Chapter 163: A Horde (1/2)
”What is this?” Theo widened his eyes in surprise as when they stepped onto the Unending Grass Field, not only did they not hear any roars coming from behind the grass, but no monsters also appeared to attack them.
”This… What had happened in this place?” Phyrill narrowed his eyes and checked his surroundings. ”This place should have many monsters and I don't think people will be foolish enough to eliminate all of them.
”That's right. Although no one says it, they know that this place is a checkpoint and a special spot. There are no signs of fighting as well. It means this place is untouched or the people, who killed the monsters, have fled a few hours ago.
”Still, I believe one or two monsters should have been trapped here within that time frame, so I can't see any reason for this to happen.”
Listening to Phyrill's assessment, Theo said, ”Either way, we will set up our camp on the other side of this field. Since there's no monster, we will use this opportunity to cross this place, discuss the occurrence and search for a clue around here. If we can't find anything during the night, we will continue our way, reach Art Beats City before lunch and report this finding.”
The group agreed with Theo and followed his plan. As expected, Phyrill was the one investigating most of the area while the rest searched for anything they could find.
Unfortunately for them, they couldn't find a single reason for the group to leave this place together, so they decided to end the day and return tomorrow.
Yet, when they moved to another place and continued their way, the places were filled with emptiness. There wasn't a single monster in this place. Everything from the Unending Grass Field was simply empty.
They thought they could find a single monster from this, but they didn't know the reason for this emptiness. Even with Theo and Phyrill thinking together, they couldn't come up with a single reason as to why the monsters disappeared from this place.
Phyrill learned that the monsters went toward Art Beats Castle together like a horde, yet, he knew it wasn't this simple. No horde attack should happen without any big trigger like an Earthquake or something.
Even the previous earthquake didn't create this kind of situation. That was why they wondered what moved the entire horde to attack the city.
Theo and Phyrill kept contemplating this matter while making their way to Art Beats Castle.
Since the Unending Grass Field wasn't that far from the Art Beats Castle, the journey didn't take a long time.
As expected, everything remained quiet until they reached the Art Beats City perimeter. A thunderous roar echoed in their ears and was followed by a huge explosion. It wasn't supposed to happen.
”What is happening to the Art Beats City?” Alea narrowed her eyes. But when she was about to move forward to see the situation, she stopped and remembered that they shouldn't act carelessly. She didn't want to make the same mistake, so she looked at Theo first to listen to his opinion.