The Last Adventurer Chapter 178

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Chapter 54. Celestial Chryse (2)

4.

The adventurers each say something.

“You can’t say you’ve been on an adventure without knowing the heat of the desert.”

“The cold of the El Nass Mountains is arguably the worst place for adventure.”

That the environment they experienced was the worst.

It wasn’t exactly a wrong statement.

Even in the same environment, what might be a good place for some adventurers could be the worst place for others.

“Well, the real worst would be Orbis’ Cloud Garden, right?”

But one thing was certain.

“Why? Nothing much. It’s hard to breathe there. No matter what I do.”

The Orbis above the clouds is bound to be difficult for any adventurer, without exception.

“Because the air is thin.”

El Palm Party was also feeling that fact now.

“Ugh, ugh.”

Devo, he was facing the approaching gerbil alone, his breathing heavier than ever.

In fact, Devo had also heard the story about Orbis several times.

The air is thin, so when you fight, you find yourself out of breath much faster than usual.

That you might lose consciousness at any moment.

‘I didn’t know it would be this hard.’

But the environment of the world above the clouds that I actually experienced was much more intense than I had imagined.

It wasn’t just Divo who felt it.

“Hoo, hoo.”

“Ouch, my head hurts.”

“I see two mesos in front of me.”

Kiri and Miner also looked more tired than ever.

‘It’s hell.’

In their eyes, this place, the heavenly Chryse, was like a hell deep underground.

Of course, there were exceptions.

‘You’re lucky.’

El Palm was satisfied with the current situation.

‘I never thought I’d get a chance to train like this.’

El Palm, one of his biggest concerns was none other than training his colleagues.

It wasn’t because my colleagues refused to train.

Rather, it was the opposite.

‘You can’t train with just anything.’

El Palm’s teammates have developed their individual skills to the point where they don’t need training.

In such a situation, training was virtually meaningless. Training was only meaningful if the recipient reached his or her limit.

“Whoa, whoa, shit!”

In such a situation, the world above the clouds pushed El Palm Party to its limits too easily.

Qyuu!

We all faced a pack of gerbils that charged at us half-consciously.

Of course, there were frequent moments of crisis.

“I see two of those baby rabbits.”

Because of the difficulty in breathing, I started to feel mildly confused.

A proper battle was obviously impossible.

Phew!

At some point, Devo’s polearm changed from slashing the air or splitting heads to slamming shoulders.

It was evidence that Devo had reached his limit.

What’s more, it didn’t end there.

“There’s a new guy coming over here.”

“Huh? What did you say?”

“They are helmeted gerbils.”

The Golden Gerbils, those fearsome monsters, noticed the commotion at El Palm Party and came running at full speed.

“shit!”

For the El Palm party, who had to deal with that horde of monsters, it was a real struggle.

“A pitcher.”

Moreover, the fact that he wore a helmet was a huge headache for Divo and Kiri.

It wasn’t just a pitch.

When dealing with most monsters, the head is the most effective attack area.

But you wore a helmet to protect your head?

From the opponent’s perspective, the perceived difficulty level is twice as high.

“Boss, isn’t it over a hundred?”

All I wanted to do was get out of this battlefield as soon as possible.

“There used to be over a hundred.”

Of course, El Palm had no intention of letting him get away that easily.

“No, boss? Then isn’t it over?”

“Did I say it would be over once I caught a hundred?”

Only then did everyone realize.

‘this.’

‘It’s training.’

Now the real hell begins.

5.

“Orbis? What a wonderful place.”

Among the adventurers, there were many who wanted to adventure in Orbis.

“The world above the clouds, it’s a dazzling sight just to imagine. And it’s even more dazzling when you actually see it.”

The cloud gardens surrounding Orbis and Orbis were some of the most beautiful scenery in Maple World.

“It’s really nice to look at. And it’s not hard to look at either.”

Plus, it was a pretty easy way to see the scenery.

“All I need is money. All I need is money.”

Because you could see it as much as you wanted if you came to Orbis by airship.

“But once you start your adventure, the story changes.”

