Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Jimmy, take five Mysterious Dark Stones for your use. I'll join you later," Zachary said with a wave of his hand.

Jimmy nodded as he put away five of the Mysterious Dark Stones before leaving.

Shortly after, Zachary placed twelve Mysterious Dark Stones into the system. He then deposited ten in the bag for the task before catching up with Jimmy.

The two-day deadline ended less than an hour later.

Willis opened the entrance to the Dark Stone Cave. Since the mysterious man who took the Dark Golden Stone away was nowhere to be found, most of the disciples had no choice but to leave the cave in despair. Many others continued their search, but soon, they also gave up.

"Is anyone still in the cave? Tyson, count the number of disciples," Willis instructed Tyson when he saw that almost everyone had come out.

A short moment later, Tyson finished counting and reported to Willis, "Everyone is accounted for."

"Well then, let me see what the teams have collected. The teams that successfully gathered Mysterious Dark Stones need to nominate one member to bring the stones to me," Willis instructed.

Soon enough, many teams swarmed around Willis to hand over their Mysterious Dark Stones. However, most of them had collected just one or two stones, three at most.

A commotion was caused when Tyson's team presented five Mysterious Dark Stones. The disciples began debating with one another as they were convinced that, given the quantity, Tyson's team would win.

"Get out of the way! What's the big deal about getting five Mysterious Dark Stones?" At this time, an arrogant voice was heard. Michael walked toward the crowd with a heavy bag. Seven Mysterious Dark Stones were revealed when he opened the bag.

The disciples were shocked by this sight as they had never thought that Michael's team would gather so many.

The moment Michael took out the Mysterious Dark Stones, a few disciples curled their lips in disapproval. They knew that the seven stones had been forcibly taken from the other teams.

"Good job! Michael, you're the winner again." Willis nodded to Michael. As t

our sentence. As for other prizes, I'll distribute them after my return," Willis said.

Jimmy and the three disciples of Earth Level were surprised to hear Willis. They couldn't believe that they had won the competition. But Zachary looked very calm.

The other disciples began to clamor as they couldn't accept that the weakest team had secured the victory in the competition.

After a heated debate, people's astonishment settled, and all was forgotten. Soon, everyone returned to the camp with Willis and began to rest and heal themselves.

Zachary also retired to his tent. Jimmy entered as soon as Zachary had sat down.

"Harley, I have bad news!" Jimmy said. Worry laced his voice as he stood in front of Zachary.

"What's wrong?" Zachary glanced at Jimmy.

"Michael's men have taken our teammates," Jimmy stated.

"Really?" Zachary's face darkened.

"If they are made to suffer bitterly, they may tell Michael how we got the Mysterious Dark Stones." Jimmy was aware of that possibility.

"Doesn't matter now." Zachary didn't care about this. "You may have to find Tyson. Let him protect you, or you will be the next one to suffer."

Jimmy nodded. He had already thought of this. After a pause, he asked, "What about you?"

"Michael wouldn't dare to do anything to me now. Don't worry about me. If he dares to hurt me, he will have to pay a high price," Zachary said proudly.