The Prince of Heaven's Gate - Last Stand At World's End

“Dear Goddess…”

Cedwyn muttered as he stared at the three-headed Abomination whose body Lux had summoned behind the Village Chief’s residence.

This was the first time Cedwyn had seen such a creature in his life, and he was sure that this was not a natural born monster. The only explanation for its existence was that it was artificially bred from an experiment which forced it to mutate and turn into the horrific creature they were looking at.

Boreas circled the beast and appraised its entire body. After inspecting it for a few minutes, he glanced at Lux as he gave his verdict.

“Rank 3 Alpha Beast,” Boreas declared. “How did you kill it?”

With a glance, the Captain of the Riders of Norria, who was often stationed in leaf village, could tell that if the creature stood on its legs, it would be four-meters tall at the bare minimum. Just thinking about a Mosquito with a size as big as this was enough to make everyone’s hearts tremble._-.

“Take a good look at its wings,” Lux replied.

He had already prepared a story about his confrontation with the monster, in order to make it sound that he just got lucky with the encounter.

“As you can see, its wings were undeveloped, so it was incapable of flight,” Lux explained. “I attacked it while it was still inside its cocoon, so it was helpless under my assault. I hacked it over and over until it died. After that, I hurriedly left the scene and returned here to the village.”

Boreas frowned. As someone who had fought powerful monsters in the past, this was not his first time seeing such a high-tiered creature. What concerned him was that Lux wasn’t strong enough to defeat this monster on his own.

He had been there when the Half-Elf had been carried to the make-shift infirmary site that the Dwarves of Leaf Village had made after the monster outbreak of the Undead Army.

Back then, Lux was unable to defeat even a Rank 1 Monster. The Abomination in front of him was an Alpha Beast, which Boreas assumed to be at least a Rank 3 Monster. In simpler terms, it was extremely powerful. Even though he believed that Lux was just lucky and killed the beast while it was inside its cocoon, that couldn’t explain how he managed to capture the Dwarf Mage that was inside the Monster Nest as well.

Only a fool would dare to raid a Monster Nest alone, because anyone would know that doing so was suicide. Boreas decided to just wait until he had time to talk with the Commander of Norria, who was currently in their Stronghold.

“Very well, I will interrogate the Dwarf Mage and get into the bottom of this mess,” Boreas said after much contemplation. “However, I will need to bring this monster to our Stronghold, so that our specialists can study its body. Perhaps, we will be able to better understand how this Abomination was made.”

Lux nodded in understanding. In truth, he didn’t know what to do with the Giant Mosquito because even his Master, Randolph, said that its parts weren’t good enough as a material to forge weapons and armor.

At most, the alchemists could use its body parts and organs as ingredients to concoct potions and other miscellaneous items that might be useful to him in the future.

“What about the Beast Core?” Boreas asked. “Did you take it?”

“Of course,” Lux replied. “Afterall, it was my kill.”

Boreas nodded. Although it was regrettable that they wouldn’t be able to study the Beast Core, as the one who killed the beast, it was Lux’s right to take possession of it. Giving them the whole corpse was already a generous move on the Half-Elf’s part, so Boreas didn’t ask for more.

“I expect that the Riders of Norria will give some rewards to Lux as well,” Randolph, the Half-Elf’s Blacksmith Master said. “If he hadn’t stopped this organization’s plans then this territory might have been compromised completely. Tell that to your Commander as well.”

Boreas sighed and reluctantly nodded his head. He couldn’t refute Randolph’s words because it was the truth. He believed that if the Monster was born properly and had the time to grow to its fullest, the possibility of it reaching Rank 5 was very high.

A Rank 5 Alpha Beast in the Beginner’s area was completely unheard of. The damage the Monster and its lackeys could have brought to the population of Norria would have definitely been astounding.

It might have been able to force the Dwarves to leave the Village just to escape from the calamity that was about to befall them.

“I will make sure to report your good deed to my Commander,” Boreas said as he looked at Lux. “You have done the Kingdom a great service.”

“I’m just happy to help,” Lux replied. “However, the problem in the Figaro Gardens still persists. If possible, the Riders of Norria should still perform an extermination to ensure that such a beast can’t be born again.”

“Understood. I will request for more reinforcements from our Stronghold.” Boreas promised. “I’ll be taking my leave so we can make the necessary preparations.”

After saying his parting words, Boreas gave a brief nod to Cedwyn before heading to the makeshift barracks where his subordinates were staying. This was an important event, and the sooner he reported it to his Commander, the sooner it would be taken care of.

Lux sighed in relief because Boreas didn’t ask him anything else. Right now, the only thing he wanted was to go back to his room in the inn and get some rest. The battle in the Figaro Garden had drained him physically and mentally.

Seeing his exhausted expression, Cedwyn announced that the meeting was adjourned and once again thanked Lux for the meritorious service that he had made to their village. Because of this, he decided to reward the other party at a later day, after he had discussed this matter in full with the other Elders of the village.

After bidding his goodbye to Cedwyn, the Elders and, Lux’s Master, Randolph, Lux finally got to go back to the inn where he, upon entering the room, collapsed on the bed. He didn’t even bother changing his clothes, and simply laid on top of the bed after removing his shoes.

He had accomplished his main goal of going to the Figaro Gardens. As for the mosquito swarm, he would just leave the rest of it in the hands of the Riders of Norria.

As the Half-Elf slept a dreamless sleep, Cedwyn and the Elders continued their discussion about Lux’s rewards.

Randolph made sure that the other Elders weren’t too stingy with their proposed rewards, which made Grandma Annie, the old lady Dwarf who had a close relationship with Lux, smile.

She didn’t expect that the Half-Elf, who had appeared in their small village several weeks ago, would become a promising individual that would catch everyone’s eyes.