Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 126: Sand storm

On the day of Siege,

"It is quite the long night isn't it?"

Rebecca commented standing next to Nix facing the metal walls that rose from the ground followed by the lever pulling sounds. 

"It'd be nice if you just stayed in the clan house..."

Nix replied without turning towards her, focusing straight at the distance.

As he turned back he found some of his clan members, namely Camila, Dae Seok, Gunther. The other members were scattered all around the border walls of the town to protect it. United Outsiders sure did choose to join the Transgressors since it was basically their town before they had arrived.

"What'd you do if unpredictable occurrences happen?"

"Why would you say something like that?"

"Just a hunch. A feeling like something is off."

"Off, huh?"

It wasn't a lie though even he was quite troubled about what was about to happen.

As Nix turned towards Remo and nodded his head. Remo nodded back and opened his mouth loudly.

"The Neon towers!"

Hearing his command all the workers standing next to the levers pulled them in unison, With a loud shudder, two pillar-like towers emerged out of the ground letting out mechanical sounds of gears rotating each other.

"Load!"

Immediately they rolled the neon crystals into the hole next to them and pressed the trigger in their levers, the sound of the crystals rolling faded away in an instant. They reappeared under the towers as a plate-like lift slowly raised them and locked them with a metalling ring in its midsection.

Nix was attracted by the tower as he read its details with his truth eye.

[Inferno Neon tower]

[Description: A mechanical tower made by an infamous mechanic whose skills were about to reach the level of myth.]

(Uses: It is used to repel the siege monsters using the Neon crystals as the fuel to expel infernos current.)

Though he didn't understand how it converted fire and merged it with electricity he was quite appalled. He was perplexed after reading the word 'myth'. Myth is probably a word that possesses few weird conceptions.

If you were to really try to decipher its meaning. It could mean a false belief or lore. But, it can be also taken as something that possesses a deep history and hidden depth passed down by others, an unknown truth. You could call it godly. This was depicted in history including myths about gods and demigods. So, this meant the man that built had the ability to take his skills from the apex to godly.

At least that was what Nix thought. Unfortunately, the truth eye couldn't let me find the name of such a legendary engineer.

"Charge!"

Taking his command they pressed the third trigger. Soon the crystal ball began rotating at a fast pace, following the event the crystal produced an enormous crimson red light to its surroundings making the scene surreal and compelling.

Nix was still waiting for the monsters to appear smoking his cigar.

"Which god do you worship?"

Rebecca asked all of a sudden, staring at his side profile. 

"Which god do you worship."

He repeated gazing at the night sky, filled with shimmering stars with a smirk as though he had his mind somewhere else.

***

In Ether, 

"Al-Zalam, you are still watching this frivolous play?"

Asked a man that was standing tall with a face of a snake and eyes that emanated green light in the hall of darkness. He hissed from time to time letting his red, rose-like long tongue out of his mouth. 

The man concealed in darkness seated on a matte black throne at the center of the dark hall facing the holographic image of Theemai's trial view. Surrounding the hologram was eleven more seats in several distances away. As the hall was wide and spacious.

"Haha, you are full of impudence Apep."

A cold voice expelled from the darkness as a hand stretched out of the pitch-black background.

"Ahhh!"

The serpent god screamed in agony as his body slowly rotted enveloped by transparent darkness. But then, the hand slowly retracted back into the Darkness.

And the man hidden behind the darkness leaned forward smoothening his thick well-groomed white beard with his hand. He was the sole human among the other gods, a mature old man that possessed a cold arrogant expression on his face. He was wearing black armor and by the side, his metal throne was an enormously large three-meter long and a half meter wide sword, It would ultimately drain one's energy to merely swing it a few times.

"The Prophecy received from the spectator cannot be neglected. The foresight still shows me visions that would haunt you all."

Straightly opposite his throne was a woman with bat wings and extremely alluring features. It was Shayatin's twin sister Breksta, the goddess of temptation.

She gave him a seductive smile and began talking.

"The entropy will always make him unpredictable. And untraceable... "

"Haha! You are worried about some child" Zorya, the god madness said.

He was sitting in the side with his legs crossed. His skin was red similar to blood and he possessed hour arms and four vertical eyes stretching from his long forehead, and his pupils were like ruby crystals. 

"Bear in mind that he possesses the fragment of Nova energy and is favored by the entropy."

Shayatin corrected him in a cold tone staring at her half-closed eyelids.

"We shall Channel his path to corruption."

Khonsu said with an ominous smile. He is the god of the moon that controls and manipulates Empyrean's darkness while Killah one of the integrity who controls the light.

All the other gods just quietly looked down upon the vision that was about to unfold.

***

Meanwhile,

A stranger walked towards the western border of Theemai just the direction from where monsters will be rushing to siege.

He was wearing plain tattered armor. Unlike most that would use to tie it to their waist, he had his sword attached to the sheath tied to his back with a leather strap like an arrow case.

'It is supposed to happen now right?"

He muttered and gazed at the sky that slowly dripped raindrops.

He stretched his hand and let the rainfall in his hand and took it towards his hand.

"Blood rain..."

He muttered and gazed at the sky that possessed grey fluffy clouds floating around hiding the moon that was beginning to turn red.

"As the Blood rains and drops on the barren land while the moon glimmers in red it appears."

He phrased and scratched his cheeks once again laying his eyes upon the moon that turned into a deep red.

"Blood Rain of the moon."

He mumbled and began to run towards the sharp metal walls as few howlings and growls resounded the vacant barren land.

Blood rain of the moon is a calamity, A legend, and a rumor that was circulated among the people of Empyrean centuries ago. They believed that the moon god, Khonsu expelled his wrath on them to induce the monsters that sleep in the depth of Labyrinths since they choose another god over him.

Blood rain of the moon just traverses the moon god's power and manipulates the monster as such it was not his direct action and keeps the Law of Conversation still intact in case one was about to doubt it. This is also why they use their powers to manipulate Outsiders to work for their biddings.

Some believed he toyed with them for his amusement,

"Wrrr! Wrr!"

Hearing the growls, the stranger turned back and stretched his hand towards his hilt and pulled out his sword, and began rushing towards the sand storm. What hid behind it was thousands of monsters rampaging towards the town.  If one were to enter into the storm. They'd be a chunk of meat in an Instant yet, the stranger pushed his leg without the fear of death.

'What is happening?'

Nix questioned in a startle gazing at the sky that poured down blood rain.

Rebecca's pupils dilated and her hands trembled and slowly a bead of sweat dripped down her temple.

"This-T-T-This is... Blood Rain of moon."

She said stutteringly.

"Blood rain of moon?"

He asked and gazed straight where a man was running towards a sand storm.

The storm was at a great distance but it will just take a few minutes to reach the town.

There was no reply from Rebecca for a few seconds. So, he turned back to her. To his surprise he found her tightly clutching her sword but her hands were trembling. All the others were confused just like Nix.

"What does that mean?"

He asked angrily, grabbing her by her collar.

"A disaster that could wipe down two cities... It is like you are facing a war. To say it in simple words you will be facing ten thousand soldiers with mere hundreds. This a massive calamity."

" "

Nix clearly knew that she wouldn't be lying and all that flashed in his mind was to save his clan members or at least save Cinzia and few others.