Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 97: Leaving the Crimson Blade Mantis Zone

Time passed quickly, and the night had just fallen onto the land; the nighttime scene within the Crimson Blood Mantis Zone was quite the sight to behold, its colorful flowers and plants capable of tricking one's senses despite the savage aura that laid at its core.

Nero, who seemed to have only now finished his day's training now stood on top of a large branch. He glanced at a few large corpses below him before he gazed into the distance while speaking, ''Phew, finally done, that was a long day."

As Nero muttered those words, his eyes couldn't help but be drawn by the stars, noting all of the unusual constellations as he questioned inwardly, 'Where was this place again? How far is this world from ours?'

Adult Nero made a strange look before he gave an answer, "No one knows for sure, but it's likely that this world is at the center of all others, though impossible due to science and the laws of our kind. We can only assume it as such for now, even if that All-Seer wasn't directly honest..."

Nero's eyes flashed when he recalled the unusual-looking All-Seer, he asked again, 'That guy... do you trust his words? Is what he said even worth pursuing?'

"...." Adult Nero said nothing, causing Nero to feel a trace of worry, but after a brief moment, he spoke again, "That is a problem you must face yourself..."

Nero clenched his fist as he heard those words; he no longer asked anything but clenched his fist in silence as his eyes showed a sharp look.

Adult Nero gave his younger self a look before he sighed and spoke again, "Alright, you've perfectly advanced to Level 7, and even successfully achieved Stage 7 Mastery in your core techniques. Right now, you are ready to take on a dungeon as your combat power with your current equipment should roughly be comparable to those with Stage 8 mastery. Let's head back to the village and sign up for that Dungeon Quest..."

Nero nodded in agreement before he arranged himself and set out for the Crimson Blade Mantis Zone's exit, moving across the trees like a swift ape.

While leaping from tree branches, Nero's eyes showed curiosity when he spoke inwardly, 'You said before that dungeons have no set location, what did you mean by that?'

Adult Nero seemed to have expected those words; he spoke again, "Exactly as I've said, the dungeons in this world aren't as similar to the ones we create in video games. Each of them can spontaneously appear and disappear at will within any random location. They also have a rank with the higher ranks having stronger monsters. While the Novice Zone is only a place with low-rank dungeons, their monsters aren't to be taken lightly as even the weakest kind is laden with High-Class Common Tier Monsters."

Nero's face sunk as he heard those words; even now, he had only acquired the power to properly fight High-Class common Tier monsters with his base stats due to his Stage 7 accomplishment. If it were before where he had to rely on his equipment to push his battle power far above his rank, then he would have been in quite the mess, not to mention anyone else.

Still, Nero's expression didn't stay dark for too long; a confident look came into his eyes as he smirked while thinking, 'The stronger, the better, I will be able to grow even further with more pressure...'

Adult Nero made a satisfied smile as if he heard those thoughts; the two then hurried across the zone, rapidly nearing the exit.

The moment Nero left, a familiar-looking beauty that wore a red hooded robe and unique pendant appeared from a nearby tree; she looked at Nero's direction with a pensive look on her face as she thought, 'Is he the one I'm searching for? He couldn't be... his strength is too high for someone who's only just started... I'll observe him for a while longer.'

As Red Rain thought to here, she prepared to leave, but as if she sensed something, her eyes shifted towards a few different area locations.

A deep look appeared on her face as she left while in thought, 'Even if he's not the one I'm searching for, it would appear that he isn't any inferior with regards to his fame...'

Following those thoughts, Red Rain soon after leaving this area as Ryo's silhouette, along with a few other familiar faces such as Elly and Raynas, were visible from different areas.

"How troublesome..." Ryo murmured as he saw Red Rain left, his narrowed as he stared at her intently before returning to normal.

He then glanced at a different direction, staring at Elly and Raynas, who just so happened to be heading in this direction; he didn't mind Elly but her older brother, who seemed to have noticed him.

