Chapter 274 Dawn Of Horror [Part 2]

Chapter 274 Dawn Of Horror [Part 2]

There was a shimmering pillar of light that cast a thick shadow on the small hill... no, it wasn't a hill—Raven squinted her eyes as she tried to discern what it was.

As she stepped closer, she could see clearly; it wasn't a hill, but a single monster, the same centipedal creatures she had been encountering, but this one was imposingly massive.

Even though its body was folded into a heap, it was still colossal and enormous, which meant it would have been far more formidable and powerful when alive.

She craned her neck and narrowed her eyes...

There was a human sitting atop the corpse of the monster, his rough and mangled white hair fluttering gently in the wind, face marred with violet blood, and azure eyes shone down with a predatory intensity.

Almost sending shivers into her bones.

The human jumped down effortlessly, causing heavy distress in the waters.

He looked at her for a couple of seconds, then sighed and looked away, turning towards the white pillar of light.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I heard you fell...so I came after you."

Northern was silent as she continued.

"I have wings; we can go back up and continue our journey..."

Northern looked up; the whole place was shrouded in gloomy clouds, the scene beyond darkly obscured.

He looked at the pillar of light and narrowed his eyes fiercely.

"I don't have any intention of going back up."

Raven arched her brow.

"What do you mean?"

"It's simple," Northern said, pausing to look at the pillar of light before continuing, "That right there, Raven, is a rift."

She looked up at the shimmering pillar of light; now that she looked closer, she could see the slight cracks in space formed by it.

Raven frowned a little and brought her eyes back to Northern.

Northern continued,

"I'm going inside."

Her eyes widened immediately but creased back again.

"Northern, that's perilous. Judging by the amount of essence it's exuding, it's going to be one hell of a rift. Why go into it?"

"It's a tier IV rift. I'm guessing it would be around the same level of difficulty as the rift I was in." His words were delayed by a single breath before continuing, "If it's the same level of difficulty, I want to see something for myself."

"This is a tier IV rift; the rift you came from was a tier V..."

"It only evolved at the end..."

"Wait, Northern, that's not even the point here. To challenge a tier IV rift, a party of at least six Drifters needs to be assembled, with the inclusion of a Master and a Savant, or two Masters. And you want to just enter into it like that?"

"Was that why you simply accepted to give me your share of whatever soul cores we get from killing monsters?" His brows furrowed, "Pretty smart, aren't you?"

Raven looked down for a beat or two, then looked back up; her eyes were brimming with an inspiring level of resolve.

"It doesn't matter anymore, does it? I can't let you go into the rift alone."

Northern chuckled; he looked at her seriously for a while and could see that her gaze was as determined as her words sounded.

"Are you crazy? You have a perfect plan; you could fly back up, grab onto the soul cores, become a Sage, and get whatever you came for, then go back to Lotheliwan, putting a final end to all of this."

She looked fiercely into Northern's face.

"Will you come with me?"

"No."

"Then I can't go..."

"Why?" Confused, he asked.

She was silent, then she seemed to swallow her spit and answered:

"I can't sit back and let you surpass me."

"Uh?" Northern raised one brow. "What the hell are you saying?"

She looked away, frowning as she responded:

"I want to gain all that the rifts have to offer, then come back to the soul cores in the airship too; it'll be a great addition."

Northern, frowning unbelievably, tilted his head backward again. He couldn't comprehend where those words of hers were coming from.

But something else bugged him.

"Shouldn't you just take those cores back up so everyone can get stronger?"

"Why would I do that? That's reckless; they'll get complacent. I should use my overwhelming strength to create fear and respect in them, lead them to a rift so they can fight for themselves and grow."

Northern nodded; she was right in a way.

But still, she was just going to abandon the easy way to go about this because she didn't want to be surpassed.

Just how petty could she be?

Raven smiled and tapped his shoulder.

"Let's go into the rift, Northern."

She jumped down the other side of the Corpse, falling directly into the crack in space.

Northern clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"How can she just go like that, what if I decide to turn back and go up?" He muttered.

He cast one wistful glance backward and jumped too.