339: Aster is Doomed

Aster is Doomed

Rosalind bit her lower lip as she sat in the room alone. She stared at the relic that could attract the beasts.1

This was the same relic that Lucas took from the walls of Wugari. After she touched it, the relics had merged together, and now, they felt heavier, their auras were thicker. Clearly, this was the reason why the beast's behavior had changed.

After a few minutes, she put the relic back inside her spatial bag.

"You may come in…" Rosalind said. She eyed the door. She could feel Atior outside standing. Just as she gave permission for her to come in, the door opened.

"What was that?" Atior asked, frowning. She examined Rosalind's room. "It vanished."

"I know. "

"I thought a sorcerer was here to harm you."

"So, you felt the darkness?"

"A little."

Rosalind nodded. Before he left, Lucas gave her the relic and told her it was hers to use. She could do whatever she wanted with it. Obviously, she accepted it without asking any more questions.

While she did not want to feel its heaviness, she was also curious about it. She could not help but wonder what would happen after they took the others. Would it merge too? If that was the case then… would it become stronger? Was it going to attract more ferocious beasts?

This weapon… could easily end Empires. She needed to be more careful in dealing with this.

Atior stared at her for a few seconds without saying another word.

"That was different from the ones that we placed inside Aster."

"I know."

"It was stronger."

Again, Rosalind nodded.

"And dangerous."

"I know."

"However as the Goddess—"

"Did you come here just because of the relic?" Rosalind interrupted her. Until now, Atior seemed to think that she was some sort of goddess. As if she was someone special. She would like to stay away from that topic as she knew that she could not convince Atior to think otherwise.

"There are people outside, observing our every move," Atior asked.

"Good," Rosalind said. She was hoping that the General would send people to follow them. It would be good for her plan.

"Shall I kill them?"

"There is no need to do that. Leave them be. Tomorrow, we will leave this place at dawn. Valentin and Elias shall stay here." They will pretend that Rosalind and Atior were still inside and that they were only taking some rest before joining the fight. In that case, they would have an excuse.

Obviously, they would not be able to join any fight as the tide would end tomorrow after the Duke's arrival.

"I understand," Atior spoke. "Do you need anything else?"

"No."

Atior nodded before leaving the room. Seeing the woman gone, Rosalind thought about the relic in her spatial bag. She took it out and placed it in a box. Then placed the box under her bed.

Tonight the beasts will lose control of themselves. Tonight, Aster will see the might of the beast tide.

...

The ordinary soldiers and mercenaries watched from the walls as the sound of the bell continuously rang from the background, signaling that it was already midnight.

The sounds of growls and roars filled the air as someone who was wielding a sword made of fire was laughing nearby. He was using the fire to fight the beasts that were walking toward the walls.

A few meters away from him was someone that could control rocks, someone that was Blessed to control large boulders and easily used them to flatten some beasts.

It had been days since the tide started and this was not the first time that the soldiers had seen a scene like this, but until now, fear was still creeping into their bodies as they watched the tide approach.

It had been like this since the beasts started attacking even when the sun was up.

Various creatures of all shapes and sizes, some familiar and some completely foreign, would march forward. The fact that the sun was burning their scales or that they had been wounded by the various Blessings that were thrown their way, did not seem to matter to these beasts. All they wanted was to reach the walls.

"Look at that…" one of the soldiers pointed at the large beast that appeared out of nowhere. The beast towered over everything around it.

Its massive form resembled that of a bear, but it was far… far larger. The beast stood at an imposing height. It looked as if it was more than thirty feet tall.

Its body was covered with coarse fur, thick and matted in places.

Something oily seemed to drip off its body.

Its red eyes gleamed with malice as it started advancing at a very fast pace toward the walls, leaving the ground shaking.

"That is a— a demonic beast!" one of the soldiers said, his hand trembling against the hilt of his sword.

"Hey!"

The soldiers looked behind them. There stood a man with red long hair that danced like fire.

"Call the others. Tell them a demonic beast showed up. Tell them to come." This was none other than his Blessedness Lachlan Blaize.

Lachlan refused to join the fight, but something seemed to have changed inside him tonight.

For the first time since he arrived, he chose to join the other families in fighting.

Lachlan Blaize turned his attention to the large bear-like creature and its fluid movement despite its massive bulk.

He had never seen something like this before.

Despite the excitement that he currently felt, a part of him suddenly felt like something was off.

"Ring the bell," Lachlan added. "A demonic beast showed up. This is not to be taken lightly." During the fight in Rakha, Lucas easily took down that bat-like creature.

However, this creature was even bigger than that bat!

Soon enough, Lachlan heard the sound of the bell.

In just a few seconds, he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"What is that thing!?" It was Ena Thun. Despite her attempt to steady her voice, she failed. Clearly, she too, was shaken by the sight.

"Aster is doomed," Lachlan muttered.

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