Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 270: The Girl Behind The Looking Glass Part One

In front of them was what looked like an ancient city. But for Mei, it was more of a nostalgic place. The tall buildings covered in vines, moss, and overgrowth. The rusted out cars and trucks that seemed to be parked on the side of the road overtaken by nature. These were all things that she would find on earth. But what she did not understand was why such things were here in this world. "Let's go in and check it out..."

"Alicia... Err Mei do you know what this place is?" Loeri asked.

"It's just like the cities back on Earth where I was born. Those things on the side there are called vehicles. The larger of the two are trucks while the smaller version is called a car." Mei walked over to one of the trucks and looked it all over. Seeing how it still had an engine in it she waved her hand sending it into her space. She did the same to a few more trucks and cars as well. "These will be useful on Phantasia. We can reverse engineer them and make a magic engine that will allow us to drive around and go places faster." The group continued to move through the city. Mei stored away many kinds of cars and even bigger vehicles. The inside of her space was slowly becoming a junkyard. But they would benefit Phantasia so she did not mind. She stored a few bicycles and motorbikes as well. 

The one thing Phantasia was lacking was the ability to travel to far off places in a short time. She hoped this would boost Alastine's worth within Phantasia and gain some backing from other countries. That is if they were not already invented by the time she made it back. This thought made Mei frown. She had been on this current world for two years and a few months now. She had already turned fifteen. If she was on Phantasia she would be having her coming of age ceremony and getting ready to marry Blake. But now Mei shook her head. 'Put these thoughts behind you, Alicia! The most important thing to do is to make it back to Phantasia!' 

They went from building to building checking each one out. But all they found were empty buildings with nothing in them. They moved through half the city taking a few days to do so. They had finally reached the center of the city which held the tallest building. Mei was the first one to step through the entrance but stopped when she heard someone called out in pain. She turned around to see Loeri rubbing her nose. "We can't enter! Seems to be some kind of barrier."

"Hmm? Let's see if you can if you hold my hand." Mei said walking back to the entrance. She reached through the door and grabbed Loeri's hand but to her surprise right as it was about to pass through the doorway it was stopped short.

"No good. I think only you are able to enter. You check it out and we will go explore the rest of the city. This place seems devoid of demonic beasts so we should be safe." Loeri said. She was a little reluctant to leave Mei behind but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't pass the barrier or whatever it was that stopped her from continuing forward. 

"Then be careful, I will check this place out. If it's rejecting you but allowing me through then there is something here. Maybe even the metal box is here. I will catch up with you all once I am done here." Mei said with a smile. She was not so much worried about the group since she knew the five immortals were still following them. 

"Young Miss Mei wait..." Tang Chin appeared out of nowhere. He pulled out a talisman and handed it out to Mei.

Mei reached through the door and took the talisman and gave Tang Chin a questioning look. "Young Miss Mei, this will allow you to teleport away from your current location in case you run into an emergency. "

"Thank you." Mei said with a smile. She then turned around and walked deeper into the building. 

Mei checked out each and every room. But just like the last buildings, she found nothing. When she finally reached the top floor. She came to a large dark room with a single object in the middle. It was an orb on a pedestal. As she stepped through the door, the door behind her slammed shut and the whole room began to light up. 

An old man appeared in front of her wearing a white robe. But as Mei looked at this old man she remembered seeing him somewhere before. "Your You're the elder who gave me the cultivation methods!"

The Elder smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, it was I who gave you those and also I who blocked your companions from coming in here. Only you are allowed to see what is on this viewing orb and you must keep what you see a secret from everyone else. If you can accept this condition you may take a look. Consequences of breaking your promise will be death." 

"If it is to be kept secret then I will do so. You have my promise on this." The old man had given her three heavenly cultivation methods that allowed her to begin her search for the metal box to return home much faster than she thought she could. There was no way she was going to go against her word.

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