To become a king and a magician

47. The Second Impact

Nearly ten days have passed since the North Wall first nearly collapsed due to a large-scale attack by monsters.

During these ten days, thanks to Natsukawa Tiger's ability to annihilate large numbers of monsters and the presence of several Servants, the North Wall successfully withstood wave after wave of attacks from large numbers of magical beasts.

However, even though Xia Chuanhu was able to annihilate thousands of magical beasts each time, the magical beasts' offensive trend showed no signs of weakening. There were at least four or five attacks every day, and each time more than a thousand magical beasts came to attack.

Where did these magical beasts come from? Why have so many of them never appeared before? Can the cedar forest really accommodate so many magical beasts?

The more monsters they eliminated, the more doubts arose in the Servants' minds.

Natsukawa Torato shared the same thought, but unlike the Servant, he could roughly figure out the specific reasons behind it.

The Goddess of Monsters is not a true goddess of monsters. Her real name is Gorgon, a hero-slayer in Greek mythology who lived on the Isle of the Unseen. She was a Gorgon with petrifying eyes. She was called the Goddess of Monsters because someone synchronized Tiamat's power, the Womb of Beasts, with her.

Therefore, Gorgon is the goddess of monsters.

However, Gorgon needs raw materials to produce magical beasts, which is why the magical beasts that attacked Uruk previously abducted corpses and humans, since those were the materials needed to produce new magical beasts.

The ability to produce magical beasts without any cost—only the true goddess of magical beasts, Tiamat, could achieve this.

And now...

"The number of monsters is starting to look abnormal."

Standing on the north wall with Natsukawa Tora, gazing at the distant cedar forest, Meryl smiled and said, "It seems the other side has enhanced Gorgon's synchronization with the Beast Mother's Womb, or perhaps increased its authority?"

The Beast Womb is a power held by Tiamat, and it cannot be used by others casually. Even though Gorgon can synchronize with it, there are still limitations. One of the manifestations is that it requires the consumption of humans to produce magical beasts.

However, given the current situation... I'm afraid that restriction has probably been lifted through some means, right? After all, the number of magical beasts that have appeared in the past few days has already exceeded the number that humans can produce.

"Meryl, Merlin, how is the seal on Tiamat coming along?" Natsukawa Tora asked.

"It has remained stable, with no signs of it breaking down."

Since the burning of humanity began six months ago, Merry arrived at this singularity immediately and used all means to imprison Tiamat in the Dream Prison.

This was something she had agreed upon with Natsukawa Tora from the very beginning.

Not long ago, after the events of the Fifth Singularity concluded, Merlin also came here and worked with Merly to maintain the Dream Prison. Thanks to this, Merly and Merlin were able to spare the resources to repair the North Wall; if it had been maintained by one person as before, they wouldn't have had even that much spare capacity.

If the prison is breached later, the two will not suffer a death-like impact directly, but will share the burden equally.

(Is it still holding up well? In other words, the seal wasn't interfered with, so... the only thing that comes to mind is the Holy Grail.)

Natsukawa Torato knew that the Holy Grail, which Goetia had personally delivered to this era, was now in Kingu's hands. If Kingu had used the Holy Grail, the current situation was indeed not impossible.

But why?

Xia Chuanhu had this question in mind. Was it to maintain control over the North Wall? Indeed, if the North Wall lost Xia Chuanhu, it would be overwhelmed by the monsters in no time.

(So, you're saying you want to keep me in check?)

Could it be that by restraining him, we can achieve some goal for Jin Gu? If so, what is that goal?

Just as Natsukawa Torama was pondering this, in the distant cedar forest—

"Buzz——————————!!"

A tremendous magical force, unlike anything he had ever felt before, suddenly overwhelmed Natsukawa Tora's senses! It was as if a magician had conjured a huge rock from an empty table!

(No, that's not right, this isn't a single individual...)

Xia Chuanhu focused his mind and began to sense the situation inside the cedar forest.

(The magical reaction is coming from deep within the cedar forest... This shape resembles a temple, and—are you kidding me?)

The huge rock that was originally within the range of perception gradually disintegrated. After careful perception, Xia Chuanhu was able to clearly perceive the true form of the rock.

That was a huge mountain of rubble (monster horde) made up of countless pebbles (monsters)!

And at that very moment—

[Thump!]

Xia Chuanhu suddenly felt his senses being strongly blocked, and then a strong counterattack came from the direction of the cedar forest, as if he had been hit on the head with a heavy hammer!

"Well....."

Unable to hold back a muffled groan, Xia Chuanhu wiped away the little blood flowing from his nose and took a deep breath with a solemn expression.

"Tiger?"

Noticing the strange expression on the face of the person next to her, Mary couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Go and inform the others to prepare for battle. The same kind of monster attack as ten days ago is coming soon," Xia Chuanhu said. "No, it may be even more intense than the one ten days ago."

