NOVPUBVeer ran down the slope and when he saw the ground getting closer, he kicked against the slope, launching himself into the air. In mid-air, he did a flip and landed on the jagged plain terrain.
Keeping up the momentum, he ran towards the north where the three people he saved were. While doing so, he thought about the things he had done after leaving the floating island with Sikander.
The incident with the Leviathan had shaken him to there, making him even more motivated to get stronger and leave this forsaken place.
Aftermpleting their snd floating island, thehort had grown experienced so they didn't have much problem with the third one.
They also had Sikander with them, who provided them with some vague information from time to time which helped them gratefully. Ofurse, he never fought, not even once.
They cleared one Floating Island after another. In one year, they had cleared a total of thirty-five Floating Islands and they were currently on the thirty-sixth one.
In that period of time, thehort had grownnsiderably stronger and bigger. Veer himself had reached Master Stage and was close to breaking through to the Grandmaster Stage.
Ofurse, it was the result of their terrifying experience on the floating islands and the battle they fought. After all, only Sikander had not fought; the others did.
Fighting a total of thirty-four Saint Stage powerhouses of Ancient times had given them a huge leap in experience inmbat arts and also their Manantrol.
Not to mention the various resources they had found on other Floating Islands too. They had helped them increase their battle prowess to just the next level.
Veer didn't know if he should be thankful or curse his fate for being in this forsaken Labyrinth. But he ultimately decided that it was for good since they did grow stronger.
Thehort had explored the other floating islands and divered a lot of things left behind by the destruction of Dark Era, including the terrifying magical creatures.
They had hoped to find somempanions who would help them in theirnquest against the Corrupted Dragon and they did succeed in this.
However, for everympanion they found, they also found manyrpses of students from every Academy. It left a sour taste in their mouth, but they knew it was inevitable.
'I doubt there has been a Labyrinth more dangerous than this one. No Labyrinth would have fucking Demi-Gods running after you. Not to mention those fucking Saints as final boss.'
It was true. The labyrinth was so deadly that it would be a miracle if even five percent of the initial students survived. After all, every single one of them was just at Beginner Stage and not even past their teenage.
How would they survive in such an environment?
But some did. And their survival gave them the strength to fight and survive in this harrowing place. Veer had recruited many of them and theirhort now had a total of twenty-six students.
It sounded small, butnsidering how many people died, it was already a big one. Many of them belonged to either Starlight Academy or the Royal Academy so they didn't have a problemnvincing them.
But they also euntered Seeker Academy students and it didn't go quite well with them and there were...nsequences for that.
'I wonder what happened to Carlson though? Wonder if he's still an arrogant prick?'
Veer was having many thoughts, as he increased his speed even more. He wanted to reach the trio before any magical creatures came to attack them.
'I also need my spear back. No way I'm letting it go!'
"V? What are you thinking?"
Hearing Aurora'snfused voice in his head, Veer asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing. Your speed is just getting ridiculous and I'm having a hard time following you and also keeping an eye on those three."
"Ah! My bad, you can focus totally on them," Veer said. "I'll handle my own."
"Alright!"
Veer shook his head and increased his speed even more. Though this time he kicked the ground a little harder so that he left behind a trail that Aurorauld follow. Previously, he was taking long jumps so that nobody noticed his presence.
'Now now, where is the boss of this goddamn Island?'
That was a problem they were facing currently. Normally, they would find the boss at the centre of the Island because right below it would be therrupted races sealed.
But for this Island, there were just endless canyons, barren plains, and sand dunes. Occasionally, terrifying storms would pass and the sand storms were practically a daily occurrence.
They had inspected the whole surface area of the Floating Island and the boss was nowhere to be found. But they had a guess, something which they didn't want to believe.
The undergrounds.
The reason for their guess was because the majority of the magical creatures on these floating islands resided underground. It was logical though because who would want to live withnstant storms?
"After this, we will head to the underground caves," Veer said. "We can't delay any further."
"I was thinking the same. With so many people, our food supply won't last and we don't even have a proper water source here. If we waste any more time, we might as well die from starvation."
After Ascension, they didn't need foodnstantly because manampensated it to some extent. But that was it. They still needed to eat and especially drink.
They had already been eating only a single meal a day, but if they pushed their luck, they might as well justmmit suicide.
Veer sighed and said, "Exactly my thoughts. Anyway, be ready to fight underground."
"Agh! I hate that. Anyway, do you think Liliana is still fine?"
Veer wore amplicated expression hearing that, but still responded, "She's fine. She'smpletely fine and I'm sure we will meet her soon."
At first, he didn't worry too much about Liliana as heuld see her status and also knew about her strength. She was a Noble Dragon with an Aspect as powerful as Elara's and Rain's Aspect.
She should be able to survive on her own. Yet, after not divering her even after clearing thirty-five Floating Islands, Veer had begun to grow anxious.
Finding Liliana was also one of his reasons to clear all the floating islands as quickly as possible.
'If only... if only Iuld talk to her.'
It was a miracle that his systemuldn't actuallynnect with Liliana and that worried him even more. What kind of placeuld even overpower the system?
The floating islands didn't seem powerful enough to obscure the system, then where was she?
All of a sudden, his steps came to a halt, as his eyes widened in shock. His hand trembled, not daring to believe his hypothesis.
"V, did you sense any danger? What happened?"
Veer didn't respond immediately, but took some snds to rver and then said, looking to his right where the Centre Floating Island was.
"I think I know where Lily is."
"Hmm? Where?"
"The Castle in the Central Floating Island. She is probably there because of that bastard dragon..." Veer muttered, his fist clenching in fury. "I will kill that bastard."
"What? No way, right?"
"He must have sensed her noble bloodline and did something to her descent in the labyrinth. The only reason the system can't work must be because she's close to that... octopus." Veer replied.
"Alright, calm down. This reminded me of Martial Saint. Don't you think she would have interfered if something like that happened? If she can have enough time to play with El, then she can definitely secure Lily's descent. So, calm down."
Veer took a deep breath and nodded. She was right, as he had already forgotten about the Martial Saint who was the master behind all of this plan.
The woman who had given them a chance to save the world.
"You're right. She won't let a noble dragon get close to thatrrupted Dragon," Veer sighed. "Maybe... just maybe this is related to her. The system can't access her location because she interfered."
"Yes, it's possible so don't worry about it. We'll find her and save her. Let's deal with our current situation first."
"Alright," Veer forced a smile and then once again started running towards the location of the trio. However, his destination was something different.
It didn't take long for him to reach the location of the battle, where he found two giant centipedes fighting over therpse of the magical creature he had killed.
They were as long as a skyscraper, with their heads as big as a truck looming over him. While they fought, Veer sneaked behind them and slowly crept towards therpse.
'My little spear, I'mming for you.'
All of a sudden, his senses began to tingle as he hurriedly dodged and cursed his luck.
'Fuck! Here we go again!' 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
