Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 196: Second Key

Outside the Earth Temple, Eliana, Zane, and Cloud were waiting for Greg in silence when suddenly Eliana frowned.

"Something must have happened.", said Eliana and without hesitation, she took out a gold coin and threw up.

Spinning in the air for a while, the coin fell on top of Mistress of Fortune's hand, showing a symbol that represented the head.

"Just like I have thought.", said quietly Eliana and looked at Cloud.

"His life is in danger."

The moment the two heard this looked surprised and asked, "What happened?"

Eliana looked toward the Earth Temple and after thinking for a while she could just simply shake her head and say, "I don't know. I still have no power to glance into that place, but that doesn't mean I can not predict a few outcomes or happenings that are currently occurring. So the only thing I can presently tell, that he is in a very dire situation right now."

Zane and Cloud hearing this turned toward the entrance and a second later Cloud sighed and said, "Then let's hope he can safely find a way out. If your prediction was right, he is the only one able to obtain the keys, so losing him right now would be disastrous."

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Inside the Earth Temple, Greg was slowly jumping here and there among the carvings, following the statue's eye, while Carter behind him was following him closely.

One jump to the right, one step to the left, and one leap forward. One carving after another, Greg and Carter jumped onto almost 100 symbols, yet they were still only in the middle of the hall, while the end was still far away from them.

While following the statue's guide, Greg made sure to glance back at Carter behind him, but seeing that his gaze was deeply on him, he instantly averted his gaze from him.

But even like this that Greg knew he was in danger, he was surprisingly calm. It wasn't because he knew he could escape if he wanted to, but because he knew he was the only one who was able to obtain the keys. So even if they found it, Carter couldn't acquire it, no matter how much he wanted to.

"I guess I will just go with the flow and see what will happen.", said Greg with a slight smile and continued to jump here and there on the carvings.

Carter, on the other hand, the moment he saw that Greg was acting way too calm looked a bit confused, but except for a slight frown, there was not a single change in his expression. He just stayed silent and continued to follow Greg from behind.

After close to 10 minutes, the two finally arrived at the final carving and jumped before the statue that represented the woman.

"And now? What are we looking for?", asked Greg calmly from Carter, curious if he knew about the keys and legends.

However, Carter didn't talk at all but started to walk around the place, obviously looking for something.

"So he knows about the keys. That is not a good sign.", thought Greg and wanted to look around too, but just as he wanted to move suddenly Carter looked at him with an ice cold glare.

Seeing the suffocating stare, which told him if he moves he dies, Greg stopped moving and in a calm manner, he started to look around calmly.

When Carter saw that Greg was not intimidated by his glare and God rank presence looked even more confused, but still, he decided to continue to walk forward. However, he made sure to monitor Greg's act from time to time, and if he finds anything fishy, he wouldn't hesitate to kill him right there and then.

Watching as Carter walked from corner to corner, while examining each inch of the place, Greg knew that he definitely knew about the key.

"Luckily this Temple is not like the previous one where the key just popped out of nowhere. If it's like this, he will believe that the legend is false and give up. If that happens obtaining the key without making a ruckus would be quite easy."

As he thought about this, Greg looked toward the statue, but the moment he did his eyes widened.

"Is that?"

Because the first time he observed the cube from the entrance, he didn't notice this, but now that he was looking at it from so up close, he could notice that on the side of the cube, a very small gap could be seen, with a key floating gently inside it.

It looked exactly like the one which he obtained from the Fire Temple, but with the only difference that this key was made out of not pure flames, but from pure black stone.

Its texture was ragged and cracked, yet even with that appearance, Greg clearly knew that it was extremely durable and heavy.

Glancing at Carter who was still looking for the key, Greg averted his gaze and made sure not to let Carter see that he found it. Maybe because the gap was small, he could make Carter miss it, and when he walks away, he could obtain it fast without him even knowing that the key was there.

Time slowly ticked by, and almost an hour later, Carter walked close to the statue and started to examine it.

When Greg saw this he sighed deep inside and thought, "Well, he will definitely see it from that close, so I guess I need to think of another plan."

And just as he thought, the moment Carter raised his head to look at the cube above the statue's palm, his eyes brightened instantly.

Greg seeing this sighed, but before he could have thought about a solution to how to get the key, suddenly Carter looked at him and said, "Take that cube down. Now."

Hearing the ice-cold tone, Greg turned to look at Carter but didn't move. The moment he heard what Carter said, he knew that he knew he was not able to obtain the key personally, so he decided to take it away with the cube itself.

And what he doesn't want was exactly that. Also, he didn't know if the cube had any strange power which could kill him, so he didn't want to risk his life. Do you want to obtain the key? Then acquire it yourself!

Knowing this, Greg just smiled slightly and while staying I moved he continued to look at Carter.

Seeing Greg's expression and that he was not moving, Carter tightened his grip around his weapon's hilt and said, "I didn't ask you to do it. It was an order, brat!"

"I don't quite remember to be your subordinate or something, so I will not take your 'order'. If you want that cube, then take it yourself. I will not stop you at all."

"!"

The instant as Carter heard Greg's arrogant statement, a small vein popped out on the side of his head, making his expression to turn terrifyingly calm.

"I don't care if you are my subordinate or not, what I say you do it. You have no choice at all."

"Really?", asked Greg with a slightly raised eyebrow and sat down onto the ground.

"I will sit here and watch you take that cube down. As I said, I won't stop you not attack you, so please go on."

Immediately as he said that Carter's expression darkened even more and without hesitation, he appeared next to Greg's side and swung his sword toward his head with terrifying speed.

*Swish!*

*BAM!*

With a loud explosion, which created a crazy shockwave and huge dust cloud around the place, Carter's sword fell upon Greg's head.

However, just as Carter could have believed that he killed Greg, suddenly he felt that what he hit was not flesh and bone, but something extremely durable.

"Huh?"

Just before Carter could have to see what happened, suddenly the resistance below his weapon vanished and the next second a black flash came toward his neck from the side.

"!"

*BAM!*

*TREMBLE!*

"What the...!!!"

With clenched teeth, Carter watched as before him Greg was pushing a black staff down on his weapon and him, making the ground below his feet to form small cracks one after another.

The pressure was so great, that even though Carter was on the God rank, he felt like he wanted to push a whole mountain away, just with his physical strength. He felt like if he didn't concentrate enough, he could easily collapse under the pressure in any given second.

However, it was only natural. The moment Greg succeeded to break through into the Soul Grade, not only his element powers got stronger but his physical strength too.

Right now, if he didn't use any help and only fought only with his body, he could easily take the head on someone who was in the God rank and not in the body system.

And naturally, Carter was not in the body system that was way too obvious.

Feeling the crazy strength behind Greg's move, Carter looked shocked and with wide eyes, he asked, "Just who the hell are you?"