"A lot?"

"I stopped counting after I reached 80,000."

In other words, the number of monsters about to attack definitely exceeds 80,000?

That was indeed an extremely serious situation. After all, even Xia Chuanhu couldn't possibly eliminate more than 80,000 magical beasts in an instant. Even pulling down Yue Luo wouldn't have helped!

Merlin nodded: "Understood, I'll go and inform the others right away."

"Let Morgan set up the barrier and take charge of activating the divine seal. She should be able to control it if there's only one north wall. The rest of you, pair up and guard the entrance. You'll all go and help later."

After saying that, Natsukawa Tiger flew into the sky on his own.

Mary hooked his trouser leg with her staff: "Where are you going?"

"It will take some time for the monsters to cross the cedar forest and plains to reach the North Wall. I will go and eliminate as many monsters as possible before they arrive, so as to reduce the pressure on your defense."

"By the way... let's see if we can take down the BOSS."

Natsukawa Tora explained, gazing in the direction of the cedar forest.

After a moment of silence, Meryl put away her staff: "Then be careful, and—it's today?"

"Perhaps. I will give you a signal if necessary."

"Okay, that's good. Go ahead."

After waving to Natsukawa Tora, Meryl turned and walked with Merlin towards the stairs not far away.

Then—

"Bang--------!"

With flames shooting out from his hands like rockets launching into the sky, Natsukawa Tiger instantly transformed into a fiery meteor and flew swiftly towards the cedar forest!

48. Your hand passed through my chest.

Inside a cedar forest.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One by one, the towering trees that blocked out the sky were gradually collapsing.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... countless magical beasts poured out of a Greek-style temple deep in the cedar forest, like a vast ocean, visibly submerging the expansive forest.

Flying above the horde of monsters, Natsukawa Tora looked down at the massive army below, an army capable of utterly crushing Uruk.

"At this rate and speed, they'll reach the North Wall in ten minutes, right? And with the fighting strength on the North Wall, can they hold out for an hour?"

Only after actually arriving at the cedar forest did Natsukawa Torama truly perceive the total number of monsters.

Exactly 100,000.

If most of it isn't cut off here, the North Wall and Uruk would be absolutely no match for it; 100,000 monsters could flatten the North Wall just by moving around.

(Just like before, smash it down with a blast!)

The flames on his hands subsided, and a raging storm gathered around Xia Chuanhu. However, just as he was about to summon several more tornadoes to sweep up and tear the demonic beast army below—

"Bang------!"

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the direction of the temple, followed by a whooshing sound as a green figure burst into Xia Chuanhu's field of vision! A hand blade formed from gathered magic energy struck straight at his eyes!

Metal Solid!

"Don't try to stop the monsters from advancing, Holy Sword Master."

"Clang—!"

The scaffolding, wreathed in a storm, launched a sudden attack. Natsukawa Tora stepped back slightly, removed his Demon Eye Killer, and looked at Kingu before him: "You're really in a hurry, aren't you? You aimed right at my eyes right away. Are you that afraid of it, Kingu!"

"Shut up!"

As he roared, Jin Gu swiftly circled behind Xia Chuanhu like a shooting star. Several golden ripples appeared, and the silver snake-like Heavenly Locks surged forth instantly!

"Clang clang clang clang!"

The storm on his arm instantly spread to the point of enveloping his entire body. The rapidly spinning wind wall deflected all the Heavenly Locks. Then, in the gap of the wind wall, Xia Chuanhu's figure suddenly magnified in Jingu's eyes!

(Damn it! Our eyes met!)

Jin Gu, whose face turned pale in an instant, rushed up into the sky at full speed, and at the same time displayed hundreds of Heavenly Locks in front of Xia Chuanhu, completely blocking his vision!

After ascending to an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, Jingu finally managed to steady himself and began to breathe heavily.

"Haa...haa...uh...woo..."

Over the past ten days, Jin Gu had gradually grown accustomed to the pain emanating from his soul. However, now, just because they had made eye contact for a brief moment, the intensity of the pain immediately increased several levels!

It hurts so much... it's like having your chest ripped open...

No, if that's all there is to it, then it's fine. Anyway, this body doesn't need to worry about getting injured. If tearing open the chest would make it feel better and relieve the pain, then Jin Gu wouldn't hesitate.

But what's even more serious than this is...

[Jingu, are you alright?]

In his mind, Xia Chuanhu's face, who was saying these words, suddenly appeared, as if a new memory had been forcibly inserted into the depths of his memory. The face of the man who had only appeared vaguely a few days ago was now crystal clear!

"Get out of my mind..."

Clutching his head tightly, Jingu let out a low growl like a wild beast.

Meanwhile—

"They really did get to a pretty high place."

Xia Chuanhu's voice came from behind Jingu.