"What?"
"How is that even possible?!"
"For real?"
"Is it really true?"
"Has the internet really returned?"
A barrage of questions assaulted Lucas after he ntioned the internet to these people.
After an hour of conversing with them, he could basically tell that the city they were in was isolated from the whole world.
According to them, during the great migration, their ancestors strayed off the main path and were constantly threatened by the beasts that pursued them.
After a lot of struggle, their ancestors finally managed to take a montary breather, and it was then that they established Serene City in this wilderness, allowing it to develop into a huge city today.
For a lot of years, all the people in Serene City have assud that they were the only surviving humans on this planet.
They had tried to search for others before, but it was to no avail, and they could only return to Serene City due to how dangerous the wilderness was.
From their words, Lucas also learned the general location of this place.
Although it was dark, Lucas could sohow tell the expressions they were showing due to the astonishnt contained in their voice.
Well, Lucas just casually ntioned the internet a while ago, boasting about the current technology of the world.
The five people in front of him have only heard of the internet and from their ancestors and have never used them all their lives.
Hearing that the internet was back and that humanity on the other side was actually still using it to date, the five of them could not help but let out exclamations.
"Shhh!"
Their squad leader, who introduced herself as Shelsea, hushed the mbers of her squad, reminding them that they were still in the wilderness and that the re fact that they were still conversing in these hours was already dangerous enough.
After learning that there were still other human settlents that existed out there, even she herself was quite excited and astonished.
"Yes," Lucas confird their questions with a nod.
"Not only has it returned, it is significantly faster compared to before. As far as I know, they seed to have used beasts and so other magical materials to make it happen. Everyone can access the internet, as well as it's free for everyone who has a gadget to use," he added.
The five from Serene City could only imagine having such a life.
In terms of generational hierarchy, they were already considered the third generation of humans in Serene City. To them, using 'modern' gadgets and the internet to browse through unlimited content and information seed foreign and unheard of.
As if imagining such a lofty life, the five of them went silent.
Having nothing to add, Lucas also kept quiet, allowing them to digest the information. Like them, he was also digesting the information he received from their conversation earlier.
In truth, he was actually not very calm inside his mind at this mont.
Through their conversation earlier, he has already determined their location according to the world map he had seen before.
'How can it be so far away?'
Although he was still on the sa continent as Twilight City, the place he was on right now was actually at the edge of that continent, while Twilight City and the other human cities were mostly located at the center.
In terms of distance, he was at least ten thousand kiloters away from ho.
With humanities advancent in technology and transportation, Lucas knew that such a distance could actually be traversed after two or three continuous days of travel.
However, with beasts roaming around the continent, with each one more terrifying than the last, how could continuous travel be possible?
So in terms of travel days, a ten thousand kiloters distance might only be covered after two to three weeks of journey, and with the threats of beasts, it was still a question if the traveler could arrive at the destination in one piece.
Anyway, it involved a lot of complications that Lucas was not able to solve at this mont.
At this mont, he realized that even if he already saw a path ho, it was still impossible to go back imdiately as his strength was inadequate to travel the dangerous areas that led back ho.
'Sigh! Let's take it one step at a ti!'
With him resigning over the fact that he could not save his classmates, Lucas no longer felt as pressured to go ho.
In truth, his only worries were his parents back ho.
They must be quite worried about his well-being at this mont.
Just the thought of his mother crying in worry made his heart ache.
His father might be stern and perceptive, but Lucas knew that he had his own soft side too.
As the silence pervaded the air, Shelsea finally told her teammates to take a rest. She volunteered to take guard first, while the others would rotate with her after a few hours.
As for Lucas, she did not dare order him around.
She was also quite wary about him, not fully trusting him; hence, she did not include him in the guard duty for tonight.
Lucas was aware of it and did not take it to mind.
He also won't put his life at risk by trusting them 100 percent.
Reservations must be made, and both parties were aware of it.
He needs his adequate rest, though.
With Spot 'sleeping' on his lap and with the Mirage Worm ready to be summoned at any mont, Lucas felt safe and drifted to sleep.
Every once in a while, Lucas would wake himself up after hearing little commotions around him.
He was quite alert and vigilant. Even when Shelsea and the others changed shifts, Lucas would also automatically open his eyes, feeling their movents.
It could be said that sleeping and surviving in the wilderness for more than a week has heightened and improved his perception and awareness of the surroundings as well.
Becoming Iron Star 9 might have also contributed to such changes, but his experiences during these past few days also played a vital role.
Anyway, after a few naps, Lucas finally committed to being awake after he realized that it was already morning.
Fortunately, no beast has disturbed them during the night, so it could be said that he has indeed gotten adequate rest just like the others.
The mont he opened his eyes, he felt soone looking at him, so he turned his head in the direction of his gaze.
Clad in bronze-colored armor, a beautiful lady stared at him with a hint of astonishnt in her face.
Furrowing his brows, Lucas stared back at her, observing her just like she was observing him.
Seeing the beauty, Lucas' heart could not help but thump.
'Quite mature…'
"I did not expect you to be this young," she stated after she finished her observation.
Although it could be said that Lucas' current appearance was quite ragged and dirty, it was still unable to hide the hint of youth around his face.
Hearing that, Lucas rely smiled and replied, "I did not expect you to be a beauty either."
Furrowing her brows in confusion, she was about to ask what he ant by that when she noticed a commotion a few ters away from her.
It seems that the others have woken up one after the other.
"Let's prepare our breakfast before we set out to continue the hunt," she ordered as she stood up from the ground she was sitting on.
The others quickly followed her order.
As they scrambled around, Lucas observed them one by one as well.
Their group consists of two males and three females, including their leader Shelsea.
Upon closer observation, Lucas realized that the others were quite young, probably of the sa age as him or just a few years older, unlike Shelsea, whom Lucas assud was soone nearing her late thirties.
Their appearance was also not bad. With the enhancents received from the grimoire's feedback after every rank up, it was only natural that their physique and complexion would improve.
As for their strength, Lucas was not aware yet, but they should not be weak considering that they dare to venture into the wilderness.
Back in Twilight City, only third-year students and above were allowed to venture into the wilderness. Their strength must also surpass Bronze Star 1 before they were allowed to venture out.
When they approached yesterday, Spot was able to sense that one of their contracted beasts was summoned. From his connection with Spot, Lucas knew that he deed the beast an easy prey and not sothing to worry about.
With that, he could more or less confirm that the beast they summoned yesterday was below Iron Star 5 in rank.
As for who's beast it was, Lucas did not know as well.
Having been invited to their hunt for the Blood Elk, though, Lucas knew that he would know of their abilities sooner or later.
At this mont they had already begun to cook a al they took out of their supplies.
At first, Lucas was rely watching them cook while observing each of their actions.
However, a few monts later, his eyes widened in surprise as he saw sothing he had not seen for a while.
"You guys actually have salt?"
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