The problem arose when we were actually walking through Orbis and the Cloud Garden, that is, during the adventure.

“Just jump a little. Your heart will burst.”

Because up in the sky, where the air is thin, the act of just breathing wasn’t easy.

Do you fight in a place like that?

It was crazy.

That’s why.

“That’s why everyone, including the Adventurer’s Association, couldn’t deal with it when the giant Nepenthes appeared in the past. In a way, it’s worse than Zakum’s curse in the mines. Zakum’s curse only weakens your strength, but you don’t have any trouble breathing, right?”

There aren’t as many adventurers who have properly explored Orbis and the Cloud Garden as you might think.

Kkie!

“f*ck!”

El Palm Party was feeling that fact with its whole body right now.

“Boss, these guys are no joke. Phew, phew.”

“This is no joke. Phew.”

“You should take a breath while you’re all talking. My head is spinning right now.”

With each battle, El Palm Party looked more tired and out of breath than ever.

That was amazing.

Up until now, El Palm Party has reached an extraordinary level of physical strength through El Palm’s training, if nothing else.

And yet you get tired so easily?

Among them was El Palm.

“Phew.”

“No, boss. Why are you moving? You’re a wizard anyway, so there’s no reason for you to move.”

Since magicians usually don’t have much use for their bodies, they didn’t have any trouble in Orbis.

But El Palm was different.

“I need to adapt too.”

Because he wasn’t just a wizard who carried a backpack behind his back and just casted spells.

From El Palm’s perspective, it was very important for him to adapt his body to the current situation.

And it wasn’t easy.

It was something that the body had to adapt to, and El Palm’s past experiences didn’t help much.

There was one exception.

“Good luck everyone.”

Ralph, he didn’t look even a little out of breath.

“Hey, why are you so normal?”

Usually, supporters, like wizards, only provide support from behind, so they rarely use their bodies.

But Ralph wasn’t your average supporter.

He was a supporter who swung his fists without sparing any effort on the front lines, along with Devo and Kiri.

Yet he did not tire at all.

“It’s nothing.”

The reason was simple.

“I used to work at Orbis.”

That I’ve already adapted.

“Orbis? Why?”

“Orbis is one of the places that adventurers avoid. There’s a lot of money to be made there.”

And the moment they heard that it was because of money, everyone was convinced.

“You’re really great, you’re really great. If you had the money, you could probably catch a black wizard.”

“There is nothing we can’t do as long as the amount is right.”

Because Ralph was an adventurer who would do anything for money.

Anyway, seeing Ralph gave the rest of the crew some strength.

“But since he’s fine, it looks like there won’t be any problems if he just adapts.”

That the training you are doing now is meaningful.

At the same time, I was also looking forward to it.

“If you adapt, you can wipe out these guys in a day.”

The gerbils and golden gerbils I’ve faced aren’t weak, but they can’t match El Palm Party’s abilities.

That’s understandable, because the El Palm Party was made up entirely of adventurers from the 5th Circle.

And they’re not just any 5th circle adventurers, they’re also powerful adventurers who are on a different level from the rest of the 5th circle adventurers!

“It won’t be easy.”

“yes?”

But El Palm thought differently.

“Do you know about the giants of Chryse?”

Everyone tilted their heads at El Palm’s question.

The Celestial Crise, which had disappeared from Maple World for over a hundred years, was no longer an attractive stage for adventurers.

So most adventurers didn’t know much about the Celestial Crise.

“Adventurers who have ventured into Crise have said that the heavenly Crise is inhabited by giants, and they love fighting more than anything else.”

“yes?”

About the giants.

“A fight?”

“The largest building in Celestial Crise was the arena for fighting. It was said that the size of the arena took up half of Celestial Crise.”

Everyone looked surprised at those words.

Because the giants they saw with their own eyes seemed to have no will to live, let alone fight.

“ah.”

Then I soon realized.

“then…….”

“At first, the giants would have fought fiercely against the monsters. They might have even enjoyed their appearance. Because they had a chance to fight. However, through repeated battles, they gave up. Everything. Even the will to live.”

El Palm, what does he mean?

