IT BROKE

"We are not alone!!!"

Fuck!!!

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Many creatures with grotesque appearances and long tongues falling through their mouths came into the light.

Drip

Ssssss

There wasn't any hint of skin on their bodies, and the saliva from their tongues, when it came in contact with the ground, made small holes and rotted the whole area.

Night Runners!!!

Joseph recalled the information from the book...

But wait, where is the book??

Joseph recalled that he didn't have the book with him.

"So do you still think that you can defeat us, little girl..."

Gorgun, with a sinister smile on his face, spoke while the lady just stood there silently.

"First of all, I'm not a small girl..."

The atmosphere around her started to change.

She's angry!!

Guuuuuuuu

Swiss

Two runners tried to jump on her but got slashed by six spikes in mid-air.

"Second, you're not strong enough to defeat me..."

"Killing two runners won't make you the strongest..."

Gorgun, with an emotionless look, spoke as suddenly a staff appeared in his hand with a big red ruby on top of it.

"You will now see the true despair of my lord's power!!!"

As his words sounded throughout the area, the hordes of mana-hungry beasts with disfigured faces launched their attack toward the most optimal prey filled with high mana density.

But in response to that attack, only one word came out of that beautiful lady.

"Mana Stream.....Open..."

As those words were spoken, the atmosphere of that whole place changed. A light so bright that it could light up a whole city spread throughout the cave, blinding Joseph's field of view.

Swiss

Pierce

With a piercing sound, the light went away, and the scene that came into Joseph's view surprised him.

What the hell!!!

The whole place was filled with spikes made of obsidian, way stronger and sharper than the previous rocks.

The Night Runners, whose flesh is known to be one of the hardest to pierce, were stabbed by hundreds of spikes.

The whole horde of Night Runners, numbering in many hundreds, got wiped out in an instant.

In the middle of this chaos, a humanoid creature stood with a very hard material covering its body, acting as strong armor.

"Hmm... I have to say, you're stronger than I thought!!!"

Gorgun, who was also surprised, controlled his emotions and looked at her with a calm look.

"But it won't save you from me..."

THUD

SHUSSSS

Suddenly, dark mana started to ooze out from Gorgun's hand, which started to cover his whole fist and then his whole body.

"Try to survive this, girl!!!"

Suddenly, Gorgun, with a dark ominous aura, disappeared from his place, his attack directed at the lady wearing an obsidian full-body armor.

"You think this would be enough..."

She spoke, and many different types of metal, ores, and hard materials all flew toward him while changing shape in mid-air, becoming spikes.

"Huh!!"

Gorgun, who was fast enough to evade those attacks, saw an obsidian-coated fist flying towards his face.

THUD

His mid-air movements didn't allow him to dodge the surprise incoming attack as a strong force sent him flying towards a wall.

Damn it, they are so fast, I can't keep up with them.

For Joseph, it seemed like they were disappearing and reappearing out of thin air, making their fight invisible to his eyes.

"My mana stream allows me to control any rock, material, matter, or mineral associated with earth..."

Damn, it means she can become rich overnight.

"Is that supposed to be considered strong nowadays...."

Even after getting smashed on the wall and having to deal with many broken bones and internal injuries, Gorgun stood proud of his beliefs without a hint of pain on his old wrinkled face.

"You're strong but also very foolish..."

The lady spoke from her strong obsidian full-body armor as she walked towards the altar, where Joseph was strangled.

Her light and dark mixture of purple on the obsidian gave her a strong armored knight look.

Click...Click...Click

"Ohh..I can speak again!!!"

A very strong and sharp obsidian spike easily broke through the chains restricting Joseph's body.

But how did she do that??

The last thing I knew, obsidian wasn't supposed to be that hard.

Joseph, with a narrowed look, observed the obsidian armor with a mix of amusement and suspicion.

They are no normal obsidian!!!

For some reason, Joseph could tell that the obsidian she was using was not normal and was enchanted by magic or mana.

"You have lost, Gorgun!!!"

The lady in armor spoke, which made Joseph feel like a princess getting rescued by a dark knight.

"Let's go...."

The lady spoke with a cold look while Joseph, knowing that this wasn't the best place or time to meddle with things, quietly followed her from behind.

Step...Step...Step

They both started to walk away, leaving Gorgun, who was in pretty bad condition, alone.

In many cases, this would be a very bad choice as leaving the enemy alone has always proven the flaw of a hero, which comes to bite him in the long run.

Joseph knew that it was a bad choice, but still, knowing his condition, he didn't speak much as the last thing he would need was getting killed by a lady because he somehow made her mad.

"Tsk...I didn't want to do this...."

Gorgun, who for the first time in his life felt so humiliated, clicked his tongue and slowly approached the dying magic circle.

The red shine had started to fade away due to the inconvenience it had to face during the ritual.

"I wanted to summon my lord...But right now, his servant would do the trick...."

