Summoned with an SSS-Rank Portal Skill-Chapter 224: Smile, Advance, Kill

The group chat had people talking about random stuff from their lives and how they were doing.

William read some of the messages. He changed a few settings on the phone, just to make sure the others in the group chat couldn’t see that he was reading their messages.

He found out some interesting things about those people. Some of them were in the dungeon, but most of them were not. They were outside, scattered across continents and kingdoms, working together to take over the world.

Yep, that was their plan. And the most curious thing? All those people were from Earth.

But William knew that the only people who could be summoned were heroes.

So how were all those people there? Was someone else summoning them somehow? That was really curious, intriguing—and at the same time—troublesome.

Imagine an army of people from Earth who received special abilities, similar to the summoned heroes? That would be devastating.

But their number wasn’t that high. William checked the group chat and saw that in total there were around thirty people.

He couldn’t see any of their information through the phone—not their names, not their photos. The only thing he could access were the messages, which didn’t even stay for long.

They had it set up to auto-delete messages after a few days, so William couldn’t read everything they’d been talking about in the recent past.

"This is probably to make sure no one finds a phone like I did and reads everything," he thought. "So basically someone lost their phone in this dungeon… and I was the one who found it."

When he saw Rena coming closer, William quickly hid the phone in his pocket again.

"Did you find anything interesting?" Rena asked.

William smiled. "Not yet. You?"

"I think so."

They explored the library for a while longer before paying for the books and leaving. Although they wished they could stay longer in that city, they had to go.

William needed to talk to the other adventurers who were down in the jungle, searching for the portal. Now that he knew the right direction to look, of course he had to warn them.

Also, the city didn’t have that much to do. It was just a normal city with winged people. William had to keep moving.

Finding that phone and the location of the portal was already more than enough. There was no need to stick around and waste more time.

So, William and Rena decided to leave the city. The guards didn’t stop them.

They mounted the flying serpent and went back down to the jungle. Once they landed, William commanded the serpent to hide somewhere. He didn’t want the other adventurers to know he had something like that.

It was already getting dark, so they decided to return to camp.

The other adventurers were already back at the camp. They had been waiting for William and Rena to return. Well, more like waiting for William—he was the one in charge now.

He gathered everyone and shared a few things with them. Of course, he didn’t mention the floating islands.

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"We found another adventurer," William said. "He gave us directions to the portal. He could be lying, but it didn’t seem like he was, so we should go there tomorrow."

William wasn’t sure if they’d believe him, but at first, they did. Actually, they seemed pretty excited about it.

"Really? This is the first time we’ve seen someone else in this area. So you must have gone farther than we usually do," one of them said.

"Exactly," William replied, nodding. "Tomorrow, we can all leave together and head there. Let’s prepare our things. It’s going to take us some time to reach the portal."

According to what the winged guard said, the portal would take them around two days to reach, and the further they went, the more dangerous it would get.So, they all had to prepare and accept that they might not return to their camp anymore. At least not for a while.

They gathered supplies like food and water. The only problem would be where to sleep, as no one had any type of tent, but William didn’t care about that.

William stayed in his tree house, reading some of the new books he had recently bought on the floating island. The first one he wanted to learn was the one called Celestial Wings.

The name itself was pretty dope, and the thought of having wings whenever he wanted sounded pretty damn useful.

Any type of flight spell was difficult to learn. In fact, learning how to fly was something that most mages wanted at one point in their lives, but it wasn’t easy. The number of flight spells was just too low.

That was one of the reasons flying mounts were so sought after and expensive. Everyone wanted them.

Anyway, there was no way William would master the spell in one day. He just read the introduction of the spell and then went to sleep for the night.

On the following morning, everyone gathered in the center of the camp, and then they left. William and Rena were the ones leading the way, since they were the ones who had talked with the winged guard about the portal’s location.

They had to go through the dense jungle. Being alone out there was tough, but now, with a large group of powerful adventurers, the creatures didn’t stand a chance.

The number of attacks even dropped, mostly because of how many of them there were. The creatures were smart. There was no way they’d rush into a group that big just to try their luck.

They were all in the same party, so the EXP was shared between everyone. During this time, William barely had to fight anything, yet he was still getting EXP. That was simply amazing for him.

The journey was pretty chill. William followed the directions and spotted the landmarks the winged guard had mentioned.

"I think there’s a clearing not far from here," William said. "The place has less vegetation and a water source. Not only that, but apparently, some people built houses there."

"Really?"

The adventurers were more and more surprised by how much William knew about the jungle after just one chat with a ’random adventurer.’

But no one questioned him. When they reached the clearing and saw the houses and the stream, it was clear he’d been telling the truth all along.

It was only a matter of time before they found the portal. There weren’t many houses, so they had to share, but no one minded. It was just for the night.

The next day, they continued their journey. That was supposed to be the day they’d reach the portal.

Now that William had seen all the reference points the winged guard talked about, he was feeling more confident. Before, there had been a small part of him worried the guard had lied—but not anymore.

The attacks from beasts were easy to deal with, but then they saw something William had been dreading—other adventurers.

It would’ve been naïve to think their group was the only one on this dungeon floor. Before William showed up, they had stayed in the same area for ages, so of course they hadn’t come across other groups. But now that they were finally on the move, heading toward the portal, things were different.

The new group of adventurers had set up camp just beyond the edge of the jungle.

The dense forest ended abruptly, revealing a stretch of beautiful plains dotted with scattered trees and winding rivers. In the distance, mountains rose along the horizon, painting a picture that would’ve been breathtaking—if not for the tension hanging in the air.

"That group doesn’t look friendly," one of the adventurers muttered. "Should we circle around and avoid them?"

It wasn’t a bad idea, but this was open land. To circle around without being seen would mean wasting a lot of time—more than they could afford.

After a brief discussion, they decided to keep going forward.

When the enemy group saw them approaching, they stopped everything. No movement, no words—just eyes locked on them.

Their gazes were full of malice. William didn’t need to guess what they were planning. He already knew.

And he wasn’t the only one.

"Prepare for a fight," he whispered. "We might have to kill them all."

The adventurers they encountered didn’t say a single word. No introductions, no warnings. They just unsheathed their weapons and advanced—silent, coordinated, hungry for blood.

William wasn’t afraid.In fact, a part of him welcomed it.

He drew Asura with a smooth motion, the dark blade gleaming ominously in the daylight. A low hum of power radiated from it, like the sword itself was eager for the fight.

He stepped forward ahead of the others, a faint smile curling on his lips—one that didn’t reach his eyes. It was cold. Dangerous.

The enemy group faltered for a moment. They hadn’t expected that. Maybe they thought this would be easy—ambush a group of adventurers and claim their loot. They didn’t expect a man to walk toward them alone, smiling, sword in hand, as if he were greeting old friends he planned to bury.

That hesitation, even if brief, would cost them.