Chapter 38: The Otherworld
"Galen...... Don't fight, withdraw first...... Reinforcements from Noxus are coming!"
"What? Zaun actually united with Noxus?!What should I do?General Galen?"
"Brother, happy birthday! Forget? I'm so busy, it's your birthday......
"Galen, today is the day of the domestic patrol, you can be more restrained......"
"That girl, her eyes, are dragon eyes......"
"Don't get excited, I'm not here to fight, although you're not my opponent......"
"Brother, do you think our country will perish?"
"Brother, I want to go too, why don't you let me go? My injuries are all right......
"Enemy attack! Beware of the ...... in the sky"
"The Death Knight, another piece of work for me...... Oh no, masterpiece ......"
"Karthas, I am Kartas the Death Carta, ......"
"Brother, are you alright?......?"
"Hey, calm down, we've got business to do. β
"Hopefully we can really get out of here......"
β......β
Waking up from the chaos, Galen struggled to open his blurry eyes and slowly sat up from the cold, hard bed, a deep sense of powerlessness that made him nearly collapse on the bed again.
"Awake?" Galen followed the familiar voice as Garvin in an earthy yellow armor walked in through the door, "How do you feel?"
"It couldn't be worse. Galen smiled, took the dry food that Gavin threw over, and put it into his mouth without looking, "What is this place?
"I thought I should have come out, but ......" Gavin nodded and shook his head again, "After we came out of that world, we didn't go back to our original world, but into another world where we are now. Because we left that world, it seems that the power we gained from there has also lost ......"
"No wonder the whole body is weak. Galen sighed helplessly, "Then we ...... now What are I going to do?"
"I don't know, it seems that the magic crystal can't leave that world, so our magic crystal is gone," Garvin shrugged, "which means we can no longer communicate with the Valoran continent." β
"That's a problem......" Galen clenched his hands unconsciously.
"We should be glad that we were saved here in a coma, otherwise we would have died in our state at that time. Patting Galen on the shoulder, Gavin smiled and said.
"Who saved us?" Galen nodded, looking around at the interior of a house made entirely of stone, and everything in it was made of stone, "I want to thank him for saving us." β
"Hmm...... Gavin, is your friend awake?" Outside the door, a tall young man walked in slowly, his face pale and thin. His appearance is very ordinary, and if you put him in the crowd, it will take a long time to identify him. At his waist was a quaint-looking pistol.
"Hmm. Garvin smiled and nodded at him, "Thanks to you, Ash." β
"Ember ?......" Galen slowly got off the bed and bowed slightly to Ember, "Demacia Power Galen, thank you for your help, Ember." β
"Uh, no, it's nothing......" Ember looked a little embarrassed, and he waved his hand in a panic, "I just did what I wanted, I just wanted to save you, so don't do that." β
"In that case, we will be friends from now on. Galen smiled and patted Ember on the shoulder, "If there's anything you need help with in the future, just let me know." β
"Hmm. Garvin glanced at Galen and said to Ember, "As long as it's within our means, if there's anything we can do to help in the future, just tell us." β
"Friend......" Ember repeated the mundane words a little stunned, "you are the first person who wants to be friends with me......"
"Didn't you have any friends before?" said Galen, curious.
"I've always lived alone. Ember nodded, "Never a friend." β
"We've been friends since then, but not the first, because we've got two of us. Gavin smiled and placed his hand on Ember's shoulder.
"Hmm," Ember replied, her black pupils flickering.
"Boom-" With a loud noise that shook the heavens and the earth, the ground shook violently.
"W-what's going on?" said Galen, unsteady.
"It's from the back mountain. Ember explained.
"Houshan?" Garvin was stunned for a moment.
"It's that monster. β
"Monster ......" Jiawen couldn't help but blink, with seriousness in his words.
"Because of that monster, the people who live around here have left, and I was going to leave, but I found you injured, so I postponed it. Ember's ordinary, fair face carried an unknown emotion, "That monster is very powerful, and it is on the top of the back mountain. β
"Monster ......" Galen stood firm, "His Royal Highness ...... the Prince"
"If it's the same as the previous world, then we should go to the back mountain and have a look. The seriousness in Jiawen's words increased a little, and there was a deep light in his pale yellow pupils.
