Endless Journey: Infinite Realms Chapter 156 When you tried to Help, but you ended up Scaring them all

Chapter 156 When you tried to Help, but you ended up Scaring them all

"You won't get anything from me." The teleporter rudely replied as he attempted to bite Alex, which obviously failed. "I'd rather stay like this than answering your questions! Hmph, even if you have a way to detect lies, I can just stay quiet here, and not answer you all! Besides, I am sure that the Pantheon will rescue me later. After all, they will have no choice but to save me…"
"Oh, so that is what you are planning to do." At this point, Alex realized why everything seemed so fishy with Nomad's appearance at this place. "You, you want the whole Pantheon to make an action to us right now."
To Alex's surprise and irritation, Nomad actually replied to what he just said.
"Because Foresight told us to not make a move, every one of us did not attack you… Of course I did not like that." Nomad said as he glared at Alex and Professor Frances angrily. "Why would we let you off when you have something with you that can somehow weaken Foresight's future sight? That doesn't make any sense! And you also have hostages with you! There is no way that I can just allow all of this to continue!"
"…" Alex let out a sigh as he discovered what Nomad was thinking about.
"So, because the Pantheon won't make a move, you decided to make your own move." Alex said as he tightened his grip on Nomad. "If you succeed on defeating us, then all of your problems will be solved. But if you fail and you got captured, the Pantheon will have no choice but to fight us to free you…"
"Eh… you are that good at deduction? Now I understand why you are the de facto leader here." Nomad replied boastfully as he tilted his head. "All of what you said was spot on. Now, all that I have to do is to wait for my teammates to come, and you will all be roast meat!"
"That leaves me no choice then." Alex, after a few seconds of silence, said as he observed Nomad's suddenly smug features. "If you forced them to make a move, then we truly had some limited time left before they arrive. In that case, I have to speed up this process."
Alex's demeanor then changed as he and Alina started to give Nomad unsettling smiles.
"Since you won't talk, I will just have to take it all from you~" Alex said in a sing-song voice as a single Abyss Sprite appeared in front of him.
"Greed, you know what to do now." Alex said as his Abyss Sprite approached the panicking Nomad. "Enjoy his power to your hearts content~"
"Master, you really are the best!" The giddy Greed replied joyfully as he opened his mouth extremely wide.
The space around Greed then started to tremble as his mouth covered Nomad's whole body.
|||Pillage!|||
"What are you doing! No!" If Nomad look still somewhat smug before, right now, that demeanor of his was gone.
Even if his face was unseen, Alex was sure that he was extremely panicking right now.
A few seconds passed by before Greed let off Nomad, who was by this point was covered with Greed's digestive juices.
It was not a pretty sight, and the harrowed expression on Nomad's face was a testament to that.
"Master, here is his power!" Greed joyfully said as he spat out a ball out from his mouth and towards Alex's outstretched tentacle.
Alex caught the ball deftly as he started looking at it with interest.
Unlike the ball that he obtained from Carlie the Sun Knight, the ball that Alex was holding right now was different.
It was black in color, and its appearance looked like an extremely small black hole.
It still had the fleshy feeling in it, but with Alex consuming a ball like this before, he was already used to its disgusting appearance.
"Damn, so this is Nomad's power huh. It looks somewhat cool. I just wish it will taste good…" Alex muttered to himself as he prepared to swallow the ball.
But before he could do so, Greed said something that made him stop in his tracks.
"Master, before you eat the ball, I have to say something about it…" Greed said as Alex saw the Sprite wearing an apologetic expression on his face.
"And what could that be?" Alex said as he stared at the ball warily . "Could there be a poison here?"
"Its not like that Master…" Greed said as he perched himself on Alex's shoulder. "Its just that even if Nomad was mentally strained, the power that I Pillaged from him was not at its full power…"
"Oh?" After hearing what Greed said, Alex started to feel interested, as he just heard something new. "You were not able to pillage Nomad's full power?"
Greed nodded his small head rapidly as he started poking the ball.
"Master, even if Nomad was mentally strained, his power was still way too much for me to consume. Because of that, when I Pillaged his power, what I only got was its basic form…"
Greed then looked down guiltily, as if he was blaming himself for what had happened. "I'm sorry about this, Master…"
"It's fine Greed. I don't blame you. These guys are overpowered after all." Alex said as he ignored the curses that Nomad started to spew out again.
"Master, you are really not disappointed?"
"I am not." Alex replied quickly as he patted Greed's head. "I will never be disappointed with you!"
