249 A Figh

After a few days, Alex had prepared himself for this. Before that, he checked his tickets.

[Gacha Ticket x410

Premium Ticket x0

Dart x0

Summoning Ticket x0

Summoning Coin x0]

Gacha Ticket now became so easy to get with so many people killed the monsters around. There were Leoz, Fabio, Greg, Wright, and Salijan. Previously, there was only Leoz. This system proved to be practical.

Maybe after some time, he could let the (R) spirits hunt the monster too. But, he needed to consider it first. After all, it might also put another toll on Leoz's shoulder.

And if the number was too high, leveling up will be too hard. Alex put the thought about using the (R) spirits or below on hold.

He came out of his room to see Putri also wanted to go down. After meeting up with the others, they flew toward the west entrance.

When they were flying toward the west gate, he felt something odd. There was a dark feeling creeping in his heart. He tried to look around with his Spirit Eyes. He frowned when he saw a group of ten followed them. He was bothered by what he saw, because that group that followed him, each of them had that blood red energy inside their body.

Alex immediately suspected it was the Zhou Kingdom. He wondered why they followed his group. He was wondering if they had some grudge toward the Southern Kingdom.

Alex decided to ask Putri about it, "Senior Sister, what is the relationship between the Southern Kingdom with the Zhou Kingdom?"

"Why do you ask?" Putri was confused.

"Nothing, I just want to confirm something," Alex said.

"Hm... Well, all of them are neutral with each other. Maybe you might relate them with what we were known. The Southern Kingdom is known for its wealth, and the Zhou Kingdom is its military. Hazel Kingdom is known for its good government, while the Thiveapia Kingdom is known for its fairness and neutrality."

Putri tried to answer him since it was hard to describe the relation between kingdoms. After all, they were not good but also not bad, nor they were neutral. That's why she explained that. "You can try to correlate with that, I think."

Alex nodded as he murmured, "Wealth..."

Alex still couldn't believe that the Zhou Kingdom would do something against them with just that. After all, their power was equal. If they wanted to kidnap the princess for a ransom, they would bring more people.

He suddenly realized something, he realized about himself.

He remembered that Zhou Kingdom's Martial King had seen his face. He started thinking about the possibility of him as their target.

He couldn't say he was one hundred percent sure, but the chance was still high. He frowned while thinking whether to separate with his Senior Sister and the others or not.

He didn't know why, but his mind was telling him to separate. Because if they demanded him from the Southern Kingdom, the princess, and the others wouldn't fight back for him and might hand him to them. Everyone except his Senior Sister.

He couldn't decide for now. He wanted to see what kind of environment inside the realm before determining this. After flying for a while, they finally reached the entrance.

This was the entrance of Death Forest. It was only a plain with no building beside it. But the entrance was brimming with people, judging from this entrance alone, there were enough a few thousand people here.

There were many people who came here in, hoping to get some treasures. Their strength was not that high.

Alex tried to see the Zhou Kingdom's group again, but they stopped far away from them. Alex made a mental note about them.

Not long after, the entrance finally opened. A big hole appeared on the barrier.

"Look, the entrance has appeared."

"Go."

Many Martial Grandmasters rushed toward the entrance.

"What are you doing? We are going too," Mega said.

All of them nodded and came inside together. Of course, they were behind than most people.

When Alex came inside, he finally could see this special realm. Red sky, red river, chilling atmosphere. Alex could see why this place was known as Death Forest.

They were flying a hundred meters above the ground and could have a clear view of the landscape. The realm was really vast. They spotted a white building in the east direction. It should be a huge building, but they could only a small dot with their peak Grandmaster's eyes.

It showed how big the realm was. Alex activated his Spirit Eyes to see the flow of energy inside the realm. He wanted to do it the moment he got inside this place. After all, he felt that the energy inside this place was so high.

"System, what is this energy?"

[This is also a Natural Spiritual Energy, Host. You can consolidate your cultivation three times faster here, so you should be able to breakthrough in a month if you reached that building]

"Hmm... This realm will be closed in two weeks. I should have enough time... Anyway, I will try to see it with my Spirit Eyes first," Alex said while activating his Spirit Eyes.

As expected, he could see a huge amount of energy gathered inside this place. When he saw the white building, he was surprised to see the amount of the energy inside that building.

Alex immediately became sure that the white building was the center of this realm. But, Putri said they didn't know if there was an entrance or not. Because of that, he tried to search the surroundings with his eyes, especially the underground.

He was shocked to see there was a snake-like labyrinth inside the ground. He tried to see the entrance and was surprised to see the entrance was beneath their feet.

He looked at the ground with his Spirit Eyes and finally saw an array beneath the ground. The array was buried inside the ground, and it was perfectly concealed. The people wouldn't be able to find it.

The entrance was still closed at this time. He tried to check its surroundings. There was no clue whether the entrance would open or not.

Alex might be able to get inside it with his Space Door, but he couldn't be sure if his mastery were enough.

There were around six underground labyrinths from all directions, and each maze led them toward the white building. Alex realized that it was the entrance of that white building. The reason why people couldn't find the entrance was that the entrance was underground. And it was in this place, far from the building.

