Chapter 375 - Attack of the ravens
After settling things at the administrative building, Liam headed out, walking on the streets of the busy city.
The entire place was abuzz with activity, and Liam was well aware that he was the reason for it.
"I wonder how many will stay and how many will leave?" He chuckled and jogged to the outskirts.
Liam then entered [Stealth] before leaving the city gates.
He looked around, hoping to run into some of the people who were camping and lying in wait for their guild members, but it seemed like the coast was clear for now.
"I guess they are all busy with the spatial rift… this should keep them occupied for a while."
He opened his system interface and shot a quick message to Alex. "You can ask everyone to leave now. It should be safe."
As soon as he sent the message, he received a reply immediately, almost as if Alex was waiting for him. "Congrats on all the achievements. Yes, I will inform them."
Liam looked at it and then closed the interface.
He was about to call for Talon so that they could leave to attend to the next business when suddenly a flock of black ravens appeared in the sky above him.
And before he could even realize their presence, these birds shot downward towards him like arrows and bullets.
"Hmmm?" Liam only had a second, but that was enough for him.
He quickly backed away several paces, leaving the raven darts aimed at him to strike the ground.
Their sharp beaks plunged deeply into the wet forest ground and were stuck amidst the dust and grime.
This was proof enough to show the power and tenacity with which they had attacked.
Moreover, there was a dozen of them. If Liam had not reacted in time, he might have really lost his life to a bunch of ravens.
"Huh? Where did these come from?" Liam was perplexed. He had a vaguely familiar feeling on seeing these birds, but he couldn't exactly place his finger on it.
He watched as the birds dislodged themselves from the ground and once again began attacking him, but now that he knew they were there, things were very different.
Liam casually moved, his feet tracking different patterns and his body bending at various angles. It was a child's play for him to evade these birds.
After playing around with them for a couple of seconds, he looked at the little fox, leisurely peeking out from his back.
"Luna, you know what to do."
Liam took out a big metallic cage from his inventory space and then tossed it out.
The little fox's eyes sparkled on seeing this, and she got to work quickly.
BOOM. BOOM. POW. POW.
In a few minutes, the ravens were all banged up and packed neatly inside the metal cage, not one of them dead or wasted.
Liam patted the little fox, genuinely impressed with her work.
The ravens were around Level 30 while Luna was only Level 11, and yet the little thing had made a quick work of them.
"Good girl. Good girl. Here have some more meatballs." Liam took out the last few meatballs from his inventory space and gave them to the fox.
"I need to ask Shen Yue for more."
His gaze shifted from the fox, who was grinning from ear to ear happily, to the cage full of ravens, all of them having a terrified expression.
"Time to practice forging."
Liam grabbed the cage, settled on an isolated spot, and started his daily training.
This time he did not even have to look for the ingredients. They had literally fallen out of the sky. He let out a lazy yawn and grabbed the first bird in his hand.
He used [Throat Grasp] to remove the remaining health and finish the bird off.
And as usual, the small soul bead popped out of the black raven.
Liam immediately manipulated the mana in the air around him to engulf the bead and started the forging process.
Compared to how he struggled to forge the demonic imps, this was extremely simple and easy.
He felt as if he could do this even if he were not focussing completely on the forging. It felt second nature to him to mold and refine the small soul bead.
His progress in this technique and how far he had come were very obvious. Liam's gaze flickered in excitement, but he still patiently continued the work.
DANG. DANG. DANG. DANG.
Dull sounds echoed as the soul bead was slowly refined.
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Meanwhile… as Liam was calmly going about his business… the entire world, both inside and outside, descended into chaos.
At first, the flash headlines and online forums exploded with the news about the latest guild achievements of 'Crimson Abyss.'
Though these achievements were not a huge deal, the impact was explosive mainly because no one else had figured out a way to develop their guild residences to such an extent.
So everyone was curious as to how the residence would look, how everything would turn out, and what exclusive benefits they might receive.
Even the look of the building was highly anticipated as this was the first S-Rank guild throughout the entirety of the game, including multiple kingdoms and empires.