SWNOVELXO Chapter 463: Sneak Pass The Tree
[One Month later In the Pagoda.]
{Congratulations, Host gained Eins.}
Michael slowly opened his golden eyes, and with a thought, a red light flew out from him, and formed Eins, the first Blade.
"**Ruler!**"
Eins want down on one knee, and bowed.
"My family are in a game, go and test them out... World; "No man's land" Leave."
Eins stood up, and disappeared from the chamber.
{What's your plan Host?}
"Just want to see their progress." He said, and closed his eyes again.
"Nine more to go."
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It took the group a whole one hour before reaching the exit of the green forest...
"Finally Out!!"
Whooosh!!
The moment Niki said that, a dense amount of Abyssal energy appeared on the location of the trees, and moved all over the land.
'This?'
Shenras and the walkers were stunned, feeling so much amount of Abyssal energy.
'This? Only the Ruler could release such energy... Wait, The blades, their connection with the Ruler is even more terrifying than the walkers? They could directly take powers from him, and use the Ruler's skills... But... What realm is the Ruler on? The blades shouldn't release so much energy?'
Shenras's eyes widened:
'It can't be?! Is the Ruler is Primordial sage?!!'
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[Hundreds miles from their location.]
Geist took off the head of a player, and turned its head to the north, and raised an eyebrow:
"---A hidden blade? I thought they're all dead?---"
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[External Ice Mountain's Peak.]
An old man with long white hair, in a meditating posture, sharply opened his eyes... He turned his head to the tree:
"Ruler of the Abyssal, Don't interrupt my plan... You're now one of the strongest beings in the eleven realms, so you won't mind this old man." He said, and closed his eyes again.
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[In front of the Tree.]
The thousands of red skin winged humanoid monsters all knelt on the ground, trembling from just the presence before them.
Eins, who was in a red armor and helmet, moved his crimson gaze on each of the monsters, and nodded:
"**Thanks to the Ruler? We blades are now Realm-less, We could defeat anyone, as long the opponent is lower than the Ruler in Realm... And you guys are so weak, you can't withstand my presence, let alone the Ruler.**" He said.
The leader of the monster, who was a Lv150 monster, quickly opened its mouth:
**We won't dare go against the Abyssal Ruler, we'll follow his orders.**
"**You will always bow to the strongest, but.**" He raised his sword.
"**We don't need two leaders.**"
Whoosh!!
The leader's head rolled to the ground, and instantly, the body caught on fire, burning into ashes.
Eins raised his head to the terrified monsters: "**This is the plan.**"
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"I don't think it's wise going to that tree." Star-girl said in mild horror.
"No, That Energy... I have felt it." Blood-Arrow started walking towards the tree, which stood 10 miles away from their location.
"Shit! The Blades all have the Ruler's Aura... So she could surely mistake a blade as her husband... What should we do?" Shenras asked, turning to the walkers.
"*But... Why is a blade here?*" Apate asked in mild confusion.
"Don't know, but they only follow the Ruler's command, even if he asked him to kill themselves, they won't hesitate... So he might have asked him to come here, but; what's the reason behind it?" Shenras asked.
"*We can't stop those two... The Lord asked us to protect them, that's what we're going to do.*" Reaper said.
"*Ok, So if this blade is under the Ruler, that means we're in the same team, right?*" Azazel asked, turning his head to Shenras.
"Depending on the order given."
"*Ok, but the Ruler will never order for the death of his family and members, right?*" Zelus asked.
The group looked at one another and sighed: "I don't know If the Ruler is really in the realm I think he is... None of us will be able to stop a blade, even the tenth blade won't be easily dealt with."
"*Ok, Come on.*"
The group quickly walked towards Blood-Arrow and Dark-Angel.
"What are you doing Erika?"
Queen-of-death quickly stood in front of Blood-Arrow, holding her two shoulders.
"Think for a second! If that's Micky, he would be here by now."
"Maybe he needs help!" Blood-Arrow retorted. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire
"Help? When has Micky ever needed help?" Queen-of-death asked with folded arms.
"Yes, Michael have never asked for help, Not even from us... He always finds a way." Red-Encounter added.
"But."
Queen-of-death turned to Dark-Angel:
"We know, Mira... But whoever that is, isn't Micky."
