The Real Monster

The journey took quite a long time, the territory of the elven kingdom could take months depending on where they passed from.

Scagale Worm was the name of the monster that was blocking their way, arrived in a fairly humid area appeared dark green giant worms sticking out their heads from the ground.

These worms are more like centipedes because they have tiny legs that wriggle rhythmically.

Alisha and the others were amused by the movement of the Scagale Worm's fingers, but not Arzlan's.

The man immediately acted, he swiftly slashed down one Scagale Worm. The slash made by Arzlan succeeded in overthrowing a Scagale Worm, seeing its comrade fall the other monsters began to approach Arzlan.

Arzlan looked back. "I have to clean this up right away!" There were four Scagale Worms coming towards him, hissing sounds emitted as an intimidating effect from them.

Arzlan put on a stance, one Scagale Worm started to attack in the form of acid which was spit out from its mouth. The liquid has a very dangerous acid level, the skin will melt if it is exposed to the liquid.

"Raging Shadows!"

Arzlan moves instantly, 1.5 meters away he releases a vertical slash. That attack succeeded in overthrowing the Scagale Worm, but.

Brsss….

Arzlan didn't notice the presence of another Scagale Worm, that monster was already spitting out high grade acid. Alisha and the others became shocked.

Arzlan was silent with his head down, the white smoke coming out of his body was a reaction from the acidic liquid that started to melt the skin and armor he was wearing.

However, all of this is not entirely true. The armor created by Otoyura uses Arzlan's blood mixed with special ingredients, the resulting effect can withstand quite strong physical attacks. A layer of aura spread throughout Arzlan's body that the Scagale Worm had melted away.

Arzlan slowly turned his head, if it was a machine maybe the sound of iron scraping would sound very loud. Arzlan's eyes flashed a sharp gleam with a gripping aura, those present there could feel the energy.

"M-Master Arzlan!" Alisha saw a huge black energy surge, the energy seemed to burn Arzlan's body violently.

Whoosh!!!

In seconds Arzlan slashed at the Scagale Worm, a slash that used a great deal of energy. The darkness aura split apart as it ripped through the Scagale Worm's flesh, the other monsters tried to run away, their instincts already screaming to get out of there.

Arzlan was not going to let his target run, in a matter of seconds Arzlan had moved from one place to other places while leaving a slash of death that overthrew the Scagale Worm.

No one survived the slash, after everything was finished Arzlan started to look back. He looked at each one of the Scagale Worms.

Dug!!!!

His chest suddenly ache, after a few seconds a dark aura forming a red-eyed monster emerged from within his body. Dark Eater began to eat the Scagale Worm's corpse very brutally, each body had transferred special energy into Arzlan's body.

The recovery and power-up was very clear, although just a moment's appearance of Dark Eater was scary enough for Alisha and the others.

Arzlan stood back up, he got a surprised look from Alisha and the others. He didn't care about it, right now he was more interested in the power within his body.

***

After thirty minutes they stopped to rest, Arzlan wasn't tired, but for the women this journey was already tiring enough, if they kept on doing it they could die of exhaustion.

Arzlan was silent while looking at the grass field which was quite green, they would soon pass the field. Arzlan wants to make sure that the area has no monsters lurking, a clean view is no guarantee of avoiding monsters. He had previously fought large monsters in a wide field.

Lactaruz has returned to report to Demon King Nova about what happened.

"Is what you said true?" asked Nova.

"That's right, I dare to be beheaded if my words are true!"

"Hmm… I see, it looks like that creature will be the most troublesome than heroes in the Scaevola Kingdom!"

Nova had actually felt the presence of a great power in recent years, but that power was not so obvious. Ever since the appearance of that power had made him believe that the current four heroes possessed that power, but that opinion was wrong based on Lactaruz's report.

Nova was pensive, his head trying to imagine what the face of the possessor of that power would look like.

"Lord Demon King Nova, what should I do now?"

"Now you're still in the previous part of the territory, but I want you to investigate who that person is! I don't want him to thwart the plans I've devised!"

"Okay!" Lactaruz disappeared into the void.

Their journey back continues, it's been about a week they continue to walk. Arzlan didn't know how far the location was from where the elves lived, he just followed what they said was the right route.

Someone walked towards them, that person was wearing a caps on her head. The clothes she was wearing had given a hint that she was a swordsman or a fighter, her face was not visible due to her head kept hanging down.

They pass each other, nothing happens. But, after a few meters away that person looked back, her eyes glanced cynically at the group.

Arzlan actually glanced back, he knew that this person was not an ordinary person. Arzlan had been waiting to see what that person would do, his whole body ready to move if there really was a fight to be done.

Again, nothing happened. That person walked away again.

"Who is it? Why did she have such a strong aura, her body seemed to have undergone a lot of special training so the energy in her body was so refined. I'm curious, what kind of strength that person has!" Arzlan continued to walk while holding his chin, he didn't realize that in front of him was a view of the city.

"Look at that…!" said Alisha.

Arzlan realized, his head looked straight ahead. A quite bustling city was in sight, but that was not their goal at this time. The city is the border area of the human and elven.

It forbade conflict between all races, a town formed by humans as a boundary for the elves. There, all of the villagers are elves. In the past, humans also occupied the town due to a never ending conflict. Finally, the elven kingdom bought that fort and made it a full elf territor.

Arzlan is quite curious as to what kind of elf kingdom that has a fairly formidable military strength.

___To Be Continued___