148 Weird 2 (2/2)
The black stone hall was brightly illuminated, in its centre, there was a black altar with a silver double-edged sword stuck into it.
The double-edged sword was about the width of a palm, and on it there were carvings of fist sized symbols. On its hilt were two sprites smiling and hugging each other carved into it in perfect uniformity.
Suddenly they heard some low hums and loud banging noises coming from within the hall.
BANG!!!
A massive living thing was thrown against the arch of the door, shaking the ground around the hall as it landed, and raining more dust onto its inhabitants from the ceiling.
When the dust cleared, Garen and Celine finally make out what the massive thing was.
It was actually a giant sprite towering over 5 meters in height!
It looked just like the sprites from before, greenish body, with full breasts and a slender body. All across its naked skin was covered in tough green insect scales, its mouth filled with sawlike teeth and a face that was insidious beyond belief.
SHHHHHHHH
The giant sprite roared, and got back on its feet almost immediately.
Garen and Celine hastily ran into the door.
Within the hall, Duskdune Shura and Flamingo were standing calmly on one side of the altar, Flamingo wielded the black sword, and was fending off combined attacks from Beo and another person.
The three of them were engaged in an intense fight, making sounds like a hurricane had struck.
BANG!!!
Beo was sent flying to the wall after being slashed by Flamingo, as he slowly slid off the wall, he started puking blood, looks like he was injured pretty badly.
Flamingo swung his sword around casually, and a silver circle of light appeared in front of him.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Another bearded man dressed in military fatigues wielding a short axe stood in front of the silver curve, his body suddenly shook violently, small red spots suddenly appeared underneath his skin, as if he was having a bad case of goosebumps.
”Crack!”
Flamingo rose his sword and slashed it downwards.
BANG!
Another low hum, and the bearded man too was sent flying backwards. He rolled on the ground for a while before finally ceasing and lying flat, his axe flew around and landed in the side of his head with a loud crack.
Garen and Celine also noticed a woman in a suit sitting against the wall in the hall. Her face was incredibly pale, and her chest was pierced through by a dagger, pinning her against the wall as her blood dripped into a puddle on the floor.
Yet despite this, she was still alive, and still struggling to pull the dagger out of her chest.
As Garen and Celine entered, everyone ceased in their steps and took notice of them.
SHHHHHHH!!
The giant sprite flapped her massive wings, with a strong gush of wind she pranced towards Flamingo. She waved about her fingers which were tipped with incredibly sharp nails, almost dagger-like.
CLANG!!
Flamingo’s eyes glew a golden red, the sword in his hand didn’t even move, but in front of her a silver cross appeared in response to the sprite’s attack.
A bright spark bursted between the cross and the giant sprite, sending the giant sprite and Beo flying backwards to the wall again. As they hit the wall, cracks in the stone wall were left in their wake.
The giant sprite was now dizzy, and was unable to get back on her feet.
Flamingo grimaced, and swung his sword in a circular motion with one hand, turning his gaze to Garen and Celine. He had obviously just easily fended off the attacks of Beo’s squad, and along with it, conveniently took down a grumpy giant sprite.
Garen noticed that from the beginning till now, Flamingo had not even bothered to take off his black cloak, he’s been fighting with only one hand this whole time. In other words, these skilled warriors paired with a legendary being are so powerful that normal folks don’t even deserve their need to be serious in fighting them.
”Take care of yourself,” Garen said softly to Celine before striding confidently towards Flamingo.
”What’s up? Are you here for the Sword of the Sprites and the Blood of Secrets too?” Flamingo looked at Garen doubtfully, ”The Blood of Secrets requires a certain brewing process to work. So even if you get it, it’ll be useless to you. Only members of the Immortal Palace Alliance have the recipe, therefore only if you join us would you be allowed to use enjoy the Blood of Secrets.”
Garen shook his head, ”I’ve only just heard about the Blood of Secrets, I honestly have no full picture of what’s going on here.” He looked around at everyone in the hall, Beo and gang were either knocked out or heavily injured.
”Then why did you come in?” Flamingo was now intrigued, ”You should know that only grave danger awaits you here right?”
”Of course,” Garen nodded, ”My objective is simple, and since you’re a member of the Immortal Palace Alliance, could you please tell me where is Sylphalan?”
Duskdun Shura and Flamingo stood stunned, they exchanged looks and didn’t utter a word. Flamingo’s originally calm face also suddenly turned distressed.
”Syl...phalan….what business do you have with him?” Flamingo was silent for a while, then said this.
Garen didn’t reply, he merely stared at him silently. He knew these two definitely knew the location of Sylphalan. After the many rounds of fighting the group, while Duskdune Shura and Flamingo looked absolutely unscathed, they must have at least suffered some damage or at least exhausted their energy. Hence Garen was confident that if he tried, he could at least inflict heavy damage on them should a fight erupt. Not to mention compared to Beo, right now Garen was closest in terms of skill level to the two of them.
”Screw it, Flamingo.” Duskdune Shura suddenly spoke, he slowly walked up to the altar and lightly pulled out the Sword of the Sprites.
SHHHH…..
With a soft sound, the Sword of the Sprites was slowly pulled out from the altar.
”We’ve achieved our objective for this time, you can have the sword. There isn’t what I want here. Let’s go.”
Duskdune Shura turned around and left straight through the door.