Chapter 405 A connection between worlds (Part 1)
Deep in the forest-like area, Mada had gotten over the fact of what had happened. That he had been attacked, and the one that had come to save him in the end was none other than Gunther.
The two didn't say much, but it looked as if Mada was ready to just walk off, leaving his brother be. There was nothing he could do anyway.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Gunther asked, pointing one of his swords towards his brother.
"Where do you think? I'm continuing the assessment, and going to fight the beasts in here, to keep growing. I need to get stronger," Mada replied.
There was more that he wanted to say, he wanted to get stronger to catch up to Gunther, but didn't mention that bit out loud.
"Do you seriously think beating these beasts is going to get you stronger? You can see that their level is 3 or 4 at most. The level 4's might give you a bit of trouble but not enough to help you get to the next stage.
"This assessment is useless, and I can't believe after what's happened you're just going to continue."
Mada stopped in his tracks, and the vein on his forehead was growing in size.
"So what do you suggest I do, if you're just going to shut it down, shouldn't you have a suggestion!" Mada shouted, turning around.
"I was going to make a suggestion, something the two of us have never done before," Gunther replied. "Fight me."
"Fight you?" Mada waved his hand in the air. "Forget it, you're a middle-stage warrior, I already know you're stronger than me."
"And that's exactly what you need, someone stronger than you. I'll level my power, so it can give you a challenge but at the same time, I won't pull my punches so you still feel the fear of death.'
"If you fight me, you should be able to learn a thing or two, so how about it."
Fight against his brother? He had only been watching him from afar. Honestly, this was the most the two of them had ever spoken as well.
'If I show lackluster skills, he'll just continue to ignore me. He might think even less of me, but this is also a chance for me to prove myself... should I really be doubtful of all the hard work I've put in?'
'I've gotten stronger, we Red Headband students have been through things none of those in the past have been through. If we were to compare ourselves at the same age, I should be ahead of him.'
Tinson, Joe, and Violet were with Dame, while Simyon and Safa were searching through the fields elsewhere.
"If he's a middle-stage warrior, it will be a tough fight, I will need everyone's help," Dame answered. "But now that we have her, I have a trump card."
The trump card in question was the statue. It needed magic to activate which was why Dame was searching for Safa and Raze.
For Dame though, he thought going against Royo would be a good test of his capabilities, but if he was too weak then he would need to use the statue.
Eventually, the group had come across dead beasts on the ground. They had been slashed, killed with a single strike clearly by a skilled user.
They continued to search the area, that was until Simyon shouted from the other side.
"Guys, I think you should come over here quickly!" Simyon yelled.
Dame looked over, and he couldn't see anyone there. There were no others standing next to him, so why would Simyon call them if they hadn't found Royo or something else?
As the group got closer, Dame noticed that Simyon was looking at the ground, and the dreaded thought had entered his mind.
'Is he staring at the dead... I hope it's not one of our own,' Dame thought.
When the group arrived though, they were surprised to see that it wasn't anyone they knew, instead it was of a man's head, with a straw hat, and a body not too far from it.
"That's... that's... it's Royo!" Tinson pointed. "That's definitely him, I've seen him in person before, but how is he dead, who killed him!"
For a moment, Dame wondered if it could have been Raze, but the kill, it was too clean. For a person to kill someone like this, they had to have overwhelming power compared to the other individual.
A death like this, it would be someone who was on deity level.
"There's something else," Safa said, staring at the ground.
When they came over, they could see a pair of arms on the floor.
"I think... these belonged to Liam," Safa stated.
