Entering Apocalypse in Easy-Mode

Clyde just sighed and pitied their futile effort. \'Can I tell them that whatever they are doing will be in vain?\'

Clyde no longer even bothered to use [Skill: Inspection] on his enemies because it all seemed pointless. He would kill them easily in the end.

The Elves started to change their strategy after seeing Clyde could burn the arrows they fired with his fire wall. They started to cast some kind of spell which only needed a few seconds to be cast and then unleashed it together in Clyde\'s direction.

They fired magic missiles in green color; however, there was a dark color surrounding the magic missiles they fired.

Clyde once again swung the Inferno Blade in a circular motion and created a wall of fire around him. However, this time the magic missiles that the Elves fired penetrated Clyde\'s fire wall and continued to fly at him.

\'Oh, this is different.\'

Clyde used his incredible speed to dodge all the magic missiles; causing the magic missiles the Elves fired to fly towards their comrades who were in the opposite direction from them.

In the end, the magic missiles hit the other Elves throwing them backward, back into the darkness.

\'I\'d better end this as soon as possible.\'

Clyde dashed toward any of the Elves he could see before being completely plunged into the darkness and dashed. In the blink of an eye, he was already near that Elf; close enough for Inferno Blade\'s reach.

*CRAAAT!*

Clyde stabs the Elf with the Inferno Blade. He could see the Elf\'s dark eyes staring at him before his entire body was burned to ashes.

Clyde dashed toward the other Elves and killed them instantly. It didn\'t take long for him to kill all those Elves, as he had expected. He earned quite a decent amount of Exp from them.

After killing the five Elves, Clyde looked around for anything that might appear because it seemed the Elves were guarding something. And his guess was right; precisely at the end of the dungeon, Clyde saw a door that suddenly moved to open. Without wasting time he immediately went there.

After passing through the wall Clyde saw a room that was still intact. However, the room was very small and only stored one item.

It looked like an orb the size of a baseball. As Clyde got closer he could see that inside the orb were all kinds of something that looks like nature elements swirling nonstop.

He saw fire, wind, earth, and water constantly moving within it. At one glance Clyde knew immediately that it was something that held the power of the natural elements.

\'This thing must be something good since even an Elf is guarding it closely.\'

Clyde immediately put the orb into his Inventory and left the dungeon.

He hunted for a while until finally he actually rose to Level 105. When the sun in this Ruin started to go down, they returned to Sivagadh Fortress.

Everyone seemed to return with satisfied and happy faces after this expedition; it was a sight that was quite rarely seen from a party that had just returned from an expedition. Several beings who saw them were also amazed.

Clyde was the last to emerge from the portal, it closed behind him with a brief hissing sound. His gaze glanced ahead and saw that the ten people were now talking to each other. The initial awkwardness was now gone. Clyde didn\'t know what happened or how, but that was what was happening in front of him now. The people are closer now than ever.

Clyde didn\'t know why but he felt something strange in his heart. As if... he felt uncomfortable watching them talk without him.

\'No. You have often felt this.\' Clyde shook his head. Being alone and ostracized was something she had been used to for a long time. It was supposed to be like that so he could avoid the same betrayal.

But, will he feel the same for Asqa and Sonya? They didn\'t betray him just yet. He felt that maybe he could trust Asqa more than anyone else. Asqa has proven that she can be trusted. For Sonya, the important thing now is to find her first.

"Clyde!" Leon shouted from in front of him, making Clyde look up. "Come on! What are you doing?"

"What?" Clyde asked.

Leon looked at her with a helpless expression. Then said. "We will celebrate for today. You coming?"

Clyde paused for a few seconds. Then reply. "No. I got something to take care of."

When they heard that answer, the other nine people immediately turned their heads toward him. They looked at him as if he had just said something strange.

However, they immediately put on an understanding face. Clyde is just like that. Even though there is a feeling of disappointment in the hearts of those who hoped that Clyde would start to open up and get closer to them, it turns out to be not easy.

"Alright then," said Leon.

Clyde nodded curtly and headed towards his living quarter. The ten of them stared at him for a few moments until he disappeared then walked off in the other direction to do whatever celebration they wanted to do.

As soon as he entered his room, Clyde immediately put his two swords on the bed and started concentrating. He must contact Asqa now to ask about the progress of what he is doing.

Clyde drained his Mana. He began to feel signs that he had reached Asqa, however, Asqa never responded to his call.

Clyde frowned as he closed his eyes. \'Is she in the middle of a dangerous situation to answer now?\'

Clyde waited a moment longer. But in the end, he couldn\'t get a call from Asqa. So Clyde decided to end it now.

Asqa has never rejected a call before. Then maybe her condition is not possible to answer now.

\'Did something happen in The All Territory?\'

Clyde waited a few minutes thinking about what might happen in The All Territory. Though, he knew that he wouldn\'t be able to get an answer from this place.

He called Asqa again after a few minutes. This time she answered her call.

\'I\'m sorry, Clyde. Something is going on here,\' said Asqa.

Turns out his guess was right. Clyde asked. \'What happened?\'

Whatever it was, from the tone and feelings Asqa conveyed to him, Clyde could tell that something big was going on in The All Territory.

\'The conflict in the Far East is escalating. Just now there were warriors from Archangel Uriel who were killed on the battlefield.\'

Clyde frowned. \'Explain briefly, Asqa.\'

So Asqa started to explain what she knew to Clyde as briefly and clearly as possible. After hearing it, Clyde could tell that trouble in The All Territory was growing and all of the Celestials were most likely busy with it. This could be a great opportunity to infiltrate their domain.

\'I also want to say that I got a new power,\' Asqa said.

\'What? What power?\' Clyde also became curious. Asqa got her powers under the guidance of Celestials - or at least people who have been followers of Celestials for a long time - so it\'s certain that the powers she got wouldn\'t just weak power.

\'I got the power to manipulate natural energy, Clyde. Isn\'t that great?\' Asqa replied with a pleased tone.

Clyde smiled too. \'That is really great. Wait!\'

Clyde remembered something. He immediately took the orb that he got from his Inventory.

[ Name: Pure Elemental Orb ]

[ Description: This item contains the purest natural energy. ]

\'Asqa, I think I have something useful for you,\' said Clyde, looking down at the orb in his hand.

\'What\'s that?\' Ashka asked curiously.

\'This is an elemental orb. It must be useful for your new power. I will give it when we meet.\'

\'Yes, Clyde.\' Even though Asqa doesn\'t know when they will finally meet, she hopes that it will happen.

\'Let\'s end it for now,\' said Clyde.

Without waiting for another reply from Asqa, Clyde broke off their telepathic communication. He stood up and walked out of his room to the lake.

He waits at the lake feeling restless with arms crossed in front of his chest. A few minutes later Mathion appeared with a curious face.

"What\'s the matter?" Maethion asked, sitting down next to Clyde.

"Listen," Clyde said what he had just heard from Asqa. Maethion\'s face changed from curious to suspicious.

"How did you know about that?" Maethion asked.

"That\'s not important. What matters is, now is the right time to infiltrate the Celestials\' domain," Clyde replied.

"No. Actually, it\'s important, Clyde. You can\'t say something that only followers within the Celestials\' domain can know as if it was nothing," Maethion said.

Clyde said grunting. "I\'ll tell you later. I will only say it to you. But it can wait, now we have to start moving."

Maethion stared at Clyde for a few moments. Then sighed. "Alright. I\'ll talk to the others."

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