Chapter 284 - Arrow Of Extermination
The trio went towards the front, the remaining thirty stars with many Dorfis strongholds inside and around.
The first star was surrounded by three green stars forming a shape of a triangle around the first red star. For Arthur, he knew it was more logical to exterminate one stronghold after another, especially when he knew most of the warriors and mages inside were now moved to stations around the middle pillar.
But he didn't have time to do that!
He first needed to exterminate all the pillars, then his greed would lead him to attack some left out, unguarded posts.
"Be ready," he muttered before taking out the bow and simple arrows hung around his shoulder.
"Wow, this bow… it's amazing!" Sara muttered but Tina didn't stop even to glance at the bow, asking herself what was so amazing about a piece of wood and leather?
And the next moment, the trio entered the portal.
"That's quite unexpected!" Tina complained as the moment they went outside of the portal, they found no warehouse as it was all demolished.
Instead they found themselves in the open land, surrounded by a large and strong array. Arthur examined the array silently before shaking his head. "They are using a trapping plus illusion array, do they think I didn't come well prepared for them?"
The two girls turned to glance at him while he took one of his recently made arrows, as he muttered, "let's see if you worth the trouble of making," then he took the shot.
He didn't need to aim at anything, as he raised his arms with the bow stretched at his maximum limit, before releasing the arrow. The arrow was long, with a long and sharp tapering end.
Anyone who saw this arrow had a tinge of fear inside their souls, especially those belonging to the dark side.
The arrow moved like a thunderbolt, hitting the illusion all around them, creating a loud sizzling sound, followed by a strange heavy silence.
It hit the dome of the arrays up above!
"I feel like… the arrow of destruction array, but much stronger," Sara shokingly muttered these stuttering words while there was no other sound heard around.
Even her own vanished, smashed under the heaviness and tension originated from this arrow.
And the next moment…
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Frankly Arthur expected it to be like the arrow of destruction he once used, but when he saw the explosive effect of this arrow, he knew it was much higher than that old array!
The dome started to crack, with long and interlinked fissures that kept increasing on an alarming rate. The gaps between these cracks, the force that caused these fissures showed a pure red, extremely violent long tongues of fire.
And when the whole dome shattered, the real attack started!
Shock waves appeared, one after another, all started from the outer surface of the cracked arrays, spreading to the horizon…everywhere!
The attack was like pulsations, like a heart beating one beat after another, with a rhythm and such a deadly force that impacted everything, exterminated everyone, gave no exception to none!
And the trio were standing in the heart of all this, watching this horrifying scene with their own eyes, without believing that was really happening.
"W- W- What is that arrow exactly?" Sara, after a long time of silence and fear, asked with much shock, stuttering in her words.
"I call it…" Arthur paused as the next moment his sound was eaten away by the mighty explosion that carved the end of this arrow attack… as a strange creature built out of fire appeared.
A dragon head, wings, claws, and tail with the body of a bronzed giant! The two mixed together in a strange way that made even Arthur silenced and stupefied!
"Roar!"
That creature just roared, and its roar seemed to consume all its energy, eating it from inside out until it all vanished, and the fire died down.
But the devastation it caused, especially that last attack, didn't let anything live in this pocket world! not humans, not monsters, not even the black trees and plants!
All were killed, exterminated, all except the trio and the pillar standing arrogantly in the distance.
"I call it the arrow of extermination!" Arthur finally said it, naming this arrow of his, feeling the sweet pleasure of being so mighty, or having such a mighty weapon.
"It's really…" Tina muttered, as she stuttered and paused for a brief moment, "a very suited name for such a level of extermination!"
"Let's go, I will take the pillar and you two keep your guards up," Arthur then hid the bow, turned into a dragon before heading directly towards the pillar.
Away from his own roars and flapping wings, the whole world was silent, and this time it was literally dead silent.
He went directly towards the pillar where he found it still enjoying the attack, gathering around it a small bubble of the attack devastational energy.
Arthur stood in front of the pillar looking at it in daze, as this was the first time he met such a condition of the pillars. As he was dazed, and the two girls were just about to reach him, two things happened.
A loud sound came from distance, from the direction of the portal linking to here. "So they are so eager to stop me, trying to use distant attacks? Silly!" he muttered as he noticed the presence of many random arrows heading everywhere, attacking mainly the direction of the portal he came from.
But he didn't care as before he could think of a way to solve this pillar problem, it was solved on its own!
"Great fight lad, I really enjoyed seeing the arrow being triggered and the whole armies of these dark folks being barbecued!"
The sound of the venerable master came, as his two eyes appeared above the pillar, completely stagnating everything. "Now come and take the pillar and leave, and I will stay to hold all these useless attacks. You shouldn't waste your time or energy here lad," the master added as he freed Arthur and the two girls from the paralyzing energy while Arthur cupped his hands and respectively said:
"Thanks master, I will keep working hard."
"I have great faith in you to do so, and many are now watching you; enemies before friends so don't slack and always push against time."
"I promise!"