2. New Comrades Again

within the intersection of x-axis of time and y-axis of space.

minutes later or 10 days before. But while there were various small discrepancies and changes, large

But to escape from Ds grasp, Add and Eun completely left the restrictions of time and space to

Ashen Land.

Theres really not a single blade of grass here.

Dragons.. Big sis and Big Sister Rena faced them before right? How strong are they?

Got it Elsword?

But we have to fight them eventually.

Elsword nodded at Ravens words. Conversations were going back and forth but Add who was

This Aisha wasnt the Princess of Dimensions that Add knew. He did ask her about D just in case

Add moved his gaze to look at the backs of Rena who was walking at head of the group and Ara

Ara that he knew.

El Search Party was formed in Ruben.

But this wasnt Eve that Add knew either.

.Different universe? What do you mean?

a single pebble could be different.

For example, Demon Realm and Elrios are different dimensions. But they existed in the same

I heard dragons are helping the demons in here.

decent understanding now?

Different universe, it was unbelievable but he performed a universe travel this time. Many things

Dragon, Scar and entirely different personalities of the El Search Party members. It all makes sense

It wasnt a time travel and we traveled to an entirely different universe? For what purpose?

Add wondered if Eun really didnt know and tried asking again but she shook her head in response.

it. Why do this when I didnt even ask.

nodded to confirm his speculation.

his grasp with just a simple time travel.

Add got a chill when his speculation became a certainty.

If Add could time travel, then D, his future self could do so as well. Add had solved all sorts of

Time travel was Adds trump card, a move that could turn around a disadvantageous situation. But

He understood why they crossed over to another dimension. They wouldnt have been able to

Just. How am I supposed to defeat that guy?

Add couldnt retort to Euns cold words. They couldnt return without finding a way to get rid of D.

D. Boy has lived dissipatedly while ignoring the existence of affection points. Boy is now in for a lot

while.

Youre ready no matter how difficult of a trial is waiting for you? Is that what youre saying? Are

Add hesitated for a moment when Eun asked with a gleam in her eyes as if she had been waiting for

But that lasted just for a moment. He didnt intend to stay here forever. He was filled with desire to

Yes, Ill do whatever it takes. If I cant return. you cant return either right? I dont know how

Boy is clever as always. Yes, thats correct. We are two minds but one body, ones who dream the

Its neither of those. We just happened to cross each other by coincidence so dont discretely put

Eun gave a cute wink when Add drew the line with a grave tone. He had to admit she was cute

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evaluation of Euns small form.

Kiss.

I must have heard it wrong. Thats what Add thought but Eun spoke again to confirm that he hadnt

Kiss with a setting sun, blazing ocean in the background. Thats how to open up a way to go back.

She must be joking right? Add stared at Eun with a frozen expression but Eun shrugged as if to tell

Isnt it a princesss kiss that wakes the sleeping prince? Its a return trigger so it must be fulfilled.

He knew what kiss was only by an empirical sense. He also got some from his mother when he was

But that was everything. He never had any interest in it outside of that. Putting in all sorts of efforts

of time!

Geez, boy is so cruel. You cant continue to tease an old fox like this. Well, I can show you how its

Drop the talk that doesnt make sense.

place in order to bring about this kind of conclusion.

some joke inside a fairy tale.

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traveling was the El Search Party. It wasnt a coincidence that we arrived in a universe with the El

But we didnt need that kind of process when we came here.

Does that mean Add prepared this beforehand during the time that he couldnt remember? He

the whole thing.

kiss.

Add suppressed his head that was starting to ache and delved into his thoughts. Eun couldnt be

important.

Im going to go crazy. You want me to. So I if I want to go back I have to kiss someone?

figured this out already but this is to generate a time-space coordinate so candidates are restricted to

Eun smiled as if she discovered something amusing.

Foxes should have males and females as well.

No way, boy is saying he wont kiss another man?!

