“Let’s hurry in as well, Gerald! The good spots may get taken by others if we don’t get a move on!” exclaimed Nori.
Nodding in agreement, both of them then transformed into their divine sense forms before going through the portal as well.
Upon entering, they were immediately greeted by the sight of a dense forest that felt so refreshing and comfortable that it gave the impression that they really had just entered some fairyland. Even so, Gerald and Nori were well aware that this was actually just an illusory space. Despite that being the case, they also knew that unknown dangers could be lurking in every corner.
While they didn’t know how large this illusory space truly was, they had a hunch that the forest they were currently in wasn’t the only terrain here…
And they were right.
Including the forest, there were several other terrains in the Challenge of the Fairyland such as the desert, the ancient city, and the snowfield.
Since the divine senses appeared at random locations—after going through the portals—, the fact that Nori and Gerald had appeared together was truly a sign that they were favored by God.
Regardless, since there was still about fifteen minutes before the challenge began, both Gerald and Nori decided to take a stroll while chatting with each other.
“Since we’ll need ten divine stones to both qualify to enter the Leicom Continent, I guess we’ll have to defeat ten people!” said Nori while looking at Gerald.
Nodding in response, Gerald then replied, “That’s the idea. Still, I find this rule to be slightly surprising… To think that entry into the Leicom Continent would be controlled so strictly!”
“This is honestly the first time this has happened! Before this, just about anyone was allowed to freely traverse between the Leicom Continent and Jaellatra!” explained Nori as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head.
“Well, whatever the case is, I believe that aside from us, several others must have already begun forming groups of their own, even the stronger ones. Then again, Jaellatra already has a great number of strong people!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com carefully began inspecting his surroundings.
Since Gerald was the only participant from earth, favonovel.com realized that getting through all this was going to be a good experience for favonovel.com in general. After all, just as favonovel.com had said, there were many powerful people in Jaellatra, and they all seemed to have hidden themselves rather well.
Unfortunately for anyone they bumped into, however, Gerald and Nori weren’t weak either. In fact, as long as they didn’t bump into some crazy strong person who had entered the Seventh-soul rank of the Sage Realm or the Avatar realm, both of them were pretty much good to go.
At that moment, Miland’s voice began booming all across the sky.
“Everyone participating! The challenge begins in ten! Nine! Eight…”
As Miland’s count got near to zero, Gerald and Nori glanced at each other before simultaneously leaping atop a tall tree before them.
Standing on tree branches, both of them then used the leaves around them to conceal themselves. Unless they were being particularly looked for, it would be incredibly difficult for anyone to even spot them.
Both of them had figured that since they didn’t know what dangers were lurking around yet, their best option was to wait patiently for the right moment to strike. It certainly beat the thought of just rashly running around to look for people to defeat.
All in all, there were about a thousand participants in the challenge. In other words, though the illusory space was rather large, the probability of bumping into someone else was still rather high.
“The countdown is over! Let the challenge begin!” announced Miland seconds later.
Following that, the entire area went dead silent. With no voices or even hints of shuffling around, the only sounds that could be heard were the rustling of leaves being blown by the wind…
However, it wasn’t long after before several people got swiftly taken out! Most of those who were disqualified weren’t that strong in the first place, and the others just weren’t that good at hiding themselves. With that in mind, they had been targeted the second they entered this place, which explained why they had been taken out so quickly and easily.
After a while, Nori couldn’t help but mutter, “…Simply hiding here isn’t going to do us any good, you know? Allow me to remind you that we’re pretty strong too! With that said, we should definitely take the initiative to hunt down the weaker people who are still in the challenge while we can!”
