NOVEL NEXT Chapter 316: Beast’s castle
The group walked forward through the streets. They were incredibly wary of their surroundings, waiting for the inevitable moment when the scenery changed and transported them to a different location.
It would be a lie to say that the group wasn't unnerved by the previous Canzer they encountered. But they moved on and continued walking forward.
As they were walking, Atlan was suddenly surprised by the appearance of a few words in his vision.
[You have successfully advanced your SSS class Apocalyptic Hellfire LifeSkill to the 4th stage of the Student Realm]
Now that he had an abundance of LifeSkills far above the Student realm, advancing these LifeSkills seemed futile.
Even though these were SSS class LifeSkills, it was far too weak compared to the LifeSkills he gained from reaping the deaths of Specialist-level Canzers.
Since he could imbue his LifeSkills to a puppet and immediately up their power into the Intern-realm, he had no use in upgrading his LifeSkills anymore. He only needed to find more Specialist-level Canzers and farm them for LifeSkills!
This made him extremely excited to encounter another Canzer soon. He even hoped that they get stopped by Canzers at least five more times before they reached the church.
If his previous self heard him say those words, then he would smack himself on the head. After all, he was only a Student-level Savior. Asking for more encounters with a dangerous Specialist-level Canzer was suicide, plain and simple.
But since he had the help of a certain dragon hiding somewhere out there, he had absolute confidence in surviving those encounters.
He wanted to maximize the little time he had left with the Queen's help. According to their agreement, the Queen was only liable to help him before they reached the Church. Once they did, then the Queen was no longer responsible for his safety.
He wished that he asked more from her.
No, I shouldn't rely on the Queen. Even if she's very helpful right now, she's still a Canzer.
Once he got more Intern-realm LifeSkills, he was more than confident in surviving an encounter with a Specialist-level Canzer by himself.
With that said, why aren't there any Canzers appearing right now?!
Just as he thought that, the whole Remedium turned dark, with the skyscrapers morphing and churching until they became high-ceiling walls.
Suddenly, they were all enclosed into a very large room lit by candlelight. There was a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling, also lit by candles swaying in the wind.
TIK TOK TIK TOK
The sound of a clock ticking resounded through the halls even though they couldn't see any sign of that machine anywhere.
From what they could see, they were inside a large castle that was meant for creatures larger than a human.
"Where are we?"
"This looks fancy…if it weren't a Canzer's lair, I would consider this my dream home."
"Speaking of Canzer, where is it?"
They all turned their heads to the front. There was a large spiraling staircase leading up to the second floor. But everything up there was shrouded in darkness. They couldn't see anything. But they had a strange feeling as if those up above could see down towards them very clearly. Discover exclusive content at empire
"Do you guys hear that? A ticking clock…a large chandelier on the ceiling…the clinging sound of tableware…there's no doubt about it."
"Where are we?" asked Atlan.
"You are in the caste of the Beast."
"The Beast? He sounds…beastly."
Just as he said that, the whole castle shook with the footsteps of a creature above the staircase.
Everyone turned their attention to the Beast.
DUG! DUG! DUG!
'My, my, who do we have here? Visitors?'
The Beast walked down the steps with grace unlike that of his appearance. His large head was similar to that of a Bison, with horns arching upwards.
His gorilla eyebrows narrowed upon seeing the humans.
But instead of feeling hostility, the Beast welcomed them to his humble abode instead.
He bent his body and performed a bow.
His royal attire, complete with a royal blue tailcoat and a high-collar shirt underneath it, the Beast's appearance made him look like a royal prince of those olden times. His vest and pants were inundated with gold trim and ornate designs, completing the regal theme.
But despite his royal gestures, Atlan and the rest of the humans couldn't help but treat him as nothing more than his name—a Beast.
His arms and body were that of a bear, completely towering over all the humans. He looked like he was on the verge of swatting them to the wall with his enormous hands.
And as the Beast smiled, he showed the teeth and mane like that of a lion, and the tusks of a wild boar.
All of the Canzer's characteristics were an amalgamation of all the animals that once hunted humans back in the ancient days.
"This is the Beast. It's another Destruction-type Canzer famed for its physical prowess. Ninth, I suggest that you use both of your tanks to protect the team because one will not suffice."
"How about its weakness? What kind of construct will we need?"
"This one is fairly easy. We must simply build a rose encased in a glass container, which must be soaked in the Beast's blood. Only then would the petals start falling from the rose, signaling the Beast's limited time.
The problem now is to survive long enough for that to happen. But if all things go as expected, I believe that all of you are capable of defeating this Canzed."
Ninth looked at Atlan and realized that he hadn't been paying attention this whole time.
"Did you hear that, Atlan? We need you to create the construct."
But Atlan seemed distracted. It was as if he didn't care about creating the construct and fighting the Beast.
And why would he? There was no need to burden himself with creating the construct when there was no need to do it. They just had to wait for the Queen to show up and kill the Beast for them.