My SSS-Rank Clone Talent: I Level Up Endlessly!-Chapter 104: Pet Space, Arriving at the Temple!?

As Eryke the Third and the Little girl left the place, Eryke opened his eyes, watching their backs.

"This will bring me even more trouble... but it’s something I’ll have to face eventually," he muttered, letting out the most tired sigh he could muster.

There was no such thing as coincidence.

A statue with a face exactly like his.

Eryke didn’t believe in coincidences, not in this world. He wanted to explore that place himself and see with his own eyes whether such a thing could truly exist.

"Hmm." He touched his chin, a thoughtful frown marring his face. "I remember what the Heavenly Demon said to Chun Ma... could it be something like that?"

This was the only possible idea Eryke could come up with, someone who could see the future.

Otherwise, there was no explanation. The idea that someone else just happened to have the same face as him?

Eryke refused to believe in such a coincidence.

In the end, he simply let out a sigh and looked up at the sky, where the void distorted before him.

"What do you think, little one?"

From the warped space, the baby dragon emerged, tilting her head at Eryke in confusion.

"I forgot, you don’t really know what I mean." Eryke shook his head. He could communicate with her, yes, but that didn’t mean she truly understood his words.

Looking into the innocent eyes of the dragon, Eryke sighed and sent her back to the pet space.

"This pet space cost me a hundred thousand fate points," he thought to himself, "but it was absolutely worth it."

Then he closed his eyes once more, allowing himself to drift peacefully into sleep.

***

Eryke the Third and Hak Soo continued their slow journey through the forest.

But to the naked eye, it appeared as though the girl was traveling alone, no one walked behind her.

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

Eryke the Third and Hak Soo were still on the move.

They hadn’t even reached their destination, and already the moon was fading from the sky.

Hak Soo was panting as she walked.

"Sigh... do you need to rest a bit more?" Eryke the Second asked, eyeing her miserable state.

Hak Soo turned around and smiled, revealing her yellow, broken teeth.

"It’s fine, big brother. I’m completely fine."

"..."

Eryke the Third silently watched her, then suddenly stepped forward and stopped her firmly. Without a word, he casually cut down a tree in front of him, shaped a stump, and forced Hak Soo to sit on it.

"I’ll go get some food for you. Stay here."

With that, he vanished as if into thin air.

Hak Soo stared in stunned silence. After a while, a ferocious lion emerged from the forest, letting out a low roar as it approached her.

Terrified, Hak Soo instinctively reached down, grabbed a stone from the ground, and pointed it at the lion like a sword.

"Haha, Hak Soo, it’s me."

Thud!

The uninjured lion collapsed to the ground with a heavy thud and stopped moving completely. A moment later, Eryke the Second emerged from the lion’s body and began carving it up, a black haze swirling around his hand.

"Big brother, you’re amazing! What kind of witchcraft was that?" Hak Soo asked, her eyes wide with awe.

"Witchcraft?" Eryke the Second tilted his head. "There’s such a thing as witchcraft?"

"Of course there is! The master knows witchcraft too," she said with a confident nod.

At her words, his pupils subtly narrowed.

"Hak Soo, can you tell me more about your master?"

Until now, he had always assumed this was just a martial world. In his ghostly form, there was little he feared. But now... a seed of doubt had begun to sprout in his heart.

If there were things in this world that could hurt him, then he would have to start being more cautious.

After listening to everything Hak Soo said, stories that sounded like they were ripped straight from a horror film, Eryke the Second felt even more certain in his heart.

Children’s bodies skinned alive and thrown into cauldrons to create pills. Corpses used in rituals and turned into green-skinned beings. A master who could fly, surrounded by evil spirits.

As he listened, he had already finished slicing the lion meat and kindled a fire by gathering nearby wood. Using Synergy, he lit the flames. The skill was useless in combat, but for survival, it was surprisingly effective.

Soon, the flames danced before Eryke’s eyes, casting a golden hue over his body as he bathed in their warmth.

The meat was skewered and cooked to perfection. After sprinkling on some herbs he had gathered along with the firewood, he handed it to her.

Hak Soo accepted the skewer with a flicker of excitement in her eyes, though she tried to keep her expression calm. But the moment she took a bite, she lit up with joy and jumped in delight.

"It’s delicious!" she exclaimed. Tears of joy welled up in her eyes with each bite she took.

Her smile was the brightest he had ever seen.

Eryke the Third smiled. Though he couldn’t eat, seeing Hak Soo experience such pure happiness filled his heart with quiet satisfaction.

It was just simple food, but to Hak Soo, it might as well have been a gift from the gods.

Though there wasn’t a flicker of emotion on his shadowy face, Eryke the Second was genuinely happy for her. She had likely endured suffering far beyond what most would experience in a lifetime.

After she finished her meal, the two continued their journey.

The sun had already set, and the sweet chirping of birds echoed through the fading light.

Eventually, they arrived at a worn and weathered temple. Cobwebs clung to the crumbling walls, and the entire place radiated emptiness and desolation.

Eryke the Third frowned, a trace of confusion in his eyes. He turned to Hak Soo, silently asking for an explanation.

But Hak Soo had already collapsed to the ground, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"How... How is that possible? It was just crowded before..."

Rustle!

Just as Eryke the Third was about to speak, the rustling of bushes caught his attention. His gaze snapped toward the sound, only to see a group of travelers emerging from the undergrowth, arriving at the temple.