Chapter 80: The Hero’s Grave Was Prepared
"All heroes of this decade have been summoned, and so has our god plan!" But just as he finished speaking, Aurielle suddenly comes toward him with a blur and holds his neck tightly. "Ughhh," he grunted in pain and struggled to break, but the strength in those arms was too much for him, and he couldn’t break at all.
Aurielle looked toward the struggling Dread Apostle with cold eyes because he mentioned all heroes. Though she doesn’t care about heroes of other empires and gods. But Luke is also a hero of this decade. This thought comes into her mind, which worried her most, and her eyes narrowed, then she asked him with a threatening voice if he didn’t answer, then he would face something worse than death.
"What do you mean? Tell me!" Aurielle loosened her hold on his neck slightly, but her aura deepened as the surrounding forest suddenly became more darker and the surrounding trees suddenly start covering in shadows. If someone saw this scene from above, then they would find that the small part of the forest area has become completely turn black, but some tentacles made of dark or shadow energy were waving at the sky and a dome shaped structure made entirely of shadow has formed there.
"Gulp." The Dread Apostle gulped down, because he felt a primal fear when he looked toward those shadows’ tentacles. So he knew, If he didn’t tell the truth, then his end would be something he doesn’t want.
"Our...god...plan..." "FASTER!" When he was saying it with a feared voice and was stopping more and more, Aurielle yelled at him, and he got more afraid and instantly told everything.
"Our God’s plan is to kill all the heroes before the awakening ceremony is held." The Dread Apostle’s body suddenly starts emitting smoke because he spoke something which he should not and trigger the mechanism which even he don’t know. "NO! please god no, please forgive me!" He shouted as more smoke come out of his body,but the next moment his eyes turned redish with black color included and his expression becomes frantic. then he shouted.
"You think of all this sacrifice we made for all of you!" His face, Become clearly visible as his hood got burned down by black flames which is slowly coming out of his eyes. and now his expression becomes more frantic. "ALL OF THIS WAS FOR HERO! HE WILL DIE FOR SURE! AND THIS PLACE WILL BE HIS GRAVE!"
Aurielle’s eyes become wide, and she looked around the forest. ’They prepared all this for Luke?’ Her breathing quickens and the next instant. "CRACK!" With a crack, she twisted the Dread Apostle’s neck, and his body dropped to the ground with a thud.
"This is bad," Aurielle muttered and tried to understand his words while calming her breathing, because she is afraid . Afraid something happens to Luke.: "Hero awakening ceremony held after one year; the hero was summoned." And I am sure those priests would have not told him, because he was declared talentless and they thought he would surelly die before the ceremony or they have already lost hope in Luke, even if he reached there. he will be useless.’
The more Aurielle thinks, the more confusing it becomes. She looked toward the burning body of the Dread Apostle, who seems to have triggered some kind of taboo, and now his whole body is slowly getting burned in black flames.
After that her thoughts were lost somewhere again. ’Luke is declared talentless, so why are they still targeting him?’
She shook her head and removed her overcharged armor state, before also recalling all the shadows. After that she climbed the nearest tallest tree and felt the golden chain direction, which were binding their hearts.
"I hope you are okay, darling." She muttered with a worried voice as she looked at the far distance where Golden Chains was going and also heads towards there.
Though Aurielle doesn’t know. The person she was worrying about was relaxing beneath the shade of a tree. While a beauty was doing all his work.
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A Few Minutes Earlier.
"Achoo!" Vaelira looked toward her master, who is just sneeze badily. but didn’t ask anything, then killed another beast with her readymade arrow.
Luke felt someone was badmouthing him. but didn’t recall who, so he ignored it. He then looked around, and all he saw were the bodies of beasts from lower rank to even some with silver rank strength. But with Vaelira, only one of her normal attacks and it’s dead.
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"Why they are not reducing?" Naivara muttered annoyingly while throwing another water spear toward the ape-like beast, Who was 10 feet tall with a small horn growing in the center of its head.
"Thud." His body drops to the ground, but the surrounding Blood Awakening realm beasts, which have strength equal to silver rank, become even more enraged and start throwing stones and wood branches toward her.
"Sigh." With a sigh she manifested a water barrier in the shape of a shield around her and easily blocked all the attacks.
After that she looked toward front and saw hundreds of beasts that were affected by demonic miasma, and in them many were in the blood awakening realm.
Then she turned her gaze toward one direction, and there she felt some humanoid presence, which is clearly the mastermind behind the scene.
"Should I kill them?" She muttered with an irritated expression, then looked down at her ring, which Luke had given as a gift to her. A worry appeared on her face when she thought, ’Is Luke safe?’ Then she touched her heart, which manifested a golden chain. Seeing the chains seem to close yet so far. her eyes become a little expectant and a little happy as well, with the thoughts of meeting him again.
"Can we even able to kill her?" one Dread Apostle with the Silver knight strength asked his four companion. On which they shook their heads instantly.
"Why are we even assigned to killing her? That’s a clear suicide mission," he muttered irritably because he knows what type of monster the sea princess is. "All the royals possess something that makes them strong, even though she is not the strongest, but she is not the weakest among them." Another person added with a worried voice. Because if she found out that they are here, then maybe all of them will die.
"Are you done?" Suddenly a calm voice echoed throughout the forest, and all of them got stunned. "Did you hear a voice?" one person asked, to which the other nodded, and with a trembling body, they slowly turned toward Naivara’s position.
There Naivara was looking straight at them while she was getting attacked by all sides with different projectiles, but her water shield stood firm.
A chill ran through their spines because Naivara was just not looking at them, but her face also held a little smile, like she had already caught the prey.
"Do it," seeing that they can’t hide anymore. one person shouted while others nodded and attacked her with their full power.
All of them instantly activated their ability, on which their eyes turned deep red, and reddish demonic miasma covered their bodies; soon their bodies swelled a little bit, which shows they have gained some type of strength buff. Then reddish demonic Aether gathered around their hands and formed a demonic claw-shaped structure.
BOOM! BOOM! ... BOOM! The dirt beneath their feet exploded as they launched themselves straight toward Naivara, with the only one intention... that is to kill.
[Chapter End]