Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Falling
"... And what do you need to complete this evolution?" he asked in a slow voice.
Theo thought for a moment, "Just to find another gate and let the mantis be near it for as long as it takes." Theo spoke. He felt bad lying to his father, who in turn knew that he was lying.
But he had never heard anything about a human becoming a Foundation one.
Theo wasn’t even sure if he should take the evolution or not. It was like becoming another species of humans, just like he read in the history of the previous world.
’Now that I think about it... If I take it, then my status will show ’Foundation Human’ as the type, not ’Human’... I have to research before making such a drastic change first.’ He thought while looking at the baron, who nodded.
The baron only nodded and moved forward before he spoke, "Make sure you get this evolution for your beast, no matter what, it will help you in the long term, Theo."
"Yes." Theo wanted to close the topic and never open it again until he had the right answers.
They moved forward on the same plain reddish ground as if they were going to reach somewhere.
"As for what I asked you all a few minutes ago," the baron spoke again, "When you reach level 15, your bodily senses become better than any human below it. It is comparable to some of the beasts who have the best instincts out there."
He pointed his finger down at the ground, making everyone confused.
"If we want to move forward in this journey, we will need to dig down." He spoke, making everyone surprised.
"Dig down?" Theo spoke out loud, "You mean to say... There are beasts underground here?"
The baron grinned wildly, "I am saying there is a whole other world down this ground."
Theo felt chills after hearing that, he lookedat the ground, all flabergasted now.
"Also, you three will be the ones who will dig down, so get to it quickly." The baron spoke with a chuckle and walked to a nearby red rock to sit on it.
Theo did not know how to react to that. He looked down at the ground and then at both his attendants before he smiled.
"Elias, open the bag." He spoke, making Elias smile.
Soon, Elias placed the bag on the ground and opened it up, making everything scatter as if it was just a cloth tied with a knot in the middle.
Theo went and picked the shiny little excavator among them, and so did Elias and Clara.
The baron looked at them with amusement.
"How did you know we would need something like this?" he asked, making Theo smile.
"We were going to an unknown world, and I felt like there could be things I could excavate for my beasts to help them evolve. I am glad we brought these." Theo spoke and crouched down, striking the tool on the ground, making it dig deep.
"The ground is surprisingly soft, young master," Elias analyzed and struck too, so did Clara.
Theo nodded and started pulling the soil to the side with a tugging force.
All three of them kept at it for 5 minutes straight, making a lot of soil surround the big hole they dug.
The baron kept looking up at the sky, and when Theo noticed him doing it, he did the same.
There was a thick red-colored fog in place of clouds in the sky.
When the baron saw Theo looking at the sky too.
"Do you see anything particular, Theo?" he asked, making Theo frown and look with focus again.
"It’s all red fog, father," he spoke, making the baron nod and the conversation end.
Theo couldn’t help but not get the question out of his head, and every few minutes, he looked up in the air to see anything different.
"Don’t fret over it, my child. It’s not something you can comprehend yet." The baron spoke again, "You need to get to level 15 and break through first."
"What do you see then?" Theo asked, making a sly smile form on the baron’s face.
"I can’t ruin the surprise, can I? You need to reach this level and see for yourself, or you can’t understand."
Theo felt frustration bubble in his heart. He was craving to know what it was, yet his own father wouldn’t say anything.
After some time, he finally let it go as the baron had clearly only started this conversation to make Theo curious to begin with.
The thought made Theo smile; his family knew exactly which buttons to press.
They kept digging and moving the soil away so that it wouldn’t fall in again. After 20 minutes of constant smacking of the ground.
A THUD noise came from the ground where Elias hit.
Elias frowned and struck the ground three more times, only for the tool to do nothing but make noise.
"I guess it’s finally my turn," the baron spoke and dusted his clothing after getting up from the rock.
When he came close, Theo tried handing him the tool, which the baron denied with a chuckle.
"This would break with just one strike, and it won’t do anything. Now move about a few meters away, all of you."
When the baron said that, the trio moved back to the place where the gate had first sent them and waited curiously for what the baron was going to do.
The baron drew the sword from its scabbard.
The shine on the blade was unbelievable.
Then, to top it off, he poured aura all along the blade, forming a thick, transparent yet visible layer around it. Theo couldn’t help but feel a calming vibe from the aura.
The baron positioned the blade’s tip toward the ground with the hilt near his chest.
With a single downward tug of the aura-covered blade, Theo, Clara, and Elias felt a shockwave vibrate through the ground, sending shivers through them.
The baron quickly jumped back to them in one simple motion, surprisingly agile for his size.
In front of their eyes,
The ground began collapsing inward around the hole, making them all briskly move or jump back in a hurry.