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Sheryl asked an old man who was sitting by the side of the road and seemed too weak to move around.“Hello, sir, since when have these rodents been showing up where people live?” she asked him.“Feed me first,” he said and slowly lifted his head. Once he saw Sheryl and Denver, he remembered them. “Y-You two… I remember you two. All those years ago. You are the ones who fought the cerberus and killed it. Am I dreaming? Are you guys here to save us again?”“You are not dreaming, sir,” Shery responded. “We’re the ones who killed the cerberus that guarded the blood-thinner treasure. This man is Denver Nighthawk, the one who obtained that treasure.”“S-So, this isn’t a dream,” the old man’s eyes turned teary. “Please help us. You opened up the road to the beach last time and helped everyone here. But now, that path was sealed up, and monsters are finding their way inside. Everything changed since those two started living in the nameless zone. We have no proof, but they are definitely behin
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Sheryl gave a small chocolate to the old man who gave them the information.“Thank you! Thank you so much!” He thanked her and then immediately chewed on the chocolate. Most of his teeth had rotten away, but he still chewed the tough chocolate like a dog biting on the bone.“Where are we going?” Denver asked Sheryl. “To the lost garden?”“No, let’s not recklessly rush there,” Sheryl said. “Let’s gather some information first. We’ll meet the commander of this street.”“Does every street have its own commander?” Catherine queried. “How are they chosen?”“The one who’s deemed to be the strongest in a street is called the commander,” Sheryl said. “It’s an unofficial title. Commanders change all the time.”There weren’t many people in this particular street, except at its center, where four streets joined.That was where the four commanders were sitting by a waterless fountain, as if they were waiting for Sheryl and Denver.“Are you the ones who beat Jerry?” the female commander asked. She
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Denver, Catherine, and Sheryl arrived at a building which was without doubt the most spectacular in terms of its intricate designs.It was a massive cathedral-like building, spanning in a whooping 600 acre zone. It was too big for a man’s eyes to take in at once from the front gates. Its height also reached hundreds of meters, piercing the low-hanging clouds.“This is the Lost Garden?” Catherine’s heart started to race a little bit. “This is like one of those abandoned castles where scary people live, but this is so much more intimidating.”“What we’re seeing is only like a wall,” Sheryl replied. “Once we get past this wall, we won’t be inside a house but a garden full of strange plants and trees.”Soon, they arrived at the front gate.There was only one guard sleeping outside. He lifted up his hat and looked at the three people. “New faces. Are you planning on entering the garden? Did you bring the money? If you don’t have gold, we’ll take your blood, too.”“Blood?” Sheryl was a bit
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The growl made Catherine turn back in fright.A ten-foot-tall scar-faced beast resembling a wolf approached them. It looked abnormally long, with its spine having multiple peaks and valleys, its eyes glowing an unnatural green and its fur glistening with sap-like poison.“W-What the hell is that?” Catherine was quick to hide behind Denver. “Is that a wolf?”“Sometimes, the gigantification goes wrong and produces these kinds of beasts, and the garden distorts their features even more,” Sheryl said, glancing at her. “It seems like it escaped from the garden somehow. You said you might be stronger than me, so why don’t you defeat it, Catherine Palmer?”“N-No, you’re still more experienced than me, so you should fight it,” Catherine nervously replied. It felt like the wolf was staring right at her just like a person’s portrait on the wall would. “You can do it, Sheryl. I believe in you.”“Hmph, you sure got a silver tongue,” Sheryl then stepped forward, which made the wolf howl.It was lo
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Trees stood tall and plants bloomed in vibrant hues inside the Lost Garden, constantly covered in a thick fog.Their vibrant allure was just a trap for the unwary.Beasts roamed among the verdant foliage, their forms twisted by the toxic flora they consumed, becoming monstrous guardians of this eerie paradise.The air past the entrance gate was heavy with the sickly sweetness of poison-laden flowers, and beneath the twisting trunks of trees, the ground crawled with vines that seemed alive.One of the giant fruits had fallen from the tree, which was what made the noise.Catherine walked up to the fruit, and a worm burst out of it. Denver caught the worm before it attacked her. He squeezed it with both hands and burst it into two pieces.Catherine was still frozen by what happened. That worm was thicker than a snake. If it had bitten her, she might have lost a chunk of meat at least.Before her heart could even slow down, they heard another screeching noise.“W-What is it now?” tremblin
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Alex, a skilled warrior and the hope of a struggling village, stood in the middle of the foreboding forest-esque Lost Garden.Standing in front of him was Ripley, with her striking auburn hair cascading like a waterfall down her back. She was fierce and clever, an unwavering source of strength for Zack and had fought alongside him many times.“We thought you’d become a capable subordinate of ours,” Ripley said. “You are quick-witted, but you are not loyal.”“I never swore my loyalty to you two,” Alex blurted while bleeding from his broken arm. “I only broke the contract because I’m growing tired of people dying in this sick garden. If I had known what I was walking into, I would have never taken this offer!”“You came from Mura village, right?” Zack, the spiky haired muscular man in sleeveless attire, calmly stated while meditating on a blind tiger. His eyes were as sharp as those of a tiger’s. “If you die now, what will happen to your village? Who’s going to feed them?”Alex frowned.
