Chapter 246

Chapter 246

They all looked the same. Long, black, eel-like beasts reaching over one-hundred metres tall. They also had slender arms thick with wiry muscle.

Dread-Wyrms, Noah said with a severity in her voice. Weapons at the ready and look to the sky.

Look to the sky? Astrid wondered. Her gaze rose. There was nothing.

At Noahs words, those at the front held onto whatever was available. From the maws of the creatures, a black laser fired at them. But there was no damage done. The black light rested on Astrids body. She had multiple layers of defence not only in front of her, but around the others as well. Yet there wasnt a single mark done to her barriers as a result of the illumination.

Astrid wondered what the hell was going on, and then she saw it. From the eels backs, little green pods shuddered, then broke. Thousands of little bugs emerged from the eggs. They screeched, like metal plates grinding against each-other.

Thew flew into the air, then dive bombed straight for Astrid, and the others that were illuminated by the black light.

The light acts as a command, Astrid thought as the troops of Rebirth lobbed whatever projectile attacks they had. Arrows, bullets, fire, water, and whatever other elements they had. It was like a light show.

Rachelle threw a blanket of blazing fire at them. In a wide area, it swept over the bugs like an exterminator. The bugs crackled and popped and released a vile liquid from within their stomachs.

Noah didnt say anything, so it was unlikely that the liquid was dangerous, but Astrid didnt want to be covered in some mysterious goo. She swiped the liquid out of the air, depositing it into the waters below.

More bugs appeared. They were endless. From the skies, they flew into the beam of light, and disappeared. One of them struck her barrier, then another, and another. Astrids eyes widened as they instantly annihilated the first layer of her barrier, then the second.

Shit, Astrid spat as she Crashed the air in a wide arc. Theyre damn strong for little bugs!

She used around 15% of her mana in an instant to vanquish whatever was in front of them. The others were protected from her explosions behind her barriers which she created more of. VIsit n0(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

Dont let the bugs near the light, Noah said as she killed over a hundred with high powered rain. They were like bullets fired from a barrel as they tore into the bugs. It was a bloodbath.

Astrids mother kicked the air, sending fire wave after wave through the air. They were like scythes, reaping their lives.

You could have said that before! Astrid snarled.

Realising that her talents were better utilised elsewhere, Astrid immediately created large sheets of metal. They lacked defence, as even a level 10 could tear it down, but thats not what it was for.

Astrid created over fifteen of them. And that was how many of those damned Dread-Wyrms were. She pushed them through the air, around a mile away. Then she stopped them. She had blocked the light. With no light, the bugs couldnt use the illuminated pathway to multiply their movement speed.

But it didnt matter how many she, or her mother, and the others were killed. The worms sprouting from within the whirlpools just kept on spawning them seemingly with no limit.

How much longer? Astrid shouted above the sound of deafening magic explosions.

This is just the beginning, Noah said. Conserve your strength. We are approaching the first king.

What bloody king? Brett asked. Didnt that whistle open up a path for us? I thought youd be a snake charmer. Not a fucking bullmaster prodding it with a piping hot brand.

Astrid guessed that they were pulling out all the stops to hold them back. She felt a familiar mana source. It was so overwhelming that she instinctively held her breath.

Looking over her shoulders, she saw him. A figure shrouded in gold. He wore a gilded mask, and the halo carved onto the forehead of it, detached from the mask, and rose into the air. He floated up, passed the Leviathans head.

Two gleaming eyes shone from behind his mask. But Astrid could sense something ghastly about them. She could feel Pupil sneer. Looking through Astrids eye, he looked upon the man in utter contempt and unbridled rage.

Pupil?

She hadnt heard from him in a while. Astrid assumed that he was still sleeping. He did that alot. Especially with Astrids overutilization of mana.

That person wont survive for long, Astrid. They are rejecting him.

The black blobs are?

We go through a fusing process. Only compatible hosts can survive our integration. He is killing them.

Astrid stilled. So the man had forced them to join him. And now he was killing them because of it. Just like Pupil, she felt angry. Pupil acted like a child. From him altering the System title messages she received, to the way he spoke. The symbiotes were young. They had sentience. And they had life like that of a young child.

But now Pupil had changed. The way he talked was different. More mature.

Astrid stirred. Her eyes widened. Within her mind, she blurted, Do you know more now? About yourself? Your past?

We Pupils voice trembled. Astrid envisioned him. He was writhing in rage. Everyone is dead. Murdered. Absorbed. They are here now. You must kill them, Astrid. All of them.

Astrids heart sank. She asked, Who?

Your people call them the Great Migrators, Pupil said. But they are devourers. Now they are here. To hunt us. To devour this world. Like they have done around the vast blackness up above.

Space? Astrid thought.

The man in gold has one Demi-God within one eye. And a SSupreme in the other, Pupil stuttered. The sixthe Devourersto the side are responsible for devouring us and the planets. They used to be seven. I dont know how they do it, Astrid. Soon, there will be nothing left of this place. Our home.

I wont let that happen, Pupil, Astrid thought in an attempt to calm down her eyes.

Pupil spoke up in desperation. Astrids eyes flashed. One with an X scored through her pupil, the other with an endless void.

Astrid, we need to kill

A pillar of golden spawned in the skies above. It descended in a flash of piercing light. It landed near the back of the arc. It disappeared the next second.

They were sinking.