Adrian and his group appeared at the northwest part of the central continent. Adrian then rolled up the map that he has obtained about the central continent. They looked at the northwest part of it to see if there is a mountain where its two peaks meet.
They looked for this special type of land form but to no avail as nothing is indicated in the map. There are mountain ranges but there was no indication of there being a place where two peaks meet. There are a lot of mountains at the northwest part of the central continent though.
“What if the phrase ‘where two peaks meet’ is not literally a place where two peaks meet? But if seen by the naked eye then it would form the illusion that the two peaks of a mountain meet?” Levin Cloud suggested and Adrian could not agree more.
“Seriously! I really hate people who speak cryptically. I mean can you just like point us in the right direction immediately!” Adrian said in a frustrated tone.
“If they did that then any player would easily find the places where dungeons and treasures are hidden. It would take out the sense of adventure and using one’s head to solve problems. There is a reason why gamers are faster in solving problems in real life at least that is what a case study that I read stated.” Levin Cloud argued.
“Fine. So from the map, where do you think is the likeliest part of the northwest of the central continent would that be? We should check each part of the map where there are two or more mountains. There are basically three spots if we use that deduction.” Adrian stated as he pointed at the three areas.
“The elder guarding the prophets would surely use a guard to protect the entrance. It would either be a hermit or they would be pretending as a family that lives near there. I learned that from watching many kingdom type shows.” Levin Cloud stated.
“That might be possible because one of the Daemos could pry open the pocket dimension as long as they are powerful enough. The trinket would be something like a key so it makes sense that it did not react despite teleporting all over the place. Kanlaon will be our mount as one of the areas is near here.” Adrian stated as Kanlaon shed his human form and became a dragon.
The monsters in the rea were only in the range of early hundreds so they steered away from Kanlaon as he flew through the air. Kanlaon’s aura itself made the temperature of the surroundings either drop or rise up. The trees below either had signs of a burn or frost whenever Kanlaon passed through them. .𝘤𝘰
They reached the mountains but their peaks did not touch in a sense because they were all straight. Adrian imagined that the peak would be at least curved like a half circle in order to meet each other. They passed by some players on the way because there are some towns on the way to the second set of mountains in the map.
The players could only look up at the flying dragon while other foolishly tried attacking him. Kanlaon did not retaliate as he moved faster than the projectiles and magic spells hurled towards him. Adrian wanted to teach them a lesson but he must preserve his spells in case of emergencies. He remembered the thunderbird that suddenly swooped in and killed him when he tried using Orion’s Wrath for the first time.
“We are moving quite fast but it seems that the wind pressure is not getting to us.” Levin Cloud commented.
“Oh! It is because Kanlaon is using a spell to control the heat of the wind blasting us so it only feels like we are getting hit by a breeze. If the flying mount is not magical in nature then the rider would have a full blast of wind pressure. I read that in the forums from people who only used giant eagles and giant hawks as flying mounts.” Adrian replied.
“Stop! Look!” Levin Cloud suddenly shouted.
Adrian hurriedly gave the order for Kanlaon to stop and he saw two peaks of adjacent mountains overlapping each other. He told Kanlaon to fly a bit to the side to see if the mountain peaks would touch from a different point of view and it did.
The two peaks of the mountain form an oval when they do not intersect. Adrian told Kanlaon to go closer to the first mountain peak in order to see if there was a pocket dimension there. When they got near the mountains, Adrian noticed that the forest below was like a mixture of life and death.
The forest in the middle of the two mountains was lush and lively. But as the trees reach the mountains, the trees became withered and some even outright rot. Adrian could also feel a fluctuation of space in the vicinity of the forest but does not know where it is exactly.
“Let us investigate that forest. I can feel a spatial disturbance but I cannot get a lock on it. I might sense it much better if we go lower.” Adrian stated and they started to descend.
Kanlaon received the order to descend and it did but ten arrows made of different elements suddenly came out from the forest. Kanlaon would have easily dodge but some arrows were made of the light element which suddenly pierced him faster than the other elemental arrows.
The pride of a dragon is tested as Kanlaon did not dodge but just accepted all the damage. He was healed when he is shot by fire and ice arrows but he got damaged more by other elemental arrows. Adrian used his evil eye to see how many people were attacking them and he counted ten souls.
Kanlaon reached the ground but his health still diminished by a quarter which is a shock. Out of all Adrian’s soulbounds, Kanlaon is the most durable since Charon does not count as it could ignore damage completely. Levin Cloud immediately jumped towards the ground when they landed and disappeared like a plant going inside the earth.
Adrian had to protect Kanlaon using the Quantum Spacemines. The spacemines pretty much lost their effectiveness in the late game but Adrian found a way to make it useful as a defensive mechanism. He would use the spacemines as a contact mine where a spell or projectile touching it would make it detonate.
This was very effective in the hail of spells and arrows that some foolish people randomly fired towards Kanlaon. Soon screams can be heard from the forest and the arrows reaching Adrian and Kanlaon became less and less. After about ten minutes, Levin Cloud sprouted from the ground with a tired expression.
“Becoming a part of nature really takes a toll in one’s body. I only have about 15% of my stamina left due to dealing with the archers.” Levin Cloud stated.
“I could have summoned Sirius to take care of them. They attacked us so I have no qualms killing them. Even the goddess of life will agree with that notion but you want them to stay alive so you only bound them.” Adrian stated in a monotone fashion.
“The Church of Life is struggling enough. We need the numbers for the upcoming war. I only bound their bodies in the trees and knocked them out. It will probably hold them off for a few minutes so start finding the pocket dimension.” Levin Cloud stated in an exasperated tone.
“Yes, Boss! At least we know that we are at the right place because we were attacked.” Adrian stated as he summoned all his soulbounds to help look.
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