To the Depth of Abyss

Chapter 172: To Northwest

The handsome king turned into a completely different person. Became an ugly person, his back was bent, his eyes bulge whenever he looks at someone else, what a completely different image of a king. 

The rulers' fine clothes looked utterly futile on someone like him.

"Waaaaaa! There are other people who know my true form! I can't live anymore! Just kill me! I want to die!"

The ugly man - the king of the Black Dragon Kingdom, apart from changing his appearance, his character also changed drastically. From a big man who has high self-esteem, to a depressed, pessimistic man.

Elisa took a step back in disbelief, shock, and displeasure at having indirectly humiliated the king.

"Shut up."

On the other hand, Arlene doesn't care about all that.

"No one would be able to hear us. So stop whining and answer my questions."

Arlene said so, but it was very difficult for the king to calm down in his current position.

"What do you want?! If you want anything from this kingdom, take it! Just don't harass me!"

"I'm not. And, being a king and having a good-looking form over the years, I thought you would be able to accept this true form of yours. But it turned out to get you to be even worse." Arlene sighed. "If Master Jeanne sees you like this, she will definitely kick your ass."

It seemed that Arlene and the king knew each other and were old friends because they both knew the Spear Saint.

"That's why don't show me that damned thing! After all, why are you the one who has to come here of all people?!"

"I'm searching for someone."

"Someone, who?"

At the king's question, Arlene looked at Elisa, motioning for the girl to take over.

Elisa nodded, then walked closer to the king.

But somehow, the king got afraid; he refused Elisa's arrival by taking a step back.

"Um, I will not do bad things at you," said Elisa, annoyed.

"That's what people said when they first wanted to talk to me. But in the end, they will talk about my ugliness in the back. Either they are men or women. You guys pretend to be nice to me and just want to take advantage of me. After you are done with me, you will dump me and humiliate me."

The king - Alexander kept talking about the ugliness of the people he had been in contact with in the past. It seems that the trauma he has continues to haunt him.

Well, Elisa wouldn't mind the mental problems someone had. However, it troublesome her because she had not said what business she had with King Alexander.

There, suddenly, Arlene raised her right feet and kicked the king.

It took Elisa by surprise, but even more so when half of the king's body suddenly turned to stone - a golem's body.

"Shut it with your bullshit. I'd rather beat you straight than humiliate you on people."

"See! This is what I called you are harassing me!"

"But we are not!"

The two adults started arguing.

"King Alexander!"

Elisa bursts in and confronts King Alexander.

With a strong expression, Elisa spoke. "I believe that Ars has come to this kingdom and met you, right? So we asked you if you know where he is now."

Alexander finally accepted the reason for their arrival and was a little relieved. Then suddenly he got shocked.

"Wait, you both, searching for he? As himself, not his second identity?"

Arlene and Elisa looked at each other in question.

"His second identity?" asked Arlene.

"I am sure he is talking about Ars as the Greedy Young Master."

"Oh yeah, I forgot that he is that greedy guy."

The two women were talking about Ars like they knew Ars very well, or indeed they knew Ars, that's why they were looking for him.

"Are you two..."

Alexander caught the attention of the two women.

"..are Master's women?"

Arlene and Elisa looked at each other and both asked one thing. "Master?"

Arlene and Elisa's response made Alexander stand up excitedly.

"Oh, I see! So you two are Master women who want to catch up with him!"

Alexander's pleasure made Arlene and Elisa even more confused.

"Wait, first, why did you make yourself call Ars as Master?" asked Arlene, curious. 

"Of course, because he is a fine Master!"

Alexander suddenly turned into a maniac fan who really adores Ars. Elisa took a few steps back in fear of him.

"He is a well, honored, and strong fighter! He could see my real identity with his magnificent dragon eyes, but he didn't put me down to that at all! As a Dragon, he only has his eyes! But only with that he already so strong even Catastrophe was no match for him! I'm so ashamed of myself that I call myself an Emperor and a Dragon, but he worthy a lot more than me!"

Alexander truly deified Ars.

On the other hand, Elisa was annoyed at all the compliments directed at the playboy.

"Well, yes, he is strong and all, but, he has less morale that makes him slow at deciding either he wanted to help people or not."

Elisha only spoke in a low voice. But Alexander heard all that and got provoked to fight Elisa's argument.

"It is a sign that he is a great man, He will only help those who are worthy and will repay his kindness by worshiping him."

"He is not the perfect example to use in representing a great man. If you wanted to represent an example of a great man, the Staff Saint would be the most suitable man to say. Sword Saint is a great man too, but he is a quiet person and his cold expression intimidating people."

Elisa proudly mentioned the names of two people who had led the Abyssal Hunter in the past. 

However, Alexander disagreed with that representation.

"Yes, they are great and all, but, where are they now? One of them is dead. Meanwhile, the other disappeared without a trace of will appear again. Now they are no longer here to lead us. Therefore, we need leaders who are greater than those who are still alive to lead this world. Namely Master Ars himself!"

Looks like Elisa found another opponent to argue with. It's just that this time her opponent thought more rationally and didn't use trick words. Because of that, Elisa didn't want to lose.

But unfortunately, Arlene held her back and stopped their fight.

Arlene walked in front of Alexander and tapped the king on the shoulder.

Disguising intimidation, she spoke. "Now, the kind and generous king of the Black Dragon Kingdom, can you tell us where that greedy man is? Is he still somewhere in your kingdom, or has he gone somewhere?"

At Arlene's question that hid intimidation, Alexander got excited again. 

"Ah, about that, let me tell you when we competing our swords as a sign of friendship."

"You two fight?"

Elisa seemed interested in hearing the topic.

"Yeah, of course! We competed in the royal arena! Judging by my people, a King against a Sword Master! When we fought, Master was much stronger than me! But Master was sensitive enough to let me win in the end. Make him lower his pride for trash like me."

'He is aware of himself as a trash.'

"I was ashamed of myself at that time. So, I invited Master to a luncheon and served him the most delicious food my chef could cook. At that time, we took the time to chat. Master taught me a lot about rulers and adventures. He even taught me how to be a man who can dominate many women. I am very proud of him. From that day on, I vowed to follow him forever."

Alexander took a moment to be silent, appreciating the simple but valuable thing that Ars had given him.

"Are you done?" asked Arlene. "You spent half the segment of this chapter just boasting about that greedy man."

"Well, of course-!"

When Alexander wanted to continue to boast of Ars, Arlene in a flash grabbed his collar, showed a very irritated expression, and asked. 

"Could you, please, tell us where is he now?"

Alexander finally came out of his world and shivered at Arlene's threat.

"H-he, he is, when he wanted to leave, he said, 'I need to dominate this entire Floor in order to go to the next Floor. Because of that, I want to fight all the strong and put them under my feet,' he said that."

"Then, where is he now?"

"Since in this northern region I was the strongest, and he had made me his subordinate, he went to the next region."

"To the next region..."

Arlene was made to think at the confession. Then something struck her, shocked at one fact.

"Elisa, we need to go now!"

Arlene pushed the door of the room hard. Knock down everyone standing behind the door.

Because it was so sudden, Alexander was still in his ugly form. He immediately hid his face from the people, then made changes to the handsome King Alexander.

Due to Arlene's surprise, Elisa became worried.

"What happened, Miss Arlene? Where did Ars go?"

"This is bad, girl. Something bigger than Catastrophe will probably happen on this Floor."