"Ross, you need to see this" a few meters away from Michael, Marcella called out for Ross. Underneath her feet, there was a body of a blue-robed youngster. Marcella's face had an unusual frown. Ross causality walked towards Marcella while constantly staring at the surroundings for any surprise attack.
Michael closely stared at Ross's face for any expression. Just when he got close to Marcella, dark lines appeared on his forehead.
"It's Rowan" From the distance, Michael's lip read Ross. Soon, he saw the others walking towards Marcella and having the same disturbed looks on their faces as Ross.
"It must be his team then," said Logan, his eyes squinting at the broken ship parts floating on the river. One by one, the team members began to look gloomy.
"Even with the ship, reaching the center would be a pain. What're we gonna do now?" Brownie's voice already showed his reluctance to continue the mission.
"Then we go with the plan b, go through the forest" H immediately opened his mouth before anyone could ask Ross to back off from the mission. It seemed to Michael that H was more desperate to complete the mission than Ross himself.
"It's suicide" Ross however shook his head. They could reach the center through the forest far more quickly than traveling on the river but it was the powerful undead army living in the forest that made them go with the river.
"I agree with Ross. A single panther almost killed us and the deep forest will have hundreds of them"
Except for Jonah and H, everyone nodded their heads. Michael on the other hand, although he knew going into the forest might even threaten his life, he wasn't going to abandon the mission like the rest of them.
[The host should build a raft]
"Long time no hear, system" Despite him sitting in the middle of dead bodies, the system's voice put a smile on his face.
"I was already thinking that," he thought, looking at the wooden planks, bamboo trees in the forest as well as the ropes around the area. The team who killed Rowan's team was thorough. They not only killed them all but also destroyed the ship they built. Building a ship from scratch was far beyond what Michael could do at his current Inventor trait. Even if he had the required level, he needed a blacksmith to complete the ship.
Therefore, the best thing he could do was a raft, using the materials around him. While making a blueprint to build the raft in his mind, he controlled the drone to fly ahead, following the river.
"Shit" his mind played him the visuals being captured by the drone. The smile foxy smile from his face vanished instantly. It was replaced by a stern look. Crocodiles, undead, and alive crocodiles. He could count at least fifty full-grown crocodiles swarming the river ahead of them. What made him sweat a cold drop was some of the undead crocodiles were swimming against the river's current, in other words, they were comings towards them.
"Guys, we can build a raft" Michael almost shouted. He had no time to waste anymore. The other team hunting for the artifact was rushing enough and now he had to deal with these crocs. Using Arch energy to fight them might seem like a solution but he had a feeling the stronger foes are at the temple where the artifact is.
Besides, building two rafts would not take much time considering his Inventor skills.
All of their gazes instantly turned towards Michael. Of course, doubt and disbelief of what he just said were written all over their faces.
"We have all the necessary materials to build two of them. It won't be as comfy as a ship, but it will take us to the center. That of course, if you still want to get the job done"
"You think you can build them?" Jonah's voice contained a doubt yet also a glimmer of hope just like those brown eyes behind his glasses.
"If you guys quit skulking around and help me, I can get the rafts on the water in an hour" Yet again, Michael peeked at the corner of his mind to see the crocks.
"They're the deadliest predators in the world for a reason" Michael couldn't help praising the crocodiles after seeing their speed. The river's current was pretty strong yet they moved so fast and swiftly against the current.
"We're in too deep to back off Ross"
"I won't turn my back on Johnny"
H and Maria tried to convince Ross to move forward with the mission as Michael expected. If it wasn't for the fact that the flying time to the center is almost four hours, he might have shown his true face. To save the precious three hours of cultivation power, Michael decided to stick with them. The more people he surrounds himself with, the less chance he would end up undead chow.
"David, what do you need from us?"
After taking a few long moments, Ross finally asked Michael. Anyone with two eyes or one eye could tell how reluctant Ross is. No one knew what's at stake other than Ross himself. Getting the artifact was the only way to save Gisel kingdom's lead senator who's the one holding the kingdom together. If he died, the whole kingdom would be thrown into chaos, the enemy kingdoms would wage war to take a piece of Gisel, thousands of people would die while many would become slaves.
The desperation to save his motherland forced Ross to go with this suicide plan.
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