Chapter 77: Just Burn It All!
Jason was still new to being a superhuman, and even though everyone hailed him as the strongest awakener in the world, no one in the government expected him to grow this quickly since they thought that he only had an ocular ability.
If Jason suddenly brought more than three hundred Magical Crystals forward and told them that he got them from an Orange-level Gate, they would definitely become suspicious. Not only would it be difficult for them to just believe that he ’found’ an orange Gate, but it would also be difficult for them to accept that someone with an ocular ability was able to defeat the Eldritch Rank boss that would be in the Orange Gate.
At that moment, Jason decided that he was not going to sell the crystals to the government just yet. For now, Jason had enough money to last him a long time, so he didn’t need to worry about making more. Rather than selling the crystals and exposing himself, he would hold onto them and find a way to sell them without drawing attention his way.
’I’ve heard of those private companies that try to buy Magical Crystals from superhumans, but the SMD has a monopoly on the crystals since they are the ones in charge of everything superhuman-related. If I can find a company that isn’t affiliated with the government at all and won’t reveal my identity, then I can just sell it to them. Most private companies even pay more than the SMD, so it shouldn’t be a problem.’
Jason made up his mind quickly about the situation. Jason wasn’t afraid of what the government could do to him since he was more than strong enough to handle anyone who attacked him, but he was cautious because he didn’t know who he could trust in the government. That lady he spoke to earlier was still fresh in his mind, and he still remembered the unpleasant feeling he got when they spoke. There was no doubt that she was up to something, and Jason was only going to draw more attention to himself if he exposed that he had gone into an Orange Gate.
Jason closed down the system tabs that were open in front of him and began to scroll through his main tab to check and see if he could upgrade some of the Pawns with the kill points that he had gotten. The Rooks couldn’t be upgraded yet since they hadn’t reached their max hierarchy percentage, so he had to focus on making the pawns stronger. But he stopped when he felt a tremor travel across the entire cavern!
DOON!
A sound like an earthquake traveled through the cave with rocks and stalactites falling from the ceiling and slamming into the ground! The Legion all began to screech or howl in irritation as they moved out of the way of the falling rocks, and Jason immediately called on one of his rooks when he felt another massive tremor travel through the ground!
’Am I under attack? No, there shouldn’t be anything in this Gate stronger than the boss, and I already killed it! So what the hell is going on?’
The tremor felt like it had been created by something even stronger than the Eldritch-rank boss!
Jason immediately climbed onto the back of the large Adamantine Ant Rook and ordered all the Legion subordinates into the Alternate Dimension before he took off with the Rook to the tunnel leading out of the cavern!
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Outside the cavern, the massive tremors were also traveling across the ground! The source of the tremors was a massive tear that had appeared in the space above the hill! It pulsed and shook with mana at strange intervals, and it wasn’t long before a single girl with dark hair and red eyes flew out from it with a shout!
It was the same girl that had been riding the Wyvern, and she cried out in pain as she fell on her hand and heard a loud crack echo through the area!
Crack!
The hand had fallen at a strange angle, and she immediately knew that it was broken! Her mana quickly traveled towards the arm, and a bright blue flame engulfed it before vanishing and leaving her completely unharmed! She quickly rushed to her feet and turned around to see what happened with the tear, and at the next moment, she put her hand up to her face as a massive explosion echoed across the air! The explosion was from the dragon flames that had been shot at her, and the girl immediately knew that her Wyvern had used its body to block the worst of the explosion!
She tightened her hand into a fist as she watched the tear slowly closing and a hard look of cold fury covered her features. She was eternally grateful to her companion for what it did, and she swore that she would get stronger and come back to avenge it!
ROARRRR!
But before she could really enjoy her relative safety, a massive roar echoed through the region from the other side of the tear, and she looked up to see a small dragon with a single rider break through the gap just before it closed! The girl swore in fear and immediately turned to run away! How in the world was he able to get through!? Is it because of the size of the dragon!? The tear was meant to close immediately after she passed through, so it was only because of how small the dragon and its rider were that they managed to make it through!
Up in the sky, the dragon rider gained a huge smirk as he saw the girl running towards the forest! He slapped the dragon on its neck with a shout, and the dragon reared its head back and fired a blast of fire forward as it began to dive down!
ROARRRR!!
BOOOM!
The fire slammed into the ground just behind the girl, throwing her forward and sending her flying across the forest with a scream! She slammed into the ground roughly, and immediately her entire body was covered in bruises!
Phwoom!
Blue fire surged across her body as her magic surged to life again, and it wasn’t long before her entire body was healed from all injuries! She got up and began to run again, but the dragon in the air wasn’t giving her even a second of rest! It dived downward and tried to get through the thick foliage of the forest to get to her, but it was stopped by the sharp tips of the trees and it roared in irritation! The man riding the dragon cursed before he just shouted at the dragon!
"JUST BURN EVERYTHING!"
The dragon rider didn’t give a fuck about nature or what he could do to the environment! He just wanted to get the princess back no matter what!
The dragon followed the command of the man, reared its head back, and its mouth glowed with a bright yellow light! The dragon was smaller than the one the two men had been riding earlier, so it wasn’t as strong, but that didn’t mean it didn’t possess power! It was still a dragon, and dragons all possessed power beyond mortal understanding!
The dragon’s dark cavernous mouth filled with fiery mana, and at the next moment, it shot its head forward and unleashed a blast that flew straight towards the girl! The girl turned around once she felt the heat approaching her, and her eyes widened in fear when she saw yellow fire engulfing her vision! She immediately covered her entire body in her blue mana like a shield just before the attack could hit, but her mana was so low that it really didn’t matter at all!
The blast slammed into her, and a massive explosion rang through the area!
BOOOM!