Despite feeling pain from the previous collision with the wall and his vision suddenly blurring, Zavi tried to stand up to approach the man.
He raised his hand, staggering as he walked, his trembling index finger pointing at the man.
"Y-You...?"
Hearing that, the man turned his head.
"Don't come here...!" said the man in a panic and walked towards Zavi.
"Are you Mr Albert?" asked Zavi, squinting his eyes.
For some reason, since he was thrown by something he didn't know, his back hit the wall hard, causing his vision to suddenly blur.
Zavi didn't know what had actually happened to him, but one thing was clear in his mind.
Was this the doing of the people in robes around him who were watching him? And did this mean that he was a transmigrator who was constantly unlucky?
Meanwhile, the man was confused, not knowing whether to be honest with him. He took another amulet from his coat pocket and immediately threw it at Zavi.
Wush...
The amulet with a red rose pattern crumbled like dust from burnt paper. The dust floated and stuck to Zavi's coat, causing the blurriness to slowly fade.
After giving the amulet to Zavi, the man, who was none other than the real Albert, took a deep breath and said, "Can you see clearly now? I think you have been affected by the spiritual power of the spirits, or maybe..."
Before he could finish his important words, two of Albert's friends came from behind, emerging from the narrow alley in the same state as him, but with dust clinging to their bodies.
"Damn this dust," said the woman with black hair tied back, brown eyes, and wearing a black lace dress. She continued, "Did you escape from that person?" she asked with a sharp gaze.
Albert glanced quickly and replied in a low voice. "No... He just disappeared. And did you two find the group?" he asked in return.
The man standing behind the woman replied in surprise, "They just disappeared and they must be doing something in this city that is far from the domination of the Norn empire."
"But, in my opinion—"
"Wait a minute!" Albert interrupted, holding his chin. "Dominance, you say? Does that group want to rebel in the capital to cause an incident?"
The black-haired woman and the black-haired man nodded simultaneously, their expressions filled with disbelief.
Albert turned his head, staring intently at Zavi, who was sitting with his head leaning against the wall.
"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?" asked Zavi in surprise.
Albert cleared his throat twice, smiled slightly and said, "Huh? Nothing."
"Who is that nerdy guy, Albert?" asked the woman without mincing her words.
Huh? Nerdy? Honestly, I'm not handsome, but don't say that, you bitch.
Zavi thought to himself, showing an expression of disbelief.
"Hey, hey. What are you talking about?" Albert panicked and looked left and right, confused, afraid that Zavi, who was his acquaintance, would be angry with him for having bad friends.
The man with black hair and shiny blue eyes contrasting with the moonlight nudged the woman standing next to him. He cleared his throat and said, "Apologise to him, quickly!"
Hearing those words and seeing the man frown, the woman with tied-back black hair was immediately frightened.
She took a deep breath, took two steps forward and bowed her head slightly. "I'm sorry if my words hurt your feelings," said the woman from the bottom of her heart.
'Huh? Isn't that wrong?' thought Zavi, still caught up in his old life on Earth.
He still wasn't confident about his appearance, even though Zavi's body was quite handsome. But for some reason, he still felt awkward and strange.
Zavi tried to stand up and said, "I am awkward. No need to apologise."
The three of them reflexively opened their mouths wide, unable to believe that those words had come out of his mouth.
Albert, who was standing in front of Zavi, laughed as he looked at him, walked closer and patted him on the shoulder. "I know, you must have gone through difficult times," said Albert in a low tone, amazed by Zavi's thoughts.
"Huh?" Zavi smiled, trying to deny it. "What are you talking about?"
A few seconds later, from the direction of the fountain—the road in front of where they were standing—Carlz appeared, running hastily towards the four of them because he was being chased by a strange creature. It looked like a cat, but you couldn't really say it was a cat. The creature had a long tail and teeth that moved every second to the tip of its tail, and its body was small, about the size of a Melon.
"Damn... You're here after all, Zavi." Carlz said, running with his breath racing.
They stared at each other.
"Why are you just standing there? Do you want to die at the hands of that strange creature?" His tone suddenly rose, and he turned around and continued, "Ah... Damn it. Isn't he tired of chasing me all the time?"
The four of them didn't run, instead they were engrossed in watching the small creature that had frightened Carlz. And when Carlz ran past them, the strange creature suddenly stopped, its purple eyes blazing like fire, frightened after staring at Zavi standing in front of it.
Uw...
The strange creature immediately turned around, trying to run with all its might out of fear after seeing the figure floating directly above Zavi's head.
A figure that could create "Chalog," animals that transformed due to being exposed to too much spiritual energy, such as cats, rats, cockroaches, and other animals, would evolve into terrifying forms and, of course, possess destructive powers.
However, just a few seconds later, the strange creature, which had previously been a rat that had accidentally passed by the ritual altar, vanished without a trace, as if its body was no longer accepted by this world after seeing that mysterious figure.
"What was that? It disappeared?" they exclaimed in unison, their eyes wide with shock.
A few seconds later, Zavi turned to his right, a little smile because still seeing Carlz running aimlessly. After the strange creature had vanished, four more people emerged from the narrow alley in front of them, where there were still fragments of a wooden crate.
Hearing footsteps nearby, the four of them reflexively turned towards the narrow alley and looked at each other, unsure whether they were ordinary people, but thinking it was unlikely that anyone would dare to go out at night out of fear, and wondering if these people were the group they had each been searching for all this time.