It was blatantly obvious that she was pretending to be surprised. While Add kept silent because he

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for an older sister to watch her younger brother become a bride?

Didnt I say already? It feels like an older sister watching her younger sister become a groom.

Eun slyly started counting with her fingers.

point barometer for you. Let me first tell you the current situation of your affection points!

Again, why are you so excited? Eun shrugged then started to ramble on.

boy on of thats what boy wishes but it wont be an easy path.

She was forcing stuff that he hadnt even thought of onto him.

been a prime candidate normally but it will be a thorny path now. Of course, fruit obtained after

Ill cheer you on!

I dont need this. When Add sighed with a bitter face, Eun shrugged then moved on to the next

Next is Ara. Although her personality changed a bit, Ara is still Ara, shes innocent and cute so she

shes probably the top candidate, a candidate with the highest possibility of success.

Then next is Elly.

couldnt keep up with the conversation.

shes a trustworthy companion in this universe so you could rest easy and raise her affection points.

Unlike how she is on the outside, shes delicate and soft on the inside so you have a chance if you

for now. But Eun stopped talking as if she was finished so Add had to urge her.

..Ah, the girl cant be left out after all?

Currently, the girls affection point is the lowest of all. Its regrettable but affection points boy

you to give up on her.

Something felt off but Add nodded then accepted. He was dropped into an unknown universe and

current situation now.

Then whose affection point will boy raise? Ill be able to help more actively if you choose quickly.

Its not something you should be too casual about

then dropped a sigh.

Way to defeat D, so there is a clue about this somewhere in here? He couldnt have come here for

For now, Ill think about a way to return slowly. And measure while talking with the other

Well, keep in mind that there isnt a lot of free time. Affection point isnt something that stacks up

important thing after all is managing hunger points delicately and applying good diet continuously.

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wasnt decided in detail.

Kiss.

hundreds of demons was much easier.

Was it something people will let you do if you asked?

didnt know what they were thinking as they did such things.

Asking the girls about it was an incredibly stupid thing to do, then that leaves the guys Maybe

when someone suddenly spoke from beside him.

Ara was beside him before he realized she was there and she was staring straightly at him. It was a

What do you mean?

back to my original universe but I have no idea what to do. Also, she wouldnt even understand

Its nothing..

Ara answered calmly to Adds disheartened voice then walked back to the front again. She did seem

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sternly.

Yes, Im sorry.

Rena had completely changed as well.

for advice. She would have at least been a better person to consult this with than that mischievous

But it felt like he would only get yelled at for spouting nonsense if he asked this Rena. She totally

I dont know. I dont know at all.

from the El Search Party. But it became more troublesome more he thought about it. He almost felt

He didnt intend to live here forever. He had to return right away when he finds out how to defeat

He knew. But..

stopped their march. Add hadnt realized because he wasnt looking around but they had arrived at

But there was no one to be seen. Rena looked around then sighed.

Something could have happened so lets split up and look for her.

Lets search in teams of two. Teams will be Raven and Ara, Chung and Aisha, Elsword and me,

Ah, wait.

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changed my teammate.

Eve glared at Add ever so coldly.

you.

all.) so he was just trying avoid being together with her if possible. His head was so cluttered right

any more things to worry about. Add forged up any words he could in response to Eves furious

But I wont be able to help you if youre in danger. I dont want to endanger you in case of some

would have normally cared more about this kind of reaction from Eve, but he didnt have any idea

Elsword stepped up when the atmosphere became strange.

Add nodded when Elsword smiled as he put his hand on top of Adds shoulder. One who showed

Ironically, Elsword was the one most familiar to him right now. To think a day when he was most

Add was brooding over this fact when Rena raised her voice.

something wrong or if you find Elesis.

was tired even though he hadnt been overusing his dynamos.

Why is Eve acting like that all of a sudden?

What do you mean?

I didnt do any

and alternate party members that he hadnt been thinking properly. There was something that he

Judging by how the El Search Party was acting, Add was one of their members as well. But Add they

W, wait..

in confusion but Add quickly pointed at the far away horizon with his finger.

