BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 40 – The Great Treasure of the Moon People

Chapter 40: Chapter 40 – The Great Treasure of the Moon People

Everyone’s eyes turned toward the insect swarm that launched with insane speed toward the forest..

No one knew what was happening.. no one felt anything.. they all stood in surprise..

"Maybe... they fled from the dawn?" Jo muttered as if he didn’t realize what he was saying..

"Youuuuu fool..!" Lois screamed and pointed toward the tower.. "Look at the Princess..!"

From atop the tower.. something else began to happen..

A giant circle of yellow light.. began to form.. and beneath it..

Monali raised both her hands as if she were carrying that massive circle..

From between Monali’s hands, something similar to black steam began to leak.. heading toward that circle.. and feeding it to increase its size..

The circle was growing in size.. while the darkness insects, finally.. were close to the forest..

"Gather here.. quickly!" the Rock soldier leader shouted..

While some thought the insects were fleeing.. others remembered well what Monali had screamed.. "A powerful monster is coming"

The sentence was carved into all their minds while gazes scattered between Monali and her magical circle, and the forest..

Suddenly ...

A lethal silence fell ...

"The insects have stopped their noise" someone muttered.. while anxiety increased instead of calmness..

The forest was completely quiet.. with no trace of any coming monster..

Then suddenly ..

From nowhere ..

Sounds of thunder began without a trace of lightning ....

Then ...

Everyone’s eyes widened at the edge of the forest.. at that moment..

The insect swarm reached that same spot..

Blue lightning threads began to appear before everyone from nowhere.. without a sound

Then they increased.. and increased.. until..

The thunder roared again and at the same moment the lightning threads struck the ground violently...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM ...

A massive explosion ...

The dust surged like a blooming flower toward the top of the sky..

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...

The sound of the underworld insects roared again..

Their colored wings turned into black masses resembling blades..

Then.. they surged like lethal arrows toward the explosion site..

BOOM ... BOOM ... BOOM

Explosions roared consecutively... but the loudest sound everyone heard.. was not those explosions..

Rather, it was Princess Monali’s scream...

AAAAAAAAAAAHHH

Everyone was busy watching the explosions.. but no one noticed what was happening at the top of the tower..

The Princess was lying on her knees gasping

. while from above her, the massive light mass launched..

And headed directly toward the explosions...

In a moment.. the light mass reached above the place.. then..

Monali raised her hand.. and brought it down violently toward the bottom..

At that moment, the yellow light circle descended like a glowing moon toward the ground..

Then ...

It was the moment the dust finally vanished...

And it was the moment the light mass stopped at a certain height..

Beneath it ...

Was a scene that made everyone’s eyes flinch..

A crater the size of a large stadium ...

In its center ..

Settled a massive creature ...

Its face was formless.. only a desolate void in which four crimson eyes sank.. standing motionless as if looking toward the heart of the world..

It did not have a body in the sense known to living creatures,

But a tangled mass of rotting black wood, twisted roots clung to each other to create a form closer to something rejected by nature..

Its limbs extended long and slender, bending at unnatural angles, and ending in hooked claws that carved their mark into the ground like unbreakable stakes..

From between the cracks of its massive body ..

Thin threads emerged, like exposed nerves or remnants of old nets,

moving with the cold air as if they were alive,

Feeling the way before it decided to advance.

Suddenly ..

When it opened its mouth,

No roar was heard,

The darkness only split to reveal rows of broken thorns,

A mouth that knows no screaming... it only knows eating.

From above it... the insect swarm was attacking with all ferocity..

Every strike was a thousand insects pouncing like a spear toward it..

Suddenly ...

It raised one of its claws ..

BOOOOOM ....

No one witnessed what happened ...

Only ....

More than a thousand insects ...

Evaporated in a moment ...

And then ... everyone witnessed the coming horror..

Hours of planning and fighting to repel waves that move without any reaction ...

Then suddenly.. one claw out of eight.. moved in an instant ...

And toppled a wave of a thousand attacking insects ...

Before that might, everyone stood motionless ...

Except for her ...

The acting leader of the village ..

Monali stood up again heavily..

and raised her hands again..

and brought them down with force..

Then ....

The wave of light descended violently over the dark monster ...

Suddenly ....

The monster raised its head for the first time ..

And it appeared as if the crimson red light from its eyes increased in radiance..

The yellow light stopped suddenly.. and Monali fell again with fatigue..

But she did not collapse.. she stood again and raised her hands.. and screamed violently summoning her massive resolve..

The massive yellow light descended a little.. then

The monster’s eyes increased in radiance and stopped it harshly..

