Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 132: The Gathering at the Gates

Time passed quickly, and more than an hour had gone since the beginning of the dungeon raid. Many Digitizers had fallen prey to the flock of monstrous Man-Eating Crows, but those who thrived were the mighty amongst all, each having a strength that vastly exceeded the weak.

By now, the strongest of this batch were already within the palace gate's vicinity, each excluding a superior bearing as they faced the distance.

This area was at the core of the entire city, built around a small hill with the sinister palace resting at its peak, one surrounded by its high stone walls and grills that showed traces of age due to their texture and the dried up black vines that entwined it.

Looking at the palace's towering arched black iron gate, one would even see traces of rust and wane as similar colored black vines tangled about its surface.

These regions were unusually free from the Man-Eating Crow's influence with the distant sounds of those battling behind them as if here was safe ground. However, those gathered here knew better than to doubt a dungeon; what might seem simple on the surface could be more dangerous than anything else.

"I really don't like this spooky castle; it's giving me a bad vibe."

A female garbed in leather armor said.

"Me too."

A skinny looking male said as he held a sword with trembling arms.

A few others gulped as they stared at the gates that had an uncanny silence; some of them even started to run with sweat.

Bang! A loud noise sounded, drawing everyone's attention towards their rear; there, they saw a sizeable, jagged blade plunged into a crack in the asphalt with dust and mist flowing around its edge.

Crazy Blade's muscular figure stood atop of its hilt as crouched and stared at the scene before him with curious eyes; his shark-like teeth made a grin as he spoke with an excited tone of voice.

"Oh, looks like I've made it, all that training wasn't too much a drag, hmm... that gate sure is huge, haha, maybe I should try and break through it."

Hearing his brute-like manner of speech, a few Digitizers couldn't help but shake their heads as some complained inwardly.

'This guy... always like this, why doesn't he exercise some more caution.'

Delkan thought as he appeared from another direction; around him were a few men and women novices who seemed to have come from his family.

As Delkan appeared, he also drew some of the Digitizers' attention, but they only looked at him mockingly before turning their attention elsewhere.

Delkan's eyes flashed with a menacing ray as he looked around for Nero's form, but as he couldn't find him, he clicked his teeth and complained in his mind.

'That dirty little hoodlum from that trash of a home, he better not let me catch him off guard, for even if I can't kill him at this time, I will certainly impede his rate of progress.'

It could be seen that Delkan was a youth who wouldn't easily let go of minor grudges, very much like another character that came in the company of two others with fawning expressions as if worshiping him like a king.

Someone noticed the other party's arrival and couldn't help but snicker as he whispered to a friend nearby.

"Haha, look, it's Mohawk Wannabe, he came right on time, I say, both that Delkan and this guy are truly something else."

"Huhu... indeed they are; one can't hold onto his own words, and the other thinks he's at the levels of a prodigy, such a pity."

Weizer naturally heard a few of the whispered; his eyes had a dark look as he muttered while clenching his axes tighter, "Silver Boy..."

One of the lackeys hearing his words trembled for a bit before he swallowed and spoke, "Young master if I may, I believe that the kid is now called Wild Sil..."

The moment the lackey was about to say something, Weizer's eyes shifted towards him, glaring at him with a cruel look as he was waiting on him to finish his words.

The lackey gulped as he lowered his head and said nothing in the end; Weizer snorted, no longer paying him any mind.

While everyone discussed the current scene and the new arrivals, a sound like an electric stream resounded. Thunder's Daughter soon after appeared; she slid across the ground, leaving behind a lightning trail on the stone-paved streets.

As she stopped, the lightning bolts flashed before vanishing in entirety as she stared at Crazy Blade and spoke, "It's a good thing I also hurried along, don't go doing something so foolish; I'd rather not lose my life because of your stupid blunders."

Crazy Blade snorted as he glanced at her before looking away and replied, "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

Thunder's Daughter felt helpless in his manner, but as they knew each other since childhood, she knew better than to start an argument with him; unlike on Earth, women weren't usually the victors of verbal spars in their world.

Elly arrived no later than Thunder's Daughter; she looked around with a puzzled look on her face as she pondered, 'Hmm, where is that fellow? He can't be avoiding me now, could he?'

When Elly thought to hear, she couldn't help but show a disappointed look, but soon her face turned determined as she spoke her mind out loud.

"Hmph! I'll teach him later..."

As if someone heard her, a playful voice sounded from behind her, "Teach, who?"

When Elly heard the voice, she looked around only to notice a particularly hateful form, a hateful set of ample chest, buttocks, and allure.

Without even the slightest hesitation, she yapped in a mean manner, "It's none of your business!"

Mia looked at Elly with a teasing look as she leaned her head close to her ears and spoke, "Maybe not now, but hard to say later."

After speaking, without even caring for Elly's reply, Mia jumped from the ground onto a nearby pillar, her battle dress fluttering in the wind as she took on her usual manner, detached from everyone else.

"Hmm, it's Fox."

"Wow, as pretty as ever, that fox race truly has an innate allure. Heck, if I can fight to protect her, I don't mind dying anymore."

"Hehe, you foolish men, no different from moths to flame."

A few male voices said as some women Digitizers mocked as they looked at Mia with raw jealousy.

Elly was no different, but she once more repeated her mother's mantra to calm down, "Be calm, be graceful..."

After a little more rounds, she finally calmed herself, but by this time, she noticed that the air had changed; Poison Boy and his sister Ivy along with her new friend Lily had also just arrived and felt the change in the air, they frowned as it felt like someone was watching them.

'What's going on?' Elly thought to herself as she sensed the feeling too.

Thunder's Daughter and Crazy Blade, along with the other famed names, also narrowed their eyes as they looked ahead with more serious looks.

However, unaware to everyone else, the red-robed beauty Red Rain stood atop of a nearby building, watching in silence, her eyes reflecting hints of the blood-red moon as if peering towards something others couldn't perceive.

"Caw!" A resonant cry came from a few crows perched on top of the high walls of the dark palace tickled one's senses as they stared down at the intruders with an ominous glow in their eyes.

Suddenly, these crows lifted their heads before their wings fluttered as they flew from the gates into the distance as startled by something, leaving behind a few bundles of feathers that fell from the sky.

"What the hell?"

Someone uttered as they looked at the scene, but not long after, there was a loud droning sound as the large gate had started to open, filling everyone before it with a surge of even greater caution.

The moment the gate opened in full, the sinister laughter of a strange being sounded once more as a path had formed leading towards the core of the palace on the mountain. Yet, if one peered at it, they would notice something strange, as five large silhouettes that were previously shrouded by the mists had started to unveil themselves, their eyes glowing in red lights as if ushering the start of the new phase.

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