The sun went down and Ed created a pocket dimension. Not much time was left until the system gets back. Ed was getting excited thinking about what kind of different upgrades he would be getting.
Ed prepared one of the boars he hunted in the forest. The boars weren't that different in anatomy compared the pork Ed knew, so he decided to try barbecue. He never did anything similar to barbecue before. Thus, he decided to work by memory and recreate the best dishes he knew about. Things like ribs, and braised pork belly among other things. He also did his best to create a sweet barbecue sauce with tomatoes and herbs. The dishes proved to be very popular with his companions, so he decided to note them down.
As per usual, Ed and the others trained. Every day, Ed was testing how long he could keep the dimension up. He was now at twenty hours inside the dimension with no signs of it breaking down. This meant that Ed could keep it up for ten hours outside. This gave him more time to train or relax compared to before.
After having their fill of sleep, Ed left the dimension and started his search for the adult Thunder Birds. It would be foolish to keep waiting for them to attack every time. Ed has more or less figured out the location of their nest. Thanks to his Map, he could see a canyon looking area near him. He had read about condors living in such areas back on Earth. And without any mountains nearby, this was the best possibility. No, it was the only possibility.
On the way, Ed killed two waves of young condors. He was now curious about the behavior of these Thunder Birds. They were sending more and more young ones to die on his hands. 'They either have a surplus of children, or they simply don't care' Ed thought to himself. In half an hour, they reached the canyon. Ed couldn't see the end of it, as it was very deep. It was better to call it an abyss instead of a canyon. Confirming things on his Map, Ed headed towards the largest group of red dots he could see.
The closer he got the more condors he saw. Some of them were circulating in the sky above him, but never approached him and his companions. 'Maybe they only attack if they are ordered to do so.' Ed thought while studying their behavior. After a while, one approached from afar and swooped down. Ed was ready to kill it, but he didn't feel any killing intent so he stopped. As he thought, the Condor that came didn't do anything. Instead, it stood in front of Ed and signaled him to follow after him. Ed didn't hesitate at all and followed him.
The condor flew down the canyon and entered the cave. Ed recalled everyone except Sieg. Raikou entered his shadow, while Ed and Sieg flew down. Inside the canyon was a much bigger condor. The biggest Ed encountered so far. He scanned him and found that his cultivation was Heavenly Establishment level 5. Exactly how an adult should be.
"You're the one who has been killing our young ones?" The condor spoke to Ed with a harsh tone. He didn't move an inch while speaking, and even his eyes were shut. 'Is he sitting? Standing?' Ed didn't know what to make of the position of the condor. He couldn't see his feet, but it felt like he was doing some feet exercises, making him look like he was sitting on air.
"If you mean the ones you sent after me, then yes." Ed also closed his eyes, crossed his hands and answered him.
"How dare you kill them?! It should be your honor to be hunted by our young ones!" Similar to the lions, the condor's leader gave an absurd reasoning.
'What is wrong with these floors? In some of them, monsters try to spit on me. Here they tell me it would be my honor to die?' Ed was finding this floor ridiculous. Still, he didn't open his eyes and spoke, "Well I don't need such honor!" Ed felt that the leader's eyes opened as he stood up. Ed also opened his eyes and looked directly at him.
"Well then, you can only die to achieve you unneeded honor!" He didn't give Ed any time to think and released a lightning bolt inside the cave. Ed and Sieg teleported outside easily and flew to the ground. Ed summoned his companions, and all of them started fighting. The condors started attacking them after noticing the war declaration made by their leader. Soon enough, even the leader got out of the cave and joined them.
"Die!" The leader charged himself with lightning and struck Ed and the others. Ed teleported in front of the attack and did something. The lightning bolt disappeared from in front of Ed and appeared above the condor leader.
"Do you think I'll be hurt by my own attack?!" he said proudly.
"I see," without losing his cool, Ed changed the target of the attack. He targeted a couple of condors, and due to the difference in cultivation, they were hurt badly. The condor opened its mouth in disbelief.
"How dare you?!" He shouted in anger.
"What do you mean? That's your own attack, you know." Ed stated the obvious.
A battle continued to rage on between the seven members of Ed's team, and the hundreds of condors. As expected, even Ed couldn't defeat such a large amount of monsters without being hurt. However, thanks to his potions he could keep up with the damage. Of course, their own healer, Suika did an awesome job at healing those injured while using crowd control skills to mess with the condors. As the battle was reaching the climax, Raikou used his Shadow magic on a large scale. Many hands came out of the giant circle of darkness. Any condor that was caught would be dragged inside, and in a couple of seconds be thrown out lifeless.
"What is that thing?!" It seemed like the condor leader never saw anything similar to Raikou's skill.
"You don't need to know." Ed equipped his three-sword and pointed them at the condor's leader. "Gyuki: Yuzume(Bull Demon Brave Talons)!" The swords hit the condor with great impact, sending him spiraling down in great speed. The condor wasn't killed, and Ed knew this very well. So as soon as he tried to fly again, Ed sent a flying slash at him. "108 Pound Canon!" The attack that was much stronger now thanks to Shusui's upgrade and Ed's power-up, left a circular hole that wasn't any less deep than the canyon.