Big Brother, you said your Dynamos were broken. What are you going to do if demons

Elsword asked worriedly but Add didnt listen and turned around.

Add said this then quickly entered the house he saw in front of him. He heard footsteps following

grasp that Add was in turmoil and was going to wait outside the building.

and headed to the 2nd floor. He was the only one in this house, but you never knew.

Empty house, Add sat on the 2nd floors bed then took out Eun from inside his jacket. Eun who had

Yawn, Im quite tired. Why are you waking me up?

that everything had changed.

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Elsword, Aisha, Rena, Rave, Eve, Chung and Ara. They had different images than the El

the same.

So that means before I arrived.. There was a guy called Add here right? Where did he go?

Eun dragged her words then made a strange smile.

Boy from before would have clearly said it doesnt matter if someone like that died or not long as he

..Just answer my question.

Although it wasnt intentional, could it be that what he did to escape from D destroy the other

Ill explain it in a way thats easy to understand.

wooden table wondering what this square table with lattice lines drawn on it was when Eun put a

Lets say this white stone is boy, and this black stone is boy who was in this universe.

White stone went flying to hit the black stone then the black stone went flying outside the wooden

This is what happened.

Universe travel isnt an easy feat. Boy also always time traveled but never even thought about

Add nodded quietly. His topic of research was time travel so he hadnt been too interested in

Although he did know about them academically.

I know about parallel universe theory at least. Its something about an alternate world where

Time travel of course requires appropriate cost but universe travel requires even more. Normal

where multiple same individuals can exist together..but this isnt the case for universe we were in

Its confusing so lets call where I was universe A, and this place universe B.

Wasnt this a timing where you got angry that Im messing around and dragging the story on for

Im interested in the topic itself.

fresh concept.

most important thing first.

Theoretically, he will return back to this place if boy returns to universe A. He will return just as

property of trying to restore themselves.

Although the story was complicated, he understood in a general sense. Add nodded then confirmed

So D is trying to rule over time and space in the universe A that I was in, but this universe B

because I arrived here, Add B who was originally in this universe B got flown off somewhere else.

Amount of stones one can place on the go table is limited. No matter how good of a go player one

stones. Eun gave a cold smile when Add looked down at the wooden table that was completely filled

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I dont know what go is, but I understand what you mean. So..universe travel isnt something

time so the guy who was already here had to get thrown off.

Then how can D and I exist at the same time?

According to Euns words, D and Add couldnt exist at the same time. Add questioned sharply.

universe we were in. But D and I existed at the same time. How is that possible?

smile.

the information you want. Its almost to the point where Im marvelled.

D..then answer me honestly.

from the future.

The principle is simple.

table. Then she opened up her arms as if to say didnt I explain it well?

Ah, boy doesnt know about go? You must have realized from my explanation just now, but

Ds breaking the rules?

universes. The description devil couldnt be ever more fitting.

gloomy but pressed his next question quickly after.

Why go so far to that extent? Just what is D trying to do?

space. Boy should know that the world is created from intersection of time and space right?

D was successful in taking control of time. But Aisha was occupying space. To be more precise,

and space.

Does that mean Aisha can stop D?

her actual chances are below 30%, and her chances wont even be 10% in the fight we last saw. She

Then..

no chances in a straight up battle so she had been avoiding direct confrontation. But she was

Add started to get an understanding of what was going on behind the scenes. Eun spoke when Add

While boy was failing countless times, she was stopping D from completely taking control over

words.

Yes, she broke her policy and faced D directly for our sake. Although she wont go down easily..

even Aisha and take control of space was well.

wished, what else would you call that but a god?

Devil was trying to become a god.

Alright, it looks like what I have to say is roughly over. It would be better for you to hear the rest

It felt like Eun was trying to finish the conversation hastily but Add didnt say anything.

into that, but it was something he had to confirm for himself.

