Chapter 34: Earth Shaker, Relive!
As if time temporary stop, everyone froze in their place. The undead monsters, the warriors, the giant zombie dragon, even winds stop blowing. What was once a massive battlefield has turned silent. If there was a drop of water on the ground, anyone within the vicinity could hear it loud and clear.
All of this occurred due to the appearance of one person. A legendary warrior who had lived his life on the battlefield and died protecting his pride and glory, his land and his loved one. The person who was renounced as the earth shaker. His single existence is like an army of thousands. Emitting an aura that is so domineering, it could forcibly make an ordinary person bow down just from his gaze alone. He is none other than Rentap.
Enggang who is perching on Momo's shoulder all this time only stared silently at the warrior figure in the middle of battlefield. The more it looked at the warrior, the more sentiment feeling building up inside it. Being called the guardian of Sarawak has sowed a seed of attachments towards the people. Especially Rentap, whom it has observed from child to death.
"I never knew I could live to see the day you would stand on earth again..."
When Rentap was fighting, obviously it would cheer Rentap and his group. Whenever the group would enter the battlefield it would let out a glorious squawked which act as a blessing toward the whole group. It would never forget the fierceness of the warriors when facing their enemies, even if it means death, an insignificant threat to those who are prepared to sacrifice their lives.
Sadly, it who saw Rentap since Rentap was a child was also the one who saw Rentap when he fell due to old age. Imagine a man who had lived his life battling, ends up dying due to the inevitable cruel fate of old age.
As if she could feel how Enggang felt, she patted its head, making it squawk shyly.
"There, there Blackie..."
But now, standing once more in the middle of the battlefield, the legendary warrior stands tall once more. Striking fear to his foe, and hope to his people heart. He is Rentap, the earth-shaker!
The lich couldn't believe her eyes when she sensed Rentap. Her jaw is wide open, continuing not to believe the person that has just appeared.
"W-w-who is this human... no...he's monster"
There was a reason why the lich was flabbergasted. Unlike Kim who already trained to hide his mana to protect himself, Rentap mana was overflowing.
As if it couldn't help itself from showing others themselves. When she sensed Rentap's mana, she could feel that his aura was so domineering that she couldn't stop herself from gasping for air.
"Is he some kind of a demon lord?! W-w-where did you get this human?!! And to actually control it..."
Feeling lost for words, the lich didn't ask and just try to accept everything. There was only one thing in her mind right now... as her eyes fixated at Kim she thought to herself 'If his servant is this powerful, then how powerful is the owner? I need to pretend like I'm fighting and run at the right moment...'
Among all that is within the vicinity, the only person who stayed the same...was Kim. He just stood still, crossing his arm while continuing to observe the lich action. Seeing how the lich reacted he already knew what she was thinking...
'So you think you can run huh? I will pay you back your treatment last time by ten times. Run... try and run if you dare'
Although it was only Kim's thought, somehow the lich could feel like a vicious killing intent is aiming towards her. Sending chills directly to her spine. Literally, directly to her spine.
Within the silent moment, everyone stood still as they are cautiously waiting for the act of one man. Even those mad undead monsters weren't doing anything.
Rentap look up toward the huge zombie dragon in front of him. With a cheerful laugh, he glanced toward Kim.
"Bahahahaha! What a wonderful feast we are having today. You mind if I took this dude all alone, bro Kim?" Rentap talk leisurely while licking his lips.
Kim gave a glance back and just smiled. He only nodded his head showing his consent.
"Alone? A mere human wanted to fight my pet alone? Ridiculous! If you think you can, then try. Don't try to come begging while crying to make it stop! Because once I let it loose, it will eat everything! E-VE-RY-THING! Hmph!"
'Oh shoot! That monster even has the guts to fight my zombie dragon. What should I do, what should I do...just let that dragon occupy him?
The lich already knew how powerful Rentap is just by gauging his mana capacity. If it was only Rentap then maybe she could do something, but... there was also Kim who is still standing in front of her doing nothing. Now that she saw how powerful Rentap is, she knew that the punch just now was not a fluke. The only thing the lich could do now was to put on a false bravado.
Another thing was those raining swords. There should be another one conjuring those swords that could kill those undead monsters in one strike. But the swords already stop falling, so the conjurer might be resting to gain mana.
Maybe, I could make a false attempt toward that conjurer and make a run for it. But how am I going to escape this human? Look at his dirty eyes looking at my body. I feel like he could see through my skin. I know I'm sexy and all... but... but... I'm still a little girl... well I was... but... but... what is this feeling...'
Kim didn't budge an inch to observe the lich in front of him. He didn't make a move because the voice keeps telling him how intelligent and crafty a lich is so he didn't take any action yet. But... the more he looks at the lich, the more confusing it gets.
