165 Temples 2 (1/2)

'Medusa??' Broly thought as he looked at the woman. ”Don't look at her eyes or you will turn into stone!” Broly shouted after realizing who it was.

Without hesitation the others looked away while spreading into the hall. Broly sensed something and directly dodged to the side. When he looked back at the spot where he just stood, he saw another layer of stone covering the ground.

'She doesn't need to be seen?' Broly dodged again and saw how Medusa clawed at him. Only missing by a short distance. A ki blast hit her in the face. The explosion enveloped her body. Suddenly wings on her back dispersed the smoke with a single flap. She soared into the air towards Taro who just attacked her.

Broly's body glowed slightly and he pursued her. She couldn't even react to his movement before he tore out her wings and kicked her into the wall. Following up immediately with a chop at her neck. His hand was like a sword as it effortlessly sliced thought her neck.

Her head flew into the air before it flew to its original position as sand flying through the air.

The gate opened and the knights rushed inside. Broly quickly approached the entrance and finished several knights with a single strike. His leg kicked out like a whip, decimating his opponents.

There was no suspense. The knights rushed in and were instantly killed by every strike of Broly. After a minute or two every knight was disposed of and Broly was able to relax again.

Alea approached him with concern written on her face. ”Are you okay?” They knew that Broly's soul was damaged and every use would delay his healing, but now he engaged in a fight twice in two days.

They wanted to fight for him which was the reason why they went inside with him to begin with.

”Yeah. It seems like I am approving with ever fallen statue.” He hadn't noticed it before as he had to concentrate on keeping the Exousians alive as they had fought against the scorpions, but now it was different.

It was almost miniscule, but he could feel his soul being strengthened. He would have missed it if he wasn't as sensitive as he was. Besides if his vision of truth wasn't limited, he would have seen energy leaving the statues bodies and traveling through the ground towards his feet.

Broly put his thoughts back and looked at the pictures on the wall which seemed to depict her life until she was killed by Perseus who was armed with a sickle and a shield. There wasn't a name tag on the walls but that was who Broly remembered that killed Medusa.

After going through the pictures, they went out and started to build defenses for the night. They just took the sand to build small hills to surround the entrance. Although it didn't offer much help against creatures that were traversing in the underground, it was better than nothing.

It was unfortunate, but they weren't able to use magic to materialize a few materials. It didn't really matter anyway as they would retreat into the tunnel to fight it out if someone was coming after them.

The next few days they were attacked by some other beasts that looked like humanoid wolves, but they didn't seem intelligent at all. 5-meter-tall tarantulas had obstructed their way several times. There were also gigantic sand worms that could have swallowed the whole group in a second, but it seemed like they weren't preying on them but on the giant spiders.

Broly watched interested as the giant worms and the tarantulas fought it out with each other. The worms had a clear advantage as they were moving through the sand undisturbed. It looked even more effortless than the scorpions.

The hairy spiders were quickly devoured, and the worms disappeared in the depths of the sand. Although this was interesting to watch, Broly became more interested in the temples themselves. Beforehand he just saw them as a convenience to not sleep outside, but now he saw things that he didn't expect to see.

Different mythologies that he knew from his past life, but it wasn't stopping there. Movies, series and books, there were several famous characters that Broly could identify. Of course, there were some he didn't know, but Broly was quite interested in what else he would be able to see.

He even went as far and took Kulaan for a fly in the night. Of course, it wasn't only because he wanted to sightsee, but he also benefitted from defeating the statues. It didn't heal his soul, but it was improving it. It was barely noticeable and if he didn't go after the statues, he wouldn't have noticed the difference.

At the fourth night, Broly arrived at a vast gate that was several times bigger than the 3-meter-wide doors from before. Just as he wanted to enter the temple, he felt the buzzing. ”What is it?” Broly asked and turned towards Kulaan.

{I want to go inside with you!}

Broly saw the determination and anticipation in his eyes. He couldn't say no to the cute puppy face that Kulaan was putting on. If someone else would know that Broly considered Kulaan as cute, they would have asked if he was crazy instead.