THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

Ivan gripped the sword and stepped forward; at the same time, the barbarian bulls charged at them while raising loud growling sounds and lifting their weapons into the air.

Swoosh!!

Ivan suddenly vanished from where he was standing and sped toward the barbarian bulls, Ralph and the others were shocked. They were not able to see him as his speed was too fast.

It was worse for the barbarian bulls, they had barely moved a single meter before Ivan flashed past the ones in front.

Puff!!

Heads and limbs suddenly flew into the air, accompanied by showers of blood as the lifeless bodies of the barbarian bulls were sent flying to the side. It was as if a speed train had pierced through the group of barbarian bulls as many of them were sent flying with parts of their bodies cut cleanly off.

In less than five seconds, Ivan had flashed through the ranks of the barbarian bulls and appeared behind them, striking a cool pose. The barbarian bulls that were over 70 in number didn't even know how they had died as their corpses flew everywhere.

Ralph, Glen, Clint, and Karin stared at Ivan with wide eyes; they were greatly shocked by his display of strength.

The True Lord rank was really something else.

"That was awesome, bro. I wished I was that strong," Glen voiced out while walking over; a clean path was created in the middle of the bloody mess that had been created by the corpses of the monster me.

"With time," Ivan responded while letting the sword in his hand disappear into light particles that vanished into thin air.

"That was really amazing, you saved us a lot of stress. I'm honestly tired of fighting." Karin joined as she walked behind Glen.

They checked the corpses and left after they found nothing; not a single Nexus crystal was found in the many corpses of the monsters.

They were disappointed but knew that Nexus crystals were not guaranteed whenever they killed monsters.

The group finally came out of the cave and stood in front of it, staring at the vast mountain range that stretched into the distance.

Region 17 was a long mountain with unimaginable horror under its cover.

"Ah, finally! Feels like I've spent years inside this damned mountain." Glen let out a loud sigh while staring at the cave.

Although they were still inside the dreamscape and were yet to return to the real world, the group could not help but feel a sense of relaxation after finally coming out; it suddenly felt as if they had been suffocating for the past weeks.

They had yet to move when they suddenly heard thwooping sounds approaching quickly, it was a land carrier!

The group quickly turned around to take a look, and their faces showed strange expressions when they saw the A-22G3 rushing over from a distance; they could see Elliot through the glass of the land carrier.

Similarly, Elliot was shocked when he saw Ivan and the others outside. He quickly stopped the land carrier and came out, a restless expression could be seen on his face.

"Y-you guys…you are all right!" Elliot exclaimed as he slowly walked toward the group with trembling hands and eyes that looked like he was about to cry.

This made the group look at him even more strangely, wondering what was wrong with him.

"Thank God, thank God you are all right." Elliot closed his eyes as invisible tears streamed down his face.

Someone suddenly rushed toward Elliot, it was Glen.

The boy had a furious expression as he rushed toward Elliot, he immediately pushed Elliot in the face after reaching him.

The punch landed heavily, and Elliot stumbled backward while holding his cheek; his eyes stared at Glen with a confused expression.

"What was that for?" He asked.

Glen's chest rose and fell asleep he breathed heavily, both of his hands were balled into fists.

"You dare to ask why I punched you? How dare you leave us behind and dare to act like you were worried about us, do you want us to beat you to death?!" Glen snapped angrily.

" But we agreed that I would wait for a week; I thought you died in there, so I went back intending to ask for help." Elliot defended himself but didn't dare to be too aggressive; he had realized that the tower master seemed to value this group of new Nexulytes through the words of the vice tower master.

"And so what if we had agreed on a week? Why didn't you come to check for yourself?" Karin joined from the side and also began to attack Elliot with questions.

"Why would I do that? If something managed to kill all of you and even Ivan, what chance would I have to survive?" Elliot shot back, his tone sounding more aggrieved.

"How dare you say such things about us, you want us to die, don't you? Come, I beat you to death?!" Glen raged and charged toward Elliot but the young man was prepared this time and dodged.

"Don't run, fight me if you dare!" Glen shouted and was about to attack again.

"That's enough, stop it."

Ivan's calm voice sounded from behind, the two of them immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.

Ivan stared at them before shaking his head.

"What matters is that he came back, at least we won't have to walk back to the base," Ivan said while walking toward the land carrier.

Glen and Karin turned and shot one final glare at Elliot before following Ivan. Clint, and Ralph followed right after.

Elliot watched them enter the land carrier and sighed, he didn't waste time standing there and went in as well.

The A-22G3 resumed moving as Elliot controlled it and headed back to the base.

Along the way, Elliot tried to converse with the group about their experience after they separated but no one replied to him. Only when he asked how they had crossed the place with the flowing blood river did Glen speak to him.

"Hmph! You must have left because you wanted us to stay there forever, too bad for you. Ivan is now a True Lord and easily got us out!" Glen snorted at Elliot before looking away.

Elliot's eyes widened, and he turned to look at Ivan with a disbelieving gaze. He found it difficult to believe that Ivan was from the same batch as Glen and the rest; the boy had only been a Nexulyte for less than a year, after all.

'What a monster!'

Elliot exclaimed inwardly before looking away, he didn't say another word and focused on controlling the land carrier.

They encountered other Nexulytes as they passed through the various regions on the way back to the base, the group felt a strange feeling upon seeing other people after a month of only seeing monsters.

Soon, they arrived at the base and were allowed entry by the Nexulytes patrolling the perimeters of the base after verifying their identities.

The group saw that the base was still as serious as ever, with lots of Nexulytes in protective body suits patrolling; it appears that not a lot changed while they were away; the experience of people here would obviously be different from theirs.

After entering the base, Elliot drove the land carrier to an empty spot before lowering its metal legs and opening the rim for everyone to come out.

"You should report to the vice tower master, I have something else to attend to," Elliot said before bolting off, he quickly disappeared into one of the large structures.

The group didn't bother with him and allowed him to leave.

"Let's go," Ivan uttered before leading the way. They had reached the office of the vice tower master before so they did not need anyone to guide them.

After a few minutes of walking, Ivan and his cohort stood in front of the vice tower Master's office door.

"Come in."
Your adventure continues at empire

The familiar voice of the vice tower master sounded from inside the office before Ivan could knock on the door.

Ivan's hand stopped just before he knocked on the door and gently pushed it open, he entered the office with the others behind him.

They saw the vice tower master sitting behind her table, another person was sitting opposite her; it was an aged man who seemed to be in his 60s and had sharp eyes. The stranger and the vice tower master were both staring at the five of them as they walked into the office.

The five of them were not bothered by their stares and calmly walked into the office, they formed a straight line in front of the two before saluting and greeting the vice tower master.

The latter waved her hand dismissively before speaking with an expressionless face.

"Your mission took longer than the time given, I believe the report on your mission gives enough explanation for this."

She paused and brought out a file from under her table before stretching it toward Ivan and asking him to fill in all the details of what happened during their mission.

Ivan stepped forward and accepted the file before stepping back.

He suddenly looked through the corner of his eyes, a frown formed on his face; he was sure that he had seen the eyes of the man sitting opposite the vice tower master glowing just now.