Ascension of the Nephilim



Emeros constantly ran as a Blitzer would and would use Force to push and stop himself on his charge. His movements were very unpredictable, and he never moved in a straight line.

The imps and gremlins could not keep up, and Emeros would always attack the most unexpected target in the circle.

Every attack he made on the Puks dealt nearly 200 damage unless Emeros aimed for the head or any other vital parts, which would double the damage he could make.

The Chort saw his platoon quickly being eliminated and charged in.

Emeros suddenly kicked the ground and let out his force to make a sudden sprint toward the Chort.

The Chort was surprised that Emeros aimed for him!

Emeros moaned through the Imps and Gremlins and made a quick slash.

SLASH!

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Damage Inflicted: 154

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The fast blades quickly cut and slid to the side as Emeros switched from making one cut and would dash low in the direction of removing the lodged sword and escaping.

The Chort roared as he attacked to block Emeros's escape, but Emeros reached ahead as the massive club of the Chort fell.

Emeros used [Pronto] to make his reaction times faster, and he pushed on the club and quickly shifted from a forward sprint and made a quick leap back as he made a spin.

His sword slashed out, and the tip of the sword swiped at the left eye of the Chort before cutting a Gremlin into two.

Emeros ran once more, tackled an imp, and pushed away from the Chort, who made a wild attack that brought down some of its allies.

The Puks and the other gremlins ran back to chase Emeros, who quickly moved through them.

FWIP! FWIP!

SLASH! SLASH!

Philip took out his bow kept shooting at the gremlins and imps with speed and great rhythm. These past days, his skill had increased and he was movements were more smooth.

The rest had run up ahead and began to make strong slashes.

Don raised his hand, gathered the power from a fire ore, and drew it out.

"Fire Ball!"

BANG!

A fireball shot out of his hands and shot towards a Puk and blew off its face.

"A mage?!" Perment shouted as he saw Don use magic.

"Impossible! How can he cast a spell like that?!" Perment couldn't understand how Don did it.

Wesret charged in and used quick stabs at the heads of the gremlins.

Serena's blades could cut through Imps and make wild swings like Emeros.

The Chort saw his allies being massacred and was about to give the orders to retreat.

But suddenly, Emeros appeared behind him as he made quick dashes when the Chort was distracted.

The sword of Emeros was glowing red as the fire ore slotted to it awakened the fire energy!

The Chort swung his weapon, but Emeros knew the Chort's attack happened too late. He kept pressing forward and swung his sword on the torso of the Chort.

BOOM!

A powerful flame erupted as the sword struck the Chort and caused the opened wounds to be burnt and burst out.

When the flames died out, the large burnt wound of the Chort was left at the torso of the Chort, and the Chort stumbled down.

The rest quickly rounded up the surviving beast and killed them all.

Perment was impressed with how strong the group was in just a few days.

The two slaves that followed had their mouths ajar at the scene.

Emeros began to touch the corpse of the Chort, and the energy was quickly drained.

Serena took a few weapons from the Puks, which were better weapons, and tossed them to the slaves.

"We move now!" Emeros drained the energy from a few more Puks and gremlins and ordered the team to move.

The group left as the commotion was heard.

More and more people tried to escape on the path where Perment and the rest left, but they were all cornered as the army of the Imp Demon Lord made a push towards the exit of the mines.

In the secret lair of Mage Rorcast, Emeros, and the group had finally arrived and hid.

Perment was amazed at the room. In the past days, Emeros had worked on his experiments, and it was now a lab full of rare ores, plants, fungal roots, mushrooms, and even the organs and parts of certain monsters.

"What happened?" Perment asked.

"This room is the house of Mage Rorcast." Emeros handed a book.

"He and four other mages were rivals who had unlocked the truth about this mine. They set out to find out the cause. This place is not where monsters pass from the different monster kingdoms outside this mountain range. I'm sure you've seen imp breeds you've never seen before, right?"

"Yes. Those tall goat monsters."

