A fortress formed by the destruction of civilization …
To most civilizations, it was just a legend, and few creatures had seen its true form. But in Midgard, the Guardian Research Institute had done much research on the 'fortress'.
It was a complex thing, usually in the form of a black liquid that lurked in the underground environment. When there was a need, it would emerge from the ground and rapidly form a large, complete form, quickly making judgments about the current state of civilization, and at the same time begin to produce a suitable army.
The army was usually made up of local substances and creatures. There were usually many types, and it mainly had the ability to counter the current civilization's army.
It would keep producing until it believed that it could destroy all civilizations that should be destroyed. It would then return to its liquid form and return to the ground, only appearing the next time a civilization was about to be destroyed.
There were still many mysteries about the 'fortress formed by the army' because no one had tried to investigate it inside. What was confirmed was that it was made up of substances that came from the solidified Void, but it was still uncertain if it was a creature or part of Midgard's organs.
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"Now that it has been contaminated, it might do something unpredictable. Before that happens, we have to destroy it!"
"Got it …"
The Hero was now flying over a forest of stone pillars. Its' subordinates' — the cultivators — stood on the pillars and looked in the same direction.
In front of them was a huge black mass made up of the 'mud' that gushed out of the cracks in the ground.
The boxes that the demons had carried had all been … swallowed by the black mass, and were now probably somewhere inside.
Although the Hero had blown up some of the boxes before they were completely swallowed, it did not completely destroy them. Now, it seemed that it would not be easy to get rid of those boxes.
The black blob had expanded to a diameter of more than 60 meters, and it was still growing. However, according to the information he heard from the Scholar, it still had a long way to go before it reached the size of a few kilometers.
The Hero believed that it could be destroyed before that.
Boom!
Suddenly, the Hero heard a sound. The seemingly smooth surface of the black mass suddenly surged like the surface of a rainstorm. Large amounts of black, mud-like substance splashed out from its surface and landed in the surrounding stone pillars.
"What is this?" Just as Hero had this question, he noticed that the splattered mud was moving. Some of them grew limbs, while others turned into tentacles and crawled on the ground.
"Those should be temporary products." The Scholar's voice rang out. "These could be the army that was originally intended to be created. However, when they realized that they had been contaminated, they began to create them without making any judgment. That's why they created these … deformed things."
"Really? Then there's no need to worry about it. "The Hero shouted," Everyone, attack! "
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!" The cultivators immediately shouted. They jumped on the stone pillars and pounced on the surface of the black object. They used their swords to slash at it.
However, this object, which was originally made of black mud, was now extremely hard. The sound of a sword hitting a hard object could be heard continuously, but it was unable to cause any damage to it.
"Didn't I tell you!" Hero shouted. "Don't use your sword to cut it. Use that … inner energy to blow it up!"
"Yes! We'll use it immediately! " The cultivators reacted immediately. They pressed their hands on the surface of the black object and shouted, "Wahhhh!"
After that, they immediately jumped back. However, their gauntlets were still stuck to the surface of the black object. After all the cultivators jumped back, a series of explosions rang out around the black object. A powerful shockwave instantly blew away all the cultivators who had jumped away.
"Oh, oh, oh! Our inner energy is so powerful! " Even if they were blown away and fell to the ground, the cultivators did not mind at all. They climbed back up and cheered excitedly.
"…" Hero did not say anything. He stared closely at the smoke and dust produced by the explosion. These cultivators' … inner energy. In the description, it meant that the cultivators focused their mind and body on their hands and guided all the energy in their body to gather. Finally, they took off their gauntlets and jumped away. This energy would remain in the gauntlets and release unparalleled power.
In reality, the gauntlets worn by the cultivators themselves were explosive bombs.
After the smoke and dust from the explosion dispersed, a large number of cracks appeared on the surface of the black object. It seemed that the explosion had caused quite a bit of damage to it. From these cracks, black mud poured out like spring water.
"Very good … We'll use this next." Hero raised the giant sword in his hand and threw it at one of the larger cracks.
The flying sword hit its target instantly. The entire sword sank into the crack of the black object. Then …
There was no sound.
"…" Hero stared closely at the crack and did not say anything. The surrounding cultivators kept exclaiming. "Did it gather its inner energy on the sword? This is too powerful. When will we be able to cultivate to this level? But it doesn't seem to have any reaction … "
Boom!!! Suddenly, there was a violent rumble that shook the earth. The huge black object was like … a volcano. Its top suddenly exploded. Countless black substances poured out like lava and fell like raindrops.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!" In the middle of the black rainstorm, the cultivation creatures once again burst into loud cheers. They had worshipped the hero from the very beginning, even though the hero didn't know why. But now, their worship seemed to have reached its peak. Because of their excitement, they were shouting crazily.
However, some of the cheers suddenly became … strange.
"Ah!" When the Hero heard the screams, it turned its head and saw a few cultivators screaming as they fell to the bottom of the stone pillar. The culprit was on the stone pillar.
It was a black object with a large number of limbs. It looked like a deformed monster. The ends of some of the limbs were sharp. Through this … it had pierced through the cultivators.
Moreover, there was more than one of these things. There were many of them on the ground and they started to climb up the pillar.
However, Hero felt that they were not the main problem. The main problem was … that huge black object.
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