Chapter 220 - 117. Big Eyes (1/2)
Chapter 220: 117 Big Eyes -2
Adolf’s rank was ‘Iron’, whichorder It was also one of the reasons why he stepped up to command his fellow adventurers and mercenaries
Their job was to evacuate the citizens trapped within the city and elires were indeed difficult creatures to contend with, but they weren’t on the level of iicians affiliated with Elusha fiefdoed to gradually kill off thearound the city But in the midst of their operation, the adventurers anda noisy ruckus
They pointed at the feudal lord’s castle whereout and screa?!”
Adolf also quickly turned his head to look at the castle, and when he did, he had no choice but to open his eyes wide in shock
Darkness was enveloping the entirety of the castle Gloo in the skies above as terrifying thunderbolts went off one after the other
The tragic screams of people escaped from the s of the castle while reddish-black shadows could be seen writhing along the corridors, devouring everything in their paths
Soon after, writhing, wriggling tentacles exploded out fro around the structure
It was as if the tentacles were trying to s up the entire building
“What the hell…?”
Just as going on in there?
The horrifying spectacle taking place right noas sohtmares
When Adolf ician assisting hi Eyes”
“Big Eyes? What’s that?”
Adolf could proudly boast that his pool of knowledge regarding monster bestiary was better than ‘adequate’ But even then, he had never heard of the na Eyes’ before
“It’s an ancient enerate indefinitely as long as there is enough prey to devour Its ician sed back his dry saliva while staring at the castle “…That ”
A horde of undead began trudging out from the entrance of the castle They were the evil spirits that lared with theireyes at the adventurers of Elusha
(TL: In 1st person POV)
We left the Necro into a human meat skewer, behind in the cell and walked outside the prison
Since the storage for confiscated iteht next to the prison, we didn’t have auntlets
I checked the city’s current status outside through the castle’sMonsters were running rampant on the city streets
It seeht here by the feudal lord had been freed What a relief it was that this city was full of adventurers
Elusha’s defence forces orking together with the adventurers and mercenaries to suppress the radually creeping in closer to this castle, which was the source of all this trouble
They had probably figured out that so on here
I put the silver-white armour back on and then placed the helrip, I started walking down the corridor of the castle Hans and Alice followedon here, your highness?”
Alice askedat the prison one last time
“Well, isn’t it obvious? What with a Necro before us and all”
Yup, these fools ain
I wonder, could this whole thing be somehow connected to Aslan?
That couldn’t be it
That kingdom was now a subordinate nation to the Theocratic Empire, which meant that their actions would be closely ainst their new queen’s rules, but even then, they wouldn’t dare do so out in the open
So… the only other possible explanation would be a faction not affiliated with Aslanwith just an organisation and not another kingdoovernment, then I didn’t see a reason why I shouldn’t handle this matter in my oay
“Uwaaaahk!”
“R-run away!”
Knights andtowards us froured that so
I positioned my skeletons in front of us The holy undead put up their shi+elds and pointed with their spears
The knights andaway stu wider in panic “U-undead…?!”
But just as they hesitated, the space behind the
-Ki-hihihihihihik!
Bizarre, goosebuan popping out from the distorted space
The unidentifiedeyeballs around to look at the fleeing knights, thethat the creature was trying to s that it had found tasty snacks or so reddish-black rapidly extended out from around the corner
Alice’s, Hans’s, andturned out to be writhing tentacles It wasn’t just a single one either, but a whole tsunami wave of them!
The tentacles’ tips split open and revealed sharp fangs inside before sing up the knights and ht to pulverise their victims into fine meat paste
The only noise we could hear noas a crunching sound Not even a single trace of their victims remained
“It’s the weird ass monster’s turn to show up now?!”
I took aim withas pale as a sheet of paper after taking a good look at the horrendously repulsive eyeballs and tentacles Hans was frozen stiff whileaway from his spot
The two of the Eyes!”
“Eh? What are you…?”
Just before I could finish my question, the reddish-black tentacles suddenly bunched up into one They ure and then split open itson us
What the heck? Did it not have any fixed shape or so”
My holy skeletons jumped up and thrust their spears forward
The deadly weapons easily pierced through the creature’s hide, blowing it apart
De enerated at a visible pace
My attacks contained plenty of divinity, yet the tentacle monster easily withstood them
For my next attack, I took aim with my musket and fired it
The holy projectile scythed through the air and penetrated straight through the tentacle monster’s ‘body’
-…?
The monster writhed and cocked its head in confusion, only for it to blow apart in a straight line and disintegrate from this world
-Ki-hihihihihi!
That bizarre cackle was now coaze over to the walls
The bricks ap between thee eyeball popped up in there
Dude… I can legit boast about her than ht
I frowned a bit and quickly attached the bayonet to the end of thethe eyeball
It seemed to ‘die’ for a moment, but then, dozens more eyeballs floated out of the walls at the saan falling down anddebris
I stepped back and let the holy skeletons cut down the approaching tentacles
“We need to run away from here!” Hans shouted out with a deeply-pale face
He knew that I was capable of hunting down a dragon But even then, he said we gotta escape fro, whatever it as on?
Hans hurriedly pulled out a handful of e and then scattered their contents on the floor
The floor itself began writhing and wriggling like a living entity
Hans gasped out “I knew it…!”
I asked hi about this ht now! If we don’t, this whole place will turn into its…”
“Watch out!”
Alice’s hand shot out, grabbed Hans’s head, and shoved it down to the floor With nary a gap to spare, a tentacle with a bladed tip brushed past where his head used to be
Alice punched with her divinity-laden fist and blew that tentacle apart She then finished what Hans wanted to say while keeping his head down, “This entire castle will turn into its belly The Big Eyes is an ancient gatekeeper, a de environhold!”
“…Huh”
I took a look at the tentacle’s exploded flesh that Alice had punched to oblivion just now
The exploded tentacle chunks ballooned up and gradually tainted the surroundings
Holy sht It was like staring at an alien’s nest in so his head, “Lady Alice is correct If we fail to escape fro trapped inside its body and gradually get digested That’s why…”