NOVEL NEXT Chapter 185: Another Vision
Veer did a backflip and got ready for giving a jab, expecting Elara from her movements. But just then, he felt death washing over him, as his eyes widened and heart stopped beating.
With a quick spun, he dodged the incoming attack and threw a diagonal kick at his assaulter. But the opponent was also fast, and quickly evaded his kick and retreated.
He finally had the time to breath and see his situation, as he summoned his sword. However, then he cancelled his summon when he found his attacker.
"Boss? Is that you?"
Rain asked, as her tail waved behind her. Eyes full of confusion, she closed in on him again and sniffed, muttering, "The smell is same, and face is also similar...no, wait! The smell is slightly different!"
"It's me, shorty," Veer sighed, and patted her head. Because of that, her pointy ears straightened as she purred in bliss, while her tail showed her mood.
"Hehe, it's really you, Boss," Rain giggled, enjoying the pats. "I've succeeded in forming the core and I made sure to make it really big."
Then, she back stepped and said, "Also, my speed is twice or maybe even more." Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire
"Yeah, you almost succeeded in killing me," Veer said, feeling a chill remembering how close he felt the death was to him. "But try to not show your killing intent..."
"Oh, that was actually intentional," Rain said. "It's actually fun that way because the opponents then react in hurry and panic. They will then make some predictable moves and I can examine them from that too. So it's quite helpful. I just invented it, hehe."
"Then it's really effective," Veer smiled wryly at that.
Elara who had backed away after seeing Rain, also came near and said, "You're good, Rain. I almost couldn't detect you."
Just then, the last two members of their squad also came out of the river. Elizabeth looked pretty much the same, but there was a strange aura around her, making her seem mysterious.
On the other hand, Rock looked like a giant coming out of the river, body full of armour followed by another armour similar to his body armour surrounding him.
His bulking figure seemed to have grown bigger, as each step of his made the earth tremble. His breathing looked like smoke coming out of his helmet.
Veer whistled, surprised and in awe at his entrance. He whispered, "Damn! He got the best development among us. That's so cool! He's like a walking tank."
When he came closer, Veer finally realised that Rock had indeed grown taller. It wasn't negligible increase but visible one. If he had to take a rough guess, he had grown atleast half a metre in height.
Standing at almost two and half metre height, Rock looked imposing and terrifying beast.
The giant looked down at Veer for a while, just as confused as Rain. Though unlike her, he didn't immediately forget about his transformation.
Elizabeth surprisingly had a Stoic face, behaving completely normal even after seeing his transformation. Though, Veer could have sworn he saw something dangerous in her eyes.
"Boss? Is that you? You're an Elf?" Rock asked, puzzled.
"Yee, that's me. It's a long story so I'll tell you later," Veer sighed, waving his hand. "For how, you just need to know that it doesn't really change anything. I'm the same anyways."
Rock cocked his head to the sides, then shrugged.
"So, is our team upgraded?" Veer smiled and asked. "We are now much stronger and dangerous than before. Heh, I can't believe we ascended two times in such a short amount of time. I guess, coming in this Labyrinth wasn't a bad idea."
"Yeah, but this still doesn't mean we'll win easily," Aurora said, turning towards Elizabeth. "You seem to have gotten ho visions lately. Do you have any problems?"
"Are you cursing me?" Elizabeth's eyes twitched as she said. "And yes, I have gotten one while I was breaking through. Fortunately, it didn't affect the process that much."
"You're telling us that, does that mean you'll be sharing your vision too?" Veer raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Yes, because it's important," Elizabeth nodded and said. "It was a little different though, and straightforward if I have to say. We can easily avoid it, too."
"You have a habit of putting everyone in suspense, huh," Elara glared at her and said.
"Fine! It was about our death," Elizabeth put her hands above and said. "If we stay one more night in the river, we're dying."
"Huh? Did that mist find a way to get inside or what?"
"Not exactly that," Elizabeth pointed at Veer's arm and said. "It's that Leviathan that will kill us. I didn't see clearly what will happen as that Leviathan broke the vision, but pretty sure it's coming out way."
"Wait! What the hell? You can even break visions?" Veer exclaimed, bewildered hearing her words.
Visions were just dreams, in a way. So how did the Leviathan broke something like that? Was it so powerful that it could detect if someone was seeing it's future?
Veer felt a chill imagining that. How powerful one had to be to do things like that?
"Yes, and that's why I'm saying we're basically dead," Elizabeth sighed. "That big fish is targeting us for sure, and even if it wasn't, my damned visions irritated it so now it will target us."
"Damnation!" Veer cursed, as his plans got ruined again. He was thinking of spending one more day so that everyone could become familiar with their new strength.
But given how things were, it was impossible.
"So, how much time do we actually have?" Aurora asked.
"I don't know, maybe one week or maybe just one day," Elizabeth shrugged and said. "I just saw it coming near our base and sensing me, it broke the Vision."
"Talk about bad luck," Elara said.
"Seisha, can you check if the Leviathan is coming and if it really is coming, then how much time it will take?" Veer asked to his pet.
Seisha flicked her tongue and sent her thoughts to him, to which he nodded and allowed her to unwrap and go back to the river.
The group remained silent and waited for her return. Honestly, it didn't impact as hard they imagined it would. After all, a Demi-God was after them and that would certainly freak out anyone.
Demi-Gods were second strongest existences in the world, right after False Gods who were so few that they could be counted with fingers.
But then again, they were just too used to facing existence far stronger than them so they could care less how. After all, they were basically preparing to fight a being who had stolen powers from a False God, and that was just their estimate.
Who knew if that being sealed was a True God existence?
Veer ruffled his hair in frustration and said, "If it comes down to it, we will have to attack today. If I'm guessing right, then the Leviathan shouldn't come out of the rivers, for whatever reason. So, it means we atleast have the day for us. In night however, the mist will devour us."
"Yeah, well, nothing new," Elara shrugged and said. "Not like things are going according to ours plans ever anyway. You should have expected this."
"I did, actually," Veer sighed. "I just didn't want it to come. Now that it has come to this, we will set out to the centre right now so we have atleast some time to prepare for the fight."
Just then, Seisha came flying back towards Veer and snuck inside his battle suit. Through their connections, Veer could sense her unease and fear, making him shake his head.
Soon, he also received her answer which was just as he had expected.
"Let's eat and then leave," Veer said. "Seisha said that she detected a powerful presence coming closer."
"Aghh! I wanted to sleep," Aurora groaned and then moved towards the river. "I'll go retrieve the barriers while you make the meal. I atleast want to have a delicious last meal."
"Reminds me," Veer said, looking at his storage ring. "We have just one day worth of meat left. It's all or nothing then."
Everyone quickly moved on with the information, and went on their work. The Labyrinth had changed their mentality completely so even though they complained, it wasn't enough to scare them.
It was just a Saint Stage powerhouse anyways.
Meal was quickly prepared and the group was enjoying their last pieces of meat. Even after days of enjoying Veer's handmade food, they couldn't get enough of it.
Elara licked her lips and asked, "Just how much of that powder did you take with you?"
"A lot of it," Veer smiled and then turned towards Elizabeth. "Also, thanks for the information. If you hadn't told us, we would have just spent one more day here and that big guy would have flattened us."
"We are a group, remember that," Elizabeth smiled and said. "I know you guys resent me for withholding information, but I mean no harm. I just want to escape this Labyrinth safely."