With a swoosh of his body, Ryu vanished as he left this part of the woods, leaving behind the somewhat curious Raynas who accompanied Elly while in thought.

'Hmm, the current top rookie of the Rising Talent List, and that strange girl from the ninth rank, what were they doing here? Were they similarly observing that boy after stumbling upon him, or did they follow him from the start?'

While Raynas pondered to himself, Elly's face seemed a bit red as she seemed a bit lost in her thoughts; though they had only just arrived, they still saw Nero's killing a few dozen Elite Crimson Blade Mantis.

Raynas seemed to have only now noticed his sister's expression; he sighed and asked with an oblivious look on his face, "Elly, what's wrong? Your face is a bit red, are you coming down with a fever?"

Elly was initially distracted, but as she heard his words, she couldn't help but twitch as she hurriedly returned to normal.

She then replied, "I-I'm fine big brother, I was just a bit distracted, after all, I didn't think he'd get so strong..."

Raynas hearing her excuse sighed, he decided not to say anything about it as he replied, "Indeed, he's come a long way in these few days, if he keeps this up, he might be able to get a spot in the Gate of Legends."

When Raynas said this, Elly seemed to have fallen distracted; Raynas shook his head as he spoke, "Oh well, let's head back to the village, I've raised you to be one level about the requirement for that dungeon quest, as tomorrow is Sunday, you will be able to enter a Dungeon Zone."

"Mm, okay brother," Elly answered with a smile; she looked forward to dungeons she's always heard so much about from her mother.

The brother and sister pair traveled across the shrubs and open fields, vanishing behind the sea of trees.

***

It didn't take long for Nero to leave the Crimson Blade Mantis Zone; he had only just made his way across the long wooden bridge and had already begun to travel across the Greater Plains the direction of Birgime.

Adult Nero naturally knew his younger self's thoughts, but he couldn't help but speak, "Oh, so you're headed there already..."

Nero smirked as he inwardly replied with firm looking eyes, 'Yup, I want to test my luck and see if I can get a better kind of armor before that dungeon.'

Adult Nero nodded as he spoke, "A smart move, I suppose that even if you don't make it to the top ranks, since you will have four more tries, it won't be much of a problem."

Nero nodded; he had already been informed of the details of the Ranking Method. As such, he wasn't worried about not reaching the highest rank in his first try.

After that moment of conversation, Nero continued on his way, ignoring the weaker mobs that appeared before him. He had already approached the vicinity of Birgime, but soon, a familiar orange haired girl had appeared from another path.

The beautiful young girl with orange eyes, plump and seductive features, and a fluffy fox tail, Nero was a bit drawn by her appearance as unlike Elly, who seemed like a budding rose, she seemed no different from a flower in full bloom.

Nevertheless, as Nero had grown around a peerless beauty since young, he wasn't that much affected; he gave a good look before turned away and continued onwards while thinking to himself, 'Hmm, she seems a bit familiar... have we met before?'

Fox, who was returning from her day's training, was in a good mood; she gently took in the fresh air from the world as the moon's light illuminated her graceful figure, painting her with the appearance of a charming spirit.

As she hummed a strange tune in high spirits, her eyes soon glanced to the side as she noticed Nero, who only gave her a look before continuing.

"Huh? Aren't you that newbie?" Fox said out loud as she looked at Nero curiously.

Nero pretended as if he didn't hear her words, focusing only on the road ahead of him. However, despite his attempt to keep distance, it seemed that Fox wasn't going to let him have his way.

"Hehe, you're not running away from a girl now, are you Silver Bo... no, Silver Blood Fiend?" Fox said with an enchanting laugh as she flashed an appeared in front of Nero, who despite his surprise had continued walking.

With each step taken by him, she would take a step backward while staring at his face in an enchanting manner.

Nero, who saw this stubborn looking girl sighed in his heart as he thought to himself, "I really have bad luck with women..."

The night continued to grow darker as the stars continued to grace the world with their lights.

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