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The monsters were all abnormally large and extremely horrifying: a house cat with a crooked spine was as big as a bull, a twin-headed gorilla drooling out acids that melted grass, a one-eyed sparrow with its feather leaking out poisonous vapors, a giant worm whose mouth looked like a gateway to hell, and a cricket that was grinning like the devil himself.Every beast was a disaster in itself.The poison thickened the air.But the poison also affected Denver and brought about an involuntary reaction from his body.Red aura released from his body and cast the poisonous vapor away from his surroundings.Seeing that, Sheryl, who was planning on attacking first, took a step back. (That is…) She came to Catherine and grabbed her hand. “We should get away from him.”“Why? What’s wrong?” Catherine asked. “What is that red gas leaking out of his body? Is it the after effect of the millennium herb?”“No, it is called bloodlet,” Sheryl responded. “It’s going to get dangerous here, so let’s go.”
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After Catherine fainted, Denver caught her before she collapsed to the ground.The moment Denver sat on the ground with her, a few monsters rushed in and attacked them, wanting to make use of this situation to kill them.Sheryl fought beasts on one side, and Alex fought the beasts on another side, but there were too many for her to deal with, so Denver and Sheryl had to temporarily run away from there.The carnivorous trees also tried to catch them with their vines, but failed to do so as Alex led them through a secret passage which led them to enter the stone caves.Stone caves were an underground network of dungeons, where creatures stranger and stronger than the ones in the Lost Garden lived.There was no light in the tunnels of the stone caves.It was completely dark ahead of them.Alex took out a cigar lighter. “It is suicidal to enter this place without proper preparting, but we had no choice, so let’s find the nearest way out.”“First of all, we have to treat Catherine,” Denver
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The twelve-feet tall open mouth of the monstrous serpent broke the wall into bits and zoomed in Denver from behind.He didn’t even look back.Placing his hand behind his back, he released a burst of red lightning that destroyed not just the blocks of the wall that were still in the air but also the serpent’s head.The snake lost half of its head, but it was still wriggling about, its head regenerating at a visible pace.“What the hell?” Alex was baffled. “How can it still be alive after half of its head is gone?”“The nanobots are healing it, I suppose,” Sheryl said. “We have to find the crystal chip that’s somewhere in its body. If we destroy that chip, then the snake won’t be able to regenerate.”“But where’s that chip?” Alex asked. “How will we know?”“I’m afraid my aura is not skillful enough to enter other people’s bodies and check them,” Sheryl responded. “That’s something medics are good at. I’m neither a medic nor a master aura user.”“Then we have to destroy the entirety of t
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Sheryl was walking in the front.Alex was behind her.Catherine was the third, and Denver was in the last as they explored the caves after he had opened up the closed path.The air hung thick and damp, tasting of mildew and something ancient, something that made the back of Catherine’s throat itch.She was unconscious before, so the eerie atmosphere now gave her chills.In the front, Sheryl was holding a makeshift torch, with the flickering flames painting grotesque shadows on the cave walls, which freaked Catherine out even more.Alex moved with a practiced grace, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.“Denver, this place smells rotten and metallic,” Catherine complained. “I don’t think I can bear it for long.”“Just vomit once more then,” Sheryl casually dismissed her words.“Yeah, if I do, I’ll do it on your face,” Catherine replied.Alex, who was in their middle, was just not able to focus because of these two. Suddenly, his nose jerked a little.“Wait…” He stopped. “Smell tha
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A fighter jet came flying toward Hawk Park.The military officials at the border launched a missile to destroy it, but none of the missiles hit it.The jet managed to breach the lands of the Hawk Park.“Haha,” the pilot in the jet snickered while chewing gum. “That was easy. I just have to dump the gift and then speed off and go get my million dollars.”Just then a person flew up through the clouds.“I-Is that a person?” The pilot was shocked to see Mickey who was floating in the jet’s path. “Is he trying to kill himself?”Mickey raised his hand, and the fighter jet’s speed came to a halt before it reached him.The pilot nearly shat his heart out through his butthole. He still quickly recovered and pressed the red button.A big missile dropped, but then it didn’t go the way he intended it to.Rather, it started to float and went under Mickey’s feet. Standing on it, he stared down at the pilot.The pilot dropped the gum in his mouth.“You gotta be shitting me…” All the hairs on his bod
