Chapter 678: War in Subterranean World: Hippogriff
ROARRR!!!
A powerful roar reverberated throughout the entire subterranean world. It announced that the ruler of this place was here.
"W-What is a fifth stage monster doing in this kind of place...?!" Vandal said while stuttering. He couldn"t help it since a powerful monster appeared.
Yes, a fifth evolution stage monster had appeared and shattered the s.p.a.ce lock.
He suddenly recalled the information that he received from a warrior named Souta. But why would this monster appear here at this time?
"So you finally appeared here?" Avron forced a smile on his face.
The monster was called Terror Gale Hippogriff. It has a size of five meters in height and its length was eight meters. It"s a creature with the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a horse. Its feather was like a blazing flame dancing in the wind and its dark eyes were like a pair of exquisite gems.
A huge amount of best feram was flowing around its body like a tide of the ocean. Its sharp claws were glistening with horrendous power that could cut through any metal.
"You are spreading your energy in a useless way like this. Why? You want everyone to know that you are still here, right? Well, I"ve prepared this Aranhgrad to dethrone you from your seat," Avron said as darkness slowly condensed around his body.
ROAR!!!
The warriors in the three nations felt a heavy boulder pressing down on their shoulders. The pressure of the fifth stage monster was extraordinary as it could simply knock out low-rank experts.
One by one, most of the experts below S-rank fell on their knees. The intense pressure was slowly suffocating them and it will eventually lead to their death.
Even though the Terror Gale Hippogriff was on the Aranhgrad, they could still feel the pressure. It was wildly exerting the best feram to show everyone that he was here, the ruler of the subterranean world was him.
The Grain Leaders and Executives stopped for a moment as they felt the best feram coming from Aranhgrad. It was a pressure several times more powerful than Souta. To defeat it, they needed a party of SSS-rank or Hero-rank, which means that only them had the capability to stop such monsters.
But the situation wasn"t right... Most of them were exhausted and tired from fighting each other nonstop for the past few hours. It would be hard to defeat a fifth stage monster in their current state even if they worked together.
With this, all the remaining civilians in the three nations collapsed. Their body couldn"t handle the pressure of a fifth stage monster. So the only civilians from the three nations were the people with the Fourth Set.
Currently, the Fourth Set was helping them evacuate outside the subterranean world but there were millions of them. So evacuating all of them wouldn"t be simple as it would take a lot of time.
The pa.s.sageway couldn"t even fit all of them so the Fourth Set was occupied in maintaining the civilians to prevent panic because of the appearance of a fifth stage monster.
Luckily, they weren"t close to the three nations, or else they would suffer the same fate as those people.
"What is that?!"
"Look, over there!"
But this didn"t mean that they escape danger.
"Engage!!"
"Exterminate those monsters!!"
That"s right. Thousands of monsters were rus.h.i.+ng in the direction of the Fourth Set. They had bloodshot eyes as they madly charged forward recklessly.
It was a monster tide.
"The monsters are coming!!"
"Protect the civilians!!"
It"s true that Fourth Set only had hundreds of warriors but it wasn"t enough to protect millions of people against the frenzied monsters.
The three nations were only a small part of the subterranean world. There were mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, and volcanoes where monsters lived.
A lot of people would die...
"But if I want to destroy the entire Red Matter a.s.sociation, I could only do this..."
Souta muttered as he stepped outside of the laboratory. He was feeling uncomfortable as the fifth stage monster was influencing his mind to a certain extent. His urges were slowly going out of control.
That"s why he needed to get out of the three nations" territory as soon as possible.
"This feeling... I hate it."
He said with a smile on his face. He looked left and right as he sensed hundreds of people. He slowly raised his hand as blood flowed upward and turned into spears.
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When he swung down his hand, hundreds of blood spears shot down and killed the members of the Red Matter.
"d.a.m.n, I wanted to kill the rest but it"s getting hard to control my ability... I"m weakened due to activating [Monster Orb Release] so I could hardly show my full ability in this environment."
Souta said with a sigh while scratching the back of his head. He could recall the time when he was setting up all this situation.
Two and a half hours ago before he entered the territory of the three nations...
Souta stepped on the top of the volcano in the subterranean world. He entered the mouth and went through the pa.s.sage on the side. There, he found a huge s.p.a.cious room.
The density of energy in the atmosphere was higher in this place. He naturally sensed various rare herbs and fruits in this room.
"It seems that I was right... I would find the fifth stage in this place."
Souta muttered in a low voice. Actually, he already sensed the monster. He acted like this to lower the guard of the monster that could kill him instantly.
"You are looking for me?"
A voice echoed in his mind. It was followed by a heavy pressure that made him fall on his knees.
Bang!
Souta gritted his teeth as he tried to resist the suppression. It wasn"t a real suppression as only monster lords could radiate it. It was a semi-suppression indicating that the fifth stage was close to the level of the monster lord.
"Souta, are you sure you can handle this? I can take over your body if you want?" Saya asked.
"No! I need this to defeat the Red Matter a.s.sociation! The Third Set and the backup Fourth Set aren"t enough!" Souta stopped her from doing any unnecessary things.
"Don"t bother to resist it. A mere fourth stage monster couldn"t hope to go against the fifth stage monster like me."
Souta forcefully turned his head as blood flowed out of his mouth. He saw the Terror Gale Hippogriff sitting calmly in the shadows while staring at him with those gleaming eyes.
"I have a proposal for you..." He said with great effort.
"Hmm... What is it? You dare to disturb me if it"s not worth it then I"m going to kill you."
The pressure on Souta"s body slowly disappeared. He breathed a sigh of relief before he fixed his posture.
"The army of humans and demis are going to cause the destruction of this land. They will fight because of their greed and selfish reasons. They wouldn"t care if this land disappeared." Souta paused for a moment. "I want to stop them but you... You"re the only one who had the power to stop them. And... This is your land, they should know how to behave in your territory."
"And why would I do that?" The Hippogriff asked.
"It"s simple. It"s because this is your territory. You will lose your habitat if they fought fiercely in this land. Even though I knew that you would appear once they endangered your habitat I still came here because I want to warn you." Souta said with a serious expression.
"It"s true that I would fight someone who tried to destroy my land but from my eyes, they are weaklings that I could anytime. Is that the only reason why you"re here?"
"Yes, I came here to warn you. Humans and demis are cunning creatures. They wouldn"t fight anyone without any chances."
"So you"re saying that they had the ability to kill me, is that right?"
"Yes,"
"Y-You!!"
A huge pressure bore down on Souta"s body once again. He was at Hippogriff"s mercy as it could kill him anytime.
After a few moments, the pressure disappeared. The Hippogriff spoke once again.
"You"re underestimating the power of a fifth stage monster. I knew the ability of humans and demis as I"ve been observing them for a long time. They are creatures that will fight for unnecessary things like coins.
But... Do you think you can come and go as you please in this place? I can sense that you just evolved but you"re not worthy of disturbing me."
"I"m going to follow you. I will serve you as my lord after you demonstrated your strength to those vile humans and demis. I will surrender myself to you." Souta bowed down as he glanced at the monster in front.
"Rararara, you think that I need you... In my territory, there are dozens of monsters at your level. I don"t need you."
"I can destroy any of them. Once you accept me, I will guarantee that no one could disturb you once again. You can sleep without care and I will finish everything."
"Very well, from now on you will become a monster under my wings."
The Hippogriff stood up as he tapped Souta"s forehead with his sharp claws.
"This guy is too easy to fool. After this, you will not be able to see me for the rest of your life." Souta said inwardly.