Arriving back in her space she was met with various pairs of eyes and some unfamiliar faces.

    Blinking her eyes, she turned to look at the people in her system space with a confused look on her face.

    Turning to Asgar, she raised her eyebrows in askance.

    "You are finally back, I thought you would stay in that task world for a longer time." Asgar commented.

    "Welcome back." Kevin said with a smile as he stood up, giving her the chair he was sitting on.

    Sitting down, she turned to Lucian. "Since you are here, let''s go for the mission. Join the group."

    Zosia looked at the new face and even a familiar back that was sleeping on her bed. Opening her panel, she noticed a blinking red dot above the notification icon.

    "I will introduce you to the rest, while you take a look at the mission." Lucien said and continued, "You already know the rest. The person on the bed is Xenon, short — Xen...."

    Zosia raised her eyebrows in surprise, " No wonder his back looked so familiar." She muttered.

    "Then, the ladies are Tanya and Mina. Everyone, she is Zosia."

    Zosia nodded. Following Lucian''s finger, she was able to know who is Tanya and Mina.

    Clicking on the notification button, she accepted the invite and joined the group. Clicking on the briefings, that is the mission panel, she quickly read it.

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    Zosia breathed deeply after she finished reading the mission panel. Raising her head up, she was met with so many pairs of eyes.

    "So we are 8?" Zosia asked slowly.

    "Yup, and you can back out if you want to." Percival said as he stared at Zosia for a sign of fear on her face.

    "No need. We should go, I still have to do some things." Zosia commented as she turned to look at Lucian who had a lazy posture, with his fist on his cheek, supporting his head.

    Lucian Lazily stood up and said, "Since we are all here, we should go." A vortex appeared behind him as he said that.

    Zosia glanced at everyone including Asgar and Xen. She couldn''t help but wonder if Asgar is also a task taker or just a system. She didn''t understand what was going on.

    Her eyes briefly met with the two strange girls and she noticed that the eyes of the blonde haired girl answering Tanya, lit up anytime she glanced at Lucian.

    "I hope this mission doesn''t flop." She thought inwardly, with a calm face, so Xen who had approached her did not notice anything.

    "Hehe, Zosia, I didn''t think I would be coming to your space anytime sooner." He nudged Zosia a little as he said with a smile.

    Zosia smiled in return, her eyes glancing at the still forming Vortex. "Didn''t think so too." She answered.

    "After this mission I will lock down my system space. Because of them, I couldn''t even check for my reward or enter my Personal space." She closed her eyes to think. She wasn''t sure of what much she had in her arsenal, but she just hoped, that it wouldn''t be as bad as the Mission panel makes it out to be.

    The Vortex was fully formed and Lucian entered first, followed by the rest. They arrived in a black room.

    Zosia frowned, but she soon gained her mobility to move around and so did the other. Suddenly, tarot cards appeared in front of them.

    "Sure enough." Mina tucked her hair away as she cranked her neck to get ready.

    The Tarot card quickly shuffled themselves in the Air and four cards were revealed to them.

    Lucian glanced at it, his cold voice echoing in the room.

    "It''s just the same as the briefing in the summary but it is giving us the list of defects."

    "What are the defects?" Tanya asked. Her voice a little coy.

    Zosia could already tell what the defects are, but she still turned to look at Lucian.

    "The first card is the summary, the second card is the defects. Which are;

    ? Loss of Sight.

    ? Loss of Balance.

    ? Loss of Hearing.

    ? Loss of Touch.

    ? Loss of Taste.

    ? Lameness.

    ? Memory Loss.

    ? Extreme Fatigue.

    ? Hallucinations.

    ? Extreme Hunger.

    ? Extreme Water.

    While the third card is the Warning and the fourth card says, everyone''s defect will occur at a different timing, but a maximum of three defects each day."

    "So let''s go. Remember to tell us what you know as well as your defects, when it happens, so you can be looked after."

    Zosia didn''t think that such will work in such a mashed up group. Maybe it could occur between Lucian''s group but she didn''t think Mina would but Tanya could, since, it seems she apparently has a thing for Lucian.

