A short while later a middle aged man walked to the bridge that linked the shore to the breach with a megaphone, he scanned everyone who had came and nodded satisfyingly.
'If we can't win through quality then we'll go with quantity.'
He thought, the man was dressed in a military suit, overly decorated which meant he was a higher up. His body was tall and lean which made him looked younger but he was already 50 years old !
"Hello everyone, I won't say too much because I know you didn't come to listen to an old man speaking.
First thing is, when I'm done speaking you'll be free to go through the breach.
Second thing is, we are willing to give you the best prices on whatever you bring from there.
Alright then, have a safe trip !"
The cacophony made by tens of thousands should have been too loud for that megaphone to spread the man's voice over the whole place but when he started talking everything suddenly became very quiet for some reason.
Elliot stood up and started walking towards the breach, everybody else did the same. The most impatient people started running, the believed that entering a second earlier would give them the lead on the rest.
The breach was so wide that two hundred people could go through at the same time !
Without having to wait too long for his turn Eliott took a step in the dark void and suddenly he lost control of his body, he felt a strong suction force pulling him over to the other side !
'This is the feeling of going to another world ?'
For a few seconds Eliott saw only darkness and felt the suction force then he blinked and when he opened his eyes he was in a wide plain with short grass, the suction force had dissipated and behind him was standing the same gate he had gone through a second ago.
He looked around and thousands of people were being pushed out of the breach and landed perfectly on their feet, the fastest to come back to their minds had already started running towards god knows where, on the other hand parties were grouping up and waiting for their late mates.
'What should I do now ?'
Eliott looked around and realized that he had no plan, running around aimlessly could be really dangerous but there was nothing else to do if he wanted to find treasures !
'Let's do this.'
He pulled out from his backpack a small pouch and took a small compass he had readied before the trip, his plan was to see if this world had a similar magnetic field as the earth. The red end of the compass's arrow pointed towards the breach.
'Wait...?'
He started walking around the breach and the compass always showed the breach !
'This is sick ! I will always know where the breach is, no need to be scared of getting lost.'
Finally Elliot decided to leave the breach too, he walked behind it and walked the other way, most people walked in the direction where they appeared and only a few decided to go the other way.
'My chances of finding a treasure will obviously go up as there are less people this way.'
Elliot walked slowly and set his objective to a towering mountain in the distance.
'Roughly 20 kilometers ? Maybe a bit more.'
After walking for awhile he already couldn't see anyone else from the huge group and picked up the pace.
'My objectives are :
Securing a clean water source, making a camp and securing a food source. Although I still have a full gourd of water and a fine amount of food I still need that to survive in the long term.'
While walking further and further away from the breach Elliot used the compass to see if it deviated from the breach when he went further, maybe the breach was affecting the magnetic field because he was close and would suddenly start showing the North Pole of this world as he went further, he was being cautious because he needed to keep the direction of the breach to go back home. It wasn't an issue now since he could still see the huge black hole from where he was but when he decided to go further it would be an almost certain death if he got lost.
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After 5 hours of walking Elliot finally made it to the foot of the mountain, it wasn't as big as he expected but the top of it was still white with snow, it meant that he would find a river of drinkable water somewhere around this mountain!
'First objective : complete.'
He thought, he had a list of things to do before starting to look for treasures and it was going pretty well for now.
He walked around the mountain for a few minutes and as predicted a river of perfectly clear water was sliding down the mountain and heading in the opposite direction to the breach. Although he couldn't be 100 percent certain this water was safe to drink he didn't have much of a choice but still decided to boil it before drinking, at least he would reduce the risks this way however he didn't bring a pot so he used his gourd as it was made of metal it wouldn't melt when put on fire.
Elliott walked closer to the river to check if there were any fishes but couldn't find any, it was quite obvious tho since the downhill current was pretty strong so fishes shouldn't be able to swim up.
Suddenly however he saw a dark shadow moving around the water, it was around the size of a regular crab but it moved way too fast to be one.
As he was focused on trying to guess what kind of animal could move that fast it he water splashed and the dark shadow suddenly jumped out of the water towards his head !
SPLASH
'What the hell ?!'
The surprise made him fall on his butt and barely avoid the dark green crab's "blades"?
'How the fuck can a crab have such sharp claws ?!"
Elliot looked at the crab that flew a few meters from him because of the dodge and was frightened by the sharpness of the claws, he believed that if he hadn't dodged in time he would have lost his head !
'Should I run ? That shit will probably kill me if I stay...
No ! I must stay, these creatures are common in this world so I have to find a way to defend myself or else I'll never get the money to save mom !'
"Alright bring it on ! You fucking asshole, I'll show you who's the boss around here !"
Even he himself didn't believe he was the boss around here but tried his best to give himself some confidence.
The crab was unmoving and it's ugly eyes were fixed on Elliot who had now taken out his knife from his backpack that was next to his feet.