Destroying My Own Novel

"It's over, right? We can go back home now, right?" Roxanne asked Asmond as she slowly got up since the purple smoke affected her and everyone from Asmond's team.

"Yes, it's over, we can go back home now," Asmond answered as he nodded his head and looked at the dead body of Exima. "Maybe wait until Mykel decided who will take the chests, and then we can leave after," Asmond said as he looked at Roxanne and the others.

"Seriously? Can we just take a random chest?" Glen asked as he sighed and rubbed his head.

"Stop whining, guys. We don't even know where the chests are. We need to find it first, and you need to understand that we aren't the only ones who are exhausted here. All the knights and Brynhilde's team are also feeling the same, but they didn't whine. Be considerate," Rufus said as he stared at them.

Enma looked at everyone, and then she sighed as she looked at her shield.

"Let's leave. The chests should be somewhere near the tower, and we all know where the tower is," Agnez said as she looked at everyone.

They all left the castle and then went to the north where the giant gate made of steel blocked their path to the outside.

The gate was so heavy that everyone had to work together to push it open. Although they were working together, they only managed to open up big enough for a person to fit through.

They were surprised when they saw the outside world looked normal and everything grew vigorously. The plants, the trees, and the soil were so healthy, it was quite the opposite of what happened inside the Kastihel Kingdom.

While they were walking toward the tower and saw the blue portal next to it, Gerrard hummed and tilted his head.

"There's a small cabin over there," Gerrard said as he pointed to the east.

Everyone looked at the cabin covered in moss and tall grass. They were surprised there was a building outside the castle. Not only that, it was the only building they could see around them and decided to check it out.

"I know you guys are tired, so you don't have to follow us and go choose any chest you want. You can leave and get some rest," Mykel said as he looked at Asmond's team.

Roxanne and the others looked at each other, and then they looked at Asmond. Asmond nodded his head and let them go since he wanted them to rest as well. Jeanne also ordered and insisted the Lord Knights go back to their world. She felt bad for dragging them here, and especially that they were here because of her.

"I'm afraid if we open this door, the whole cabin might collapse. This building looks so old," Rozan said as he looked at the condition of the cabin.

"Pussy," Gunnar said as he opened the door, but then the door fell down the moment he held the handle. "I guess you're not wrong..." Gunnar looked at Rozan

"Dumbass," Rozan said as he stared at Gunnar and scoffed.

They entered the cabin and immediately saw a skeleton wearing worn-out clothes sitting at the desk in front of the window. Jeanne walked toward the skeleton and saw the skull resting on top of a book.

Jeanne lifted the skull and grabbed the book. She then realized something was on the desk. It was the vase she saw in the drawing with dead flowers inside.

"That's the vase in the drawing, right?" Jeanne asked as she pointed at the vase.

Agnez grabbed the vase, and even though she had no sense of art, she knew it was a beautiful vase and a very high-quality one as well. The vase was made from porcelain, and it didn't erode with time.

"I guess so," Agnez said as she looked at the vase thoroughly. "So does that mean this skeleton belongs to Benustrus?" Agnez asked as she looked at the skeleton.

"One way to find out is to read what's inside that book," Rozan answered and pointed at the book in Jeanne's hand.

"You have been reading it, I guess you should be the one to read it, Gunnar," Jeanne said as she offered the book to him.

Gunnar looked at the book and slowly took it from Jeanne's hand. He opened the book carefully and started reading the first page.

"I decided to write again after I left my book on the statue and hope someone can read it and understand what I have been through in that hellish kingdom. It's funny that even though I hate that place so much, I can't go away from it," Gunnar said as he flipped the book.

"I have no idea what happened after I left Arkas Castle, but I heard screams every night. I'm not sure if it was just a dream or it was real, but one thing for sure, I know that something bad is happening in there," Gunnar continued.

"Months have passed, and last night I was busy making my own place until I saw it with my own two eyes. Demons! They came to this world and I saw King Vorher walking among the demons. I couldn't believe it until I woke up this morning. There's a tower, a demonic tower that suddenly appeared!" Gunnar flipped the page.

"I didn't know what happen and what kind of disastrous fate will come to this world. Knowing how helpless I am, and everyone else, maybe there will be a miracle that can help us to get through this," Gunnar continued.

Gunnar flipped the page, and more pages were filled with long writings.

"I don't think we have time to read all of them here because it might waste our time. Do you want to read them now or just skip it to the last part?" Gunnar asked everyone.

"Just skipped to the last part," Agnez answered.

"Uhh... it only says die here, like hundreds of times..." Gunnar said as he showed the word die filled the pages on the last few pages.

"In the end, he went insane, and maybe got affected by the curse as well since he lived not far from the castle," Rozan said as he looked at the castle's wall through the window. "Should we leave? I'm exhausted," Rozan asked Agnez.

"Yeah, let's leave," Agnez said as he put the vase back on the desk.

Gunnar looked at Bernustus' skeleton, and then put both books on the desk.

"Thank you for helping us, Bernustus," Gunnar said, and then left the cabin.

Everyone went to the portal after they shared the chests.

(In the office)

Mykel looked at his [Authority] skill, and as Loki said back then that level 3 [Authority] allowed him to speak with his recipients directly. Now he didn't have to use body language or expression through the feed and donations.

There was another thing that was unlocked, and it was the [Constellation Shop]. Mykel unlocked the [Benefactor Shop] for all his recipients, and he could provide them with exclusive items for them.

The [Constellation Shop] had so many useful items with prices using [Arcana Coins]. Mykel could buy everything on the list, and he could use them himself if he wanted to. He tried to buy some, and then he could add them to the [Benefactor Shop] and use his own price for them.

"I see, so this is one of the ways to gain more Arcana Coins by selling goods to recipients," Mykel said to himself.

Mykel saw the most expensive item in the shop, and it was the [Time Potion] with 500,000 [Arcana Coins] per bottle. When drank, it reduced cooldown time by 10%, and without hesitation, Mykel brought a lot of them.

"Mykel, we have a problem, a big one," Loki's voice could be heard.

"What kind of problem?" Mykel asked back as he stared at the [Time Potion] in his hand.

"They're here, in Niflheim, looking for Hera's whereabouts," Loki answered.

Mykel raised his eyebrows and stopped playing with the potion.

"How many?" Mykel asked.

"They brought everyone, all the Gods from the south. They're here not to talk, and it's getting a bit intense here even though I told them Hera's whereabouts as you ordered. Thor and the others are here as well, try to talk it out," Loki answered.

"Is that so? I'll be there in a minute," Mykel said.