The lich keeps on showing some weird gestures like grabbing her head with both her hands or flailing her arms ups and down. Sometimes, she would move her heads in a circle with both her arms at the side. It's really hard for Kim to guess what the lich is thinking because she had no face to show any clear expressions. Then suddenly, he felt a fluctuation of mana.
"That's a teleporting skill. A space manipulation skill that enables a mana user to switch places instantly"
"So is this little lich trying to run away?"
"Call her little if you want but it's still is a lich. I don't think she's trying to run... it would take a long time and huge amount of mana to teleport to far, far places from here... besides, that fake dragon is still there. She must be aiming for something else"
After agreeing with what the voice said in his mind, his expression still didn't change. Kim didn't want the lich to know something is up. Instead, he tried to set up a trap without the lich noticing. Now that he had Mastered the manipulation of earth, he could it feel like he could talk to ground. Before, he only forced the ground to obey him, by dominating it with mana. He used his mana to control. But now, as if the ground to heed towards anything he thought of. The mana of the earth, is his mana as well.
He set the area around the lich to create an earth coffin that would confine her the single moment she moves.
'A trap? This human is good... But none can fool this lich!'
The lich then created a barrier which covers the whole trap area. This caused Kim's eyes to flicker for a moment as he gets back to his cold expressions.
While the lich and Kim is having a battle of attrition of mana, the zombie dragon let out an intimidating roar. Rentap gave a short last glance toward Kim and shouted.
"Brothers, I'm sorry for being greedy. But can't this humble warrior fight this monster alone?"
"Our hero is back! Ohhhhaaaaa!" The warriors beside Rentap gave a loud cheer which is followed by others. They then stay away from Rentap and started to hunt down the remaining undead monsters.
The zombie dragon pulls its head backwards and breathes out a black flame. A vile flame that doesn't burn but causes extreme corrosion. Even more venomous than a drop of hydra's acid.
"That's more like it" Rentap eyes flickered with fighting spirit. He pulls out his shield which flew towards the dragon. The shield then becomes huge which could cover the whole dragon. The shield looks like it made out of wood, and is engraved with an intricate pattern.
The shield was strong enough to block the corroding black flame which then reflected back toward the dragon. The dragon flinched a bit but didn't waste a single moment to flap its wing which caused the black flame to split.
The flame then headed toward surrounding vicinity which eats up anything in its pathway. Trees, river, mountain, setting everything ablaze, which continues to corrode everything nearby. It seems that the flame won't stop burning until the end of time.
"That's an ugly power you have... seems like I don't have time play around with you... or my homeland will be gone!"
Rentap stomp his feet to the ground, creating a massive tremor that shook the earth violently. During this time, even the people at the peninsular of Malaysia could felt the tremor. Later on, news saying an oncoming huge tsunami has caused a huge alarm at the city that will be affected. Making it a national level crisis.
While the dragon stumbled, Rentap didn't waste a time to charge head on to give a solid mighty blow toward the dragon body. The body of the dragon was tough, but Rentap's power is inconceivable. The fist created a hole which caused thick black blood to pour out from it. The dragon even puked some blood as well, which dropped on top of Rentap body.
"What is this black thing"
Before Rentap could do anything, suddenly he was black flame enveloping his entire body with him as the nucleus. The black blood, act as an oil, which could light up a black flame instantly just by utilizing mana. It was a crafty move by the giant dragon.
"Interesting"
Feeling impressed, Rentap even clapped his hand which caused the dragon to flinch. Although his body is corroding slowly, Rentap didn't falter even for a bit. He does feel pain since his new body is pretty much alive right now. But none of that could disturb his will to fight. He looks directly toward the dragon which abruptly flew high up in the air. It could feel a sudden imminent danger which caused it to retreat for a while.
"Smart move. You might be split to half if you didn't"
Suddenly, a mark appeared on the ground where the dragon was standing. The ground looks like it was cleanly cut by a sword. The mark was actually that huge, showing that the cut could actually slice the dragon into two parts.
Rentap with black flames burning his body still stood in the ground while looking at the flying dragon. It feels like he was actually wearing the black flame instead.
As the two gazes met, one felt nothing while another one felt fear for the first time. But for a dragon to actually felt fear was never been written in history before. Making it feel it was being ridiculed by the whole universe. The dragon roared and its body is bursting with mana. The mana burned into black flames which set its entire body ablaze.
The dragon dove down to strike Rentap on the ground. With its huge body which is falling at such speed, it looked like a falling burning meteor
Rentap face expressions didn't change at all. He held his parang firmly with his right hand and swing it several times to test it out. He took a stance, then moment later...
Rentap was already in mid-air while beneath him... two pieces of giant well-cooked meat were laying on the ground and black flames that were terrorizing the place were all vanish to thin air.
Rentap raised his right hand and shouted. "Brothers! Let finish up before our bro Kim is done! Ohhhaaaaa!"
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