Chapter 363 363 – The Desert

Chapter 363 Chapter 363 – The Desert

Nick led his four employees toward the north.

They decided to veer off towards the west for a bit.

The reason for that was the big area to the northeast.

A couple of kilometers northeast of the Swallowing Swamp was the Desert.

The Desert was a Specter that was called the Desert as well as an actual desert.

However, compared to the usual deserts, this one was far smaller, only being about five kilometers wide.

The Desert was an even plane of sand.

There were no hills, dunes, holes, or whatever.

It was perfectly even.

There were also no stones, animal bones, corpses, plants, or whatever.

Every point of the Desert was identical to every other point.

There were two reasons why Nick wanted to avoid appearing near the Desert.

First of all, the Desert was at least an Elder.

Anyone who walked into the Desert would become extremely thirsty within a matter of seconds, and if they were normal people, they would just straight up turn into mummies before transforming into sand that combined with the sand on the ground.

Even worse, that draining effect also worked on water that wasn't connected to any living being.

This meant that water bottles, rain clouds, and even the air would have all of their water sucked out.

Since the effect also worked on inorganic things, the Manufacturers concluded that the Desert grew more powerful by absorbing moisture, not by the consequence of absorbing all moisture.

This meant that the Desert most likely grew more powerful just by having water splashed over it.

While the Desert was not very dangerous due to it not being able to move, its potential was immense.

When Crimson City had connected to the outside world again after two years, they found out that the Desert had grown by about 100 meters.

If this thing continued being here, it might grow even bigger and more dangerous.

Some people had even thought about what would happen if this thing became an Eternal.

So, the city just decided to call it the local mountain.

The entire mountain was probably around a kilometer wide.

Back when the red mist hadn't been in Crimson City, people could see the mountain as long as they looked toward it from an elevated position.

After all, back then, there had still been massive walls around the city, blocking the view.

Nick looked up at the mountain.

This was the first mountain he had ever seen up close.

Yet, it wasn't impressive in any way.

The megastructure of Crimson City dwarfed it.

When Nick looked towards the right, he saw that part of the mountain's foot had turned yellow and brittle.

The mountain was directly adjacent to the Desert, and the eastern part of its foot was already inside the Desert's domain.

Based on the difference between the normal mountain and that part, there was apparently still some moisture to be gained from a stone.

The five of them would need to be extremely careful not to accidentally enter the Desert's domain.

The next moment, Nick led his people to the western side of the mountain.

He wanted to climb the mountain from the west since that meant turning their backs on Crimson City and the Crimson Sea.

As long as they didn't turn around, they wouldn't die.

It was like Roaching.

Nick stepped behind everyone while Jason, Petra, and Clayton went to the front.

Jenny was in the middle.

The three people at the front became quite nervous, but they knew that they had signed up for this.

They were now supposed to do what they were here for.

Naturally, Nick and Jenny were behind the three of them since it would be problematic to save them in case of an ambush if that meant turning around.

Because of that, the strongest in the group had to stay at the back.