Journey Of A Legend

After things have turned to the unexpected, Greg and the other three on his side looked at Alice and stayed silent.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Alice unsummoned the sword from her hand, and after putting her hands on her hips, she smiled gently.

"What? Didn't see a Goddess ever before? You all look like you have just seen a ghost."

"..."

When the 4 heard what Alice said, they looked at each other in silence, not knowing how they should react to that statement.

Not seen a Goddess before? Was that a joke or what? Of course, they didn't see one before! They were mortals!

Also, the reason why they looked so shocked was that there was never a time in the past where a Guardian was able to act, speak and fight independently from its owner.

This was the very first case in history!

Seeing that none of them wanted to speak, Alice sighed helplessly and shook her head.

"You are all boring."

Instantly as she said that Alice's body turned into a mass of light and flew into Greg's body, vanishing into his consciousness.

"By the way beauty, now that I finally have my memories, we can obtain the remaining 3 keys."

Hearing Alice's voice in his head, Greg felt surprised and thought, "The way she talks changed too."

"Changed? What do you mean changed? I was like this all the time, but because of the seal on my memories, I wasn't able to act as I was original. However, now that it has been lifted, everything finally turned back to normal."

"I... See...", thought Greg calmly and glanced at Russ and Wayne.

After thinking for a while he glanced at Joe and said, "Will you be able to find enough people alone to build up our Clan?"

"Yes, but why?", asked Joe, feeling that something must have happened to make Greg ask such a question.

However, the moment Greg heard the answer smiled and shook his head.

"Nothing special at all. It seems soon we will be able to open the Altar."

***

After the unexpected, Greg told Joe to bring people back to the Eternal Kingdom, while he went for the 4th key with Russ and Wayne.

Someplace in the Forbidden Lands, among the dense forest, Greg and the two men emerged from the shadow and looked around.

Currently, they were standing at the edge of the forest, while not far away from them a huge, crystal lake was shining under the moon's light.

"Are you sure it will be there?", asked Greg from Alice as he looked at the water.

"100%. I told you already. Now that my memories have been lifted, I can clearly remember the remaining 3 Temples' location."

Hearing this Greg sighed and thought, "I can hardly believe the Water Temple was all along here. I have been even here once."

Looking at the Razor Seals in the distance, Greg could remember the moment he was still looking at energy crystals with the exact affinity he needed.

Also, he could remember well that this was the exact same place where he almost died. From that Mutated Razor Seal.

And just like the creature felt Greg's thought, the water's surface broke with an explosion and a huge head emerged with razor-sharp bones coming out of its face skin.

The first time Greg saw the creature, he could clearly remember it was still in the Calamity rank, but right now it was leaking an even greater presence.

"Top Ascender rank. And it's very close to breaking into the God rank.", said Russ on the side calmly, ignoring the fact that the creature was looking at them with great bloodlust.

"Well, it's not like I didn't get stronger too.", said Greg with a slight smile and started to walk toward the creature.

"Give me 5 seconds, I will kill it."

Russ and Wayne hearing this nodded and stepped a few meters back, giving Greg enough space to behead the creature as easily as he could.

However, the Razor Seal didn't think the same way. It was like it understood what Greg just said, making it to become instantly maddened.

*BAM!*

Making the water to explode high into the air, the Razor Seal opened its mouth wide and started to suck the water in, slowly forming an ever-growing liquid ball.

When Greg saw this, he could remember this was the exact same attack that the creature used before when it tried to kill him, so he just smiled and waved his hand.

Instantly, a longsword that was made out of beautiful jade ice appeared in his hand and asked, "Do you have no other trick than that?"

Like feeling the arrogance and the insult behind Greg's question, the creature roared angrily and with a powerful motion, it fired the accumulated water at Greg.

*BOOM!*

However, even though the assault looked powerful and intimidating, Greg just simply smiled and vanished from his spot.

"!"

Surprised by the sudden disappearance of its story, the Seal was about to look around in search of Greg, but it was too late.

The next second Greg appeared it was on the side of the creature, showing his back to it.

*Swish!*

*Splash!*

With a sound, which was like a bomb dropping into the ocean, the Razor Seal's head fell into the water heavily, painting the clear water into a red color instantly.

'Mutant Razor Seal: Emperor of the Oceans'

'Rank: Ascander'

'Type: Pet (Operational)'

The moment Greg heard the information, he felt like he was on cloud nine.

Instantly, he raised his hand and opened his device on his wrist, and looked at his newly obtained Soul Creature's data.

{Emperor of The Oceans} (Mutant, Dimensional)

○ Rank: Ascender

○ Type: Pet (Operational)

○ Powers: Water Control, Water Beam, Ocean Area, Emperor Breath, Emperor's Blessing, Water Presence

• Energy Crystals: 0/10000

(Can rank up once)

When Greg saw the information about his new Soul Creature, he instantly became happy.

So far, the only Soul Creature he had which was any help for him was the fairy. But because it was low in rank, he could barely use her in battle and use her only as a support or distraction.

However, now that he obtained a Soul Creature which was also a Mutant Pet with great looking abilities, Greg's power became even stronger.

Naturally, he had his other Soul Creatures like the Black Larva, the Ghost Bone, or the Silver Wolf, but all of them were so low in rank, that if he tried to use them, he would die instantly.

The only one which maybe was useful was the Silver Wolf's Sixth Sense but except that, none other Soul Creatures were useful to him at all.

"Yet even though I was able to kill it, I was unable to replicate her sword.", thought Greg bit disappointed as he looked at the ice sword in his hand.

It looked exactly the same as Alice had back in Skyfall Mountain, but the only difference that he was on the verge of breaking and falling into pieces.

"Your proficiency with the ice element is still unpolished. But don't worry, you have still a lot to learn."

While Greg was listening to what Alice said in his head, slowly Russ and Wayne appeared on his side and looked down at the lake.

"So the next key will be down there?"

Coming back from his thoughts, Greg nodded and said, "Alice said the Water Temple was built under this lake. It is inside a cave called the Jade Hole."

"I see. Then let's go.", said Russ with a nod, instantly diving into the blood-filled water.

Wayne and Greg looking at each other nodded and without saying anything else, both of them followed Russ into the water.

However, the moment they vanished into the lake, several shadows emerged from the forest and looked at each other.

"Should we report back this matter?", asked one guy in a hoodie from his partner on his side.

Thinking for a while, the one who was asked nodded and said quietly, "I think that should be the best. If we f*ck up again, we can say goodbye to our lives."

Instantly as he said that everyone including them moved back into the shadows, making the forest to be filled with calmness and silence yet again.

While unknown what happened on the outside, Greg and the two men were diving deep down in the water, finding the cave's entrance that Greg has talked about.

And they truly didn't need to swim for a long time, because after a small while later, at the very bottom of the lake, Russ found a small gap which side was visibly made out of shining blue jade.

After pointing toward the gap's direction to show Wayne and Greg behind him that he found the entrance, Russ swam next to it and went in.

Following him closely, Wayne and Greg entered the gap too, but the moment they did, an unexpected thing happened.

*PAFF!*

After they entered the gap, it was like water had been sealed away, making all three of them to fall through the gap right into the ground heavily.

"Damn, that hurt.", said Russ with a slight frown and started to look around, while Greg and Wayne behind him did the same.