405  404: Reaching The Mountain of Metals (Bonus Chapter)

    It all happened in a flash.

    No, that was wrong, it was faster than the speed of a flash.

    It all happened in an instant.

    All Selene knew was that her instincts screamed at her, and that she was about to die. She was already mentally and physically exhausted, and despite Corey''s warning beforehand, what was coming for her was too fast for her to react to.

    ''I''m about to die.''

    Just as she had this thought, and was about to put up a last second struggle of defiance, her vision changed.

    ''Huh?''

    She had been staring at the mountain of metals in the distance, and in her vision was still the mountain of metals, however, she knew that something was wrong.

    The mountain of metals felt closer, and she felt that her position had... changed? Also, her instincts were no longer screaming at her?

    Selene frowned, and then she turned to her left to glance at Corey, however, she was shocked when she saw nothing to her left.

    BANG!

    BOOM!

    Quuuuiiiiiooooooohhhhh!!!!

    An extremely strange and loud sound resounded throughout the desert, and Selene''s eyes widened in a mixture of fear, disbelief, and shock as she closed her ears.

    Her head snapped to the right and the fear, disbelief, and shock in her eyes instantly increased to the limit.

    Reflecting in her eyes was the figure of Corey holding a bloodied axe with a titanic tentacle falling a few meters to his right.

    Some meters in front of Corey were multiple titanic tentacles flailing around in a haphazard manner.

    As Selene''s gaze landed on the tentacles, her breath stopped in her throat.

    ''Another tier 5!''

    She exclaimed with her expressions showcasing the amount of fear, shock, and disbelief that was in her heart.

    Corey thought, and then a premonition appeared in his mind.

    ''Did I just jinx us?''

    Corey smiled wryly, and then he looked around with a wary gaze.

    Fortunately or unfortunately for him and Selene, nothing attacked them. However, after seven minutes, Selene could no longer continue.

    ''I can''t continue anymore, my mana core is almost empty.''

    Selene''s voice resounded in Corey''s mind, and Corey glanced at her.

    ''It''s fine, I''ve recovered enough.''

    Corey replied with a calm gaze. He had recovered approximately 17% of his mana, and it should be more than enough for both of them to reach the mountain.

    Corey stretched out his hand, and a platform made out of hexagon barriers appeared under them. Corey landed on the barrier, and Selene instantly fell from the sky. She tried to land properly but from her posture, it was obvious, she would fail miserably.

    Luckily for her, Corey caught her.

    Selene glanced at him while inhaling and exhaling heavily.

    ''Focus on recovering your mana, we might need it when we reach the mountain.''

    Selene nodded, and Corey started running while carrying Selene. Some minutes later, the duo reached the mountain of metals and Corey was fascinated by what he saw.

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    [A/N: Unedited chapter.]

    Hi guys, so I''m back once again.

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