“So from what we know until now…”

Elio was sitting inside of his cave this time, and it had been around four months since he came to this forest/mountain top.

“This mountain is the center of the blank area that no one knows much about.

The forest below this mountain is saturated with monsters of high level, monsters so dangerous that they could kill even the strongest of the individuals.

There are hundreds of them down there and only the strongest of them can climb the mountain and reach this ‘paradise’ which directly connects them with the high heavens.”

[{ Ummm… master? Why are we calling the river the high heavens? }]

“It simply sounds good, Sera. Don’t mind that.”

Sera didn’t understand why she asked that question when she knew there was no great reason behind him calling it like that but she ignored it for now.

“So, this place is somehow connected to what all those monsters want innately. They cannot approach this place in normal circumstances, however, every month, there comes a day when the strong wind barrier around the top of this mountain vanishes and a red night befalls us… it specifically happens when the moon is between the sun and the planet, on the nights of new moons.”

He had experienced the red night three times by now. And just like the first time, the other two times were just as horrible as the first one.

“The red night is skipped after three months, just like how it’s happening today, and instead of that, a unique blue radiance spreads across the mountain top.

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This is also the time when this unique grass grows in some parts of the mountain.”

Even after finding relentlessly, he had not found that green grass for a reason.

“That creature, as we saw yesterday, needs this grass but it cannot detect the grass like we do. It needs it and it tries to hide its existence, but we know what it wants now.”

The grass started appearing early this morning and since His friends had been on the move for a long time, and thanks to his eyes, he knew about this grass earlier than That creature.

Procuring it faster than a being that could move faster than sound was difficult, very difficult, but he had still obtained a fair share of this grass thanks to his eyes that seemed to be the only element that could actually perceive this grass.

“Hmmm…”

The grass, now that he was looking at it closely, was not a simple thing.

And, by nature, it was something that wasn’t supposed to be revealed to anyone.

===Status===

[Lunar Fangs]

: When the moonlight is condensed with the natural Ichor, and concentrates in a certain kind of soil abundant with nutrients, a grass containing the properties of the [Lunar Celestial] or better known as the Moon, is born on the physical world.

Being the essence of the Lunar Celestial’s power, this grass contains an abundance of Ichor, nutrients, and the ability to sustain and harmonize one’s innate energy.

— Can be used as an ingredient, as an Elixir, as a material for taming, as a substitute for an energy source, as a material for Magic wand, or as a medium in magic casting.

[Advice: Collect as many of these as possible within the given time frame: 5 days.]

<Warning: By nature, the Lunar Fangs are undetectable to any eyes: Mortal or divine. Their innate nature, born from the Essence of the Lunar Celestial, makes their presence in the Mortal world undetectable, despite their physical presence in the realm.

Though, once detected, by any means, accidental or intentional, they become visible to each and every being in the world, losing their eternal cryptic existence.>

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“At least, we now know why that creature wanted this grass. But still, the fact that it didn’t let go of even a single blade of this grass the first time, it seems like it’s more important for it than what we expect.”

They had seen the power of this creature. They had seen just how strong it was and they had seen just how that power would need a great amount of energy.

Divine power was not something that one just obtained and could use eternally.

The base of all power was the energy that would power it.

For most individuals of high rank who possessed the [Divinity] stat, the sustenance and preservation of their power was one of the important aspects to take care of.

Not the high rankers or the people who had progressed far on their Paths and could obtain strength from the Truth itself, could use their unimaginable powers continuously.

They also have limitations, just that those limitations are a little different from the limitations of the simpler players.

“If this thing is so important to that creature, I’m telling you, Sera. It will come to us.”

He had thought for a long time on how they could meet this creature. About what they would do even if they come across it once again.

There were many ways that he could use this grass to his advantage. He was the only one that could see this grass despite its mystical nature so he could help that creature get more of this grass.

However, if he played nice here and just helped it, he wouldn’t get what he wanted.

He wouldn’t get the exit that he needed to get out of here, and he wouldn’t get the creature that could take him out of the forest below either.

“It will come here and either negotiate with us if it knows killing us won’t do it any good, or it will try and deal with us in some different manner.”

Elio knew that creature would come to them at the very least.

He was hoarding over four dozen of these grass blades, these Lunar Fangs in his inventory so, the creature that couldn’t let go of even one of these grass blades, would definitely reveal itself to them.

The main reason he was back to his cave was exactly because of his fears and concerns of what that creature would do when it confronts them.

He was sure that THEY would come here even though he didn’t know what they would do, at the very least.

That’s why he was in the safest place he knew. And…

{ “Human! }

He was right.

{ “Answer me!” }

At last, THEY finally showed themselves before the two of them.

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