Chapter 701: Rampage (2/2)

He was a bit concerned about this since knowing how highly territorial Hags were, he should've been successful at pissing her off. Also, considering the fact that setting up this territory took a lot of time and effort to do so in her part, should make his act of destroying it beyond infuriating and aggravating for the Hag.

She shouldn't have this much patience with her since that isn't one of their characteristics, yet she's not here…really strange.

”I'll be more cautious then.” Vendrick whispered to himself.

He didn't drop his guard, in fact he became more solemn after seeing that the Hag was displaying something different from what he knows. That being said, it doesn't mean that his rampage was slowing down.

Vendrick eventually arrived at the home of the Hag. More precisely, the entrance to the underground base of the Hag. As expected, there were several more curses, hexes, totems and guards that were blocking his way but he made a quick work out of them.

Lightning was extremely effective against them. The element was their mortal enemy, amplified by the fact that it was a Law, something that they'd never have the chance of understanding all their lives.

Under Vendrick's ocular technique, he managed to locate the path that would lead him deeper underground. Since the defenses above were destroyed, all mechanisms that were preventing him from spying beyond this place was removed, therefore he could see the greater chunk of the Hag's home.

It wasn't so big. There's no need for the Hag to have an extremely large home he guessed. There are numerous traps and illusions set up to protect it though but really, as if any of that could stop Vendrick's tracks.

Heck, he could've went straight to the core if he wanted to but he decided to mess with the Hag some more by deliberately going off track and arriving at the dead-ends and traps just to destroy them. He did it to send a message, but for some reason this Hag's patience is astonishingly long.

Oh well, it doesn't matter. Vendrick was planning to eradicate everything he sees anyways,

Time passed and steadily, the Hag's children were killed by Vendrick. By now, only a few of them remained, all too scared to even move and justify going against Vendrick. That being said, it's not like he's going to spare them even with that.

Pity is not something these things deserved. In fact, they shouldn't be capable of showing emotions at all, it's just that Vendrick was too strong for them and his presence broke their spirits.

Vendrick lost count on how many of this insects he had killed so far. Thousands maybe? Either way, the Hag's still not here. Vendrick was now thinking that the Hag might've left them behind to do some personal errands since if she's here, there's no way that she could stand still after witnessing her life's work be wasted in under minutes.

After going around the underground, destroying everything he laid his eyes on. The presence of the Hag's aura was dwindling. Her influence around this area was slowly disappearing, being purified by Vendrick's lightning.

Eventually, he went to the core of the Hag's home. What he saw there was a large ritual circle just like those above but this being here is an obvious clue that this was used for something more important.

Aside from the ritual circle, he saw that the amount of totems, cursed items and hexes arranged in this place was the greatest he had seen so far. He could also smell the presence of the Hag here, telling him that she was here recently.

At the middle of the ritual circle was a crib made out of bones. Vendrick could sense the abomination in there. It was young, but its presence was so horrid that it caused goosebumps to appear all over his body.

Compared to things he had seen before, this one is clearly a cut above the rest. This infant should have the highest potential amongst the Hag's children and if this thing grows up, it'll bring doom to everything around it.

Thankfully he discovered it early on. One strike of his spear and it was dealt with, the only downside is that it's carcass was stuck on the tip of his spear, his lightning was already frying it but its taking time.

That's when he heard a commotion behind him. He turned around and saw a boulder light up with runes as it slid to the side, revealing a dumbfounded Hag - Amalia, staring at him with her youngest charred by lightning at Vendrick's spear tip.

”Ah! There you are...”