Chapter 187: Transformation

Alex took out a stun grenade; this one not only explodes with a dazzling light, but it also sends out a loud noise to disorient their target.

Even though the skeleton doesn't have ears, the vibration will still rattle its limbs.

"Close your eyes and ears," Alex said. But Aurora didn't follow his order.

She felt puzzled as to why she needed to do this. Without her sight and hearing, she would not be able to tell what happened.

Seeing she didn't move, Alex didn't waste time explaining; with a swift movement, he threw the stun grenade.

BANG!

A dazzling light exploded, followed by a loud sound that made Aurora's ears start ringing.

The same thing happened to Derrick, but he doesn't feel worried. He quickly sent orders to his skeletons to remain alert; despite his many armies, he still needed to be careful.

All of them were acquired inside the dungeon; if they are completely destroyed, he doesn't have any skeletons in stock to do another Arise.

Arise is what he named the skill that allows him to turn skeletons into something like autonomous golems.

In reality, he doesn't feel this is necromancy since he can also do the same for mannequins. But getting a high-quality mannequin is out of his budget. And the better the material is, the higher the burden on his ability will be.

This makes the Hellgate leader doesn't want to invest in good golems for him to control.

They already have a member who is good at one-on-one fights, as Derrick's ability is very suitable for group fights.

The dazzling light disappeared, but it still took some time before clarity returned to Aurora and Derrick. As clarity returned to his mind, his eyes widened as he took a few steps back.

Fear overwhelmed him.

Every single one of his skeletons disappeared from sight, with one man looking at him with a smile, holding a big hammer that was surely enough to pulverize him in one hit.

"Derrick, is it? Mind telling me why you want this tree? Or do you want to have a date with my hammer?"

Derrick gulped as he took another step back. "Can you ask me another question? I cannot answer that one."

"I see. Then how about the portal where you came in. Mind telling me some more information about that," Alex replied as he took a step forward.

He purposely raised the hammer's weight, making his step heavy, creating a spider web crack on the ground while he moved. seaʀᴄh thё NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"That portal is cast by my guild leader. I don't know much detail."

Crack!

Alex took a step forward again, this time making a small vibration by the weight. Despite his calm face, in reality, his muscles were already rioting under the weight.

If not for Qi and the utilization of regeneration from life force, he would have already buckled on his knees.

Cold sweat dripped from Derrick's face while Aurora finally got her bearings. She quickly moved near the tree, staying invisible using her illusion, following Alex's instructions.

But she didn't cast any disguise on Alex since she could see Alex changed his plan. Looking at the hammer, she still remembers the flame that came out from it.

'This lunatic, I already told him don't use that hammer.' She cursed in her mind. But she knows better not to complain at this moment.

Derrick started to think hard about what he knew, "There is a ritual done by the leader. We need to sacrifice the blood of infants and kids, then in exchange, we will gain power and instruction… GYAAA!"

Derrick screamed in pain as he said this.

Different from the man with the blade, Derrick's position is lower. He doesn't know there are limitations being put on everyone in Hellgate.

The leader does this on purpose to put out an example of what happened to those who betrayed them.

His veins started turning black and then protruded from his skin. Seeing this, Alex leaped forward, appearing in front of the man.

He then tried to put Derrick inside the Awecube.

But as the light reached Derrick, another aura shot out from his eyes, repelling it. The Awecube in his hand cracked as the mechanism was broken.

Derrick screamed in pain as he transformed in front of Alex. His skin fell apart as a new one came out from it; two horns grew from his head, followed by his eyes turning red without any pupil. The new skin is black and more robust.

Seeing this, Alex didn't wait for him to finish the transformation.

BANG!

He used his hammer to pulverize Derrick, but, unfortunately, he was not defenseless. your chapter source MVL EMPYR

Derrick raised his transformed arm, blocking the attack; despite it making the hand mangled, the transformation didn't stop. Then, a beastly-like voice came out from his mouth.

"Human, are you sure you want to kill me? Don't you want to find out more about the portal?"

Alex frowned; he considered his action for a moment, but a message from Vessa made him change his mind.

[King, never trust what the ifrit race told you. Their race is filled with trickery; they will spit out 10 words, with only three being the truth.]

'It seems I have no other choice then.' Alex thought.

Taking out his awecube, Alex sent out the parasite he had captured before. He didn't know what would happen since he hadn't analyzed the creature.

The worm-like creature shot out toward Derrick, quickly burrowing itself inside of him. This halted the transformation, making the creature scream, "Human, what did you do!?"

Right now, whoever is behind this is trying to take control of Derrick's body, using the opportunity to breach the contract between them. But Alex doesn't believe it's as simple as that.

He is sure there are some payments that need to be made for them to take over Derrick's body.

That is why he put the parasite inside Derrick. This will introduce a third party that tries to take over his body, making them fight each other.