Myles, Ria, and Penny planned together. After Myles explained everything, he looked at Ria. “This mission’s success mainly depends on whether you can carry me and Penny and fly far enough before any guard notices us.” “I can’t carry you both until the Venture city, but I can carry you for a few miles without a problem,” Ria replied with certainty. “Then let’s do it.” Penny fixed bombs to Ria’s feathers. Ria sent them flying high into the dome-like aerial barrier bordering the island. The explosion was so big, the barrier not only cracked and broke, but flames and smoke filled the sky and choked the guards. Even Ria’s feathers were destroyed. Ria and Myles were shocked by how effective the bombs were, but they had no idea that Penny selectively brought those bombs so she could trouble the guards and then escape. However, Ria used them much more effectively than she ever could. Ria stressed her back and was able to create a new set of feathers, though it cost her a lot of energy. B
“Bad decisions make life freaking hard for you in the future,” Penny said as they were still traveling on the boat. “One of the biggest regrets of my life is not settling with a good man when I was in my twenties or thirties. single life sucks after you cross forty. I’m saying this now because I’ve realized on this journey that you two seem worse than I did in my younger days, though in a very different way. I dated douchebags left and right, but you look like you won’t date anybody even if you were offered riches and fame. And that’s not good for mental or physical health.”Ria and Myles were sitting on opposite ends of the boat, with Penny sitting in the middle.“We’re not far from the venture city now,” Penny added. “It’s a city full of opportunities, so forget about your past. Do the things that are necessary right now for you to live the life that you want in the future. There are a lot of paths that look good in the beginning, like the solo adventures you can have when you’re wr
It was because of the breathing technique Myles was able to fight off hunger. Even after not eating anything for more than eight weeks, he looked like he could live this way for another eight weeks if he wanted.All Myles had taken from Penny was some water every now and then. He didn’t take any food even though she had offered him multiple times every day.Unlike Myles, Ria had eaten better.As their boat reached the shore, a batch of guards dressed in blue and armed with swords, guns, and all kinds of weapons were waiting for them. There were also dogs on leash, standing by their side, with their tongues hanging out.“It’s rare to see someone cross the sea on a boat,” the leader of the guard unit, a long white-haired man with saw-like teeth, said. He was tall and had a sinewy build. Despite his white hair, he looked like someone in his early thirties at best. “I see that you’re no ordinary group. Mind telling us which city you're coming from?”“Not one city,” Penny said, getting dow
Ria rushed straight into the hotel room after Penny paid the bill in advance.“I only paid for one week, but afterward, you’ve gotta pay for yourselves,” Penny told them and walked out of the building.Myles also walked out behind her.“Mm?” she glanced back. “You want something?”“Do you really don’t have any power crystals?”“Hmph, look at you being so shameless,” she snorted in annoyance.“I told you I’ll repay you one day. Even one power crystal would do….” Myles requested politely.“Tsk,” Penny’s heart felt like it was stung a bit. When he looked at Myles, it felt like her son might have looked like Myles had she married and had kids on time. “People outside the wolf city don’t even know the existence of these things. So you better not sell it to anybody, or you’ll get into big trouble.”“I promise I won’t sell it,” Myles assured.Penny then put three power crystals in his hand. “These are all I can give.” All of them were orange crystals that would boost one’s stamina and durabi
“The damned dogs find this old building a perfect place to shed their weight,” the blonde receptionist was still cursing as she came to her seat. “I’ve requested the guild master to paint the building and make it look nice and all, but forget about the painting, I didn’t receive my last month’s salary. If he doesn’t give me the last two months’ salary on the 1st of the next month, then I’m out.”“Don’t speak like that, Sercy,” the old guard with one eye spoke while holding a half-empty liquor bottle. “If you leave, who’s going to take your role?”“Then you pay me the salary,” Sercy retorted, and the old guard shut up. “Thought so. Everyone can say the words because it’s easy, but only those who do the work to fulfill their words really matter. And we’re unbearably short on staff as well as the venerers. That’s why the missions we’re receiving have also fallen abysmally in terms of quality and quantity.”“Most of our guildsmen left and picked better guilds,” the old guard said, sippin
The continent where the Venture city was established was called Venturia.In the Cobra city, people with the ability to fight monsters were called mages; however, in Venturia, they were called Venerers.Mages had levels: omega, deltas, betas, alphas, and doyens. Omegas and Doyens were extremely rare, so they weren’t even used by people often.Venerers had ranks: D, C, B, A, and S. These ranks were given because there were generally five different types of dungeons that popped out on this continent.A D-rank dungeon looked like a daffodil flower, giving off a light golden yellow shine. This type of dungeons usually showed up in dark regions.A C-rank dungeon looked like a coral, giving off many mild colors. This type of dungeons generally popped out where there was water or moisture or high humidity levels.A B-rank dungeon looked like a bagel. This type of dungeons showed up in the middle of the night, generally where food was wasted.An A-rank dungeon looked like a half-cut apricot,
If there were opportunistic animals that would trouble you when you are going through your worst time, it would be cockroaches.Mutant cockroaches? Even more so.The sewage where the plant and animal matter was dumped was a perfect hiding spot for these cockroaches.However, because of a dungeon being there for too long without anybody trying to clear it, the dungeon energy mutated the cockroaches and made them stronger. Because it was only a D rank dungeon, a guard was placed outside the sewage system so the threat could be notified and dealt with appropriately when some creatures were to break out of the dungeon.No creatures came out of this D-rank dungeon to this day.Myles was running through the sewage system. In the beginning, there was only smell, but afterward, he had to trudge through layers of decayed matter. The smell was horrible and beyond description.Some of the mutant cockroaches ran and hid in the cracks and crevices after sighting Myles, but some attacked him withou
BAM~!A loud noise echoed in the tunnel as the thick tip of the frog’s tongue struck Myles’ glowing red fist.The tongue was sent thrashing back. It hit the walls on either side a couple of times before the frog managed to pull the tongue back into its mouth, but Myles was already upon it.“Die!” He jumped, somersaulted in the air, and axed a glowing kick down on its forehead. The frog’s skull cracked, but it still managed to lift its head and push him back. Though Myles landed safely on the ground, he could feel his leg trembling. “Dammit. I can’t believe I’m struggling against a frog.”He had believed that during the two months of travel, he grew much stronger just by following a set breathing pattern, but after clashing with the frog, he realized that he overestimated the breathing process.“Was the technique I used not good enough for this world? At this rate, how long will it take for me to reach the top? A decade? No, probably much longer.”Just thinking about it made him feel