"Are you suspecting me?" Orion asked, frowning.
"I had to since it looked too much like you but after seeing your reaction and your alibi with His Highness, I figured it couldn't be you." Astral said.
Orion nodded and asked about one thing he was curious about. "So, what about the other sides? If one end is the door, then there should be other sides as well, right?"
"There were only oceans as far as my eyes could take. And only in one direction was there land and that's the direction where the door is." Astral said.
Orion frowned. He had a very bad feeling about the door. Knowing someone wanted to kill them and now there was a door waiting for them at the other end made him feel that it might be a trap set by whoever had summoned them to this place.
"That door might be a trap." He said this to others.
"Trap or not, that door is the only option here and we are going that way." Erick said.
"I agree."
It was Elyn who said that. She looked at Orion, Astral, and Erick before she further spoke.
"We should do as His Highness says. There aren't any other places where we could go and waiting here won't do us anything so we might as well take the gamble and head towards the door."
"Hahaha. I agree as well."
At that moment, another individual joined in their conversation.
"You are that Zenithan guy," Orion said.
"Hahaha. It's good that you remember me. My name is Nick Scott and I want to be the strongest man in the whole world. Hahahaha."
Orion and others looked at each other and wondered if this guy was really a mad man or what.
Erick shook his head and said to them: "It's decided then. We will head towards the door."
However, before he announced that to everyone here, he looked at Astral.
"Are there any strong monsters in our way in the forest and in the desert?" He asked him.
Astral shook his head. "I did find some monsters but all were silver and gold-rank monsters. As for the desert, I was only in the initial part of it when I was attacked by Grey Orion. So, I don't know if there are any strong monsters in the desert or not."
Erick pondered for a moment before he finally made his decision.
Looking at everyone, he announced. "Everyone, we are moving. Follow behind us closely; otherwise, whatever happens to you is not anyone's fault, understood?"
All the people in the grey land nodded. They understood their situation very well and knew that acting recklessly would lead to some unfortunate circumstances.
On their way, Erick said something to Orion and the others.
"I think whatever this place is, there are very serious power restrictions here."
"What do you mean?" Astral asked in confusion.
"The servant that came with me to planet Roele wasn't summoned here as if he was intentionally left behind. Also, all the monsters we have faced till now have strength limited to the peak of their gold rank. Due to this, I suspect that whoever ever summoned us here in this place also couldn't be any stronger than gold or possibly platinum rank." Erick explained.
Orion thought that Erick had a point. But he wondered: would the one who summoned them really be at the gold rank or platinum rank?
"We are about to reach the end of the forest." Astral nodded and said,.
After about five minutes, they finally reached the edge of the forest. From there, they could see the desert and the door shining a bright red light in the distant mountain area.
The only thing in this place that had any colour was that door gleaming with a deadly red light. Other than that, it was only lifeless grey land.
However, at that moment, a figure appeared in the sky before them. It was the Grey Orion. It looked just like Orion but was completely grey in colour—like a black and white version of him.
"I was waiting for you guys."
"He can talk!" Orion exclaimed in surprise. He could tell that the figure in front of them was indeed him but not at the same time. One wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it wasn't coloured black and white.
Erick, Elyn, and others were also surprised.
"This is the end line. You can't go past it." It declared.
"And who is gonna stop us? You?" Orion sneered. "A cheap copycat of mine?"
The Grey Orion frowned upon hearing him and turned his head to look at him.
"A cheap copycat, huh?" It said. "I guess that's what I am for now. My ultimate goal is to kill you, replace you, and leave this damn hell." His face turned ferocious in the end.
"You won't have the chance."
Elyn yelled and flew towards the Grey Orion, her sword gleaming with a dark blue colour.
At the same time, Astral came from the other side, his two hands holding a spear and thrusting straight at Grey Orion's neck.
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