Journey Of A Legend

"Huh? Why? Are they really that powerful?", asked Greg with surprise, because he has never heard from such creatures in the past.

"Yes.", said Wayne suddenly with a nod and continued, "And what is really terrific that if you kill one out of the two, the other one will become twice as strong, so the only choice you have is to kill both of them at the same time."

"Yes and also they have unique powers that are hard to counter. For you to go there and kill them is nothing more but a suicide move.", said Russ calmly.

Greg was quite surprised to hear this news. In the past, he learned about different types of creatures with unique powers, but creatures like this, he has never heard of.

Two monsters that have completely different elements or you could say that they are the total opposite of each other, are coexisting together and has the ability to strengthen each other in a special way. Hearing something like this was something really new for him.

But even after knowing this fact, Greg nodded and said, "I see. Thank you."

Russ hearing this smiled and waved his hand.

"No probl-."

"So where can I find them?"

"?"

Hearing the unexpected question, Russ's eyebrow raised and said, "Kid. Didn't you hear what Wayne and I were talking about? Going to find them i-."

"I know. I heard it.", said Greg without waiting for Russ to finish his sentence. 

"Then? Do you want our help?", asked Russ with a confused expression, but deep inside he was about to refuse Greg's request.

It wasn't because he had a cold heart and didn't want to help him, but because he wanted Greg to know that if he wants something then obtain it through his power. 

But because he knew just how terrifying those creatures really was, with the current power Greg was holding, maybe he wouldn't die, but his life would be on the line that is for sure.

This is the reason why Russ was ready to refuse Greg's request, but unexpectedly the answer he wanted to hear didn't come.

"No, I don't need your help. I can kill those creatures all alone, but for that, I need to know where I can find them. So? Can you please tell me?"

Wayne and Russ after hearing this looked at each other and didn't know how to react. He can kill them all alone? Was this a stupid joke?

They knew well just how scary powers Greg was holding. He was the only being currently on earth's surface who has 4 Core Territories with an inhumanly strong physical strength and body. It was especially obvious under the rapid attacks of the earth creature in the past. Under those powerful blows, any other normal person would have died instantly, showing just how terrifying Greg's body truly was.

But they also knew that he can use only one element at a time and for him to switch from one to another he needed a second. 

However, against creatures like those, that 1 second could determine the end instantly.

Knowing these obvious facts, Russ didn't want Greg to go all alone, but he didn't want to help him also. He wanted him to practice with his current elements and also with that special technique of his as much as he can and only after he became stronger would it be wise to go to those creatures.

But with the current strength of his...

Turning his gaze at Greg, Russ saw Greg's determined expression and asked, "Do you want to be for real?"

"Yes.", said Greg without hesitation.

"Why? I just said with your power they are extremely dangerous to fight against, so why?"

"Because I know I can kill them. And also I want to test out something.", said Greg calmly.

Listening to this Russ stayed quiet for a while, but after a few seconds, he sighed and said, "I see. If this is what you want..."

Leaning back into the chair, Russ crossed his arms before his chest and said, "Shadow and Light Creatures are commonly found in dense forests or deep caves. Here in the Forbidden Lands, there are both of them, but currently, the closest to us is the first option."

"A dense forest? But out there is only that can be found. So why didn't I meet with one till now?", asked Greg with a slight frown and looked out the window, watching as a forest surrounded the lake.

"Haha..."

However, instead of an answer, what Greg got was a small chuckle, so he turned his head back, only to see Russ smiling at him quietly.

"What?", asked Greg with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, it is nothing.", said Russ and after leaning forward he pointed at the window and said, "That outside is nothing like a dense forest."

"Ha?"

Hearing this Greg was instantly confused. To think that trees with a size of several meters and with 4 to 5 meters of space between each other wouldn't be called a dense forest...

"Then what is if this is not?", asked Greg.

"What is a dense forest you ask?", said Russ with a smile on his face, and after thinking for a while he said, "If I'm right, after 2 more teleportations we should be in the deepest part of the Forbidden Land, so just wait and you will see it. So until then..."

Without continuing his sentence, Russ took a piece of paper and after jotting down a few sentences on it he handed it over to Greg.

"Here. Go and find these materials and following the steps make the potion. It won't be hard, I know you can do it easily."

Taking away the paper from Russ's hand, Greg started to read the materials he needed to find. 

After he finished reading he nodded and said, "I understand."

With that, he turned around and without any further questions, he walked away, leaving Russ and Wayne playing the unfinished card game he disturbed.

***

*Swish!*

"SCHREEECH!!"

Inside a forest, slashes after slashes could be heard following blood-freezing shrieks one after another.

*Swish!*

"SCREECH!!"

"This place is filled with more creatures than I thought."

Before several strange looking corpses, a teenager was waving his sword to the side to shake off the blood from his weapon.

When the sword that looked quite noble was finally cleaned and shined just like it was new, the boy put it back into the scabbard and crouched down to pick up the energy crystals from the ground.

"These will come in handy."

Naturally, the teenager was Joe. He was currently somewhere inside the Forbidden Lands, looking for Greg. With his current power arriving here under a day wasn't hard at all, but finding clues that could tell him where Greg could possibly be were.

This was his 5th day here and still, he didn't find any information about Greg, l that could tell him where he needs to search.

"Ahhh... This harder than I have thought.", said Joe as he massaged his forehead gently.

"Well... It's not like I can complain. With all of these energy crystals, it won't be hard at all to rank up.", said Joe with a smile and looked at the huge bag on his back filled with hundreds of energy crystals.

"Let's get going th-."

*BOOM!*

"Huh?"

Just as Joe was about to continue his search, suddenly a huge golden fire erupted high up into the sky a kilometer away from him, making him to be startled for a second.

However, this surprise of his didn't last long, because almost instantly his whole body got covered with lightning, and with an insanely powerful outburst, he disappeared.

*BAM!*

Like thunder, Joe appeared hundreds of meters away in an instant and looked around, but the moment he did his eyes widened.

*BOOOM!*

*TREMBLE!!*

Not far away from him among the woods, huge golden flames engulfed half of the forest, while making the ground below crack and shake like crazy.

Before the fire, a creature that represented a muscular ape was standing full of injuries and roared at the approaching attack angrily.

*ROOOAAAR!!!*

However unfortunately its cry didn't last long, because the moment the flames arrived before him and covered its body, the creature's whole being was turned into nothing more but ash and dust.

"What the...", said Joe with disbelief while small drops of sweat flowed down on his face.

What he has just witnessed right at the moment was something that he never saw in the past.

Because he met with hundreds of creatures during his time in the Forbidden Lands, he real well knew that the creature that died under those flames was on the Calamity rank.

Of course, it was at the bottom of it, but it was still a Calamity ranked creature. To die this miserably and this fast, it could only mean that the foe it was against should be someone or something very powerful.

"Who killed it?", asked quietly Joe from himself and turned his gaze to the other side, but because there was still dust in the air he needed to wait.

Seconds after seconds went by and finally, the sight before him started to cleanse, showing a figure in the dust who was currently drinking something from a bottle.

Squinting his eyes to see the person who did this, Joe concentrated very hard, but the moment he saw who it was his eyes widened in surprise.

"G... Greg?"