Journey Of A Legend

Back in Mythbreak in the same spacious room, Greg's friends were sitting before Kuragari, who was looking at a map with a small cigarette in his mouth.

On the huge chart, there could be seen different red marks all across its surface, while in the middle of it a huge word was written.

'DANGER!'

While the three kids watched the huge red word on the map with dead serious expressions, suddenly Kuragari took out the cigarette from his mouth and pointed at a red mark.

"Knowing his personality as you said, he doesn't like to take huge risks, so if he tries to escape he won't go anywhere close to these places."

"Why?", asked Mila with a slight frown.

Drawing a small circle around the red mark Kuragari started to explain, "This place is very famous for its habitant creature. Because it leaks suffocating presence, it can make anyone below the Ascender rank to feel instantly terrified, making them avoid that place as much as they can."

Emma who wasn't the type who likes to talk after hearing this nodded and after pointing at another three marks, she said, "Then we can also take these out."

Kuragari after seeing which three marks she was pointing at, raised the cigarette in his hand and sucked into it.

*Pheeew...*

Blowing out a huge amount of smoke into the air, Kuragari started to frown and said, "Maybe it takes some time but with my power, it wouldn't be an impossible task to find him if he is in the remaining zones. However..."

As he said that he looked at the huge sign that said 'DANGER!' but didn't continue what he wanted to say.

Joe who was all the time quiet until now, after seeing where the Uncrowned King was looking at and remembering of something, suddenly his eyes brightened and said in an instant, "How could I forget something so simple!"

The two girls on his side and Kuragari before him after hearing this started to frown, but before they could ask why he said that, Joe stood up and pointed at a huge sign.

"People always forget that sometimes the most impossible things that could exist could become the most obvious ones before their eyes."

"What do you mean under this kid?", asked Kuragari with a frown, while thinking about something that he does not really want to believe could be true.

After turning his gaze at Kuragari, Joe explained, "What I mean, what if those two strangers took Greg to a place where we think they won't. To tell the truth, from the moment I saw those two, I feel like they are not as simple as they look. This is true especially back when they beat that devil with that huge gate, so this is why I want to believe they are here."

*Tap*

Kuragari and the two girls the moment saw which place he was referring to, all of their expressions showed incredible surprise.

Raising his head up, Joe looked at Kuragari with a sharp gaze and said, "In the Forbidden Lands."

***

*Creeeaaaakkk*

With a creepy sound, a wooden door opened wide, making the interior which was pitch black a second ago to be filled with light in an instant.

"Cough~Cough...This place... Cough... This place is much older than I thought."

Waving the vast amount of dust that the door swept up into the air, Russ walked through the door and continued, "Let's see... It should be somewhere here... Ah! Got it!"

*Click!*

With a gentle move, Russ pressed something on the wall's surface and in an instant, the whole place got bright.

Like a chain reaction, several modern lamps lit up on the walls and ceiling, making the interior clearly visible.

Not long after as this happened, first Wayne then Greg walked in and looked around with awe.

"Except for the dust all around the place, I think it's in quite a good shape.", said Russ and he too started to look around with a slight smile on his face.

What could be seen inside there was a medium-sized, circular-shaped table with several chairs around it, while on the side a spiral staircase that looked like a snail went up to the second floor above.

On the sides, numerous bookshelves with different sized and colored books could be seen with strange symbols on them.

"What is this place?", asked Greg with wide eyes as he looked around the place that was similar to those ancient libraries from the legends, but with the only difference that it was a mini version of them.

"What is this place you ask?", said Russ slowly, and after thinking for a while, he continued, "Back in the past when Wayne and I were still in the process to rank up into the 4th rank, a massive meteorite exploded onto earth's most mysterious place the Forbidden Lands and what's more it crashed exactly here."

"A massive meteorite? But if you say something like that, shouldn't the current look of this place be... You know... Totally different?", asked Greg as he pointed at the colorful trees and bushes in the vast green field outside the door.

Wayne knowing that Greg had a point nodded and said, "Yes it should be, but what humans didn't expect was that after the destruction, instead of a huge crater and a calamity, what waited for the experts was this."

As Greg heard this he started to frown and asked, "Didn't you say this is the safest spot in the world and the best place to hide from others that want to find us? How could a place that every expert in the world knows called something like that?"

Russ hearing what Greg asked started to smile and with a small chuckle said, "Because it really is. And why I say it?", as he said that he raised his hand showing two fingers and said, "Because there are two reasons that's why."

"?"

Seeing Greg's curious glare, Russ smiled and explained, "First thing is that deep inside that meteorite a creature that humans never saw before was hidden and that is the creature you just met back at the bridge. The Alpha."

"That thing was inside a meteorite? I thought it appeared on earth through a zone break. To think such a monstrosity was all the time on earth's surface... I don't really want to think about it.", said Greg with disbelief.

Just think about it. What could happen if something like that suddenly chose to go out and start a rampage all around the Federation. The only word that can describe it should be utter destruction.

"Well it is scary indeed, but luckily it decided to create its own area around this house. Since then it started to protect this place like its territory."

"Then how can we be here?", asked Greg with a frown.

Russ after a bod started to talk, "Those who are under the 5th rank will get a chance to get a blessing or a curse from the Alpha. Just like you or we did, after solving the riddle, you get the Heritage, wherethrough you are allowed to come and go freely. However as for this above the 5th rank..."

Seeing Russ's creepy smile, Greg somehow understood what he could mean even though he didn't finish his sentence.

After thinking for a while Greg nodded and asked, "And what is the second reason?"

However, instead of an answer Russ just waved his hand after looking at a similar looking device that Greg had on his wrist he smiled and said, "One second and you will understand. Just go and look out the door."

Not knowing why Russ said that to him, Greg frowned slightly but still, he did what he was told and after turning around he looked outside the door.

However the moment he turned around, his eyes instantly grew wide, while his mouth gaped.

"What the..."

Greg watched as the scenery outside the door started to slowly change.

The vast green field and the colorful plants began to change into rot and change into an ash black color, while different creatures appeared one after another with a presence that indicated they were above the Calamity rank.

Everything that looked a second ago so beautiful now turned into nothing but a bleak and rotten wasteland filled with insanely powerful creatures.

However, luckily and at the same time strangely, these changes only occurred outside the lake, making the bridge and the island itself to remain just as fine and beautiful as it was from the beginning.

Greg watched all of this wide widened eyes, while not understanding what was happening at the moment.

"The real fun has just only begun.", said Russ and sat down onto a chair, while looking at the scenery outside with a slight smile.

And just as Russ said those words, suddenly the island got covered with dim black light, making the outside world to fully vanish from sight.

Just as Greg wanted to ask what was happening right now, suddenly the black light started to form cracks one by one and within a few seconds after it spread everywhere, with a loud sound, it broke fully down, showing the outside world to Greg and the two men.

However, what waited for Greg on the outside made him utterly speechless.

"This... How?"