That should not have been the case.Amid everyone's confusion, Adrian said, "Scout ahead, Strider, and be careful.""Yes, sir."Strider dashed toward the light and disappeared from everyone's sight. In less than a minute, he came out from the light and shouted, "Sir, it’s amazing! There's a city up ahead, a really large city!""What?" Adrian quickly walked over as the group followed.Soon, Adrian was standing beside Strider. He saw a cave with two strange-looking skeleton statues on each side. The skeletons were facing each other and hunched over. They emitted light from their mouths and numerous symbols were engraved on them. "What is this?" Adrian reached through his memories after finding the scene rather familiar. "I remember this from somewhere…" Mya, too, found the light-emitting skeleton statues familiar, especially the symbols on their bodies. Adrian suddenly recalled and said, "You're right. We have seen this before. Do you remember the black metal we found in the b
Everything that they had experienced so far was astonishing. They knew they were indeed inside Enigma City, but they found it was not buried underground. Instead, it felt as though a mysterious power had transported them into another dimension. There was a chance they had been teleported to somewhere outside of Earth.Enigma City radiated with a strange energy, and the gigantic palace in it stood as a representation of the ancient civilization's extraordinary powers. This shocked everyone, and Mya's statement laid out what they all thought. Based on all this, it was easy to connect the city’s downfall to immortals. ***"Who would've thought such a place exists… This is a miracle!" "Immortals have already been proven to exist, so it's not that difficult to comprehend this city's existence.""I'm sure everything we see here was done by immortals."The others began to discuss the vast city around them.Meanwhile, Adrian recalled the map from Strider Mountain. According to the m
"The entrance?"Mya curiously looked over and spotted dozens of silhouettes. They were standing just outside of Enigma City, but nobody knew what they were doing. Upon closer inspection, these figures did not look human, but some sort of lifeform that could not move."Are those…" Mya rubbed her eyes and peered closer."People," Strider replied. "People?" "Yes. There's a group standing outside of the city's entrance, but they're all dead," Strider explained."What the… Come on. Let's go to Adrian." Mya pulled Strider along with her, and the latter silently followed suit. Adrian was standing under the moonlight, looking at the city up ahead. He had spotted the group of people outside the city and had been staring at them ever since. He could tell that these figures were defending the city."Adrian, what's up with them?" Mya grabbed Adrian's arm when she arrived next to him. Instead of answering her question, Adrian looked at Strider and asked, "Can you sense anything, Stride
Adrian had figured it out. This technique was related to the worms from Isle 416's meteorites. After taking a deep breath, he said, "They had a technology we currently don't possess. It was a technology to utilize the meteorite worms. Looks like things are going to get ugly tomorrow."Strider said, "I'll do everything I can to protect you."Adrian smiled. "Do you think I've grown so old that I need your protection?" He patted Strider's shoulder and returned to camp.Strider scratched his head and looked at Mya in confusion. "What does he mean by that?"Mya rolled her eyes. "You're so young and naive. You should learn a thing or two from Jerome to fix this problem. You're both immortals, yet how are you two so different?"She continued to mumble to herself as she walked away, leaving Strider in confusion.***When the group woke up the next morning, the sun was shining across all of Enigma City. Now basking in sunlight, the city was now a lot clearer, exuding magnificence, glory,
Noticing the incoming light, Strider yelled, "Look out!" He pushed Adrian away and hurled a punch to destroy the ball of light, causing an instant explosion.Adrian was sent flying and landed heavily on the ground."Adrian!" Mya shouted and ran over to help him. "Are you all right?" she asked anxiously.He shook his head and got back on his feet with Mya's help. He looked toward Strider and saw the latter was enveloped in his own light as he stared at something. More than two hundred men were walking over from the other side of the city, with a large-nosed middle-aged man leading them. They were dressed in Rondom's battle suits and fully armed, with huge grins spread across their faces. The figure hovering in mid-air slowly landed in front of the Rondoniers before taking its position beside the man. "Rondoniers…" Adrian muttered. Strider turned around and asked, "Rondoniers? What are they doing here?""Nicholas told me that the outlanders had found this place. Looks like they
"That's right. These two are my pride and joy. They're the most powerful people in the world, the entire galaxy even, and are invincible. Hahaha!!!" Barvett laughed uproariously. A cold glimmer flashed through his eyes as he proclaimed, "You're finished, Draco."Barvett thought Adrian would wet his pants from shock, but that was far from what happened. In reality, Adrian thought this was absolutely laughable, maybe even the biggest joke he had ever heard."You can still laugh when death is knocking on your door?" Barvett asked. "What makes you think you're the only one with immortals on their side?"Barvett was taken aback when he heard this. "Wh-What are you saying?""Strider.""Yes, sir."Whoosh! A green light burst forth, sending shivers through everyone at the scene. Like a raging storm and rumbling thunder, Strider began to attack like a blazing comet. "Wh-What's happening?! What is this?!" Barvett turned pale from shock. He heard two loud thuds as Jameson and Wharton'
Barvett sobbed, "W-War Legate Draco, please spare me. I'll be your slave and do whatever you want. Just don't kill me, please!" Adrian smiled and bent over. "What's the matter? Didn't you say you were going to kill me?""I-I would never!" Barvett said in a panic. Adrian tutted. "I thought Rondoniers were proud people, yet you get down on your knees for something so trivial? Will you wet your pants if I said I’m going to kill you?""I-I…" Barvett trembled, and expected, began to wet his pants out of fear. Rondoniers were infamous for being cowards who bully the weak, and Barvett was a prime example."Disgusting… I think we should just kill him," Mya said with a frown when she saw Barvett's miserable state.“Hang on." Adrian stopped Mya. "Strider, our friend here will be of great help in finding out who those guards are, wouldn't he? There’d be no need for us to go there ourselves then."Strider understood what Adrian meant and grabbed Barvett by the neck. Lifting Barvett into
There was nowhere for Mya to run, especially not when she was right above the zombie guard as it went for the kill. Just as she was about to be skewered, Strider enveloped himself in green light and ripped off the zombie's head.Mya rolled over and took a few steps back. Pow! Pow! Pow!!! Strider landed punch after punch on the zombie's chest. Black-colored blood oozed out of the zombie, staining his clothes. Yet, even with its head gone and its chest riddled with holes, it still continued to attack."This thing isn’t dying, sir!" Strider grabbed the zombie's sword and split it in half. He then took a few steps back to put some distance between himself and the creature. Seeing this, Adrian frowned and said, "There are worms inside their bodies, and I think the worms are what’s controlling them. Our only way to stop them is to crush them until there's nothing left!""Yes, sir!" Strider leaped into the air and formed a ball of light around his fist before attacking the zombie aga