Chapter 84: Inferno Wastes.
It was surprising to see that the regular treasure hunters were almost as disciplined as the vanguard forces.
When after the mass prayer the next morning two dozens of caretakers in purple cloaks arrived, the crowd gathered in front of the rift gate, and patiently waited for their deity to arrive. Lee knew some religions worshiped their spiritual leaders as incarnations of gods, but it was the first time he saw someone who was considered an actual God.
Lunax didn't make his devotees wait for too long. Like always, he appeared on the top of the rift gate, held a speech, and then the performance of him opening the rift followed. Clearly everyone was familiar with the procedure, because without further instructions or incidents the crowd flowed through the gate.
Treasure hunters weren't as effective as vanguard, and it took a longer time for the same amount of people to cross over, but the sight was impressive nevertheless.
The new thing, at least to Lee was that after several hundred people left, Lunax turned off the gate, took a pause while sitting on top of it as if meditating, and then opened another rift.
Before Lee began to ponder the implications, Thorax mused out loud, "Looks like we'll be in the third batch this time. Let's see who'll be our competitors ..."
"No need to worry!" A well built man, covered in armor except for helm and hand guards, said, "We'll leave you some beasts for you to play with!"
Lee remembered him from yesterday – the guy was one of the people who offered him to join his squad.
He was one of the first who approached, and Lee was immediately scared off by his flat nose and white fangs. The guy reminded him of the crazed bunch at the first blob farm – compared to them his big two devil-like companions seemed completely harmless.
"Piss off, Slivax!" Arax hissed back, "Better watch it to not get cleaved on accident by my sword!"
"Hahaha! You're not the only one with a divine item here!" Slivax laughed back, and patted his chest. Apparently his armor was in some way special, "But I see you got brave all of the sudden after persuading the witch to join you. Why would you choose to help these two psychopaths? You know, you can still change your mind and come with our squad. We have over twenty people and ..."