BXBX NOVEL Chapter 90: Arriving 1
The others also began to leave for their respective rooms.
Nolan also felt he needed some time to himself, so he rose and left for his room as well, unreactive to the gazes that followed him until he disappeared inside.
[Are you angry?] The system asked as Nolan entered the room. He shrugged it off and walked to the side of the bedroom, grabbing his backpack that he had brought with him.
Before the day began, Nolan had already prepared everything he needed, and now he felt more ready than ever.
He sat on the edge of his bed, holding his flaming crimson dagger in his right hand.
With skill, Nolan rolled the dagger within his palms, weaving through his fingers while creating sharp slicing sounds in the air.
With precision, he flipped it to his other hand, resuming his rolling before throwing it back into his left palm.
[Someone is no longer excited about the mission...] the system said as Nolan shook his head.
[I can\'t be angered by rejection. I have spent the last three years facing it.]
[On the contrary, I am excited yet cautious. This mission is meant for us to never return. That\'s heart-chilling.]
[But it will also be the first time I will be going on a Celestial Responsibility Mission.]
[I will be seeing a real rift that leads to an otherworldly realm, along with multitudes of Nightmare creatures.]
"Thinking about that makes me excited. So I look forward to everything, with the cautious heart of a skilled hunter and the anticipation of a child," Nolan responded as his dagger rested in his palms.
[Main Quest Activated!]
[Undergo Your First Celestial Responsibility Mission and Fulfill the Required Mission Excellently!]
[Rewards:
- 5 Level Up Cards
- Shop Will Finally Be Activated.
- +10,000 EXP]
The system notification flashed, and Nolan gave it a quick glance.
He was about to turn his eyes away when he noticed the second stated reward.
"The Shop Will Finally Be Opened!!" Nolan exclaimed in slight shock.
Out of the tabs he possessed, the Shop tab was the only one that had yet to be activated.
Nolan had been eagerly waiting for the day it would finally open for him. Now, he saw it as a reward if he successfully completed the mission.
"Just what lies in the shop anyway?" Nolan asked with interest.
[I don\'t know either.] The system replied, causing Nolan\'s expression to drop slightly before brightening up once more.
Something the system itself didn\'t know. Then he was sure he could find quite valuable items within.
"I can\'t wait," Nolan mused as he withdrew his dagger, lying back on the bed and shutting his eyes. There were still about two hours left, so there was no rush at all.
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"I can sense it already. It disgusts my soul!" The voice rang out through the pilot room where there were two people: Oliver and Ferris.
Ferris had his eyes fixed into the distance, his face scrunched up in disgust and irritation.
"That means we\'re getting even closer," Oliver responded, tapping a few buttons, causing the Aethercraft to immediately speed up.
Right now, both of them could be seen in the the Aethercraft pilot room, and before them was nothing but the vast, endless space filled with stars.
Strange stars that oozed out with dark power, swallowing through the entire space. It was nothing but spine-chilling and fear-inducing.
And the deeper they went, the heavier the darkness became. The stars around them radiated an intense death aura, fueled by the strange aura of darkness.
"Terror Flux..." Ferris mused under his breath.
"I have never seen such a large amount of them congregated so closely. It\'s so abundant that it destroyed some stars around it. I can only imagine how the source of it will look like," Oliver replied as the ship soared deeper and deeper.
A total of three hours passed swiftly before Oliver tapped a few buttons on the Aethercraft, slowing its speed until it came to a complete stop.
Right before them was something that made Ferris\'s eyes twitch repeatedly. It was a gigantic golden cube—so large that its size could rival over 700 moons!
Dark aura was seeping out of the golden cube, so much so that the golden runes on the edge were starting to dim due to the dark aura.
"The Cage of Order..." Oliver mused.
It was clear to both of them that this was the cage the Celestial Ones used to seal Atlantis away.
But now, with the runes dimming due to the nightmarish energy oozing out from it, it was only a matter of time before the cage was completely broken open and the Athlatean might be once again be able to come out of their bondage.
At a random corner of the cage, there was a singular hole that was strangely not oozing out the dark aura.
Oliver\'s eyes narrowed at the hole, strange runes interlocking together in his eyes brimming with incredible profoundness that instantly revealed some of the secrets of the hole to him.
He could see around the hole, there was something like a chain, which had strange lighting jems surrounding its body and this was placed within the hole in the cage.
An almost invisible ripple could be felt from it to which Oliver believed was the force that was responsible for keeping the hole open.
It was clear to them that this was their entrance.
But even they could see it was closing, and Ferris\'s eyes narrowed as strange complex runes also appeared in his eyes while he scanned the opening.
"It will take just five days before it closes, and we remain forever trapped. Not a week," he mused.