Re-Awakening: I Ascend with a Legendary class

Chapter 165 Secret Challenge Area

Almond told Lily about the secret area's rewards as the duo continued, with Almond leading Argamon in the direction of the secret area.

"You said you reached the 30th floor fast, right? How old were you?" Lily curiously asked.

"Twenty-four complete when I reached there, I think. But I'd need more memories to confirm."

"Cool," Lily smiled.

"Would you have felt weird if I was an old man?" Almond asked with a chuckle.

"I'd have felt a bit weird briefly, but that wouldn't have changed anything about our current status, my daarling~" Lily smiled and kissed him.

...

They arrived near the end of this forest soon and saw an Icy Mountain's base, which marked the beginning of Tempestcall Tengu's area.

The secret area was buried in the snow and hard to detect unless one dug through it.

But there was a hint there on the icy stones in the surroundings.

There were no monsters here, so there was no chance of fighting, but the party that was friends with Almond's party had a conflict with another party and mistakenly destroyed a particular icy stone.

Upon its destruction, that hidden passage deep within the snow was revealed.

This escalated the conflict, and it resulted in the annihilation of the enemy party, while four out of six members of the party that belonged to Almond's friend also died.

That friend had told Almond about it, and then those two survivors joined Almond's party and entered this area.

Almond told the entire story about how this was discovered to Lily.

"So where's that stone? You haven't seen it, so we have to destroy all the stones here, right?" Lily asked as he looked at the icy stones at the base.

"Yeah, the passage was here, so let's destroy the icy stones here."

The duo began destroying the stones, and in just a few minutes, they triggered the secret passage's opening.

The cave entrance appeared at the mountain's base.

—> All class skills will be sealed.

—> Your skills that can be released through your weapons or enchanting the weapon will work, but the other skills will be sealed.

—> Equipment and items are prohibited. But you can choose a weapon from the challenge.

—> The difficulty will go up depending on the number of party members.

-Reward(s):

—> One use of Synthesis Forge of Eternal Power to each party member.

Almond's eyes trembled as the brutal memories of this challenge surfaced in his mind, his heartbeat racing.

Lily sensed it and grabbed his hand, and she managed to understand why he felt that way as well after reading the third applied condition.

"The eight of us entered here in my past life..." Almond muttered as he had calmed down and sighed. "And only I left this cave alive. It was also then that I decided that I wouldn't team up with anyone and trained like a maniac alone, getting stronger on my own. I only maintained relations with seniors to learn and get stronger."

"I will not leave you alone," Lily looked at him with resolve, her grip on his hand tightening. "That will never happen."

Almond gently smiled and nodded, "I believe you. I believe in your talent and potential."

"And I'll make sure that your trust in me is not in vain," Lily said, her eyes blazing with maddening resolve, "I will keep up with you even if that means I have to go through hells and purgatories."

Almond felt his heart ablaze at her words as he grinned and couldn't hold himself from kissing her passionately.

Both of them were drowned in the fiery passion of promise until they ran out of breath a few minutes later.

"Let's start the challenge now," Almond said as he took a deep breath.

"But darling, you lit a fire in me with that kissing session that will require you to douse it..." Lily said as she licked her lips, her right hand sliding down as it touched Almond's crotch area, "Look, you're also stiff..."

Without saying anything, Almond popped out Magic Tent from his storage ring and carried Lily inside.

...

Twenty minutes later, the duo emerged in new adventurer clothes and began the challenge.