Chapter 121 Whoops (1/2)
So caught up in the strange energy of the moment it takes a moment before I even realise what it is I've done.
Uh…. Whoops?
I mean, he hit me on the head with his stupid mace! What exactly did he think was going to happen?! I've been living a violent life in the Dungeon, some things are just becoming instinct you know? If you whack me on the head with your stupid mace then you can't really blame me for retaliating right? It's self-defence!
The priest seems to also take a moment to process these events. He looks down at his now severed limb before a new expression gradually takes over his face. He falls backwards clutching at his arm and screams loudly in horror!
This triggers the stunned crowd, who had been locked in place with shock to erupt with fear, people climbing over each other as they attempt to run for the door!
Oh boy…
This is not what I intended! Why the h.e.l.l did we have to dig up into a freakin' human building anyway?!
Did they think the Dungeon had delivered some free xp to them as offering or something? You expected me to just stand there and get killed?! Even if I were to let you bash my head in with that ornate mace for half an hour it wouldn't have been able to damage my diamond carapace in the first place! All I'd get is a headache!
Since it has come to this I have to try and limit the damage, my plan was to have the colony hide somewhere on the surface so we could ride out the worst of the wave in relative safety. If we manage to draw a human army down on our heads then we may as well go back down into the Dungeon and try our luck! If these humans run away and bring back soldiers we'll be in a real pickle!
Think Anthony! You have to fix this!
Out of desperation I do the only think I can think of to stop the people from running away.
I channel my gravitational magic and form the gravity domain.
I mean, it would stop them moving right?
With my increasing skill and familiarity with the spell I can form it much more quickly than before, in only a matter of seconds the powerful energy erupts from me, encompa.s.sing the church building. Thankfully I had enough presence of mind to dial back the strength of the gravity.
The moment the spell erupts the humans find themselves unable to keep their feet, the younger children immediately fall to the floor, completely unable to resist the force pulling them down. The adults are better able to cope but even they find themselves without the capacity to walk.
The priest himself is too busy shrieking and gripping his arm, holding it before his disbelieving face, he doesn't even seem to notice that he has been forced onto the floor by my spell.
In some ways I'm impressed.
I only leave the domain in place for a few seconds before I shut it off. In those few seconds the frantic escape of the congregation has been halted, almost everyone has been forced to the floor, unmoving.
I try my best to stare them down a little. It isn't easy to communicate ”don't move or I'll turn it back on again!” with an ant stare but I do my best.
They seem to get it to some extent. Fear twists their faces as they have now realised that this isn't some religious experience but the enemy of their kind, monsters from the Dungeon, emerging when they least expected it in possibly the last place they expected.
Seeing the terror and tears on the faces of the children is quite a blow to me. It wasn't that long ago I was a human myself! I'm not that scary am I?
I mean….. A giant ant that can apparently control the force of gravity would be pretty d.a.m.n scary when I think about it.
With the crowd subdued for the moment I decide to try and work out exactly where we are. I need to know a little more about this situation before I decide to bring the colony up to the surface or retreat down and come up with another plan.
Moving down the aisle towards the large double doors at the rear of the church I hesitate a moment before pus.h.i.+ng them open with my mandibles and taking in the surface of this world for the first time.