Chapter 185: Earl Kamron

Chapter 185: Earl Kamron

“Stop attacking.” Astrid expanded her Mind Barrier to cover the entire wall. The attacks from the survivors, and the brutal mauling from the corrupted battered against it. Even for her, it was quite difficult to maintain–so she had to resolve the current predicament swiftly.

“What do you mean stop attacking?” The man at the helm of the wall stood forward as he gazed down at the army of altered humans. “Who are you?” His later words were filled with caution.

Astrid shook her head, and with a thought, the mask on her face disappeared. A trick she had discovered a few days ago. Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only

“I am Astrid Sinwen.” Astrid said with power. Her words caused a stir within the survivors as they all looked up at her with gazes filled with hope.

“Astrid?”

“The mischievous Astrid?”

“The saviour of the lower district!”

“I heard she quit being a Wayfarer!”

Murmured words evolved into distinct chatter as a renewed strength seemed to fill their weary bodies.

“Astrid, you brought survivors!” Leena said with happiness as she gazed over the walls.

“What, survivors?” The warriors scrambled to the wall as they gazed down.

“Astrid!” A bunch of familiar voices emerged from behind the warriors. Blood covered their frames, as did numerous wounds that were still healing over. Their faces were pale, and deep bags were scored under their eyes–but she could recognise them from anywhere.

Froderick, Mina, Gloria, Nick, and Josh. They were all there. Astrid wanted to go over and see them, talk with them about their experiences while she was gone–but responsibility for numerous lives rested on her shoulders.

She was delighted they were safe, for the most part. Of course, worry was struck across their faces, and she could only imagine the turbulent thoughts swarming within their heads. It all most likely led to their families.

The man in the lead frowned. He could see the corruption on their body–it was no less than any of the ones trying to gnaw their flesh right this instant. Before he acted rash, he inspected them closer, and could see the change within their eyes. They were no different to any of the soldiers around him

It seemed a lot of the warriors knew who some of them were as tears streamed down their faces as they called for their loved ones. Of course, the corrupted still attempted to rip them apart, but Astrid’s Mind Barrier was like a tunnel as they walked through it toward the earth mage wall.

“Sorry about my appearance. Unlike you, I seem to be having some troubles assimilating with the symbiotes. The order said it shouldn’t be a problem, but honestly, how can I trust them? Now that would be foolish?”

Astrid could understand the symbiotes part of his sentence. She called them black blobs, but they were all the same. Just like the people she had met in the jungle dungeon, they also had problems with them. As if their powers didn’t belong. However, it was the so-called ‘order’ that caused her to click her tongue.

If she was right, then those people also were within the order. And judging by Earl Kamron’s words–he wasn’t directly a part of them.

“So you work for them? What is their purpose?” Astrid asked, her mind was working overtime thinking of all the possibilities. Not just about their order, but about the safety of those outside her Domain.

In a second, she split her attention to her clone outside and turned to Daniel. Her eyes were filled with warning, but before she could say anything, her connection with the clone was severed, and she returned back within her domain.

“It’s rude to leave your guest with nothing but your consciousness.” He warned, before he began walking in the blank world. He paced around Astrid, making sure there was around twenty metres of distance. It seemed no matter his confidence, he was also cautious.

“Do you know of the rumours about me?” he asked.

Astrid was confused. Why was he telling her about this? But she played along. She needed to understand why he would do such a thing, or what the purpose of the order was. She had a guess, wanton terrorism for one, but something told her it was more than that. Besides, maybe if she caught him with his guard down, she could get word out to Daniel for a retreat.

After the fight with Avemoth, she realised there was always a possibility for her to lose. If she was defeated here, he would murder all the corrupted in the area, then most likely move onto the survivors. Astrid wouldn’t have that.

“I know that you fell to the wayside twenty years ago,” Astrid said with a hint of mockery.

“But for a good reason!” Earl Kamron said with excitement, instead of anger. “I discovered that there was more to life. Twenty years ago exactly on this date, to be exact.”

Twenty years ago...Astrid thought, then her eyes widened. “The corruption–”

“They are not corrupted!” His excitement transformed into anger as he jolted a step forward. From the sudden movement, the collar of his shirt opened ever so slightly, showcasing an immense amount of corruption underneath. “They are improved lifeforms. Better in every single way! They are the future! Twenty years ago, I was met with another path. Unlike my ice bloodline, I decided on another direction–just like you Astrid.”

“After my son died to the spawn, I decided to take a risk, and I walked on a path none had gone before. I took the evolution–Disaster Affliction. At first I could only alter flesh, but after close scrutinisation of the spawn, I realised there was another way. I could bypass human weakness, and improve them. Mages can have the bodies of a warrior, warriors can use natural poisons of their bodies, or I can even make their beings into weapons.”

Astrid recalled the explosion tyrant. So it was all his doing.

“So you–decided to do all of this–for what?” Astrid grit her teeth.

“Where else could I obtain all the warriors I desire for my grand revenge against the Leviathan who took my son away from me.” Earl Kamron’s eyes shone a disgusting light. He was ready to attack.