They were too occupied with those tests around that white building.

Alex kept his poker face while looking around. From others' point of view, he was just shocked by the realm.

"Hey, are you going to go or not? We don't have time to dilly dally in this place!" The captain shouted to Alex.

"Alex, we should go," Putri also came toward him.

Alex looked at them with his innocent expression. He looked at Putri, "Senior Sister, you can go first. I felt I would be able to breakthrough in three days. I should breakthrough first. I will catch up with you later."

"Hmph, you should say it from the beginning. Since you want to stay here, then you need to protect yourself. We won't protect you since we are going to that building," The captain snorted.

Putri glared at him and said while gritting her teeth, "I will stay here with him. After all, he is my junior brother."

Eric said to Putri, "Why? You should follow us since this place is very dangerous."

"I... I can't. More so in this dangerous place, I can't leave my Junior Brother behind," She said while clenching her fist. In fact, she was dying to go with her fiance.

"I..." Eric hesitated.

"Eric Kasmanan, you need to go with us. If not, we will be in trouble," The third princess said.

"I'm sorry, Putri. I really want to stay here with you, but I couldn't."

"It's fine, you should go, we will catch up with you later," She said while trying to smile.

"Then, I'm going. I will share the treasure with you later."

Finally, Eric and the others had gone. Putri became a bit downcast. Alex tried to search his surroundings again and again, and finally, he found a clue. There was a green line of energy that came from the white building. The energy started moving toward the entrance. But the speed was too slow.

Alex predicted that the energy needed a few days to get to this entrance. That meant they needed to wait in this place for a few days.

"Alex, are you going to breakthrough?"

Alex only smiled at her. He said, "If a Senior Sister wants to go, you should go with them. I'm fine here."

"No, Master and Senior Sister have entrusted you to me. I don't want to repeat that incident from last time."

Alex was taken aback. He remembered when they were in the Nugget Village. She kept searching here even though it was dangerous. Alex's heart got warm.

"Hoho, what a touching scene we have here."

Alex and Putri heard a voice coming from another direction. They found ten people that were close to them. Putri recognized one of them, "You are the second prince of Zhou Kingdom. Zhou Tian."

"Hmph," He became proud after seeing a beauty knew about him. "Good, since you know me, I won't kill you if you serve me, of course, in bed."

Alex immediately said to the system within his mind. "System, use every ticket I have now."

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[Bursting Sword (R) x1]

[Laughing Apple (C) x1]

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[Summoning Coin (C) x1]

"How many Summoning Coins I have?"

[103]

"Use it immediately."

[Processing]

[EXP Cards (R) x1]

[Stallion (C) x1]

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[Green Slime (C) x1]

Last time, Alex also did this. After all, Normal Gacha only gave him Summoning Coins. If he wanted the EXP cards, he could only get it from Summoning Gacha. After using all of those Summoning Coins, Alex got a total of 16 (R) Exp cards. Although it wasn't as much as last time, it was only because the amount of Gacha Ticket he got was lesser.

"System, calculate the number I need to level up the others to peak Grandmaster."

[Anna needs 4, Nelson needs 8, Fabio needs 9, and Greg needs 12. Do you need me to calculate Wright and Salijan?]

"No, it is enough." Alex pondered for a bit. Alex immediately considered using his EXP cards to Anna. He needed to consider whether to use the rest to Nelson and Fabio

He thought Nelson might be busy since he was the spy in the Zhou Kingdom while Fabio was grinding EXP. He immediately took Fabio's card secretly and spoke. "Fabio, ready for battle."

"Understood." Fabio didn't use his usual annoying phrase. Because he immediately understood after hearing Alex's tone. He was in a grave situation.

"System, use my EXP cards to Anna and Fabio. I will keep the rest for now."

[Processing]

[Completed]

"Senior Sister, I saw the blood energy in their body. I fear the Zhou Kingdom is planning something big." Alex said.

"What?" Putri was shocked to hear that. She immediately said, "You should call Mega and the others. I will try to hold them here for a while."

Alex smiled when Putri came to the front and wanted to sacrifice herself once again. It was like when they were on a mission back then. Alex was sure that Putri was frustrated when she separated from her fiance. However, she still became like this.

But this time, Alex was ready for war. Alex tapped her shoulder and asked them the same question as back then to her, "Senior Sister, do you believe me?"

Seeing his expression, Putri immediately remembered the question from back then. She said with a serious expression, "I do."

Alex smiled and nodded. Then he turned his head toward that group. "I am wondering why all of you chased our group this whole time... But it seems your target is me."

"Hmph, since you are so thoughtful, you should kill yourself. I won't kill her as long as she serves me in bed," The second prince snorted.

Alex summoned Anna secretly. He summoned her a bit distance, and Anna immediately hid her presence.

Alex started floating toward them and smiled. "You are a fool."

"What did you say!" His smug expression immediately changed after he heard what Alex said. To think a 5-Star Martial Grandmaster talks to him like that.

Alex smiled as he activated his Spirit Eyes.

"Dark Curtain."

A black giant sphere appeared in the air as it blocked every vision inside.