Gorgun muttered to himself as he looked down on the dying circle he prepared for his lord.

This magic circle can only be done by a person once in his whole life, and this should be his chance, but now he failed. So in his last attempt, he would sacrifice his life to bring his lord's servant, who would continue his legacy.

"GIRL!!!"

Gorgun, with his last bit of strength, called her as both the lady and Joseph turned towards him with a narrowed look.

He can't even stand properly. Does he want to fight more?

He truly is a shameless, crazy, old pervert!!!

Joseph looked towards Gorgun and with a disappointed look turned towards his savior and saw the same look as him on her face.

The lady had canceled her armor and was in her normal form. Seeing her beauty of her made Joseph enchanted for a second.

She is beautiful !!!

Pierce

"!!!"

What the fuck!!!

As Joseph was busy admiring her beauty, Gorgun took out the spike stopping his blood flow, and pierced his chest, making a big hole in it.

Drip...Drip...Drip

Blood like a fountain started to come out from Gorgun's chest and splashed everywhere near the altar, making a bloody scene near it.

"I...ha...ve....li...v..ed..wi..t..h...my...ru..les"

"I...wi...ll...di..e....w..it..h....m...y....r...ul...es"

Gorgun, who spoke his words, collapsed on the ground with a big bloody smile on his face.

"Pl...ease....acc..ep..t....m..y... sa...crif..ice...oh...gre...at...lo..rd..."

"Well, there goes a badass villain all because he was a simp for demons and chaos..."

Joseph, who was amused by the plot development, wasn't able to hold back his words, while the other lady also just stood there emotionlessly.

"Let's mo—!!!"

"What happ—!!!!"

The girl tried to speak but stopped midway with a shocked look while Joseph, who saw that, narrowed his eyes and tried to ask, but suddenly a chilly feeling took over his body.

The whole place started to get filled with an unknown mist, and the atmosphere started to get chilly.

What is happening...I can't speak...

Joseph's body had frozen up; it was a feeling he was very familiar with. It happened when he came to this world.

When he saw the real Joseph's memories and saw that devil, the difference was that was a memory and this is reality.

Joseph looked towards the girl beside her and saw a grim look on her face, which scared him more.

Swiss

What the fuck is happening!!!

Joseph looked towards the altar and saw the blood started to move as if it had its consciousness.

All the blood started to pile up into a small ball and started to float in the air.

Crack...Crack

A cracking sound was heard as Gorgun's dead body also flew in the air and started to get coated by the blood.

The scene looked like a movie shoot of a horror movie with special effects never seen before.

Slowly, the whole body got covered with blood as both looked at the scene with surprise and a hint of fear.

The blood had made a hard coating all over his body, like a cocoon of a caterpillar.

"What is happening!!!"

Finally, Joseph was able to speak as he looked towards the only person who could give answers to his questions.

"I don't know..."

But it seems even she is just as clueless as him.

"But it seems something which shouldn't be here is coming into this world...."

"A being from darkness and purely evil is being born here!!"

"So shouldn't we destroy that before it can come to this world!!!"

Joseph suggested destroying that cocoon, hindering its process and making him crippled.

"We can't..."

"Why???"

"Because..."

Swiss...

THUD

As she spoke, six spikes made of a black material way different than obsidian were launched at that cocoon, which broke into pieces the moment they touched the hard blood shell.

"Those were my strongest spikes... and they broke into pieces... now you know why..."

"Can't we do anything!!!"

Joseph, knowing that it was going very wrong, spoke with an irritated look. How is she going to fight them if they can't even destroy that blood shell of his?

"We can't until it comes to this world, we can't do anything!!!"

Crack...

"!!!!"

"!!!"

Suddenly, a crack was heard by everyone present there. The blood shell had started to show cracks all over the place.

Crack... Crack... Crack

The crack just got bigger and bigger with each passing second, and a grim look appeared on both of their faces.

They know the creature inside is very strong and evil, as the aura coming out from it is all the proof they need.

"Go hide somewhere, or you'll die before you know it..."

"Hmmm..."

Joseph didn't like to leave a girl alone facing all the problems while he hid somewhere, but right now, he knew that by staying there he would only make matters worse.

"Ah!! Can you at least tell me your name!!!"

Joseph, before running away, asked as he didn't know whether they would survive this or not.

"..."

But to his surprise, no answer came back, and he, with a disappointed look, started to head back but suddenly.

"If we survive, then I'll introduce myself..."

Hearing that, a small smile appeared on Joseph's face as he turned towards her.

"Best of luck!!!"

He didn't know if the people of this place said best of luck or not, but still, he wanted to say it to her.

"...."

Seeing that she was focused on her battle, Joseph didn't say much and walked behind a wall, hiding himself from danger.

Crack

The crack just grew bigger and bigger and eventually.

THUD

'IT BROKE'