Chapter 982: Making The Jump

Chapter 982: Making The Jump



The pace at which they were killing the harpies was not bad, by any measure, and they would be done with them in a few minutes if all went well.

But the next wave of enemies was only seconds away from rising above the volcano's cauldron, and Alex had to make his call now.

He wasn't sure he was ready to trust Liu Yan enough to show him this part of him yet. And there was also Killian and Aapo, whom he had only sparsely met in the game.

Hearing the screeches of the next wave, as the harpies collided with the barrier as soon as they crested the edge of the mountain, Alex grit his teeth and cursed.

"We can't keep fighting them here! I think there are too many of them on the hill below," he shouted, catching everyone's attention.

The numbers they were seeing also surprised David. The harpies hadn't been nesting for long, so there should be this many of them.

The only explanation was that whatever was rekindling the volcano's flames, was also turbo- charging the harpies with mana, thus accelerating their reproduction speed.

"I agree!" David called out, a dozen meters away from him.

"But getting to the tunnels isn't going to be easy! The closest mouth is right next to their nest, fifty meters lower than the mountaintop!" he added.

Alex looked at him knowingly.

He dispelled the barrier, his body starting to glow.

"I'll get their attention away from you guys! Start making your way there. Deal with stragglers if there are any!" Alex exclaimed as wings burst out of his back.

"What the fuck?" Killian, Liu Yan, and Aapo all said at the same time.

The party was already scaling down the mountain, hopping their way down on small stepping stones now jutting out of the cliff.

Alex looked at Rì-Chu, who was in the lead, and smiled.

'Smart move. He made stepping stones instead of a full path. Much faster and less mana- consuming this way,' Alex mused, slashing at a harpy that flew too close.

The group was progressing smoothly, with Kary flying off the side, picking off Harpies that hadn't flown into the fray yet, as they tried attacking the hopping humans.

Already, Rì-Chū was close to reaching the opening David had mentioned, and he was slowing down.

Alex was unsure if he was slowing down because of nervousness, or if they could see something he couldn't, but he knew it wasn't wise to stop while still on the cliff side.

After dashing one last time into the harpies harrying him, and taking the last two down, he dove toward them.

He quickly reached the first few nests, looking at the piles of bones inside them and sighed internally.

'How did they get so many people without an investigation starting sooner?' he asked himself internally.

He could count dozens of human skulls, and that was just at first glance as he flew by the nests. He didn't dare assume those were all of it.

As he reached Kary, about to ask her why the party was slowing down, a loud screech, carrying with it an intense killing intent, laced with enough mana to make Even Alex shiver slightly, echoed all around them.

*SCREEEE!!!*

Instantly, Alex understood why they had slowed down. The reason for the quick reproduction

of the harpies became clear.

They already had a queen.