Reaper's Resurgence - Book 2 - Chapter 43 - A Threat (Patreon)

Alexia

While I’ve been going around the Dimensional Block training my Quantum Displacement skill, I’ve also been keeping tabs on the Lich King, and, of course, nabbing all the Authority Shards I can find even if I can’t use them. Because they’ll be rather nice for trade.

The Lich King himself has been a little hard to keep tabs on ever since he entered that Tier 2 dungeon though. But before he entered it, he was – according to Ethan’s cousin – level 210. So I suspect that he’ll most likely end up at the cap of Tier 2 by the time he leaves. Whenever that’ll be.

Considering that it’s been weeks since he entered, I hope it’ll be soon. But at the same time, even if he’s a Class S species, he’s also a Lich. A summoner or minion focused species. Not a pure combat focused species.

So he’ll probably take longer to clear a dungeon than I would by a longshot even if he were the same level as me.

I sigh at the thought as I continue teleporting through the Dimensional Block, purposefully having gone far away from the giant sand worm I ran into a week ago.

That thing would absolutely attack me without a moment’s notice. So it’s best to stay as far away from it as possible.

And from some of the research I put into the monster through asking unnecessarily terrified undead living in nearby cities here, I’ve learned that the sand itself seems to be some sort of portal into the Calamity Class monster’s den. That if you go down deep enough in the sand regardless of where you are in the Dimensional Block, you’ll eventually arrive at the creature’s den through some sort of portal.

Meaning it can appear anywhere.

But at the same time, there are limits to that. The den itself is massive, and the place you appear varies depending on where you are. So it can’t just disappear into its den on one side of the Block one day and appear on the other side of the Block the next.

I continue teleporting in silence for a while as I dragon two monsters along with me, uncaring about their struggling.

Then I find something rather surprising, making me narrow my eyes a little.

Humans? Don’t find many of those in this Dimensional Block.

I was honestly starting to wonder if there were any left after the Lich King’s rampage.

None of the cities I’ve visited and asked about humans said anything about them, so I kind of assumed there weren’t any cities of humans anymore.

I continue getting closer and closer until I find something that explains their existence a bit better. Specifically, a large battle occurring on the other side of the city from me where undead are attacking the city.

Interesting.

Guess the undead haven’t actually fully conquered the entire Dimensional Block like Astrid said she did.

My thoughts go back to the one-sided conversation Astrid had with me through Luna about the results of the negotiation with Dimensional Block #109.

The undead declared a trade deal with Dimensional Block #108 for materials like wood and metal. Materials that are severely lacking in a massive desert like Dimensional Block #109. And something a lot of the human leaders in Dimensional Block #108 were worried and asking them about was the presence of humans in dimensional block #109.

But all their delegation said was that there aren’t any.

I lightly shake my head at the blunt lie meant to hide what they’re doing to the people in their Block. Then I watch the battle go on for a little bit while remembering what she said about the other Dimensional Blocks’ delegations.

Dimensional Block #105 is apparently a massive lava world that makes this desert seem nice in terms of the heat, and it’s led by Class A creatures called dragonborn. Creatures that practically worship dragons and have some draconic aspects themselves.

Dimensional Block #106 is a massive green forest led by a Class A species known as dryads, and Dimensional block #107 is more like a regular world, with varying biomes spread across it, and human leaders.

Although just because a species is leading the Dimensional Block doesn’t mean they’re the most populace species in the Blocks. And of the three other Dimensional Blocks, only one of them has a Class S species in it. That being Dimensional Block #106, which apparently has a naga. A giant, green Class S snake of the nature affinity. One that can also transform into a different form that is a lot smaller and has a snake’s tail instead of legs but the torso and above of a humanoid creature.

So none of the other Dimensional Blocks are immediate threats to us, except possibly #106. But naga aren’t generally aggressive unless you trespass into their territory.

But these undead… they are a problem. They’ll spread, turning more and more people into undead. And not just humans either.

Above the undead in general though, the Lich King is the main issue.

Which just reaffirms my decision to make him the food to feed my ascension’s requirement.

I watch the battle for a little longer before eventually coming to a decision.

Generally, I don’t like the idea of helping others for nothing or spoiling people. Since people really need to learn how to help themselves, and I personally would hate having someone force their help on me.

I also have an idea in mind for training Quantum Displacement.

So I quickly begin teleporting over to the city before appearing above the wall and closing my eyes, searching for the strongest human in the group. An act that doesn’t take long.

I open my eyes again and teleport straight over to the strongest human, ignoring the humans and undead identifying me and looking more than a little terrified. And the strongest human here isn’t any different, the woman immediately stumbling the moment I appear in front of her.

But I don’t care, instead crossing my arms and asking as the fighting around her and I stop, “Would you like to purchase my aid?”

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