*steps* *steps* *steps*
He gradually made his way into the cave while his eyes shined with luminous light. Distinguishing the enclosing walls with his eyes... searching for the so-called Corroded crystals.
"From now on it will depend on my luck.. or else I will need to go deeper and deeper and that will be too harmful... this whole Mountain is a nest of death worms."
He whispered on his own...
"As for that roar from before... I think that it came from another emperor... to challenge the death worm emperor?. This is a normal thing inside the old continent... emperor battling for territories. And This is a good chance for me since the death emperor would probably be using his army to fight out there."
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20 minutes later... after a long span of walking. He eventually arrived at a large passage punctured with holes all around the wall. From top to the bottom.
"A small branch... but doesn't seem to have any worm nearby... I should proceed onwards."
He rapidly made his way into the next hole... but to his shock... the hole began to come to be tinier and packed...
"Shit... I think I need to utilize my magic here. But that might alarm the emperor... what should I do now...?"
He contemplated for a moment before making any premature decision. A wise man needed to take his time before continuing into any type of situation but a child will barge in without a second thought.
Moment later...
"I should use my magic and then sprint forward as fast as I could... I also have that suppressing stone that can help me to hide my aura for a while."
He slowly snatched an apparent rectangle stone from his sleeve and then clenches it within his palm.
"Let's do it..."
suddenly he grated the stone into powder and then in the next moment... a visible white energy started to envelop him... coating his entire body.
"This should do it... but I won't last long. Roughly 30 minutes only. But that only applies to normal people... I already bought a map that has a detailed route inside this large nest which can boost my progress tremendously. Though it was extremely expensive"
"Mortal art... the art of transformation"
*poof*
After chanting the spell... a poof of fog promptly swallowed his entirety while his body began to alter smaller and smaller.
In the next second, a small reptile appeared on the ground.
'Hurry... hurry"
He thought hastily...
The small reptile quickly crawled its way through the small hole as it proceeded into the darkness.
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Meanwhile outside of the cave... a couple of hundred kilometers away from here.
An enormous serpent is slowly making its way towards the tall mountain as its tongue flickered about outside his mouth.
"Ohh? someone died..."
Hiro said in surprise
"Sigh no matter what world it is... betrayal, greed, and jealousy would always remain intact within humanity"
"As for the Death emperor... did he think I would be intimidated by his childish roar? Hahaha... Since he's so kind to give me a warning why not I try and compromise with him."
"It would be the best if I could avoid conflict... and then just aim for the treasure that those humans are looking for..."
Hiro quickly came up with this plan as he strode forward further and further.
"Sounds good enough"
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*Roarrr!*
"He's not backing up!!!"
Roared the Death worm emperor angrily as he crushed the surrounding small worms into chunks. Venting his anger towards his slaves.
"Fine then! If he wants to fight then fight!"
"as for those humans... I will settle with them later."
The Death Worm emperor rapidly plugged his way out onto the opening...
and then in the next moment, he slowly drifted his gaze upwards once again.
"Let's consume the Serpent emperor with my army first and then I will kill him when he's at his weakest."
*Roarrrr!!!*
The death emperor once again let out an ear-piercing howl towards the hole upward.
Shuddering the whole Mountain as the ground outside of the cave started to throb furiously.
But this time the roar carries a distinct influence...
Suddenly hundreds of thousands of worms wiggled their way out from each gap across the mountain. Just the juncture their head protruded out from the hole... shrieking noises fluttered from their mouth as their teeth groaned against each other creating a terrifying scene.
*Screech* *Screech* *Screech*
The rough noises of the thousands of worms instantly flooded the whole barren land... compressing the whole world with a sense of apocalypse... as if the end of the world is closing by.
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"Senior! where are you!... "
"Senior!"
Currently, Elder Li is oblivious that the next moment a terrifying battle will happen on this land... and they are directly in the middle of it!.
As he was shouting and attempting to search for Senior Weyn's whereabouts.. suddenly... thousands of screeching noises reverberated throughout the whole Mountain.
*Screeches* *screeches* *Screeches*!
"Shit! these noises!"
Heeding this... a sense of urgency immediately made its way into his heart as he directly issued an order.
"You guys stand back quick! as for the rest of the teachers... put out your barrier quickly! protect the student! Now!"
"Yes Elder!"
"Hurry!"
*Shuaaa!*
"Over there... the barrier is weaker there!"
*Shuaa!*
"I'm doing it!"
The other teachers similarly had discovered what's happening based on those sounds and Elder Li's decision. Though the group of youngsters behind them is still clueless and filled with an easy-going mood.
In the next second... a series of perfect teamwork occurred right before his eyes... as he nodded in satisfaction.
Next, he directly spread out his arm with his palm facing upward... while a large amount of white energy erupted from his palm enveloping the whole group.
"Listen well!... currently we might be facing the biggest crisis that could happen here. And we do not have the protection of Senior Weyn. She's currently out there trying to save the other 2 remaining students."
Elder Li slowly recited these words as loud as possible so that everyone in the group can listen.
"As for us... the option to escape is already gone... because we are way too deep inside this territory. We have no other choice but to defend ourselves from now on!"
"I want every one of you to channel your energy into the barrier... 24/7 nonstop until the crisis is over! But be aware that the chance of us dying is still there! this is not a game or a silly peaceful illusion that you guys might have!!"
"This is reality!"
After the brief speech ended...
the group of teenagers instantly were sent up into an uproar with terror and worry cramming their eyes.
"Elder, what's happening?"
"Those noises just now... seems to come from the mountain!?"
"Wait!! doesn't that mean it come from those worms!"
"Huaaa! I don't wanna die!!"
"El-elder is this true?"
"Elder, we don't have a better choice?"
*murmurs* *murmurs* *murmurs*
Many queries and voices gurgled from the group of naive youngsters... seemingly to be deaf towards reality... wishing that this current
the situation is fake.
"Silence!"
*Boom!*
a boisterous voice flared from the front... hushing the whole group from chatters to an immediate halt.
*sigh*
"I will repeat this one last time..."
He slowly turned his gaze towards the group of youngsters with a severe mood.
"Follow my orders... and then our chances to survive will be higher! Do you understand?"
"..."
"....."
The group went silent as they gazed closely at Elder Li face
After a couple of beats of instant... finally...
"Y-yes!..."
"Yes, senior we will..."
"We will follow your orders senior... please lead us..."
"Good!"
-End of this chapter.