Chapter 25: Altar
Chandu did not think much as
he slept but still a little vigilant.
Even though he has seen the
dark side of the world he was still an 18 year old person that did not see any
monsters throughout his life.
Even now he was unable to
believe that he was able to achieve something small related to his goals.
This was all, his gamble with
his life.
If those king and his
officials did not accept Chandu’s proposal and made these refugees and him as
purchasable servants, then Chandu would have to think of a way to escape from
this place.
But he was successful in this
gamble and won the right to live for himself and to those other refugees.
For this he even has to brace
himself in front of a pack of wolves that are as big as the bulls without
running from that place.
The results were quite clear
right now.
But he cannot lose his
vigilance as there is always a dark side in everything.
Even though the things seems
to be good on the outside that doesn’t mean there is no darkness and bad
people.
Even if the country is
military disciplined and there are people like the first scout team that came
to Chandu’s town.
They have even killed the
little children in order to not to leave any evidence or other thing.
The only thing in his mind
right now is to become strong and it should be done quickly too.
Chandu learnt that absorbing
the magic essence in the monster cores can level up a person and restore the
used magic energy.
But they also have a
corruption of monster energy that is harmful to the body.
This will cause hindrance to
the future path of improvement and can cause many problems to the body, mind
and soul.
So they recommended not using
those monster cores for levelling up.
Even if they can use the
monster core they have to eat the cleansing pill to remove the corrupt magic essence
from the body which is quite expensive.
............
Chandu understood their point
but he still thought that the magic energy should not be divided into good
energy and corrupt energy.
“Are the monsters weak in the
same level as an adventurer?”
The answer is no.
This means that the so called
corrupt magic energy have much improvement that is either not discovered or these
people don't want to take risk with their lives.
The demonic people are said
to use this violent and corrupted magic energy.
.............
That night went by without
any incident.
In the morning next day
Chandu was called to the city lord’s study.
There the city lord explained
a few things personally and then they made their way towards the third zone.
The refugees will be taking
the chance to worship the god later.
Chandu has already gained the
status so he will be escorted separately and receives the priority over others.
......
The altar was not big as it
was of the size of a small hut.
It is an enclosed building made
of some pitch black stone that can fit at most 3 men with a dome on the top of
it.
Behind this small building is
a cave that has metal doors fixed by the people.
It should be the chaos zone
entrance.
Without the metal doors made
by the people, it should look like a cave.
Chandu heard that many things
can appear in the chaos zone where there can even be a castle or a mountain
range inside it.
As for the altar, there seems
to be nothing special about it.
Chandu was told to enter the
altar.
He did not think much as he
entered the altar.
When he passed through the
entrance he suddenly felt that the pitch black surroundings change.
The exit vanished and in
front of him were stairs.
He felt a message appeared in
his mind.
“Climb the stairs to worship
a god.”
Chandu did not think that
there is any special meaning to it.
He stepped on the stairs and
started to climb.
Just after 10 steps he saw a
passage to the left with strange lights and strong aura coming out of it.
Chandu stopped for a moment and
did not make any move.
Instead he stood there and
asked the finder skill to tell him how he can get the best possible opportunity
here.
Or at least show him the
direction.
For the first question Chandu
did not get any reply as the skill was not high levelled enough to answer his
question.
Then the second question got
the answer that is for him to climb up.
Chandu understood a little
and started to climb ignoring the passage way with great aura and lights.
On the way the same thing
like passage ways with various auras appeared on either side of the stairs.
Every time Chandu stopped for
a moment to ask the finder skill about the direction.
It seems like it was endless
as he moved and moved.
He doesn’t know how long he
has climbed up the stairs.
He was unable to access his
storage space to take out the food and water to replenish his spent energy.
The more he climbed the
stronger he felt the pressure acting on him.
At first he did not feel any
pressure, only after he reached his hundredth step that he felt the pressure
acting on him.
Now he can hardly move as the
pressure is like a mountain on his body and the physical and mental exhaustion
were even greater.
When he reached the
thousandth step Chandu stopped because of his exhausted condition.
At that moment he sat on the
spot and his thoughts wondered.
He doesn’t want to enter the
rooms that appeared beside him as he knows that the higher he climbed the
higher the chance of joining a higher god clan.
This is what he understood
during the process of climbing these 1000 steps.........
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