In 6 months your Zone 32 will be connected to the New Earth The New Earth will be composed of resource rich Danger Fields and other Zones that have cleared their Raid Dungeon Each Danger Field will produce powerful spawn unless the Field Boss is defeated once every 6 months Each Zone that joins the New Earth will cause 2 Danger Fields to connect to the New Earth
In the next 6 months prepare because once the New Earth has 7 Zones the System will progress to the testing stage Beware humans A Calamity approaches
Chapter 468
Randidly swore with such passion that Astral Simon jumped to the side moving his attention a bit farther away from the group Thea heedless continued to cry next to the weird rotten remnants of Chrysanthemum
Simon felt somewhat cold for feeling that way but
Will there be enough people to mount a rescue Rose wondered aloud We need to move fast either way Get people at the borders
I’ve no doubt Mrs Hamilton is moving Squads as we speak Alana grunted
Randidly nodded his face dark his eyes intensely focused He seemed somewhat preoccupied but Simon watched as he forcibly relaxed then shook his head somewhat helplessly He gestured to the group and they moved somewhat away from Thea giving her some privacy
After they moved far enough away that her sobs were no longer audible the Ghosthound turned and regarded the others his gaze sharp I would like to say something to you all before we part and begin dealing with the many problems that the days will brings Especially those of you I am not very familiar with
Simon regarded the group Aside from the Ghosthound there was Alana Annie Clarissa and Ptolemy from Donnyton Rose and Dauntless from the Refuge although right now Dauntless looked rather lost simply following the Ghosthound with wide eyes Lucifer from Franksburg Finally Drake from East End
Especially the four from other Villages regarded the Ghosthound coolly Rose especially looking like his tone set her teeth on edge Apparently noticing the reaction the Ghosthound raised a hand Relax it’s nothing like there are no real threats here Just
Pausing the Ghosthound turned and looked towards the sky I just wanted you all to understand how your lives will change after this
It might be different for some of you but you are about to go back to an old life after you’ve been pushed to the edge of death constantly for a month That may seem like a short amount of time And truly it is But in the time between who you were prior and who you are now there was a moment perhaps multiple where you neared your limits and expected to die Yet you did not
Think of that as a marker you have left yourself One that if you continue to train and hone your Skills you can use to propel yourself to greater heights It is unadulterated power to know how far you are capable of going A power and a deathly certainty that others won’t have That certainly will give you an advantage in every aspect of your life as long as you don’t lose your way Don’t underestimate the power of what you have experienced
The second thing I would like to point out although you won’t realize it yet is that your standards have shifted greatly You might say again it has only been a month So I ask you which of you would fear an ambush from a Raid Boss at the moment Tier III with time to spawn lieutenants Who believes that we wouldn’t be able to sweep it away like wind through dried leaves
No one said anything just standing there staring at the Ghosthound On the faces of a few Alana and Rose especially were faces of confusion wondering perhaps where the Ghosthound was going with this sudden monologue
The Ghosthound continued saying And even if you were alone who believes they wouldn’t be able to escape Who here would be flustered by sudden attacks or numbers and lose sight of the larger picture Who doubts for a second that under fair odds they would be victorious against these common enemies
No one said anything but Rose raised her hand the corner of her mouth twisted upwards in a smirk The Ghosthound chuckled and then continued
You will know more fully what I mean when you get back When everyone talks of training and of small slights between each other and of the pettiness of living in close proximity with other humans Which leads me to my third and final point without a doubt we here are the group of the most powerful people in our Zone likely on Earth
Simon shivered feeling extremely out of place among this crew The Ghosthound had a point Although Simon wasn’t sure what these people had gone through all their armor was scarred but their faces were even and direct Their gaze were bright and determined Now that it was pointed out to him he could sense from them all a wonderful feeling of certainty To someone like Simon who always doubted himself
It was like poking a million tiny holes in a balloon at night and it silently collapsed in on itself
Let me tell you it is not what you are expecting It is lonely at the top ’ is a true sentiment in a lot of ways The Ghosthound looked down at his hand speculatively then flexed it It likely sounds trite to hear it now but when people look at you they will no longer see you They will no longer see your names or identity No more than anything else at the forefront of people’s minds will be your deeds and from these impressive acts they will form their opinion of you
To be eternally defined by your glory rather than self is to realize that to all others you are frozen The Ghosthound said softly looking at the ground now And that unless your glory has risen even higher you cannot move forward You will have lost yourself in your past and see your sense of self dissipate like a mirage in the desert
Abruptly the Ghosthound looked up grinning at them Of course you are also the most powerful people currently so there are also benefits But don’t let your power blind you to the dangers of possessing it
You Rose said Then she laughed shaking her head That was an impassioned speech I’m honestly surprised at you Randidly I didn’t know you were the sentimental type
Of all reactions the Ghosthound blushed The rest of the group laughed somewhat although it was a muted reaction as it appeared that some of them hadn’t forgotten of Thea’s continued pain
Simon couldn’t cry in his Astral form but if he could have rivers would have worn wide grooves on his cheeks His Astral form had kept his senses sharp so even from this distance the sobs from Thea were just audible deep sounds full of anguish Even hearing them Simon could feel the edges of himself fraying away somewhat and that hand around his heart was squeezing so hard that there was nothing but the pounding and the pressure in his chest
You are You are so Simon wanted to say something hurl an insult at the Ghosthound in this undetectable Astral form but he couldn’t bring himself to do it
Privileged that’s the word he finished lamely scrounging for something more satisfactory but the more he thought about it the more furious Simon became Because the Ghosthound hadn’t started with this he had worked for it He had changed himself over and over again until he was unrecognizable to those who had known him previously
The man no the force of nature Simon looked at now fresh from a victory in the Raid Dungeon was far from the wounded man that Simon had nursed back to health And that even proved the Ghosthound’s point didn’t it That these powerful individuals were changed so much that their perspectives were far warped from that of the average people
They could no longer be bothered by the squabbles of those without power They couldn’t be bothered to stay with Thea and mourn with her sharing in her pain even though it was obvious that Chrysanthemum had been a part of their team They couldn’t
Simon became too choked up to continue that train of thought and just clenched his Astral body as hard as he could causing himself great mental pain but feeling strangely invigorated by it
If I If I could be like you Simon whispered If I could push myself that hard just a bit further and grasp power in my own hands I
Simon paused Because suddenly he was struck by a thought A method to power that others had talked about while he had been monitoring them with his Astral form