Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

Cross the gateway.

[Ace POV],

Looking at my teammates who were moving their bodies slightly, I stopped thinking of the random things in my head and focused on them instead.

"Oh, they passed?" I heard the guardian exclaim beside me but I decided not to address it as I had a suspicious thought that it wouldn't even bother to answer me if I ask. And there was also the part I wasn't really interested in the test content since I found that they were just random and had nothing special to them.

The good news here I guess is that everyone passed the test. This was something I wasn't certain about as the test wasn't something that required one's strength to complete it and it kind of depended on the guardians 'mood' and if it decides that you pass.

Overall it ended well.

As I thought of this, I was about to continue observing when I thought of something.

'Is Mia also participating in the test?'

'Now that I think of it, I don't think Mia was included in the 50 the primordial chronicle mentioned before the quest started', I thought as I decided to keep observing to see what happens.

As I thought of this, my teammates started opening their eyes slowly. The first to 'regain consciousness' was Emma who immediately became alert when she saw the surrounding she was and the guardian but when she saw me, she slightly relaxed her guard as she came towards me.

The situation happened the same way with Anna and Chris.

While all this happened, the guardian never spoke as it did to me.

I don't know why it didn't but since it was like this, I had to take on the job of explaining to my teammates and telling them details about the conversation I had with the guardian.

I also confirmed my thoughts that the primordial chronicle didn't even bother to add Mia as a participant in the quest when I attempted to wake her up which she immediately reacted to by waking up.

All in all, it was good but after I told them the way to complete the quest since it was a submitting quest and we were about to submit it, the guardian that did not speak from the beginning before, finally spoke as it told us it would be better to complete the quest in the true world.

Though I was still skeptical about this true world which is apparently a world in a world, I still had expectations about it.

Though it will be more dangerous there according to the guardian since it said the other stages will continue there, I was still curious about it. Emma was also with me in this as she appeared even more energetic as she looked at the portal beside the guardian several times with an impatient look on her face.

Perhaps, if it weren't for her fear of being slapped to death by the guardian since it hadn't instructed us to cross the portal that will take us to the true world, she would have run off into the portal by herself a long time ago.

Fortunately, we didn't have to wait for long as a few minutes after I told them about everything the guardian said to me, the guardian finally spoke and addressed us.

For certain reasons, I had a sneaking suspicion that the reason why the guardian never spoke since the beginning when my teammates woke up was that it passed its role as a guide to me. But this was just a thought in the end as I had no evidence whatsoever to prove it and even if I did have evidence, would I try to argue with the guardian that it was lazing off? Was I courting death?

Even till this point, I was still curious about the guardian and its origin. The guardian's existence to me was a mystery. It was also the only person I knew that could provide me with the answers I want but unfortunately, I was too weak to force it out of it.

Well, it did say that as long as I reach a certain level in the true world, I would later come across the answers I seek but right now, that is still quite far from the current me.

The goal now is to complete my job requirement and evolve.

As these thoughts flashed through my head, I focused my attention on what the guardian was saying.

"Since you already know the basic knowledge of what you need to know, get ready to cross the gateway to the true world", it said as it went it the side of the portal and gestured for us to enter.

Seeing this, Emma who had initially been showing an excited expression started to have a nervous expression on her face. Anna and Chris were in a somewhat similar situation too.

Unlike them, I didn't feel anything as I took this time to ask the guardian a very important question.

Ignoring my nervous-looking teammates, I looked at the guardian and asked a question.

"I have a question to ask", I said to the guardian at first who heard me and gave me a nod to go ahead.

Seeing this, I continued and spoke.

"Is the gateway we're crossing now going to teleport us to a designated location or a random one?", I asked.

"The location you will appear after you pass the gateway is random", the guardian replied.

Hearing this, I gave a nod and asked another question.

"Is there also a possibility that crossing this gateway will divide me and my teammates and place us in different locations?" I inquired as my teammates who heard this, stopped being nervous and paid attention to what the guardian was going to say.

After the guardian heard my question, it replied, saying;

"There is indeed a possibility that you guys will end up in different locations," the guardian said, as my teammates, especially Anna, had various expressions on their faces, but it appeared that the guardian hasn't finished speaking as it spoke again.

"This problem can be resolved though if you guys have a form of physical contact with each other. Doing it this way will make the gateway portal recognize all of you as one and teleport you all to the same place", the Guardian said.

'So it's just like what we did at the dungeon entrance', I thought as the method the guardian mentioned had similarities with what Adara, Emma, Chris, Eleanor, and I did to enter the dungeon as a team.

After hearing what the guardian said, we hesitated no more as my team and I held hands or had physical contact in some ways as we entered the gateway portal.

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