Through Unknowns - Volume 2

Gaius was trembling in his prison cell as he looked at the wall. On the wall, there was a kind of calendar and exactly today, there was a circle drawn around it. The room was equally hot and he was drenched in cold sweat.

He was waiting and waiting for that cursed day to come.

Suddenly, he sensed a presence at his peripheral vision and saw a woman taller than himself. Her body was firm and strong. She exudes an aura of a Queen and this made Gaius admire her more.

“It’s time,” she said in her melodious voice. Her red eyes shone glew brighter than the moon.

“Alright,” Gaius said as he stood up with his trembling legs. He tried his best to stop, but he just couldn’t. After all, today might be the day that he would die.

“I’ll do my best to stall whoever comes out of the dimension tear as you do your best to run amok here.”

“I believe in you.”

Chang Xiuying smiled at him then disappeared in the shadows.

Gaius took a deep breath and then shouted, his voice carrying his enhanced mana, “Guards!!! There is a calamity that will befall us today! Please heed my words and prepare for battle!”

The knight that was guarding the entrance of the dungeon was confused as he checked Gaius’ condition. “Your highness, what’s the matter?”

“Please! This is the time where you need to be more vigilant! The monsters are coming! Save your lives!”

“The monsters?” The knights chuckled. “Your highness, there are monsters everywhere. We’ve been battling them for how many years. Although we couldn’t defeat the Primordial monsters we can take care of the small fries. So, Your highness—”

“Believe me or you’ll face the consequences,” Gaius said as he clutched the knight’s garment.

“Yes, yes. I will report to His Majesty—”

Suddenly, before the knight could even finish his sentence, there was a loud roar that came from outside. Then a small quake came after. That roar was different from what they heard and it carried an endless amount of power that shook their mana pool.

The knight broke out of his stupor. Gaius took this opportunity and said, “Release me and we’ll fight those monsters together.”

The knight was hesitant, but the prince was deemed innocent, so he could release him. However, he just couldn’t act without the superior’s decision. When he was about to respond, he couldn’t. He couldn’t even move his body.

Gaius sighed then said, “I can move and the people can’t. So, let me go. I will help defeat those monsters. Look directly into my eyes if you agree.”

Then he got his answer. Gaius reached out to the knight’s belt and got the keys. He tried them one by one until he got out. He inserted Qi into the knight’s body and then helped him release his meridians that were blocked. Those blockages were new and just appeared when they heard a loud roar.

After that, he immediately ran out. When he was outside, he saw a huge dimensional tear. The other side was pitch black as huge monsters came out; and the people were paralysed but their eyes showed fear.

Gaius quickly went to the academy then searched for Akira, Leovanni and Caine. Besides those three, he also released a few outstanding students and teachers.

“Listen we need to help Xiuying and fight those monsters. She said that—”

“Are you saying that we need to help a demon?”

Gaius looked at Hugh Presman and said, “She’s saving Lasirion from total destruction. We also need to do our duty and protect our homeland. This is also the first time that this happened. She analyzed the tear before it could even open—”

“Maybe she’s the one that opened that tear then planned to save us and hail her as a hero. After, she will kill us all or even trick us into serving her—”

“Hugh, shut up!” Akira yelled.

“We can’t just idle here. We need to help her,” Gaius said.

Hugh groaned then nodded as the others followed suit.

Meanwhile, Chang Xiuying was fighting the huge monsters coming out of the tear with her people. Fortunately, the tear was outside of the city. They could fight without any hindrances. Qiang Zhihao spread out his legs and struck the monster’s belly with his open palm. Qi erupted from his hand that created a hole on the creature. The same goes to the 100 people as they fought barehanded. However, they were being pushed back.

“Xue! What are these monsters?!” She loudly exclaimed.

[From the power radiating from their bodies, they are Calamity monsters. They are higher beings than the Primordial monsters. Since they use Qi rather than mana.]

