Chapter 104 Night Terror’s Evolution

Chapter 104 Night Terror's Evolution

Northern was struck with a whirlwind of confusion. He stared, dazed as the stalwart monster fought with itself.

Something was happening to it, its body was changing and the change seemed to come with a harrowing pain.

'Stupid! stupid! stupid! stupid!'

These words resounded in Northern's head over and over again. He thought he had cracked it all but he looked past one thing.

Only one being was allowed to be a deviant. To be different from other monsters, stronger than other monsters.

It was the guardian of a gate.

However, there were two. Northern not only failed to consider the possibility of there being two guardians but also failed to evaluate this fact and place more suspicion on Night Terror:

If the castle lord was the rift guardian. What then is Night Terror.

One could also not blame him, he knew nothing about rift after all.

Northern had come this far solely by relying on the information that his parents fed him. All by himself, he had pieced the puzzle of this gate together and reached this point.

But it still annoyed him to think that the rift's soul core was hanging around him all this while.

'But how? How?'

Northern had never heard of a situation where the soul core of a rift is an actual monster.

Always, the location was revealed after the guardian is dealt with and it usually is a place being guarded by the last boss... called a guardian.

But this rift...

The castle lord even sort to kill Night Terror.

How is that guarding the rift's soul core?

Northern felt like his head was going to burst from all the thoughts that were running through his head.

'Could all this problem stem from the castle lord's true identity?'

Northern frowned as he remembered something the maelstrom had said.

He looked at the corpse...

'He split himself into two... and only half is this strong?'

"I hope I and your other half do not cross path' He muttered to the corpse of the castle lord.

Then he looked at Night Terror who was beginning to undergo some changes.

It's body seemed to be swelling, like something was trying to break out of it. This made the monster let out a guttural growl.

An elegant blade slowly materialized out of black sparks as Northern stretched his hand.

Its one-edged blade had a distinctive bluish hue, reflecting light and creating a subtle yet mesmerizing pattern that resembled flowing water, hinting at the blade's sharpness and potential lethality.

People in different kinds of armor, sleek and huge walked to and fro in chatters.

A massive tent plunged out of the circle of other tents, closer to the rift than others.

Inside it, a couple of individuals sat on the ground, cross-legged and facing each other.

"So what is the next thing we do? We are not going to wait around till it shatters, are we?" The green haired boy asked politely with a smile.

Every other person in the tent had the same concern, they didn't need to voice it out–it was evident on their faces.

Bram's question was met with a grave silence. Everyone was facing the same dilemma. Obviously.

In the decorum, Terence suddenly flinched. She looked outside, her eyes trembling.

At that same time, Annette also looked outside, her face contorted with a deep frown.

Both their expressions had Gilbert so worried that he had to ask:

"What is wrong ?"

"The rift...its essence is suddenly rising "

Annette sprawled to her and hastened out of the tent, having to lower her head.

Every other person also had to bend as they ran out of the tent. All of them stopped in front of the skyscraping tear in space.

Staring with puzzled expressions.

There were no visible changes in the rift appearance but the two people who were marvelously adept at sensing soul essence stared at the rift with concerning expressions on their faces.

Annette particularly looked pissed. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fist.

'If he is the one in there... How is he supposed to survive? Damn it!'

Terence's voice came out, breaking the tension in the air. She looked at Gilbert.

"The rift is evolving... again"

All of them gasped... Well, Raven and a distinctive few were indifferent to the news.

Even Bram was still smiling as usual.

"But there is also something else..."

Gilbert looked around Terence as she continued.

She turned back to the rift.

"For some reason, its guardian is dead... the gateway is open... at least until the evolution process is complete. That's what I think"

'I couldn't sense that. She's incredible!' Annette mused. Her expression came to life with a vibrant spark ignited in her fiery eye.

"What are we waiting for?! Enter into the damn thing!" She shouted.