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A few minutes later.Denver sat down on a broken rock, with Catherine sitting next to him.She was awake and was staring at Drake who was talking with Sheryl in the distance. “Who is he exactly?”“Don’t think too much,” Denver touched her neck to feel her temperature. “Are you feeling okay now?”“Yeah,” Catherine loved seeing the worry on his face. She quickly gave him a kiss.Seeing that, Alex’s eyes turned a little wider.Denver was feeling hot inside because of having to push himself to fight Drake, but Catherine’s kiss surprisingly made him feel better.It was just a simple kiss, but it was priceless to him.At the same time, he was wondering if he should tell Catherine about his past. After thinking about it, he said, “Cat, I might have killed some people in the past.”“Okay. So?”“Even women.”“So?” Catherine didn’t seem upset about it. “Don’t tell me you killed children, too?”“I don’t think so, but I don’t know,” Denver hesitantly said. “My memories are slowly coming back, but
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An area of over 12,000 sq ft was destroyed.Rubble was all that remained.Part of the stone caves were now exposed to the sky.Sheryl stood at the border of the destruction while carrying Catherine on her shoulder.Her heart beat anxiously. “Boss! Are you there?” she yelled.A giant pillar of black fire burst out of the rubble and then evaporated pretty fast, revealing Drake who was floating in midair,He had black wings made out of aura.He stared down at Denver who was holding Alex by the shirt.Denver was bleeding from the forehead, but his gaze was locked on Drake.His body felt like a blazing furnace from having used the blood lightning to a great extent.Still, he didn’t show any discomfort.Alex, on the other hand, was not conscious and was wounded. But he was still alive.“You stretched out your aura to destroy the falling blocks before it hit him,” Drake muttered. “I almost want to rejoice for witnessing such a brilliant move while our skulls clashed.”He came floating down a
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“If you’re not going to do what’s good for you, then I will have to beat you and throw you in the dark cell by force,” Drake approached them, holding the black aural sword.“Didn’t my dad already punish me?” Denver asked while still carrying Catherine on his shoulder. “Why are you doing this now?”He didn’t want to fight Drake if possible, especially because of Catherine and Sheryl’s current situation.“I’m doing this for your own good,” Drake replied in a sharp tone. “Put that woman down if you don’t want her to get caught up in our fight.”Denver frowned.Feeling deprived of a better choice, he put Catherine next to Sheryl and said, “Stay back and stay alert.”“Boss, don’t keep your eyes on his sword,” Sheryl advised, “or you’ll lose.” She had already taken a healing pellet, so her bleeding stopped.“I’ll keep that in mind,” Denver clenched his fists, and red fumes released from his fists, turned into electricity and crackled the air around him.It soon spread throughout his body an
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Sheryl couldn’t help but frown while looking at the old man with a hawk tattoo on his fully shaved head. (This bastard faked his aura and tricked us into coming here. I can’t believe I took the bait. Forget about getting a treasure, if he wants to make things difficult for us…) “What are you doing here, Penal Master?” she asked aloud.Drake wasn’t even looking at Sheryl. His gaze was on the tallest man. “Don Denver… you broke the code and went on a personal mission for three years.”“And the king has already stripped him of his rank,” Sheryl was quick to reply. “There’s nothing more for you to add to the king’s decree… unless you’re siding with one of the rankers and are taking their side, which means you are not fit to be the head of the penal hall since that position requires you to be neutral.”She had to talk provocatively in order to grab his attention.“Green Fang…” Drake’s eyes turned darker. “You didn’t stop your boss from leaving, so you should receive punishment as well.”“
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There were dozens of red eyes glowing in the darkness, which made Alex step back in trepidation.“These growls… they’re the dungeon jackals!” Alex quickly said. “They are smart, and there are so many of them. Even the slightest of wind gusts will turn this cigar lighter off, and we’ll become like sitting ducks to these jackals.”“Dude…” Sheryl pushed him aside. “Didn’t you hear us tell you that we’ve been here before? If those jackals are smart, they’ll know whom to pick a fight with and whom to not!”She released aura through her body, which was barely felt by Alex, and it also made the light flicker.However, the jackals which were closing in suddenly stopped. After sensing the aura, they were hesitant at first.Sheryl released more aura in the direction of the jackals, and they all turned and ran away.“The red eyes are gone,” Alex was quite surprised. “I’ve never seen those beasts retreat without even putting up a fight. Did you use aura? How did you do it?”“It’s not something yo
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After Catherine fainted, Denver caught her before she collapsed to the ground.The moment Denver sat on the ground with her, a few monsters rushed in and attacked them, wanting to make use of this situation to kill them.Sheryl fought beasts on one side, and Alex fought the beasts on another side, but there were too many for her to deal with, so Denver and Sheryl had to temporarily run away from there.The carnivorous trees also tried to catch them with their vines, but failed to do so as Alex led them through a secret passage which led them to enter the stone caves.Stone caves were an underground network of dungeons, where creatures stranger and stronger than the ones in the Lost Garden lived.There was no light in the tunnels of the stone caves.It was completely dark ahead of them.Alex took out a cigar lighter. “It is suicidal to enter this place without proper preparting, but we had no choice, so let’s find the nearest way out.”“First of all, we have to treat Catherine,” Denver
