“What is my name?”
The now living Lion Monstrosity stuck it’s head toward Weed as it asked. The Lion Monstrosity was similar in size to the tall Pyramid. It’s body was that of a lion but it’s head was a close resemblance to the previous king Theodrin.
“Your name is Sphinx.”
“It does not matter if my name is Sphinx. I have no plans to be loyal to a master who knows nothing of honor.”
The Sphinx had a strong tendency to it’s own identity and independence, and did not think highly of Weed as it’s master.
Weed had no plans to fight such matters right now.
“Let’s sort this problem out when we have time. Right now, we fight.”
“The sea I desired.”
The Sphinx gave a bellow as it jumped into the water. It crunched the Dark Priests being swept away by the fast torrent with it’s mouth and crushed them with it’s forelimbs.
“Destroy that lion!”
“The culprit Weed is over there. We must sacrifice Weed as an offering!”
The Embinyu Priests rode upon the swimming Demons. But some of them were swept away by the torrent or disappeared under whirlpools. The Embinyu Priests were in complete disarray and under the mercy of the overflowing river current.
The Sphinx, which was the same size as a large building, splashed around the river and preyed upon the Embinyu forces.
“Twenty. Twenty one. Twenty two.”
Weed armed himself with the High Elf Yurika bow and shot at the floating Demons. Seo Yoon and Torido stabbed at the Demons clinging onto the Pyramid. The great flood was sweeping away the Embinyu forces.
Grooooar!
The stroke of lightnings briefly showed Weed’s figure on top of the Pyramid. It showed the appearance of Weed, taking aim with his bow while being pelted by rain. Weed, fighting under the darkness with occasional light created an awesome scene.
Weed continuously shot arrows, this time changing his target to the Embinyu Priests. It was much more profitable to target the Priests which gave more experience than the harder to kill Demons. But the good times were quickly passing by.
The effect of the Great Disaster Nature Sculpting was slowly receding and the rain was stopping. But the water level around the Pyramid was still rising and the torrents were becoming more violent.
“With this much, I have done what I could.”
Weed was not satisfied with the amount of Embinyu Priest he farmed but felt that it was time to leave. The number of Embinyu forces had decreased significantly due to the siege in Serabourg Citadel and the flood. But if they stayed here any longer, there was a real possibility that the remaining forces would engage themselves fully.
Even Seo Yoon was spent, as she fought against the Demons alone.
“We should have bought enough time for the refugees.”
It would take significant time for the Embinyu forces to reorganize themselve to chase after the refugees. A large number of Cultists and Demons were cast adrift to the lower reaches of the Arud River. Even if not many of them perished, the backwash was great.
In a war between Kingdoms, the Great Disaster Nature Sculpting would cause unimaginable havoc. The only small side effect was that the skill didn’t distinguish between enemies and allies.
“Sphinx, time to go.”
“I want to keep on fighting.”
“The enemies are reorganizing themselves. We need to escape now before it becomes impossible to escape.”
Head Priest Belloni and his personal forces, the giant Demons that were scattered by the flood. When the disaster ended, they would recover and come in full force. It was wise to hurry out of where they were, when considering the kind of enemies coming after them
“I do not wish to depart from this place.”
“Why?”
“I have to protect this place. I will protect king Theodrin’s tomb till the end.”
"......."
The Sphinx chose the Pyramid over life.
A side effect of bestowing life on a sculpture! When it was a sculpture, it was meantassigned to protect the Pyramid. It was the symbol of the king’s majesty. After being bestowed with life, the Lifeform did not forget it’s duty and had planned to fight the Embinyu forces till it’s last breath.
“You will die if you stay. This precious life you received, is it not a waste to throw it away?”
“There is a meaning behind protecting what you have to protect.”
“Even then, come with me. If you do, I will prepare meat for you everyday and give two days breaks every year.”
But of course, there was no way he would keepcould guarantee his promise!
“I have already chosen my path. Go, I will protect this place.”
At the Sphinx’s faithful declaration, Weed’s eyes became wrinkled and wet.
‘It’s good that the rain didn’t stop yet. It can hide my tears.’