"Ah, we lost a precious body." Ed looked in despair as a Heavenly Establishment level 5 corpse was lost due to his attack. Sighing, he looked towards his companions and spoke. "Let's head back and look for the village."
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Ed didn't teleport back to the area where he met Johan. He wasn't an idiot so he made sure to leave a couple of marked wood pieces that he uses for teleportation. But, instead of teleporting to the farthest one, he left more along the way and teleported to them one by one. The reason he traveled this way was to perform some hunts while on the way back.
The first area of teleportation was still inside the wasteland. There, Ed and the others fought off a horde of locusts. The Locusts had a low cultivation, but their numbers make up for their weakness. Ed and the others needed to use a lot of attacks that involved a large area to decrease their numbers. However, in doing so they quickly used up their Qi. By the time they killed the last Locust, Ed managed to level up. He also checked his Inventory and was happy to see that he now had 12 Gacha tickets. He instinctively reached out to open the Gacha interface only to remember that the system still isn't back.
'Well, I can't help it.' Ed sighed and teleported to the next location, which was inside the forest. Sadly, unlike the first one, Ed didn't meet with any monsters worth killing. He waited for a while until the sunset, so he instead opened up his pocket dimension. After training for almost ten hours, Ed and the other performed the same ritual as every time.
They teleported outside the forest this time. The third location was right near the entrance. They could see an extended area of plains again. They started relying on their sight to locate monsters. Of course, Ed was still relying on his Map. In a short amount of time, they encountered, or rather they stalked, a group of Bison. 'Beef…' Ed could only think of this when he saw them. The Bison didn't look any different from those back on Earth. Even the size was almost identical. However, these ones were definitely more menacing. Their cultivation was Heavenly Establishment level 1.
Obviously, Ed didn't let them leave. The Bison were terrified by Raikou and Sieg's auras. Now even had a higher cultivation than the Bison. Quickly, they offed the Bison. Ed made sure to let his companions know that they shouldn't damage the bodies too much. This was the case with every monster that he planned to cook. After storing the bodies, Ed teleported to the next marked area. This was the last checkpoint, and he didn't look for monsters to kill. Instead, he looked for the direction of the Village. Ed recalled his monsters, while Raikou got into his shadow.
Ed was doing a reconnaissance mission while flying. He noticed a couple of humans that were hunting but didn't bother to ask them. He was going to find the Village at his own pace. Plus, they were marked red. Ed wasn't flying at his top speed, so as not to attract attention. Yet, even this way he managed to quickly reach the Village. Ed was not surprised that he was able to find this fast. He knew the general direction due to Johan, ad easily guessed the rest.
The Village betrayed its name. It looked like a city instead. A circular wall of five meters surrounded all of it, while the houses inside were even taller than the wall. If one were to see pictures of it, they wouldn't think of it as a place inside the Tower. The houses looked like they were built properly instead of hastily. The foundation looked stable even though they looked like middle age houses. All houses had a pointy top that seemed to be an attic with a window.
Ed flew down and approached the gate. Only one person was there, and upon seeing Ed started speaking to him.
"You don't look familiar. You need an entry fee of twenty gold coins." The man tried to swindle Ed. Ed knew that this place didn't use gold coins as the monetary system. In the outside world, only gold was used. Gold coins were the same in every country and were worth the exact amount. No silver or copper coins existed, as they were used in other work fields. Due to this reason, twenty gold coins was not a big sum, but it didn't change the fact that the man was a swindler.
"If you want to scam someone, try somewhere else." Ed bumped the man's shoulder causing him to fall down. The man was by no means weak. He was a Heavenly Establishment level 2, same as Ed. Yet, the difference was obvious.
"You shouldn't have done that." A couple of thugs came out of hiding. At least, they thought they were hidden. Ed could detect such people without even needing to check his Map.
"Leave everything you have." One of them spoke calmly. They were different from the random bandits of the outside. These ones were strong and calm.
Ed let out a sigh and started speaking. "Let me guess. You ask for an entrance fee to know if the one entering the city is an idiot or not. If they are it'll be easy to rob them afterward. If not you'll make a reason to rob them directly. I give this plan 1/5 star rating. Work better on your creativity." Ed's words managed to stir the anger inside of them. He hit the nail on the head, and he insulted them.
"I guess you're looking to die." They withdrew their weapons and pounced on him.
Unfortunately, they didn't get far. Ed didn't even need to do anything, so he stood still. Instead, Raikou in his shadow released five strands of the shadow that penetrated their skulls. They dropped dead in an instant without realizing what hit them.
"Idiots," Ed spoke as he passed by them. "As expected." He checked the Map and noticed that 99% of the people were red dots. "And I wondered why I wasn't attacked until this floor." This city was the same as the Central Government, a front that let crime happen. "Ironic." Ed looked at a piece of wood that read, 'Welcome to Dream city'. He walked inside the city and started looking for someone who knew where the floor boss was.
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