The mood between the quartet was somber for a moment, following Bernard’s words. But in no time, things changed as Bernard let out a loud shout.“Who the fuck is responsible for this shit? Come out at once and receive death!”Bernard’s shout like the roar of a mountain tiger resonated throughout space, creating waves of ripples that stretched into the distance. It was so loud it was basically an attack of its own. But I’m classic Bernard fashion. He cared not for anything, including his companions, who bore the brunt of the assault.But no one had the time to complain because they sensed a movement coming from within the ark.Their enemy had finally been drawn out.Suffice it to say that in the face of the gruesome exterior of the ark, there was no hope of anything being alive in the ark except for the culprit, their enemy.The ark's body showed no signs of forceful entry, but with everything covered up with human skin, one couldn't be sure.Just as the group contemplated how their en
Booooom!A massive explosion burst through space, leaving a firework of sparks flaring brightly. A wave of shocks impacted the sparse atoms in space, causing intense vibrations and high-pitched sounds to affect everything around them. Arran and the others were forced to cover their ears to block out the sounds, but an even high-pitched scream that couldn’t be blocked physically hit them even more forcefully.It was like the sounds of countless tormented souls screaming out for help, for someone to save them. But it was also the sound of celestial rage caused by an angry deity.Anyone weak in spirit upon hearing this sound would lose themselves in agony, running the threat of losing their souls.Arran’s spirit was sufficiently tough, having already evolved with parts of his soul being fused with the imprints of the world's laws. So he wasn’t affected much by the agonizing scream. Same could be said for the others.Still, Arran’s face displayed shock as he processed the aftereffects of
Matter collapse!Bernard charged once more to the newly formed blood pool, striking out with a punch to deliver a fatal blow. But things were different this time.Before Bernard could reach the blood pool, it boiled and erupted, spraying multiple droplets of blood into the surroundings at an incredible speed. Each blood droplet was like a high-powered geyser taking unpredictable turns around Bernard like they had a mind of their own.I’m the next moment, the blood droplets concerned again on Bernard in the middle, hoping to skewer him from one side into a kebab.At this point, Arran felt that it was too dangerous for Bernard to fight alone. It was clear that the enemy no longer looked down on Bernard and saw him as a real threat to it, so it was planning to deal with him first. But before he could go to help, Sable calmed him down.“No need to worry. This much is not a problem, so let’s just see how he handles it. Our job is to detect a flaw in the enemy's attacks that could help us b
The moments just before a final attack lands usually spelled the end for an opponent. Bernard, now unable to move, was at the crossroads between life and death, with the end seemingly coming for him.But before Bernard could be impaled by the blood skewer, his voice rang loudly in a frenzied roar of anger.“Shut the hell up and get out of my head, you inferior beings!”This was followed by another shout coming from behind him.“Pamela now!”“You don’t have to tell me twice.”In the next moment, a blinding green light burst out from behind Bernard, shining like flames on a glooming night to chase away the darkness.As soon as the green light appeared, the screams stopped, and Bernard regained his mobility. In the next moment, Bernard threw a punch at the approaching blood spear while simultaneously moving his body to dodge.This was the first time Bernard had ever avoided an attack headed directly at him and the results that followed showed that this was the right thing to do.The bloo
The situation had taken a strange and confusing turn. Only Sable and Pamela probably understood what was going on. Arran certainly didn’t.Just then, Bernard arrived beside Arran and the others having retreated from the battle center. His arm hung limply beside him, blood dripping from his fist. To be able to break through Bernard’s defense and injure him severely, it was clear how powerful that final attack had been.But transcendents were very tough so this much wouldn’t affect him.Urgh!Groaning slightly as he supported himself, Bernard spoke.“What’s the situation? Someone care to explain it to me?”In response, Pamela shunned him swiftly.“Shush! Be quiet. You don’t want to draw their attention to us.”Her tone serious and tense Pamela possessed a certain severity that forced the usually belligerent Aeth to stifle the retort he was about to utter.Feeling curious, Arran cautiously whispered a question to her.“Can you explain what is happening? What did you do?”Pamela didn’t an
Pamela didn’t clarify what she meant by her previous words and nobody inquired either. Bernard simply asked, “So what do we do now?”“We wait,” Pamela replied.“It shouldn’t be much longer now. In the meantime try to recover your wound. We might need you to fight later.”“I don’t need you to remind me,” Bernard said. Still, he began circulating his energy to recover from his injury.Bang!Just then, a sudden sound like chains being broken rang out, reaching the quartet. Following it, a beastial roar echoed into their eardrums.Everybody reacted immediately to the sound.“What was that?” Arran asked.Pamela frowned heavily her eyes going to the netherworld flame that had gradually begun to dim.Eventually, Pamela said, “I guess it’s over. An outcome had already been decided.”The others also noticed the waning flames of the netherworld and thinking about the effects Pamela told them it possessed, they immediately guessed what had happened.“So your curse failed to affect the enemy, did
“What the hell is that? It’s so ugly!” As soon as the enemy revealed itself, Pamela let off a small scream as she stared horrifying at the creature for no other reason than it being ugly. One shouldn’t forget, that Pamela was a truly spoilt and pampered princess, and that much about her hadn’t changed over the years. So she really couldn’t stand seeing something so ugly and malformed. And malformed it really was. Even the others couldn’t stand the monstrosity of the creature before them and they unconsciously averted their gazes away from it. This was a terrible flaw that Arran was quick to point out. “Everyone, guard your minds! Something is wrong with this creature. I think there’s a spell placed on its body to induce horror on everybody that sees it forcing them to look away from it. Don’t be ambushed by it!” Arran’s words immediately shook the others who quickly realized what was going on. It was something like having a fear effect added to something that forces people lo
Bernard’s injury hadn’t fully healed. But it didn’t hinder his combat ability anymore. Charging head first at the decadent horror, Bernard once more engaged it head-on.This time, none of the others stood on the sidelines. Now that they knew who their enemy was, they had to deal with it accordingly.Not much was known about decadent horrors so there was no way to tailor a strategy directly targeting it. I’m that case, the best way was to attack directly and deal with things as they went.So far, from the beginning of the battle till now, about 20 minutes have already passed. The Wellington’s had not yet joined in the battle and Arran’s group of four didn’t know what was holding them up. But it didn’t matter. They would still have to face it head-on.I’m the vanguard was still Bernard who engaged directly with the decadent horror. His fists flew frantically at the opponent in a flurry of moves, trying to land a hit on its body.Bernard didn’t employ the use of any weapons, relying sole