Three hours later.
Arthur opened his eyes and saw he was in the guest house room. He was lying on the bed with the same clothes still on. Mona was inside the room, keeping Arthur company.
The young man remembered that he had given buffs to all the Blue Wheat members. After that, his body felt aches and pains, causing him to fall unconscious.
Mona stood near the room window, her eyes focused outside, watching the explosions that hadn’t ended since two hours ago.
BOM!
Explosions occurred outside and inside the base. Still, the explosions would have no impact on the guest house. Mona, Karen, and Sara had activated their protective magic to deal with that.
"Has the war started?" asked Arthur softly, startling Mona enough to make her look over and smile.
"Yes. They started attacking each other."
"And what about the Blue Wheat group?" asked Arthur.
"So far, they’ve managed to survive. From the last I heard, they were already ahead of the Black Sword Group."
Arthur nodded. He just thought of the monster raid that was open now. Two hours had passed, and there were 10 hours left until the monster raid closed. That was more than enough.
Mona poured herbal tea into a glass, asking Arthur to drink it to restore his condition. Thanks to the Thalenia buff activated on him, Arthur’s MP count recovered to 216000 with the MP regen speed of 750/5 seconds. That made him glad.
The big-breasted woman stepped out, telling Karen and Sara about Arthur having awakened from his stupor. Sara handed over control of the magic wall to Karen; she would take over after seeing Arthur.
Sara met the young man. Arthur was smiling with a glass cup of green tea in his hand. He greeted Sara and asked what her condition was. Sara was doing well.
"The war will end with a truce. I heard from some Blue Wheat members," Sara replied.
"Truce?"
"It seems that the buff of your Flag of Authority is very significant in the course of this war, Arthur."
Arthur had forgotten about that; the three women didn’t know that Arthur had a Flag of Authority. The young man was rather curious as to what their response would be.
"Then what do you think about me having it?"
"I think it’s pretty cool!" said Sara, allowing Arthur to breathe a sigh of relief.
The young man said yes. There was no bad response or anything from them, and Sara said Arthur’s ability was beyond what she had imagined.
The Flag of Authority could not be owned by anyone, let alone activate it. However, Arthur had it and used it successfully.
"Levia managed to control the war situation to be completely in the Blue Wheat group’s favor. She’s a good and clever leader," Sara explained. Stay updated with freewebnovel
"It seems that you already know the woman well, Sara. I’m happy about that."
Sara cleared her throat. She returned to the front to take turns with Karen looking after this place.
However, Arthur refused as he felt his condition had completely recovered. They no longer needed to stall and waste time; they had to join the monster raid as soon as possible.
Mona initially prevented him as she thought Arthur had not fully recovered, but she realized Arthur had completely healed after seeing him use magic again.
Karen, hearing Arthur’s words, immediately deactivated the protective magic wall.
"Are you alright?" asked Karen, Arthur cleared his throat in response.
"We need to get to the Dark Pillar and join the monster raid," Arthur explained.
Karen looked back, seeing Sara and Mona standing just behind Arthur. Sara responded by nodding slowly, half agreeing with Arthur. Karen noticed Sara’s quiet response, indicating that Sara was still worried about Arthur’s condition.
"Are you sure? I’m afraid that—"
"My condition is fine; you three have nothing to worry about."
Hearing Arthur’s firm decision, the three women had no other choice. The protective wall of the guest house vanished. Without bidding farewell to Levia, Arthur left the base through the south gate.
About the Flag of Authority buff they got, it would disappear on its own after 12 hours had passed. Right now, they could use it even if Arthur and his Flag of Authority were in other places.
Karen, Sara, and Mona were seen consuming MP elixir, which helps restore their MP. Arthur saw that and smiled. They needed the item much more as they had used up a lot of MP in the past three hours.
From a distance, the location of the Dark Pillar could be seen well. There was no single adventurer lined up outside the place, a sign that they had gone inside and performed their raid.
Arriving there, Arthur was frozen for a moment, looking at the open gate of the dark pillar on the 11th floor. Sara saw Arthur’s attitude of silence, she suddenly asked the young man.
Arthur shook his head as he turned and looked at the three women, "Nothing. Let’s go inside and defeat the floor boss."
"Alright."
***
One month later.
Dark Pillar 14th Floor
The Stone of Light lit up on the 14th-floor Dark Pillar. Arthur and the others arrived at the floor with ease.
Having a monster raid once a week, Arthur and the 13th squad managed to get to the 14th floor with no problem.
Arthur’s abilities were much better than before. His level increased from 80 to a higher level, level 85. Not only that, his CP also increased drastically beyond 300,000. That made his strength rise even more.
Another adventurer stepped out of the Dark Pillar gate. They finished raiding monsters and got the results they wanted.
Sara smiled, feeling relieved after defeating the previous floor boss -the earth octopus. Sara and the others’ skills increased, and Karen even got the opportunity to do talent ascension.
From the information they got, the nearest town was on the 15th floor. However, it was only a small town, different from the city on the 10th floor. They could not confirm whether there was a city cathedral or not there.
Arthur nodded. They should at least go to the floor to see the conditions. If not, Karen would have to wait for Ascension in the next city - probably Lilith City.
From where he stood, Arthur saw that there was a snowy mountain range exposed to their right, a beautiful mountain range that was said to be always covered with eternal snow. The sight made Arthur remember something.
It was about Thalenia’s request. She asked Arthur to visit a waterfall in the snowy mountains. There would probably be many waterfalls there, but Arthur needed to know which one she was referring to.
"Where are we going?" Karen asked Sara.
"We’ll find Sky Sword’s base and stay there for a while until the next raid opens."
"I need to do something."
Sara and the others focused their attention on Arthur. They were pretty curious about what Arthur wanted to do. Instead, Sara said yes to Arthur’s request without asking further questions.
"Alright. We can go there alone, and you can take care of your business."
"Thank you."
[Secondary Talent Activated]
[Sub Talent Activated]
[Neutral Gravity Step]
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[MP -12500]
[Name: Aaron]
[MP 172900/257000] [-12500]
With his talent activated, Arthur flew high, leaving the place heading for the snowy mountain area. Karen saw the young man leaving and then asked Sara.
"What will he do in the mountains?" Karen asked.
"I dunno, we’d better stay out of his business for now."