BXBX NOVEL Chapter 74: RP What?
"It\'s about time we get a move on, don\'t you think?" Todd suggested, his tone imbued with a subtle urgency.
With a slight nod, Ty acknowledged Todd\'s statement. He nudged Nana gently, who was unwittingly using his arm as a pillow, her drooling a warm, damp spot against his skin.
"I am not anyone\'s pillow," he declared with mild amusement.
As he stood and stretched, his movements roused Nana, who tumbled off his arm onto the cold ground, waking with a start.
Gathering their belongings, Ty\'s hand brushed against the curious object in his pocket. It was the small artifact given to him by the Demon King, now emitting a soft glow, the light within it dancing and shimmering with a myriad of colors.
Ty spoke into the silence, his voice firm yet tinged with wonder.
"There is so much that none of us understand yet. I hope to unravel these mysteries, and perhaps, in time, we\'ll all find what we\'re seeking."
With a sense of resolve, he tucked the crystal back into his pocket.
Nana, basking in the newfound sunlight, adjusted her attire and responded with equal firmness.
"We can only hope so. But for now, we must take things one step at a time, I suppose."
"That\'s true," Todd chimed in, his tone laced with a hint of strategy. "But that doesn\'t mean we must always lag behind. Sometimes, to catch up, one needs to leap over a few steps."
Clasping his hands together, Ty\'s gaze was earnest as he imparted a sobering thought. "Whether it\'s Erebos or the Demon King, we must be prepared for any contingency where an ally could become an adversary. These beings operate on a level far beyond anything we\'ve known in our lives."
Nana\'s words held true. For the present, their only option was to concentrate on the task at hand. Exiting the dilapidated structure, they were greeted by the morning sun cresting over the mountains.
The snow, glittering with night\'s frost, began to dissipate, revealing an unsettling sight—creatures composed of fragmented bones and gelatinous masses were emerging from the earth at a languid pace.
The group shared a look of profound shock, their voices melding into one as they exclaimed, "What is going on here?"
They journeyed on, spending a couple of hours observing these slowly assembling beings. Their path led them to a decrepit town, besieged by the peculiar creatures.
A throng of people, donned in an assortment of armors and armed with various weapons—from swords and bows to maces and knuckle braces—began to spill forth.
The sight was astonishing, prompting Todd to muse, "This might explain the ravaged landscape, though the origin of these creatures is still a mystery."
Ty, with a contemplative finger on his chin, hypothesized, "The Demon King mentioned crystals within these lands that influence their very essence. Maybe this is related to that. In the mortal realm, there were a lot of—"
Abruptly, Ty\'s musings were interrupted by the sudden shadow of an armored man descending from above, his sword aimed in a deadly arc toward Todd.
With effortless grace, Todd sidestepped the assault and, placing a hand on the attacker\'s back, sent him skidding across the dirt for twenty feet.
The assailant, clad in unremarkable armor with a sword emanating a faint blue hue, regained his footing and shouted with vehement determination, "Step away from these civilians!" Ignoring our bewildered expressions, he charged again, a stream of water jetting from his blade like a high-pressure cannon.
Todd merely raised his hand, deflecting the liquid onslaught to the surprise of the attacker.
"What—how? That attack should have pierced through you, you vile beast!"
"Sorry, little human," Todd began, his words calm and collected, "I\'m not sure what you\'re implying, but I\'m not one of—"
His explanation was cut short as the man lunged again, attempting a piercing thrust. Todd, with his vivid green feet, glided aside, the movement as fluid as the water from the man\'s blade.
The attacker stumbled forward, and with a light touch, Todd forced the sword\'s tip into the earth, pinning it there and leaving the man struggling to free it.
Ty looked around, noticing more people out fighting the creatures that had begun to surface with skeleton parts held together by a weird jel.
There eyes seemed lifeless and without purpose as they thoughtlessly swung at the men and women attempting to fight them.
Ty as his thoughts flooded in couldn\'t help but think this felt familiar to something he\'d seen in the past.
Suddenly a memory jolted within him back when he first met the Demon Lord and Elithira
"The Demon King takes a lot of inspiration from events on earth when creating and developing worlds."
The moment hits him like a brick wall as he states out loud this is like a training ground for people to get stronger but with real stakes, as he observed a man clad in plain armor having a sword thrusted through his armor before his blood began to slowly spill out on the floor.
Elithira wasn\'t kidding when he took some of the media from the earth realm to heart. I wonder where he finds time to even watch anything with how often he is stuck judging souls.
As his train of thought is interrupted as Todd bumps into him, as three more men began to attempt to attack Todd, proclaimed him to be too strong for one fighter.
Ty, putting a hand over his face, states, I guess it can\'t be helped. As he begins to form fire around his fist. Let\'s try to knock some sense into them but not kill anyone we don\'t have to.
Nana, that means no head popping.