Alex was telling Greed the truth. Alex was not disappointed at all. He was actually super impressed with Greed!
Before Alex commanded Greed to Pillage Nomad, Alex had some doubts if Pillage will even work with Nomad.
Even if Nomad was mentally strained right now, his actual power was extremely powerful, so much so that Alex feared that maybe Greed won't be able to Pillage any part of it.
But as it turns out, Alex was partially mistaken.
Greed was still able to Pillage something, but with the enormity of Nomad's ability, Greed was only able to obtain a portion of it.
Well, at least Greed still got him something, and that is what just matters.
"Thank you Master!" Greed replied with an innocent smile as he tilted his head. He then gave Alex a solemn look as he slowly said,
"Ok Master, I promise from now on that I will never fantasize eating Asteria's wings! Well, they look delicious to me, but I promise to not want to eat them! I swear that deep in my heart!"
"…."
Alex let out a cough to recover from what he just heard before he started talking again.
"…So, will this guy still be able to use his abilities later?" Alex asked as he looked at Nomad, who was now giving Alex a look of extreme loathing.
"Master, because I Pillaged a portion of Nomad's ability, even if Nomad wanted to use them, he won't be able to do so." Greed replied as he started kicking the downed Nomad. "It's only when you return the pillaged ability that he can use them again. That is, if you return it to Nomad, Master."
"Of course I will not return this power to him anymore, I'm not that stupid." Alex said observed the ball gleefully. "So, what do I get once I swallow this ball?"
"A teleportation ability with a distance range that will depend on the amount of Abyss Energy that you will use, Master." Greed replied as he tilted his head. "The more Abyss Energy that you use, the farther the distance that you can teleport to."
Before Alex could say something, Greed beat him to the punch as he continued talking.
"With the current amount of Abyss Energy that you have right now Master, you can only teleport at a Continental Level. For you to teleport all around the world, you might need around Grade 9 Abyss Energy. And if you want to teleport to parallel dimensions, you should reach around Grade 11-12 Abyss Energy…"
"Well, that's bummer, I guess." Alex muttered to himself as he let out a sigh. "Well, at least I can still teleport now."
Alex then plunged the ball to his mouth as he decided to consume it now.
Just like what happened with Carlie's ball, the ball that Alex swallowed broke down inside his stomach, with its fragments spreading out to cover his whole body.
"Mnn..." Alex suppressed a moan as he once more felt a euphoric sensation in his whole body.
His whole body went relaxed as he decided to check his new stats.
[Grade 1 Slot] -------- Fixed-Coordinate Spatial Teleportation.
[Grade 2 Slot] -------- Empty Slot. Needs to Pillage Power
[Grade 3 Slot] -------- Empty Slot. Needs to Pillage Power
[Grade 4 Slot] -------- Empty Slot. Needs to Pillage Power
[Grade 5 Slot] -------- Empty Slot. Needs to Pillage Power
[Grade 6 Slot] -------- Empty Slot. Needs to Pillage Power
[Grade 7 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 7 Abyss Energy to access.
[Grade 8 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 8 Abyss Energy to access.
[Grade 9 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 9 Abyss Energy to access.
[Grade 10 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 10 Abyss Energy to access.
[Grade 11 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 11 Abyss Energy to access.
[Grade 12 Slot] -------- Needs Grade 12 Abyss Energy to access.
"Now, that is a cool name." Alex muttered to himself as he started acclimating himself to his new power.
But before he could start experimenting, he looked around him, wanting to observe the reactions of everyone who saw what he just did.
Alex could barely stop himself from smirking as he saw Professor Frances looking at Greed as if he was the thing of her nightmares.
Her whole body seemed to want to retreat, and it seemed like it was only her pride that was stopping her from doing so.
The professor's Companion's seemed to be thinking the same thing too, as they were now all staring at Greed warily.
As for Lauren and Queen Mother, they were both silent, with Lauren looking as pale as a sheet of paper.
As for Alina, she seemed to be only mildly curious with what just happened.
Seeing Alina's expression, Alex decided that it was now Alina's time to 'impress' everyone here.
"Alina, it's your turn now to shine." Alex said as he pointed to Nomad, who looked catatonic from his anger.
"Even if Nomad's unwilling to bare open his mind, his current mental state will still allow you to read some of his memories using your Mind Scour. Since we do not have the time to waste right now, let's just forcefully read his memories…"
This time around, Professor Frances actually took a step back, as she was now looking at Alina with trepidation.
Alex could only smile wryly to himself, as he realized that his attempt to help out the professor only ended up terrifying her.