Endless Debt

Belli and Balder walked downstairs side by side, both feeling extremely oppressed. After pausing for a moment, they continued forward until they left the residential building and reached the bustling street, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

The previous heavy concern for their teacher was completely gone, and Belli breathed heavily, muttering something like "not dead" under her breath.

Balder beside her also finally relaxed, the recent experience was quite pressure-filled for him as well.

Teda was their teacher, but the secret war had changed too many people, including the teacher they were familiar with.

No one knew what effect their earlier questioning would have. Perhaps Teda really would go mad and kill them both?

A figure had been waiting on the street for a long time, and upon seeing the two appear, he approached and inquired.

"How did it go?"

"As expected, the teacher is an old stubborn fool. He said he would consider our suggestions, but his thoughts have never wavered," Belli replied.

Today's visit was ostensibly to persuade Teda, but in reality, it was to gather intelligence.

"His condition is terrible, he's already completely a fanatic, no different from those lunatics at the Order of Truth," Belli continued after calming down, leaning against the wall.

"Yes, the teacher is already caught up in it," Balder also confirmed.

The one who came felt a headache upon hearing such answers, as this was the worst possible scenario for the situation.

"Fortunately, the teacher probably isn't that vigilant yet. He should think of tonight's event as students caring for him, instead of being monitored by the Order Bureau."

Belli thanked the man standing in front of her.

"Thank you, Yas, without you, we wouldn't have dared act so rashly."

"It's nothing, this is part of my duties," Yas said, his eyes glinting with light, "Besides, I also wanted to use you two to test Teda."

Tonight's visit to Teda involved not just Belli and Balder, to be safe, Belli had also called Yas over. As a Negative Power User from the Origin School, he's very effective against Teda's Illusion Creation.

As long as all the Ether in the forbidden zone was eliminated, without the support of Ether, even the most insane fantasies were just illusions.

Therefore, while Belli was meeting with Teda, Yas stayed downstairs, keeping the room under surveillance, ready to unleash Secret Energy at any time.

Belli sat down on a bench on the street, with Balder and Yas following her, one on either side.

After carefully organizing her thoughts, Belli looked up at Yas and asked him.

"You suspect the teacher is involved with the Gray Trade Association, right?"

"The Sixth Group is currently investigating the Gray Trade Association incident, but besides the Gray Trade Association, in our investigation we have discovered another mysterious presence."

Yas didn't directly answer Belli's question but talked about the origin of the incident.

"We tracked down several Condensers, they all mentioned a guy who calls himself a Delusional. Delusional had sold them a large amount of Alchemy Armament in exchange for Mammon Coins, and some people were instructed by Delusional to participate in certain actions."

"What does that have to do with the teacher?"

"Through extensive investigation, we found Delusional's activities could always be traced back to several years ago, but since the Gray Trade Association appeared within the Great Rift, this guy just vanished into thin air."

Yas's voice lowered, he knew Teda's importance to the two, but the more crucial, the clearer things needed to be.

"Instead of dealing with these ordinary Condensers, why not directly trade with the Tyrant's followers to obtain a large amount of Mammon Coin? Moreover, Mammon Coin possesses Magic Power...

Paying taxes to the Tyrant to obtain the power of wishing."

With Yas's explanation, a terrible suspicion arose in Belli's mind, she wanted to rebut but realized that Yas was right.

"Besides Teda, I can't think of anyone else in the Great Rift who could produce such a large amount of Alchemy Armament, and besides Teda, I can't think of who would desire Mammon Coins so much for wishing," Yas said.

"Fantasy Becoming Reality."

Balder murmured at this point, his voice like a curse.

"Is Teda determined to do this?" Yas's voice became stern.

"He's a pure Illusion Creation, what do you think? Besides, the teacher had been researching 'Fantasy Becoming Reality' a long time ago," Belli found the situation becoming quite tricky.

Every Secret Energy faction has its specialty, like the Commanding School could be further distinguished between Overlord and Domination Object, while the Origin School excelled in various Ethereal Skills.

The Illusion Creation faction has a mysterious power as well, which is 'Fantasy Becoming Reality'.

Illusion Creation could create illusionary entities and manipulate them to fight, but these are ultimately illusionary creations made of Ether. Over time, the Ether within them would dissipate, along with the illusory creations.

Therefore, illusion creation entities have a time limit, but 'Fantasy Becoming Reality' is different, it can turn illusion creation into a true entity.

Crossing over from illusion to reality.

Balder possesses the capability of Fantasy Becoming Reality, and through Secret Energy·Furnace of Cast Iron, he could transform his illusionarily created metal into real metal.

"The teacher's power is Illusion Creation, pure Illusion Creation. As long as the conditions are sufficient, whatever he thinks will become absolutely real," Balder said softly.