As the raiders from the Crimson Lotus kept walking deeper into the gate the temperature kept getting higher, though it was not much of a problem to them as they were all A-rank or higher.
But what attracted their attention was that the dry cracks on the ground were now getting wider and some of those cracks had red lava flowing inside them.
Looking at the situation, it was easy to tell that they were soon going to find a volcano in this territory, and just like they had thought, after some time they found it.
It was a large volcano that reached close to 1000 meters in height as for its width, they couldn't tell. But that volcano was visible to them, even though they were quite far from it.
The volcano had the same dry cracks over it as the ground below them and there was lava leaking out of some cracks.
There was smoke coming out from the top of the volcano, but even though it looked like the volcano was about to erupt, they could somehow tell that it had been like that for a long time.
There were dark clouds thundering above the volcano, crackling with lightning. They could see thunder crashing on the top of the volcano from time to time.
Just looking at the large volcano, they could tell that if this was the boss's territory, then that volcano was the boss's layer, and they were sure of it.
They kept moving toward the volcano and although there were still no beasts in sight, they could feel the tension in the air rising.
It might be their imagination, but the raiders felt that their moves were being watched.
If they asked Alex about it, then he would've told them – 'Yeah, there's a beast flying above us, keeping an eye on us'.
As they moved forward, they were getting closer to the volcano, which meant that they were getting under the dark clouds as well. The beast that Alex was observing, or the beast that was keeping an eye on them, was flying inside those clouds crackling with thunder.
The area was rocky, and they couldn't see more than 5 meters ahead of them without their view being blocked by one of those rocks, so they didn't know what was ahead of them or what were they walking into.
But they could feel the air getting more tense, it was like they could cut the tension in the air with a knife.
They didn't know the reason for that but they grew more apprehensive as it was not a good sign.
After a while, they finally heard some noises when they were around a kilometer or so away from the volcano. They could hear some distant noises such as low huffs, growls, screeches, and hisses.
"We are being surrounded....." Alex suddenly spoke and the raiders quickly formed a circular formation with their attacks ready.
They knew that the situation had just turned into the worst they could hope for.
They knew why it was called a special gate, and they felt that even if they came in with a raiding team, the result would've been the same.
But then.....
"Finally, I can use some 'real' spells...." Alex spoke with a smile, making the raiders turn their heads comically toward Alex with a dumbfounded expression.
Their eyes, on the other hand, betrayed their expression as it was filled with hope.
They knew that the only people they could rely on right now were Alice and Alex, so when they heard Alex's words they hoped that he had the power to get out of this situation.
But when they saw the smile on Alex's face which was far from gentle, they somehow felt that Alex had no plan of getting out of here.
"I will stay back and protect them, you can go wild," Alice spoke as she pointed at the raiders.
The raiders just looked at Alice and Alex as if they were aliens.
'Are you for real?!?!' They wanted to shout at them, but for better or worse, they couldn't even move right now.
"All right, I'll be going ahea-" Alex couldn't complete his words as a rough voice interrupted him midway.
"Arrogant human, you are already dea-" A dark-brown scaled T-rex who was standing in front of the army of beasts spoke up, but it couldn't complete its words...
*Swish**Ssssssss*
An arrow made of red-black energy swished through the air, and directly pierced the T-rex's head, killing it in the process.
The T-rex didn't even get a chance to complete its words or understand what happened, but it didn't end there as the T-rex's body started to disintegrate into nothingness until there was no trace of the T-rex left....
"Don't interrupt me, beast..."
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