I am an Eldritch Entity

It was just a random thought he had while walking, Eryndor genuinely didn't know he would be getting such nice information out of it.

But that changes nothing.

Be it permanent or temporary, I still don't know what the change is.

I still don't know what role Guardian Sol has.

I still don't know what 'opening' is.

Eryndor slightly distanced himself from the talks and engrossed himself in thoughts.

I should consider other people's opinions.

Sander said that 'opening' might have something to do with the abyss.

Abyss.

Abyss…

Abyssss….

Eryndor thought hard about what it could mean, but nothing came up.

I mean yea, the abyss is obviously some kind of opening. But what of it?

Why would Co-founder Morris want the opening?

Judging from the yellow paper, it was Daoisto who made the opening.

Does that mean the abyss was closed? And it needs to be opened?

Only when the abyss is opened will it be possible to push me in?

Eryndor shook his head slightly.

No, even if such was the case, why would Co-founder Morris want Daoisto to open the abyss?

It should be Daoisto who wants me, it should be the one opening abyss of its own volition. Why would Co-founder Morris want it?

He thought hard about how else could he associate 'opening' with the abyss.

Or is there no correlation between 'opening' and abyss at all?

Could sander's guess be incorrect?

A few hours passed by as he continued navigating his team.

"We should be nearby right?"

Valentina asked.

"I think so."

When a familiar but unexpected voice answered her question, she turned around with a surprised expression to find Drakarion jogging at the back of their group alongside Edward.

Their formation was - Eryndor in the front, Valentina in the middle, and Edward at the end.

Her surprised expression resulted in Eryndor and Edward getting surprised as well.

"Wait, are your surveillance primordial arts not active?

"No one said anything because Drakarion nodded to us when we entered each other's range of vision."

Eryndor asked.

Primordial arts were what the skills of the Beast Taming power system were called, just like cultivation arts and martial arts.

Valentina replied with an extremely obvious face.

"Why would I bother using my surveillance skills when yours are active?

"And I am not so skilled that I'll know two people are running instead of one when we are all going through the jungle at the speed of initial stage of level one.

"Not to mention Drakarion is a Martial Artist. He has incredible control over his body, so he isn't really making much sounds either."

As she explained herself, Eryndor realized a fact.

She trusts me.

She trusts me enough to not use her own surveillance skills.

Will I be able to do that?

Eryndor almost felt guilty for how easily and quickly he was able to come to a negative answer.

Shaking his head to put those thoughts out of his mind, he spoke.

"Where did you land, Drakarion? From the looks of it, you should've been in the forest landscape as well, but I thought you'd reach earlier."

Drakarion laughed from the back.

"I actually came across the swamp terrain while moving to tundra.

"It should be one of the special regions as well since the beasts I killed there netted me more points than usual.

"But it was truly difficult to travel through it, not to mention I can't really fight in water.

"And if I were to take a detour, it would've taken even longer. So yea, that swamp delayed me."

Valentina chuckled and answered.

"I mean, it's not exactly a bad thing it delayed you. We got to meet up after all. There are still several hours before we reach tundra."

Edward nodded. "Yep, better together than alone."

With the addition of Drakarion it was even more lively as they discussed several topics while going through the jungle.

"I know we are nearby but can I know the approximate time?"

Edward asked, to which Eryndor replied after looking at the map.

"Around four to five hours? We can have lunch before resuming our travel. Breakfast was too long ago after all."

"I am not hungry."

Drakarion shook his head.

Eryndor spoke with an obvious expression on his face.

"Of course you won't be hungry, fat ass. No one was asking you. I bet you stuffed yourself every hour.

"That swamp must simply be an excuse for your delay when in reality you kept stopping every time to eat or cook some food."

"Fucker, I am not even fat, we have the same build." Drakarion spat on the ground.

"Heh, I'll call you fat, what can you do?"

Eryndor replied while laughing.

Edward matched eyes with Valentina who had a helpless expression on her face. He instantly understood that this was just their usual way of bantering.

"I swear, I would've beaten you up if I had more strength than you." Drakarion huffed.

Eryndor goaded him once more. "You're speaking as if you could beat me up when I was weaker, heh."

It went on for a few more minutes before they decided to stop for lunch.

It didn't take long for Edward and Drakarion to hunt their respective beasts and eat them.

Valentina chose to have food pills because she couldn't keep relying on others to make food for them. However, she took the opportunity to learn how to cook in the wild by observing them.

Of course, Eryndor once again took the opportunity to mock Drakarion when he chose to eat with them despite saying he wasn't hungry.

Approximately an hour later, they resumed their journey, this time with greater speed.

Paulina had already sent a message on the group chat long ago that Syndra had met up with her.

Once the two groups met, their whole team would be in one place.

Approximately three hours later, they finally felt the temperature dropping.

Gradually, the terrain around them changed as more and more snow was found in the surroundings.

Finally, they saw a Support Shrine in the distance.