Free Web NovelChapter 42: Warden of the Storm Path
"Voltrax."
The next moment, everyone saw the Faceless Titan’s blank face begin to distort.
Its smooth white surface cracked apart as though something beneath it was forcing its way out.
Jagged horn-like protrusions emerged from the sides and back of its head.
Blue lightning instantly erupted between them.
The featureless face vanished.
In its place appeared a face carved from dark storm-forged metal.
Two blazing blue-white eyes opened.
CRACKKKK!
Arcs of lightning exploded from its body as the transformation rapidly spread downward.
The white body of the Faceless Titan shattered apart like a discarded shell.
In its place stood a fifteen-foot giant.
Dark metallic armour-like skin covered his body.
Six jagged thunder spines rose from his back.
Rivers of lightning flowed through countless glowing channels across his frame.
Every breath released sparks. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Every movement caused thunder to rumble.
The Thunder Titan had arrived.
"What the hell is this?"
One assassin muttered with a horrified expression, as everyone also thought the same.
When they finally thought it was over, then Luke’s armour began to change as well.
The smooth white surface of Nullex cracked apart.
Blue lightning surged through countless fractures spreading across the armour.
The pristine white shell rapidly darkened into a deep storm-metal colour.
New plates emerged around Luke’s shoulders, chest, and forearms.
Jagged lightning-shaped patterns spread throughout the armour as glowing blue currents flowed beneath its surface.
Several thunder-spines rose from Luke’s back, connecting directly to the horn-like conductors growing from Luke’s head.
Arcs of lightning constantly danced between them.
Within seconds, Nullex had completely transformed.
The Faceless Regalia was gone.
In its place stood a suit of living thunder armour.
As the transformation completed, I checked myself a little and got surprised. "So, this is the power of unknown manifestation, because I can feel that using the lightning ability will now be easier."
After that I took a step and disappeared.
BOMMM!
The ground exploded where I was before because my body moved so fast, almost comparable to the speed of lightning.
"What-"
The other assassin didn’t get a chance to finish their sentences, as a blue sickle crackling with thunder has cut down everyone’s heads except the assassin who is near Aurielle.
"This is good."
I muttered as I observed the new thunder sickle, which Nullex created during a mid-sprint.
"How?"
The silver assassin in the distance got confused, even though he is not helpless like other people because he can at least see the blur, but still.
"How can he gain that much power?"
"Because of this power, did he kill Darius Ashenford?"
The silver assassin got confused and then shook his head. "No, it’s not enough. On the Silver Knight stage, one can learn combat arts, which make them comparable to Origin skill users, even though on a lower level."
The more he thought, the more he became confused; then he saw the giant thunder titan cut off both the hands of the bronze assassin who touched Aurielle earlier and threw him to the side like discarded waste.
Then he turned towards me, and our eyes met.
And the next instant he instantly appeared in front of me with lightning speed.
"Quick cut"
The silver assassin hastily summoned his Aether to coat his body and used his combat art instantly, but then something amazing happened, as his sword was about to meet with the thunder titan’s sickle, an elongated blade extended from the edge of the sickle, and it deflected the trajectory of the sword, which made his pupils so large because he knew he messed up, while Sickle still followed the path and with one swift motion cut through the silver Aether-coated hand.
BOOM!
As his sword missed and hit the ground, it exploded the terrain, but he didn’t cry in pain even as his hand was cut the next moment.
Crackle.
But the place where the sickle cut his hand, a small lightning bolt appeared, and then it spread to his whole body, as if it were lightning running on his body and wrapping him.
"Ughh."
The silver assassin grunted in pain, On which I didn’t pause even for a second, as one minute timer was still running, so I attacked him again, but suddenly my weapon changed to a spear.
"Nullex is in a playful mood."
I thought while hastily changing my motion from slashing to piercing.
The assassin’s eyes widened because he didn’t expect his body to be paralysed by the earlier attack, or he would have atleast dodged.
But it’s too late, and there is no medicine for regret.
BOOOM!
The thunder spear pierced through most of his stomach due to its enormous size. Then Luke channelled lightning into the spear, causing violent arcs of electricity to surge through the assassin’s body as it began disintegrating his remaining flesh and bones.
Finally, after a moment, he turns into ash along with his sword, and only a spatial ring is left in its place.
I check the timer, as there are still 10s left in the one-minute duration, but I still return back to my normal form.
As my Nullex also disappeared into white particles.
Then I picked up the spatial ring and summoned some clothes to cover myself before checking its contents.
"No money. Only a note and a few items that seem to be poison."
I shook my head in disappointment before storing everything inside it and placed it on my index ring.
The whole battlefield becomes silent, as the assassins are already dead and the knights don’t dare to say anything without their master’s order.
While the assassin whose hands were cut off is also stopped his pained voice because he got too shocked as he saw a first-stage iron knight killing a third-stage silver knight for the very first time.
I turned towards everyone and began walking forward. Even though I could feel exhaustion weighing heavily on my body from the continuous use of my Third Form, I couldn’t bear to see my wife in such a condition.
As I approached Aurielle, I bent down and gently picked her up, having already destroyed all the chains that had bound her.
Aurielle paused slightly on this, and then she asked.
"Are you okay?"
I stopped on this but still held her in a princess carry, and then I looked at her beautiful face, even though her face got some dirt, but I didn’t care.
"Yes."
I smiled at her and gently kissed her forehead. After hearing my words, she finally closed her eyes and fell asleep, no longer able to resist the exhaustion weighing on her body.
I smiled seeing that she finally relaxed, and then I turned around, and my expression turned cold.
There, the bronze assassin was still lying quietly without his hand and was looking down because he didn’t want to face that monster.
Then I looked towards other knights; even though some are heavily injured, none of them are dead.
"Bind him behind the horses with ropes and drag him."
I spoke to everyone. Upon hearing my words, the knight with a Spirit Owl standing behind him stepped forward. Placing a fist against his chest, he bowed respectfully and said,
"Yes, Master."
The Bronze assassin’s expression turned ugly when he heard those words, but he remained lying quietly on the ground.
I nodded slightly and thought,
"It seems his transformation is something special."
[Chapter End.]
