Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

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What It Means To Be A King After The Apocalypse[1]

[Third Person POV],

Caleb quickly left the earth rats' den after Ace did.

Although he had been able to heal about 60% of his injuries, he hadn't been able to heal all of them and still felt rather weak.

For one thing, he couldn't fight in this condition, and the spear in his hands was just for show because he only chose this type of weapon because of its length and the fact that he can stay a certain distance away from a monster and still kill it.

He was, after all, just an ordinary living man trying to make ends meet before the apocalypse, and when the world he knew came to an end, he, like some of the rest of humanity, was able to adapt, but that did not make him a warrior.

Caleb, like Ace, moved quickly to get out of the rocky hill that served as an entrance to the earth rats den, and after managing to get out without encountering another wave of mutated earth rats, Caleb dashed to a location far from the rocky hill, but unlike Ace, who did this because he was cautious of someone trailing him, Caleb did this because he was afraid of encountering the earth rats.

Caleb had clearly experienced some kind of trauma for earth rats, which was understandable given his near-death experience.

Three of the four men who came here, including him, died at the hands of the mutated earth rats, and only one survived, which was him, all because they had to lose an item that wasn't meant to be lost in the first place.

Caleb would have died if it hadn't been for Ace, so he was grateful to the cold-looking boy with a flat expression on his face at all times and seemed to lack any sort of expression at all.

If he had more money and hadn't spent it on the weapon and amour he now has from his king, he would have brought that magical 'medicine' for himself and his king to test out.

While it was unfortunate that he couldn't because he was poor, he also wasn't optimistic about his king welcoming him well after losing something that appeared to be quite important to him.

He could, of course, choose not to return to the settlement, but that was where his little boy was and he didn't believe he could protect his son better than a whole settlement where the king even resided, so in a way he had no choice but to return to the settlement unless he could abandon his son, which he also couldn't do because it was because of him that he was trending on this dangerous path where he could die at any time in the first place.

Caleb sighed as he considered this and the problems that might arise once he returned to the settlement, but after remembering that he also had news about Ace and his medicine, he began to have hope that the situation might not be so bad after all.

As he considered this, he increased his speed of movement, despite the pain that cane with it, and silently ran through the woods, using the map function to trace himself back to the settlement that he also tagged home.

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Caleb arrived at the settlement after running for several hours until the sun had completely set.

Looking at the scene ahead, Caleb let out a sigh as he approached the structure in front of him, which was made of very long wood tightened together to form a fence that appeared to be circular in shape, and saw two people standing there guarding the gates.

He remembers these two people because he had seen them close to the king and ignoring the fact that they couldn't be messed with because of their relationship with the king, just the words that appear on their heads when one concentrates on them for a while was enough reason to be humble.

[Rank 1 King Guard Level 34],

[Rank 1 King Guard Level 35],

Just their level alone was enough to command respect and when Caleb saw this, he became more nervous as he got closer to the gates.

He was nervous not because he was afraid of the guards, though that was a factor, but because of what he would say when called to report to the king.

And for some reason no one knows, starting from rank 1, one didn't need to be five levels close to the person they wanted to check their information with, which didn't make sense, but since everything they knew and were in was starting to lose reason, they just ignored it and kept moving on with their lives.

Caleb thought about these things as he approached the guards stationed at the gates. He displayed the pendant on his neck for them to see, and when the two guards who were about to move saw this, they stopped and nodded for him to enter.

Apparently, the pendant served as a means of identification for those living in the settlement.

Caleb breathed a sigh of relief when he realized there would be no problems entering the settlement.

Caleb was still a little nervous because he still had to report to the king, but before he was called, he decided to see his son first.

Meanwhile, Ace was on his way to the mansion, having just entered the alternate dimension.

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