Is this really a Game?!

As Reign and the others got teleported away, they found themselves in a part of the desert that was devoid of any life. The heat immediately hit them in the face and breathing was also more difficult thanks to the high heat.

They, however, did spot something weird. All of them had a flask that was full of water on their waist and a bit of food, enough for one meal. The Ice Angels were teleported together with them and were currently standing some 4 meters away, also checking out the flash and small bag of food.

“Seems like the system isn’t that heartless after all, I was wondering how the hell we would be able to transport water without being able to use any of the things in our inventory or spatial rings.” Said Reign as he looked at his flask before putting it back on his waist.

The Ice Angles came to them and their leader immediately spoke.

“We need to find something that can hold a lot of water.”

“And why?” Shadow asked her with confusion before she put her palm in front of her and a small amount of ice formed on it.

“Ice, what will, ohhh, I get it, we can use your ice for water!” Shadow said with enthusiasm as the others looked at him with smiles on their faces.

“Your ability really makes this challenge a lot easier.” Reign said as the girl nodded.

“I agree, but as I said, I won’t be of much help when it comes to fighting during the day, I can still fight, but my ability will use a lot more mana in such an environment.”

“No worries, you cooling the surroundings and supplying us with water is enough to earn your keep alone.” Reign said with a smile as he turned around to face Wolf and the others.

“Well, anybody got an idea for what we can use to store a lot of water in?” Reign asked as the others simply shook their heads. There was nothing they had on them that could be used to hold water, in the worst-case scenario they could simply put the ice in the flasks, but that would take a while compared to simply putting it in something and filling the flasks.

“Beast, can you use your eagle to scout the surroundings?” Reign asked before Beast nodded and summoned his eagle.

The appearance of a powerful Tier I monster surprised the Ice Angles who quickly got ready to fight, only to calm down once they realized that it was being controlled by one of the Heaven Hooligans.

“So that guy is a tamer?” One of them asked as the others shrugged their shoulders. Since Reign and the others were fully equipped with rank A and higher-ranked items, none of them had any weapons out so it was hard to guess what kind of weapons they used.

“He’s gonna scout the surroundings, it’s best we just wait it out here.” Reign said to the leader of the Angels as she nodded in agreement.

“By the way, what’s your name, it’s a bit weird that we’re teaming up without even knowing each other’s names,” Reign asked as the girl looked at him. .

“Mia.”

“Well, it’s nice to meet you, Mia, I’m Reign, as for the others…” Reign and the others spent some time getting to know the Ice Angels and introducing themselves.

The leader of the group was called Mia, and the three strongest people after her were called Marcus, Liona, and Jane.

Of course, there was no way of telling whether that was their true names, but Reign and the others didn’t care that much. They knew that there was something up with telling other people their true names, but for now, they had no idea what it was.

From what Eldar had told them, there would be no repercussions if others knew their true names so they simply used them when introducing themselves to others.

They were, however, warned that if they ever met a new Transcendent being or anyone above that rank, they should hide their true names from them. The reason for doing so was unknown, but Reign and the others trusted Eldar and would of course follow his advice, not to mention that the same advice was given to them by the elf queen and Aethion as well.

As the party finished introducing each other, Beast suddenly came to them. He quickly introduced himself to the Ice Angels before speaking.

“There’s not much around us except for sand and sand dunes, but I did manage to find some large rocks nearby, maybe we can use that as shelter and perhaps break off a piece to use as a container for water?”

“It could work, why not.” Wolf shrugged his shoulders as they all nodded and made their way toward the rocks that Beast had found.

It took them about 10 minutes to get there, it wasn’t as if they couldn’t get there faster, but they were currently in a new environment and it wouldn’t be smart to simply start running around and use up a lot of energy without knowing what could happen.

As they came near the rocks, Reign suddenly spread out his arms and stopped everybody.

His face was soon covered in sweat as he gulped and looked at the giant rocks in front of them.

“We’re gonna have to go around this place.”

“Huh, why, look at these rocks, they can definitely be used as shelter and-” Before Liona could continue talking, Mia lifted her hand up and motioned for her to stop.

“What is it?”

“There’s something beneath the rocks, from what I can feel, it’s probably a Tier II monster or an incredibly powerful Tier I boss.”

Upon hearing Reign’s words, everybody sucked in a cold breath of air, which was possible thanks to Mia who was using her ability in order to cool down the surroundings.

Even though the Ice Angels were interested in knowing how Reign could know something like that, they knew better than to ask. They had after all just teamed up and nobody was willing to divulge any skills to the other party.

Upon seeing the serious faces of Wolf and the others, they quickly understood that what Reign said was true as none of them seemed to doubt his words one bit.

“Let’s go, we’ll go around, make sure to be at least 500 meters away from the rocks, maybe even more.” Reign said as they all took a long detour around the rocks whilst occasionally glancing at the rocks with fearful expressions.

“This is probably why there are no monsters nearby, they were all either eaten or were scared off by what lies below the rocks.” Said Shadow before Reign shook his head.

“Not quite, see, I don’t think those are really rocks.”

“Huh?”

“Look at their shape, the biggest rock is a bit away from the other, smaller ones, but look at what shape the smaller ones have, they are all thick in the beginning, before getting more narrow and pointy, they kinda look sharp as well.” Reign pointed out as the Ice Angels also listened in.

Upon hearing his explanation, some of them had looks of horror as they understood what he meant. The rocks were the teeth of the monster that was hidden beneath the sand.

“How big is that thing then?” Shadow asked as he gulped before looking in front of them.

“Still smaller compared to the flood dragon.” Tank nonchalantly said as the others all nodded in agreement, the flood dragon was incredibly large and just his mouth was probably a bit bigger than whatever was below the sand, not to mention its incredibly long body.

The Ice Angels however glanced at them weirdly, not only did the group not seem too bothered by the fact that a huge monster was nearby, but they even saw something larger, a dragon nonetheless.

“How are these guys even alive, what the hell did they even do to see a dragon?” Marcus asked as the others all shook their heads and shrugged their shoulders. They knew that the Hooligans were strong, incredibly strong.

Even Mia, who was the strongest person they knew of, had to admit that their leader, Reign, was probably stronger than her, while the others were near her level or were as strong as her. That was something that none of them could believe at first, but after finding out that the Hooligans had managed to climb the mountain, they had to admit that her words were probably right.

“Beast, after we get away, use the eagle again, the longer it takes us to find shelter and a container, the harder this will be,” Reign told Beast who nodded his head in understanding before they continued moving away from the rocks.

They didn’t stop after that, Beast had sent the eagle to scout again while walking with the others as they followed the eagle’s path. It took them about 5 minutes before Beast was able to spot something once more.