Chapter 948: Set in Stone (1/2)

Like Dagmar, Dhaka and Asser encountered similar barriers and dealt with them the same way.

Such barriers could be found blocking the way all across the three mountains, and they were broken through one after another by the three of them as they made their way to the center.

”Woah!” Outside the valley, one of Dhaka's subordinates let out a cry of shock as he studied the odd runes on the three mountains curiously.

Those runes that represented something they didn't know lit up one after another as colored smoke wafted out of them and gathered in the dark clouds around the mountains. It caused the stench to grow stronger than ever.

Dhaka and the rest had left a few subordinates outside the mountains just in case someone would come charging into the mountains after them for a sneak attack.

Upon noticing it, their subordinates' felt a sense of dread as they continued to observe the slightest change in their environment.

”I feel like something's off!” Asser's subordinate said, furrowing his brow. ”There is some kind of special energy inside the valley that seems to gather around the weird markings on the mountains. Don't tell me it's something bad...”

”I'll go in to report to our lord!” said another as he charged into the cavern Asser had entered.

At this moment, weird noises could be heard coming from the mountains as the ground shook fiercely, causing countless cracks to form beneath their feet. The weird power within the mountains congregated around the top of the mountains. Instantly, the light coming from the runes grew to blinding levels.

”Something's happening!” Dhaka's subordinate yelled in panic. ”You few, inform the lord about this immediately!”

Dagmar's men reacted the same. They felt some kind of odd energy being released by the mountains. Not only did it affect the terrain around the valley, but it also changed the mountains themselves.

The changes happened so rapidly that before Dagmar's subordinates managed to enter the caverns, a loud explosion rang out from the depths of the earth. Wafts of gas came out from the cracks and blended with the black miasma.

At the same time, the shaking made the three mountains unstable. The one Dagmar went into slanted more and more to one side like a drunk giant.

”What's going on?” the three Hegemons yelled from within their respective mountains.

”Danger! Retreat!” Asser yelled. His voice rang loud like thunder through the caverns.

While the godhunters, as godly beings, wouldn't be afraid of mere rocks that fell from the ceiling, that coupled with the violent shaking of the mountains and the energy the cores at their center unleashed caused quite a lot of force to be imbued in the falling rocks, making them quite the threat.

Not only did the energies make the rocks weigh tons, they even caused them to fall at much faster speeds. With the caverns so narrow and filled with godhunters, most of them could barely avoid the rocks and were rammed by them harshly.

Under the bombardment of the rocks that were charged up by the mysterious energy, the godhunters fared no better than mortal humans. Many of them ended up broken and bleeding, with some frantically deploying barriers above their heads in hopes of being able to prevent some damage.

It was a shame that the supercharged rocks were so powerful that they easily destabilized the barriers they deployed before crushing them like eggshells. The rocks ricochet around in the caverns and caused huge casualties among the godhunters.