Chapter 262: Ancient Warrior

Chapter 262: Ancient Warrior

After landing on the roof of his warehouse, Gerald's heart calmed down. The fire didn't actually do much damage. Just the paint on the walls was chipped off and it became black from the fire. A few buildings around were in a much worse state, but that wasn't his problem.

Many corpses of dead soldiers, as well as Orcs, littered the street as the cleaning department didn't yet have enough time to move them away. Blood and soot also covered most of the cobblestone road, making it slippery and nauseating to look at.

It was war. The dead would be returned to their families and then most likely burned. Space was limited in the capital, and only the top nobles could afford to bury their deceased in a grave or tomb.

The attack was still going on, and at least five times more warriors than yesterday stood on top of the wall, shooting their arrows and spells. It was chaos out there. At a glance, Gerald could even see some important-looking mages chanting spells in a group.

He recognized them immediately. They were students from the Magic Academy, those that were to graduate this year. He didn't know it, but the requirements changed somewhat.

Those that would help defend the city could directly advance without standard tests and arduous questionings by the professors.

Many would jump at the chance to show their abilities and skip the unwanted work if they could. Having proof of graduation was good, but having experiences in the field was even better.

If they got noticed, they could get invited or recruited by rich nobles or powerful institutions and their life would be smooth sailing from there.

Naturally, it was the best choice.

Gerald's skin tingled as he neared the wall. The breath of death permeated the air. It smelled of blood and fire, burned flesh and sulfur, and thick smoke obstructed the vision. However, even with all that, Gerald's mind was focused on something else.

The voices, they came back! And he loved them for it!

They were annoying, that's for sure, however, the consequences were worth it. Each voice equaled to a slight increase to his Mana Regeneration. And here was a sea of creatures just waiting to be slaughtered.

Gerald smiled. It was a cold, wicked smile.

Was he going crazy? Maybe. He didn't think so. His thoughts were only logical for the abilities he had. Death was natural, he would just siphon some of the energy for himself. Just a tiny bit. Just a little speck. He wouldn't be greedy, at most he would try to take 95%.

That's because those that died a day ago were already beyond his reach. A shame really.

He rose to the sky and floated above the carnage. His image merged with the sky, and even those old mages couldn't detect even a speck of his power.

From the outside, no more white walls were to be seen anywhere. It was quite clearly a disaster. The defenses were still holding back the tide, however arrows and Ether Crystals were starting to run low. And it was barely a day!

Suddenly, Gerald noticed a tall figure resting among the trees. It was sitting on the ground so it was difficult to notice unless you were right on top of it. The Giant!

Gerald gritted his teeth and slowly flew closer in his camouflaged state, his heart beating nervously.

The Giant was eating. It appeared completely absentminded as it chewed on some small animals. But then Gerald realized what they were. Boars!

The Giant had dozens of fist-sized boars around itself and a pelt of a giant boar was tied around its waist.

'Is that the What was it called again?' Gerald scratched his head, 'Brown Boar King?'

Giant's legs had a few bloody gashes on them, but nothing lethal, clearly. The Gold-Ranked behemoth of a beast fought with the Giant, and lost! Badly! Gerald shuddered at the thought.

However as he opened his eyes, he noticed that Giant's Life Aura was surprisingly weak. It couldn't have been from the Boar King, surely.

And in fact, as the Giant moved, he noticed a scar on its chest. It was an old wound, quite possibly from before From the Great War! It actually managed to survive ten thousand years and wake into a new age.

But it was still weak, and Gerald would kill it! 'I'll crush you under my foot!' Gerald thought as he stared at the Giant and mulling over his plan.

Almost as if it heard his thoughts, the Giant lifted its head and looked at him.

Gerald froze. He was in the sky, invisible! A kilometer in the air! And it was looking. Straight. At. Him!

He felt immense danger at that moment, and before he could even blink he was already traveling at full speed away from the beast. It was too dangerous!

He felt his heart palpitate in fear and he clenched his fists. He never felt so afraid before in his life, and he hated the feeling! The feeling of helplessness 'Bastard! Just you wait!'

He cursed internally and flew back to the capital. The Giant was luckily still far away and it didn't seem like it was in a hurry to move.

That was good, he needed time! nove(l)bi(n.)com