Reid's eyes narrowed as he saw a notification alerting his mind.
Ding!
[ Spirit beast detected ]
[Level: Tier 1]
[ Affinity : Fire]
He had been running through the dark tunnel for five hours straight. Only taking breath when he needed to note down a baseline for a certain stat point.
Yes, he was still experimenting.His deductions about the metric used by the system was still overly just meer estimations and would need real time equipment to prove them right.
Stregnth, one of his most basic stat was among the easy ones to eatimate. Reid concluded that he could easily carry on a builder of approximately eighty (80) kilogram.
In other words, Reid had deducted that one (1) strength point enables him to lift (10) kilograms of weight.
Although still just speculation, Reid also suspected that his punch carried the same weight as his strength stat in kilograms. This estimation was thought of after he easily destroyed the same boulder that he had estimated to weigh (80).
Clenching his hands into a fist, looked into the distance as he spread his perception towards the spirit beast.
There was bloodlust in his eyes and his hands were itching to test his theories.
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The underground tunnel emmited a dim glow. Probably from the undergrowth all over it's wall.
Reid had arrived approximately one hundred metres behind the spirit beast.
He took a deep breath. His plan was initially simple. To kill the spirit beast with a surprise attack on its blind spot. But that was not doable anymore.
Infront of him, at the end of the tunnel, was a massive gate in a circular clearing. Below the gate were hot red stones that reeked of sulphur. Grazing on those stones were more than thirty spirit beasts.
They were bull - shaped elementals with blazing horns and eyes that seem to be smoldering ember. It was a terrifying fusion of elemental fire and animalistic primal power.
But despite it's size and and fiery nature, their four - legged movements were unsettling agile, scaring Reid to his core.
He did not expect this and had already decided to retreat back to the tunnel.
But that was when he noticed something.
Something that could either be a blessing or a curse that sends him to his early grave.
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"what is the situation in the Antari region?" Ramsey questioned with a stern voice.
A scout came forward in response and bowed his head as he started reporting.
"Three confirmed powers from other regions have been confirmed to be hunting for dungeon tokens. Two of the powers are local tribes of the Antari region while the other power comes from the Taru Region."
The scout paused,as if inviting her partner to fully explain the situation.
He obliged and explained further.
"The two tribes have united and have acquired a total of thirty three (33) dungeon tokens while those from the Taru Region have gotten their hands on ten (10).
Since the Antari region is a small region, only fifty (50) dungeon tokens have spawned.
With this information, we can safely assume only two (2) dungeon tokens are in the wild since we have acquired five (5)."
"What notable people should we be expecting in the dungeon trials? "
Before the scout could even catch his breath, Raizier questioned with unmatched dominance, catching even Ramsey off guard.
Hearing the command , the scout shivered in terror, his voice not in the slightest bit hiding his aprehention as he answered in quick ernest.
"From the local tribes of the Antari region, the Alliance formed created a united unit named the 'Tanari squad'. It consists of their most talented cultivators with the captain of the squad having already formed a blue mana core. "
From there, another scout picked up the mantle.
"The Taru Region cultivators are camped west deep in the Antari Jungle . Like us, they only brought a handful of people to fight for the Region due to their ongoaning war against the Vampire lord.
Their representatives include the : Nova brothers who recently made their names known east of Taru, Aleana Veda from House Veda, her two husbands,and the four horsemen of House Grisha."
" I thought you said that they had ten (10) dungeon tokens!"
A silence then ensued. The scout became distraught and apprehensive.
Seeing this, Ramsey woke up from his seat,eyeing the scout with an angry but indifferent look, as if hinting his displeasure.
Taking notice of his displeased master, the scout mustered his courage and with a trembling voice he said,
"Gregory tideborn is here!! "
As soon as those words were spoken, a chilling silence fell over the camp. The air seemed to be heavier, charged with an oppressive weight that pressed down on the gathered Elites from Castle Drego. Their mind froze mid-action, their weapons trembling in their hands.
None present could confidently say that they weren't fearfull.
None could actually say that they would last a minute against him in combat, let alone win.
Gregory Tideborn wasn't just a name; he was a legend, a force of nature given form.
Tales of his victories were whispered in hushed tones across the regions, and his presence on any battlefield was enough to shift the tide of wars.
No one forgot the stories. The stories of the boogyman incarnate told to budding younglings.
Stories where armies drowned without a single raindrop falling and where cities were reduced to ruins by a tide summoned from his spirituality.
His form was that of a Beseeker, unnatural and dark, a being that stood at the precipice of humanity and something far more ominous. Shadows clung to him like an aura, shifting and writhing as if alive, their shapes impossible to discern.
But all that was not what made him so famous.
It was his rationale.
It was said that no one alive new what law he had comprehended and those who knew were not even welcomed by Hades.
Just the thought of facing such a madman made the spines of the House Drego elites tingle.
All but one man, Raizier Draki.
[ Draki is the name given to all bastards of the Draki region]
Raizers eyes were shining with an unusual glint, goosebumps colonizing all parts of his body.
He was excited and horrified at the same time,and with a devilish smile, Raizier spoke out loud ,
"Ooooh ... This is gonna be fun !! "