Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 195: One Wrong Step...

"I wouldn't act that recklessly."

The moment Greg heard this, he glanced at Carter on his side and looked a bit confused.

"Why?", asked Greg calmly and turned his eyes before his feet, but except for the beautiful and detailed carvings on the ground, he didn't see anything.

But still, if an expert that lived here and knew much more about the place than him, Greg knew that if he was told not to act recklessly there was definitely a reason.

Seeing that Greg didn't act so arrogant as he expected and listened to him, Carter was quite surprised.

After thinking for a small while, he pointed at the carving before him and said, "If you make one wrong step, you will die without knowing what happened to you. The moment you step on the incorrect carvings, your body will be turned into debris without giving you a single chance to act." 

When Greg heard this, he looked shocked and stepped back instantly. Looking at the carvings again, but this time with greater inspection, he didn't notice anything strange about them. Not even a slight difference or leak of a presence that showed which carvings were dangerous and which were not.

"This temple has appeared first about two months ago, but ever since then, we weren't able to find which carvings were safe and which were lethal. Every time the temple appears, the carvings that are dangerous change position, so it is totally random."

"Did you tried utilizing presence observer abilities or something that could help even the least?", asked Greg calmly as he activated his Prey Sense ability.

However, even like that, he couldn't see the slightest change, so he knew his try ended up as a failure.

"Yes, we tried. We even attempted to use our earth element to create a path, safe away from the carvings, but the moment those who tried to activate their powers in here turned to ash without a second thought.", said Carter as he crossed his arms before his chest.

"And because you couldn't find a solution, you decided to send out invitations to experts for help?", asked Greg as he looked at Carter.

"Yes.", said Carter with a slight nod.

"I see.", said Greg quietly and a small while later he started to think.

"He said whoever uses earth powers inside here, will die instantly. That's not good news at all."

What Greg thought about was to use his Fourth Flow's vibration ability to check if he could find anything underneath him that could help him, but after hearing this he decided to ignore it instead.

To risk his life unknown if he could survive or not, Greg knew that was not a solution. So he just simply frowned and asked, "Did any of you tried to use other powers inside here?"

"You mean other powers, which were not Soul Creature's ability, but our own Guardian's?"

"Yes.", said Greg with a nod.

Carter hearing this looked a bit confused because only this could enter who is associated with the element of earth, so others with different powers could definitely not enter.

Not knowing what Greg was thinking about, Carter wanted to say no, but just before he could have, suddenly he frowned and said, "If I'm right, we had someone who was able to copy others' powers for a limited amount, but unfortunately he ended up dying."

"What happened?", asked Greg curiously.

Carter hearing the question frowned even deeper and said, "To tell the truth, I can't really recall the real reason, but the moment he tried using another power, his heart stopped. Or at least that was what I was told to."

"His heart stopped for an unknown reason, huh?", murmured Greg quietly, and a small while later he said, "Then I guess, my other elements are also out of question. Great."

Frowning because of this, Greg massaged his forehead and thought as he looked around, "This will be even harder than I have thou-, huh?"

Just as he thought about this, Greg suddenly noticed a strange sight amount the kneeling statues.

First, he didn't notice it because he didn't give enough attention, but now that he looked toward them, he saw that even though the statues were kneeling toward the woman, their eyes were looking in the same directions.

"What?"

However, after glancing at each statue to get a better look, Greg noticed that while each of their eyes were looking toward the woman, yet there was a specific statue looking at a single carving before his feet.

Seeing this, Greg examined all the statues again, but even after that, he didn't see another one that was looking toward the middle part of the temple.

"Did anyone notice that the statue over there is looking here?", asked Greg calmly from Crater as he pointed toward the statue.

When Carrer heard this he glanced where Greg was pointing, and with a nod, he said, "Yes we did, but didn't find a solution why it was looking toward here. We even tried to step on the carving which it was specifically looking at, but it resulted in instant death."

"Really?", asked Greg surprisedly.

"Yes. And because it was not helping us at all, we assumed that the statue was an error when this place was built, so since then, we have been ignoring it."

When Greg heard this he frowned and thought, "In such a huge and detailed temple, there are definitely no errors. It should have a meaning but what could it exactly be?"

Greg started to think and after 10 minutes straight thinking without stopping he signed and thought, "I can't find another way, so it seems I don't have another choice but use my power."

With that thought, Greg summoned the demon mask into his hand and put it onto his face.

When Carter saw the mask he frowned, but didn't ask a question, but simply watched Greg act.

Seeing that Carter was not stopping him, Greg felt a bit more relaxed and without hesitation, he activated his Fourth Flow.

*Crack!*

Instantly, the solid flow inside him started to form cracks and with a speed that was 100 times slower than that of a snail's, it started to move around inside Greg's body. 

As this happened, Greg put his palm on the ground and thought calmly, "Let us hope my mask can protect me if something happens."

With that thought in his head, Greg closed his eyes and used his power to see through the ground with vibrations.

Feeling that no power wanted to kill him, Greg turned a level calmer, and without holding back anything he started to use his power to examine the sight under him.

*Ba-thump!*

*Ba-thump!*

With each moment his heart throbbed, Greg could see the sight below the surface, but unfortunately, he couldn't notice anything at all.

He thought if the carvings were fused with some kind of power, they would leave a hint at least under the surface just like a magic circle, but it seemed he was wrong.

What he could see currently is the same sight when he closed his eyes. Nothing but pure darkness.

"Sigh... It seems this won't work either.", said Greg calmly as he put away the mask, however the moment he stood up, suddenly Carter put his palm on his shoulder and said, "Do it again!"

"Eh?"

Turning his head to the side to see Carter, Greg noticed that his expression was fully stunned, while his eyes were wide open.

Seeing him like that, Greg looked confused and asked, "What happened?"

Carter without glancing at Greg pointed at the statue and said, "Its eyes have moved. Do it again and you will see it."

When Greg heard this he looked a bit surprised and so just as Carter said.

Instantly he activated his power again, and through the vibrations, he started to examine the ground below. However, this time he didn't close his eyes but looked toward the statue.

And to his surprise, just as Carter said, the statue's eyes were moving here and there from time to time, looking at different carvings each time.

And what was even more surprising that the eye was moving with the same rhythm when Greg used the vibrations. It was like Greg's Fourth Flow was a controller which was able to switch between channels, but with the only difference that he could switch back, but only forth.

However, that wasn't a big problem, because a small while later, the creature looked at the very first carving again and it started to repeat its act from the beginning.

When Greg saw this, he was just as pleasantly stunned as Carter. But, unfortunately, that pleasant shock didn't last long enough, when suddenly Carter stepped closely behind him and said in a cold voice, "Let's go. If we follow the pattern, we will be able to arrive at the other side without a problem."

When Greg heard this his expression turned stiff but still moved. He couldn't say no, because right now, a God rank fighter was behind him, closer than a meter. He could clearly feel that right now, Carter had targeted him, so acting recklessly should be completely foolish.

"Well, I have the power to escape from here, but then I will be hunted by the Voodoo Family. And what I don't want is another unnecessary problem, especially not something like this. I have quite a few already, so I don't really have a choice right?", thought Greg calmly, and glancing at Carter he nodded slightly.

"Sure.", said Greg, and without deactivating his Fourth Flow's power he started to walk toward the first carving on the ground.