Then, the yellow sand on the ground squirmed. It stacked the boulders together like a cart.
The sandstorm controller behind turned into a blazing sandstorm.
Richard continuously condensed sharp blades and trimmed the vast rock into a suitable shape.
He must have chopped the surrounding boulders like bamboo shoots under the concerted efforts of thousands of troops.
A spacious entity appeared.
A rough and supremely sturdy troop building stood in the center of the space.
The strange building could be called a battle platform. It was about 300 meters in diameter and 20 meters above the ground.
One must have built the defensive walls around this large platform on top of it. They only built walls beneficial for an attack.
The generous benefit of this building was that it could give the troops a geographical stance.
They could attack from above.
Moreover, air troops weren’t allowed. Soldiers could only attack from the ground.
That was the simplified version of a fortress.
Richard looked at the platform in good spirits.
In most cases, to defend a giant city was always more advantageous than to siege.
The rules of this obelisk were a little special, and he wasn’t sure what could happen.
It was better to stay still than to move.
The dragon wings were tall and had dragon scales. They held a heavy battle axe and occupied the primary position facing the obelisk.
The stone statues of the dead, the king of the imperial troops, and the guardian mummies filled the gaps in the other defense lines.
Interestingly, Richard did not arrange for the skeleton blood dragon and the other big guys to walk forward. He instructed them to sit at the back.
A vast body could be good or bad for a city to defend. A body that was not flexible could easily allow the enemy to take advantage of it.
On the contrary, dragon breath could unleash the mightiest power if they took on the role of fire support.
Richard had just finished his arrangements when a blood-colored light suddenly burst out from the top of the blood-colored obelisk before him. Countless bolts of lightning shrouded a terrifying place.
Then, the lightning that lingered on it suddenly disappeared without a trace.
A long and thin black line suddenly condensed.
Then, the black line slowly expanded to both sides.
A pitch-black hole appeared in the sky.
Everyone heard the sound in the next second.
‘Boom!’
One must have poured gasoline into a piece of firewood and ignited it. Flames hovered afterward.
The hole exploded.
Scarlet flames burned brightly. A long trail of it engulfed the ground.
Tail-flame stirred the blood-colored clouds in the sky.
Richard finally saw what it was. That was a scarlet flame eye.
The eye that burned with scarlet flames seemed to have sensed something. It suddenly blinked and slowly turned its direction to look at where Richard was.
The pairs of eyes suddenly looked at each other.
Richard felt an indescribable pressure sweep over him.
He was like a lone boat in a storm that could capsize the soonest.
It was the gaze of a higher being. It was ancient from an infinite time. It was unknown, mysterious, and extremely terrifying.
Richard’s heart palpitated wildly. The power of the yellow sand on his body exploded tenfold under the suffocating pressure that forcibly isolated him.
A shrill roar echoed from the direction of the obelisk.
A series of roars followed. Their voices were low and brutal, like bloodthirsty beasts.
Richard’s eyes narrowed.
“Get ready…The enemy is coming!”
He finished speaking. Low roars from the giant stone forest accompanied a series of hurried footsteps.
The closer he got, the more he could feel the pressure.
The unknown was the most terrifying.
He got increasingly closer.
The first figure appeared before Richard a few breaths later.
It was a three-meter-tall monster. Blood-colored scales covered its body. Its lower body was a snake’s body, and its upper body was a human’s. It held a long saber and a shield.
Its head bore innumerable tiny poisonous snake hair. That made it terrifying.
Its eyes were long and narrow. It had a snake tongue that incessantly moved in and out. It rarely opened its mouth and occasionally revealed ferocious fangs.
The horrid scene made one’s hair stand on end.
Fear could swallow a person with trypophobia or fear of snakes.
[Old Banshee]
[Level: 19]
[Potential: Glorious 3-stars]
[Skill: Petrify (A-rank) — It will petrify the enemy at a three-second stare. The mightier the target’s soul power, the longer the stare time. Poison, extreme speed, madness.]
Richard raised an eyebrow at a glance at the monsters’ attributes.
“Glorious 3-stars, old banshee?”
The other party’s attributes and appearance weren’t different from the extraordinary troop that could petrify people in the dungeon–Medusa.
This level and potential didn’t surprise Richard. The words ‘stone of the ancient ones’ did and made his thoughts run wild.
The blood-colored sky covered everything.
“Was this obelisk related to the stone of the ancient ones?”
That piqued his interest.
However, he had yet to discover the power of the stone of the ancient ones mentioned by the player despite exploring the plane for so long.
At most, they would kill the lives drenched in blood when the Crimson Moon rises.
“Could it be that the ancient rules that could drop… Was it also related to the stone of the ancient ones?
Richard’s eyes sharpened.
This obelisk, he wanted it for sure!
