volume 3 - Chapter c241 (1/2)

Unprecedented Changes

The two were surprisingly compatible with each other. Ciel ignored all the bugs and spiders that were in the coffin and widened his arms to grab all the treasures in it before das.h.i.+ng for the exit; Brendel lunged to another side, dodging a slab of rock that fell onto where he was a moment ago and landed right next to the pile of bones that rested on the coffin.

He was still coughing sand when he noticed the Cards of Fates next to the skeleton. The sand upon his head began to fall, almost burying the cards. As he swiped his hands towards them, he failed to notice the two gleaming eyes that shone from the sockets of the skull. The skeleton stood up and clenched around his neck.

Brendel was shocked. Don’t even mention an ordinary skeleton, Brendel did not even pay attention to the lowest-ranked Skeletal Troopers within the ranks of the Madara army. However, if Brendel were to hesitate a moment in this situation, he would be buried under several thousand tons of rock.

It was right at this moment when a bright Fire Arrow brushed past his face and landed on the claws of the skeleton with a ‘thud’. Sparks sprayed everywhere and Brendel could feel his hair curling up under the heat. However, the attack crushed the bones and with just a slight tug, Brendel freed his hand and grabbed the Cards. As he ran, he could hear the loud rumbling behind him and when he looked, he saw that a quarter of the cavern had collapsed, the sand almost burying the altar in the center.

Brendel’s back was wet from cold sweat. He looked back to find his savior, the one who shot that arrow in that exact moment. Even back when this was a game, this was not a common sight. Although he recalled that the Elementalists under Ciel were not large in numbers, he could not figure out the ident.i.ty of the said person.

As he turned back to look, he did not expect the sight before him. Right at the entrance of the tomb, Romaine waved an index finger at him. And at the tip was a small blaze! She wore a smug expression on her face and was about to say something. Then she was pulled away by the female mercenary commander.

“When did she learn magic!?!”

She had quite the talent. To have made such an accurate shot, not even those high-leveled players could manage that!

But he immediately came up with a scarier thought. It might be that she never really aimed, and that her luck enabled her to make that ‘stray shot’. [T/L Note: Dude, she saved you. Why complain!]

Brendel s.h.i.+vered. The more he pondered about the girl’s carefree personality, this seemed to be more likely than her being a pro mage. He decided to not let her use magic, or there would be no saying when he will be toasted by a fireball in the future.

By then, not many people were left at the place. Most had retreated. Brendel signaled to the remaining people to hurry their exit, while he tailed them from behind as well. The others saw that their lord had escaped peril and retreated as well. But at that unexpected moment, Brendel could hear an odd yet clear noise coming from behind him.

“Kachak!”

His primate instinct warned like a buzzing alarm as he felt the hairs behind his back stood. He leaped to the side on reflex. An iridescent spike flew past the spot he was on a second ago. If he had not leaped just a while ago, the spike would have left a gaping hole within his chest.

When he turned back to look, he saw a crystalline creature gleaming with various lights climbing out of the coffin. Atop its semi-translucent skin was a long robe. It was about five feet tall and had a muscular torso. However, it lacked a brain. Brendel estimated that, if this being had a neck or head, he would be on the larger side when compared to normal Aouine civilians.

Despite being made entirely of crystal, its movements were not rigid. Brendel estimated that his opponent had about seventy ability points in its Agility stat, and that was half of what he had. However, the spike just now had broken the sonic barrier, which made him fearful for a moment. Its Attack stat and its independence from elements made it on the same level on Veronica. It was a strength attribute monster.

And it specialised in long-ranged attacks.

Brendel’s heart sank. The data made him recall something.

He could clearly recall the latest update that came out right before he came to this world, ‘Gaia Reawakens’. There was no introduction to it as usual, but after the War for the Sage Tablet, The Extermination of The Chief Warg Hati and the Battle of Madara and Farnezain, everyone’s focus was on the deathmatch between the two camps of players.

The battle he had at the Orkash Mountain Ranges then was no more than just the tip of the iceberg when compared with the scale of the war.