Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 183: Earth Temple

"We have found one.", said Eliana calmly as she looked at Greg before her.

The moment Greg heard this, his expression became surprised, and asked, "You have found one so soon? Did you found a key?"

"Huh? What key?", asked Mila suddenly from the side as she walked closer to Greg and the others with Jay and Emma on her side.

Turning his gaze at her, Greg just waved his hand gently and said, "Long story, will tell you later."

"Well, we didn't find the key, but rumors from people started to appear which talked about a strange phenomenon in Black Mountain.

'Eh? Black Mountain? That is on the west side of the Federation close to Iron City, isn't it?", asked Joe surprised next to Greg.

"Yes, it is. People stated that every midnight there would come a strong earthquake from Black Mountain and for a full hour a temple would appear on its summit.", explained Eliana.

"Did you tried to explore it already?", asked Greg calmly.

"No, because we can't.", said Eliana.

"Huh? Then how are you so sure that is a place that holds one of the keys?", asked Greg with a slight frown as he crossed his arms before his chest.

Cloud on the side, stepped a bit forward and said, "Only those can go into that place who is associated with the element of earth. If you are not related to that attribute, you will die the moment you go inside. Also at the outer gate, there are strange symbols, very similar to this that Kuragari sent us."

The moment Greg heard this he started to think, "Only those can go into that place safely who is associated with the earth element? Strange..."

Greg could clearly remember that the first key he obtained was inside a dimensional zone which was on the God rank. With Russ's and Wayne's help, clearing that zone was not a problem at all, but there was no restriction like this there. It was quite confusing.

"Should all the places that have keys hold different restrictions? I don't think that, but then why only those can enter that place who has earth control?", thought Greg calmly, trying to figure out the cause behind this.

While Greg was deep in thought, Eliana glanced at Greg and said, "And because we think this, we need you to come with us. If that place truly holds the key and you are able to obtain it, we would be a step closer to open that place."

Greg knew he didn't have a choice because he made a deal with those two, so as a result he nodded and said, "Sure. But before we go give me a week. I need things to do."

As Eliana heard this she looked at Greg with a deep frown and asked, "A week? What do you need to do for such a long time?"

Greg however just smiled at this question and stayed silent.

Seeing that Greg was not willing to say anything, Eliana looked a bit annoyed, but still, he sighed and said, "Sure. A week from now on let's meet at Mythbreak. I hope you won't be late."

As she said this she looked at Cloud and Zane and without saying anything more she went away with the two following her.

When their presence and figure vanished from sight, Joe looked at Greg and asked, "A week? Why?"

Greg looked at Joe with a slight smile and pointed at the sword that Joe was holding.

"Now that we have killed that thing, don't you think it's time for us to take all of those treasure from there?"

Jay, Mila, and Emma on the side looked at Greg with confusion not understanding what he was talking about, but suddenly Jay's eyes widened, and asked, "Wait, don't tell me the exit Greg told about was..."

Joe glanced at Jay and started to explain the things, "Yes it was. Greg didn't want to tell them, because everything inside there was way too precious."

"Yes. I told this to Joe, but the number of energy crystals and weapons down there could make a single-family to become a tyrant and destroy the current balance in the whole Federation."

The moment the three heard this looked at Greg with shock not believing what he said, but the instant Greg took out an energy crystal, Jay's eyes widened and said, "A High-class energy crystal from an Ascender ranked creature? Is that from...?"

"Yes, it is. And there were millions of this. Also, Joe's sword was from there too. We could kill that creature because of its help."

Jay after looking at the white sword in Joe's hand suddenly turned extremely excited and said, "Then what are we waiting here? Let's go!"

***

"What... What the hell happened here?", asked Jay with widened eyes and mouth as he looked around before him.

It was not only him, but even Greg, Mila, Joe, and Emma looked at their surroundings with wide-open eyes.

The five of them were back in the deep underground prison, but there happened to be a huge difference.

The moment the five walked through the entrance which led into the maze, what they could see was nothing more but an extremely deep crater, while above them, in the place of the ceiling a huge hole could be seen.

The whole maze has vanished and what remained in its place was all of that. It was quite visible that a huge explosion happened out of their detection, while they were above.

Greg activated his Fourth Flow and through the earth vibrations, he checked the whole place.

Luckily the crater was not deeper than a mile, so his power, which range was exactly a mile could reach the bottom easily, but unfortunately, that was all.

After the explosion that happened here, nothing remained at all. Not even a single energy crystal, weapons, or a few body parts from the walls of corpses which could show that there was something here. Everything just simply turned into nothing more but dust and debris.

"There is nothing left at all... Nothing...", said Greg quietly as he deactivated his power.

Jay who was on the side hearing this fell onto his knees, and a small while later he looked up with wet eyes and shouted.

"MY GOD! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!!!?"