I am an Eldritch Entity

Eryndor looked at the cold dark cave, slowing down his speed once he was sufficiently deep inside.

The cave wasn't one which was formed in a mountain, there was no heavy structure over it, which was why Eryndor wasn't worried about the collapse of the cave killing him.

Placing the bag nearby, he took out some food and replenished himself before getting back to work.

Holding a torch in his hand, he began walking deeper into the cave. His extended vision didn't have much use because even through that third person view all he could see was darkness.

Is it connected to my own ability to see? If my basic vision increases it would carry over to my extended vision? Hmmm…

He fell back into his habit of thinking while searching for more clues. There weren't any more yellow papers as far as he could see.

A split?

There were two tunnels before him.

Eryndor didn't think much, he simply went into the left one and continued searching.

He would flash the torch on everything around him, even if it was a small plant somehow growing in this dark dry cave.

Eryndor walked slowly, afraid to miss the clues.

His thoughts continued to pop up every now and then.

Didn't the Human Federation scan through the area before letting the students come here? I have a hard time believing that they didn't see such yellow paper.

Not to mention that whoever wrote this surely wouldn't leave it around for others to know right?

Eryndor couldn't make out anything with such little information he had.

A few minutes later he came across a dead end, turning back, he walked with the same pace.

Even though he had already scanned the route, he still dutifully turned every rock and searched every crevice for any clue.

Eventually, he was back at the split with no new findings.

There aren't any beasts in the cave either. Nor can I find anything which those Terramorph Ravagers kept here.

Is this cave not their storage spot?

He abruptly remembered something as soon as that thought struck.

Oh wait, there's no beast in this cave indeed. Is this why the Human Federation didn't scan it?

They said that they removed any threat which was above the student's level to handle. Which meant they didn't touch anything which wouldn't be too dangerous for the students.

Since the cave didn't have any beasts, it meant they never even glanced at the cave. No wonder he was able to find the yellow paper.

But then again, would the Human Federation bother scanning the area so cleanly? Most likely, they only dealt with highly dangerous beasts before deeming the secret realm safe for students.

Why would they bother searching every nook and cranny?

Anyway, it means there's a high probability that the clues wouldn't have been cleaned by them. It also means my secret is less likely to spread.

He touched the paper in his pocket before heading into the right tunnel this time.

It was wider than the left one, and also had a lot more openings.

As he walked with his usual slow pace, his torchlight grazed across something yellowish.

His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly readjusted the hand holding the torch to light up that area again.

Another paper!

It was indeed a yellow paper lying around out in the open.

He quickly approached it, and held it up under the torchlight.

Fuck!

The words were unclear. No, it wasn't because the handwriting was bad.

It was simply that it was smudged, the words were a blur.

Due to time? Due to water? He didn't know.

If only I were a bit early arghhh.

Intense frustration welled up inside him. But he knew it couldn't do anything about timing.

How was he supposed to enter this secret realm which only reopened a month ago?

If only I could see it before it turned out like this.

Wait…what?

Wait… the previous state of this paper, of this handwriting, would certainly be legible right?

Eryndor suddenly remembered Edward's ability.

Regression.

It could turn things back to their previous state!

Eryndor felt as if he had grasped onto the ray of hope, only to end up furrowing his brows.

There was one problem, he didn't trust Edward enough.

Eryndor mindlessly walked around before he remembered Valentina's ability.

Right! She can copy Edward's ability!

Did he trust Valentina? No.

But he at least trusted her more than Edward.

He gathered some stones and placed a marking in the tunnel to let him know his progress in exploring before retreating towards his bag.

Taking a seat near it, he typed a message on the group chat of their roommates.

"Valentina, are you near Edward by any chance?"

When he didn't get an immediate reply from her, he turned to the ranking website.

It turned out the Academy had added information on the beasts of the secret realm at some point.

There was also basic information on Terramorph Ravagers. He assumed it was basic because there was no mention of their high cooperation skills.

Oh well, of course they wouldn't give all the information.

He also read through the previous chats of their tournament team about how strong he had gotten.

No wonder they came to know how strong I am, all the information about Terramorph Ravagers was on the website.

As he read through the different beasts his team had encountered, Valentina replied to him on the group chat of roommates.

"No, I don't even know where he is. Why?"

Eryndor wasted no time in replying.

"I need a favor from you, please. Could you somehow copy his ability and come to my location? Or I can head towards your location if you want.

"I just want you to have Edward's ability."

He had no problem going to her location because the cave was only a temporary residence.

He reckoned he would be done scrutinizing every part of it in a few hours, then with the yellow papers on him, he could head to Valentina's location.

There was a pause on Valentina's side before she replied.

"Alright, I'll try. No guarantee though."

Sighing lightly, Eryndor looked outside.

I'll fight those beasts again after scanning the remaining part of the cave.