    Zosia swallowed hard, the list of defects sending a chill down her spine. This mission was going to be more challenging than she initially thought. The stakes were high, and the unpredictability of the defects made it even more challenging.

    She glanced at her teammates, noting the mix of expressions—determination, anxiety, and a hint of excitement.

    Lucian stepped forward, his demeanor cold and Lazy. "Remember, communication is key. If you experience any of the defects, notify the group immediately. We need to adapt quickly to survive."

    The team nodded in agreement, and Zosia took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for the task ahead. She looked around the black room, trying to find any clues or signs that could help them.

    The vortex that had brought them here was now gone, leaving only an eerie silence. She also didn''t notice anything apart from the Tarot cards.

    "Let''s move out." Lucian ordered, leading the way. The group followed, stepping into what felt like an endless void. It wasn''t long before the environment began to shift, colors and shapes emerging from the darkness, slowly forming a landscape of Ice and snow.

    Tanya and Zosia shivered unconsciously. Zosia immediately clicked on her inventory. Clicking on the customized fighting suit, she felt the suit meld into her skin.

    That was when she noticed that all of them were actually in their normal form but instead of souls, their body was corporal. Like the human bodies.

    Zosia glanced at her body in shock, "Wow." She muttered subconsciously, a little surprise.

    "Tch.. country bumpkin." Mina muttered, rolling her eyes, and she looked away from Zosia.

    "We would communicate through the group chat and once the light goes red, it means the person is out and would no longer be able to communicate, if it turns gray, then the person is dead." Lucian said as he took the lead.

    They walked towards the east. The landscape was barren and harsh, with the wind howling around them, carrying sharp bites of cold.

    Each step they took crunched loudly against the icy ground. Zosia kept her eyes on her surroundings, trying to push aside the tension gnawing at her.

    Kevin, walking beside her, muttered, "If the defects start kicking in, we better have a solid plan."

    Lucian glanced over his shoulder, his eyes sharp. "We''ll deal with them as they come. Just stay vigilant."

    As they trudged forward, Zosia noticed strange formations in the ice—spires that seemed almost too symmetrical, too deliberate, to be natural. She couldn''t shake the feeling that they were being watched. The eerie silence was broken only by the wind and their footsteps, amplifying her unease. sea??h thё N??eFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    After what felt like hours, they noticed smoke coming from afar.

    "That should be a village." Mina who was walking alongside Lucian spoke.

    Zosia frowned, she felt some unease about the village. She decided to spread her spiritual consciousness.

    "Zosia we will be noticed, tone it down." Lucian glanced at Zosia, his cold eyes held warning.

    Zosia nodded, then wrapped her spiritual consciousness around her body and activated the formations on her body.

    "You must have harvested a lot of Force stone to waste it like this." Tanya who was behind her, spoke.

    Zosia didn''t explain as she doesn''t even know what a Force stone is. She knows about Mana stone and Spirit stone. But, Force stone... Nah.

    "What is a Force stone?" She asked Kevin using telepathy.

    "It''s a stone that is just like Mana and Spirit stone but it is of a universal type. It converts Mana, Qi, Ether etc to a universal force that can act as a power source to anything. It can even absorb soul force." Kevin replied.

    Their faces didn''t display any sign of their communication. Lucian ears twitched for a moment, his steps didn''t flatter as they headed towards the village.

    They arrived at the village and noticed an old man using a snow shovel to remove the snow at the front of his house.

    "Good day Sir. We are coming from a long distance place but we met an avalanche and our carriage broke down." Percival said as they stood in front of the man''s house under the snowy weather.

    Listening to Percival''s words, she realized that, they didn''t actually know what style of world this is. Is it Ancient, Modern or Very advanced like Sci-Fi?

    The man kept shoveling the snow, completely ignoring them. They looked at each other, seeing the confusion in their eyes, they turned to look at the old man.

    Mina stepped forward, approaching the man. The man slowly raised his head up, his eyes blank with only the whites showing and his body moved mechanically.

    The expression on their faces changed dramatically.

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