When they finally arrived at the open area, Shaan’s whole body froze. He was completely speechless when he saw a large round machine that looked like a teleportation machine that he had seen while reading a magazine. It was placed in the center of the open area and strangely enough, there was a kind of pink colored light vortex that looked very similar to the Midnight gate vortex.
’Wait, but how come? Doesn’t the Midnight gate only open at midnight?’
Just a few minutes later, Mr. Luis along with several other officers emerged from the portal. The officers were seen carrying out several small silver suitcases that had been opened, then arranging them on a long table not far from the round machine.
"Good morning, all amateur Daemonists," greeted Mr. Luis excitedly. "Today we will begin the simulation session. In this simulation session, all amateur Daemonists will enter the artificial midnight gate that has been prepared. This portal was successfully created using advanced technology and the use of special materials obtained from inside the midnight gate. This simulated midnight gate is connected to an area that all amateur Daemonists will be tasked to collect something in."
’Collect something? What does Mr. Luis actually say?’
Mr. Luis slowly took something out of his pocket and raised it high enough for anyone to see what was in his hand "This is one of the crystal stones called Saphire. This crystal has a beautiful deep blue color and hard resistance which is suitable for use as a weapon material."
"Then what does this have to do with the simulation session?" asked a dark-haired man in the crowd.
"The task for the simulation session is for you to search for this crystal stone that has been scattered by some officers inside the artificial midnight gate. Once you find it, bring it back to me and your job is done," said Mr. Luis smiling. "Pretty easy, isn’t it? However, this task is not as easy as you might think because there will be many surprises prepared by the officers inside this place."
’Surprises? What surprises are Mr. Luis referring to?"
"Remember, in this simulation, amateur daemonists are expected to use their skills well and engage the power of their daemons to solve problems within the venue," Mr. Lius explained. "Alright, then. Let’s start the simulation."
Mr. Luis snapped his fingers and several officers then led all the amateur daemonists to form a long line. With the assistance of the officers, one by one the daemonists stepped into the mysterious portal until it was finally Shaan’s turn to step into the portal.
’Gosh... I totally don’t expect this portal to be connected to a cave.’
"Alright, all Daemonists who have passed through the portal should immediately enter the cave and search for the stone," shouted the officer in the front row. "Now, you can summon your daemon by focusing your mind and saying its name. Remember, use your daemon to help you while in the cave. Also, pay attention to the insanity level on your insanmeter so that it is not red. Good luck."
After the officer said these words, the daemonists began to run into the cave and split up to look for the whereabouts of the said stone. Shaan, who realized this, immediately ran into the cave.
’I... I don’t expect this cave will be .’
While walking through the cave, Shaan’s palms constantly touched the wet and humid surface of the cave walls. It felt like he was a blind man, but he was doing this on purpose because the lighting in the cave was very inadequate. The cave felt darker and darker and unfortunately only relied on an old flickering chandelier. Not only that, the deeper he went into the cave, medium-sized rocks began to appear in front of him, so he had to be very careful walking through this cave if he didn’t want to fall.
’Strange, how come I’ve been walking for quite some time, but I don’t see any other Saphire and Daemonist stones around here at all?’ Shaan paused for a moment. ’Looks like it’s time I call robin hood to help me.’
Shaan finally focused his mind and instantly the symbol in Shaan’s palm emitted a golden yellow light. In just a matter of seconds, a spell symbol that resembled a balance sheet suddenly appeared near Shaan and slowly from within the spell symbol began to emit light.
"Prince of Thieves, Robin Hood. I summon you!"
In just a matter of seconds, the silhouette of an astral creature was seen emerging from within the spell symbol and slowly its figure became clearer and clearer. Shaan who witnessed this could only be dumbfounded. He knew, surely a robin hood figure would be much cooler, given that he had met a robin hood figure before who clearly looked like a hero
[Nice to meet you, Shaan.]
"Huh? wait... this.... this can’t be...."
Shaan repeatedly rubbed his eyes when he saw the appearance of robin hood which was so different from what he had seen before. There was absolutely no armor that made him look so dashing the first time Shaan met him. There was only a man who looked at a glance like his age wearing a long green robe with a hood covering his head. In one of his hands was a wooden bow that was very different from what he had seen before.
[What’s wrong, Shaan. Your face looks confuse. Is there something wrong?] Robin hood furrowed his brow.
"Ro-robin hood? Where are your thick armor and majestic bow? Why do you look ?"
[That was my awakened form like. However, in order to activate that model, there must be a strong bond formed, so my awakened form will activate.]
’Damn, it feels like I got tricked with this Daemon.’ Shaan tapped his forehead. ’I had thought it would be amazing to see Robin Hood in person, right before my eyes.’
"Ah, just forget about it. Now I’d like to ask you a favor. I’m looking for the Saphire crystals scattered in this place. Do you able to use your skills to find it?"
[Sadly no, because I don’t have that kind of skill at all.] Robin hood shook his head. [However, I sense some foreign energy a few meters ahead. We should take a look and check it out, maybe we can find something there.]