Boom!!

I could have defended properly if my Dynamos were normal. Add muttered this then coughed after

no other pains, he didnt receive any significant injuries.

Cough, cough, what the

blowing from the direction where the wall had been.

What.

hadnt realized because the situation was too chaotic but there was a strange sensation pressing

Cough, cough, hello Add.

Red haired girl who came in breaking through the wall and made Add go flying grinned. For some

down on him.

Their position in itself was awkward..but he didnt know why she was wearing such an outfit to

impressionable red color. She was certainly carrying a sword in her hands, but she was wearing a

Just whats with that getup?

though.

asked a bit hesitantly.

I dont think this is the time to be having an idle talk like this.

almost forgotten.

..I didnt catch you. You just came in and crushed me.

There was a strange elegance, outgoing character and maturity coming off from this girl who was

Her red hair fit well with her cheerful attitude. Although she was a bunny girl.

Although it was strange to give this kind of evaluation to a bunny girl.

Elesis was hitting the dust off her shoulders but turned around from having her name called.

..

fought turning back time multiple times. But she must be different in this universe.

Overlapping the appearance of Elesis that Add knew on top of this one was pointless.

..He knew that in his head, but he still couldnt help but to be restless. Seeing that Add was

forcefully raise Add up. He didnt even have any time to resist.

handling an accessory in her hand.

Elesis gave a light but serious apology then started to hit the dust off Adds jacket.

hand gesture then backed out.

Ah, thats

in aiming toward Elesis got blocked by her sword.

Hmm? So youre not a normal bunny girl after all.

on?

Small girl wearing giant gauntlets stared at Elesis haughtily. Judging by the circumstances, this girl

Blue-white girl smiled as she waved her hand towards Elesis.

Right back at you. Youre beyond my expectation as well. Although youre still below Scar.

Girl looked dissatisfied but acknowledged. Although two of them were fighting, there was a

Add had never seen this blue-white girl before but those were certainly horns on her head. He could

..A demon?

Address me as Lu, human. What is your name?

that had settled rose up again violently.

a bit longer.

Lu clenched her fists as she smiled and Elesis smiled back as she held up her sword. And Add who

The village was getting destroyed.

building. Shockwave that was caused each time two of their weapons clashed and struck each other

El Search Party all gathered from hearing this ruckus and blankly stared at this scene. Elesis and a

Who is that?

When Ara asked worriedly, Rena frowned and thought without answering. Raven answered instead.

Its almost as if they are sparring.

To fight evenly against Ms.Elesis. Thats amazing.

Add who had barely escaped from the collapsing building and was panting joined in on the

She did seem like a reasonable demon. She said her name was Lu.

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when but there were table, chairs, drinks and cookies set up behind them. You could tell the table

Add felt dumfounded from seeing the El Search Party slowly walk towards the table to sit. He had

Just what are you all thinking by sitting there?

Rena who was already seated and stretching her hand towards the teacup looked back at Add with a

Add was embarrassed to call them his comrades right now. Add covered his face with his palm from

who was wearing a suit standing there and watching Elesis and Lus battle.

slightly nodded to greet everyone politely.

It was great!

Ara became confused from Ciels gaze and asked.

No, Ill bring you some more if you want.

Adds eyes opened widely in shock from seeing this.

Of course, even Eve could use dimension gates and Add could use it as well if he needed to. But

them only for battle and only in a limited way.

either had enough knowledge and calculative brain to handle dimension equation freely or had a

Thats amazing..

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But Ciel didnt mind Aishas reaction and handed another filled teacup to Ara.

Drink a bit slowly..

depressed expression, Raven asked quietly.

Ah, so youre Raven.

sense of caution finally started to dwell amongst the El Search Party.

I only researched about all of you before meeting everyone in person. You dont have to be so

..You guys shouldnt have eaten so readily if you were going to get cautious now.

