After dealing with the wyverns, the group continued toward Mordok Village with the package still secured inside Varyn’s backpack. Their journey had been relatively peaceful so far, but none of them mistook that luck for safety. They all understood how quickly things could change on a floor like this, especially with dragons ruling the skies.Since they had a quiet stretch ahead of them, they used every minute wisely. Rhys kept them moving while the sunlight remained strong, knowing that darkness would arrive within a few hours and make their journey considerably harder. Their biggest enemy was not only the monsters. The seventy-two-hour limit was constantly hanging over them, and losing too much time could turn an otherwise manageable quest into a failure.The terrain became increasingly difficult as they pressed deeper into the floor. During the next twelve hours, they crossed one dangerous section after another, each obstacle testing their endurance and concentration. Some paths con

A huge amount of vitality began flowing into the blade causing the air around him to tremble from the force of the energy he was gathering. The sword grew brighter and brighter until its glow almost matched the moonlight above them.But Kratos pushed too far.The energy surged beyond what he could control. Causing his body to suddenly convulse.BzzzzKratos’s eyes widened as the power he had gathered rushed back through his body. He tried to stabilize it, but the attempt failed. His knees gave way, and he collapsed onto the ground, his sword slipping from his hand.“Kratos!” Kael shouted as he rushed toward him.Varyn and Rhys remained in position, but there was no time to stop and treat Kratos properly. The dragon had noticed the sudden weakness in their formation.Its head turned toward them.The creature opened its mouth again.“Oh shit!” Varyn cursed, fear finally entering his voice.Rhys, however, remained calm.He studied the dragon’s posture and saw exactly what it intended to

Rhys knew that the most dangerous part of their journey was the region known as Dragon Valley.The valley was a major hunting ground for wyverns and dragons because smaller prey was plentiful there. It had become a natural gathering point for predators because it was also where the centipedes came to lay their eggs and raise their young. With countless hatchlings crawling through the valley, there was always something for the flying beasts to hunt.Unfortunately, avoiding Dragon Valley wasn’t really an option for Rhys. Going around it would add another thirty hours to their journey, while crossing the valley would normally take only about two hours. They had a strict deadline, and spending another day traveling around the area would leave them with almost no room for unexpected problems.Rhys knew that if they could successfully cross Dragon Valley, the hardest part of the mission would be over. The remaining route wasn’t nearly as dangerous, and it wasn’t particularly long either. Th

‘What the fuck is going on here?’ Rhys wondered as he stared at the chaos around them. He had fought monsters, survived dangerous battles, and seen plenty of death since entering the tower, but he had never witnessed anything this brutal or senseless before.The team continued running for their lives until they reached a section of the walkway that had been destroyed by a falling dragon corpse. A gap nearly six feet wide now separated one side from the other.Rhys didn’t have time to slow down.He sprinted toward the edge and jumped.For the few seconds he spent in the open air, his heart nearly stopped. He couldn’t shake the fear that a wyvern or dragon would suddenly dive out of the sky, snatch him away, and tear him apart before he even touched the other side.ThudThankfully, nothing attacked him.Rhys landed safely, immediately turned around, and watched the others make the same jump. Kratos crossed first, followed by Kael and then Varyn. Not a single person was caught by the mon

Thirty minutes later, Rhys and the others were finally approaching the far end of Dragon Valley, but the battle between the wyverns and dragons had become even more violent.Fortunately, the creatures were still too occupied with killing one another to pay attention to Rhys or the package. Unfortunately, once the dragons recovered from the initial shock of having wyverns attack them with no regard for their own lives, the situation changed again, and this time the advantage went decisively to the dragons.The apex predators of Dragon Valley quickly began working together, tearing into the wyverns and slaughtering them without mercy. The wyverns had numbers on their side, but their suicidal attacks had done serious damage to themselves as well, and their advantage disappeared rapidly once the dragons started fighting as a group.Within half an hour, nearly 70 percent of the wyverns in Dragon Valley had been killed, while the remaining 30 percent were struggling to survive against an in