My NTR Harem

"Leader, shutting the entire Pendulum for an entire day will have a huge impact on us. Not only will we lose a lot of money, but even our respect.

We have always completed all the missions we receive, so it would allow others to talk about us. I still don't think it is a good idea to just hand over the Pendulum to some random man."

"There is no need for any further discussion on this matter. As for why he has sent such a message, what do you think?" The leader turned her gaze towards the first Shard and asked.

"I can't make exact assumptions about his thoughts, but I believe this is a message for us and the entire world that he has become the leader of the Pendulum.

Also, he probably wants to show the world his authority over our group while also testing if we will follow his orders, and maybe he has new plans considering the entire group." The first Shard replied while tapping on her chin.

"What do you think?" The leader turned her gaze towards the third Shard.

"All those things sound quite possible, but I think there are a few more possibilities, like he probably wants to stop some of the particular assassination missions, or maybe he is planning something big again." The third Shard added.

The leader nodded her head slightly, then she looked towards the second Shard and asked the same question again:

"What do you think?"

"I think we shouldn't listen to him and retaliate as best as we could. It probably is just because of some rubbish reason, let's not follow his orders and show him his place." The second Shard replied, but her reply was just ignored.

"What do you think, leader?" Clara asked.

"Who knows, whatever may be the reason, we will follow his orders since from now on Pendulum belongs to him, and by giving this order, he has given us his answer."

The leader said, leaving no space for others to speak. The remaining Shards also shared their views.

Peter was shivering under the heavy rain as he slowly continued to move towards the person in white clothes, while clutching the gun tightly. It didn't look like the weather was going to get better anytime soon.

"Hoo Hey, who is there? Turn around, this is the police." Peter shouted as he got closer to the protagonist but stopped around ten meters away from him.

The fear in his voice was drowned under the sound of the heavy rain.

The protagonist was surprised to hear someone's voice in this part of the forest. He slowly turned around and measured Peter up. He didn't seem the least bit afraid of the gun.

"Officer, I don't think I have done anything wrong. Maybe you are mistaken. Actually, I am in a hurry, so I need to leave." The protagonist said.

There was a smile on his face while his black hair was sticking to his face.

"Stop right there, tell me your name and where do you live?" Peter shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Ah, I live not too far away from here, and I came here to collect a few herbs. It is my family business to sell herbs. As for my name, it is Fang Y—" The protagonist began to answer but was interrupted.

"Fang Yuan?" Peter asked in doubt.

But the protagonist shook his head as he answered:

"I am Fang Yan. Actually, my father had Chinese origins. Anyway, I really don't have the time for this, so please let's do it some other time." Fang Yan spoke as he glanced towards a large boulder.

There was a thin glowing line on it forming the shape of a door.

It had not activated yet but would soon activate in a minute or two.

"I have received n-news that a criminal who has killed several dozens of people had escaped to this part of the forest. I can't let you go just like that; you just might be the criminal."

Peter spoke, as his eyes searched for Lucian, wondering how long he would have to keep up the act.

"Tch. Look here, officer, stop wasting my time. You don't want to find out who the people backing me are, and stop pointing the gun at me before I make you."

Fang Yan was getting irritated since Peter kept bugging him.

The door was just about to activate; it was an extremely important moment for all his future plans.

He had heard from his male teacher that there lay a great treasure inside this place.

If it wasn't for his short life, he would have gone to any lengths to obtain that treasure, but in the end, he was only able to entrust it to his disciple.

'This insignificant man, should I just kill him?' Fang Yan wondered, but killing a police officer would have bad consequences, so he held back.

"I will leave if you show me your id—"

Just as Peter was speaking, a blinding light hit his face.

He closed his eyes for a moment, then he found that the light was coming from the boulder.

"It has begun!" Fang Yan looked at the boulder with a joyful gaze as he ignored Peter and began to rush towards the strange door.

"Don't move, or I'll shoot." Peter shouted as he saw Fang Yan running away, but he didn't pay any attention to the shouts.

"Haa haa. Should I just shoot him? Where are you, sir?" Peter mumbled as he found himself unable to come to a decision.

Just as Fang Yan got closer to the boulder, he saw a person surrounded by black flames standing on top of the boulder.

That demon-like person was looking down at him.

As the raindrops touched the black flames, they slowed down greatly.

It seemed countless raindrops were floating around his body, giving him a god-like look.

"Who is that?! I need to hurry." Fang Yan felt alerted as he increased his speed to the maximum.

BAM

Lucian jumped down from the boulder and landed on the ground with a loud sound, after looking at the approaching protagonist, his face contorting in rage and confusion.

In the next instant, just as Fang Yan arrived a couple meters away from the boulder, Lucian stepped back while throwing some kind of liquid towards the protagonist's face.

Normally, the liquid would have been blown away by the wind or the rain, but because of the black flames, the liquid flew normally for some distance, and even with Fang Yan's reaction speed, he ended up with the liquid falling over his chest.

The strong smell of the liquid instantly entered his nose. In the next moment, with his weak strength, he instantly felt his head shaking as he stumbled and fell back.

He tried to move towards the door, but it was already too late.

"Noooooooo!"

Fang Yan screamed in anger as he saw the glow of the door getting dim until it returned to its former state.

"Damnit, who was that? How did he know about it? I can't enter now unless he dies or a day has passed."

The protagonist felt rage building up inside him, then he remembered the police officer who was also greatly at fault for all this.

He turned around and saw that Peter had started running away and was already quite some distance away from him.

With a ferocious look on his face, Fang Yan drew his sword and ran behind Peter, but the strong smell was making him dizzy and greatly decreasing his speed.

Lucian entered through the door.

He didn't remove the Flames of Corruption immediately and observed his surroundings.

He was inside some kind of room that had each side of around four meters.

The walls seemed to be made of some kind of brown bricks which probably wouldn't break easily.

There was no door or windows, only a circular pipe was connected to one side of the wall. It was big enough for a person to move through it.

"What kind of place is this? And am I supposed to go through that pipe?"

Lucian mumbled, keeping his flames on since danger might appear anytime and from any side.

[It indeed was a different place, but unlike the Chasms which send someone to a different planet, it is an artificial space created by someone.

It is some kind of inheritance place or something, I think, so it would have different challenges that you would need to clear in order to take the treasure.

As for this room, you should properly observe it first. Maybe there is some kind of hidden door, and I'll also try to find the answer.]

After reading these words, Lucian nodded and began to look around the room.

He took out his sword and tried to break the wall, but just as he expected, he was barely able to scratch it even with all his strength.

He looked around carefully, pressing all the walls and stepping on different parts of the floor, but it didn't trigger any mechanism.

He even inspected the pipe but couldn't find anything.

"I don't understand what kind of hidden passage is here. Sigh, this is why I don't like puzzle games all that much; they can be so irritating sometimes."

Lucian mumbled as he rubbed his forehead, the pain in his head increasing, and his eyes threatened to just close at any moment.

BURBLE

Just then, Lucian heard the distant sound of some kind of liquid flowing.

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