"There's one Apokalip ahead of us." Jin just came back after scouting. His shirt had dirt and there were leaves stuck on it. His eyes squinted slightly and looked at everyone. "It's another unknown one. I can't determine whether it specializes in speed or strength, but I felt that we would die 100% if we fought it." As he said this, he looked at their captain, waiting for his response.
Fushigiro fell into deep thought. His eyebrows scrunched upwards and the wrinkles on his forehead became deeper.
"We can't afford to take another risk on an unknown again. There's also no way for us to collect information about it without a fight."
"So, what should we do now?" Rina looked at Jin subconsciously. After all, he was the brain of the group.
The other four didn't join the conversation and just listened quietly. They knew that their opinion wouldn't matter much. They weren't well versed in this kind of thing and they were just dead weight since the start of the journey. They couldn't contribute anything to the battle because they were weak. The least that they could do was be obedient.
"Can we just wait for another seven days before moving?" Caleb asked. He only needs to wait for seven days. At that time, he would get an ability. His physical strength and taboo energy would get a qualitative change.
And since there's a monster ahead. Then they can't move forward without fighting it... Right?
Unexpectedly, Jin shook his head and said with a beaming smile. "No. We have to look forward. I scouted the way and there were three available routes ahead. One of them was clear of Apokalip. Not only that, it would also bring us faster to the Spider Town."
Caleb nodded disappointedly. He just needs fucking seven days, for God's sake!
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"Why do you want to wait seven days?" Jin looked at Johan with strangely.
Luna, Andre, Fatty, and Clifford looked at Caleb suspiciously. Seeing such a response, Caleb became speechless. Could he say that he would become stronger than them after seven days?
"Well, I just think that it's an auspicious day. After all, God created the world for seven days."
Fatty burst out laughing. "God did? Hahaha... Johan, didn't expect you to be superstitious."
'Opsss.... Forgot that it's a different religion here.'
"Actually, we can wait for another three days at most. What do you say?" Jin sighed.
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Caleb looked at this status with a shit-eating grin. Just another 32 units and he would complete his transformation! Like a fish that leaped to the dragon gate! Jokes aside, he felt that he had read too many cultivation novels to the point that his mind was poisoned.
Another good thing that happened is his arm was now as good as new. Actually, he felt that it was much tougher. He didn't know if it was his illusion, though.
...
They were now on their way to the only safe path. Jin led them and avoided at least three or five Apokalips on their way. The Quincy Mountain Range might not be the most populated place by the Apokalips, but it has its fair share of dangerous ones.
The first Apokalip that they avoided is similar to Orc RPG games. Actually, he almost thought it came out of Dota as it looks like Ogre's carbon copy. It has three heads and two arms, each holding trees as a weapon. What's more creepy was the mere fact it had ten eyes akin to that of spiders.
It was at that time that Caleb had to agree with Jin's statement that they would die 100% from it.
According to Fushigiro, the bastard was a Tier 9, 3rd Variation! The most dangerous Apokalip they have seen so far. More dangerous than the one that killed Athena and Miles.
Fortunately, they didn't have to face it and successfully took a detour. It was those moments that highlighted how capable Jin was. If there was no Fushigiro, Jin, without a doubt, had what it takes to be a captain.
The second monster and the third monster look like Wildmutt and Heatblast from Ben Ten. Except Caleb didn't know if it was the same for their abilities. Then the fourth one was the same type of creature that caused Miles and Athena's demise.
Of course, there's also time that they can't avoid fighting. They fought a Tier 9 Golem. Luckily, the golem might be tough, it wasn't fast. Its defense wasn't something Fushigiro's soft fist couldn't solve.
The progress of Caleb's Deka step and sword-wielding were progressing smoothly. He began to make basic sword moves.
With that, another two days have passed. They took a lot of detours to avoid fighting with Apokalips, whose abilities they didn't know about. They managed to cross two mountains as they became more and more experienced in avoiding Apokalips and covering their trails.
Those two days, all the members were tense. The threat of death was always upon them like the sword of Damocles was upon their heads. It may fall at any time. They were walking on a tightrope. Even the four teenagers, Fatty, Clifford, Luna, and Andre, became more mature and learned through the process. They took the initiative to do the logistics. For example, carrying the backpacks and so on.
Jin generously taught them how to hold weapons so they could survive better if push came to shove.
Now, they only need to cross one last mountain to reach Spider Town, the last obstacle on their journey.