Chapter 783: Vanishing Barriers, The End of One Month Given by the Eyes (1/2)

Day 192 - 3:32 PM - Night Everred Spirit Tree Subdimension, Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Province of Quezon

Two days after the birth of Brynhildr, Mark finished assembling the other two golems.

While building the remaining two, Mark also tested the capabilities of Brynhildr by making her his assistant. And to say, even Ilia and Chimetrice were surprised by the results. It seemed that the three [Golem Cores] the girls received from Bathala were not just regular ones.

Brynhildr was capable of learning things and not just follow what Mark programmed in her core beforehand. Unfortunately, she was not some extremely intelligent being. While it was considered learning, it was more or less just the process of memorization.

As a test, Mark made Brynhildr learn a few commands that he did not program in her core. At first, Mark showed her how to perform the commands. Afterward, she was capable of doing it on her own.

However, there were limitations. As a creation incapable of free will, Brynhildr could not perform what she learned on her own. Well, unless a command was given beforehand, she would respond depending on the condition given.

Furthermore, Brynhildr was unreliable in following intricate and complex orders. It was not surprising, considering she was a model of golem that was not made for creating things.

In any case, the fact that Brynhildr could learn was already a huge thing for a golem. All of the crafted golems that both Illia and Chimetrice had seen before were incapable of that.

On the other hand, summoned golems seemed to be an exception. These kinds of golems were practically living beings. They might be dumb, incredibly dumb, but they were capable of learning on their own.

After piecing up the two remaining golems, it was now time to activate the two.

Now, what stood in front of Mark were two, rather uncanny, golems.

One was a rabbit, about a meter tall. It was large enough to let a three-year-old child ride its back. There was no need to think. This golem was for Miracle.

Both Abbygale and Miracle requested pet-like golems. In particular, Miracle had quite an interest in rabbit-like creatures. When a rabbit-like creature appeared in an anime they were watching from time to time, her attention was pasted on the monitor.

It was the reason Mark built this one. Furthermore, Mark also used the pelt and skin of animals they hunted before to make the rabbit golem. While it looked a bit strange, not only its size, but it had features that did not belong to rabbits, for example, horns, it did not look anything else but a [Mutated Animal].

On the other hand, the next golem was a canine-feline hybrid. It looked a lot like a domestic dog, a Shiba Inu, to be exact. However, it had the claws of a cat as its primary attack method. It was also made with agility in mind. It was all so it could catch up with Abbygale's speed even a little.

Of course, aside from its appearance, these golems hid other functions. After all, while Mark took the request of the little girls, he aimed for their safety with the help of these golems.

The last thing to do was put the cores of the new golems and test their bodies for adjustment. In fact, even Brynhildr needed some parts to adjust. There was some uncanny stiffness in her arms, and Mark wanted to make her arms a bit more flexible because of her second function.

Not only Mark but the other four people were waiting for the two golems to move.

But as Mark held the two cores, he froze.

”We should get out.”

It was not only Mark. Chimetrice also sensed what Mark felt and spoke.

The other three were confused. They were, after all, in the middle of an exciting event. But then, for Mark and Chimetrice to react oddly, something might be happening outside.

Even the orb of light, the consciousness of the Night Everred Spirit Tree, appeared and circled around Mark, conveying its panic.

As Chimetrice suggested, the five of them went out of the subspace as fast as they could. The moment they went out, what they saw was the people staring in the sky.

”Gege, the barrier.”

Mei was also outside, seemingly just arrived to call Mark.

”I felt it too.”

Mark replied as they moved to a location that they could see the sky.

Regular people could not see the barrier. Those that had [Magical Energy] could sense it.

This time, however, everyone could see the barrier. It looked as if a gigantic cellophane sheet covered the base like a bowl.

”What in the world is going on?” Jaeya exclaimed as she joined Mark's group. ”Bro, do you know?”

Jaeya asked Mark, who was observing the sky silently.

”The barrier is vanishing.”

Mark replied.

Like electronic gadgets, sometimes these items show malfunctions at the end of their lifespan. In theory, the scene that was happening at the moment was the same.

The barrier was exerting the last of its energy, causing the distortions at its final moments.

And as expected, the cellophane-like scene began to blur even more.

Slowly, under everyone's eyes...

The odd scene in the sky vanished.

At the same time, the feeling of safety that everyone had reduced. No one could understand why they were feeling nervous that the scene in the sky vanished. They should have calmed down since it was gone, but they were feeling the opposite instead.

”Boss...”

Huey approached Mark, unable to voice out what he had in mind.

Mark, on the other hand, took a deep breath. Unlike before, the air felt uncomfortable.

”Tell everyone to stay alert,” Mark spoke. ”The protection the Eyes gave us ended. The days from now on won't be as safe as yesterday.”

”Yes, Boss”

Huey nodded.

***

Day 192 - 7:00 PM - Recreation Area, Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Province of Quezon

It was time for dinner in the base. But now, everyone was gathered in the recreation area for an emergency meeting.

Currently, everyone's attention was on Huey and Odelina, who were both Mark's left and right hands in the base.

There was nothing much to brief everyone. Nonetheless, knowing that the leeway humans had ended and the real threats of the new world would be felt was more than enough to make everyone a bit nervous.

It was the natural reaction. No one knew what would happen from now on.

And the unknown was what humans feared since the olden days.