Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Footprint (1)
To go towards the giant shadow that Lucifer saw last night, they had to cross a strong river. Just one wrong step and they would be swept away by the rushing water.
Not only that, there was no way to get through this river except for jumping over the rocks. Even if there was, it would probably be several kilometers away from their location. With no other choice, they could only jump on the rocks floating on the water.
Adam was the first to jump and he easily crossed to the other side. Next was Lucian and he also jumped to the other side easily. Sierra, Hikaru and Chaewon struggled a bit but with the help of Adam and Lucian on the other side, they were able to make it.
The last one was Lucifer. Although he was the one who told them to go South, when he saw this river, he suddenly felt a little worried.
If he had to describe it, Lucifer felt like he was on a cliff several kilometers above the ground. Just one mistake and he could die.
"Go for it Lucifer!" Adam on the other end started cheering.
Realizing that he was slowing down the group, Lucifer tried to erase his worries and started jumping over each stone.
Lucifer had to jump over a total of 5 stones that were only slightly larger than a pair of shoes. Not only that, since he was the last one, the stones were also a bit wetter because of the water in the river. Making them more slippery.
Lucifer began to wonder if he was making the right choice.
Lucifer was lucky enough to step on the third stone without falling down. On the other side, Adam, Sierra, and Hikaru were cheering for Lucifer.
Lucifer gulped and continued to jump onto the fourth stone.
'I'm still alive!'
Just one more stone and Lucifer would reach the other side. But of course, it wouldn't be that easy.
Just as Lucifer jumped off the fourth stone and headed towards the fifth stone, he suddenly slipped. Lucifer lost his balance and fell into the rapidly flowing stream.
'Oh no...' Lucifer closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
10 seconds had passed but Lucifer didn't feel wet at all. Not only that, he felt as if someone was carrying him.
Lucifer slowly opened his eyes and realized that the person carrying him princess style was Lucian. A few seconds ago, Lucian had used his Ability to strengthen his body and saved Lucifer right in time.
"Thank you very much Lucian!"
"You're welcome."
Lucian gently placed Lucifer on the ground. Lucian was a quiet and inactive person, but he was actually a kind person.
Lucifer suddenly felt quite lucky to have created a character like Lucian. Perhaps if it weren't for Lucian, Lucifer would have died long ago.
Just like that, their journey continued. The group got closer and closer to the giant black shadow that Lucifer saw last night.
***
"What is this..." Hikaru and Sierra said in worried voices.
"No way..." Adam was equally shocked.
Even Lucian and Chaewon, who didn't usually talk, had worried expressions on their faces when they saw the scene before them.
'This is terrible...'
Before the eyes of the group were two giant footprints, slightly larger than a car, imprinted into the ground. But the strange thing was that they didn't find any footprints around them. It seemed that these two footprints were the only two footprints here.
This was very strange because it was as if the monster that Lucifer had encountered last night had suddenly appeared here and then disappeared without moving even a single step.
'How could it do that?'
Regardless of what kind of monster it was, Lucifer still needed to inform the lecturer about this phenomenon. He immediately sent the image of the footprints to the lecturer.
Lucifer had no memory of creating such an event in the novel.
'Could it be that the future has changed?'
***
A moment later, a muscular man emerged from the forest and walked towards Lucifer's group. He was the one who had spoken on stage in front of all the students.
"Teacher, what is this about?" Adam asked.
"I'm not sure, but I checked the security cameras before coming here. And I didn't see a monster this big even last night."
"Then should we stop the test?" Chaewon asked.
The muscular man thought for a while before replying:
"No need. The students have already received a marble that can take them back to school anyway. So just focus on your test!"
After saying that, the man disappeared into the forest again.
The group sat in silence for a long time. No one said anything to each other. Everyone was a little worried because of this giant footprint. But even so, Adam was still very optimistic, he even motivated everyone:
"Everyone, stand up! Don't let things like this distract us. It must be a joke by some students! Let's work hard to get first place together!"
As expected of the protagonist, after hearing those words, the group had more motivation to try harder. The anxiety in their hearts had subsided. But of course, except for Lucifer.
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Lucifer could be sure that this was not a joke by someone because he had personally witnessed a giant shadow last night.
But Lucifer decided not to tell the other members because he didn't want them to be nervous. Lucifer wanted them to focus on this test.
***
Another day of theirs passed normally without any special events happening.
They defeated many Beast and Giant level monsters, sometimes they even encountered a few other examinees but those guys were never able to fight Lucifer's group.
Now, the sun was slowly setting on the horizon, signaling that night was coming.
Just like yesterday, the group found a cave to sleep in and took turns keeping watch while the others slept.
***
It was currently Lucifer's shift. Because he was woken up while Lucifer was having a beautiful dream, he was still a little sleepy.
Lucifer yawned as he sat on a tree while enjoying the cool night air and the night sky filled with twinkling stars.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake slightly like yesterday, and Lucifer once again heard a loud noise behind him. Lucifer immediately reacted to that noise.
There, he saw a giant but skinny black shadow standing still without moving like yesterday. Without delay, Lucifer immediately used Shadow Movement to check what that monster was.
By using Shadow Movement, it took Lucifer only 3 minutes to reach the monster's location, but it had completely disappeared just like yesterday. Only leaving behind 2 giant footprints on the ground.
Since it was too dark, Lucifer couldn't see very well, so he had no choice but to return to the cave and return there when the sky turned bright with his teammate.