Chapter 199 Speedrun
[Chapter 198 Comments.]
[Keltic_Spirit:Boss: "Time skip ACTIVATE!" ... Minion 1: 'Did it succeed sir?' Boss:"Yes. Time has been skipped by 0.357 milliseconds." Minion 1 and 2: 'Boss is supreme!!! Long live the Boss!' Boss: "Hahaha hahahaha...."]
[TheTavius08: A few hours? Them rookie numbers I've seen time skips of like 300 years.And no i won't get help due to my crippling fear of commitment.Anyways what world next maybe Zombies?]
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"So, this is Thunder Mountain," Mia muttered while looking at the ridiculous mountain before her eyes. The mountain itself was not as big as she imagined. However, the entire mountain was covered by a black cloud, releasing lightning a few times every second.
"This is interesting." Theo smiled, looking at the lightning. If it were natural lightning, he knew that the woods would have been burned and there would be a lot of destruction. But when he took another look at it, the lightning didn't seem to destroy them.
He felt something mystical about it, which piqued his interest.
"Yes. Thunder Mountain is a special mountain that is capable of cycling lightning. The lightning from the cloud falls to the ground and gets absorbed by the soil. And after that, the soil scatters the lightning, which eventually gets carried by the wind back to the cloud. If we get closer than this, the wind will start picking up and all that wind is moving toward the top of the mountain as if it were being sucked by the cloud," Feng Xiaoling explained with a calm expression.
"In that case, let's try it, shall we?" Theo smiled while showing the chapter comments to Mia. This way, she could answer the comments while he probed for some information from Feng Xiaoling.
While riding the dragon horse, Mia read the comments carefully and said, "Mhmm. We don't feel the time skip here. The time skip is meant for the story to progress, since you don't really want everything to be described here. This is a novel, not a story.
"And that 300-year time skip must be a cultivation story or something. Well, it is understandable for someone to have close-door training for three hundred years in that kind of story. But in this story, do you think my father will wait for that long? He is planning to solve this problem within a few years, so a few hours, a few days, or even a few months is an amazing time skip. Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
"As for the next world, it depends on Avalon. If he gets permission from his ruler to teach Maya the Knight Link, then we will probably go to the zombie world. But if he doesn't, we will probably visit a different world, probably the Spirit World or Knight World."
Once she finished replying, they entered the mountain.@@novelbin@@
As if it were alive, the lightning suddenly struck them down.
Theo bent the space around them so that the lightning didn't hit them while Feng Xiaoling warned him. "We can't be in the air because the lightning will hit anything tall."
Theo nodded in understanding, asking the dragon horses to go down. As expected, the lightning only hit the tips of the trees. And all that lightning was transferred to the ground through the trunk.
Because of this lightning, their hair was rising as if there were a magnet above them.
"It seems that the phenomenon is caused by essence. However, it still retains a bit of its natural power." Theo muttered while looking at the tree next to him. Surprisingly, despite being struck by lightning, the tree wasn't destroyed or burned. In fact, the leaves weren't even fried.
Still, the trunk and leaves were pale in color as though they were matching the color of the lightning.
"Dad. Don't you think we can use these trees as lightning rods?" Mia asked.
"I'm not sure. Is this tree special?" Theo asked.
"No… wait, I think you can consider it that way. The trees around here are the same as the normal ones around the mountain. However, due to the constant lightning strike, they are mutating to the current state." Feng Xiaoling shook her head helplessly, implying that they couldn't use the trees as lightning rods.
"Is that so? Then, do you use this mountain for something special? This weird phenomenon should give something, right?"
"Yes and no. Most of the time, we are simply thinning down the beasts around here to control their population. I don't think there is any other reason."
"Mhmm?" Theo furrowed his eyebrows. From that answer alone, he could see why Feng Haotian suggested this Thunder Mountain to him.
Still, it didn't matter. Theo wanted to fight against a lot of beasts, so he asked, "Do you know where the king of the mountain is?"
