"How enviable."
"Someone actually wants to take you out..."
"If you leave here, you'll definitely encounter Them, and They'll punish you in the end... The result will be the same either way."
"Whether it's Them or me, I'm the one responsible for making time like this."
Different voices echoed all around.
In the instant time stood still,
Lu Cang finally made his decision.
"Then... let's go."
Smack—
Lu Cang grabbed Ekhatol by the wrist, and the seal on her was lifted in an instant.
"You!"
A furious shout came from beside them.
Another ivory-haired girl glared at Lu Cang.
But Ekhatol, whose hand Lu Cang held, was overjoyed.
"Lu Cang, didn't you want to escape the reset?"
"I can help you right now!"
Vmmm—
In the next instant, the distance between the two of them and Iz and the others kept growing.
Time stretched out into a long passage.
The Ekhatols who had manifested in the distance all wore different expressions: anger, reproach, fear, and... envy.
The different Ekhatols displayed a wide range of expressions.
Bang—
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had appeared outside the door!
"What about Iz and the others?"
Lu Cang's expression darkened slightly.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine," Ekhatol answered calmly.
"They should have already left."
Lu Cang's perception swept across the surroundings.
This was the Valley of Emptiness, but the moonwind was no longer in Harvest Moon. It had become War Moon, the tenth month.
In that brief instant,
a month had already passed.
"Sorry, this was the safest way to escape."
"After we left, they should have been expelled too. The other versions of me still trapped in there couldn't have pursued us."
Lu Cang said, "Sounds like you'd planned this in advance."
"Hmph, I wouldn't call it a