Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 122: Siege weapons

"Hello, Mr.Vikil...Hope you're feeling better now."

Nix said leaning against the door with a warm smile.

"Thanks to your treatment I feel much better."

"I procured Obscure sublimity from you...I mean the evil mouth."

Nix said and placed the orb on the table as Vikil intently stared at the orb.

"I don't need it anymore."

Vikil said with a smile.

Vikil had many things in his mind and over the few days, he was very depressed. For what did he suffer all these years? His conceptions have changed a lot as though he had gained enlightenment. His birth accompanied by a brilliant mind was just a curse for him since people of that era didn't understand him.

He began speaking at the age of 2. Indeed it is unbelievable and one of the rarest phenomena. But, who are we to judge though? It is a world with a surplus amount of mysteries and conceptions.

So, something like that is obviously to be looked forward to. He was born in the same place where Theemai is located now, which was once a small village. This happened literally many ages ago.

His brilliant perception was opposed by the ancient people. It was probably because they couldn't understand his inventions and conceptions of Alchemy. At that time people believed he'd bring the wrath of the gods upon the lands they live. His life took many turns of events making his own parents die before his eyes. Nevertheless, he left the village and lived inside the forest at the age of sixteen with the village chief's daughter, Valentina.

Since he was chased by them even after leaving the village. He had no choice but to enter a neighboring kingdom. He came to know that Alchemy was not popular to Empyrean at that time and he was misunderstood as cursed magic and banned as a taboo. In the flow of days, the girl he loved was killed and his lab and precious students were burned alive. That's when he decided to practically go beyond the rules of death.

"Why? I think you've worked hard for this..."

"I am no longer working on breaking the circle of life...I am accepting the fact. I found a lady practicing alchemy. Isn't it banned from practicing alchemy?"

"No...I forgot to ask but, there was no particular timeline in that journal of yours. May I know from which year you are from?"

Vikil was quite the quick-witted man and he obviously understood he had missed several years and eras.

"200 B.A"

"200? B.A?"

"Baal Kraeno's advent."

"I believe that's some ancient year, you are mentioning. But who is Baal though?"

"He was a god depicted only in history. It was shown that he is the absolute one of the universe"

'Hah, A fucking new term again.'

Nix mumbled and said.

"I Haven't heard of something like that?"

"As I said it is a superstitious belief of humanity and the others in the ancient times. From what I know there is no god."

"I think your Era didn't get to know them. But, there are gods."

"Haha, I cannot believe that... I won't say your faith is wrong though. But I believe we have yet to change. Anyway, My people were not exceptional like what you are wearing. Can I use your Alchemy lab? I don't have anything to do."

"Ohh yes, feel free to use it as you wish."

He had prepared a separate lab on the fourth floor after they captured the red star inn and vikil interest piqued after smelling the ingredients and materials.

"But, I want to pay the debt for helping me..."

"hmm, Alright how about helping me awaken something within my soul using Obscure sublimity?"

"I see... I'll try my best. It is still volatile and a replica. So, I need to work with its orientation."

Nix scratched his cheek and said.

"I don't understand what you are saying but, I'll look forward to it."

"Then we have a deal then?"

"Indeed"

Nix nodded his head.

Since he said he'd protect people from the upcoming siege he left to the ground. To be precise the border of the town where siege defending weapons have been placed with many of his clan members. Even Rebecca was there wearing a few bandages around. She was quite the active person as such she couldn't sit idle. 

There was a huge crowd around that place after hearing the rumors about the new clan lord who destroyed the northern part and came into dealing with the eastern part of town visiting that place.

Theemai is indeed a town of interconnection and communication and Unity. That was also the reason why his capture of Red star inn spread around so fast. They've survived long thanks to that.

They had no choice other than to work in unity. Nix's arrival was a rather special case for them. Because they are the weakest outsiders in Chaos mainland and a strong person selected the useless barren land of all places. And there was also the latest information about him protecting the city. It Induced hopes in their hearts.

"Pull the levers!"

As Remo who was previously a chief and manager of the western border ordered.  Some men pulled the lever. These few men were paid workers of Remo who are level ones.

Crack! Crack!

Some sort of wheels and mechanical sounds came from the ground and swiftly a chrome metal ten-meter tall wall emerged from the ground.

"Did you people build this?"

"No, this was something that was already created by someone."

"I see..."

Nix uttered and gazed at the shiny metal walls that stretched endlessly covering exactly the places to be protected.

"Pull the next set of levers!"

As the order was given the walls opened up holes and sharp points protruded out of the holes.

"hmm, This is what you people used to survive right? Then I guess this didn't help much in reducing the casualties?"

Nix asked Remo with a doubtful expression without drifting eyes from the walls with his hands crossed to his chest.

"Yup, The monsters here are fucking ferocious. We'd lose approximately over fifty people. The western part is the stronghold with the security system guarding us up.  The other parts of the town have weapons rather than walls that need alchemy potions."

"Ohh, Then why not use alchemists to create potions?"

"In this city, there'd be probably around twenty alchemists for max. They would need ingredients which we are lacking. We can't do shit!"

Remo said, wiping the sweat off his face.

"Well, what type of potion do the weapons need and what're the ingredients?"

"Let me show something practically."

He said and drifted his eye towards a man in a distance and yelled.

"Open traps!"

This lever had quite weird buttons. As he clicked a gateway opened up and a cage-raised from the ground several distances away from the walls.

"What's that?"

"Wait, Mr.Nix..."

Remo said indifferently and gazed straight at the monster in the distance that rushed towards them ferociously as the gate opened up.

"Now!"

Immediately the man pulled the lever. Out of nowhere, a type of pillar opened up. It seemed something like an electrical tower.

The monster seemed like an alligator and a tiger at the same time. Just like mutated ones in sci-fi stories with both the features of a tiger and an alligator. It had stripes and the body structure of a tiger but possessed scales and teeth and the tail of an Alligator.

"This is something called intor. It is fast and extremely reflexive and quite hard to hunt. If you sell the leather you can get a huge fortune."

Remo explained and pointed his hand looking at the Intor and yelled.

"Charge!"

Zooom!

The tower began charging up and the crystal ball in the center shook violently as the tower absorbed the fiercely burning content inside the ball.

Just when the Intor closed the distance the tower expelled a wave on the Intor.

The heated electrical discharge that connected with the Intor burned it until it turned crisp black in color.

"This here is what we call the moth tower. There are twenty of them around Theemai's border. Each needs neon fire crystals. It is a crystal that's made from Firemoths..."

"Firemoths?"

"Yes, Firemoths are suicidal monsters that possess mana cores that burn immensely. One tower would kill Five monsters for a single crystal. We'd need almost fifty crystals... Moreover, one Neon crystal would need two firemoth's Mana essence."

"That's hard... In that case, We'd have to collect fire moths before Dawn so that we could mass produce it..."

All the others looked at Nix with a baffled expression. No one in the right mind would have suggested such a foolish idea. 

Nix just turned towards others with a doubtful expression.

"I know this is something I came up with suddenly... I know this is a hard task. I promise those who follow me will be safe!"

It was a plain sentence but He was desperately in need of members and he decided to go to any extent. He might sound heroic to others but, there was more of his personal motive hidden behind it.

Amidst them were many other Outsiders exempting his clan members that looked at Nix with a dumbfounded expression. They were thereafter getting to know there was a new clan lord in town messing around. They were the hopeless Outsiders of chaos mainland without any future.

One of the men amidst the crowd asked.

"I believe you have a hidden motive behind this but, can I join your team to procure the essence?"

Nix's lips curved up at that instant.