Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent! - Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Who are you?
Soon after the dust cleared, the three awakened saw a youth of similar age to them in a strange outfit walking out from behind the now dead boar.

Several small sparks and flames still remained in the surroundings, as a reminder of the attack Alex had just launched.

“Are you okay?” asked Alex, with a smile on his face.

The three awakened looked at Alex, their expressions those of shock and their mouths agape.

They opened their mouths to speak.

“Who… What are you?”

Alex just looked at them with a mysterious smile and replied.

“Hello! I’m just a wandering warrior. Can you tell me a little about this place?”

Upon hearing Alex’s answer, the three conscious awakened quickly reacted, with the male taking the lead.

“Y-yes, hello sir! We’re currently in the outskirts between the Wildlands and the Darkness.”

He gave a respectful answer. Although Alex came out of nowhere and they knew absolutely nothing about him, from the way Alex had easily subdued that powerful boar that not even the four of them could do with their combined effort, it was obvious that his strength was far superior to theirs.

They were currently on a mission in the Wildlands, a place fraught with danger, set by their professors.

This place was very dangerous, and it was barren. If Alex chose to, he could kill them, and nobody would ever come to know of it. They would just become another unlucky team that had likely fallen to a strong beast.

Not to mention that he chose to save their lives too, so that had to count for something.

“You might want to help your friend.” Alex pointed towards the other male who had been sent flying by the boar at the start of the fight.

“Right!” The two females stood up, immediately tending to the injured male and took out some unknown bottle and smeared it on the huge gash across his stomach.

Alex stood in wonder as he watched the once lethal injury turn into a scar in a matter of minutes.

“Oh, by the way, do you know of any towns or villages close by, and maybe where the closest Adventurer’s association is as well?”

The three awakened looked into each other’s eyes, hesitant on whether to speak or not. But seeing Alex’s confident demeanor and lack of malicious intent, the male stood forward and answered.

“The closest town from here is Monty town to the east, around a two day walk from here. As for the Adventurer’s association, the only one I know of is located far away in the capital of the Cavernous Empire…”

Alex continued asking a few more questions, before bidding his goodbyes to the team.

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Fine streaks of air rushed past Alex’s ears, as the scenery around him became blurred streaks of light.

Alex hurried towards Monty town, recalling the information he had gained from the team of awakened.

The place he was in was called the Wildlands, a barren region with beasts scattered all over it, spelling danger for many unlucky travellers.

The whole place he was in was called the Underworld, with him currently located in the territories of the Cavernous Empire, the reigning power down in this place.

What was even more shocking for Alex than the fact that this place held an entire civilisation of humans, was the fact that as soon as he left the wildlands he was greeted by a sight he never thought possible.

There was actually a blue sky above his head, along with a sun and everything one would expect of the surface.

But he knew for a fact that he was still underground!

Not just this, but there was vegetation everywhere he looked, apart from where the Wildlands met this place.

If Alex didn’t know any better, he’d have 100% thought he was on the surface.

If he was dropped down here when he first entered the Primordial Expanse, he wouldn’t have noticed he was underground at all.

But although this place was technically a part of one whole empire, every city here may as well be its own independent power. The land was vast and there were few people, leaving many places disconnected from each other.

If you wanted to leave your town or city, you’d first have to become an Awakened.

What particularly caught Alex’s attention was the presence of Adventure Academies in this place.

He didn’t know the situation on the surface, but he hadn’t heard of such a thing when he spent time in Valentis city.

They held a striking resemblance to the Awakened Universities of the Federation, which interested Alex a little.

But he didn’t plan on visiting any of these places while he was down here.

His goal of coming here in the first place was to spend his time killing beasts for their beast cores so he could secure enough money to take a trip to Capital Prime University.

Alex had already spent too much time idling in this place, the only beasts he had seen so far were the Mutant Shadow Wolf and that black boar.

He was lucky to get a beast core from the Shadow Wolf, but he wouldn’t do something so stupid like selling off such a precious item.

Whether there was anything to gain from the boar was unknown, as Alex was gracious enough to leave its corpse to the team he had saved as compensation for their information.

Based on Alex’s speed, he didn’t need two days of travel to reach Monty town, like that male warrior said.

Instead he reached it after only a few hours of travel at his full speed.

Monty town’s architecture was pretty much identical to that of the houses he saw in Valentis city on the surface, only there were much fewer of them. Each building adopted the Ancient Medieval European style like most places in the Primordial Expanse.

Along the road leading into the little town was a bustling marketplace, which he could see was filled with people all going about their business.

But wherever there were people, there would naturally be a hierarchy.

Alex hadn’t even entered the town yet but he could already see a distinct difference between people’s clothing.

The houses nearer to the centre of the town were much bigger, cleaner and higher quality than those on the outskirts.

Walking along the road, Alex eyed up the three metre tall stone walls surrounding the village. There were also two guards standing near the entrance, holding swords and wearing armor that looked like they hadn’t been used in years.

“Halt! State your purpose!” Upon spotting Alex, the guards were a little on edge.