“What?!” Chang Xiuying exclaimed as she deeply scratched a monster’s neck. She cursed as she landed. The monster swung its fist and sent Chang Xiuying flying.

[This world is done for. Even you, the strongest here, can’t kill one.]

“Ugh!” She exclaimed as she crashed on the ground. ” Shut up! I will decimate them!”

[Oh right. Host, you forgot to remove your limiter.]

“…”

Chang Xiuying calmed herself then sighed. She removed all of her limiters then jumped to the monster that was on the verge of healing its wound that she gave. She imbued her Qi on her weapon and violently twisted her body like a circular saw then cut the monster’s neck.

Successfully killing one, she removed her contacts and stared directly at the other monsters.

It was one of the skills her eyes gave her. Whenever they stare at her red eyes, her opponent could feel the imminent danger and would back out. However, it didn’t work on those monsters.

She clicked her tongue and just went on to kill monsters one by one.

Suddenly, she felt presences coming from the city. Gaius must have successfully come out of his prison and brought reinforcements. It was exactly that when she saw knights and the students she could recognize.

“Ying!”

“Fall back!!! These guys are Calamity monsters!”

When they heard that, they immediately stopped their approach.

Calamity? The one in the myths?

Their eyes widened and they immediately fell back. Chang Xiuying sighed in relief and then fought one. However, dozens of Calamity monsters were coming out of the tear. Chang Xiuying couldn’t possibly fight them all together. Even if she left some to the others, they would only be annihilated.

After about hundreds of Calamity monsters, normal monsters came out like water.

Chang Xiuying condensed fire from her palms and struck those monsters. The fireballs were ineffective.

“… Xue, what about those monsters?”

[They are low-rank Primordial monsters.]

Chang Xiuying tried looking at them to see if there were any resonance, but there wasn’t. How what what in the world?!

At the edge of her sight, she could see Gaius fighting the nor—low-rank monsters with his elements and practices as a knight. Suddenly, there were reinforcements but Chang Xiuying couldn’t recognize them. They were dressed in clothes that adventurers usually use.

As Chang Xiuying fought and killed one by one, those people had to be in a group to defeat one Primordial monster.

She clicked her tongue in irritation.

She didn’t know that those people are S-rank adventurers that came to help them. They were trying their best to fend off the monsters coming near the wall. Adventurers rank B to S were surrounding Lasirion as they teamed up to eliminate the monsters.

Chang Xiuying suddenly thought, how about Thelorion?! They must be in the same situation as them. She groaned in frustration for not being there to help. Contrary to her expectations, Thelorion wasn’t facing those higher beings. The monsters were all intermediate to high-rank. It was as if the person who opened the tear knew of her powers and came to eliminate her from the surface of this world.

The monsters coming out of the Lasirion tear continued as Chang Xiuying killed the Calamity monsters. The people that broke out of the paralysis were amazed as they watched a woman defeat those humongous monsters out of Lasirion.

Suddenly, the Calamity monsters grouped together and plowed their way towards Chang Xiuying. They divided their numbers and focused on destroying the city of Lasirion. Chang Xiuying clicked her tongue.

The leader of those Calamity monsters was a turtle, every inch of its skin was covered in dense diamonds. Even Chang Xiuying had a hard time destroying the shell.

When the monsters saw that, they immediately pushed those that had high defensive abilities while those that had high offensive capabilities approached the city.

Chang Xiuying’s face turned aghast. Since then, she couldn’t focus on her own fight as she monitored the people fighting off those Primordial monsters.

She shook her head and her eyes became sharp.

“Focus, Chang Xiuying. You have to win this.”

Then she retrieved two swords from her item box and brandished them towards those monsters. The hard shell of diamonds of the turtle shattered and revealed its soft neck. Chang Xiuying focused her attack on that one spot.

She screamed as she pushed her sword from the soft interior until on the hard exterior of the turtle.