Journey Of A Legend

Greg heard what Alice said, but was still hesitant.

No matter how he looked at the blockage before him, he didn't see how would simply running forward help for him.

There were hundreds of weapons flying around the place like crazy! Each was moving with a speed that was hard to follow and Alice wanted him to run into there? Right into death's door? Was it some kind of joke?

But unfortunately, Greg had no choice at all. He could choose only from two options; die cause of the storm outside or do what Alice said.

No matter how he looked at it, both solution was death, but the latter one was better.

"Well... I need to trust her. After all, she is the one who knows this place in greater detail. Maybe, there is something I have missed.", thought Greg as he avoided another trap from above.

"So, I just simply need to run forward, without caring about anything else?", asked Greg calmly after thinking for a while.

"Yes."

Alice's simple and calm reply made Greg to sigh and nod.

"Fine."

After avoiding a huge sword that flew out of nowhere from the side, Greg collected his remaining strength, and with powerful momentum, burst forward.

Because his power was sealed by the place's restriction and he climbed for 2 and a half days straight while resisting abnormal storms without rest, his momentum was a bit slow.

But even like this, exhausted and drained, Greg's speed was way above an ordinary human's speed, thanks to his refined body.

Naturally, he was only this fast because this was his final push to victory, so if he fails now, everything will be over.

If he fails to reach the other end of the path with this final try, his body will definitely give in no matter what.

That was why, Greg didn't care about anything else, and trusted in Alice.

Running at full speed that his body could currently provide him, Greg arrived before the first few barricades.

Before him, what he could see were blurry images flying left and right with insane speed, visibly ready to cut him up to pieces.

"Just do it. Just do it. Just do it!", thought Greg and pounced forward.

*Swish!*

"I am dead!", thought Greg with a huge drop of sweat on his face as he watched a blade gliding toward his head.

But it was the moment when a surprising sight happened.

The second when Greg's head would have been chopped off, the blade suddenly changed trajectory and flew off toward another direction.

"!?"

When Greg saw this, he became stupefied for a moment, but the next second a wide grin emerged onto his face.

"So that's how it is."

With that, Greg's doubt in his heart vanished in an instant, and without caring about a thing, he burst forward like a rocket.

*Swish!*

*Swish!*

*Swish!*

Greg ran quickly like a bolt, ignoring the fact that every step he took, made hundreds of blades drift past his face, barely avoiding his head or limbs.

Yet, surprisingly, no matter how close he was to die, no blades harmed or injured him even the slightest. Not even his clothes, which were dragged and full of holes because of the storm, had been touched by the blades.

Greg, however, knew why this was happening. He didn't know how, but realized that everything was in connection with his speed.

He didn't realize this before, but now that he looked at the moving objects around him in greater detail, he found out that they had no pattern at all. They were moving around the place just like the wind, without any structure or aim.

However, how could hundreds of objects move around with insanely fast speed without crashing? The answer maybe was not obvious, but it was quite easy.

They were detecting each other.

It was quite a strange thing to say, because objects, especially blades, had no own consciousness. Or at least not until they were hundreds of years of old artifacts.

However, these blades were not a hundred years of artifacts, and yet, they moved with their own 'will'.

Every blade and weapon here was moving around with a kind of special power that detected anything in their proximity.

If it were a living being, they would have killed without hesitation, but if they detected that another object with similar speed to them was about to hit them, they changed trajectory instantly.

And that is why Greg was able to avoid being killed. Maybe he was not running with a speed as fast as the weapons around him, but he was fast enough to fool this place's system.

And to show that this theory of his was solid, the moment he quickened his pace, the blades started to avoid him from further and further.

In the beginning, each blade passed by his body only a few millimeters away, but right now, no weapons dared to approach him closer than a meter.

This showed, that the key here was to reach this path's end with fast speed. 

"You should have told me this sooner.", said Greg to Alice.

"Then what should have been the fun of all of this? Telling you everything would only make things boring."

Greg heard this and could just shake his head helplessly.

Running with everything he had, it didn't take Greg a long time to arrive at the end of the path. Passing through the last row of blades, Greg stopped before the statue and fell down to the ground.

"Finally!", said Greg with a huge sigh and lied down onto the floor.

As he could see, after passing through that blade-filled path, here, around the statue, there was no longer any danger, meaning he could finally relax without caring about anything at all.

"You did great. To tell the truth, out of the 6 Temples, the Creator and I had made this Temple as the second hardest place to complete."

"Second?", asked Greg, hardly believing that this Temple was the second hardest place to complete.

"Yes. The hardest one will be the Temple of Void, which holds the darkness key."

When Greg heard this, he didn't know how to react. Right now, he felt like he has fought against enemies for years without rest, and he was told the following Temple will be even harder. Was that a joke?

"Well, if we want to open the sealed Altar, I don't really have a choice.", said Greg and stood up slowly.

His legs still felt like jelly, but it was not so bad that hindered him from walking.

"So, where is the key?", asked Greg as he looked around calmly.

"Right before you.", said Alice calmly, making Greg to raise his eyebrow in confusion.

Looking before him, what Greg was able to see was the statue's, Alice's leg, and nothing more.

"Is it inside the statue's leg?", asked Greg, but what he got as a reply was Alice's light chuckle.

"No. Just look closer and you will understand it.", said Alice calmly.

Greg was a bit confused, but did as he was told. Squinting his eyes, he concentrated before him right on the air.

And just as he did, slowly, the air before Greg moved and a key formed out of transparent wind appeared.

"Woah!", was the only thing Greg was able to say.

If it weren't for Alice's indication, he wouldn't have been able to detect the key, which was quite surprising.

Even though he was standing a few feet away from the key, Greg was hardly able to see it. It was quite a shocking sight.

"So this is how the Wind Key looks like.", thought Greg, and without hesitation extended his arm to grab it.

***

High up in the sky, Eliana and Zane were waiting calmly before the barrier.

Since the moment Greg has entered the place, they have been waiting for close to 3 days in a row, without any sign of happenings at all.

Eliana even used her power to check if Greg was still alive in there or not, but she was unable to use her ability.

Even Zane use his power in the hope to force his way through, but it was only in vain. No matter what he or Eliana tried, the barrier was like an immovable mountain.

"What should we do? We can't enter nor check if he is still alive.", asked Eliana, visibly in deep thought.

"He is still alive for sure, but it is truly strange he was unable to come out after such a long time. Something must have happened.", said Zane calmly from the side.

"How do you know he is alive?", asked Eliana with a frown.

However, Zane instead of answering took out a scroll, making Eliana realize what he meant.

"True. If he had died, the Scroll would have been long gone by now.", thought Eliana and wanted to say something, when the barrier before them suddenly started to tremble.

"Something is happening!"