Chapter 240: This is daunting indeed. (1/2)
In a world filled with seawater, enfolding mysterious spheres called nebulas, two figures brought their weapon together. The water vibrated for thousands of miles while the nebulas around were blown away as if they were ships sailing off.
One of the figures was a man with the upper body of a human with four arms, and the lower body of a fish. He was fighting a literal humanoid jellyfish while wielding a trident-like weapon. That man was more the depiction of Poseidon than the actual god bearing that name.
He contracted the muscles in his four arms and battled against the countless tentacles of his enemy. They were exchanging more than ten thousand blows each second.
At some point, the jellyfish spread open his limbs and the water around him formed a terrifying maelstrom. The other fish-man grasped the water with his hands and confined it inside a magic barrier. He waved his hands for a bit until an irregular flow of water was following his movements.
The two fighters conjured their respective magic and a strange phenomenon occurred. Something that couldn't be called an explosion or detonation at all. The pressure was so much that it felt like that the composition of the water itself was changing. Anyone inside of that would be crushed until all the bones in the body were ground to dust.
But even so, the two individuals causing that were still throwing blows after blow in the middle of it. But something unexpected happened just after. A giant silver gear materialized between them and pushed them away. It even forcefully calmed down the mayhem raging there.
”What is this?” The jellyfish grumbled and the fish-man shook. A woman with a divine appearance emerged from the silver disc and leisurely started drifting underwater. She slowly went to the side of the gear just before a large shadow came out of it.
The two folks who were waging a battle there gasped and froze. A humongous size that surpassed those of most nebulas, but more importantly, a terrifying aura that could crush millions.
”Lord Rak-Loyra!” Instead of being purely scared, the two were shocked too. They were especially focusing on the unknown runes tattooed all over that whale-like monster.
”'Rak-Loyra'… that's what they said? That's his name?” Evangeline arrived with Aergia and raised her voice.
Layla hummed and observed the whale. ”Are you somewhat famous, Apana?” She completely ignored the fact that he could have a real name and still called him with the one she had chosen for him.
Apana, who had become a pet, made a sound as if he was happy to be distinguished and straightened his body to show his importance.
”Don't be snobbish.”
But he soon stopped.
”Now that I think about it, he can understand us even without using telepathy,” Aergia said. ”That alone shows that he's quite special.”
”Who are you? Why do you have Lord Rak-Loyra with you?” The fish-man asked with an anxious expression.
”Ooh, fish people,” Layla marveled and smiled. ”{Are you perhaps one of the Guardians?}”
”What? Telepathy…” The fish-man frowned then glanced at the jellyfish he was fighting until now. It seemed like he wasn't planning to go away soon, so he responded.
”{I am the Second Guardian, Mopas. Who are you?}”
”{I am Layla. I came here under the instructions of a being much stronger than you. We are here to disband the Plane Guardians and Pillars of Elysium.}”
Mopas shuddered and the jellyfish-man, who had been connected telepathically too, trembled as even his group was mentioned.
”{But it's quite lucky of us that you're fighting already. Now you can tell us where is the rest of your groups,}” Layla chuckled and the jellyfish made a decision in the split of a second, he turned around and dashed.
Mopas didn't move. It wasn't because he had not envisaged doing the same but because he saw one of the women in front of him disappear right in front of his eyes. Aergia moved like a death god and grabbed the neck of the fleeing creature.
”{You're not allowed to leave yet.}”
Mopas shivered and clenched his hands. ”{What will you do when you know about the location of everyone else?}”
”{We will either kill them all or let them live at the condition that they swear loyalty to the Kind Demon,}” Layla answered as Aergia dragged the jellyfish back. ”{For now, just tell us where they are.}”
Mopas groaned and was about to speak when Apana let out a short cry. The huge beast even changed place so that Layla would be looking down on him and began telling her something. She tilted her head and listened. The voice of that whale had some really strange powers. She could perfectly understand it.
When Apana finished, Layla's eyes were wide open.
”Wow. I'm even luckier than I thought,” she remarked and giggled. Aergia and Evangeline who had received the message too were amazed as well. ”Then do it, Apana. I'm counting on you.”
The whale opened his mouth and bellowed. His aura spread in exactly eighteen different directions. There was no leaking of energy at all. It was as if his aura had formed thin threads leading to a certain location. Then, he roared and the water split open and formed as many tunnels underwater as there were threads.
Mopas and the jellyfish stared dumbfounded. At the end of those tunnels, powerhouses were being trapped by the surrounding water and being propelled inside as if it was a hydro tunnel. Some of them even were located on other Planes.
But it only took a few seconds for exactly eighteen people to appear in front of Apana as if they were obedient subordinates being gathered by their boss.