Just like what we had planned, Hina summoned her ability and made a crack on the ground. The floor trembled and caused disturbance across the room, while Oculus did its job and secured us away from the cameras and monitors from sight. As soon as the chaos happened, the people inside the base notified the higher-ups for an unforeseen earthquake. As the people sprinted around the places, Hina and I found an opportunity and entered the corners undetected.The hardest part about this job was not just the breaching part but also notifying the elite adventurers inside the room. If Akai was also here with us, he would already know that we planned breaching Omen with these roundabout ideas.Fortunately, when Hina and I reached the Omen’s gate, the elite adventurers didn’t spot us. Well, for now. But as soon as the people found out that something was not right, they came to check Omen’s ingress and ordered the one’s in charge with the base’s layout to shut all doors until further instructions
As soon as Hina and I rose to the sky using my jetpack, my system didn’t mark anything that I saw. I manually memorised the places seen in front of me and jotted them down inside my brain. Unfortunately, some places were shrouded with towering dead trees that obstructed my vision. Other variables such as mountain-boulders and gigantic corpses from monstrous beasts were found on the ground that blocked some parts beyond the vast land. A fog of some sort also impeded us from looking far off the land. I thought that this smoke was something that the portal had that prevented players from what we were doing - checking the entire place from above and not exploring it. It also looked like the place was void of any life forms. Maybe it was because some predators might be lurking around elsewhere, which we hadn’t luckily seen yet. There was also a chance that our enemy were flying type creatures or beasts that inhabited the ground below us. Hina and I should be careful exploring these unchar
We had been walking for six hours already and we still hadn’t found anything yet or reached the maze’s end line. It was the same place over and over again, but the map told us that we were far from where we first entered Omen. The creature we thought was stalking behind us never showed itself. Not even a monster entered our field of view as we marched our way to the place with tired legs and heavy eyes. Hina and I already wanted to sleep, but we couldn’t slack off and be tempted from our deepest desires. If we slow down right now, there might be a chance that the elite Crimson Guild adventurers would catch up onto us. Even though they didn’t have a map unlike my system’s features, those adventurers could easily catch up and take more grounds than regular people. That was why the Crimson Guild chose them and called themselves the elite members of their organisation.But as soon as eight hours had passed by, we reached a fissure that separated the terrain. When we arrived, a bridge of
Every second that passed, those elite Crimson Guild adventurers were closing in the gap. If I could deduce where they were right now, those adventurers might have already faced the bridge or crossed it. Hina and I didn’t have much time, so we had to perfectly plan our actions before entering that cave. Probably we would have to face the scout of that elite party of the Crimson Guild before meeting the rest of the group. With that being said, I found a way that could slow down the party’s progress with the Earth Dragon in front of us.Now that I had realised it, this Earth Dragon had wings despite the name. From what I remembered, Earth Dragons were strongest on the ground and can never fly, so the winged dragons were far superior than them. However, this situation proved me otherwise as the Earth Dragon had wings on its back, which, I assumed, could fly just like any winged beasts. But that didn’t matter right now. All I cared about was the process of waking the dragon up and using th
“Well, this wimp will kick your ass,” I yelled, hoping to provoke the foreigner.Thankfully, my system translated what the man said to me and what I told the man to the language we both understood. I was Japanese and the man was probably someone living outside our country, so language barriers would be a common thing for the two of us.I knew that what I said brought terrors inside my body. In films, those lines would work one hundred percent against their enemies. But not this one, I thought. If someone had told me that, I would have already rolled on the floor and cringed myself for the lacklustre words I heard. However, the opposite occurred. Much to my surprise, the man caught my bluff and charged straight at me like a bull against a matador. While he was at it, the bloke used his fireballs and threw them in my direction. From the looks of it, the man wasn’t affected by the sudden rise of temperature and the heat coming from those spheres of flames. My balls were sweating becaus
Beside the girl wearing the heavy-duty armour was a… skinny man around his thirties wearing a white tuxedo in a battlefield. His slick hair was akin to a model and the man’s chiselled chin threw me off in the distance. The bloke looked charming as ever, as he fixed his glasses and tie from his suit. According to my system, he was a modernised ninja who was specialised in moving in the shadows. But with the choice of attire that the man wore, I doubted that could save him from concealing himself in the shadows, regardless if it was night time or day time.The last one was the guy in the middle. I thought Akai would be the leader of this elite group. But I had thought wrong, The man at the centre looked like a general from an army. Like the stereotypical old dog from a film, this man had a tobacco clipped in his mouth and filled his air with smoke. He was older than Vulcan and had scars covering his body. That man’s prominent mark was on his right eye. If I had to guess it right, the w
I had already fought Icarus before. He could summon fire out of nothing and on his body, which he also used as a cloak to protect himself from any incoming damage. Although Icarus still hid some vital skills from me and from the battle we had earlier, I doubted there was any abilities he could create to leave a dent against my suit of armour and get past my defences. But I still had to be wary about anything Icarus could throw me, regardless if he was just a scout or not.Oscar was the other one who planned on taking me down. He was the man running with his white tuxedo and a blade much smaller than what Will had. That weapon, according to my system, could take the form of any shape as long as the wielder wished to change it. Hence, he Oscar was the suitable one for attacking the enemy by surprise using close combat fighting skills. Again, I had no idea how many skills or tricks Oscar had on his sleeves. But there was only one thing I knew about the two of them. Oscar was a patient m
After dealing with the two of them, I rushed towards Hina, told her to create the wall like we had planned, and pulled her inside the cave. The last thing I saw was Will’s face looking at me while his team fought against the mighty Earth Dragon. I knew his team would remain alive, but Will knew that he lost this round and I kept the lead back to me. As soon as Hina created a barrier that prevented anyone from pursuing our tracks, we headed deeper inside the cave and sought for a safer place. Since the cavern had no lights, we couldn’t see anything besides our eyes glowing from the dark. Thankfully, Oculus had a built-in flamethrower, which we used as a torch to light our way. When the light shimmered, the cave brightened up and revealed our surroundings. There was nothing noteworthy about the cavern besides the wet ceiling and the moss growing everywhere. Every time we hummed or reacted with our voice, the sound echoed through the tunnel. So I told Hina to keep our reactions and con