"Master! Your world!" Elira gasped.
"Planet 2343AS3u45i of the Milky Way Galaxy is still intact. It is currently undergoing a complete awakening and integration is sealed from the myriad realms for the next ten years."
Liam stared at the elf in shock. Hearing the words that he had yearned for so long, he stood indifferently like a block of wood.
But only he knew what was going on inside his heart and mind which were both basically a big jumbled mess.
For the past several months his life had been nothing short of a living hell.
Even though he tried his best to remain optimistic and focus on getting his revenge, his mental strength was not strong enough for him to not think about the worst case scenarios.
Flashes of the few memories he had floated in his mind often. Thanks to him working day and night to prevent this exact scenario from happening, even these memories were far too few.
However, he was helpless at the moment. All he could do was treasure these precious few memories. But what if all he had were only these precious memories?
Liam did not want to think about it and all he could do was think about it. Without knowing one way or the other, his life was hell. This hurt a lot more than the painful injuries riddled in his body.
When a God decides to trample on an ant, what else can an ant do but accept and submit to its fate? However, she was not a God and he was not an ant.
He did not want to accept and submit to his fate.
And now that he knew all hope was still not lost, with absolute proof, there was nothing holding him back anymore.
As long as the divine temple high priestess was not able to intervene, he was confident that everyone would still be fine.
The whale-like beast guardian would be enough to handle Crawford. There had to be at least some benefit to him binding with the world tree.
Also, he had faith in everyone.
Crawford was powerful. But Alex, Shen Yue, Rey, Abraki, Madan, Lan Fen, Lan Deming were all capable people in their own respect.
They were much more talented than he ever was in his first life. So they should be able to survive.
Even if they were holding on by tooth and nail, he had hope that somehow they would be able to make it and wait for him. They needed to. Liam did not want to consider the other possibility.
His eyes turned cold and steely as the time for indecisiveness was over.
Instead of wondering how things turned out, he now was determined to get back to where he belonged and take control of things once and for all.
But would he be able to freely enter and exit Earth? Did the fact that he belonged there make any difference or was he also not permitted to enter the world?
No. Liam did not care. Even if it was the case that he wouldn't be able to enter, he was sure that there was some way he could bypass it.
When there were rules, there were always exceptions.
Why would only the divine temple high priestess be able to bend and break the rules as she pleased? He also should be able to do the same!
He had many questions and now the answers were finally within his grasp.
Breaking Liam's thoughts, loud sounds rumbled in the distance.
Powerful auras surged from all corners of the city, sending ripples through the atmosphere. The elves, the royal guards, the store fairies, everyone, felt it—something big was happening.
And Liam was not exactly planning to wait around to see what was coming.
He was sure that by now the elves would have already caught up to their schemes even though it had only been minutes since Elira walked out of the system shop.
The magnitude of what they had done was as such. The corresponding consequences also wouldn't be small but Liam was already fully prepared for it.
No matter how powerful the forces hunting him down were, there was no way they were going to get their hands on him.
"Elira, you know what to do." He nodded at the young elven girl.
In a hurry, Elira completely removed everything in her possession, including even her clothes and her underwear.
She then wore a new set of simple clothes and popped in an authentic disguise pill, something she had purchased from the system shop.
Lastly, she looked at Liam who gently smiled at her. The seal on the master-slave bond completely broke apart.
Elira was no longer a slave to anyone.
"Thank you," Elira said, unable to believe that this was actually happening. She never thought that there would be a day when she would finally be free. Such a thing was unheard of.
However, the human being who had made this possible was shaking his head. "No. I should be the one thanking you. I will always be grateful to you."
Tears glistened in her eyes as she heard the heartful words from her master. She knew that he was really thanking her from the bottom of his heart.
She also knew that this meant he was not expecting to see her again and that it would be okay if she wanted to live the rest of her life freely however she pleased.
Elira's heart felt heavy as she once again activated her skill [Blink] and disappeared. She was heading back to the city as they had planned previously.
The best place for her to hide was in plain sight. As far as anyone was concerned, she had nothing to do with the whole thing.
Elira took one last look at the man as she finally distanced herself enough from the location.
She did not stop until she reached the heart of the city where she quietly mingled with all the other elves.
As for Liam, he as well silently disappeared without leaving any trace.
His soul minion that was inside the forbidden territory disintegrated into wisps of energy and vanished as he materialized in the same spot.