Humanity Return

Ch. 141 – Stone Black

Mountain Crawler did not use further ado and immediately raised his body as high as possible, intending to smash his mouth into the stone floor and dig to run away from the place.

“Oh, shit!”

Seeing that movement, Leinn and Rufus immediately kicked with the ground firmly and slid towards him.

The bham!

The Mountain Crawler's head went straight into the rock's surface very quickly, flying the stone fragments in all directions. His five-meter body began to wriggle vigorously to speed up his excavation.

“Clear Sky Style”

Rufus immediately kicked to the side after seeing Leinn had already reached the Beast earlier than him, letting Leinn who was still not into the range of the slash usually draw out his sword.

[Moving Cloud!]

A sideways slash with a force greater than before shot out and struck the huge body, splitting it perfectly.

Booms!

The three-meter body fell down and raised thick dust into the surroundings. Leinn who had just landed back on the ground instantly realized the surrounding tremors had still not stopped, then immediately understood what had happened.

“Damn it!”

And without a doubt, directly jump into the hole on the surface of the newly created stone.

“Ruff!”

Rufus also immediately caught up with him and the two of them disappeared from that place.

...

“...”

Lightning sparks leapt from the eyes and the blond-haired young man who was standing while folding his hands, with five identical swords that could be seen stuck on the ground behind him.

That young man, Roland could feel the tremors in his legs that started to grow stronger with time, like a sign of what was coming next. He also turned his attention away from the stone mountain in front of him and looked to the side.

From where he stood, he could see a group of people who had already gathered outside the city walls and started to move away quickly, seemingly also able to sense what he was currently feeling.

This vibration could not possibly be generated by just a few or even dozens of ordinary Mountain Crawlers...

“Hm..”

The streams of lightning on the ground that Roland was on also started to burn brighter and brighter along with his five swords, until it affected the lightning that was leaping from the feather of the golden bird that was standing not far from him.

“Caw”

...

Booms!

A two-meter-long Mountain Crawler exploded out of the stone wall and instantly fell to the ground, motionless.

“Whheh”

From the same hole came out a young man who was already covered in thick dust with a small wolf with gray fur.

“Ruff...!”

Rufus began to shake his body vigorously and flew away all the dust that stuck to his fur, returning his original white color.

“Hup”

Leinn pulled out his sword that was still stuck in the worm's body and a burst of brown Mana appeared instantly and instantly spread in the air, leaving an almost round stone that shot out from the sword in Leinn's hand, leaving behind, it fell and broke into pieces on the ground.

“Hm..?”

But the biggest illumination came from a giant, eight-meter-high black rock that emits a bright red glow from cracks on its surface, with a rhythm that follows the beating of the human heart.

“Ruff?”

Leinn looked at Rufus for a moment before turning to the hole where they had appeared and recalling the last ten minutes, which was a little dangerous even for him. Following the Mountain Crawler was not a difficult thing with Leinn's not small speed.

The problem was that just before Leinn could deliver the ultimate attack, another Mountain Crawler had already appeared and attacked the two of them. The narrow passageway made Rufus unable to return to his original size and severely limited the choice of movement of the two of them.

“Good..”.

Leinn stretched out his right hand towards the passageway that was already not connected to where they first entered and let out a long sigh, followed by the appearance of a large amount of purple mist from there that was instantly sucked into his hand.

“Hmph!”

That then exploded and enveloped his body and Rufus, forming a thin purple layer that obliterated almost all existences, even the sound of their footsteps.

Leinn then walked leisurely with Rufus to the center of the room regardless of the vibrations that seemed to be getting stronger along with the loss of their existence from there.

It only took a while for them to reach the center of that not-so-large room, in front of the tall black stone that was still emitting light slowly.

He began to pay attention to the stone for a while before finally showing an awkward smile.

“This... interesting?”

All the information he had shouted that the thing in front of him was the Mountain Crawler he was looking for, the Beast that was leaping over the barrier wall to Rank A. But his eyes showed that the thing in front of him, was not a living thing. At least, not something that has consciousness.

Rumbles...!

Leinn woke up from his daydream and realized the little extra time he had made with his technique was running out, making him make his next move.

“...”

Leinn looked up and down at the stone in front of him for two seconds and knew instantly that with his current weapon, he would not be able to cut the stone in front of him with a single slash.

If he failed to finish off the Beast in front of him in one strike, the next possibility was that he would be surrounded by dozens or perhaps dozens of Mountain Crawlers in this cramped place.

So the next plan immediately formed, Leinn began to look around and found quite a number of holes that formed passageways, the result of the Mountain Crawler excavation that seemed to be in and out of this place quite often.

“Rufus”

The white wolf who was looking at the boulder in front of him immediately turned its head after hearing his name called, then immediately realized what Leinn meant and started running around the room, then, to the front of all the holes around it.

It happened for a while, until when Rufus suddenly stopped moving in one hole that was wide enough and started sniffing more seriously. After feeling certain of what he found, Rufus immediately turned his head and nodded his head at Leinn who was still looking at him.

“Woof!”

“OK”

Leinn's right hand immediately slid and touched the black stone surface in front of him. Before the stone can show any reaction...

“Hmph!”

Leinn's two eyes instantly emitted a bright purple radiance along with his right hand that shot out a sea of Purple Mana that instantly seeped into the boulder through the cracks on its surface.

Whooo

The humming sound of the rock in front of him instantly stopped just like that

GROAAAR...!

...replaced with a very savage roar.