NOVEL NEXT Chapter 235: Isn't It Beautiful?
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The lizard queen kept hammering over the rocks shielding Jim off her. With each hit, Jim could feel the sound like it was directly hitting his chest.
With each hit, a group of rocks were crushed and that drove her so close to him.
"I'm going to die!" he couldn't help but say this while watching the shape of that lizard vaguely through the cracks caused by her violent hits.
She was using her two thick and short legs to crush all the way down to him. He wasn't seeing any way out of this, even though he couldn't use any of his power at the moment.
Except for his golden light shining all over his body his hands were literally tied.
Even a spell couldn't be used, his sword couldn't be wielded, and he couldn't even push his body through the cracks getting wider with each hit or escape from here.
He was simply doomed.
"Anything to help... now is the best time for it," he had one last hope which lied upon the old man.
However the old man kept his silence for the second time in a row while he desperately watched the rocks around getting smaller and thinner.
"Shriek!"
The lizard shrieked in anger, and he imagined she was picturing what she would do to him. The next moment her body crashed entirely over the rocks, damaging the last layer between the two and he felt like a mountain just landed on his chest.
"Damn it!" he cursed out loud, "kill me if you dare..." he went crazy and started to move his body violently trying to get away from that weight.
"Roar!"
Yet at this moment his loyal pet that kept attached to his leg all this time finally roared.
With a stroke of luck, and while his body was twisting right and left, a piece of small rock on his side crashed and the body of that lizard queen leaned to the side.
He was finally free.
"Screw you," he shouted while trying his best to stand up, however he fell at the first time before standing up again.
His mind had only one thought... just running as far as possible from this killing monster.
'She is dead!'
Yet just before he could move a muscle, the sound of the silent old man came again.
"W- What?" Jim was shocked and stopped in his place motionless for a few seconds like a moron. He didn't realize the simplest thing that happened just now... the lizard queen was lying there dead silent without moving a finger.
'She is dead,' the old man repeated the phrase again, 'that last shriek was her last breath. Collect yourself, you've got something worse coming at you.'
"Fare worse than that?!!" Jim couldn't help but point towards the lizard queen's dead body.
And he was stupefied to see his hands able to freely move at last.
'Yeah, the dark hunters... did you forget about them?'
The old man's words alarmed Jim and made him regain his senses again. "Damn!" he glanced fast at the front to see those dark pieces flying fast towards him.
What stood between him and them was a group of angry monsters fighting their way as well to get to him.
"They are killing each other," Jim slowly muttered as he watched the two groups attacking one another while trying to get to him. "I should run," he hastily turned to the back, "I should regroup with Hector."
'No, that would be wrong,' the old man firmly said, 'you have strength now to fight back, a rare opportunity to take those dark hunters to the grave as well.'
"H- How?" Jim clenched his fists and couldn't feel anything unusual about his body except for that golden shining light that started to get stronger.
'That golden energy you have now isn't something a normal disciple could enjoy,' the old man explained, 'just use your usual spell, hell just use it without anything else and you'll become invincible.'
"Do you mean... I've got super powers now?"
'Limited super powers to be clear,' the old man corrected, 'and this won't last more than two minutes.'
"Two minutes..." Jim slowly glanced at all the enemies coming towards him. "Two minutes are much more than what I need to kill them."
The next moment he put his sword in the position of activating his oldest spell and waited. Strangely his golden aura started to vibrate, pulse like it was a beating heart.
And the sword turned to be extremely heavy the next moment. He was able to hold his sword for over one minute now, however at this point he couldn't hold it straight up for one second.
"Boom!"
And the sword crashed over the ground, deeply immersing into it against the will of Jim. "Damn! I didn't have the time to gather my energy up," he blamed himself for being rash and not calming his mind before doing this spell.
'It's not you,' yet the old man came to correct his mistake, 'it's the energy you wield is too much to handle.'
The next moment and just before Jim could say a thing, the world rumbled all over him.
The cave wasn't that big actually, but it wasn't small either. At this point the cave could accommodate a group of twenty to thirty disciples, quite spacious in Jim's opinion.
But it was so tiny compared to the large ball of golden light that started to envelope him next.
"Amazing!" Jim muttered in surprise while watching the sturdy looking walls of the cave getting crushed under his golden light. The walls simply vanished like they weren't there and the golden orb enveloping him got enlarged to reach a radius of one hundred meters.
And Jim stood in the middle, facing those enemies of his like a god gazing at ants.
"Die!"
He didn't wait for them to react as he simply waved his sword. It was a simple slash that he tried to test his powers on, however just waving it consumed all his powers and let the orb dim before vanishing.
And his body crashed again on the rocky ground, making him feel extreme pain all over his muscles and bones.
"Only one hit!" he turned his head fast to see the result of that slash, "I hope it's enough."
Before him the slash he sent stopped midair for a couple of seconds. "What's going on?" he couldn't help but wonder, fearing the worst, fearing that the strike would fail.
'It's accumulating energy,' the old man said, 'just wait... nothing would stop in front of such a sword... nothing!'
Jim just waited another couple of seconds before the slash he sent turned like a shining star. Once it did, it moved in fast motion, like a ray of light to cover everything inside the cave and enlighten it.
But it didn't stop there. The ray of light continued outside the cave and Jim lost track of it.
"I hope this won't bring more trouble," he said with extreme difficulty, "I doubt I can pull such a beautiful attack again in my life."
'Don't say that, you'll have your chances again,' the old man laughed while Jim watched the entire world turning into a golden color.
The enemies stopped moving, all paused like time stopped at their end.
"Are they dead?" Jim slowly asked, "or should i go there and kill them?"
'All they need is... a blow of wind,' the old man mysteriously said.
"What?"
'Just wait.'
Jim didn't get the meaning of his old man before a sudden gust of wind came from the outside world. In front of his eyes the entire cave entrance that was stained in gold now started to turn into specks of golden sand.
And the next moment he could see the entrance became wider, exposing more to the outer world, before it finally vanished.
That didn't happen only at the entrance. The walls, the ground, the ceiling, even the monsters and dark hunters... all were blown into golden specks of sand the moment that blow of wind came from the outside world.
"Isn't it... beautiful?!!" Jim was mesmerized by what he was seeing. To him this was magic, the real magic he should wield all the time.
'Hahaha, I bet you want to do it again now,' the old man laughed.
"I bet you are right," Jim slowly nodded before turning to gaze at his sword and hands. "Can I do it? Can I have such power once more?" he couldn't help but ask.
'I told you, many chances will come and you'll be able to have even more power than that.'
"I'm satisfied with this," Jim bitterly smiled before turning to gaze all over the place.
The old cave seemed to get renovated. The entrance was gone. The walls were gone. Even the ceiling was gone and now the only thing remained was a deep groove on the ground taking the shape of a semicircle, a shape of his thick ray of golden light.
And the part of the cave lying in front of him ceased to exist anymore.
"So this is the new cave?" he turned to his back while feeling the gold sand hitting his face with the fresh air and cold wind, "This is my doing?"
'Don't get cocky yet,' the old man laughed, 'you have a long way ahead of you.'
"I know," Jim slowly muttered before clenching his two fists, "I know... I will do my best to regain that awesome feeling and amazing power once more."