"What did you just say? He went inside that rift?" The old man Lin looked towards Arjun as he said those words.

Arjun nodded his head.

"Yes, master. I tried to stop him but he was persistent. I am sorry, master Lin, I failed," Arjun exclaimed as he responded to the old man Lin.

Hearing those words, the old man took a deep breath and closed his eyes and opened them a moment later.

"So that's the price he pays for Diya's life. But why did lady Evelyn make him go inside that rift? She could ask for anything if she wanted to. I am positive that Yohan would accept anything to save Diya," the old man wondered to himself as he thought about Yohan's current circumstances.

"That damn place. I hope he finds his way out to that place." The old man Lin clenched his fist as he said those words.

Then his expression became serious.

"We don't have too much time to waste thinking about Yohan. He chose this path for himself and he has to find a way to get out from that rift,'' the old man exclaimed as he looked towards Arjun.

Arjun nodded his head.

"Master, I am positive about him, he will definitely find his way out of that place. I saw master Yohan like that. When he entered that portal, his expression was calm and composed. Those were the warrior's eyes when he went in that rift." Arjun looked towards the old man Lin.

The old man Lin got up from his place and took a sword in his hand while he was wearing heavy armor and dragon engravings could be seen on that armor - the dragon represented the Lin clan.

"It's time to gather our men. We are going to attack the Nichole clan. We have to strike them before they do." The old man mumbled those words.

"Yes master, everything is ready. Everyone is waiting for your order," Arjun responded to the old man and the next moment both of them left the old man's room.

Meanwhile…

A young man could be seen laying on the ground and suddenly he opened his eyes.

"Where am I?" Yohan mumbled. He felt too heavy as he tried to get up. but his body didn't move an inch.

"Damn it, what now? I left that forest and after that…what happened to me? I don't remember.'' Yohan mumbled those words as his gaze went here and there around his surroundings but to his surprise, he was inside a pitch dark place.

His facial expression turned dark as he heard someone laughing.

"Who are you, damn it! Show yourself! Why did you bring me here? Let me go," Yohan said as he heard those giggles and laughter.

And the next moment he saw a figure of a person who was slowly walking towards him.

"Who the hell are you, old man?" Yohan mumbled as he saw an old man who was looking towards Yohan while a smile could be seen on his face.

"Who knows who I am, but I know one thing: that we are both prisoners here." The old man sat on the ground as he looked towards Yohan who laid in front of his eyes.

"Prisoners? What the hell are you talking about, old man? Tell me the damn truth," Yohan replied to him as he said those words.

"Tch, kids these days, don't know how to behave with elderly people," the old man said and next moment he pointed his finger towards a particular direction.

"Look there and you will know," the old man said while pointing his finger towards the particular direction.

Yohan nervously gulped as he followed the direction of his finger.

"What the fuck? We are inside a prison," Yohan mumbled as he saw they were behind bars and he was lying inside a prison cell that was surrounded by darkness.

Next moment his gaze went towards the old man who was smiling towards him.

"Now you understand, kid, we are inside the prison and soon we both are going to die for the crimes we did," he laughed as he said those words.

Yohan couldn't believe what he had just heard and what his eyes witnessed. He was in some kind of a prison inside the rift. He nervously gulped and tried to move, but still, his body didn't respond to him, his body was numb.

"Don't worry, your body will be all right in a few hours, don't try to move now. This is the effect of that dart, it makes your body paralysed and numb the moment that liquid enters your body, the stuff that the damn dart contains," the old man exclaimed as he looked at Yohan.

Yohan took a deep breath and looked at him.

"What do you mean by prison? What kind of a place are we in, and what kind of bullshit are you spouting? I didn't commit any crimes," Yohan said to the old man.

Hearing those words, the old man started laughing like a maniac as if he had heard some kind of joke from Yohan's mouth.

After laughing for a while he looked towards Yohan.

"Damn it, kid, you are a very funny guy. You are saying that you are here for nothing. This whole rift is an eternal prison. The Kingdom's most heinous criminal is imprisoned here," the old man said, looking at Yohan.

"What the hell are you talking about, old man? A few hours ago I was inside some kind of a forest and now you are saying that this whole place is a prison where the Kingdom's most dangerous criminals are imprisoned." Yohan's eyes widened as he said those words.

"You are talking about the forest of mirage? Well, that place is very dangerous and unpredictable. That forest is a playground of those beings. It is destroyed automatically every 24 hours and then everything is reset again, and that place is governed by 4 demon guards who used to hunt for fun," that old man exclaimed as he said those words and he looked at Yohan with a serious expression.

"Wait, if you were inside that place, then how are you still alive? Those guards didn't hunt you inside that place?" The old man looked at Yohan with a serious expression as he couldn't believe that Yohan was telling the truth.

"I killed those 4 demonic beings inside that forest. and somehow ended up here," Yohan responded to the old man.

Hearing those words, the old man was taken aback and dropped his jaw on the ground.

"You did what?" he asked with eyes wide open.