"We're on time."

The Joker cursed as he saw the flying trees and boulders, all getting sucked by the black hole at the center of Riarravar. Behind him, there stood 'X' and the short pink haired Lolitta, who didn't seem too bothered by the destruction around her.

"So? We go back?"

'X' asked the frowning Joker, who raised his hand and crushed a card, causing the whole place to quieten, severely limiting the black hole's monstrous absorption affecting the vicinities.

"No, he'll be here in a bit. Let's wait."

The trio stood there, each one thinking of something while looking at the unrecognizable world which was turned into nothingness. However, what was surprising was the presence of some intact places, ones that even the black hole could not suck in.

One was a medium-sized colorful forest which was flying far away and the other was an underground golden city that seemed to be still functioning. The highest tower of the city was emitting blinding light which was being madly absorbed by the black hole. While this radiance was being sucked in, the city slowly moved further from the source of danger.

After less than a minute, a figure sprung from the surface of one of the flying boulders and jumped closer to the Joker and his party. He was a young man with a blond hear and handsome face that was very pale at the moment. His body was shaking and blood unceasingly leaked from his lips due to his injured and misplaced organs.

Vyncent looked at the Joker and co, not entering the protected area, seemingly hesitating. Seeing that the target finally showed himself, the Joker grinned and said:

"No need to fear, come here."

Sadly, this only made him hesitate more, his feet rooted on the shaky ground. Seeing that his body was reaching his limit, Vyncent clutched the strange coin and glanced between the black hole and the Joker before finally choosing to march forward.

"So you came all the way here just for him?"

Displeased, 'X' asked Wolfram as he found nothing special with Vyncent. It was then that he caught sight of the coin, which slightly surprised him but it still wasn't good enough to explain the Joker's desperate attempt to come here.

"Each person has a job in history, but, for it to be so, there needs someone to record it. As average as he may seen, apparently, he's more resilient than the Nameless Knight. He's lucky too."

Just as Vyncent entered his sphere of protection, Lolitta and X joined hands and reopened the path, teleporting all of them out of this place.

Unlike a Spatial Tunnel, this path take more time but is much safer and tougher. As were going through what seemed to be an endless wormhole, an incoming silhouette suddenly appeared, stopping a few meters away from them.

'X', Lolitta and the semi-conscious Vyncent didn't recognize him but the Joker did. The usually nonchalant Magician was furrowing his brows and standing up straight, even unleashing his suffocating aura.

"My my, I almost thought you're Tiarius but I guess he's not someone to wear such… unique outfit."

"What do you want?"

The Joker faced Timos, the brown-haired man, his face frowning and his hand holding three cards. The Black Devil raised his hand and retreated a few steps while explaining himself

"Wait, I did not come here to fight. I'm well aware that my power is inferior, nonetheless, I'm confident in my ability to escape unscathed."

It was then that a shiny orb appeared from behind Timos, it had two opposite sides, one was affected by the Golden fire and the other by the condensed Yin power.

"That's…"

The Joker gaped at the orb, immediately knowing what it is. He knew about its existence but no one knew who kept it before its birth, so such a revelation was truly a shock to the usually all-knowing Trickster.

"Never mind this. I'm more interested about that coin my humble guest just acquired."

The man pointed at the coin in Vyncent's hands. The artifact was releasing a light that pulsated like a heart, moreover, it seemed to be aiding Vyncent, whom it recognized as its new owner.

"What does an entity like you need with a mere soul-artifact."

The Joker really could not understand Timos' strange actions. Though the coin was strong, it wasn't to the point of making one of the Twelve greedy about it, after all, there are many other artifacts way better than it.

He glanced at the injured youth then focused his eyes on the coin but even after using his personal appraisal, he couldn't find anything special.

"It's sort of a personal keepsake of a comrade of mine."

"So, you want it back?"

The Joker walked in front of Vyncent and bent his back, ready to pounce at the Black Devil.

"No, just wanted a final look at it. After all, I believe it has fallen into the perfect hands, aren't I right, my humble guest?"

The brown-haired man stared at Vyncent, his eyes seemingly able to see through anything and everything. The blond young man didn't reply and only tightened his grip on the coin, clearly unwilling to hand it over.

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On a small island somewhere in the Water Region, precisely in a peaceful forest devoid of any strong beasts, a skinny youth with a bronze skin was dragging a large coffin. He was following a map given by the blue-haired scary woman and doing exactly what she said.

It took him a while to find the cave and it was only taxing due to the heavy coffin, which was truly heavy. As he had promised, he didn't question this task and didn't even dare open whatever he was dragging.

His body, soaking with sweat, finally relaxed after he came face to face with a normal, empty cave. He warily entered it, inspected the gloomy interior before taking out a one-time use wand and drilling into the cold walls, doing as the Empress instructed.

Half a day later, he managed to drill a corridor which ended into a medium-sized room. For the next couple of days, he painted the door connecting the corridor to the room then dragged the coffin all the way inside.

The final touch was to put two extremely heavy chests at the corner of the room.

The reward was more than he could hope for, furthermore, he made a special oath to never speak of this matter to any soul, so, after completing everything, the young Jackob went back to his mother with a purse filled with gold coins.