Chapter 834 - Welcome to the 71st Refuge (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Thereafter, everyone met with several ambushes, but they had gotten used to their attack patterns and dealt with them easily. However, this didn’t mean that their test had come to an end.

“How much longer before we reach our destination, Rhode?”

Marlene wiped the sweat off her forehead. For a young lady born as a noblewoman, walking for hours was a torture for her. Not only her, but Lize and the others were also exhausted. What made the situation worse was that they didn’t even know how long they had been walking. Was it a few minutes or hours? Marlene retrieved her pocket watch and saw the pointer positioned at three o’clock. If she recalled correctly, the previous time it was at six o’clock and now it was three o’clock… Could it be that they had been walking for nine hours?

Then, Rhode’s answer devastated them.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

Marlene widened her eyes in disbelief. On the other hand, Lize’s complexion turned ashen while Joey rolled his eyes hopelessly.

“Don’t say that, Boss. Those people should be aware, right? How about asking them?”

“They won’t know the answer either.”

Rhode waved his hand and narrowed his eyes at the three Order Refugees. At this moment, they were raising their torches and moving in large strides. A dazzling silver thread on the burning torch acted as a guiding line that extended forward into the end of the Chaos fog. Of course, there were no forms of direction in Chaos and there were several times when Rhode felt as though he were walking around in circles. But…

“There is no distance, time, or anything that you can imagine here. Everything is shattered. Simply speaking, our connection to Order determines how long it will take for us to reach the refuge. If we’re lucky, perhaps we can see the entrance in about 10 minutes.”

“But what if we’re unlucky?”

Anne asked excitedly. Judging from her looks, it seemed like she was fine with staying around here for much longer. Rhode slowed down his pace and turned to the curious young lady. Then, he shrugged.

“Then we will continue walking for days. Of course, this is according to the time that we all recognize. All in all, the destination is right there. We’ll reach the place when we’re there. If it isn’t time for us to be there, then we’re not there. So, it is still the same no matter if you walk or run.”

“Oh my goodness. This is crazy!”

Joey hugged his head and yelled painfully. At this moment, the others were equally bewildered. Ever since entering the Land of Chaos, everything that happened had been illogical.

“Since that’s the case, why do we keep walking? Boss, let’s have a rest. Perhaps we may reach our destination after we wake up?”

Joey sobbed while rubbing his sore thighs. Then, he gazed out of the Order barrier at the Chaos fog. What made the situation worse was that this place wasn’t in complete darkness as there were occasional dazzling flashes of radiance ripping through the darkness and merging to form an orange brilliance. But shortly after, the brilliance would turn azure or green, as though the mercenaries were in a disco. Apart from the glaring yet mesmerizing radiance, shadows would also emerge and dazzle their vision.

But most of the time, the Chaos fog shone a bright light of an unexplainable color, so no one could even shut their eyes for a rest. Although Marlene had cast a masking spell after getting Rhode’s permission to weaken the brightness, it was still painful for them.

“Don’t worry.”

At this moment, the leader spoke.

“In here. Order is stable. It won’t take. Too long.”

“I hope so.”

Rhode twitched his brow before sweeping a glance at Joey.

“In this Order barrier, our determination is also a form of strength. As long as we maintain the thought of ‘reaching our destination’ and push on, we will strengthen the Order barrier’s strength and eventually reach our destination. So, stop grumbling and move on.”

“Oh my goodness…”

1Joey gave up and lowered his head helplessly while the others dragged their feet. Although they didn’t complain, Rhode read their minds from their helpless expressions.

The influence of Chaos was everywhere. In this place, any action that denied the presence of Order would turn into the strength of Chaos instead and this was no exception to the players. Rhode clearly recalled that there was an unlucky player who lost his sense of time from being nonchalant and couldn’t escape from Chaos. As a result, he had no choice but to restart with a brand new character.

The land beneath their feet suddenly turned into a path full of dry yellow soil and rocks without any lush greenery. Moreover, there was suddenly a gentle downward slope which perked everyone up. Although they didn’t know what this meant, they instinctively felt that this was a great sign.

As expected, at this moment, the three Order Refugees came to a halt. Then, they raised their Order torches and yelled in a strange, unrecognizable language. The flames on their torches blazed while the silver thread ejected from within, spreading and merging with the indistinct road mark and strong gales blew out of a sudden.

“Wow…”

Anne widened her eyes in astonishment. After the whistling gales stopped, the Chaos fog around the barrier dispersed and revealed everything before them. They discovered that they had arrived at the entrance of a cave where there was a large, circular, and rusty metallic door with two flame torches hanging beside it.

As the three Order Refugees approached, the two torches hanging by the metallic door surged and shone a golden brilliance to form a dense net of light that spread to both sides. Rhode twitched his brow at this sight.

Not every refuge is capable of attaining such a pure Order protection.

“Who’s out there?”

A deep, hoarse voice sounded. Then, the leader replied.

“It’s me, Sir. I brought. The guests. That you invited!”

“…”

After a few moments of silence, the deep, ear-piercing screech sounded from the metallic door. The metallic plate on the door rotated and after a loud rumble, the door opened gradually.

“Marlene, Lize, Anne.”

Rhode took a few steps back and gazed sternly at them.