Chapter 275: Going Down the Cliff (1/2)
Clack!
Small pebbles fall down into the dark clouds as Rex and the others follow the tight fringes, only the tip of their toes can step on the fringes because of how narrow it is.
They need to use their full focus to just follow the narrow fringes.
But the occasional rumbling sound that the dark clouds make distracts Adhara and Kyran greatly, it startled them every time it sounds.
Kyran and Adhara looks down with trembling legs,
The depth of the cliff is very deep, even third rank Awakened might just die instantly if they fall from the top to the bottom.
Added with the dark clouds that cover the bottom, it makes both of them suck in a cold breath.
While they're all following the fringes, the sky suddenly rumbles.
”The timing cannot be any worse”, Adhara said as the sky started to rain, it was clear just about five minutes ago and then suddenly it started raining.
Rex looks up to the sky before he mumbles, ”It's raining again just like last time”
Because of this, Adhara had to stop as she can't travel the fringes anymore.
The rain started to make the fringes wet and slippery, she almost tripped down because of the wet fringes and decided to just stay on her spot and stick to the cliff wall like a lizard.
Rex who is already further down than them looks up and saw Adhara stopping.
”What's wrong Adhara?”, Rex asks with a slightly higher voice than normal, his voice got muffled by the rain sound.
Hearing this, Adhara then answered without looking at Rex, ”I don't think I'm good with heights”
”Don't think and just follow the fringes, we're almost there”, Rex said trying to convince Adhara to keep going down.
But Adhara then shouted back, ”Says someone who has claws!”
While Adhara and Kyran struggle to go down, Rex and Delta are going down easily by using their claws that they stabbed into the cliff walls.
Rex can only smile wryly while the four of them inch down the cliff slowly.
After a slight hesitation, Adhara also started to follow the fringes again but slower.
It takes them longer to reach above the dark clouds than it should be, the rain makes their movements slower.
Rex and the others stopped above the dark clouds as Rex stopped just above it.
If Rex stretches his hand down then he can touch the dark clouds with his hand, that's how close they're right now with the dark clouds.
”What's next?”, Adhara asks from the side.
But then, Kyran suddenly said with a frown, ”I can feel something moving in the dark clouds, I think there are mutated animals in there”
”There are mutated bugs in that clouds but it's weak, Kyran! Go on Delta's back!”, Rex instructed.
After Kyran jumped to Delta's back and holds onto Delta's back, Rex also grabs Adhara's waist while preparing himself to jump down.
Looking at this, Adhara looks at Rex in horror.
”What are you doing?”, Adhara asks with a pale expression.
Rex glance at the scared Adhara briefly before he replied, ”Don't worry, we just need to jump through these dark clouds”
”Are you crazy! You didn't even know what's down there!”, Adhara rebutted in horror.
But Rex ignored her before he glance at Delta, ”Delta, activate your white force as to not let the bugs prickle your skin”
While saying that, Rex also summons the yellow barrier.
The yellow barrier came out of Rex's body like a steaming gas, and the yellow barrier also enveloped Adhara who is pulled close to Rex's body.
”Okay let's jump in 3”, Rex signals.
”One!”
Hearing this, Adhara takes a deep breath to prepare herself as she hugs Rex tightly,
But just after Rex said, ”Two!”
Rex jumped down first followed by Delta and Kyran as Adhara screamed in horror, the four of them then disappear inside the dark clouds.
Upon entering the dark clouds, the same cold feeling can be felt.
The mutated bugs instantly went to them trying to bite Rex and the others but got stopped by their force barrier, the prickling feeling didn't happen because of this.
After falling down for quite a bit with Adhara's scream as their background sound.
Rex and the others went through the dark clouds before the scenery that Rex last saw appeared once again, it's still the same as the last time Rex is here.
Grip!
With a grip from Rex's hand, Rex stopped their falling momentum.
Delta also follows Rex as she grabs the cliff wall with her claws stopping her and Kyran from falling further.
”What is this place...”, Kyran asks as he looks down in surprise.
Adhara also opens her eyes slowly after noticing that they're not falling again, her throat feels sore because of how loud she scream before.
But before she can complain, she suddenly saw the scenery below them.
She turns her head left and right to look at the place she arrived in,
The scene in front of her and the others is Carabidis Temple which is a dark dim lighted dessert with a square-shaped Egyptian temple in the middle of the place.
Light came only from torches that are put around the temple, and the small statues around it.
Aside from the mesmerizing view of the Carabidis Temple, Kyran and Adhara can also see a bunch of mutated animals roaming around.
They're walking around aimlessly,
Some of them are mutated insects, while some are mutated animals.
Out of all of the mutated animals down here, the most eye-catching one is the big cat that has its front legs abnormally bigger than the other two back legs.
There are three of them, and the three of them are lying in front of the temple's entrance.
'They're guarding the temple entrance? The last time I'm here the one that guards the entrance is a mutated fifth rank snake', Rex thought with a frown.