[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-endless-leveling-done-right":3,"chapter-endless-leveling-done-right-endless-leveling-done-right-chapter-681":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Endless Leveling Done Right!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1829945,2435,"Chapter 681: Warning Of Thorns [Part 1]","endless-leveling-done-right-chapter-681",681,"\u003Cp>Alex looked around his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was standing at the main plaza of Frieden Academy. This place couldn’t be any more familiar, and yet, something felt amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a very subtle feeling that made his senses tell him that something was definitely wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to look around him, looking for what made him feel that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then when it hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no students around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too quiet for an academy with over a thousand students living inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a sense of unease, he ran toward his dormitory to look for people. However, when he entered the common room, he found no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings he passed along the way were also empty. Alex immediately thought he was in a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only logical explanation he could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this wasn’t in a dream, then where was everyone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man took a deep breath before pinching his arm. He pinched himself so hard that the pain he suddenly felt took him by surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-It’s not a dream?!\" Alex looked at his reddened arm in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice spoke behind him, making the young man immediately back away as he turned to look in the direction where a young lady smiled faintly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lady was someone whom Alex had spent his time with. However, this was the first time he was seeing her in a dream that felt so real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"E-Efa?\" Alex asked. He wanted to confirm if the lady he knew was really the one standing in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Efa didn’t reply. She only smiled faintly before walking toward Alex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man didn’t feel any hostility coming from her, but he could feel a different kind of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pressure from someone stronger than him. His expression turned solemn as soon as he felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Efa stopped a meter away in front of Alex, looking at him with a calm gaze. It had been a while since they had seen each other, but she looked exactly like the young lady he parted with back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alex, don’t go to Hy-Brasil,\" Efa said. \"You’re not ready to face the Hermit’s second challenge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\" Alex asked. \"Hy-Brasil only appears once every seven years. If I don’t go there this year, then I will have to wait for another seven years. I can’t wait that long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew you would say that,\" Efa replied, her eyes narrowing a bit. \"I will wait for you there, then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will wait for me there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex frowned. He didn’t mind reuniting with Efa there. Yet, for some reason, the young lady in front of him and the person he knew... seemed somehow different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face, her voice, even the way she looked at him was just like Efa. But she felt different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" Alex asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Efa,\" Efa replied. \"Just Efa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petite young lady with long blonde hair and green eyes smiled faintly at Alex. She was older than him by three to four years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out to him with her slender hand, touching the side of his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand was soft and warm, which helped him calm down a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the two of us alone will not be able to overcome the challenge,\" Efa stated. \"At most, you will only have a small chance of survival. But if you bring the lady blessed by luck, that small chance of survival will increase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Efa, tell me. What is this challenge about?\" Alex asked while doing his best to calm his wildly beating heart. \"What is waiting for me in Hy-Brasil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The details of the Second Trial of the Hermit was actually a tightly guarded secret in ELO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex only knew bits and pieces of information, as well as hidden clues about when and where the mysterious island would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the trial in itself was still a complete mystery to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to bring Astrea with me?\" Alex asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to escape Hy-Brasil, then yes,\" Efa replied. \"If you want to stay there forever, then you don’t have to bring her. I’ll keep you company for seven years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young lady made her words sound like a joke, but Alex could feel that she wasn’t joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Efa, tell me. Just who are you?\" Alex asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question that he really wanted to ask was, \"What are you?\" But he changed his question because he felt that he would regret asking that question for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Efa,\" Efa replied. \"Just Efa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then smiled sweetly before turning around to walk away. \"I’ll see you in Hy-Brasil. Don’t forget to bring Astrea with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the young lady transformed into countless white feathers that were blown away by the wind, disappearing from Alex’s sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then stood there, looking in a daze at the spot where Efa had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he thought it was time for him to finally wake up, he felt another presence behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex slowly turned around and saw Latifa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t the Latifa that he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked exactly like her. Only a little older, perhaps in her early twenties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other thing that Alex noticed was the number of tails behind her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was eight...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then when Alex’s gaze landed on one of Latifa’s tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a necklace tied on it, making it stand out from the rest of the eight tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very familiar necklace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pendant that had a silver string, as well as a heart-shaped jewel at its center made of purple amethyst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A purple amethyst meant spiritual protection, inner peace, and clarity of mind in the language of jewels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the gift that Alex gave Lala before they bade goodbye to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\" Alex didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt his anger surge from the very depths of his heart. \"What did you do to Lala?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She simply returned to her rightful place,\" Latifa answered calmly. \"Did you forget? Lala is a part of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex knew that Latifa was telling the truth. All of her Alters were indeed a part of her, which was irrefutable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why it was different, but the sudden rage that took over his body made him summon his warhammer, charging at Latifa with a roar of rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he did so, he remembered the last conversation he had with the little girl, who had called him Papa many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Papa... please live a happy life,\" Lala said softly as she hugged Alex one last time. \"That way, wherever I may be, I can be happy for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Latifa didn’t move away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply stood there and waited for Alex to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waited for the hammer that was blazing with flames and his fury to crash down on her without batting an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>",1165,"2026-06-09T06:11:34.722Z",1,"novelbin.me","5622dad9b47e8bf4d2a54ec9c10d0a4f92b6b405bbb0c578051d92ddd28bb94a","endless-leveling-done-right-chapter-682","endless-leveling-done-right-chapter-680",682,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-leveling-done-right-cover.jpg"]