
"Are you okay, Mister Ken?" He asked.
Ken nodded in response, "I am fine, Professor. You need not worry." He answered.
"Did you and the President discover what's inside the Seal of Malakh?" Professor Lee inquired with shining eyes.
"I am afraid it is confidential, Professor. President's orders." Ken chuckled wryly.
"I have been involved with the Seal for years now. It can't be that I am also one of those that has no permission of knowing that confidential knowledge?" Professor Lee narrowed his eyes with displeasure.
"N-No, it's not that, Professor. It's just extremely crucial and has monumental effect in everything, so the President has decided to make it secret." Ken maintained and repeated what he wanted to say.
"Just tell me, for God's sake!" Professor Lee suddenly shouted with assertion as he grabbed Ken's collar with his two hands. Ken's eyes widened open with shock as he looked at the fiery eyes of the Professor that was in front of him.
Ken immediately shot his hand to the side, where his bag that contains his brush is. Seeing that, Professor Lee sneered and waved his hand towards Ken's. A golden bracelet appeared and bolted towards Ken's wrist and pinned it on the headboard.
When Ken tried to use his other hand, Professor Lee immediately did the same thing to it. Professor Lee cackled evilly and looked at Ken with amusement, "You cannot do anything now, you Aztec." He sneered.
"What do you want?!" Ken struggled to break free but for naught. He glared at the professor with anger.
"Oh, don't be so naive, Aztec!" The professor snarled with annoyance, "You know what I want." He snared Ken's cheeks violently, shook it, and hissed.
"I want to know what item, being, or forbidden place is inside that enigmatic and powerful seal! I want to know what boundless power lies beyond it!"
He flung Ken's head to the side and turned around, fantasizing, "As a researcher, I want to know everything and become boundlessly strong!" He turned around maniacally and growled, "I want to annihilate those anomalies and bring end to their stupid existence, and that's why I joined the Society!" He slowly bent his back and laughed wildly.
"You're from the Society?!" Ken gasped with shock. "Yes! Being a part of the Foundation is boring. They only want to study anomalies. Why can't we just kill them?! We can end this whole nonsense if we do so!" The professor answered crazily.
"You're out of your mind!" Ken hissed. "I have been out of my mind since my sister was killed by an anomaly, stupid!" The other party spat.
Ken stayed silent. He didn't have anything to reply to what he heard, so he thought of ideas in his mind on how to escape.
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