Epic Of The Demonic Sage

"Tomorrow night again?" Kiana asked uncertainly as she looked at the sleeping Plow Worm.

Unlike the incident with the other transformation that occurred, she could see that nothing of that sort had happened.

It made Kiana rather uneasy, almost waiting for it to react like the others had did, but it did not happen.

"Yes. Same thing as tomorrow. Thank you for watching over me, Gellor and company. We'll proceed with the same thing as tomorrow." Lucius nodded over to the mercenary group.

"Of course, Lord Asher!"

"For now, I will be taking my rest." Lucius bade the people goodnight before he went over to his tent. He did not immediately went back to rest and instead went over to meditate.

Lucius needed to accumulate Hell Energy again and at a pace far more abrupt than before, although it wouldn't pose a problem for him, even with the lack of any Lost anywhere.

However, he couldn't help but still think if he did.

'Hmmm… if I had known that it would take much more Hell Energy than the others, even with my preparations, I would have at least brought the Lost Bore Shrew with me.'

Lucius could store extra Hell Energy in his Lost, so it would have been far more easier if he brought the remaining Bore Shrew with him.

'In the occasion that I do this again with creatures of this gargantuan size, then I'll be far more prepared. But for now, let's gather Hell Energy again.'

***

The next night came and it was similar to last night for Lucius. While Kiana, Gellor and his company watched above at a safe territory, he came up to the Plow Worm and injected it with Hell Energy, this time filling it up with every amount he had accumulated since last night.

'I wonder if this amount is enough, or will I need to return back here tomorrow night again…' Lucius didn't finish his thoughts.

The Plow Worm's head suddenly reared up and it let out an unnatural screech. Lucius recoiled at once and immediately ran back away from the rune beast, meanwhile it started to wreak havoc.

Its sudden chaotic movements created trouble for Lucius as he ran. The path beneath his feet suddenly crumbled and gave away quickly. Lucius tried to step away and swerved to avoid the Plow Worm's destruction of his path and failed.

It wasn't something that one could step away from easily as the radius of the Plow Worm's devastation wreaked everywhere.

Fortunately, Albus arrived at the last possible moment and caught Lucius before he fell into the ravine.

"Lord Asher!" Albus cried out and grabbed him by the arms, and then quickly started to step back from the crumbling dirt.

The land beneath them was still heavily unstable and even for Albus, it was something that his crane legs couldn't handle alone, especially when Lucius was being supported.

"Hold on tight, Lord Asher." Albus said.

Lucius didn't need to ask as the air around them suddenly spun and grew stronger. As the ground cracked beneath them, Albus and Lucius were propelled into the air.

The two men reached the watch camp, both landing on their feet.

"Asher!" Kiana rushed towards him in worry. She knew that this had been about to happen sooner or later and would have gone down herself, but luckily, Albus and Barty were quick enough to think on their feet and saved him.

"We were successful." Lucius said with a chuckle. While taken aback by the sudden reaction of the Plow Worm and narrowly escaping, he was more pleased with how things turned out. "Great job, Albus and Barty. You've both done well."

"It was an honor to serve you, Lord Asher." Both men bowed respectfully to the young lord and then collapsed to the ground.

Both of them might have saved Lord Asher, but the adrenaline washed over their body and they had been quite nervous about how things would have ended up if there was even one misstep in their acts.

"You should rest now, Asher." Kiana scolded Lucius as she tried to bring him back to the camp, but Lucius held up a hand and watched over how the Plow Worm was reacting to the sudden inject of Hell Energy.

'This time, it had finally felt it.' Lucius thought as it continued to crack the land furiously, the once docile Plow Worm acting in such a way that shocked Gellor and his team.

"How did it get so angry? Lord Asher didn't do anything to it except touch it." Ariana wondered.

"Look at that, it's running away. Hah." Albus wiped the sweat off his brow and pointed down at the rune beast.

It didn't take too long, but the giant Plow Worm finally ended its chaos and dug deep into the ground, burying itself away from the sight of the others.

The other two Plow Worms that Gellor's mercenary team had named before reacted to the actions of their old company with dread and fear, they had ran away and fled the area.

"Lord Asher… did things turn out alright?" Gellor carefully approached Lucius and eyed the disappearing Plow Worm. "The one that you've interacted with is now running away, should we do something about it? We could attempt to stop it from its tracks."

The truth was that it was something difficult, even for Gellor and his team, but if Lord Asher demanded it of them then they would find a way to do so.

"It's fine. You do not have to worry about it any longer."

"What will we be doing next, Lord Asher?"

"For now, we will be staying here for a while."

Lucius told Gellor before he glanced down at the earth. He couldn't see the Plow Worm any longer, but he didn't need to.

Lucius felt the Hell Energy was now working within the Plow Worm and the link between him and his soon to be Lost was now forming.

"Alright, Kiana, I'll finally be resting now." Lucius said, much to the relief of the woman.

"Thank you, Asher." Kiana said.

All Lucius needed to do for now was wait.