Realm of Myths and Legends

A few seconds later, the brightness finally died down and the cracks that had just formed just moments ago were no longer there.

Woosh!

”Don ’t leave yourself open you fool! ” Grim shouted as he took advantage of the shocking situation and launched an attack on Guan Yu as soon as the light faded away.
The crimson scythe in his hand released a strong wave of bloodlust as it sliced down in an arc towards Guan Yu.

”Despicable! ” Guan Yu roared as his guandao that was encompassed in a blue aura, swept right through Grim ’s body.
This time, however, Grim had a look of disbelief on his face.
That was because he had actually been harmed by that attack just now!

Grim quickly retreated and the shock on his face was apparent.
Not too long after, he had a dumbfounded expression on his face.

”It ’s not there…! ” Grim shook slightly as his previous confidence had flown out the window.
He received a shocking alert from the system, however, he did not dare believe his eyes.

But, after double checking to confirm that it was true, Grim ’s facial expression became gloomy.
The passive skill that granted him his invincibility while within the Roaming Village of the Netherworld had disappeared from his skill list! What was going on?

”Where are you looking?! ” Guan Yu said as he had already appeared before Grim with his guandao raised over his head.

Grim ’s eyes widened as the guandao descended towards him.
His body seemed to freeze up and he became unable to react to the attack in time.
With his current confused and scrambled thoughts, as well as, with the loss of his invincibility skill, he had become temporarily disoriented and his mind drew a blank in the middle of the fight.

Woosh! Boom!

Guan Yu ’s guandao crashed into the ground with a perplexed look on his face.
Grim was no longer anywhere to be found.

”The village! ” Halls exclaimed.

When Guan Yu looked towards the direction of the village, he saw that it was gone! Grim, along with the entire village, had suddenly ceased to exist! Now, they were surrounded by some kind of massive graveyard with tombstones located as far as the eye could see.

As everyone was still trying to take in the sudden shift in events, they looked over at the small area of brilliant light that still remained even after the village disappeared.
There was a faint silhouette that could be seen standing in the middle of the light with its back turned to them.
Everyone immediately went on guard, at least, everyone except Luna.

”That ’s… ” Luna was the first to recognize who that back belonged to.
After all, how much time had she spent staring at that same back? However, as that thought crossed Luna ’s mind, a light shade of pink found its way onto her cheeks.
What was she thinking at a time like this? She shook her head a bit and quickly regained her composure.

Izroth appeared from the bright light as Zhi ’s Medallion was resting in the palm of his hand.
A few seconds later, it disappeared and entered back into his inventory.

’She escaped. ’

Izroth ’s attack was mere millimeters away from Aelaza ’s face, however, he did not feel his attack connect with anything.

’That streak of purple lightning that appeared and attacked the medallion, I wonder where it came from? ’

As he took in his new surroundings, Izroth realized that the village had been replaced by a graveyard.

’This looks like the place Azalea described.
However, how did I arrive at this location? ’

”Brother! ” Both Halls and Guan Yu shouted at the same time as they released their guard after seeing that it was Izroth.

Everyone was relieved to see that Izroth was alright.

”Welcome back. ” Luna said as she greeted Izroth as he walked over.

Izroth gave a small nod to show his thanks as he said, ”I see things have changed quite a bit during my brief absence.
What happened while I was gone? ”

When Izroth asked that question, a weary look found its way onto Zi Yi ’s face as she replied, ”It ’s a long story. ”

…

As Izroth became caught up with the current set of events and he explained what happened on his end, Aelaza and Grim were at the center of the Roaming Village of the Netherworld.

At the last second when the bright light consumed everything, it forcibly knocked the entire village to a random location located far away from the Netherworld Mist! In fact, it was unclear if they were even in the same kingdom any longer!

Grim slammed his fist against the ground with a furious look on his face.

”What just happened?! ” Grim shouted in an upset tone of voice.

However, Aelaza simply glared at him without responding to his question.
After all, even she had no idea what just took place so how was she supposed to explain something she herself did not understand?

Swoosh!

A gentle breeze drifted past Aelaza and Grim and in the blink of an eye, a figure clad in purple scholar robes with black stripes appeared before them.
The figure had a hood pulled over their head which hid their appearance floating around each wrist and ankle of the figure were five violet colored rings made out of pure energy.

”Oh? Was I mistaken? ” A lovely and alluring voice of a woman floated beside Aelaza ’s and Grim ’s ears.

When the two of them saw who the figure was, they were in complete shock.
This was because they had never seen this mysterious figure only spoken of in legends before today!

”Hm, this village should not be here…
You two, did you see an old man somewhere around here? ” The figure said with as a small smile formed on her lips.
However, that smile felt terrifying to those viewing it from the outside and sent shivers down one ’s spine.

NPC Name: ???(???)
NPC Level: ???
NPC Faction: League of The Eidolon(Leader)
HP: ??? (100%)

…

’This graveyard is definitely the correct place.
However, I no longer see the village anywhere. ’

Izroth was looking over the Realm Chart in his hands to confirm their whereabouts and found that everything was in order besides the missing Roaming Village of the Netherworld.

’So this is where a lost page from the Book of Beginnings is potentially hiding? ’

Izroth and his party had finally arrived at the true destination of their journey!