Chapter 431: Whirlpools
When they crossed the area and the blast happened, the beasts didn't follow them.
The blast caused the water to rain down on them and the four of them entered the next sea zone as it rained all over.
The entrance of the area is once again shrouded by the mist but this time it only lasted for a few seconds, when their vision returned, there is a region of the sea which has some rocky islands right in front of their eyes.
The islands are very small and they couldn't be considered a full-scale island, they are some extremely large rocky surface in the middle of the ocean.
Sam looked through the hologram and after confirming that nothing is there in the vicinities, he immediately landed the car on one of the rocks and came out of it.
As soon as he came out of the car, he knelt on the ground and started coughing blood. Even his nostrils are bleeding continuously. He felt like all his internal organs are about to explode and his brain is something that took the most damage.
As much as putting this much pressure will train his mental strength, Sam doesn't want to become a retarded person. He almost suffered brain damage. All this while, Sam could almost hear his nerves throbbing with pain.
He couldn't stand it anymore. He would have collapsed in between the battle itself. But he couldn't die. He shouldn't die. So, he made sure that they escaped even if he has to fight tooth and nail.
But now that he has someplace to rest, he couldn't be happier.
Sam just laid down on the rocky surface and looked at the three of them who are also sitting down.
"You guys better clean the whole thing, otherwise you can find your own ride back home."
Sam said that, closed his eyes, and fell asleep. He doesn't want to stay awake for another minute.
His body which is exhausted from the spiritual energy started absorbing the surrounding energy slowly and started recovering.
Meanwhile, the other three exchanged glances and started cleaning up.
None of the three has any water element, so they have to pour the water themselves. To their relief, there is a lot of water around them.
They dragged the car to the edge of the rock and Watt took out the silver wind as he made a large drift on the sea surface which made the water launch into the car. Philip's job is to scrub and clean the whole thing. As for Jack, he is the only one who puked.
For some reason, he was able to control the urge and remain composed. Even though he hasn't seen most of the situation, he knew that he was of no help, so all he could do is to not add extra trouble for Sam.
If he became sick on the sea, then Sam would have endless trouble as they are in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by many people. At that time, he couldn't think of the divine dimension, but still, he could be considered considerate and used all his willpower as a swordsman to maintain his composure.
Sam slept like a baby for three hours. His headache was finally gone by the time he woke up.
When he looked around, he saw that only Philip and Jack are on the rock, Watt is nowhere to be seen.
Both Philip and Jack are sleeping, he didn't disturb them immediately and wanted to look for Watt by himself, but before he could do anything, he saw Watt coming towards the rock on the silver wind.
"Where did you go? This place is dangerous, don't roam around on your own."
Sam said with a solemn tone.
"I went to scout the area, the surrounding area until the mist is actually a safe zone. There is nothing in this place. Even in the sea, there are no creatures.
It is almost as if this place was arranged so that the people who came will rest after they battled those beasts in that area."
Watt said calmly. Sam was stunned for a moment and then took a look in the hologram.
The scene shocked him. There is no living creature within the vicinity, just like watt said. This made him think of the possibility according to Watt's last sentence.
If this place is really arranged for resting, then the first place could be considered as a test and it couldn't be the final test because, instead of the reward which the destination of their journey, the meteorite sand island, they just arrived at a small place which has no living organism.
A place in the sea this close to shore without any creature when there are dozens of beasts just a few meters away is not completely normal.
If that is really the case, they can expect another form of danger in front of them once again.
This made Sam tense. He couldn't feel assured that he would be able to cross that danger. He is thinking if it is the right thing to bring these guys there.
He is just thinking if it is right to bring his friends, as for him coming here, there is no doubt at all. He thinks that it is the only right decision. Even though he didn't want to die, he didn't fear death, he has already experienced that and for that experience, he has nothing but respect. That one experience consumed all the fear he had towards it.
As for fear of losing everything he created in this world, he didn't grow that attached to the new life yet, but since he is alive all he has to do is try his best to stay alive or die trying.
But his friends don't have to go through all this. Their lives are worth more than an island of meteorite sand.
He looked at Watt and the other two before saying.
"We need to go into the divine dimension for a minute, wake them up."
Watt looked at him weirdly, he noticed that Sam's expression is not right.
But he still did as he told.
When the three of them are ready, Sam waved his hand and threw them inside the divine dimension.
But he never went in. He walked to the car and started his journey again.
Sam is confident that he can escape. He still has four transference scrolls. But he is not confident that he would be able to pull all of them together into the divine dimension before he could escape.
Even if something really happened to him, he is confident that he could make sure that they will be at a relatively safe place than his place of death.
Meanwhile, in the divine dimension, the trio understood that something is wrong.
Sam is not coming inside, suddenly Watt thought of something about what he said earlier, but he is not smart enough to think deeply and come to a conclusion and explained it to Philip.
They understood what Sam is doing and their moods turned cloudy.
They might be touched that Sam is doing this to save them, but that doesn't mean they want to be treated like this. They would have faced the danger together. This action just made them feel useless. But they knew deep down that they couldn't take an attack like the last one.
Sam traveled towards the mist and after a few minutes, the vision became clear again. But Sam was stunned by what he saw.
The whole place is full of whirlpools and there are extremely large pieces of ice are rotating in the whirlpools. Sam is quite sure that his guess is right. This place has a series of tests.
He doesn't know how many, but he is sure that they are some. Sam is happy that he is not on a boat as he slowly started moving. When he was in the vicinity of the first whirlpool, the water started increasing in speed and all of a sudden, the suction force increased by too much.
Sam could feel even the air around him started to get sucked inside.
He increased the thrust but at this moment, the ice blocks in the whirlpool started shattering and turned into sharp shards of ice and they were shot toward Sam.
Sam dodged them and when he tried to advance further, some kind of force is not allowing him to leave. The ice was completely being shot towards him and Sam kept on dodging.
He kept on doing this until the ice was completely over, and the force that stopped him from moving disappeared completely.
Sam didn't understand, but he decided to move on. At this moment, all of a sudden Sam felt the car was sucked towards another whirlpool which is on the left side of the first whirlpool which attacked Sam.
His car was being forced towards that with a greater suction force than the thrust and there is no use even after Sam went full throttle.
Sam was dragged along with his car towards the whirlpool and the suction force was reduced, it is still more than the first one, but it is a lot less than the force he just felt. He felt puzzled, but he has some speculations.
But he couldn't think of them because the attacks from this whirlpool also began. As he was dodging the spikes, Sam was suddenly left slack-jawed from what he saw.