Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Go around

"How did… how did you do that?"Mera became extremely curious again, she was very frustrated, as if if her questions were not answered she would go crazy. To this, Kain only replied gently.

"Shockwave."

"Shockwave... ah, I see."

The principle of the previous action was to take advantage of Roc's sensory sensors - which would identify prey through shockwaves. Here, Kain used the huge shockwaves beneath the ground created by [Earth Magic] to hide the shockwaves the three of them had created. To compare it, it was like hiding a cup of water by pouring it into a bucket of water, basically indistinguishable.

However, Kain's face did not relax after escaping danger, instead he became more serious, as if he was about to face something even more dangerous.

In fact, this is not just a hunch.

The reason Kain didn't want to use this method to escape the monsters was because it would attract more monsters. A large enough shockwave would make them invisible to the Rocs, but a large enough shockwave would also affect and awaken other Rocs.

Like a chain reaction, the journey ahead of them will be more difficult than ever.

"In a moment, no matter what I say, you two have to listen, understand? This is for our safety."

"So don't keep your eyes off me, we're in for quite a run."

Having said that, Kain looked ahead of him.

It was as if he had entered a strange state, his information reception ability was fully deployed. Anything that entered Kain's field of vision would be seen, grasped, analyzed, and finally dealt with. The four major steps of information reception were completed by Kain in an extremely short period of time.

"Mera, use [Earth Magic]."

Kain gave the order, and Mera immediately followed, even though neither of them were yet aware of the danger approaching.

But Kain's senses in this state were always correct. He felt that the air passing by had some distortion. Coupled with the slight distortion that appeared in his field of vision, he made an extremely quick judgment.

Sure enough, as soon as the Roc appeared in Myra and Mera's sight, it was hit by Kain's [Thunder Bullet]. It was so fast that it seemed like Kain already knew that this monster wanted to appear there so he could use his magic skill.

The entire Eyel on the monster's body was burned away, and its geological senses were in chaos. Kain's team easily passed another Roc.

The next few times were the same, Kain always led the team in the right direction, as if he had already formed a map in his head.

However, they soon encountered a huge problem.

Endurance.

Mera was gradually becoming exhausted both physically and mentally, even Myra's condition was gradually getting worse, and even Kain was gradually showing signs of fatigue.

If they don't rest, they will collapse before they can even step out of this area.

"We'll stop here today."

Following Kain's signal, the two sisters seemed to be freed, leaning their backs against a rock to rest tiredly. The rock wall was hard, and could not be compared to beds with sheepskin cushions, but even someone used to comfort like Mera still felt more comfortable than ever.

"As long as we don't make too much of a commotion, we'll be fine."

Kain reassured his two companions, then began dividing up water, rations and dried meat for the two to eat.

Mera, the young lady, now ate like a starved animal. All manners and politeness were thrown to the back of her mind. Nothing was more important than replenishing energy from food. This humorous image made Myra unable to help but smile, she turned to Kain, finding him still deep in thought.

Unlike the opening in the upside down forest, where Kain was thrown into a random location that he couldn't identify, Kain could now roughly visualize where his team was in this rocky cave area.

And because he remembered the map of this area well, Kain also drew a path that ran straight through here.

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As for why Kain's party didn't just take down the Roc to calm things down? The answer is... no way.

Rocs were hard to kill, it had been said before. And the shockwaves caused by taking down a Roc were no less than when Mera used [Earth Magic], if not even greater. The Rocs would still be awakened and searching for prey, while Kain's team had lost the advantage of time and could no longer advance, the only way to be safe was to retreat back to the upside-down forest area.

But if they do that, it would be like all their efforts have been in vain.

For that reason, Kain could only guide the team through the Rocs blocking their path on one side, while constantly calculating and changing their path to make it as safe as possible on the other side.

Even so, they had only gone one-sixth of the way.

"Kain, what's wrong, you should probably loosen up a bit."

Myra said in concern, while Kain just shook his head, showing that he was fine.

However, Myra still did not let him go, but instead began to question him.

"Kain, ever since you saw those guys, you seem to have become more… hasty? I mean, there's absolutely no need to be in such a hurry, we haven't even used up a third of our time for the entrance exam yet?"

"Alright."

Kain sighed, then looked seriously at Myra and Mera.

"The three of us walked out of the upside down forest without stopping, and then ran here without stopping. You're right, Myra, we didn't need to be this fast, but Myra, this entrance exam… has long since ceased to be an ordinary ordeal."

"How big do you think this place is?"

Drawn in by Kain's seriousness, the two sisters were unable to react to his somewhat out of place question. Mera and Myra both answered at the same time, of course it was very broad, right?