394  393: Mountain Goats? (Seventh Bonus Chapter)

    If there was one thing Selene wished was given to them before they entered the Dimension of The Old Ones, it was a map of the shattered dimension. No?v(el)B\\jnn

    Selene had zero information on the shattered dimension, and she had no idea on where to go. For all she knew, whatever path she took after leaving the cave could be fraught with untold and immense dangers.

    However, she had no choice but to pick a path.

    Deciding to bank on the most important information she had of this place, Selene chose to take the path that was in the direction of the golden staircase she could see from where she was.

    Although she was a little bit fearful of the unknown, she had lived in the Underworld all her life and danger was nothing new to her.

    As she moved down the path that led in the direction of the golden staircase, she also used the opportunity to sightsee and observe the mountains around her in awe and excitement.

    In the first hour, she had been excited and intrigued by the mountains around her. However, after she saw nothing else, not even a sign of an animal, beast, monster, or even another human, she became bored and also slightly worried.

    Was she the only living being in this region filled with nothing but mountains?

    Minutes after she had this thought, she saw another living being. Although it was something she never expected.

    It resembled an animal she had never seen physically, but she had seen such animals in images.

    ''Is that a... goat?... A mutated goat?''

    This was her thought as she observed the extremely strange looking goat that was standing with ease on the mountain. What surprised Selene was the manner in which the goat stood on the mountain.

    It was extremely bigger than the goats she saw in some images. It also had spikes coming out of its spine, and it had rock like skin beneath its brown fur. It''s horns also seemed metallic.

    It barely had enough ground to stand, and it stood with the side of its body hugging the mountain side while chewing on a dry grass.

    However, the improvement was little and not much at all.

    She was disappointed, however, she also didn''t expect much since it was just a single tier 1 beast she killed.

    Just as she was about to store her sword away and keep on moving, she felt vibrations all around her. She was stunned and confused, and then she looked at the mountains and hills all around her.

    Everything was trembling, and even the ground was no exception.

    A terrible feeling of crisis emerged in her heart and she knew she had to leave where she was. So... she ran.

    Although she was a mystic being, she trusted her instincts which had been formed after numerous deadly and dangerous encounters in the Underworld.

    Her speed was incredibly fast, and in less than ten seconds, she had already crossed a kilometer which was not surprising since her specialty was in her speed.

    As she ran, she looked behind her, and what she saw made her heart to skip several beats.

    Several meters behind her was a herd of similar looking goats. Most of these goats were weaker, possessing strength that was below that of a tier 4, however, the sheer number of the goats sent a chill across her soul.

    What made it worse for her was that she could sense a few goats that possessed the strength of a tier 4, and she knew that she would be fucked if she was caught by these goats.

    What Selene didn''t know was that a goat was never alone, it was always part of a herd, and if a single goat of a herd dies, the entire herd would know and one would have to face the wrath of a herd of goats.

    Unfortunately for her, the goat she encountered could be a considered a child that could not control itself. Assuming it was an older goat, Selene would not have been attacked by the goat as long as she did not get too close to the goat or the feeding ground of the herd.

    This was what led to the beginning of her suffering in this region of mountains.

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