Wace sent a bit of his Divine Sense towards theke to investigate it a little.


    As soon as it reaches the surface of the water, Wace had a cold sweat in his body as he sensed a human figure with a familiar form of energy bathing under theke...


    He remembered his conversation with his master when he was epted as an apprentice. The man gave him an opportunity to ask any two questions and he''ll answer it to the best of his ability. The first question he asked was rted to Space Exploration while the second question was about the northern continent.


    His master, ine Allusia, mentioned that the most interesting existence within the northern continent was the Celestial Beings. During that day, it was Wace''s first time to hear such a name.


    He wanted to learn more about them but his master only gave him a vague exnation...


    "Is there a problem?"


    Clint suddenly asked Wace. The former had been very curious about this young man invited by Yumi.


    As he observed him closely, he noticed that the young man had a solemn expression looking at theke''s direction.


    The thickness of mana hampers their senses so it couldn''t extend more than 50 meters, unlike Wace who can do so without any problems.


    Even thedies noticed his unusual reaction after ncing in that direction.


    "Nothing... It seems that it is a good decision to avoid that ce..."


    "What did you saw out there?"


    "Someone we can''t possibly outfight at the moment..."


    "A stronger monster? Is it the rumored mythical beast?" ine asked suddenly after hearing Wace''s grave tone.


    "Mythical beasts? I believe they''re Dragons, Phoenix, Gryphons, or something?" Hannah wasn''t so sure about their existence and only rumors were made.


    Aside from these rumors, there were also some rumors rted to the existence of a group of natives here in the northern continent who had the power to easily destroy a whole teau without too muchmotion. That''s right, it was the teau that contains the Lamat Stone deposit that disappeared at the center of the country of Maja.


    Wace shook his head before answering...


    "It''s not a mythical beast...That should be a native in this continent..."


    "Someone was here?" Yumi asked doubtfully.


    As she understood, the native that Wace was referring to was a Celestial Being. But based on the intelligence that she gathered, these being would be somewhere deeper in the continent. Theke they were at was still close to the edge of the maind.


    "Mhmm... That''s why I''m surprised as well... Anyway, it doesn''t look like they noticed us... Or they probably did but wasn''t too bothered to deal with our small group.


    "Is that so? Then let''s continue... Keep your pace as it is..."


    Yumi announced as he let Wace led the way as they went around theke to reach the mountain range...


    However, it was already about to get dark when they reach the edge of the mountain.


    "Wace, can you look for a safer ce?"


    Yumi said to Wace after noticing that there were several small beasts around them. If they couldn''t find a proper ce to build their tent, she nned to rest at the top of arge tree


    Although there seem to be monkey-like creatures around them, they only number about a hundred and they could easily eliminate them if they dared to attack their group.


    "There''s a small cave where a giant bear was currently living... We can take it for ourselves..."


    Wace answered after surveying the area.


    "Hmm... Alright... Do you think we can handle that bear swiftly? It would be the best if it didn''t attract too much attention to nearby monsters."


    "I understand... How about this, wait for me here..."


    "Eh? Alright... I trust you..." Yumi could only say after seeing Wace''s confident smile.


    The young man quickly engaged with the bear about four times his current size. The bear wasn''t overweight and it even looks very agile with its bnced muscles.


    "Rooaa--"


    Whooszzh!


    The bear was about to release a loud roar after seeing a person suddenly appear within his abode. Unfortunately, the young man quickly fired hisser gun to its mouth killing therge monster instantly.


    The other members quickly noticed the disappearance of a life force from where Wace disappeared to...


    "That''s faster than I thought..." Yumi suddenly said, she was already at the entrance of the cave and behind her was Clint, Hannah, and ine.


    Everyone saw the sted head but Wace was still observing the giant bear for some reason...


    They also observed the bear and noticed that its head was actually healing very slowly...


    "No way..."


    The bear was definitely not normal since its arm and back were like wearing a stone armor and its w even seem like it was made of the finest steel. But to think that it also has the regenerative ability... This was definitely a tough beast.


    "Should we burn it?" Clint asked as he noticed that the bear was about toplete its regeneration.


    "No... I think we can finish it by crushing its four hearts..."


    Wace said which dumbfounded the other four.


    "Four hearts?"


    They quickly sent their scanning abilities to the body of the beast and realized that Wace was telling the truth...


    "Alright, I''ll do it..."


    Yumi said as she conjured four ice spears and thrust it the location of the hearts. She also conveniently cleaned the ce as the stench of the beast was removed.


    The cave now smells better and looks cleaner making it a bit morefortable to take a rest.


    On that night, Yumi showed her map to everyone and mentioned the changes to their ns because of Wace''s suggestion. Instead of going directly to the headmaster''s location using ine''s blood tracking ability, they n to utilize Wace''s scouting skills to avoid ces that would perhaps endanger them.


    Wace suggested this and agreed by everyone because they noticed that the closer they get, therger number of remnants from the recent group of adventurers were showing up.


    The remnants they saw weren''t even looking better as they have seen many clues that a lof of the Cloud Hawk''s Manor''s people had perished on their current path.


    The first group of adventurers might''ve even lessened the dangers on their current path but they would not like to take chances... The monster which they have trouble dealing with might still be around following the trails of the first group.


    As they thought the night would pass without any more problems, a snowstorm surprised everyone...


    "What kind of environment is this? How could a snowstorm just suddenly appear here?!"


    Hannah was exasperated as she wasn''t good at dealing with the cold environment without her mana artifacts activated. It would cause her some mana and she won''t get a proper rest at this rate.


    "Don''t worry, I''ll deal with it.."


    Clint said as he activated one of his one-time mana artifacts to create a wall of energy film protecting not just the entrance but the whole cave for extreme coldness.


    ine used this chance to find a small stone to cast a spell on it. The stone lit up and became like a molten stone and brought them some heat and more light.


    They had been using Yumi''s ice crystals the whole time for the light inside the cave and now that a snowstorm appeared outside, it would not be appropriate to continuously use this ice light.


    On the other hand, Wace was secretlymunicating with Avalon.


    [ We''ve lost connection to the mainframe. ]


    Wace heard Avalon reporting the news. However, before they lost the connection, they were warned by Veda that theyer of protection around the whole lost a huge chunk of energy.


    "What happened?"


    It was definitely not a piece of good news. They haven''t even finished creating a single spaceship...


    Sigh~


    Wace can only hope that it wasn''t an external intervention causing that problem.