Chereads / His Promised Neverland / Chapter 39 - There must be a catch

Chapter 39 - There must be a catch

When the threads stopped absorbing energy from the mammoth ... the ball shrunk to the size of a ping pong ball ..

and then all of a sudden ... the Disciples departed from the ball's aim ...

Theo looked at the ball which was formed by the tube which he had dubbed 'cage cannon' ... explode and released a laser of red light that immediately eliminated some of the creatures within the horde ...

before .. they were aiming for the bosses in the lead thinking that .. they too were insane .. but the bosses swiftly dodged when they first saw the ball shooting out .. and saved their lives ... while they still could ..

and when looking at the results of the shot ... Theo could see a hole in the middle of the horde that was still approaching in high spirits ..

and judging from their numbers .. there were at least .. 800 of them .. if not over a 900 ... ...

but even so .. the laser only managed to eliminate .. 10 or more ...

from his perspective and skill in battle .. he could see that the creatures came here with big plans ...

they were smarter than they were insane ... that was obvious ..

the creature horde was at least 90 metres ... away ... but they were closing in .. with every second that passed ..

and that made the other guards who were joining hands with the Disciples nervous ...

without any time to waste ... the cage cannon shit another laser .. but this time ... the creatures parted into two like a sea cut in half ..

the guards even lost their balance as they started to grow limp ..

their hands were shivering ... and their faces were filled with sweat .. as they looked at the horde ..

one of them overcame his fear and announced boldly amongst his brothers ..

"It must be a bluff ... !! they just got lucky ... " after hearing the assuring voice of their fellow guard ... the other guards waited for another laser to be shit just in case ..

zoom!!!!

a laser instantly left the tube and shit into the horde .. but like before .. they dodged the laser easily ..

and from what the other guard could see .. he thought he saw one of the bosses .. lift it's mouth to form a smile of ridicule ...

he gulped and looked at the Disciples ...

another laser was shot ... and another after that .. and another and another ...

until the mammoth .. collapsed due to energy consumption ..

at most they eliminated over 10 creatures .. from the beginning .. and aside from their lucky first time .. they didn't get any lucky shot ..

one of the guards couldn't take it and started to rush back with all the strength he could muster ...

"Sorry my fellow brothers ... but I have a family that is waiting for my love ... !!!" the guard shouted and left his ice Lance crashing into ground ...

the other guards just kept looking at the horde with fear and nervousness but all of them knew one thing ...

fate was inevitable ..

that was the horrible truth ... and seeing the horde coming at them whilst releasing a bloodlust intent ... they knew it wouldn't be long before they fell into the jaws and claws of the creatures ...

and by now .. the creatures were 50 metres away from them ...

although very far ... the strong bloody energy emanated .. made them feel like .. the horde was just infront of them ...

some of them even forgot how to breathe and just stared at the horde like mindless children who were awaiting a hiding ...

all of a sudden .. when the horde crossed the 40 metre radius ... a huge golden light like an arc ... flew out and went towards the horde ..

"One arc cannot kill them ... hehehe ... they part when they see danger ... unless this is a sliver of hope shining upon us .. I will just stand here and wait to get eaten .. fighting is futile .." a guard laughed sarcastically ... his eyes .. no longer containing fear .. rather resolve ..

when he thought the horde would part .. the arc .. suddenly started to spit and expanded to all directions .. and weaved everything in its vicinity .. away dust ...

the bosses at the front .. noticed that parting the formation would be idiotic .. so they avoided danger and watched as a huge portion of their army vanish along with the spinning godly arc ...

the Disciples .. Laura ... and the guards looked back and saw Theo holding out his dagger that was constantly releasing sparks of golden lightning ..

scorch marks were left on the earth alongside a deep cleft ...

the Disciples and everyone .. couldn't help but be shocked ...

at first ... they thought that he was just a weak outsider like every weak outsider that knocked on their door ...

his eyes glowed with blue lightning that blasted the ground into bits of stones ..

when noticing the shocked gazes around him .. annoyed him even more than how the horde had annoyed him ...

he glared at them and said in a cold stern voice .. "What are you all looking at ..?? there's a beast horde coming at you ... 'Disciples' ... do as I planned ..!!" the guards and the Disciples finally got knocked back to their senses .. as they turned their gazes and focus on the horde ..

