What is happening?
This was the question everybody outside of the rift was asking, but how about those inside of it?
Most of them were too busy chasing rewards that they didn't even notice, and the high ranking ones especially.
However, there were those who had just entered. Some of these demi-celestials, and lesser celestials spotted something wrong, something ominous that made them stop in their tracks.
There was still a group of them who couldn't care less and they just went onwards to explore the wondrous Stellar Realm of treasures.
The white sky, the colorful clouds, the high mountains, the sparkling seas, the shining pillars of loot.
All of this stretched farther than the eye could see, and who would stop to think that this was nothing but the first level.
The monsters had yet to show up, but the celestials were far too busy to mind as they rushed as fast as they could towards the pillars.
This was a competition of speed; the fastest to reach the loot and unseals the barrier keeps the reward.
But would one be able to get the boons before the banes of enemies behind their backs fall on their head?
It remained to be seen.
This was the most prominent group of the celestials. The small gathering of cautious fellas who were worrying about the closed gate looked at each other in confusion and slight fear, not understanding what this could mean.
However, as much as they thought, it just didn't make sense. The lack of evidence, the impatience, and the doubts they all had, forced them to just move on.
The monkey turned serious, it was finally time for him to take action instead of just accompanying Draco.
Even though Draco could spread his senses, there was one thing he couldn't do, and it was to fly.
But, what did flying matter when he could appear anywhere he wanted in a split second?
The way to enter the second level was to kill one of the monsters of the first level, as one of the rewards was access forward.
Currently, there were no monsters in sight and most of the individuals here, aside from the high-ranking ones, were going around pillaging goodies. But the second Draco and the true celestials set foot close to the end of the first level...
*ROOOOOOAR*
The guardians appeared. It was surprising that there weren't guards close to every loot, but it seems like the way this treasure realm worked was quite different.
All that mattered was that one couldn't reach the second level before they passed through these shining eastern dragons.
Their bodies seemed crystallized, their eyes red and shiny, their color white, and their form... huge beyond belief.
Though they were barely as strong as demi-celestial, even EX-rank dragons were as huge as a mountain, not to mention these ones.
Their size was phenomenal, though even though they weren't true dragons, for those weren't so common, they held a tiny amount of blood within them similar to the ones in Portalia, and this was enough to cause fear to surface in the eyes of the true celestials.
"There are... dragons in here." It wasn't the demi-celestial dragons that scared them, no, it was the possibility of the next levels also holding dragons that made their skins shiver.
What if the boss in the fourth level was also a dragon? If that's the case, then not even all 25 of them could hold a candle against him.
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