Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 225

The Orc Outbreak started at the farthest villa within the subdivision. It would have been great if there is no Array protecting the villa from any spy when the crack started to appear.

However, because of the Array, no one had noticed the crack at all as the Orcs started coming out unhindered.

The warning had become so late that many houses were ravaged by the horde as they continued going to Cyril’s place.

“Amaris… Are we going to be safe here?” Bonnie calmly asked. She trusts this woman not only because she’s loyal to her and Cyril but because of her incredible powers.

“Don’t worry… The secret bodyguards will act this time. Everything will be fine.” Amaris answered without any hint of nervousness at all.

“Secret bodyguards?” Bonnie asked in confusion.

“Yes… Aside from that five bodyguards around, there are other people Cyril hired to act secretly. However, based on the situation, they will have no choice but to show themselves and fight.” Amaris.

“How many are there? Can they protect this house?” Amaris said but her voice obviously calmed down a lot after hearing about the secret protectors of this place.

His nephew had truly prepared everything for her safety. It hasn’t even been a year since he Awakened and he’s already this influential, she couldn’t imagine what he’ll be capable of doing in the next few years.

“There is enough to protect the whole city, Miss Bonnie. However, they get tired so easily so they were only tasked to take action if it’s really necessary like now…”

As soon as she finished speaking, the Orcs had already surrounded their house and started breaking the array they have placed.

Amaris glanced at the two sisters who are holding their hands together as they looked outside. Noticing that the two were also waiting for them to act, Amaris nodded and gave a signal for the hiding Demons to move and kill the Orcs.

Soon, ten shadows with human figures moved in unison as they started the slaughter of the Orcs!

“Aaah!”

“Graahh!”

The Orcs are using clubs or axes as their weapons… They tried smashing and cutting the shadows with all their strength but they were completely overwhelmed by their speed!

“Aack—”

Shiiingg—

The dozens of Orcs outside the house suddenly turned into mincemeat. It was so brutal but Karen and Melody didn’t miss anything.

“What’s going on?”

“They are too strong!”

The sisters couldn’t help but exclaim as soon as they saw what happened.

Amaris didn’t answer them but she also looks impressed with their performance.

After all, the ten shadows who acted just now are the Immolators. They are demons that have a higher rank than her…

“They will be continuing until they ensured the safety of this place. So please be at ease.”

Amaris said in a calm manner as she decided to go outside and let the guests and Bonnie take a rest.

She decided to ask the other demons to strengthen that Array she made since the Orcs and the Immolators damaged it a bit during the battle.

***

While there is a series of Monster Outbreak in the human world, Cyril and his team had just reached the Tomb where the Boss with the Rank-S Artifact is located.

Apparently, the Rank-S Artifact is being guarded by the strongest being in this Arcane World which is not surprising. However, the problem is that not only the monster is guarding it, it is also being used by that same monster!

They have learned all this information from the natives living in this world on the opposite side of the river. The natives were actually Dwarves and Cyril only learned of this a few minutes ago.

Well, he wasn’t interested in them in the first place.

“Laura, Cyril… I have to ask both of you to lead us from now on. Although Jessy has a good Shield, he’s still a C-Rank Awakened. I think it would be best if you can work together and lead us with your S-Rank Aura. Is that going to be fine?”

Grant asked as he looked at the entrance of the Tomb. At first, he was confident that after the two S-Rank destroyed the seal, they would do all the work after. However, as soon as they reached the tomb, he can tell that this might be out of their league if they didn’t ask Cyril and Laura’s help.

He can also feel that whatever monster was inside will be difficult to deal with not just because they are strong but they must be plenty of them.

“Don’t worry… That’s my plan anyway.” Cyril replied as he looked at the five statues of perhaps some great people before. The statues are all made of stone that is now being covered by moss and vines.

“If I will make a guess, the tomb is for these five people and they might even be the Mummy Lords inside.”

Laura commented after seeing them. Although she only recently Awakened, she had studied a lot of things related to the Arcane World. She’s constantly reading blogs online and remained active in the community online.

Soon, the group of Explorers entered the tomb leading underground. Thanks to the glowing stones around, they were able to see easily but aside from that, Grant also prepared a night vision tonic for them which allowed everyone to easily enter the tomb and avoid several traps.

“There are five wraiths ahead…” Hannah immediately reported as soon as she felt their presence.

“Oh? How come you felt them first?”

Even Michael, the scout of the Phantom Troupe, didn’t notice this at all.

“Hahaha~ This Vampire Robe boosts my sensitivity to these types of creatures…” Hannah answered as she showed off her robe. Since she’s wearing a vampire noble set, she basically gained some of the magical abilities that only the vampires can use except for those racial magic.

Kaaaa~

The five wraiths noticed their arrival and soon attacked the group in the narrow passage. The path can fit five people walking side by side but they decided to put Laura and Cyril in front while Grant and Jessy were behind them.

“I’ll take care of this…” Cyril realized that the enemies were weak and decided to take them out quickly.

He pulled out the Doom Knight’s Black Sword as he started slicing them apart with the help of his Transcendent Shoes’ boost.

Sword Intent… Doom Slash…

The two skills activated immediately and cut them off cleanly.

Normal sword strikes will not be effective against the Wraiths after all, so he had to use the Sword Intent of his weapon.

As for using his Aura to wrap the sword before hitting them, that is also very effective but will obviously consume more Aura which is not advisable at this point since they were unaware of the Boss’ strength yet.

“Your sword looks really sharp…” Grant couldn’t help but notice Cyril’s swift execution. There were no wasted movements at all. Even after killing the Wraiths, Cyril immediately returned to their formation without bothering to see any loots around.

“Yeah… It’s being maintained by the best blacksmith after all.” Cyril replied without giving much thought.

However, the others became interested in the blacksmith he just mentioned since he must be a high-rank Awakened to be capable of maintaining a Rank-A Artifact perfectly.

“Alright… There are mummies this time… Twenty of them, let’s do this carefully, they are capable of emitting paralyzing fumes… Although the paralysis will only last for five seconds at most, it can still be dangerous if no one could cover you.” Michael suddenly spoke as he looked at the three cloaked members of the Phantom Troupe.

Without any more words, the three suddenly disappeared as they locked the area using an array to ensure that they won’t have to fight other monsters while dealing with the mummies ahead.

“Do not use any holy powers yet… They are just mid-rank monsters. Just destroy their heads and end this…” Grant gave his command as they soon engaged with another battle.

Well, these mummies were a lot easier to deal with the Whipper outside after all. Those Whippers were agile and uses an almost invisible string to restrain and kill their opponents after all.

On the other hand, these mummies were direct and would just charge over with their bodies and use their toxicity to kill their targets.

The battle last continued for eight more hours so they had to rest for a while as soon as they found an opportunity…

“Oh~ Lucky! A treasure chest? No… This is a treasure room! Look!”

Michael exclaimed as soon as he saw a half-opened treasure chest in the middle of an empty room. Of course, many of them thought that it is a trap but they suddenly noticed that on the wall were several swords, spears, and other weapons that seem to be high-rank Artifacts.

“Whoa~ It’s like it’s a museum…” Hannah commented as she looks around. However, none of them entered the suspicious room yet as they are waiting for Grant’s order.

“Cyri, Laura… What do you think?” Grant and the others didn’t notice any issues within the room. However, not noticing anything suspicious at all can be quite dangerous in itself

So he had no choice but to ask the two S-Ranks for their opinion…