Strongest Superhuman System

Chapter 127: River Crossing

Mark waited... and waited... and waited. But he slowly started to squeeze his brow in disbelief as he noticed that nothing was happening. Fucking hell, did he get it wrong? Mark looked up at the large crowd of zombies that were right in front of him, and he gritted his teeth and drew the sword to prepare for a fight as a zombie jumped over the altar to get to him.

Click!

But before the fight could begin, a slick sound was heard from the altar as red lines traveled across its body and formed a circle in the middle of its forward-facing side. A small slot opened there, and a black light shone throughout the cave.

Sheen!

The first person who seemed to notice how dangerous the situation was at that moment was Ryax, and she immediately shouted out to everyone else who was standing around the cavern.

"Run to the side! Now!!!"

Everybody started to run towards the wall of the cavern as the black light dimmed before a massive torrent of black flames surged to life across the cave.

Phwoom!

The hole released a massive flood of fire that burned everything in front of it! All the zombies that were in front of the altar were immediately scorched to death as they were blown back by the black flames. Mark easily ducked under the zombies that managed to get over the altar before he grabbed them and threw them back from where they came, for them to be destroyed by the fire.

It took more than five minutes for the fire to die down, and by then, there was nothing left in the middle of the cavern other than dead, twitching bodies. Mark made sure that there were no more monsters around before he stepped back and fell back on the wall with a sigh. That was fucking tiring. If Mark never saw another zombie in his life, it would be too soon.

The other survivors in the room didn't even reach a tenth of what they were at the start of the battle. Barely ten people were left standing at the end of it all, and Mark glanced at Ryax as she came up to the altar to ask if he needed help. Mark shook his head and stood up alone.

Rumble!

The door leading out of the cavern opened, and Mark wasted no time as he started to walk through to leave that place. The others also followed after him, and they all reached a long corridor that led into darkness.

The User does not possess any significant valuables to act as a crossing fee; therefore, the user is required to strike a suitable deal with the ferryman, Charon, to get him to the other side.]

[Test Conditions]

-> The user is not allowed to use all skills during the fight.

-> The user must not fall into the river more than twice. If the user falls into the river, the user will suffer the consequences on his own without help from any of the gods.

-> The User must strike at least one deal with the ferryman Charon.

[Number of Lives: III]

[The user has been granted a favor due to the incessant demands of his patron god, Sozin. Thanatos has agreed to allow the user to use one skill during each test. Please select the skill you wish to use]

[Mana Circulation – D Rank]

[Taunting – F Rank]

[Blunt Force Trauma – D Rank]

[True Sight – D Rank]

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Here we go again. Mark looked across the skills that he had with a critical gaze as he tried to see which of them would be useful in a mission like this. Mark had heard about the River Styx before. It was a river that served as a crossing path for dead souls.

According to myth, souls that die would have to pay the ferryman Charon a gold coin to have him take them to the other side, but if you don't have a gold coin, then Charon will refuse to take you to the other side, and you will have to swim across the river to get to the other side.