From atop the tower.. the Princess spat blood

Then she raised her hands again and tried..

Everyone watched the scene..

Words were not important at that moment.. but they encouraged with all their thoughts..

Inside each one of the other leaders and even the soldiers.. one idea was rooted ..

Helping ...

A step, then another.. then Lois’s steps accelerated before everyone..

She did not allow herself to stand as a spectator..

While one of her friends was spitting blood to help..

She ran and ran and ran.. until she arrived

She raised her fully charged black glove and jumped...

"Damn you!" she screamed then...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM ..

A massive explosion roared again in the middle of the dark monster’s face...

"Well done...." Suman did not finish his sentence..

Until the scale of damage was revealed ...

"Nothing.. "

"Are you kidding me?"

Lois muttered then retreated several steps.. before she fell..

Suddenly.. one of the monster’s eyes.. moved

Then ..

It pierced Lois’s eyes..

"You bastar-". Suddenly ...

A new claw... launched toward Lois ..

"Dammit!" Jo screamed.. and stood before her

BOOOOOM ...

"What have you done... " Lois’s eyes narrowed in shock..

Before her eyes ..

The claw pierced Jo’s stomach and left a deep hole... then the monster threw Jo away like a piece of worn-out wood..

"AAAAAAAAAHH!" Lois screamed madly.. witnessing Jo’s body being propelled away..

She jumped without feeling..

raised her black glove and screamed..

"Damn it.. damn you!"

She delivered dozens of strikes quickly toward the monster’s claw..

With no effect ...

"You bastard!"

Suman screamed with exhaustion..

Then he summoned his wolves with the last of his accumulation and joined his comrade...

On the side.. the ten fighters were running toward the total attack..

Near them, the feet of 30 Rock fighters were digging into the ground with a heavy tread and pouncing on the monster as well....

Near the monster’s eye.. the Rock soldier leader jumped and delivered a massive strike with his club...

The screams continued and the strikes followed...

Suddenly ....

4 thousand insects joined the fight ..

And attacked as well...

Massive waves pounced toward the dark monster.. and struck it violently..

In a moment.. the joint attacks were like rain..

Then ...

Suddenly ...

The monster lowered its head ..

And opened its mouth ...

Then ...

A massive scream..

And a severe shockwave ..

Toppled everyone back dozens of meters..

And while the monster’s head was down..

AAAAAAAAAAHH

The Princess’s voice roared loudly...

Her body was trembling from afar like a tree branch on the verge of breaking...

While her beautiful face was filled with blood mixed with sweat...

"Damn you" a faint smile.. settled on her in a moment..

In the next moment ..

The yellow light was striking the monster violently..

Wiping the floor with it and pinning it down..

With five massive light stakes..

surrounded by massive chains that encircled the dark monster..

Tens of meters away.. everyone’s eyes could not believe what they were seeing..

The massive monster that hadn’t moved an inch..

There it was, lying on the ground helpless and powerless under the beams of the powerful light stakes..

A spark of hope.. suddenly filled the hearts..

But the feeling of victory..

Soon dissipated again.. under the weight of a bitter loss..

Lois moved with acceleration despite her injury.. and reached Jo..

His eyes were fading..

The path of death.. was very close to him..

From behind her.. there was the shadow of a person.. who had come from afar..

Without speaking..

He drew his sword... then..

He stabbed Jo’s heart..

Lois’s gaze was completely frozen..

She barely had time to look back..

Until ...

She was on the verge of striking.... without knowing who the person was..

"Please wait, my lady.. "

She did not listen to him.. she raised her black glove..

"Please.. I did that to preserve his life!"

"Whaaat?" Lois said heavily..

At that same moment...

A loud scream echoed from afar..

The dark monster.. began to regain consciousness..

A step forward.. then..

SWOOOSH ...

The sound of chains rang out loudly... and firmly stopped the dark monster’s advance..

It moved its claws again.. but to no avail..

At that same moment...

Monali was in the open space near everyone..

Reeling with fatigue.. and trying with all her effort.. to speak..

"Everyone.. withdraw now!" then she vomited blood and fell violently to the ground..

Suman quickly extended his hand and caught her.. and muttered with anxiety:

"My lady.. you, what has happened to you?"

"Suman.. make everyone run.. it is..."

"What?"

"It is.... an Ancient Monster!"

"Whaaaaaat!" everyone screamed in surprise..

Monali pulled herself together..

she raised her head toward the monster that was trying desperately to break free from the chains..

Her deep eyes showed infinite hatred.. then she said:

"The nightmare of the Forgotten Moon.. it feeds on the energy of our people.... everyone must run!"