My fight with the insect king, Noso, had started. Using agility and speed, I kept dodging all of his attacks. He could not even touch me but at the same time, I could not injure him either. As I was slashing and cutting him, I noticed that his shell is slightly lighter in colour now. It was almost silver.Perhaps he’s grown stronger? It didn’t matter though because the method we came up with is going to work no matter what.Noso’s only perk was his defence and strength. His speed, agility, and reflex are very low compared to mine. I’ve been in this line of work for centuries while you were only born a year ago. You are still inexperienced despite having intelligence.I moved out of the small tunnel and into the large nest. It was like an ant colony’s nest with many other chambers connected by tunnels. Each chamber housed different species of insect and even non-insect. This was not possibly natural to see many different species work together.Leaving such thoughts aside, I focused on
“KHIEEKK!!” On Noso’s command, the entire army of insects charged at the group of three.Seeing them running in, Matthew, Bartolo, and Mala also charged to attack. Matthew was in front, heading straight for his target, Noso. Bartolo and Mala were to fend the other insects off while Matthew dealt with Noso. Only after that will Matthew join them and exterminate the insects.Matthew and Noso met in the middle of everything and their clash began. Matthew threw a powerful punch at Noso that Noso was able to block. This punch was supposed to knock Noso out of the chamber and into another, so that the other insects wouldn’t interrupt them.But that didn’t happen, Noso was able to take the full brunt of Matthew’s attack and only skidded back a bit. As for Matthew, his knuckles were hurting from punching Noso.“You got tougher, huh?” Matthew said to Noso.“My body is much much stronger now.” Noso said with a smile which was shown by his mandibles moving upward.“I will destroy you all the sam
While their master was dealing with the insect king, Bartolo and Mala were engaged in combat with the entire army of insects that Noso sent. Rain was currently out of the fight for now. Bartolo and Mala were both in their chimaera mode and looked nothing like they usually do.Bartolo had a larger body that was covered in thick white fur. His feet were like a cat’s with huge and sharp claws. He had two right arms but still one left arm that was all muscular. His third arm was scaly while the other arms were also covered in white fur. He had one horn growing from his forehead like a demon’s. And his eyes were black with red irises.Mala was still about her normal size and covered in light blue scales. She was swift and agile while moving and fast on her feet. Her eyes were yellow with black irises and her hair was longer. She had a long tail to help her balance herself while moving fast. She had sharp talons for hands and lizard-like feet.They were both managing somehow to hold back th
In the lower chamber, Noso was engaged in combat with a very different opponent. The foe he faced was the same person, but the vibe was entirely different. Noso was forced to use his astra in order to fight back against the Dragon Emperor.Noso hadn’t used astra since he killed the last of the insect generals. He didn’t need to. His armour was already too tough for almost anything to break through, so he didn’t bother to use astra to enhance himself further.But now Noso was forced to use astra again to withstand Matthew’s onslaught even though his armour was the toughest it has ever been. It simply showed how powerful Matthew was in his current form. Even with self enhancement, Noso was feeling pain and shock with every punch Matthew threw at him.(What is with his strength? Where is he getting it from? He couldn’t even scratch my body before, but now I can feel cracks forming even with body enhancement. Who is this man, really?)Noso was being pushed back by Matthew’ overwhelming st
Rain, Bartolo, and Mala were currently executing the final phase of their subjugation quest, exterminating the rest of the insects. Meanwhile Matthew was dealing with their king, and they proceeded with their plan without him. Without holding back their strength anymore, they were able to swiftly clear a large number of the insects that kept swarming them.Matthew joined them after about an hour into the process. Perhaps no longer smelling their king’s pheromone, the insects scattered and even started interspecies fights. It made exterminating them much easier.“This nest is so big. We should split up.” Rain suggested.“Sure. I kinda destroyed a huge chunk of it already.” Matthew said.“So that was the explosion from before. I have several questions, but that will be for later. Kill any insects that you can find. As for the eggs and larvae, we’ll use toxins and fire just as planned.”“Roger.”After several instructions were given to each of them, they moved independently to clear out
Theraphosa's POVAfter Lord Blair, Gon, and the elf left, I started to clean what was left of my dear lord's chamber. I sorted the collection of equipment and weaponry in the storage room. After that, I grabbed a broom and began sweeping the floor. I had just swept yesterday and made sure everything was clean, but then those people showed up while being followed by the insects.I sighed. There was not much I could do.I suppose I should be thankful that they came. If eventually those insects find this, I don't believe I'll even be alive. That monster of a king was very strong. I couldn't do anything to harm him.Lord Blair was able to crack that insect king open though. As expected of him. That elf was considerably strong as well, I didn't think I could win against him. But even he would be powerless against the insect king.This encounter made me realise that I am strong, but not strong enough. Perhaps spending all my time only cleaning the chamber everyday for the past six centuries
"And so, I came here to carry out my mission. This is the Dragoknight my lord entrusted." Theraphosa handed Matthew the golden gauntlet to him.Matthew was still shocked to hear all this even after listening to Theraphosa's explanation. Why was Matthew chosen and when?:From the spider's explanation, it seems that Arshild personally chose you. How is that possible though?: Draco spoke his mind.(She said that she met Arshild’s consciousness. Maybe he transferred his brain into the thingy. Sort of like an AI.):Hmm, I have a bad feeling about this. But having such a weapon would be helpful:“Nothing to lose I guess.” Matthew reached for the gauntlet and touched the blue crystal on top.The crystal lit up and disappeared in a show of yellow light orbs before reappearing on Matthew’s left forearm. A voice came from it. “Initiating soul connection. Pairing successful. Absorbing mana for full activation. Error. Right hand not detected. Activation cancelled. Notice, creator override initiat
After a meal with everyone, Matthew isolated himself to his own corner of the safe zone. He was really feeling tired now after eating. The fatigue of not sleeping for more than a day and all that fighting was catching up to him.He looked at the Dragoknight on his left arm. It felt weird to always have it on him since he apparently couldn’t take it off.“It’s so you’re always ready for battle.” Arshild said when Matthew brought up the topic.After Matthew argued about it, Arshild said that he could modify it to virtually disappear but he would need the other part of the Dragoknight to do it, so Matthew was forced to bear with it.Matthew sighed.:What’s wrong, kid?: Arshild asked him telepathically.“Nothing really. Just tired.”:Clearly you have more going on in your head right now. You wanna talk about it?:“No. I’m too tired. Well, one question. Why do I feel like I’m being granted so much power? My dragon powers alone are highly destructive. Now I suddenly got the strongest weapon