Chapter 207 - 170.2 : Mission (1/2)
Now that everything is done, more or less, Arthur headed to his next destination without stopping to bother with the fights occurring above him. Using the huge body of a bone shark, he drilled the earth and easily made his way towards the center of the tomb. Despite that this world is only a small-Realm, it is way bigger than Astria.
The concept of Realms and space has always been something mysterious and complicated as not everyone is able to comprehend their logic. A small pocket dimension can sometimes be bigger than a whole Middle-Realm, which usually is a mind-boggling landmass, it can be millions of time bigger than Earth or even Astria.
The more Arthur headed deeper into the lush forest, the fewer monsters he met. By now, he would only meet one or two every few hundred miles, which shows that these beasts are extremely strong and have their own territory. However, Arthur was not detected by them as he had his concealment skills activated. He could defeat them and even kill them but it would be a waste of time if he were to bother with them as it would hinder his preparation.
In fact, the tomb opens for a full week then the gates will open. Of course, this time is subject to change depending on how weak the formation that was used to open the gate is. For the last few days, the people will be focused on the central part of the tomb, where the good treasures are.
The main palace, which is situated at the center is full of all kinds of plants and artifacts, there is also the physique manual, which is what everyone is lusting for.
Although he had plenty of time, Arthur didn't want to be reckless or do something unnecessary. He longed for neither treasures nor plants, he just wanted to possess that Spatial Master and hope it's enough for him to gain the sufficient understanding of Space Attribute to travel to Earth.
The tomb world was like a circle where the palace is in the center, Arthur drilled the earth and headed for the center with astronomical speed whilst keeping his presence unnoticeable by the lurking beasts.
Since a while ago, Arthur started seeing one beast each few thousand miles and every single one of them is a Godly Beast. Such opponents are not as easy to deal with as Divine Beasts, which he can practically one-shot. He further lowered his presence and made almost no sound despite the large body of the shark.
As he was bypassing earth and dirt along with poisonous plants, the shark body suddenly halted and lifted its body above.
'Oh?'
Arthur sensed two particular presences, along with what the map was showing him, he was sure of who they are. The map, which is pretty beneficial, has one more loophole, or perhaps, advantage. It is that no matter where exactly the enemy is, as long as he is inside the perimeter of it, he will be shown on it. For example, if it is an enemy hundreds of miles underground or above the clouds, as long as it's within the specified radius of the map, then it's shown. Which is exactly why it showed Arthur the two presences despite him being a dozen or so miles underground.
The two humans his map caught sight of, were a young man followed by a girl. They seemed to be fighting a Godly Beast as Arthur noticed that there is turbulent Nether Energy coming from above and the area around him seemed to be slightly shaking from the battle.
With a hidden smirk that couldn't be shown on the faceless head of the shark, Arthur took out the book of the Damned and summoned the Golem. Abiding by his wishes, the two instantly merged and the red-haired youth appeared inside the narrow cave that was created by the shark. The youth elegantly bowed towards Arthur and said
”It is a pleasure to see thou, master.”
Still inside the shark's body, Arthur instructed the red-haired youth and immediately disappeared as the bone shark continued drilling through the earth as if it didn't expect in the first place.
Even the youth was amazed as he stared at the large hole created by the pointy edge of the shark's head, he still couldn't believe how fast it was. It's as if his master was teleported or absorbing the earth and not just drilling through.