Lord of the Karmic Fate

"What?" running through one of the many hallways with quick steps, Old Dan was alarmed to see how the walls around him turn half-transparent.

However, a second after he spotted Raven's figure in the distance he quickly became ecstatic which in the second turned into shock and anxiety upon seeing how two beasts were chasing after his son!

"Now there are two of them? And even their speed has increased. I have to do something, but what?" Old Dan's face turned serious as he tried to figure out a way he could help Raven.

"Wait... Although it's risky, if I do it at the right time maybe it could work out." Old Dan mumbled to himself as he put his hand into his pocket and took out two small bottles, one having silver liquid within it while the other contained golden colored one!

"Yeah, it definitely will work out." with those words Old Dan quickly opened both bottle's lids and poured their contents into his mouth, just like how Raven has done it at the start of the Realm Game!

"Ahh... Tastes quite like sour milk..." Old Dan wiped the corner of his mouth and once he threw the bottle from his hand to the side he pressed his legs firmly against the ground!

Whoosh!

'Fast!' in the far distance Raven's eyes widened when he saw how Old Dan's speed all of a sudden exploded, literally tripling in speed compared to a few moments ago!

Old Dan became so fast that with his current speed he could easily rival professional athletes from the real world and perhaps even beat them!

In fact, although just a bit, it was an undeniable fact that with his current speed he even surpassed Raven's, indicating his Speed was above 6 points!

However, the biggest shock for Raven was not seeing the massive increase in Old Dan's speed but instead that he was running in his direction!

"What is he trying to do?" Raven was confused but exactly five seconds later his eyes widened from pure disbelief.

"Hey! Over here!"

Pressing his feet firmly into the ground the moment he reached the intersection where the two snakes were at the moment, Old Dan leaped into the air and swung his fist at the white snake's face which was only a single meter behind the black one!

The white snake with the chef hat on its head upon hearing Old Dan's shout stopped moving and was ready to turn its gaze to the side, only to end up with a firm punch on the side of his skull!

BAM!

"Damn! This daddy's fist here is way stronger than he has believed!" landing on the ground Old Dan glanced at his right fist with awe.

As for Raven, his eyes became so wide upon seeing how his foster father sent the massive white snake flying several meters away with a single punch that his eyeballs were threatening to fall out of their sockets!

"Hisss!"

Watching how the white snake dragged its body up after the strike, a confident smile appeared on Old Dan's face before looking over to Raven, who even at this moment was running away as the other beast was chasing after him.

"Brat! You go and collect the remaining shards. I will take care of this one here!"

Raven wished to say something, but unfortunately, as he was already reaching a corner while the countdown of the Revealer Shard was reaching its time limit, he could only clench his teeth and nod.

Although he didn't like the idea of his foster father fighting against the beast, as he experienced firsthand just how tough their skin really was, he had to admit that with only one snake chasing after him the pressure on him was less than before.

Like, after escaping from the dining area it was not once when the two beasts split up and tried to surround him so now that only the black snake wished to devour him he didn't have to fear such a thing.

[450+ Shards had been collected!]

[Every Shard Chaser now will gain an extra 1 point of Speed!]

Raven ignored the notification popping up on the small magic panel on his side and instead concentrated on the remaining purple crystals that were still visible around him.

'43 more to go, huh?' Raven tried to find an ideal path through which he could collect each shard with ease, but had to realize it was not that easy.

While there were shards that were around in one area, there are some that were far away and even a single one that was at the starting location!

'This will be quite troublesome...' Raven thought bitterly in his heart while making sure he memorized each shard's location until the very last second the Revealer Shard power was active.

Then, once the red crystal's effect wore off and every wall around him became opaque again, Raven quickly changed direction and started to move toward the area where more shards were in one location.

Of course, the black snake still chased after him like a hungry predator, and considering that it was only ten meters behind Raven which was getting shorter with every passing second it was obvious it was only a matter of time before it catches up with him!

There were even times when the snake didn't follow after Raven but decided to go on another path in the hope it could surprise him from the front or the sides, but as Raven was sharp and never let his guard down it always failed.

He simply outsmarted the snakes outsmarting and easily avoided getting devoured!

As for getting stuck in a dead-end, luckily that never happened as all the hallways were connected!

'Good! Only one more lef-!' an excited smile appeared on Raven's face, but it was not even a second before he saw how a white figure flashed from left to right in the following intersection which soon was followed by a muscular figure.

'He is insane...' Raven was speechless when he saw Old Dan's figure chasing after the white snake which had a body seemingly full of bruises!

Hell, Raven could even swear how the white snake looked terrified from Old Dan despite it being a hundred times larger than the small human behind it!

Raven sighed and glanced behind over his shoulder. However, the moment he did his face paled as the black snake was only a single meter away from him at this moment!

"Shit!" Raven quickly snapped his head back to the front and increased his speed to the utmost limit.

In a flash, Raven dashed through numerous hallways and different rooms before he finally reached the corner from where he was able to see the last Shard.

Joy took over Raven's heart when he finally saw the last crystal and didn't even hesitate to dash toward it.

However, just as he got five meters close to the crystal his pupils shrunk to the size of a needle, and watched with horror how all of a sudden the other snake suddenly appeared from the other hallway from his side!

"Raven! Watch ou-!" Old Dan wished to warn Raven but it was too late.

Becoming thrilled from terrified in an instant, the white snake opened its jaw wide and with one single move plunged itself at Raven, swallowing his whole figure with one single movement!

"You!" Old Dan's face paled when he saw how Raven's body was pushed deeper and deeper down into the snake's stomach, but his face quickly became angered, and swung his fist.

"Spit him out this very instant!"

BAM!

A powerful bang resounded in the hallway as Old Dan punched the snake square in the face, sending its massive body flying through the air like a ragdoll!

But it seemed even after such a powerful punch, except for a small bruise on its ugly head Old Dan failed to damage the beast severely not to mention force it to spit Raven out!

"You son of a b-"

"Th... Shar...d... Colle...ct... the shard!"

"What? What shard?" hearing Raven's rather quiet voice from within the beast, Old Dan raised a brow before he noticed that on his side a small purple crystal was floating silently!

"The shard!" Old Dan immediately understood what his son wished to say and without a second thought grabbed the crystal, completely unaware that just inches away above his head the jaw of the black snake was wide open.

But unfortunately, unlike Raven, Old Dan was not swallowed as the very moment he touched the crystal everything seemed to freeze before gradually the whole scenery around him changed.

The walls were replaced by thick and tall trees, the floor below his feet became emerald green grass, while the ceiling above his head vanished and what appeared in its place was a boundless night sky filled with numerous stars!

He was finally back in the real world with the massive white gate only a meter away from him!

"I... Am I alive?" lying on the ground with large drops of sweat flowing down his face, Raven touched his face several times before finally calming down and sighing with relief.

Whoosh!

[Congratulations! You have successfully completed Main Quest [Collect 500 Shards without dying!]]

[Receive rewards now or collect them later?]

Whoosh!

[Congratulations! You have been eligible to earn a new Avatar Title; Chaotic Survivor!]