Feng Xiaoling pointed at the top of the mountain. "If you go to the very top, you will find a nest. The bird is cultivating lightning elements, and this environment is very good for it."
"In that case, let's fight it." Theo smirked. He didn't plan to do whatever Feng Haotian wanted. So, he changed his plan from touring around the area to just challenging the boss and leaving.
"Mia! Open up the path." Theo pointed forward.
"Hehehe. I have been waiting for this." Mia smirked. "Let's go!"
Mia took off pretty fast as she summoned a small bear on her shoulder and a big toy hammer on her right hand. "Hahaha. We're going to cause trouble in this place."
"…" Theo looked at Mia with a wry smile.
What he didn't know was that Mia was thinking a weird thing. She looked at Feng Xiaoling and the dragon horses before muttering inwardly, 'When you think about this, doesn't it look like my father is catching a lot of pets? Two horses and one bird… And there will be another bird at the top that might be subdued. Now that I think about it, the bird will be useful for scouting.'
Since they were going to another mountain after this, she couldn't help but imagine how many beasts would be under their command.
Unfortunately, she could imagine the author skipping all of those fights since they became repetitive. The only exciting battle would be with this lightning bird.
'Either way, having two birds and two horses is pretty good. The horses can't be seen by others, but the bird should be fine, right?' Mia made a mischievous smile as she muttered, "Hehehe… All main characters usually have a pet with them. And they are usually cute. This bird is going to be cute, especially in its chibi form."
Theo didn't realize what Mia actually planned to do at that time. At the same time, she must have forgotten that the enemy was actually a high level Golden Core stage beast. It wouldn't be easy to defeat that kind of beast, let alone make it his pet.
It seemed that the beasts around the area had noticed them. On the right side, she noticed a purple pig. On the opposite side, she found a translucent snake.
Both of them were charging toward them.
"Go away! I'm going to speedrun this whole thing!" Mia shouted while swinging her hammer downward as if she were going to crush them.
The two beasts noticed the fluctuation of energy above their heads, making them jump to the side to avoid it. However, Mia used her First Authority and Second Authority simultaneously. The Misdirection caused the impact to come not from above but from the side. The First Authority manifested that power.
"!!!" Both beasts felt an impact on their sides, which launched them into the air.
While climbing, they were stopped by multiple obstacles. Mia easily swept the first obstacle, which were the beasts. However, she didn't know what to do when the terrain got involved.
After all, they actually found a big pond in the mountain.
"This is…" Mia came to a halt, noticing the lightning covering the water surface. If she continued, they would be electrocuted. At the same time, she noticed a few crocodiles that had been charged with lightning.
Seeing Mia get confused, Theo gave her a helping hand by using his Second Authority, Toon Territory.
He altered the environment by raising the soil underneath the pond to split the pond into two.
"Let's go." Theo smirked.
"Oh!" Mia continued fearlessly. A few crocodiles came out of the water to bite her, but she used the First Authority to expand the hammer before hitting all these crocodiles, pushing them back to the water.
There was another challenge like the lightning raining on them. Instead of Theo, Mia was the one solving this.
She sent forth the teddy bear on her shoulder and let the lightning hit it.
Mia activated the First Authority and made the teddy bear immune to lightning. This way, the lightning could act as a lightning rod to cross the mountain.
The group continued moving forward at high speed. Even Feng Xiaoling was surprised that they managed to cross this place with such speed, especially with Mia being the vanguard. She thought she would have the chance to show her ability, but it seemed that she wasn't needed at all.
Finally, after thirty minutes of climbing, they had finally reached the top.
As Feng Xiaoling said, there was a nest on top of the mountain. There was a giant purple bird sleeping. However, its peace was disturbed by their presence, causing the bird to wake up from its slumber.
The moment the bird saw them, it flapped its wings and spread them far while letting out a cry.
Facing such a mighty beast actually made Mia smile. It wasn't that the bear didn't scare her. However, she had simply finished her job and it was time for Theo to make his move.
"Alright. I have done my speedrun. It's time for the boss fight. I wonder if this is gonna be a world record." Mia chuckled playfully.
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