A whole day passed and Noah opened his eyes. He found himself inside a cave and in behind some burning bars. The cave was dark but there was light because of those bars. He could see around him brown stones and rocks laying on the ground.
He tried to move his hands but couldn't because they were binded by a burning rope. Though his hands were not burning but the rope was and then, he heard few footsteps coming towards him. First he thought of playing dead but then, he remembered what happened with him before he fainted.
The footsteps came more closer, closer and closer and right infront of him was the one who brought him here, Lance.
What do you want from me!? Why did you put me in a cage!?
Lance remained silent, even in the dark, Lance was able to see everything clearly.
He heard another footsteps coming towards him and with those footsteps, light was also coming towards him.
Those footsteps came closer and the person became fully visible.
The person Noah saw was a guy who was 16. He had red hairs and his outfits were different from that of Noah's and Lance's. He was wearing red sleeveless turtleneck shirt, red fingerless arm warmers and red hakama style pants and he was barefoot like Lance and Noah. His hairs were red and his eye were also red. He had long hairs like Lance and Noah but his hairs were kind of spiky.
Who are you and what do you want from me!?
Lance, you really brought a noise maker, didn't you?
Well, I thought he could be the third member but I guess I was wrong.
WHO ARE YOU!!? ANSWER ME!
The other guy grabbed the hairs of Noah and said with an angry voice and expressions,
Brat, keep your voice down when you are talking to me, understand?
Aughh.. leave my.. hairs.. you..
The other guy let go of his hairs and introduced himself,
Kael, that's what my name is.
Kael..?
Yeah, you got any problem with my name?
Hey.. was you the one who massacred those trainees a year ago?
Ahh, was you among them? Damn, you got really got survival instincts. You can be with us.
Noah was put in a more deeper despair. He had lost Voidran and now was face to face with a murder.
Kael undo the cage and told Noah to follow him. Kael, Lance and Noah, all three of them got out of the cave and right infront of Noah was a very beautiful view he never saw.
He was standing on a top of a plateau and below him was big green trees all around as far as he could see. The mountain was even bigger than the one on Behemoth. This mountain was 23,239m tall and it's width was 15,231m.
Noah had never saw such big mountain and this mountain was covered by brown-orange rocks and stones with no grass, no tree, no snow.
Noah was unable to see the top of the mountain because it was covered my clouds.
Noah's hands were still tied by the burning rope.
Kael starting climbing the mountain.
Lance followed and said to Noah,
Follow us.
But how am I supposed to climb this mountain with my hands tied.
We do not know about this. It's on you. You will either climb or die.
Noah had no choice because if he tried to run away, he will be killed and he knew that if he tried to climb the mountain, he will still die but there were also chances of him surviving.
He looked at the mountain to see any flat surface and found one right above Kael. He opened a crack infront of him and a crack at that surface and passed through the crack and came right above Kael.
Kael's eyes widened because he never saw such type of power. He climbed to Noah and asked,
Brat, what element do you have?
Kael and Noah were around the same age but Kael still called him brat because Noah was weaker than him.
Space.... I can manipulate space.
Answered Noah with a scared voice.
Lance, you really found an interesting object.
Noah said to himself,
Object?
Noah asked,
Do you want me to transfer both of you to the top?
No, you are wrong. We will climb the mountain by ourself.
May I ask you why you both are climbing the mountain?
To get stronger.
Stronger?
Yes, stronger.
But how climbing a mountain is linked with getting stronger?
You will understand, just climb with us without using your element.
I understand.
Kael and Lance were climbing the mountain without much struggle and Noah, he was struggling a lot because he had never climbed a mountain and his hands were also tied.
He climbed few meters but then his right leg slipped and he started falling on the ground. He knew if he had an impact with the ground, he will eventually die, so he used the Void Travel technique and came back at the same place from where he started.
After a struggle of few more hours, Noah finally caught up with Kael and Lance. It was already night and that's why Kael and Lance stopped to spend their night and that is why he was able to catch up with them.
When he reached to the top, he saw a very different kind of creature laying dead beside Lance.
What is this creature?
Oh, you do not know about these?
No.. I thought only dragons existed in this realm.
How do you think dragons fulfill there appetite?
He remembered his time with Voidran. Whenever Voidran felt hungry, he went outside of his den and came back with full stomach. Noah asked him couple of times but he refused to answer by saying,
That's a dragon's secret.
The creature laying beside Lance looked like a hybrid of a brown bear and a hyena. The creature's body was large and big as that of a brown bear but the body structure was like a hyena. The creature's face resembled a bear more than a hyena.
Brown bears are common in a rocky mountain and that's what they were climbing.
Kael undo the burning rope from Noah's hands to let him eat the cooked meat of the creature Lance hunted and cooked by creating a campfire.
Noah questioned,
Are you both like friends?
Lance replied,
No, he is just an acquaintance.
