Chapter 10: Mysterious Cave

"All right, since everything is ready, how about we go now."

"But I'll still remind all of you, this place is very mysterious and unpredictable. We also don't know exactly what it is.

If it's not a good place, there's a high chance that all of us will die there. How, are you still going? "Said Prince Varog once again while looking at the young nobles around him.

No one answered. They only gave a small nod while their eyes looked very decisive.

The pestle who was observing them grew even more curious when he saw their reactions.

"Looks like the place they're going to this time is more unusual than I imagined." Alu said to himself.

"But the more unusual the place is, the something hidden in that place should also be unusual. It seems I have to postpone my plans first."

If there was an unexpected opportunity that might increase his strength, Alu would naturally prefer that opportunity.

Even if his mission this time ended in failure, it would all be worth it as long as he could gain something valuable.

....

Not long after, led by Prince Varog, the group followed by thousands of warriors then flew into the depths of the valley.

Seeing their departure, the people who were fighting the beasts only glanced for a moment before pretending not to see.

As the saying goes; "Being curious can make a cat die."

Considering how the kingdom has acted to date. If at this time they did something strange, not only them, even their family could be involved because of what they did.

Even though the Sacred Wind Royal family is quite kind to everyone. But when it comes to big things, they can still annihilate a noble family.

Some people also knew that right now, there were experts who were hiding and watching over them all.

....

The party led by Prince Varog then entered further into the valley.

There are several trees in the valley. But the trees still weren't enough to block the line of sight of the people.

Most found in the depths of the valley were only beasts that looked fiercer than on the outside.

When the wild beasts saw the human group, they immediately lunged to attack the group.

Immense battle erupted right after Prince Varog's party encountered a horde of wild beasts.

But the party did not stop just because many wild beasts attacked them. While resisting the attacks of the beasts, and occasionally counterattacking, they also continued advancing forward to go deeper into the depths of the valley.

About an hour later.

"I'm starting to feel something extraordinary." Alu said to himself.

They were about a thousand miles deep in the valley.

When Alu saw more beasts, he found that they looked like they were guarding something. Their current actions were no longer like they were trying to attack Prince Varog's party, it was more like they were trying to keep the party from going deeper into the valley.

"Come on, hurry up, we're very close."

Prince Varog who was leading at the front finally shouted.

After he said that, he then led the group towards one of the large mountains on the side.

There was a fairly thick forest beside the mountain and Prince Varog led them into the forest.

Roar...

Just when they entered the forest, they were immediately attacked by thousands of beasts guarding the forest.

This time, even the Alu who was residing in the middle of the group had to move to withstand the attacks of several beasts.

"Keep going. We'll be there soon." Shouted Prince Varog.

Not long after Prince Varog shouted, Prince Varog's group and the soldiers, who never stopped on their way, finally stopped when they arrived in front of a rock cliff at the bottom of the mountain. The rock cliff is covered with many roots which make the cliff almost invisible.

What made Alu narrow his eyes was that he could feel that the roots covering the rock cliff were not actually growing naturally.

A little spiritual aura still emanated from those roots.

"This is definitely something an expert devised to cover the cliff." Said Alu.

"It looks like the place to go is behind those roots."

Alu became even more curious. From the start, the Sacred Wind Kingdom was acting too mysterious, and what they were doing was also a little too strange and confusing.

Right after they got there, Prince Varog then extended his hand towards the roots that covered the cliff.

Spiritual energy surged from his hand and the moment it met the roots that covered the rock cliff, they suddenly moved towards Prince Varog's hand. The roots were also seen shrinking as they got closer to Prince Varog's hand.

The speed of the roots got faster and faster and it started to leave the rock cliff they covered.

Alu no longer paid attention to Prince Varog. His gaze was now fixed on the rock cliff that had begun to open.

Little by little, Alu finally found what the roots had covered. It turns out that there is a cave with a size large enough in the middle of the rock cliff.

When the cave was fully revealed, Alu discovered that there was an energy barrier covering the cave.

Alu narrowed his eyes as he saw the energy barrier. From that energy barrier, Alu felt a mysterious aura that even he couldn't understand.

"This aura? Even Zaden doesn't give off this kind of feeling." Alu's expression became more serious the moment he felt that aura.

"Okay, everyone hurry in."

Prince Varog shouted once again after the roots that covered the cliff had disappeared from his hand.

ALU saw that in Prince Varog's hand there were several seeds of a plant. The roots that had disappeared in his hand seemed to have turned into those seeds.

ALU doesn't really pay attention to the seeds. After hearing Prince Varog's shout, he immediately moved to follow Prince Varog who ran towards the cave.

Alu couldn't help but be shocked as he crossed the energy barrier covering the cave door. The energy barrier actually only let him and the others in without any particular obstruction.

Only a moment later, the soldiers who had followed them also entered the cave.

But, when they entered the cave, the wild beasts that were chasing behind them actually stopped chasing them when they arrived at the entrance to the cave.

"What exactly is this. Why do I feel that the energy barrier feels so strange?" ALU, who was disguised as Hawke, then spoke while looking up at Prince Varog.

Now that they are already in the cave, ALU tries to ask for information about the place. ALU thinks once they get to the place they are going to, Prince Varog will probably no longer keep secrets from that place.

To Hawke who asked Prince Varog seemed out of place.

However, when he asked, some of the participating young nobles also stared at Prince Varog. Even though they knew a few things, they still didn't know everything clearly.

They may only be told that there is an opportunity for the younger generation. But what exactly it was like, they still hadn't been told.

Being stared at by almost everyone, Prince Varog finally opened his mouth.

"Well, sorry everyone. Because this is very secretive, so the kingdom is keeping it very tight. But since we are already here, it would be unfair if I still didn't tell you." He paused to take a breath.

"About ten days ago, two royal elders took a walk into this valley to catch some wild beasts. And while they were exploring this valley, they accidentally found this place."

"However, when one of the elders tried to enter this cave." Prince Varog paused once again while turning his gaze towards the energy barrier behind them.

"Right when that elder came into contact with the energy barrier, he was instantly killed on the spot."

When people heard Prince Varog's words, even Alu's expression became very serious.

Each of the elders of the Great Kingdom were extremely powerful Nirvana stage experts. How could such a powerful elder die just because he came in contact with the energy barrier.

The news made the young nobles' eyes widen.

"After investigating the energy barrier, the other elder concluded that the energy barrier could only be accessed by Cultivators at the True Spiritual stage and below. Above the True Spiritual stage, anyone who came into contact with the energy barrier would be killed instantly."

"In other words, this place can only be entered by True Spiritual stage cultivators."