Chapter 228 (1/2)
Published
at 25th of August 2019 01:00:06 PM
Chapter 228
In front of them, the corrupted covered the land like a blanket . Millions of creatures: elves, humans, dwarves, and others, were all mixed together . The forest had died obviously . After several thousand years, only a few petrified stumps remained . The world tree darkened the sky above them . All of the leaves had fallen off already, or even the sporadic light wouldn't have made it through the branches that remained .
”In the past, the tree gave us a soft green light, so that you couldn't tell if it was night or day,” Stella said after a moment of reflection . ”Kreesto?”
”What?” asked Joseph, turning to look in the direction she was turned in .
”That, in front, at the roots,” she pointed out a giant figure .
Joseph couldn't recognize the creature that was there . It was over forty feet long and looked kind of like a panther, but the tail was too thick . The tail more closely resembled that of a crocodile, yet oddly enough, looked appropriate on this thing . Two giant horns were jutting forward, like a bull .
”It looks to still be coherent,” he said, studying the missing patches of fur, and the puss covered patches that remained .
”That left eye looks blind,” she said softly, with a grimace .
”Yeah, the green ick leaking out of it is a pretty good indication, but what is it? You called it Kreesto?”
”Elder Ceana once found a behemoth kit and entreated it to the hunters to raise it . Oh! Joseph do you think this is the same kit? That means the poor thing has been corrupted for millennia!” Stella covered her mouth in horror at the possibility .
”What are the chances it isn't your behemoth? Even from here I can tell it's gone insane, Stella . Even if I could remove the corruption, I'm not sure I could restore it…”
”No . It's suffered enough . If it loses all its memories like my mother, it will attack us anyway . Let me deal with this please . I see Elder Ceana down there, too . ”
”She doesn't look corrupted . Wait, weren't all the elder's guys? That is obviously a girl . ”
”Yeah, Ceana was the only woman among the elders . I never said the elders were all men . ”
”Fair enough . I'll stop her from interfering with your fight . ”