Brigante Ark - Chapter 178

Alastor mustered strength in his feet when the tremors appeared to unlikely recedes any moments. He drew his sword and plunged it on the ground, providing him a sense of balance despite the quakes persistent.

“What the fuck is going on?”

He can only protest in his word, unknowingly what’s about to happen.

At the courtyard.

The land itself molded and bulged into 15 feet tall golem. It was followed by then another 4 golem erupting out from the ground. The 4 four golem bent, their feet steady and there’s a loud boom caused by the recoil from their jump. The golem leap has caused a huge crater on the ground just as they’ve came from.

Unlike the elder that the tribunal hunters fought before, these golems are far less significant to the latter one. They may be small, but they are more than the eye meets. They still hold significant amount of destructive power that can breach through a wall if given the order. Golems such as Dimiscus summoned are equivalent 5 warriors that has A rank, or so they say.

At that moment, Alastor remembered the familiar chilling breeze that he had experience the same as the one back from the tribunal camp. The one left behind the wall now break through the gate as if it was just a meager tool blocking its way. The debris had fell over the roof of the abandon houses and structures.

The golem did not spare the trees and the giant mushroom and pluck them out of their roots. The giant turns its attention back to the towers where the monsters recides. It swung the two tools to the tower, completely demolishing the structure including the monsters themselves.

Alastor gulped and held the handle of his sword.

The moment it turns its attention on him, he sweep in.

The golem roared and threw the tree over him.

Alastor slid through, conjured few transcendent walls flat in the air, using it as a platform to get to the higher ground. As the tree came closer to him, Alastor made a huge leaped and flipped over the air, above the log, flawlessly evading it.

It wasn’t the end of it.

The gigantic size of mushroom was sent out flying towards him next.

“Cinque Parete Invisible!”

Alastor casted over 10 transcendent walls. With his spell, the tree size toadstool impact decelerated, but its weight had broken up to the last wall.

He raised his hand. “Flamen!”

A burst of light shoot out from his palm, blasted the enormous mushroom just few feet away from him.

The golem charged. Alastor submerged in the shadows of the structures. His movements were alike of a breeze, so swift and calm.

The golem started its rampage by destroying the houses and buildings, one by one. To no avail, it failed to locate Alastor.

While moving and watching in distance, Alastor felt a sudden twitch in his flesh. He felt his temperatures shot up and his cheeks is in flush red. By the time he snapped out from it, he found himself charging to the enemy.

He streak across the debris and pile of rocks and deranged roads.

Alastor swung his sword with great speed, but in the process, his sword bounced back against the surface of the golem’s leg.

“Fuck.”

Something black flung over him. Alastor completely thrown off to the establishments. He crashed on what appeared to be a restaurant with awfully had a lot of red lanterns.

Alastor groaned and stood. He spat blood.

“That was to be expected.”

He felt through the ground the ceaseless tremors. Alastor got up wearily, studying intently the place. He staringly searched for the door and kicked it out open.

He noticed that most of the alleyway are blocked by the fallen infrastructure. It was clear that this was the doing of the golem. The only that is available for him to escape was the clear paved road behind him, but he is not a man that backs down nor compromise a deal.

The golem itself is slowly jerking towards him, demolishing the infrastructures out of its way.

The afternoon breeze cool against his tired face. He stepped forward, slowly, and his right came up and speed away. With the uneventful of events, Alastor embedded his mana to his sword and conjured wall flat on the ground, sliding off on the road, on time stumbling the golem forward.

Alastor made a huge leap, and used the transcendent transparent wall as a way to boost his entry downwards. With one mighty swoop, the blade made contact on the supposed to be the neck of the monster.

Underneath him, the monster lies on the ground, motionless. Somehow, his attack works. It manages to sever in half the base of its neck.

The mercenary kicked the ground and off the rocky body.

Alastor had made it crossed to the walls.

It contradicted on what he thought. The castle was twice the size of Noora’s mansion, but it has long corridors, few uncharted territories, but it wasn’t comparable as other castles. He was, of course, set his interest in the architecture of the castle. This has its own unique texture. The walls framed different colors and waves of design.

Alastor’s soft thumps of heels was the only thing that can be heard in this lifeless grounds. Not too far, he saw the stairs but before it was a gate that locks the path. The chains dangled as he lifted the padlock to observed.

Alastor began his investigation. He came through the halls and saw several places, but all of them are empty. The previous room which is the kitchen room was rather unsightly, the galley itself emanates foul and offensive odor and he can smell it by just standing outside the door.

He moved on.

Alastor felt terrible, going in alone without proper orientation of the layout of the castle and with no back up, when he knew that sooner or later there’s something might happen to him.

Alastor shook his head, dismissing such negative thoughts.

Suddenly, Alastor felt a breath on the back of his neck.

“This one is interesting,” said by the unknown source.

Alastor leaped forward. His sword quickly withdrew from the scabbard as he turns, yet there was no one there.

That couldn’t be his imagination. He felt someone’s breath and heard a voice at back of his had.

“What was that?” Alastor asked to himself.

He remained vigilant for couple of seconds before releasing an exasperating sighed.