Chapter 605: Closer to the Peak (2/2)

”Welp, it's been fun boys. I'm out of here.” Theo snorted but he was stopped by Charles who placed a hand on his shoulders.

”You ain't going nowhere, boy. You're experiencing this with us. No backing down.” Charles firmly grasped Theo's shoulders causing him to groan in frustration.

Meanwhile, Raven thought to himself...

'Should I just say 'Screw this!' And create a rune to disperse this annoying situation?'

To be honest, Raven felt annoyed as well. Although the increase in pressure was weaker compared to the previous one, it's still an increase after all.

'The first few times were cute and all but this is starting to get on my nerves.' Raven's brows were pressed together as he really felt the urge to just drew a simple rune and get completely make this immense pressure useless.

In the end though, he just released a sigh and didn't do so. He didn't find any merit on doing this. Yes, this might allow them to reach their destination faster but this means that he's running away from this. That didn't sound good from him. Although Raven might not look like it, he's quite prideful.

If he had to endure a harsh climate or beast hordes on top of this, then he'll surely eliminate this pressure. But since he only needed to endure and adjust to the pressure, then dispersing it would mean that he had lost his patience and that he's running away from it.

Raven didn't like the sound of that...

”Well, here we go again.” Raven said as he began adjusting his movements once more.

He rolled his joints to discover how much the spike hindered his movements. Seeing him starting to adjust, the rest of the team also began adjusting to the current pressure.

Whether it's Raven or the War Gods, having experienced adjusting over and over again allowed their adjusting speed to increase. Since they only felt a spike and not an increase, the amount of time it took to them to completely adjust varied.

Raven did what he always did and activated the formation. He cooked food and so on.

As they were completely used to this routine by now, the time they needed to adjust shortened by a lot. Within two days, they finished their adjustments and began moving forwards once more.

What Henry said turned out to be true. The spike occurred every 500 miles now instead of 1000. When they encountered another spike, the team wasn't even remotely surprised anymore. No words were said since none were needed.

They just did what they have to do and adapted to it.

It was a plain and rather boring routine, but at the same time it's also a bit stressful. The closer they were at the peak, the thinner their patience got. They were delayed time and time again and it's close to driving them nuts. Even Raven wasn't an exception to this.

They felt impatient to reach the top and see what's so important that lies at the very peak of this damn mountain that they needed to be delayed over and over again.

Right now, their expectations were at an all time high. Whatever it is that lies at the very peak. It better be damn worth it for them to go all this trouble. They sincerely hope that it won't disappoint them or else, they might really go crazy.

Still, there's still quite a distance before they even get close to it. Right now, they are approaching the 2000 mile distance, and if they follow their current pace, then they should arrive at the peak within a month's worth of time.

...that's if, there wouldn't be any delays from here on out. And if one were to ask Raven, he'd answer that, that seems too good to be true.

Raven wasn't optimistic at all. Although the damn mountain irritated him again and again, he forced himself to calm down and logical about it. He didn't find any good reason to throw a tantrum specially not when he's serving as the pillar for the team. He didn't want to ruin the experience for his teammates there he's trying to be smart about it.

Thankfully, the team seems to have developed some sort of immunity against this. They no longer complain to much and were just jaded about it. Whenever they encounter a spike in pressure, they would say nothing and would instantly just adjust to it.

Raven was satisfied with this. He could only hope that it continues this way.