“That’s all there are to the monsters here now. Enough to break the will of those strong giants.”

The rabbit monsters we’re facing now, like the gerbils and golden gerbils, aren’t even a taste of it.

That wasn’t all.

“As you can see, the monsters are carrying weapons, and some are wearing helmets.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It’s hard to believe that the monsters made them themselves. They must have been weapons used by the giants.”

“ah!”

El Palm knew.

“Most weapons are ordinary, but there are some that are not ordinary among the Giants’ weapons. The monsters that wield them are as strong as boss monsters.”

You may encounter more dangerous monsters.

Everyone’s expressions hardened at El Palm’s explanation.

Because the situation was worse than I thought.

“But the biggest problem lies elsewhere.”

“Is there a problem? More than this?”

But of all the circumstances, what El Palm was most concerned about was something else.

“We didn’t come here to hunt monsters. We came here to find a way out of here. To do that, the cooperation of the giants is more essential than ever. And no matter what we do now, the chances of the giants moving are very low.”

The giants have given up on everything.

It was a very big problem.

“They will never believe us no matter how hard they try or how much shock they put into us.”

Because there aren’t many things more difficult than moving those who have already given up on life.

‘If possible, I will get it by threatening.’

That’s why El Palm also considered extreme methods.

There was no choice.

‘There is not much time.’

For El Palm, the most important thing was time, nothing else.

‘Until that day.’

Because there won’t be much time left until the day the monsters burst out of the Mystic Gate.

Above all, there was something very important at stake right now.

‘If the Knights of Signus are destroyed, then war will break out in the Elnas Mountains.’

A very important matter.

In many ways, it is a time when we must not be picky about the means and methods.

“First, you have to adapt. Nothing else has any meaning until that happens.”

That is why El Palm devoted more effort than ever to adaptation training.

And after I finished adjusting, I went back to see the Titan Elder.

“You came back alive, thank you.”

The Titan Elder showed no particular interest in the appearance of the El Palm Party.

The El Palm group thought after seeing that.

‘It won’t be easy, really.’

It’s going to be very difficult to convince that Titan Elder to tell us where the core is.

‘if it goes like this…….’

At that moment, El Palm came up with an extreme method, that was the moment, “Are you guys?”

A young voice was heard.

“An adventurer on the ground who goes around looking for cores without even knowing the topic?”

I turned my head in the direction where the voice came from and saw it.

A man with a similar appearance to Michaela.

The moment El Palm saw the man, his eyes narrowed. It seemed as if he sensed something.

“Who are you?”

El Palm spoke immediately, and the man who appeared at that word laughed and said.

“My name is Michael! I am the strongest warrior in this heavenly realm of Chryse! I am on a whole other level than you, who can’t even properly defeat a mere gerbil.”

There was confidence and strength in that voice.

El Palm said with that confidence.

“Do you know where the core is?”

“Of course I know. But I won’t tell you. It would be of no use to you, since you have a hard time dealing with even the likes of gerbils.”

At those words, Divo squirmed.

From Devo’s perspective, it was hard for him to bear seeing El Palm being ignored like this.

Above all, Divo knew.

‘I need to step up and turn the tables on this… … .’

Because of El Palm’s personality, there was no reason for him to come out here.

It definitely was.

“I can’t stand those words.”

‘huh?’

But El Palm approached Michael, looking more angry than ever, and said:

“I don’t know about anything else, but I can’t stand being looked down on like this. I’ll formally challenge you to a duel.”

Everyone, including Divo, looked surprised at the sight of him even requesting a duel.

‘The boss?’

Of course, Michael was different.

“I will gladly accept the duel!”

He made a very funny expression, and El Palm, who saw that expression, spoke to Divo with a more determined expression than ever.

“Divo.”

“Yes, boss.”

Debo also smiled at El Palm’s words.

“With all my might.”

“Yes, I will do my best to smash that bastard’s head… … .”

“Get out.”

“Huh? What did you say?”

But Divo’s smile distorted at the following words, and El Palm spoke to him again.

“Give it your all and lose.”

fantasy,