"Yes, Mira... I say we change direction." Shenras said.
"There's only one problem to that."
Aaron walked forward, and opened the compass, it was still pointing North, straight at the tree.
"This... Even the map is instructing us to go north."
Zuko exclaimed, seeing the navigator arrow pointing North, and the Tree landmark, and Greenwood had also appeared, revealing the routes, and paths... But beyond the border was blank.
"Hmm... The more locations we entered, the more information reveal on the map." She added, looking up at the group.
They turned their heads to the huge tree miles away and sighed:
"It seems everything wants us to go to that tree." Queen-of-death exhaled:
"Ok, we'll just pass by, don't make any sound." She looked up at the setting sun.
"It'll be dark before we reach the tree, so you must lower your footsteps, if you can, make yourselves invisible or anything! Just make sure you've not detected."
'This energy is identical as Michael's, but the person isn't Michael, but I can't sense his or her realm.' Aaron thought in mild confusion.
"Ok, Everyone... Let's head to the demons' jaws."
With Red-Encounter's word, the group started walking.
"Wait!!"
The Conquerors all turned around, seeing another group, consisting of ten players running towards them.
"Uh?"
They were stunned.
"Thank goodness we met the Conquerors!! We're saved!!" A young man in armor filled with claws marks, fell to his knees, thanking the group.
"..."
After some seconds, Niki opened her mouth:
"Guys, you saw that tree?" She asked, pointing at the huge tree, it was so tall they could see it from a hundred miles away.
"Yes, we followed the tree to this location!" A lady in a silver armor said.
"Ok, But that place is very dangerous, we aren't even sure we'll survive anything there... So are you sure you're going with us?"
The ten players looked at one another, and remembered the monsters they faced, even the man they picked almost killed them... They took a deep breath and nodded:
"We're going, at least strength in number." A man in a huge armor, and a broadsword said.
"That's good, but in presence of a Blade, Strength in number is completely useless... As long none of you is stronger than the Ruler... You'll be toast." Shenras said in a low voice.
Whoosh!!
The cold wind moved, but surprisingly stopped, and moved backward to the Forest.
Shenras looked over her shoulder; 'It seems Geist also felt it and ran away... It might be chasing these players.' She added.
"Ok, we won't stop you for following us, and remember; your life is in your hands... Oh! We're moving discreetly... If you make even a sound, I'll kill you myself." Specter said, moving his gaze on the ten players.
They vigorously nodded their heads, while Shenras shook her head... She stood behind the group with the walkers, so no one saw her action.
"You can never hide from a blade, that's why they're called the Hidden blades."
Reaper and Apate looked at one another, and nodded... They turned into smoke, and shot towards Dark-Angel.
"Huh?"
BAM!
They entered her body, merging with her; "This?"
Dark-Angel, and everyone present were stunned.
Zelus turned into smoke, and entered Blood-Arrow. Abyss, and Azazel turned into smoke, and entered Queen-of-death and White-Death, respectively.
"Ok, What just happened?" Red-Encounter asked in mild confusion.
"Michael asked them to protect us, and that's what they're doing." Blood-Arrow said with a loving smile.
"Ok, Let's get moving."
They nodded with Prince-of-casmia's word, and the total of 44 individuals moved towards the Giant tree.
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[A hour later.]
[Night Time: 7:46Pm.]
Queen-of-death squat down, and gestured for the others to stay low... They all complied, and got on the ground.
Everyone stared at the red skin monsters with red feathery wings with a frown.
"Is it me, or are all those monsters Lv100?" Mountain whispered.
"Shit! It won't be easy! We can't easily sneak pass a Lv100 monster, let alone hundreds." Unforgiver said.
"Shh... They're above us... I think they can't see clearly at night, at least we could use our Mana and move by." Red-flower said.
"That's a good idea, but you must know the amount of mana to use, unless we'll get detected." Blood-Arrow said, moving her gaze around the tree.
"Come on, Stay low... If you can, lie on the ground..." Queen-of-death crouch, and started moving behind the monsters on the ground.
"Ok, we're right behind--"
"**--How nice!**" A Voice sounded in front of them.
"Fuck? We didn't even move five steps." Aaron cussed.