Master Of None

Chapter 2014  2014. Ahead Again

"It's moving a lot faster now, but it's also dropping corrupted undead monsters in to the water. Why would it be doing that!?" Walker spoke out loud. He was mostly asking himself since he knew that there were no answers. Nothing that had happened felt that it made any sense. The entire plan that was somehow unfolding at the end of the day, did not seem to have an end. Everything had been down to get power and knowledge. The demon king had literally been gathering unique strength and sending his underlings as pawns to cause more issues tro to gain what he needed. This made some sense, but the end goal was still shrouded in a lot of mystery. Yet, as the party watched, the undead monsters were various. They were not just the angels. They saw larger and smaller monsters. Some that had clearly been taken from the ground since they were just skeletal undead monsters. But others, were as if they had just been killed recently. "I can see acid and decaying slime marks on a lot of the bodies. I think that Envy was attacking this area more for the monsters around than what we thought. They aren't just attacking here for the fact that they wanted to cause trouble." with Gi's sharp eyes, he was gathering more information just from this distance. Walker couldn't even see that many details and he was trying with all his might. "Then what would he need them for, the water is not a place for them." Rise's hateful tone was not directed at the question but the very fact that she had to ask why an evil monster such as this demon king would be literally creating corrupted undead just to get rid of them. "There are more monsters here. Whatever the reason for the actions, there is reason for the location." Current's voice was loud enough for everyone to hear at once. But he was right. The more that everyone thought about the land they ran over, the more it made sense. The monsters in the forests would come nearby the marsh lands because this was the last place where various streams flowed for fresh water to drink. It was also a great place where many monsters thrived due to the cross of environments between fresh and salt water. Not to mention that even more monsters would come along the beaches before the oceans. It was a massive ecosystem full of many monsters that would roam various areas. That way, the variety and a large number of monsters could be hunted. Some that might not even have been named or discovered yet. But here, the demon king appeared to be mocking everyone. Seemed to be using the slaughter of hundreds if not thousands of monsters to throw in their face that envy and caused a lot of damage before he was stopped. A big middle finger to their faces. "Damn this stupid monster. We can beat it now!" Remey felt she might lose control of her mana. It was clear that she was struggling to hold it in as Ignus approached her side more to assist. He knew the massive dangers that came if Remey were to exhaust all her mana. She could not damage more than her body, she could damage her soul by having this happen. It was just who she was now. "Then this is a potential attack on our minds. We will have to deal with the undead corrupted monsters washing up on shore. They would cause massive amounts of damage. Let alone the massive risk of monsters in the oceans ate them and created a harder to defeat undead monster group." Su's fears were greater. If the demon king and his last sin title holder created more of the corrupted undead and used the ocean to hide them, then they would just multiply within the ocean. Every single continent and island would be surrounded around the world. Only teleportation rune formations could sense people from other places. And that meant that there had to be those formations everywhere. But worse off, the isolated places could be attacked from the ocean constantly.

Then there was the potential that the lakes, streams, rivers and other bodies of water would become the same. Next thing, the skies would be full of avian monsters that fed front eh bodies of water. It all got worse if one were to think about it. "I need to do something. Brother, can we fly there now?" Onyx and Midnight had caught back up and listened in on this theory for Su. it was worse in their minds since they feared that the dragon hatchlings and little serpents could get caught up in this too. They truly wished to protect them as much as possible. "Wait!" Walker shouted and everyone stopped running. He even used wind mana to send his voice to the nearby angel forces charging ahead to see what was happening and handle more dangers. He saw that something appeared to be happening to the water where the monsters fell. Walker saw that the waters of the ocean were retreating. He then realized that every single one of the undead chaotic monsters dropping had been making themselves in to a wall holding back water. It was barbaric and disgusting, but it was happening. Some used their larger size to tear apart others and force their pieces to plug cracks. But Walker felt that he had seen a similar creation. A wall of skeletons that had been made. "It's using the same barriers that the immortal king used in his undead ruins." Walker spoke softly, but he felt shivers. This had been the first dangerous place they had gone. The entire party remembered this evil place. A prison made by cruel being attempting to find immortality but because an elder lich trapped in a tower. The undead only able to go so far to be his eyes and ears in the world. Unable to make an army since the adventurers constantly cleared out areas of the entire undead ruins. "We already had a theory of the demon king's origin. Right? The immortal king told us a story." Walker felt this coming back to him. They had done too much the entire time that they had been adventuring and becoming heroes. They had all forgotten the fear and knowledge they learned from this villain that they had all survived meeting. "So that means, the demon king is using other skills and spells that came from even the being that it hates the most and leaves there to torture it?" Remey knew she was telling the truth as she grew more concerned for what was happening. "And you all remember the echidna island that was sinking because there wasn't solid stone below it? Well, what if like that island, another was fallen beneath the waters too? What if there were ruins and an ancient looking castle on that massive island that was now being brought back to the open air." Everyone knew this was way too specific. They also realized that Gil was talking about what he and Walker could see. Because they were seeing the very thing he described rise due to massive amounts of corrupted undead monsters using themselves as a base to raise this island. Multiple angel's bodies, from the floating ruined city originally, moved as well. Channeling corrupted manas to bring it up on a stable ground. "There are other ruins we do not and the angels did not know about. And we know that there might be more dangerous and ancient monster bodies in there. We need to go. Now." Walker said this with a lot of worry building. An entire ruin had just begun to resurface. One none of them knew about. No angels alive know of them. Yet, here they were. Witnessing it happen. "Water is going to flood this area for at least a full day. We need to retreat the forces." Current sense the shifting water manas and understood that there was a major issue with this all happening. "The water is displaced and will make waves. Larger waves than we saw even when we were in those ships." Everyone understood this as Su spoke her mind out loud. Her realization made the air feel double as heavy. It also spurred Walker to begin shouting orders to every angel that could hear him. Every single force nearby that could hear him. They all needed to retreat, now!

The sounds of water rushing and becoming waves was met by the cracking and rumbling of earth. Yet another sign that nothing good was happening whatsoever. They had to move faster. They had to ensure that no one would be dragged out in the unforgiving ocean right now. Then they could figure out their next move. The demon king was again at an advantage.

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