Lord of the Time: I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

"Are you curious about what's ahead inside?"

The king broke the silence.

Caleb didn't expect the king to be so talkative. Others said that the king was a ruthless tyrant. Due to this, he imagined that the king would be the type of person to be easily provoked or offended. A hot-head person. But he could see that the king seemed to more chill type of person.

Caleb didn't answer and just looked at the dungeon in front of him. 'Isn't it just Apokalips or prisoners?'

In the past, kingdoms used dungeons to imprison prisoners. In the novels he has read, there are monsters inside.

"Aren't you curious?" The king asked, seeing Caleb's lack of response.

Caleb still didn't answer. He just wants to get over with it. He was also trying to think of ways to escape, even though it didn't seem possible.

The king smiled and didn't seem to mind Caleb's behavior. With a flick of his finger, the shadows around danced happily. Following that, the entire surrounding became a mess of shapes and hues, which made Caleb dizzy and forced him to close his eyes.

In the end, Caleb felt the breeze of cool air. When he opened his eyes, he was inside the dungeons. It was more spacious than he thought. There were numerous dark blue rough walls. He even felt that he was in another dimension.

"When you look outside. The spire had reached the clouds. It was because it has a hundred floors. Each floor from floors 1 to 50 was as big as a district. The floors of 50-100 were as big cities. However, the floors on floors 10-100 are not accessible even for me."

"The only thing inside floors 1-10 are barren wastelands. We tried to plant trees, but it was futile. Animals also die once exposed to the air here for some reason... So, I decided to use it as a prison for truly dangerous individuals."

"You want to lock me here or what?" Caleb looked at the king.

"Nah, you have a far more glorious purpose than that. You are the key. The last piece of the big picture."

'M*therfucker. Why is this bastard king talking to me cryptically like this? Can you be more straightforward?'

Just like that, they walk, walk, and walk around. During the long walk, Caleb saw hundreds of prisoners. Inside, there are two to three humans. Only twenty prisons were occupied. The rest were empty.

'Just where the fuck does this damned king want to go?'

Caleb sighed. Ultimately, he hasn't thought of any way to escape. He was a helpless chicken.

After an hour of walking to seemingly never-ending corridors of prisons and stairs, they finally stopped at a prison that was different from others. Different in the way that was physically decorated. Unlike other prisons, it also has a lot of tidiers and seems to be visited now and then.

Caleb looked at the contents of the prison and he saw five hapless, frail, emaciated humans wearing clothes that were qualified to be described as a sack of dirt.

'So... Why do these five have different prisons than the rest? It is because they're the most dangerous or something?'

The five prisoners on the other side didn't respond, even though someone was talking in front of them. Their eyes look hollow and they didn't have the luster that even normal people have. The same luster that makes every look alive. It was as if the five had lost their will to live and they were just living to breathe.

'What happened to them to reach this kind of state?'

Suddenly, the king spoke with a grin. "No, we didn't torture them. Their sanity had been destroyed to oblivion because of thirty years of boredom. They literally just inside sit inside the dungeons. State at the walls. Talk with each other just about anything... Boredness is more dangerous than one would think, ain't it?"

Caleb looked speechlessly at the king. What a ruthless guy! It was as if the king wasn't speaking of human lives. But that of ants. It made Caleb understand the character of the one who sits at the top of the City of Phenos. "So, why did you bring me here? Cut the crap. Say it... It seems I'll die, anyway."

At this time, the king gave Caleb a look of surprise. Surprised at the fact that the young teenager in front of him wasn't afraid of death. It even looks like the kid had accepted his impending death. Why won't it surprise him? Who can remain calm knowing that they're about to die? At least, it shouldn't be a teenager!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

'This kid is a good seedling with such a character. Unfortunately, I need to sacrifice him for my plans or else he might have become one of the pillars of my kingdom in the future.' The king shook his head with pity.

"Well, since you want to straightforward answer. I'll give it to you since you're about to die for my benefit anyway. First of all... Do you now know why I allowed the shadow path to exist in the Scout Regime? Because I need six Tier 6 Shadow Path users. Throughout the founding of the Scout Regime, only five people managed to reach Tier 6 of the shadow path and they are the people currently caged inside."

'What?' Caleb looked at the five people who looked like beggars. Then he immediately controlled his emotions and said. "I'll guess it. You need the five and me to advance to your next realm?"

"I like talking with smart people." The king smirked. "I need to sacrifice six Tier 6 shadow path users. Only the five in front of you were talented enough to reach Tier 6. The rest, they all became crazy due to the intense side effects. You should know how those murmurings could drive anyone insane you have experienced it for yourself. These five people are the ones that advance at the span of a hundred years..."

Caleb sighed. 'I guessed it right. My fate is really sealed. Fuck... I'm so dead.'