These Familiars Are Strange

I snuck out the next morning, but I also knew that they were awake since I could sense them with my heightened senses.

Still, there was no need for any words.

The place that I headed to was the Explorer Association since that was the place where I responded, so that was the place where they picked us up.

"What? You've never seen this kind of thing before? It's a space gate. As long as you step through, you'll be transported to the place where the competition is being held." An Long explained when the portal appeared in front of us.

Wang Rong and I couldn't help being surprised by this since this was our first time seeing something like this.

We had heard of this thing before, but it certainly wasn't something that we would have been able to use at our level.

This was the kind of thing that would be highly restricted by the country and the Summoner Association because of how dangerous it was. This was a power that could allow one to appear wherever they wanted, so it was the perfect tool to use for assassinations.

It was just a good thing that it wasn't that easy to open up space gates in the first place, so there were also only a handful of people that could actually use this power.

An Long and An Xue Yun had both come to see us off, though one received a much worse reception than the other.

"What? I came all this way to see you off and you're looking at me like I'm a bother?" An Long said when he saw the way that we looked at him.

But it wasn't as if we could help it.

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After all, he had been at the Explorer Association whenever we came to pick up another dungeon request. It really seemed like he didn't do any work even though he was the president of the Explorer Association.

None of us said anything since there was nothing that we could say in this situation.

In the end, the one that broke the silence was An Xue Yun who raised her foot and kicked out at her father.

An Long just let himself be kicked to the ground like this by her, even though he was in front of others. It seemed that he cared about her more than he cared about anything else.

"Stop acting like that already. You already know what you do normally that they look at you like this." An Xue Yun said in a cold voice that made it seem like they weren't father and daughter at all.

But An Long didn't say anything in response.

He just couldn't refute this because of the things that he did normally.

He was someone that liked slacking off after all.

With that, we turned to face the space gate and prepared to step through.

But before we did, An Xue Yun's voice came from behind.

"Go and win this thing."

I turned to look at her before giving a firm nod and turning back to walk through the space gate.

Iris and Wang Rong followed right behind me, but I saw Iris turning to look at An Xue Yun as well.

I didn't see what she did, but it wasn't that hard to guess…

After stepping through the space gate, it felt like the space around us was being warped. It was as if there was something that was bending the space around us, though it didn't seem like the bending of the space was directly affecting us.

It didn't take long before that stopped and the darkness in front of us opened up to reveal a bright light.

When we stepped out of the spatial passage, we arrived inside of what seemed to be a large hall.

There were many others that seemed to be in this hall as well and they all seemed to be standing there as if they were waiting for something.

When we arrived, I could hear them talking.

It seemed that they were talking about us.

"What are they wearing?"

"Do they think that they're cool or something?"

"Are they trying to act all mysterious?"

It seemed that our clothes had attracted everyone's attention.

That was because we were wearing dark clothes and masks that covered our faces.

It was completely because it was functional that we were wearing these outfits.

It completely hid our appearances and our identities, so that was why it was the best choice.

It wasn't because I thought that these clothes were cool or anything that I was wearing them. Even if there were other clothes to choose from, these ones stood out the most because of how practical they were.

Though…they did look cool too…

But the fact that they were a bit over the top when it came to hiding one's appearance was what drew attention.

It didn't take long before the attention of the others in the hall were all drawn towards this group in these outfits.

At first they were just curious, but then…@@novelbin@@

"Look at them hiding their appearances like cowards. It's clear that they aren't anything special, so they're trying to stand out."

"Right, I wonder who even allowed them to come to this competition like this."

"It's clear that they're trying to use appearances to scare people, they'll be easy to take down."

In a matter of moments, the opinion of the entire crowd changed and we had become everyone's target.

It seemed that they all believed the one idea that we were just trying to scare people with our appearances.

I was hoping to remain lowkey and do what I needed to do, but it seemed like this wasn't possible.

I just hoped that they wouldn't put us all together in the dungeon.

If they did…with the way that everyone was already targeting us…

Well for now, I just acted like I didn't see anything and I urged the two behind me to look the same with secret signals.

For now, it was better to act like we weren't bothered by this.