"Trouble?"
"Trouble."
Noah answered June's question and took one of the magical beasts' corpses inside his space-ring.
It wasn't anything too precious, just a rank 4 tiger in the lower tier.
Yet, Noah threw it toward the underground lake as if it was something worthless.
The corpse fell into the lake and created ripples on its surface.
Noah remembered that a rank 5 octopus inhabited its water, but he didn't know if the winged beasts had taken care of it.
To his disappointment, a huge tentacle rose from the lake and wrapped itself around the corpse.
The tiger seemed just a small animal pared to the size of the tentacle, and Noah could hear its bones cracking right before it was pulled under the surface.
June's eyes sharpened at that sight, it became clear that they couldn't cross that area.
'Going forward is out of the question, and the same goes for reaching the surface. There is an entire territory to cross to reach the forest of White woods, and we don't know if the winged beasts control it.'
Noah analyzed his options in his mind.
He knew that the Hive would probably focus on defending its most valuable assets, meaning that it would forsake certain areas.
'The lava lake should be safe since the traces left by divine beings would scare away most creatures. I believe the Hive is focusing on the forest and the azure plain right now.'
It wasn't hard to reach that conclusion, Noah had a good understanding of the value of those areas after all.
'Reaching the coastline and flying over the sea is too dangerous. Most of the fauna of the continent have migrated there, I wouldn't be surprised if those areas have bee a messy battlefield in these months.'
Noah thought before turning toward east.
He didn't want to dig toward the central areas, but there didn't seem to be any other option.
He had to choose between a deadly danger, two paths that would most likely feature an even more potent threat, and the unknown.
'We have been lucky until now, we didn't find any underground pack since these areas were the home of the winged beasts. The central territories though…'
Noah had seen how rank 5 winged beasts had e out from the central areas of the continent, he would avoid going there if he had the chance.
However, walking around the lake to resurface on the border of the azure plain seemed the only feasible option.
June had remained silent while Noah thought, she knew that only his survival instinct and expertise in the magical beasts' field could bring them to safety.
So, she simply waited for him to make a decision.
In the end, Noah retreated for a few hundred meters and began to punch the eastern wall of the tunnel.
He still had Chasing Demon's talisman, and there was virtually no creature in the fourth rank that could hurt him, he had no reason to hesitate.
June noticed his stern expression and limited herself to follow him closely, ready to provide him with the assistance that he needed.
The light radiated by the azure ground became softer as the duo neared the terrain under the azure plain.
Noah didn't know much about magical plants, but he could link the growth of the Azure Credits to that phenomenon.
The bushes that grew on the plain contained an incredible amount of "Breath
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