Chapter 79 - Magical Beasts Forest II
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Somewhere in the Azure empire...
In a mountain range, a large compound was situated in the depth of it.
Inside a study room in the compound...
"Lord, they are ready"
A man stood in front of a refined-looking man who sat on the chair behind the desk, reading a book. There was a desk at the side of the study room and books could be seen arranged in an orderly fashion on a book rack.
The man who was reading shifted his attention to the man standing. This was the butler of the compound, he hadn't stayed with the family for too long though.
"Hmm, okay. Have you given them the map?"
The butler nodded,
"Yes lord, they should have no problem with locating it this time"
The man replied,
"Good. Make sure to remind them there is no room for failure, you should know how long it took us to create that map, and how many lives were lost because of it"
The butler was aware of this since he had stayed with the family for some time now.
"Yes my lord, they know acquiring it is their main objective. They have promised to return with it, but we still don't know if there might be any unforeseen events yet"
The man replied before shifting his gaze back to the book he was reading.
"As long as they are careful, they should be able to acquire it"
The butler was about to leave when he suddenly paused, after gathering the courage, he said,
"My lord"
The man continued reading his book when he answered,The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.
"Speak"
The butler asked with a shaky voice,
"What is this thing they're going to acquire anyway"
The man looked at the butler while squinting his eyes. The butler immediately regretted his decision and quickly knelt on the ground,
"You people are always too eager"
The man who was in charge of the group from the Qilin empire retorted in contempt. The man who just spoke was a member of the Azure empire.
The man snorted coldly before turning his gaze to the other camps.
"Since everyone is here, we shouldn't waste any more time"
The members of the other camps all agreed, the quicker the youths get into the place, the better it was for them. The leaders of each group all walked out.
"Are we going to enter the place now?"
"Seems like it"
Grey nodded.
"But, we just got here. Shouldn't they at least give us some time to rest?"
Klaus complained.
"Seems not"
Grey replied. Although the journey was tiring, since they wanted them to head in now, he had no problem with it.
He curiously stared in the direction the leaders all gathered, and he could see them placing some stones on the floor in a specific pattern. Looking closely, one could see the lines which formed up a huge array on the floor.
'Essence stones'
Grey searched his memory for the information about them. These stones are formed in places where there are high concentrations of elemental essence. It usually takes a long time before they are formed, and they are divided into three grades; low, mid, and high grade.
After the stones were placed in their required spots, the array lit up. The stones were what was used in activating the array, Grey hasn't gotten to this level yet, but he already knows of it.
"Step into the array, you will all be transported into..."
The leaders all told each group entering the land of trial about some of the dangers they knew about. They also reminded them to keep track of time, and they should always be wary of those from the other empires.
The youths all nodded enthusiastically before slowly stepping into the light shining off the array and disappearing. It soon got to Grey and his friends' turn, he stilled his mind and stepped into the array. The light shone on them, and just like the others, they too disappeared.
After all the youths entered the place, the leaders all went back to their camp. They will spend the next six months here, waiting for those who would be lucky enough to come back out of the place. Sometimes, the number of people who make it out is higher, while on other times, not even up to thirty percent will make it back. The only thing which has never changed was the fact that over ninety percent of the people who came out would have already broken through to the Origin Plane.
At the camp of the Qilin empire
"How many do you think will make it?"
"I have no idea, but if more than half of the youths from our empire make it out, I'll be content"
They weren't the only ones wishing for this, the other empires also hoped at least half of the youths they sent into the place makes it out.
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Grey felt like his body was being dragged by an unknown force after the light covered his entire body, he was unable to keep his eyes open and shut them tight. The feeling didn't last long before he felt a cool breeze on his face, he slowly opened his eyes...