Chapter 269: Chapter 269- Although Roxanne was at odds with the Captain, the two still cooperated for the plan to succeed.
After their discussion, Roxanne retrieved an object from her storage ring.
It was a fingernail.
It was completely black and fractured with countless cracks. It was human in shape and appearance, yet grotesquely large. The nail alone was the size of an entire finger.
Dense spatial fluctuations radiated from it, subtly distorting the air. The surrounding space warped as if unwilling to remain stable.
Grey’s eyes narrowed.
This was clearly a high-grade teleportation treasure.
And judging from the fresh fractures spiderwebbing across its surface... Roxanne had pushed it to its limits more than once.
The moment the Captain saw it, her pupils gleamed.
She even licked her lips.
"Ahh, Roxanne... you have no idea how anxious I was when I saw you injured," she said softly, eyes locked onto the fingernail instead.
Roxanne glared at her, but in the end, she handed it over.
The Captain wasted no time.
Her fingers blurred as hand seals formed one after another, yet unlike ordinary spells, these seals did not vanish.
They materialized.
Golden geometric patterns hovered in midair, assembling into a massive, intricate diagram layered with spatial runes.
Her expression turned solemn.
She raised the cracked fingernail and pressed it into the center of the formation.
The diagram ignited.
"This opens the sealed dimension I mentioned," she said sharply. "Six breaths. After that, the seal will react and the teleportation collapses. Move."
The formation expanded violently as space was torn open.
A pitch black portal manifested. At the same time... the fingernail began to splinter.
Cracks widened and pieces flaked off into dust.
Grey did not hesitate.
He stepped through.
Roxanne followed, though she cast one last unreadable glance at the Captain before entering.
The Captain stood there alone for half a breath.
Her solemn expression faded as a glint flashed in her eyes.
She lifted her hand.
"Are you not coming?" Grey’s calm voice echoed from within the portal.
The Captain coughed lightly.
"Of course I am."
She grabbed the failing fingernail and slipped inside just as the sixth breath ended.
Behind her the portal imploded.
The seal of that dimension spread outward like a tightening net.
The teleportation was then severed.
Darkness swallowed Grey whole. Then... the world shifted.
His eyes widened slightly.
He stood in the sky.
Above him loomed the same colossal severed head.
But now, the heavens were beneath him.
The ground resembled drifting clouds.
Far below, the crimson land stretched endlessly. Countless blood-red tentacles swayed in the wind like a sea of flesh.
Scarlet mist rolled across the terrain, carrying with it the suffocating stench of decay.
Grey’s expression darkened.
He had expected another dimension.
Instead...
This was the same one.
Roxanne appeared beside him, her face equally rigid.
They both understood.