Chapter 39 39 - Crystaldrift

The idea was interesting. But would it work?

Ryan then waited for the instant when all the travelers that were going to enter the portal began to organize themselves. A group of at least 30 travelers was waiting at the portal, so the general focus of both the reporters and the guild officials was completely focused on that team.

The prodigy Damian was taking orders, but to the most attentive eye, it was easy to see that he was just repeating phrases that he heard over a small phone plugged into his ear. Any slightly more complex instruction seemed to be nothing more than a half-baked explanation.

All the more experienced travelers in that group were disheartened by the team leader, but they had no other option. After all, it was necessary to spread the word and create news for the guild, promoting the new talent.

Any speech from Damian that was not simply repeating what he was hearing was surely a show of ignorance. He was a foolish young man, and visibly stupid, yet he was good at killing creatures in a dungeon.

Now that the complete focus of that dozen or so people was on the group of travelers, Ryan moved to one of the streets next to the gas station. Walking through the attentive crowd, he ducked into a less crowded place and activated his 'Demon Form ONE' and his 'Demon Wings'.

Within seconds, Ryan launched himself into the air, flying as high as he could. Nyx activated the compass again so that Ryan could know where the exact location of the portal was. Some of the pedestrians saw some kind of leftover thing rising up at high speed, but they were not bothered by it.

Then, already standing in mid-air. From the distance, he looked like nothing more than a small dark dot in the sky. Until then, he fell with all his might into the green portal. Increasing his speed with the Demon Wings, as well as with the help of gravity, didn't take Ryan even a second to enter the portal.

*WUUUUUSHHH*

"What was that?" Damian shouted, confused.

A disturbance broke out among the guild members, all those men in suits began exchanging confused looks as they tried to understand what had happened. The reporters picked up their cameras and started pointing at the portal, anxiety was general.

"I saw something entering the portal!" One of the mages in the group shouted.

"Yes! Something fell into the portal" A warrior replied.

"But the portal is still glowing as if it is closed" Another mage replied, confused.

Slowly, the color of the portal began to emit a slightly stronger light. Indicating that someone had started the challenge, and now something was inside the portal.

All the Travelers, guild members, and reporters knew what had happened. There was only one possible explanation, someone had started the challenge before them.

Damian was stressed by that situation, and furious, he headed towards the portal.

"Follow me! Let's get this started!" he shouted.

"WAIT!" One of the high-ranking members of the guild shouted, but it was already too late.

That young man had already entered the portal, and with tired looks on their faces, the members of the group followed him. At first the tanks, then the fighters, and lastly the shooters and mages.

After all the travelers entered the portal, part of the adventurer's guild followed inside, and then the reporters.

*

As soon as Ryan entered the portal, he was thrown in front of what appeared to be an abandoned village. It was hilly terrain, filled with evergreen trees and grass and soil that looked like what you would expect from a high place. That region seemed to be a place with frequent snow seasons, both from the state of the ground and the type of low vegetation.

Ryan just let out a long sigh, as he watched the village from afar. Nyx was beside him, and when he moved forward, the girl lagged behind.

"Aren't you going to keep up with me?" He said as he turned around.

The sight he saw surprised him, Nyx was standing still, looking at the village with tear-filled eyes. Her face seemed to be in a sense of guilt as if she knew that place.

<That place... That village... That's the village in the north of Shivervale, we are in Crystaldrift> The succubus' voice was trembling, and those tears kept falling from her face.

Returning in front of her, Ryan hugged Nyx, and with one of his hands, he dried her tears.

"Everything that happened here has been over for centuries. Just come with me, okay?" he said.

Nyx wrapped both arms around Ryan, hugging him tightly as she pressed her face into the young man's chest.

"Thank you," she said.

The two then headed toward the village, which appeared to be not only completely deserted but also in ruins.

"We need to be quick, let's loot the main buildings and then head for the boss. Probably the waves of monsters should start soon" Ryan said, as he ran down a cobblestone road that led up to the entrance of the town.

*

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain, the guild group was already having a hard time.

"WHAT ARE THESE THINGS? STUPID GIANT RATS" Damian shouted, as he beheaded what looked like two giant rats, the beasts had smooth naked tails and thick brown fur with gray spots.

One of the mages then slapped his face, as if he was tired. A warrior put his hand on the mage's shoulder, as if he understood the mage's suffering.

Those giant rats were just Superior Rabbits, a kind of creature common in the second world and harmless. However, when attacked, they called for help from hundreds of members of the lair.

"I can't believe he attacked a Superior Rabbit..." The mage said, disappointed.

"Is he really a prodigy?" The warrior said as he prepared himself for what was to happen.

All the soldiers of the guild were immediately set up for combat. A sound of the earth moving began to appear until small explosions of earth come out in front of the group. It was like dozens of land mines exploding, and with each explosion, two Higher Rabbits appeared.

Within a minute, more than thirty High Rabbits were in front of the group, all of them with red eyes ready to annihilate the party members.

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