The cold wind roared as dark clouds covered the sky like a black curtain from beyond; vaguely, lightning swam through the clouds like dragons, illuminating this Land of Embers.
In front of a dungeon entrance in the vast wilderness, two small travelers stood, seemingly hesitating over something.
These two travelers were a young boy of about ten with a tender face, and a beastman girl with fluffy fox ears.
At this moment, the boy looked at the Gift: All-Things Guiding Compass in his hand, his expression filled with indecision.
"Jin, if you want to gain anything, you cannot be so indecisive."
Although the beastman girl was also very young, she seemed more resolute, saying decisively: "This time, we brought the last of our community's heritage and even sought help from Lord Bai Yasha to obtain the Gift: Random Dimensional Leap personally crafted by the Halloween Queen..."
"This might be our community's only chance. Even if we have to risk our lives, we absolutely cannot miss it!"
"Our community no longer has the opportunity for another gamble."
"Lily, you're right. We have no other choices left."
Jin Russell's eyes were dim, but they also held a hint of determination.
He was originally the descendant of an executive from the strongest community in the Lower District of Little Garden, but overnight, that community had been razed to the ground.
In just a few hours, he had fallen from being one of the high-and-mighty heirs of the Arcadia community to the leader of a third-rate community, 'No Name,' consisting of 122 underage children... Such a gap would likely crush anyone with a weaker disposition instantly.
But Jin Russell did not break. Carrying his weary body, he did his best to comfort those young children. Under the guidance of his elder sister, Black Rabbit, he finally ensured that No Name didn't completely collapse. After much thought, he eventually decided to make one last gamble!
He wanted to... revive the community. He wanted to lead those equally young children to survive together, and to live better lives!
"It's good that you understand."
After Jin proposed the plan, Lily was silent for a while but ultimately agreed.
Although she had never studied how to fight, in Order to support Jin, who was like a biological brother to her, she still did her utmost to prepare before they set out.
As long as it was necessary, she would not fear combat!
Before the plan was set in motion, Lili Lither had a gentle and steady personality, but now that they had reached this step, she had cast aside all hesitation and cowardice. Even if it cost everything, she would bring Jin back safely!
The two looked at each other and opened the dungeon entrance without hesitation, stepping directly into this unknown land.
After a brief moment of dizziness, an empty hall appeared before their eyes.
In the center of the hall was a distorted space-time vortex. Through this vortex, Jin and Lily could vaguely see unknown monsters emitting black gas, roaring on the other side.
At this time, a petite Valkyrie dressed in a vintage nun's habit, exuding a sense of solemn holiness, was scanning the two who had just entered the dungeon with sharp eyes.
However, upon seeing that the newcomers were two young children, the sharpness in the Valkyrie's eyes receded, replaced by a soft expression.
Holy Covenanter
Level: Perfect
Type: Holy Knight
Attribute: Vaccine/Virus Buster
Special Moves: Cross Bind, Holy Thunder Spear
Background Origin: A member of the Valkyrie Legion directly under the Kindling Realm Administrator, Lord Ember Star, responsible for maintaining Order in the Ember Digital World.
Unlike Yagami Taichi's side, the digital lifeforms in the Digital World manifested by Hermes did not have the suffix 'mon' added to their names.
This was because every digital lifeform was classified as an intelligent lifeform—and an excellent one at that—rather than being relegated to the category of 'beast' lifeforms.
Jin Russell and Lili Lither remained composed as they accepted the Valkyrie's scrutiny, but their hearts were filled with shock. According to the detection of a certain Gift they had brought out, this was actually a five-digit level demigod.
In a godforsaken place like this, there was actually a demigod-level existence standing guard?!
Opening her eyes which shimmered with divinity, she observed the two for a moment. After seeing the pure spiritual glow radiating from their souls, the Holy Covenanter's gaze gradually softened.
A smile played on her lips as she said in a gentle tone, "It must be hard for children as young as you to come here for training."
"However, remember to act within your capabilities and do not be overly persistent!"
The Holy Covenanter was already used to small geniuses from the Star Crown Court of the main world coming here to train from time to time.
Under the management and planning of Lord Ember Star, the Kindling Realm had developed quite distinctively.
Dungeons, each with its own unique characteristics, stood beneath this land shrouded in Embers.
Through a special mechanism, the dungeons drew in vast amounts of negative energy to form various monsters. As long as the adventurers who came to train entered the dungeon and killed enough monsters, they could obtain firewood to fuel the Embers.
By contributing this firewood to the Primal Ember, they would naturally receive feedback.
Relying on this unique model, the Kindling Realm had developed quite prosperously among the many Digital Worlds in the Dimensional Star Sea.
Especially for the new generation who grew up playing online games, they were quite enthusiastic about this model that was almost like grinding mobs to level up.
Therefore, the Holy Covenanter did not find the arrival of the two strange.
Combining the information detected by his Gift, Jin Russell roughly understood what was going on. A small smile appeared on his tender face as he said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior. We will act within our limits and won't cause you any trouble."
"However, I wonder what we need to do to obtain an 'Ember Invitation'?"
The [Ember Invitation] was the key item for stabilizing a world anchor, as prompted by the Gift: Random Dimensional Leap.
As long as they could obtain this item, they would have the authority to travel between this world and Little Garden at any time.
In the past, their community's secret treasury had as many as 798 similar world anchors. Having so many different worlds as their foundation was what established their status as the strongest community in the Lower District of Little Garden.
It could be said that every world gate formed by a world anchor was a community's most precious treasure!
As long as these world gates still existed, a community still had the possibility of making a comeback!
Unfortunately, their community's secret treasury no longer existed... "An [Ember Invitation]?"
The Holy Covenanter was no stranger to this item; it was a characteristic product that dropped in every dungeon: "As long as you can conquer the first floor of the Larla Dungeon, the Nilo Corridor, you can obtain it."
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