Suddenly, all three of them heard a very loud scream. It was more of a roar.
GUHHHH!!!
Noah looked above him and there was a dragon with only two legs and two wings. The dragon's wings represented both, the wings and the arms.
Noah was startled to see it,
What is that...?
Kael answered while looking at that creature,
A Wyvern.
Noah questioned,
Wyvern.. ?
Yes, a Wyvern. In different mythologies, there are different types of dragons stated and Wyvern is one of those.
The wyvern came to them with full speed, it was like it was going to attack them.
Kael said to Noah,
Brat, show me what you are capable of. Hunt it down.
What!? I do not have any offensive skill.
I do not care, you either die or prove yourself.
Noah, he realised he had no choice now. If he didn't fight the Wyvern then Kael will kill him.
He left his meal and stood up.
Where is my blade?
He asked to Lance.
Lance was carrying a orange-yellow color rugged bag. He opened it and pull out Noah's blade which he obtained from the remains of Voidran.
Noah grabbed the blade and got ready to hunt it down.
Lance questioned,
That blade is all fucked up. How are you going to hunt that Wyvern using that blade?
I do not know but I also have no choice.
Noah used Void Travel to get above the Wyvern and he striked the head of the Wyvern using his blade but nothing happened. The blade didn't even cut the upper skin of the Wyvern and the Wyvern, he flied in such a manner that the gravity pulled Noah towards itself.
Noah was falling on the ground and to save himself, he again used Void Travel.
Noah came back to Lance and Kael.
Noah said to himself,
There's no way I can hunt this Wyvern using this blade. I have to think of something.
The Wyvern came with full speed towards Noah and Noah, he jumped from their towards the down side to dodge the tackle.
Wyvern opened it's mouth and from it's mouth came green-dark green gradient liquid in a very high pressure towards Noah. Noah used Void Travel to get to a higher location.
The liquid striked a big stone and the stone melted in just a second.
The Wyvern looked at Lance and Kael and roared at them.
GUUHHHHH!!!!
Lance stood up, grabbed it's mouth and threw it in the sky. Lance and Kael, both of them had surpassed the limits of that of a human.
Noah was at an plateau now and was hiding behind a big rock. The Wyvern also came at that plateau searching for Noah. Noah had no choice but to kill the Wyvern but for that he needed a plan.
Noah thought of all his skills and got a plan but that plan was too risky for him.
Noah went infront of the Wyvern. The Wyvern roared at Noah and came to him with full speed. Noah tried to open a crack again but before he could, the Wyvern grabbed Noah with his teeth and started flying and those teeth pierced Noah's body. Noah screemed in pain and he let go of the blade because of pain.
He opened a crack to get his blade back and pierced the blade in the Wyvern's right eye. Even though the blade was all fucked up, it's edge was still sharp enough to pierce an eye.
The Wyvern screamed in pain and let go of Noah.
GYUGHH!!!
Noah opened a crack right below him and a crack inside the Wyvern's stomach. The moment he came inside the Wyvern's stomach, he used Void Steps to create a temporary plateform.
He created a temporary plateform because it was clear that the Wyvern's element was venom when it attacked Noah with the green-dark green gradient high pressure liquid and the liquid melted the big stone. Inside the Wyvern's stomach, there was very large amount of acid to neutralize all the bacteria inside the Wyvern's meal and there was also a venom reserve to form venom every second and to avoid all that, Noah used Void Step to create a temporary plateform.
Wyvern was confused about the where abouts of Noah and so were Lance and Kael. They looked around and didn't find Noah.
Here, Noah created four mini black holes inside the Wyvern's stomach and Wyvern felt a great pain because all it's organs, acid and venom reserves were being sucked by the black holes but that was not the plan of Noah.
Noah collided all four of those black holes together and escaped from their using Void Travel and came right infront of Kael and Lance.
He put the blade beside the campfire and sat infront of the campfire created by Lance and behind him, a large explosion occured.
The energy waves turned the Wyvern into nothingness and the energy waves came towards Noah, Kael and Lance too but to avoid them, Noah created a very tiny black hole and that black hole sucked all the energy waves coming towards them.He then undo the tiny black hole.
Kael and Lance, both were very surprised to see such battle.
Kael questioned,
I thought you had no offensive skill, brat?
Yes, I do not have any offensive skill but I used my passive skills in such a way that they acted like offensive skills and using them, I hunted the Wyvern and completed the task you gave me.
Noah really did not have any offensive skill but his mind was enough to cover that flaw.
Kael smiled and all three of them ate their meal.
But something was bugging Noah every second because he could sense someone spying on them. But he was not sure because Kael and Lance, both of them were much stronger than him but they were unable to sense that presence.
After the meal, Kael again tied Noah's hands and again started climbing the mountain. Noah stood up to follow them but suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his head and fainted on the ground.