Chapter 762 A Majestic Beast in the Dungeon's Depths
The boars had thick black fur that was almost glued to their bodies as it barely moved at all. Right underneath the fur, one could occasionally see the skin of the boars, which was actually white, and incredibly thick and rough.
The boars charged with great ferocity as Reign and Liara allowed their souls to shine from within, allowing them to be noticed by everybody. Even the rest of the group was able to notice that something was different about Reign and Liara at this moment as their souls were getting increasingly more noticeable by the second.
The boars didn't slow down, however, and continued charging.
Basred and Siggurd got ready to attack as they channeled their mana, as did the others. If the boars failed to show any signs of slowing down or stopping in the following couple of seconds, they would deem this attempt a failure and attack the boars.
As time passed, and the boars got closer, still without showing any signs of stopping, the group behind Reign and Liara was right about to attack when Reign opened his mouth.
"Don't attack, they're not charging because they want to attack us!"
Reign's words made some of the people who were about to attack flinch as they glanced at him with confusion before looking at the boars who were quite close and were still running at them.
Reign and Liara were able to notice that although the boars were charging at them, there was no hostility coming from them, they couldn't sense any danger.
Just as the boars came to around 4 meters away from the two, they suddenly slowed down and stopped in a single second. To see such incredibly large and powerful monsters slow down and stop in such a short period of time was incredible.
The boars stopped and stared at Reign and Liara before gently placing their noses in front of them and allowing the two to pet them.
"Incredible, it actually works," Basred said with slight excitement in his voice.
With Reign and Liara being able to tame all the monsters, that meant none of them would be in danger until they reached the bottom and arrived at where the artifact was. The threat level of this entire dungeon had suddenly been lowered by an incredible degree.
Reign and Liara glanced back at the others before walking forward with the 8 boars following them, acting as bodyguards for the two as the others simply followed after them, still a bit apprehensive about the 8 powerful monsters that could defeat almost all of them if they fought them alone.
When they reached the tunnel, Reign and Liara did the same as before. They stood in front of the tunnel and allowed the others to go through first before they went in, leaving the boars alone. After they were gone, the boars merely walked back to the center of the area and lay down before falling asleep again.
The same thing repeated for 3 more layers. They came across more monsters, as well as more powerful ones.
The layer after the boars had 9 monsters and 5 of them were mid-grade Tier V monsters.
The next one had only 5 monsters, but 3 were high-grade Tier V monsters, and 2 were mid-grade Tier Vs.
The third one had only 3 monsters, and all three were peak Tier V monsters.
The danger the dungeon had was even higher than what any of them expected. They did expect there to be some Tier V monsters, but not so many, and not peak Tier Vs, they didn't even think there would be any high-grade Tier Vs, to be honest.
"So, the next one will either have the artifact or more peak Tier V monsters," Basred said as they all walked through the tunnel and made their way deeper into the dungeon.
"I don't know, Liara says that the artifact seems to be a bit deeper, and for some reason, I'm getting goosebumps, what is waiting for us ahead might be much more powerful than we thought."
"You mean?" Siggurd asked from the side with his eyes wide open as Reign nodded at him before they all came out of the tunnel, upon which they all stood in place, frozen.
There was only one monster present in the middle of the area.
The monster was over 3 meters tall, and it was merely lying on the ground.
They all stood frozen and stared at the monster.
Each breath it took caused some wind to blow around it, and the sound echoed through the entire cave they were in.
Reign was staring at the monster as every single fiber of his being was telling him to escape, that this wasn't something they could contend again.
"A Tier VI." Reign softly said before gulping.
The rest of the group was in a much worse state than he, Liara, Basred, and Siggurd were.
Laura and Alistair were holding up well and were still staring at the monster, but the others were shaking.
Only the peak Tier IVs were able to simply stand and look while the others could sense a primal fear as they glanced at the monster.
A monster that was a Tier VI being, one far more powerful than any of them.
As a couple of seconds passed, the monster suddenly moved.
It raised its head and glanced at Reign and the others before slowly moving.
Its body was suddenly on full display.
The monster stood at 6 meters tall, the four legs of the monster were covered in thick muscles and thin fur, allowing one to see just how large the muscles and the legs were.
The entire body of the monster looked elegant, as well as incredibly powerful as its 11-meter-long body was standing a couple of hundred meters away from Reign and the others.
The white fur on the body looked like it was made out of silk as the gentlest wind was enough to move it. The mane of the monster was slightly darker, almost gray, while the head was pure white as the rest of its body.
The monster was a horse.
There were blue flames coming out from its body. The flames could be seen around the hooves, they could be seen on the neck, as well as out of the mouth as each time the monster exhaled, some of the blue flames would come out.
The horse simply stared at Reign and the others, and Reign and Liara quickly showed their souls as they felt their hearts clench for an instant.
The horse took a step forward and arrived in front of Reign and the others instantly.
One of its front legs was raised right in front of Reign, and blue flames were gathered in its mouth as it was about to open it. It stopped right before it attacked as it sensed Reign's and Liara's souls.
The horse glanced at the two with slight confusion, but its expression turned softer before it suddenly went down on its knees and neared its head at Reign.
Suddenly, it opened its mouth and licked Reign, covering his body in its saliva, which made him blink a couple of times in quick succession.
"It seems it worked, it's no longer hostile." Reign said in a low voice before he exhaled deeply. He had truly sensed the shadow of death looming above him right before the horse moved. He knew that had he and Liara not used their souls, all of them would have died at this very instant.
The power of a Tier VI being could not be explained if one was not a peak Tier V. The sheer difference in power between the entire group and the horse was so immense that even if all of them went all out and sacrificed their lives, they would barely be able to injure the monster.
Even if they all suddenly overloaded their mana organs and decided to make their bodies explode, the horse would be able to run away and dodge the brunt of the explosion. Nothing they could do would have been enough to defeat the horse, nothing at all.
'Had I and Liara not been here, everybody would have died, there's no question about it.' Reign thought before he placed his hand on the horse's head and gently started rubbing it.
'The spirit definitely knew that, that was why it wanted to send the others here.'
'It seems my decision was the correct one.'
'Had we managed to get the artifact, with only the four of us, the regions would have been greatly weakened, and there is no saying what would have happened in the lower layers of the other dungeon, Basred might even have been killed in the end, which would leave the region unprotected in the end.'
Reign glanced back at the others and nodded at them. Many were still hesitant to move as the overwhelming aura and suppression from the horse was still present, but it was no longer hostile, which meant they were all safe.
Still, it would take a bit of time for them to get used to the aura and move normally.
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