So why are Elesis and your partner fighting like that?

strength. I tried to stop Lu. But..

right magical gauntlet and was now launching a counter attack.

But you are demons. Demons want to join the El Search Party?

rampage and I agree with her.

Add slightly examined the other Search Party members reactions then asked roughly on purpose.

multiple members from the El Search Party that Add knew who had their relatives on the demons

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Ciel said this then sighed as he waved his hand. Then more cookies fell on top of Elswords empty

Eve who had been looking at Lu and Elesis battle spoke sharply.

Yes, I also cant trust them so easily.

Search Party that Add knew.

In that moment, Chung who was listening to the conversation opened his mouth. After gathering

You cant always hate everything that has to with demons, people might have their circumstances.

as Big Sister Elesis is saying shell help us, I dont think theres a reason for us to refuse.

So how about we trust Ms.Lu and Mr.Ciel as well?

Just as the atmosphere started to change towards lets think about it for now, Elsword opened his

Looks like its almost over.

and were staring and smiling at each other while panting heavily.

This is great, Lu. Its totally a skill worthy of Lord of the Demon Realm. Youve impressed me!

well. Youre indeed a skilled individual worthy of being called the hope of Elrios thats on its path to

Thats an excessive compliment.

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this right here?

Lu who was drunk with excitement nodded then kicked the roof. Magic circle that formed below

caught up by the force of Lus charge.

there was also the mighty power contained in her giant gauntlet!

Elesis smiled joyfully as she spun around with her sword despite the terrifying charge that she

Strike back against powerful enemy with even more power. Thats the principle of the red knights,

Juggernaut!

back head on, it was a situation where one of them could get critically injured.

Buster!!

Elesis had stopped spinning and was lowering her sword, and Lu was also standing tall and panting

Who won?

The fight wasnt settled.

Everyone looked at Raven confusedly when he shouted while taking out his blade. Could it be that

something as well because their expressions stiffened as they got ready to fight.

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Elesis and Lu that were proudly standing beside each other on the rooftop made tired sighs then

Why did you miss on purpose?

Answer to their questions presented themselves right away. Space beside Elesis seemed to crack

They had read the enemies coming in through the dimension gates and had changed the target of

That Karis is using such a boring move. Ruining my entertainment like this

When Elesis asked while smiling, Lu also quickly loosened her expression and nodded. Their fun

person standing beside them.

were circling all around them and threatening them.

Then lets clean them up.

Strongest Red Knights captain and the demon empress now turned their weapons towards their

Demons were attacking through the dimension gates.

Add shook his head bitterly then manipulated his Dynamos to send an electric current. Number of

used, but he could fire smaller skills like shockwaves or Void Impact.

easily disposed of an Incubus jumping at him then took a look around at the battlefield.

and Ara were still in charge of the frontlines and Raven was also performing excellently at the front.

Chung was destroying the enemies by swinging his Destroyer and Aisha was summoning lightning

Add looked to see how Ciel who he had no information on was fighting. Ciel was dispatching the

Theres nothing for me to do.

but each of their skills was extraordinary.

planned beforehand. There must be some meaning to it. Of course, it was to escape from Ds grasp

Just like Eun said, you had to say there was a clue to defeating D in this universe.

Was it going back to the original universe with this powerful El Search Party? But movement of a

got thrown off after all.

Party was indeed really powerful..but they wont be of help in defeating D. Not only will it be

fly off into some unknown universe.

Bam!

looked back. Nasod he saw before, Oberon was slowly withdrawing his tonfa. Incubus was slowly

What are you doing meditating when everyone is fighting? Youre not only useless but also lack

Then how about you?

show in a battlefield.

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that was flying in the air. Then Oberon charged forwards to initiate attack on demons in the front.

You could feel composure and majesty from how she only commanded others even in the battlefield.

Add strangely felt disheartened when this Eve snapped aggressively at him. She was Eve, but she

His conclusion was that he still didnt know how to deal with her.

him.

