636 Dusk stalker
Their journey to the southern continent was smooth, mostly thanks to the Arcane Bastion. Although the dangers of the sky were nowhere compared to Ocean Tribirus, there were still a lot of
dangers lurking in the sky.
What made the sky and ocean dangerous was the disadvantaged movement of the travellers. Even if they were part of the Wind and water pathways, their movement capabilities were no match for the creatures in their natural habitat.
Fortunately, Blake and the crew didn't have to bother about any of that as the Arcane Bastion stealthily passed the beasts or shot down everything directly in their path.
Just as predicted, in the late hours of the 7th day, the land of the southern continent appeared on the horizon, prompting Dorian to announce it to the group scattered all over the Bastion.
Blake who was meditating at the training ground where he fought both Xander and Slade, teleported straight to the deck.
It didn't take long before the rest gathered and set their eyes on the Black Zone.
From an aerial perspective, the continent lay shrouded in an impenetrable veil of mist, casting an eerie pall over its vast expanse. The dense, swirling fog cloaked the land in perpetual twilight, its tendrils seeming to reach out hungrily toward any who dared approach.
At the continent's heart, piercing through the oppressive gloom, stood a solitary white spire, its pristine surface gleaming ghostly against the surrounding murk. This enigmatic monolith exuded an otherworldly aura, a silent sentinel in a sea of shadows.
The mist that engulfed the continent was of course no ordinary fog; it was a supernatural barrier, silencing all forms of communication, both magical and technological, rendering the land an isolated enigma.
"Before you ask if we could fly directly to the spire, the answer is no." Dorian took the words out of Brian's mouth. "We tried it during the expedition, but the artefacts lost connection with the controller and the volunteer that flew above the continent never came back."
"I can't believe I was eager to do this." Brian couldn't help but gulp at the sight of the eerie continent.
The mist's clearance just after they stepped foot on the continent, felt too familiar to how they could grant vision people within the night mist their vision. The rules here were simple; no vision unless you are within.
"Yes, I can even detect the mist sapping at our vitality. Thankfully, our Angelic bodies drastically reduce the rate of absorption and replenish our vitality with its natural rejuvenation." Blake explained the results of his scan.
"What next?" Brain asked while looking around, it was then that Cassius' figure once again appeared.
"Although it might sound easier than it seems, our goal is to reach the spire as it is the gateway to the main realm. It is now up to you guys to decide how " Cassius pointed at the structure located at the centre of the continent.
Out of nowhere, Blake felt an extremely dangerous aura wash over causing him to abruptly turn to the right with a deep frown etched on his face, then to the left but there was nothing he could see.
"We need to leave now!" Blake said to his confused teammates as he teleported them into his pocket dimension without their permission.
Once he sensed that the feeling was gone, Blake dropped to the ground and let out a deep sigh of relief.
"What happened?" The team were totally confused and worried about Blake's abrupt actions.
"I had a premonition that if we remained there for a bit longer, one of us would have died." Blake shook his head a few more seconds of lateness would have led to history repeating itself.
"How is that possible?"
The group couldn't believe there was something that could stop 5 Angels and 2 Emperor beasts from escaping if they wanted.
"During this past few months, my intuition led me to study a book titled Corruption. What we just encountered now is a corrupted entity called, a Dusk stalker." Blake explained.