Chapter 146 - Still Alive (2/2)
“I—I am starting to dislike these things…” Amber’s body was filled with goosebumps and hid behind Gawain. “This place is giving me a very, very strange vibe.”
Just as Gawain wanted to express a similar opinion, a very slight rumbling sound echoed from behind him before he spoke.
Immediately after, it was a series of rumblings.
Everyone immediately drew their weapons and turned to face the direction of the sound. In the eyes of everyone, one of the vessels in the middle of the hall had some movements!
The originally empty and transparent breeding vessel was suddenly filled with a liquid. The surging liquid was rapidly emitting large bubbles, and a distorted and strange figure appeared from within the bubbles. A second ago, it had been an illusory figure, but in the next second, it had solidified into something real…
It had a blood-red color and a giant’s physique. It was like a particularly robust aberration, but it had a face that resembled a human’s. The face had tightly shut eyes and was filled with agony and insanity!
This monster looked like it was a fusion of an aberration and a human, and it was formed out of nowhere. Immediately after, it struggled to break out of the tightly sealed vessel, and an unbelievable scene appeared. The vessel that should be tightly sealed had suddenly turned illusory, and the monster’s body had also turned illusory. The duo rapidly fused and pervaded; subsequently, the monster actually squeezed itself out from the vessel!
Gawain drew his longsword and yelled, “Take it out!”
The monster was currently regaining its body, and the moment it got free from the restraints, it rushed at the soldiers closest to it and charged while uttering a muddled roar. “Hungry… hungry!!”
Longswords slashing from all directions had sealed off the monster’s path. Immediately after, a scorching blade, a poison-coated dagger, and a series of arcane spells were launched at the monster. Apart from the arcane spells that were bounced off, the rest of the attacks had landed on this distorted organism.
However, its vitality was so tough that it was frightening. Even if the limbs were chopped off or the bones were broken, even the aberration’s weakness at the back had been slashed by Gawain, it still didn’t die. It was still struggling to climb back up and lunging at Amber who just happened to be in its vision.
After Amber stabbed with her dagger, she immediately retreated to the side and was preparing to watch on the side. She never expected herself to become a target for the monster and ended up screaming due to the fright. Subsequently, she shrunk into the shadows and escaped.
The monster missed its attack and lost its balance, allowing Sir Byron to have the opportunity to pierce through the monster.
The monster that looked like the fusion of a human and an aberration fell to the ground. But it didn’t disperse like a regular aberration; instead, it wriggled and gradually recovered before it started showing signs that it was climbing back up again!
“It isn’t dead yet?!” Gawain was shocked by this anomaly and immediately grasped his sword to attack another time. But before he could take any action, Amber who had hidden in the shadow realm suddenly jumped out again and grabbed onto Gawain’s arm while screaming, “Gawain! The shadow—shadow realm, something is inside!!”
Gawain had never seen such a frightened expression on this half-elf who didn’t fear anything. It was different from the previous frightened expressions which she exaggerated on purpose. Amber was truly frightened this time, and Gawain felt that if this place was a little eerier, this young lady would immediately cry on the spot!
Gawain took another glance at the monster that was in another battle with Byron and the group. Apart from a tough vitality, Gawain was sure that the monster wouldn’t be able to suppress Byron and the others for now. Gawain immediately grabbed onto Amber’s arm and said, “Bring me inside to take a look!”
Amber had a rare hesitation as she said, “But inside the shadow realm…”
“I’m here!”
Amber gritted her teeth and tugged Gawain’s arm while shouting out, “Alright!”
The strange loss of balance was felt again. The sound and senses from the real world were rapidly fading. Gawain’s vision blurred out for a moment, and he was pulled into the shadow realm by Amber.
This parallel world that existed at the same time with the real world seemed to always maintain a similar brightness. It wasn’t too dark nor too bright; be it on the surface or in the deep caverns, it would always maintain a dusky and unaffected vision.
Gawain immediately looked around after entering the shadow realm. Like other places in the shadow realm, this place had also used a certain disorderly method to reflect off the real world. The circle-shaped hall had a pale luster, and in the vicinity of the hall, there was a dark lump that was like moving smoke, while in the real world, it was where all those magical equipment were placed at. In the center of the hall was the ‘thing’ that Amber mentioned.
The original metallic base and transparent vessel were missing. It was replaced by a pool of black smoke that was surging in the middle, and it was also constantly extending out. It was like a red mud that was like fresh blood.
While the mud was constantly surging, there were countless chaotic mutters filling the mind!