It unintentionally became a sarcastic tone. Eve must have been slightly offended because she

Express your respect towards technology of the Nasod civilization.

Arent I protecting you who is useless? You dont have to thank me but Id like your re-evaluation

Eve requested in a quite emotional tone. Add had experience with talking with Eve from

some pent up emotion from events that happened before.

she was treating him like this.

The person this Eve was getting angry at was Add B who was supposed to be here. It was obvious

one who offended Eve all this time was Add B.

Add B(should he say himself? Lets not because it feels repulsive) must have done various things to

Euns word that Eves affection points were at the very bottom wasnt an exaggeration.

Im sorry. It seems I must have done lots of things to offend you. Ill apologize. Ill watch out

Lets apologize first. Add apologized just like how he was taught from Ara. Eve looked quite

Eve who was frozen for a while from surprise turned her head away abruptly.

Also, thank you for protecting me.

Eve had known that Add was currently injured and his battle capabilities had dropped due to broken

Eve must have gotten even more startled from Adds honest expression of gratitude that she

.Even though youre useless, youre still our comrade. Of course Ill protect you.

Although she was a bit sassier, she was Eve after all. Shell accept if you apologize and thank her

Add nodded as he sighed. Ara and Renas images had changed quite a bit as well but they also

Youre..bit strange today, Add.

Add answered appropriately then looked straightly at Eve. He had a momentary impulse of wanting

Add left behind Eve he knew to be killed by D. Recalling her last appearance as she looked back

go back right now to fight again.

He must find a clue to defeating D before going back.

But he was already stretching out his hand to stroke Eves face.

Nothing will change by doing this.

name, inside her expressionless face He wanted a slight moment of consolation.

lingering attachments and withdrawn his hand.

Sorry, Ill explain later. Although I wont be able to tell you everything

this universe without D. Stretching out his hand to touch her right now was just Adds foolish and

Although touching her wouldnt be able to erase the guilt of leaving her behind.

disappear.

looked ever so similar they werent the same.

.Ill dispose of him for sure.

resolved himself then started to move his steps.

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made him happy.

Demons were like leaves before the storm from the El Search Partys attacks. El Search Party

over 100 of Incubus and Succubus in less than 10 minutes.

But these dont look like Scars minions.

Lus words gathered everyones eyes on her. Aras expression turned stiff.

Do you know who that is Big Sister Ara?

extremely powerful demon.

Ahahaha hecklers.

looked similar to a dimension gate started to open then a waving dark smoke gathered in one place

She wore a seductive outfit as if to show off her voluptuous body but you could tell from a single

This is my first time meeting you all, El Search Party.

smile while licking her lips. In that moment, Elesis dashed in like a gale and swung her sword.

It was such a swift movement that Add felt the pressure from facing Elesis as an enemy again.

a bouncy chunk of rubber. Elesis wasnt surprised in the slightest and was about to strike again but

Stop, there is a mass but she hasnt actually appeared in this place so its no use.

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Lu, stay calm.

of emotions mixed into it.

Hoho, its been a while Lord Luciela. It seems youre actually managing to stay alive while crawling

Karis bowed to Lu while letting off a sinister smile. Although her words were polite her hostile

Hmph, youre the one who should be crying and begging for mercy right now. Begging me to spare

you beg.

for old times sakebut it looks like youll need some punishment. Ill make you beg me to kill

Karis who was boasting in front of Lu snapped in frustration with a sharp voice after seeing Elesis

After the sword strike didnt work, Elesis was now experimenting with various things like punching

Although Karis form that appeared right now had a mass, it was only a dummy. It was only

There wasnt any damage to Karis actual body no matter what Elesis did. Still, here Karis was

making fun of her.

Cant you see that were talking? Get lost, human!

Elesis ignored Karis protest then continued to touch various places on the dummy. It totally ruined

Not only that, but Lu was now biting down on a lollipop that Ciel gave her because the conversation

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Of course, even though Karis said t