The Border of the Royal City only had two guards at the entrance. Unfortunately, even those two guards were impossible for Elijah to fight since he was a King who was at war with this Empire. He couldn't battle the soldiers.
Just so he could avoid the two guards, the King of Greed took a different route and stopped before the twenty feet tall border wall.
He stopped his horse before the Wall and got down. He held the Book in his left hand firmly and jumped with all his might. He put his strength behind that jump which helped him cover the twenty feet in height.
He was easily able to cross the wall and landed on the other end of the wall.
"Ah."
Two kids noticed the King of Greed land before him from the sky. Their jaws dropped as they stared at the young man. "Did you come from Heaven?"
The kids, who weren't even ten years old, didn't know that the man had come from the other side of the wall. They only watched him come from the top, making them believe he came from the heaven.
The King of Greed smirked in response. "That's right. I am an angel who came from the heaven."
"Angel? Mother said we shouldn't sin, or God will send angels to punish us. Are you here to punish us?" The kids took a step back.
Elijah couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Well, your mother is wrong. She doesn't know that committing sins doesn't bring punishment! Instead, it brings the rewards and strength with it! The strength that you can't even imagine. So don't be scared of Sins. Make more Sins!"
The King of Greed issued an advice to the kids as he started walking away. He had already wasted too much time.
"Angel says Sins are good. Mother was wrong." The two kids let out as they watched Elijah disappear from their view.
Elijah treaded through the city, advancing toward the Royal City. He was feeling so relaxed and excited that he had never felt before. He was so close to his goal. He felt as if all he needed was to stretch his hand, and the other book was going to be his.
He brought out the stone from his pocket. "I'm in the city. Meet me at the entrance of the castle. I'll need you to bring me in. You should have the authority now that Azekiel isn't here."
Elijah waited for a response for five minutes, but there came no response at all.
He once again repeated his command, but the outcome was the same. No matter how many times he asked, he didn't get any response.
He was getting more and more frustrated as time passed. "That bastard! Did he fall asleep or something? I'll teach him a lesson when I'm done!"
He was frustrated that he wasn't going to have the help to get inside. He couldn't sit idle, waiting for the response from his spy. He needed to take things into his own hands.
He went straight to the Castle.
"Hmm, even though there is no King, they do have quite a lot of security."
Elijah could see lots of security guards at the entrance of the Castle, each carrying a Sword.
"Getting in through the main entrance is going to be very time-consuming."
He moved to the back of the castle, where no guard was present, and started climbing the castle. The climb appeared to be effortless for the young man due to his strength and agility. Before long, the King of Greed had already reached the balcony.
After landing on the balcony, the young man patted his clothes before taking long strides in the hallway of the castle. From the information he had received, most of the Castles were replicas of each other in this world.
The Castle of Pride was similar to his castle for the most part, except for some minor changes. Even the arrangement of rooms was the same. It was as if he was strolling in his own castle.
"Since they placed so many guards at the entrance, they have none left to defend these hallways, it seems."
Throughout the way, he hadn't seen even a single guard in the hallways. It was like a child's play for him to get to the Temple.
Elijah stopped before the door of the Temple and gazed at the lock.
"Almost there!" The young man grabbed the lock and tore it off before tossing it away.
He pushed the door open. "Almost!"
He stepped inside the hallway. A bright grin spread across his lips as he gazed at the statue ahead. The statue was holding a book in his hand.
"There it is!"
As if not wanting to waste even a second, the King of Greed immediately jumped inside the pond of blood to take the book, and he even achieved it successfully!
With both the books in his hand, Elijah stepped out of the Blood Pond.
He placed both the cold on the ground and opened the last page in each of them. "That's it! The Map that leads to the heart of the Fallen Gods!"
He couldn't control his excitement as he burst into laughter.
Both books contained half of the map along with two codes that were needed to enter his desired place! After a long struggle, he finally had both in his hands.
He memorized the map and the numbers before closing both the books. Carrying both the books, he started to leave.
Thud~
Before the King of Greed could leave, both the doors shut before him on their own.
He ran to the doors and tried to pull them open, but he couldn't. No matter how much he tried, it was proving to be impossible.
"You came of your own wish, but you can't leave of your own volition." A gruff voice fell in his ears.
He turned back in surprise.
No matter where he looked, his surprised eyes couldn't find any living soul here. Only the Statue was here, and there was no way it could speak! At least that's what he thought until the statue opened its eyes.
The Giant Statue actually moved. The Stone Sword that was facing toward the sky was aimed toward Elijah.
"Y-you... How is this possible? How is a statue moving? And why now? You didn't move when I took the first book!"
"The first book was a piece of the puzzle. The second book completes that puzzle. You were allowed to take the first book, but you need to earn the second book." The Statue declared in a calm tone.
"Earn now?" Elijah asked.
"Do the things I ask to prove that you are worthy to hold the books!" The Statue commanded in a firm tone.
