Chapter 288: Silverstar Howl (1/2)
”W-We don't need to fight them right?”, Adhara mumbles.
The bead of sweat on the side of her face shows that she's pressured by the two statues, even Kyran also has some hesitation in his face that even his fingers started trembling.
Rex didn't blame the both of them though since the statues are very intimidating.
The left statue's body ducked low ready for any movements from Rex and the others' side, glistening black daggers on its hands reflecting the light shot from the small pyramids.
While the right statue has both Nechtu sword fire and sand,
Both of the weapons are emitting a frightening amount of pressure as the right statue crossed both swords in front of it, but its green gaze is headed towards Rex and the others. Ready at a moment's notice.
'It seems the right one didn't intend to fight', Rex thought after seeing its stance.
The two statues are already scanned by Rex when it submerged, both of the statues have a ridiculous amount of strength and endurance that reaches the four-digit mark.
But just like the Elementals, their agility is only around two hundred points.
”We need to make a run inside the Exchequer”, Adhara said pointing at the white portal.
Kyran shakes his head after seeing the hawking right statue, ”I don't think that one will let us through, we can't possibly go past that thing”
Hearing both of them arguing, Rex was also inside his thoughts.
'It shouldn't be like this, the Gem should be the key to make them stop', Rex thought after remembering what the spirit said.
The spirit said that they won't survive without the Carabidis Gem,
It's clear that the spirit is hinting that to get into the Exchequer and leave this place they need the Carabidis Gem, his decision to not get the Gem because of what Adhara said turns out to be a mistake on their part.
They need the Gem,
”So we do need to get the Gem, I think it's the key”, Rex said to the others.
Adhara face-palm herself since she's the one that persuades Rex to not take the Gem, now they need to go back inside.
She then replied, ”How do we get back inside?”
”Let's test”, Rex said while inspecting both statues standing beside the white portal.
He then glance at Kyran and said, ”Try to move to the right, see if they will attack you”
After looking at Rex hesitantly, Kyran then takes a deep breath as he looks at the statues before taking his first step that makes his whole body shudder.
Step!
Kyran's feet landed on the ground beside him when suddenly,
SWOOSH!!
The left statue suddenly throws one of its black daggers that turns into a black shadow, it headed straight towards Kyran's feet.
BOOM!
Rex manages to pull Kyran back as Kyran's breathes heavily,
He was frozen still when he saw the black dagger heading towards him, he thought that he will die on that spot but thankfully Rex helped them.
After missing Kyran, the dagger dissipate and went back to the statue's hand.
”Adhara, your turn”, Rex mumbles lightly.
Hearing this, Adhara gulped as she's quite sure that if Kyran got attacked then the statue will also attack her.
Step!
Right as her expectation, the same thing happened.
BOOM!
The black dagger destroyed the ground where she just stepped, but she manage to dodge it since she already expected that to happen.
Both of them fail and that just left Rex as the last one.
With full focus, Rex takes his steps forwards towards the temple expecting the same thing happened to him just like what happened to Kyran and Adhara.
Kyran and Adhara held their breath subconsciously as Rex takes his first step.
But when his feet landed on the sandy ground, nothing happened.
This makes Kyran and Adhara breathe in relief after seeing that Rex is not attacked, ”I think I'm the only one that can move, you guys try and stay still. I'll get the Gem”, Rex said.
After saying that, Rex walks slowly towards the entrance.
The portal is opened in front of the entrance, so the entrance into the temple is still there.
Rex walks cautiously while looking at the statue that is standing still, both of the statues didn't even glance at him who inch closer into the entrance.
Nearing the temple, Rex can already see the inside of the portal.
Gold color is the only thing Rex can see inside the portal, huge piles of gold surround the room inside the portal with other floating and glowing items that enchant and please Rex's eyes as his determination to get inside the Exchequer heightened.
Weapons, plants, weird objects, all of what Rex can think the Exchequer had it.
Rex's eyes got attracted to a floating gorgeous sword and a mutated plant that is put higher than the rest of the items.
But he then shakes his head, 'Let's get the Gem', he thought before entering the temple.
In a hurry, Rex runs inside the temple before he was back inside the room where he fought the Fire Elemental and also the place where he meet the spirit.
Without wasting any time, Rex went straight to the room before.
The barrier is still there covering the entrance into the room with the coffin,
Rex walks up the stairs before he stretches his hand to touch the barrier, and when he touches the barrier his hand instantly went through it without any resistance.
Upon entering the room, the fragrance from the plants instantly filled Rex's nose.
It was a mix of sweet and exotic, Rex has never quite smelled a fragrant like this that can even make his cautious mind that is strained from the Carabidis Temple to be relaxed.
'Can I take the plants?', Rex thought eyeing the pots beside the coffin.
After a slight deliberation, Rex then steps forward approaching the coffin,
The air inside the room is very different from what he feels outside, it is hard to describe but it just feels ancient.
When Rex bent his body to reach the pot and store it into the inventory,
SHING!!
A sharp glistening blade came out from the coffin suddenly, it makes Rex's body stop moving as the blade scratched Rex's cheek making his head tilt left following the sword.