Chapter 231 - 231: Weird Place (1/2)

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Chapter 231 - 231: Weird Place

Van's eyes were knotted as his eyes remained closed They were ordered not to have theh the thick wall of cloud that separated the Deadzone fro that Adia was currently gripping his ar She was not talking to her earlier because of their little argument, but now that they were in the o of Van's arm for about 3 seconds now

The cloud was not really toxic whatsoever, there wasn't even any unusual feeling, just a little bit of warh the Van had not felt before It re his short graduation match

And finally, after another 3 seconds of trying to endure Adia's grip on his ar Van instantly open his eyes and scan his surroundings Surprisingly enough…

The scenery they were in before con of life, to an alrass that reflected the sun's rays He could also see so the sky, as well as a small body of water froht breath as his eyes continued to wander all around the place How can so so beautiful be called a Darkzone? Even the Portal that they went into during their Class Excursion when they fought the cockatrices didn't look as beautiful as this place

The only thing that lessened the beauty of this colossal oasis was the dark cloud they just passed through, sing the horizon with its dark and disgusting body Just what exactly is this dark cloud? Van was not exactly briefed of anything they would see in the Darkzone, as no one had really tried to explore it before

But even the colossal wall of dark clouds was so Van was not aware of… just what could it be? What is causing it?

"S… sorry"

Van's thoughts were then disrupted as Adia finally reh it once again Van, however, only nodded towards Adia before once again putting his attention back to the outside

"We're not inside a Portal, are we?" Van asked Angela, whose eyes were also looking everywhere

"No," Angela quickly shook her head, "If ere, ould have at least gotten an [Objective] from the System"

"The Pit has no objective," Van opened up

"We're not inside a Portal," Angela's tone did not change, "The air here is not that different froment? How many Portals have you been inside in, 3? Just because you've been inside a special Portal like the Pit, you're not an expert in--"

"I aie," Charlotte interrupted Angela before she destroys Van even further, "But Angela is right, Van We're not inside a Portal The dark cloud we passed by before is actually from a Skill of Africa's Platinum Explorer"

"But didn't he die alo?"

"He did, even in death, he keeps us safe," this tiot crushed by the Black-class Cyclops, he summoned this wall of clouds that kept any h The Cyclops was still able to pass through it due to its strength, but it delayed it enough for the White Imvubu to arrive and kill it…

If it weren't for hier be on the ht With A that the people kneas told by the Circle How they were the ones to discover the first System Holder, how they were the ones who saved the world… But ever since Van met the people he ith now, he knew that most of those were lies

His mother created the Circle… and whatever happened in betas the world's true history As for the true history of their country, it was anybody's guess

"Alright, listen up!" Adia then stood up fro out any Portals we see along the way The White Imvubu is here for another matter, so let's not make her work too hard We've already lost one h the dark cloud, let's not lose another"

Although it looked as if Adia didn't listen to the explorer tea as their leader-- as expected of one of the future leaders of their country, the others thought

"There--"

"!!!"

Adia was going to say more, but before she could do so, a loud shriek reverberated through the air, enough to shake the truck they were riding on The vehicle of the ca the out their caer

"Everyone, out of the truck now!"

Adia roared But the only ones that were still left on the truck were the 3 still unnamed Silver-ranked explorers Their Gold-rank Explorer, Kiaela, and Charlotte were also already outside