Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

Strange Fog.

[Ace POV],

Looking at the sun rays that tried their best to force their way in through the cracks in the wall, I ate my breakfast with the team while calling out the primordial chronicle in my head and checking how far my progress is in my job quest.

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[Kill Unranked Monsters using Magic: [100/100]],

​ [Kill Rank 1 Monster using magic: [0/50]],

[Kill Rank 1 Monster with the aid of Alchemy: [0/30]],

[Kill Rank 1 Monster with a single hit with the aid of Alchemy: [0/1]],

[Time Limit: 48 Days: 1 Hour: 08 Minutes: 44 Seconds],

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Yes, that's right. Today marks the seventh day since I awoke from the transparent crystal.

It's been a week since all of these strange events occurred.

Well, things that happened from the time we woke up.

Many things have happened since then.

I came dangerously close to death several times. I courted death several times by first going through strange places, and a few times I experienced strange emotions that were both strong and weak.

Memories upon memories, but the ones that stood out to me were my short journey to staying alive.

I never imagined a day would come when staying alive would be difficult. Though this happened mostly in the first few days before I leveled up my physique to the level of a rank 1 specie, there were still some tricky times when even the physique could barely help me.

No one wants to be chased by dozens of level 23 to level 25 fire eagles while firing fireballs at them simply because they entered their territory.

My team and I experienced this.

Territory may sound confusing, but it isn't because outside of this building we are currently in is a vast forest.

It was exactly as I predicted: the further south we go, the more green life there is and monsters grow stronger.

The number of monsters also increased, allowing me and everyone else on the team to complete their first job requirement, assuming Emma's own was to kill unranked monsters as well.

Though it was what I suspected, it was more exaggerated in reality.

Basically, at this point in the forest, there is no form or trace of humanity other than a few collapsed buildings here and there.

We haven't seen a single human since we went further south and reached the point where green life began to form a small forest.

Not that I care; it just goes to show how big and large the planet has become.

Geographers are probably going insane right now because everything appears to be messed up to them.

"Ace, be quick!" Emma called my name as I was thinking of these things, jolting me out of my reverie.

Looking at the blonde girl in front of me, who seemed eager to get out of the building, I remembered telling her my thoughts before we arrived at the forest.

It was when she heard my thoughts for the first time did I really know Emma.

When she said she wanted to explore this new world, she wasn't kidding. Even though all we saw after entering the forest were big trees and collapsed buildings at times, Emma was still energized and kept urging me to go further south.

So our primary goal at the time was to continue the journey.

Apart from wanting to find out if there is anything special in the south, it was also the only place we had to go to finish our job quest since there was a good chance of finding a reasonable number of rank 1 monsters to kill for our quest.

There's also the part where the relationship between me and the rest of the team is better than it was a few days ago. Emma, who had been a little reserved when she first joined the team, was much more talkative now, and together with the now cheerful Anna, who had a gloomy aura a few days ago, had destroyed my peace and quiet.

There was also Mia, who began to cling to me for some reason. It was discomforting at first because I felt compelled to knock her unconscious whenever she came close to me, but I've grown accustomed to it.

Overall, the teammates' relationships in the team were better than before, which was good because the efficiency of the team working together increased by a cut.

It's also worth noting that everyone on the team was able to level up their physique as we became a group of pseudo-rank 1 species.

What was 'hateful,' according to Emma, and in the eyes of the envious Chris, was that Anna did not have to use her accumulated primordial records to level up before she got the physique of a rank 1 specie.

She got it from the feedback she got when the crow leveled up, so unlike us, who had to think about future problems with leveling up because of the method we used to level up our physique, Anna can just relax as her crow leveled up as she leveled up her physique relying on the feedback she'll receive from the crow while she can keep her accumulated level ups and possibly level up many times immediately after she gets a job and evolve.

In my terms, I believe it must be nice to freeload.

As a I thought of this, I finished my food relatively quickly in order to avoid Emma's pestering, and it was mostly because I wanted to continue my journey and find strong monsters.

I didn't forget that I still had a time limit on my head for me to complete my job requirements, so the sooner I finish them, the better, and since I had some expectations for the unique job, it would be a shame if I lost it.

As I was thinking about these things, everyone else had finished whatever they were doing, so we exited the building.

"The fog is getting thicker," Emma said as soon as we stepped outside.

Hearing this, I turned my attention to my surroundings, and it's exactly as Emma stated.

We were surrounded by fog, which appears to be thicker now than it was yesterday.

The fog did not appear on its own or suddenly; rather, we encountered it.

I'm not sure what's up with the fog, but something inside me tells me things are more complicated than they appear.

As I considered these things, I and the team moved deeper into the fog.

At this point, no one wanted to go back as it provided no benefits and, aside from the strange vibes it gave, there were no dangers in the fog, so we continued our journey.

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