"There are two more breeds that haven't shown yet. One is a level 20 monster that can cast spells."

"...What?!"

"Yes. This is proof that this mountain is not just connected to different exits. There is a portal here that leads to another world. There was a seal that stopped this portal from opening. But Mage Rorcast and the rest tried to open it, not knowing the consequences of their plans."

"...This book doesn't say it!"

"Rorcast intended it. He was here. He was using this place as a trap to lure in powerful mages that would investigate the region. The seal placed a curse on them and made them monsters."

"Is there proof of that?" Perment asked again.

Emeros pointed at a tree that was cut down. But when Perment looked at it carefully, he was shocked to see that the face of Rorcast was there!

The two slaves saw the beast and gasped in horror.

"The seal had a powerful curse that turned Rorcast into a Deadwood Troglodyte. He was probably new to the dark-dependent life. He probably tried to hunt, but there were just too many monsters in the area. And he was a potent energy source that would make him the target of many other monsters. For example, the Demon Imp Lord. The leader of the army that is invading the mines!"

"A monster army?! If you found out about it, why didn't you tell us? We could have fled!"

"As if you'd believe the words of a slave. Don't forget we are all slaves and outcasts in the mines. Master Emeros guessed that everyone was blaming us for the monster invasion! Didn't you all accuse Mage Perment?" Wesret sneered.

The man was silenced by Wesret's question.

"If we returned, we would have been blamed. You don't know what nobles think. Duke Ressongraze had great ambition with this mine. I heard him talk to his son outside before I was sent in here. This gave him wealth and power that would make him more powerful than the Zarefard Kingdom! Didn't he silence everyone who left and barricaded the entrance?" Emeros then asked.

"But you could have warned us! Everyone's probably dead now!" The woman shouted.

"Warned you? Hordes and hordes of imps were moving. You should have left. It was not our fault. The Duke kept everyone from leaving the mines. We were busy trying to stop the invasion and hunted several platoons of Chorts! We were trying to buy you all time! The imp army was on alert and would not recklessly attack because we've been taking down platoons of imps!" Wesret laughed again.

"Indeed. It's not our problem anymore. We did what we could. We were careful since you would all blame us and say we are the cause." Serena answered.

"Well, we did start it. We took out a group of gremlins and imps. The Demon Imp Lord probably thought the humans were on to his plan and carried out the plans earlier than intended." Emeros shrugged.

"So you were the cause?!" The woman shouted angrily at Emeros.

SLAP!

"You fool!" Serena slapped the woman.

The slap was strong and caused the middle-aged woman to spin and fall.

"You!" The man shouted angrily and ran to the woman, but Don appeared and grabbed him by his neck.

Don was still short, and his extended hands barely lifted the man off the ground.

But the strong arm of Don was choking the man.

Serena pulled the hair of the woman up.

"Did you not listen to what Master Emeros said? We only forced the Demon Imp Lord to send his troops even if he was not yet organized. The imps had long intended to attack you! Our attack meant they were forced to send whoever they could afford!" Serena exclaimed.

"Level 3 slave. Get your woman in order. And don't disrespect your seniors." Don said as he threw the man to the side.

CRASH!

"...It seems you guys have changed and have gotten super strong." Perment chuckled.

"This tree was a level 23 Deadwood Troglodyte. We killed it. We've also killed a lot of other monsters in here."

"So, a seal that opens a portal to a secret world of imps?"

"Not just imps. There are many monsters here. From the different races, we believe four portals opened up here. And there are four monster kingdoms."

"Four monster kingdoms?!"

"Then you guys are planning to close this seal?"

"...Not yet. We've been training to open another seal!"

"What?!"

"The seals are one of three seals. Once opened, it cannot be closed unless we have the power of a Crown. A powerful Celestial created it. And in that, it sealed a being that is said to be undying. And right now, we are searching for this being. Rorcast's books call this the 'Sealed One'. So, if you want to close these portals, we have to find this Sealed One and ask it to close them!"