Demon Hunter and His Cabin-Chapter 1009 - 731: The Rift_2

The simple study left him greatly benefited.

After taking an extra day of rest and leaving behind some property, Chloe hurriedly bid farewell to Roger. She had delayed for too long, and if she didn’t head to the border to carry out her mission soon, there might be big trouble.

Watching this cheap sister leave, Roger finally let out a sigh of relief. However, he didn’t set out immediately; instead, he delayed another day to handle all affairs. Then, he bewildered the housekeeper and the guards, entrusted Emily with instructions, and left the city.

Before leaving, he left some potions and many books for Emily.

With the help of these items, by the time he returned next, Emily should somewhat grasp some knowledge of potionology.

If the time was right, she might even be able to independently complete simple alchemy experiments. In his upcoming plans, alchemy was an indispensable part.

Where strength is insufficient, potions make up for it.

Now Roger was no longer who he used to be; this world was rich in resources. After fully integrating and mastering them, he was confident that he could create a powerful team through alchemy alone. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Although he also left Chloe with a few alchemy potions, Roger wasn’t sure if that cheap sister would care about these life-saving things.

"After all, she is the closest person to this body. Maybe next time, I can concoct a Green Herb Medicine for her, then guide her to become a Demon Hunter."

After leaving the city, Roger traveled alone with light luggage, completely avoiding the normal roads, taking a straight line through mountains and swamps.

On the morning of the third day, as the sun rose, warm rays penetrated the dewdrops on the grass leaves, dispersing into a colorful glow.

Swoosh!

A large beast covered in brown patterns leaped up a small hill, and a thin figure sitting on the beast’s body lifted the hood to look at the distant, vaguely visible city.

The morning fog was pervasive, seemingly hiding some unease within it. Getting closer, Roger dispelled the beast, then found an opportunity to blend into a caravan, using a little trick to enter the border.

This place was both a city and a fortress.

Close to the kingdom, there was a large population gathered here. As an important checkpoint in and out, this place used to be a must-pass for countless traders.

Nowadays, due to the situation, the flow of people had sharply decreased, but compared to the previously bleak Poluo City, it was much more prosperous.

Even though the ordinary residential areas were heavily guarded, they conformed to the appearance of a border city. However, deeper inside, a haughty city wall tens of meters high separated the city from the fortress.

Roger could see a conspicuous breach on the edge of the fortress, where someone continuously worked day and night to reinforce and repair it.

From there, extending into the distance, was a clear crack, as if splitting the earth and completely separating the kingdom from the federation.

"Did I cause this crash?"

Roger was secretly shocked.

Although his body was truly of the Fifth Tier, even falling from a high altitude, carrying a portion of spatial turbulence power, shouldn’t have caused such terrifying might.

The crack on the ground wasn’t just tens or hundreds of meters.

Just as a rough estimation, the length definitely exceeded ten kilometers.

It twisted across the earth like a hideous scar.

"This doesn’t seem right..."

"If the crack was caused by a collision of this terrifying scale, the fortress, not far from the crack’s edge, should have been razed long ago, and it shouldn’t be just a part of the city wall collapsing."

This went against basic geographical common sense.

Could the most important cause of this change not be in reality?

He furrowed his brow. Being so far away, he couldn’t sense whether there were strange energy spills near the edge of the crack.

More importantly, even if he entered this city, he couldn’t establish any link between his body and here.

"Looks like I have to find a way to get closer."

On the surface, it seemed calm, but the entire city was shrouded in an inexplicable tense atmosphere. People around were hurried, with many seemingly ordinary faces hiding unknown vigilance.

A little closer, the number of Transcendents increased significantly. It was evidently extremely difficult to get close to that crack without arousing anyone’s suspicion, much less boldly approach it.

Ding, ding, ding.

Just then, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the city, and at that sound, everyone’s emotions turned tense.

"Lockdown, clear the streets!"

Sound from all directions was deafening, and everyone’s response verified that this was no sudden event.

The flow of people receded, and the streets became empty with visible speed. Roger glanced around; everyone purposefully darted into nearby houses, some in a hurry but seemingly also having fixed residences.

While he hesitated, a rough voice suddenly came from beside him, "What are you standing around for? Get hiding quickly!"

Roger turned to look. A middle-aged man with a burlap sack hiding half his face urged him urgently, his face marked by the furrows of time, his voice hurried.

"Just got into the city today?"

Roger let the man pat his shoulder, then pull his sleeve, ducking into the alley next to him.

"Follow me, another bloke with a death wish!"

"What’s going on?"

He asked urgently while following the man quickly, his voice holding just the right amount of panic.

"You don’t even know the purpose of coming here?"

"Are young people nowadays all so brave?"

The middle-aged man scolded Roger a bit, yet he still answered his question.

"Did you see the black smoke in the distance?"

Roger looked in the direction he indicated. Despite it being morning, the originally clear sky was now overcast.

No, that wasn’t just clouds.

It was black mist steaming up from around the crack.

The abyss and the sky had become the same color, and as time passed, the area covered by black mist continued to expand.

Even the sun couldn’t penetrate the darkness covering the earth.

"The Black Tide has returned again."

The middle-aged man trembled, "We must act quickly and hide in a safe area before it arrives."

"What is that?"

"Nobody knows." The intermediary’s throat twitched; he didn’t want to discuss this topic, but after a few breaths, he glanced back at Roger.

"You’ll find out; it’s the abyss..."

"But it might also be our hope!"

"When did this happen?" Roger pressed on.

With his abilities, if Ox knew of such significant changes at the border, he definitely would have told him.

"Just the night before last."

"No, it might have been earlier; it’s just that at the time, it didn’t draw anyone’s attention."

"As if the sun was devoured, in a mere short time, day turned to night, but not an ordinary night."

"Apart from specifically safe areas, the entire city experienced tremendous changes; some terrifying creatures roamed the streets, and people were influenced by this..."

The middle-aged man’s words reminded Roger of the changes in Deross.

"But who could have guessed, when the sun reappeared, some of the ordinary people who fortunately survived unexpectedly completed an initial awakening, possessing powers once accessible only to nobles!"

"Haha, instead of working themselves to death in the field or being beaten to shreds by those damned dogs, maybe coming here to take a gamble was a better choice!"

"Didn’t you come here after hearing this news?"

The middle-aged man revealed a smug expression, as if he had seen through Roger completely.

"Just yesterday, Old Bar, who came with me from the village, became a Transcendent, possessing formidable power. Even his broken leg regrew!"

"I even heard, that very night he found a few girls to mess around all night at the tavern!!"

"What kind of goods was that, don’t I know?"

The middle-aged man sneered.

"Just an old useless trash who can’t even climb on a bed!"

With a flicker of urgency crossing his face, he dashed a few steps ahead. In the frame of their sight, a door marked with weird symbols was slowly closing.

"Wait, I’m not in there yet..."

"There’s no place for you inside."

A few teasing, grime-covered faces squeezed through the gap, laughing as they quickened their movements, shutting the door completely before Roger and the man could get there.

Bang!

In an instant.

The outside and inside of the door seemed to form two worlds.

Roger lifted his head, watching as the black mist swiftly engulfed the entire city.

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