it had only took them 2 seconds to realise that they had blindly followed the outsider's orders ...

but with their current situation .. they couldn't do anything other than preparing to clash with the horde ...

each step the horde took .. shook the guard's hearts like they were being shocked ... every second felt like a day has passed ..

but they held on and regained their senses as the Disciples .... finally released a bunch of powerful ice element attacks ... at them ..

between the two enemies ... a red pulsing evil aura and the blue mist covering the ice element weaponry inside of it .... met each other ...

the bosses at the front jumped at the attacks and bit on them and snapped them in half .. whilst some proved to be difficult to break and some were able to cut their mouths ...

but despite the small wounds and injuries .. the bosses and the creatures ... still ran at them ..

but unlike enraged creatures without sanity ... these creatures were more like a group of inexperienced soldiers ...

but worst to cover that .. was that .. the bosses at the front were either more like generals with overpowered mind controlling ability ... or they were great at leading their soldiers to war ...

before ... they only saw a 'few' creatures because of the ref aura concealing their bodies ...

but up close ... they could finally count how many bosses there were ... inside the horde ... instead of a few ...

there were at most twice the number of the Disciples ...

what's worse was that Disciple 3 was nowhere to be found ..

24 bosses ... with only 6 injured badly whilst some only got minor injuries and unnoticed wounds ...

at most ... the Disciples could manage to kill the badly injured bosses and move to attack the other bosses ...

but that would leave them with another six bosses ...

and the only person who had the power to at least take another boss by themselves was the outsider they deemed to be disrespective ...

without a choice .. the Disciples immediately engaged the injured creatures whilst some .. began to engage the other bosses ...

although they were badly injured ... the creatures were still much better than a close to death person ... they still managed to steel their will and continue to fight with red eyes ...

the bosses were all different kinds of creatures ...

but all of them had something in common ... their red eyes .. and their blood red bodies that kept moving like trembling muscles ...

one example of those creatures .. was a giant scorpion .. with a flesh like shell ..

but instead of being soft the trembling flesh was hard and had a high vitality of which it took the Disciples a long time to eliminate them ...

after killing the six creatures ... they checked the battle and found the other 6 Disciples getting the upper hand ... whilst two of the bosses had fallen to nothing but scattered meat and blood ...

but the two succesful Disciples didn't come out unscathed ... but with that said ... the creatures had a high defence .. power ... and a protective aura that ignored physical attacks ... but what they lacked .. were their movements ..

they were sloppy like little kids getting trained to become soldiers ...

after finding out their weakness ... the Disciples took advantage of the information and gathered their powers and attacked the aura barrier ..

since physical means couldn't do any damage .. element attacks could ...

they released a horrifying attack ... that consisted of all of their powers respectively ....

like the world turned into the sky .. and the sky turned into the world ... the air around everyone became thinner and thinner to the point where they couldn't breathe ... including the creatures ...

as if a celestial being was descending ... a giant white body appeared that was created by the element aura all of the Disciples conjured ..

a ripped white body .. and a face filled with brightness ... like a holy deity sprouting from the heavens ...

instantly as if like .. everything in its sights didn't have the privilege to look at its face ... a white armour covered with multiple dark blue and black engravings appeared on its body and continued to increase the pressure around them ...

and instead of the air getting cold .. everything got hot ...

aside from the Disciples and Laura , captain Rose and Theo ... everyone felt like they were bathing in magma ..

even though they all had their bodies tempered ... the heat .. made them feel like .. they were back to being normal creatures ...

but they strengthened themselves to see the fight end ...

a giant greatsword .... appeared on its right hand ... and wielded it like a nail ...

a saver appeared on its other hand ...

two presences swept through the entire battlefield ...

the swords were like living things .. as if like they were staring down on the entire world ...

without any mercy .... the giant .. swung its two terrifying swords at the horde .. instantly wiping out the entirety of it ...

on the other side .. behind the gate ... Theo pondered about the situation without paying attention to the mighty giant .. and the battle .. rather he focused on a huge heat signature ... that made him want to run away ...

yellow eyes gleamed inside the white glow ... and for a moment there .. he thought .. the creature was looking at him ...

'Wait .. this is not right ... there's no way .. this is Simon's scent that's causing such a ruckus ... something must've happened ... there must be a catch ...!!' Theo thought as his eyes moved to the beastly yellow eyes in the white mist ..