The Power of God's Cube System

Chapter 4 - Mysterious Box

Everyone will definitely say that Riko is crazy because he is desperate to prove the existence of mythological creatures with only an old map.

Sometimes Riko also feels stupid for allowing himself to be toyed with by his own hallucinations. However, the death of his parents is enough to prove that the creature is real and exists.

Before coming, Riko had already marked the places to be visited with a pen.

Earlier, Riko had been fixated on the super small box symbol, so he had to see it with a magnifying glass.

Riko doesn't know what the box is. But, it was enough to disturb his concentration. He had the urge to look for him but couldn't because he should save time on valuable things.

Moreover, the main focus is to find traces of the creature's life.

He walked according to inspired directions.

The day goes by so fast. It didn't feel like Riko had been walking around the forest for more than three hours.

Step by step, full of certainty, Riko walks through the forest according to the instructions. His determination is increasingly burning because he believes fate will soon bring them together.

He was going to prove to the world that his opinion was correct.

Superstitious creatures are real. Otherwise, Riko's parents couldn't have mysteriously died. That's Riko's support for not being consumed by the nonsense of people who think he's crazy.

Time continues to roll until the evening. The birds have started to fly to go home. The sky turned golden yellow, so the atmosphere in the forest was chilling.

 Riko still refused to stop.

Again, Riko's search was unsuccessful. He didn't find anything while exploring the forest.

Riko was forced to stop for a moment to catch his breath which had disappeared from his lungs.

"Where else should I go?! Even though it's almost night, I still can't find anything! Now, what should I do?!"

Riko is very disappointed, upset, and angry. Even though he had followed all the directions on the old map, he still had no avail.

Riko wiped the sweat off his forehead. "No! I can't give up! After all, my revenge must be avenged!"

With burning enthusiasm, Riko continued his journey while carrying a flashlight. 

However, in the middle of the trip, Riko suddenly lost his way and had to stop his search.

Riko went back to reading the map but couldn't, because some map points had faded, he couldn't read them clearly.

 "Shit! It seems I got lost."

Riko rubbed the writing that was almost lost to make it clearer.

"What writing is this?" Riko frowned when he found strange writing on a map. 

He is sure that all the symbols painted are interconnected.

 "This way! Follow me!"

Riko was surprised when he heard Professor William's instructing voice. His voice sounded straightforward enough, even though it was far away.

"Shit! Why did they have to come here?!" Riko cursed in panic. "It looks like they're going to go this way!"

Riko hurriedly hid behind the bushes that grew thickly throughout the forest.

Riko would definitely be wholly scolded by William if he found out that he dared to leave the group without permission.

Riko covered his mouth with hands him, trying hard to hold his breath when the crowd passed by him.

Fortunately, no one knows Riko's presence.

When William and his party had left, Riko heaved a sigh of relief.

"Luckily they didn't notice my presence."

Riko returned to tracing the giant trees that towered like monsters.

Armed with the heirloom map, Riko still keeps searching, even though it doesn't work.

Riko is confused because the map is getting weathered due to age. As a result, the map was almost damaged and destroyed.

"Shit! Damn it, the old map! I'm going the wrong way!" Riko reflexively kicked a giant tree, but he slipped instead.

"Ouch!" Riko's head hit something. "Shit! What thing has dared to hit the head—"

BRUK!

Riko jumped in surprise when the ground he stepped on shook violently. 

"What happened?!"

Riko staggered to his feet on the ground, immediately holding on to a tree so he wouldn't get shaken too.

Soon enough, the steep hill behind Riko caved in on him. As a result of being unable to save himself, Riko was dragged tens of meters by a violent landslide.

"H-Help!" Riko shouted when his body was increasingly carried by the ground's current, but in vain. There was no way anyone would come to his aid. Even up to this moment, maybe his friends didn't realize he was gone.

However, a blue light suddenly appeared and covered Riko as if to protect him.

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The next day. 

Afternoon.

Riko tried his best to get out of the pile of earth that buried him alive. He almost died from running out of oxygen. His whole body was crushed due to being hit by the rocks that had been carried away by the landslide.

Cough! Cough! Cough!

Riko coughed up blood. His chest ached and ached.

"Shit! Why does my life always fall into disaster?!"

When Riko was enraged by himself, his eyes were accidentally fixed on a shining object on the ground. It looked like a box giving off a bright blue light.

Riko was sure he had hit the pointy end of the strange box buried in the ground.

"What's that?" Riko frowned, looking at the box sticking out of the ground.

"What foreign object is that?" That thing looks like an engine box.

With great difficulty, Riko crawled and approached the mysterious box. However, when he touched it, trembling violently as he sensed a strange energy.

However, there was no response whatsoever.

'What is this thing exactly? Is this a treasure?' Riko guessed in his heart.

Riko has never found anything in his search mission for dozens of years. So, that thing is an outstanding achievement.

He hurriedly dug to get the box out. 

The young man looked excited, even though he had just experienced a terrible incident, namely being buried in a landslide for hours. However, he didn't seem tired while digging through the box.

In the end, Riko's struggle was not in vain. After several hours of struggling with time and effort, he finally removed the foreign box and saw his physical body perfectly.

Riko smiled widely and got even more excited. He lifted the box the size of a medium-sized safe to move it.

"Oh my! Why is this box so heavy? Is it because this box contains kilograms of gold?!"