"Go to the back mountain?" Ember was stunned, shocked and puzzled, "You are going to the back mountain?!Why? That monster is so dangerous that it is too late for ordinary people to avoid it...... Your lives will be in danger. β
"We don't have a lot of time to wait
Treat. Galen took a light breath and said earnestly, "We must go." β
"Even knowing that there will be danger. Taking Galen's words, Gavin said equally seriously.
β......β
"Don't worry, we're just going to take a look, we'll be careful. Gavin patted Ember on the shoulder and smiled, "You won't be discovered by that monster." β
The back mountain is not too far. In a few moments, Galen and Gavin were at the foot of the back mountain, which was shrouded in gloom and desolation, with the occasional few black weeds with their heads bowed on the bare black earth, and a disgusting rancid stench in the hot air.
Because of the loss of their original strength, the two of them spent a lot of time and energy in the process of climbing the steep black mountain.
Gasping for breath with difficulty, Galen coughed lightly: "I'm so tired, I've never felt so tired climbing a mountain before." β
"Just get used to it. Gavin laughed, gasping as well, "If what Ember said is true, then the monster should be around here, be careful." β
"Hmm. Galen replied, straightened his back, as if all the fatigue in his body had vanished in an instant, and his body, which had not yet recovered, seemed to have reached its full state in an instant.
The top of the mountain was empty except for the raised black sharp stones, and the stones under their feet were warm. Under the black clouds, the cold wind let out a whimper.
"Roarβ" A piercing roar came from a distance, and a slight tremor was felt beneath his feet, and Gavin knew that the monster was approaching him.
"This monster ......" After seeing the monster's appearance clearly, Galen, who was hiding behind the sharp stone, couldn't help but let out a low exclamation.
The monster in front of him was covered in black stones, and some tiny cracks in the stone glowed red. It was huge, a few points larger than the sharp stone Galen was hiding. Although it appears to be humanoid, it has no neck or chin, and its diamond-shaped head is placed on the top of its chest. Gavin couldn't see its eyes, only faintly discerning two red spots of light in the middle of its head.
With each step it takes, the entire summit shakes, leaving a blazing trail of scorching footprints.
"This ......" Garvin was equally speechless in amazement, for the creature was completely beyond his comprehension.
"Roar!" the monster slammed its huge, hard fist into the ground, and the moment its fist touched the black stone at the top of the mountain, a circle of crimson light with a fiery aura spread outward around it. Wherever the light touched, all the sharp stones turned into powder.
"Uh......" Watching the spiks in front of him turn to ashes, Gavin and Galen looked at each other with some embarrassment.
"Roar!" Discovering that an unknown creature had intruded into his territory, the monster roared in the sky, and in the tremor of the earth, it rushed towards Gavin and Galen.
"Retreat!" shouted Gavin and ran down the mountain. The monster is very strong, if in the past, with the strength of Gavin and Galen, there should still be a chance to defeat it, but now, the two can only run......
"We were so careless!" shouted Galen.
"I didn't expect this monster to have this kind of skill. Gavin replied equally loudly.
"Your Royal Highness, we can't go the way we came. It's so steep that you'll fall down if you're not careful. The sudden thought of something important made Galen take a sharp breath of hot air.
The monster seemed huge, but it was extremely fast, and it only took a few breaths to get behind Galen, and it slammed into Galen with a huge fist. Galen glanced back, slammed sideways, and dodged the fatal punch. The huge fist slammed into the black stone, leaving a deep crater. A terrible wave of air sent Galen flying, and he slammed into a sharp stone, blood staining his back.
"Galen!" Garvin turned around and ran towards Galen without hesitation.
"Your Royal Highness, run ......" Galen struggled, but couldn't get up from the ground, and the bright red blood stained most of his body red.
Seeing the huge fist being gradually enlarged, Galen's eyes were blood-red, and the tearing pain on his body seemed to have been alleviated a lot.