Chapter 23 - Volume 1
TL: So it rained really heavily in the morning and I didn’t want to go out. I’ll be heading out tomorrow to settle various stuff, so there might not be chapters available.
And yes, I fixed the mistake in this chapter, thanks guys.
Chapter 23 – Dawn, mountain pathway
“It’s too dark. Seems like it’s not a good time to take a stroll right now.” Brendel smiled. His eyes quickly swept over everyone, and walked straight to the center of the twenty odd people in front of him.
The young guards subconsciously parted to let him cross. Bretton gripped the sword in his hand tightly. He glared menacingly at Brendel but he also refrained himself from taking any action, as he knew he would not be able to suppress the commotion if they fought. One of his men at his side tried to rush up to Brendel, but he was held back by Bretton’s other hand.
The tension in the forest was as taut as a bowstring.
But Brendel kept walking to the other end of the forest before he stopped and spoke.
“Bretton, the things that you learned in the guards included disobeying orders? Your plan sucks. All of you should know Captain Marden’s temper well enough. Why do all of you even bother to try and force him to agree to your petition? If it was me, I’ll just bring everyone out secretly and leave one person behind to inform him.”
But two months after his stint, a guild called ‘Freedom’ completely tackled this area. They became very famous for a period of time. However, people realized afterwards they were not that powerful, and simply found a special method to engage the enemy by luck. This method was released as a recorded video onto the internet by enthusiastic players, and brought about a craze where players soloed the Golden Demon Tree.
Brendel was one of those people who benefited from the footage that was released, and managed to grind a item called ‘Heart of the Golden Tree’.
The average level of the players back then was level 27.
But what he wanted to do here was simply to cross the mountain pathway and skip the Golden Demon Tree boss. He had the Ring of the Wind Empress, as well as the Thorn of Light that had a purification effect against the undead, so he might have a chance to survive.
He reminisced about his gaming years with relish. The prices of the magical equipment in the past did not go down for an entire year, and he did not think that he would be able to cross this pathway with his equipment stats over 10 OZ at such a low level.
Indeed, the godlike equipment he had now was something that he could not imagine.
Due to his knowledge in his past life, the facts that he owned two godly equipment from the very start made him feel surreal. If he was fortunate enough to escape from this disaster…. He felt a little hotblooded thinking about the future.
Precisely because of that, he had to cherish the chance in front of him. He gripped his sword a little tighter and called Romaine to follow a little closer to him.
The future merchant girl seemed to have an aptitude for adventuring. She nimbly jumped onto the sharp boulders on the way down to the valley without any trouble.
Even though dawn had probably broken by now, the darkness around them did not seem to lift. The only sources of light came from their burning torches, illuminating their rocky surroundings with long shadows.
If one was to look at them from afar, they would appear like two stars within the forest.
Brendel recalled there was a plateau nearby that allowed them to avoid encounters. It was too dangerous to enter the Zevail pathway currently, so he decided to travel in the daytime where it was a little safer to cross the pathway, and they were also likely to be out of the range of Madara’s undead army by now.
The earliest undead army to reach Fortress Riedon in history was Kebias’s division in the morning of the third day. This would mean that he had a full day to arrange his plans. The time remaining was plentiful.
He raised his head up, and saw the outline of a sign in front of him.