Shiro: The Secret Hero
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Entering the small Gate, Shiro and Unseen appear in a desert. It had not appeared in such an environment for a long time.

Due to being in the Desert, the temperature was rather harsh, even the sand beneath it was emitting heat which made Shiro frown.

Lucky in the distance he saw an Oasis, Shiro immediately went there.

"Hopefully not a mirage."

Shiro and Unseen move towards the Oasis. When Shiro approached in surprise, he immediately activated Stealth for himself and Unseen.

Both of them saw quite a lot of monsters drinking in that Oasis.

The monsters were in the form of black ants that had the size of a dog.

But what makes Shiro surprised is the shape of the ant colony. They have different forms. There are ants that have large claws, there are ants that have stings like scorpions, there are even ants that have very many legs.

"Mutation?" the only thing Shiro could think of was the ants mutating.

These mutations could be due to being attacked by the monsters, or because they ate other monsters that made them have a monster-like shape that they ate.

The water in the Oasis began to dry up because of the army of black ants.

Shiro was not surprised anymore, with that many ants, this Oasis would probably be dry if all the ants drank water in this Oasis.

After the water in the Oasis stayed a little, the group of ants went neatly to one place.

Shiro and Unseen had no intention of lingering in the Oasis, both of them went to secretly follow the black ant entourage from behind.

The journey of the black ants lasted for 2 hours, they walked tirelessly. Shiro and Unseen, due to the extreme weather, both often stop to quench their thirst before continuing to follow the black ants.

As long as they followed the black ants, they did not find a single monster. Even Shiro did not detect the movements of the monsters that were underground.

This surprises Shiro and reinforces Shiro's speculation that this black ant monster is the ruler of this Gate.

Although Shiro was a bit disappointed, but he could not expect much. In fact, he intends to hand over this Gate to Unseen.

If it were just ants, Unseen would have been able to handle it alone. Of course he needed to examine the enemy specifically before handing everything over to Unseen. There is a hidden enemy that turns out to be stronger than Unseen. Isn't that very dangerous?

Shiro and Unseen follow the ants to a cave that is like a former mine. The mine was probably the nest of the black ants.

Both of them entered the mine. Sure enough, there are so many ants in this mine, it seems like this mine is their nest.

Shiro and Unseen did not act rashly, inside the mine just being irradiated with torches could somehow these ants make torches, but Shiro did not think too much about it.

Moreover, with these torches, Unseen became a spirit. In the desert there are not many things that produce shadows. While inside this mine, many shadows were formed due to the flame of this torch.

Unseen can finally move freely here. He started following Shiro through the shadows. Shiropun smiled seeing this, he canceled the Stealth skill attached to Unseen.

The two continued to enter into the mine, but the labyrinth-like environment of the mine, made Shiro frown. If he goes too deep, they may get lost and have trouble getting out.

But while inside the mine, Shiro and Unseen did not find a strong enemy. These ants are very weak, but the number of them that can make the head dizzy.

Besides, it seems like his guess was correct. These black ants mutate by eating other creatures. But the mutation is only a limb mutation, not a force.

This made Shiro breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the quiet surroundings, Shiro looked at Unseen then said: "It seems like there are no strong enemies here, you can solve them alone."

"Yes, ready to do it." Unseen salutes the military to Unseen.

"But remember, be careful. Although the enemy is weak, their numbers are very large, do not be surrounded. Remember that! Safety first."

Hearing Shiro's words, Unseen brandished solemnly. He promised Shiro to always be vigilant and put his own safety first.

Hearing Unseen's promise, Shiro nodded. Then he began to leave Unseen alone in this black ant nest mine.

Shiro came out of the mine and also out of the Gate.

This gate has been handed over to Unseen. Now it's time for Shiro to enter the other Gate.

"Hopefully this Gate gives me a little surprise." Shiro muttered expectantly.

Shiro then entered the Gate. In it it is greeted with conditions that are inversely proportional to the previous Gate.

If previously the Gate was in the form of an arid and hot desert. Inside this Gate, the environment is a wet and foggy swamp.

Other than this, the Mist within this Gate was thick enough that sunlight could not penetrate the fog too deeply.

"Recomposing~"

When entering the Gate with his feet immediately mired into the swamp mud, Shiro immediately felt disgusted.

Rather than being in a mud-filled swamp like this, it would be better to be in a desert or lake environment.

Not only Shiro, maybe everyone will agree with the opinion of Shiro, especially women.

Fortunately, his robe had a cleaning function. Shiro immediately flew out using Frost Wing and cleaned his robe.

Shiro monitored the environment inside the Gate from the air. In this way, its efficiency increases considerably compared to having to walk in a muddy swamp.

During his monitoring, not many monsters were found. Most are swamp monsters such as frogs or storks. Shiro was not interested in them. He was looking for a worthy enemy.

For some reason Shiro was now somewhat addicted to fighting, without meeting a strong enemy, he would feel bored.

Not far away, Shiro felt a fairly strong Aura. Stronger than the monsters he encountered in this swamp.

Moreover, the shape of the Aura he saw was shaped like a humanoid monster with two legs and two hands, emm plus one tail.

From the shape of the Aura and the environmental conditions like this, Shiro was already able to guess the type of humanoid monster.

He was excited, because if the ruler of this Gate is a humanoid monster, it means this Gate Boss has an Orb that can be used as a victory trophy.

Shiro had already begun guessing what ability he might acquire. Although not all Orbs will provide good skills.

Like the Orb he got at the Orc camp. When using the Orb, Shiro got a skill that was quite bland and not very useful.

If it can be canceled or deleted, maybe Shiro has canceled or deleted the skill.

Approaching the humanoid monster, Shiro smiled excitedly.

"Hehe~ I hope this time doesn't disappoint me."