Where the hell did this take me? Is this still the legendary paradise, Avalon?
After flying across the vast swamp and stepping onto the mysterious Avalon, Karl was in a state of extreme caution.
It wasn't that he was a coward, but that something was wrong with this place.
Inside the Heart-Fire, Fire Treasure was jumping so fast he was practically leaving afterimages, frantically warning him.
"Eeya!"
Master, where are you? You didn't really go to hell, did you? Why are there so many dangers?
Karl summoned the little fellow out, gave it a flick on the head, and then patted it back in.
"Learn the good things, not the bad! You're not allowed to listen to that old man Grindelwald anymore!"
"Ji~"
Fire Treasure felt wronged! But Fire Treasure wouldn't say it!
Karl drew his wand with his left hand while his right hand tightly gripped the Spiral Sword, ready to launch a Thundering Blow at any sudden danger.
There were no legendary beautiful landscapes here; instead, every corner was filled with a scene of dilapidated desolation.
He walked through the lifeless ancient forest, moving forward cautiously along the broken path.
For some reason, these trees were completely withered and black, their branches twisted into menacing, clawing poses.
The fallen leaves on the ground had rotted into sludge, emitting a nauseating, disgusting stench.
When a chilly, frigid wind blew through the forest, the strange sounds it made were like shrill, mournful wails.
The dim sky made the forest even more eerie and dark, as if countless demons and monsters were peeping from the shadows.
"Damn it! Is this really Avalon? What happened to the blessed island of divine protection?"
Feeling a bit creeped out, Karl moved even more stealthily,
With this gloomy, deathly atmosphere, he would have believed it if someone said this was the Shadow Isles.
"Roar!"
A tyrannical roar suddenly rang out.
"Crack, crack—."
Amidst the continuous sound of trees snapping, it seemed some colossal creature was slicing and dicing its way through.
"Thump, thump, thump——"
As the heavy, frantic footsteps approached, Karl's expression grew increasingly solemn.
He saw a massive figure rushing toward him; large swathes of trees were snapped and toppled, with broken branches and debris scattered everywhere.
"Merlin's lace skirt!"
Karl summoned Fiendfyre without hesitation, instantly setting the forest ahead ablaze.
The surging sea of fire took the form of countless beasts, crashing toward the massive figure.
"Whoosh!"
Illuminated by the firelight, Karl clearly saw the appearance of the figure.
A Giant—or rather, a Giant that was already dead. His sturdy body was covered in wounds, revealing rotting flesh and ghastly white bones.
Black, tainted blood flowed from his two hollow eye sockets as he charged into the sea of fire without fear.
"Roar! Battle!"
The Giant's great axe made a dull whistling sound as it cut through the air. Under his brute strength, countless fire beasts were slashed into fragmented flames.
Even though Fiendfyre was already burning on his body, he continued to charge toward Karl.
Finally, he leapt high into the air, raising his great axe with both hands to cleave down at Karl's head.
[Scanning—]
[Keyword Extraction———]
[Undead Immortal, Bloodthirsty War God, Frenzied Slaughter, Ruthless Rage]
[Matching—]
Karl, who had used Apparition to appear in the distance, couldn't help but twitch his lips.
These keywords... no way, right?
It seems he won't need the Thestral Sion to lead him anymore, because he's become an experienced driver himself.
"Boom!"
The Giant, engulfed and burning in Fiendfyre, was like a meteor. Carrying a world-destroying momentum, he smashed heavily into the spot where Karl had just been standing.
Instantly, the earth cracked apart, and sand and dust were hurled in every direction by the violent shockwave.
[Match Successful!]
[Summoned Hero: Sion, the Undead Juggernaut!]
A tall, sturdy warrior wielding a Giant axe appeared from the vortex in the center of the light screen.
His skin was grey and rigid, with muscles like steel, and a terrifying blood-red light shone in his eyes.
Behind him was a hellish scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
[Sion: Only cowards fear death! I... need a slaughter!]
[Sion, the Undead Juggernaut, is a killing machine devoid of humanity, possessed only by an all-consuming rage and a frantic craving for blood.]
[Unable to think, Sion has shared with you a fighting spirit that fears not death and a power that destroys everything. You have gained Unyielding Will and Peerless Brute Force.]
[Sion roars, trying to break free from his shackles, frantically seeking the solace of battle to satisfy his craving for blood and to temporarily quiet the maddening screams echoing in his mind.]
Karl: (... )
Huh? Sion and this Giant don't count as non-human entities? Could it be that they are both still human?
He thought he was going to obtain the Undead Juggernaut form and then transform into a zombie.
But this is fine too. After all, if he turned into a Phoenix, a Dragonling, or a merman, Cat Mom and Nina would definitely love it. But if he turned into Sion... that scene is a bit hard to imagine; it would definitely scare them.
Even Dumbledore and Grindelwald would probably pick up their wands and beat him if they saw that. It's just that Karl originally thought this zombie Giant was the Deep Sea Giant Dorian mentioned, but it seems that's not the case.
"Hey! State your name, warrior!"
Karl shouted at the opponent; after all, since the Giant had just spoken the word 'battle,' he likely still had some lingering consciousness.
"I! Ku Ruoyi! Revenge!"
Hearing this name, Karl was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect it to be Ku Ruoyi, who transforms into the Giant Uath.
This fellow was the King of Munster in life, powerful and once a close friend of Cú Chulainn.
As a result, the two fought over the beautiful Blathnat. Although Ku Ruoyi was victorious, in the end, Cú...
...Chulainn betrayed him and killed him.
"Ah! Battle! Revenge!"
At this moment, the zombie Giant Ku Ruoyi had turned into a large torch.
His entire body's flesh emitted a pungent stench under the burning of the Fiendfyre, and it could no longer provide him with the strength to continue fighting.
Watching Ku Ruoyi still struggling in the flames, Karl pointed his wand at him.
"You won't have a chance for revenge, because Cú Chulainn will never be able to complete his soul, and you will meet your final end here."
The surging sea of fire condensed into a massive furnace with Ku Ruoyi at its center, quickly burning the zombie Giant to ash. "May you rest in peace."
Glancing around casually, Karl withdrew the Fiendfyre and continued forward.
Fire Treasure sensed a hidden gaze peeping from the shadows,
No rush! Let's keep a few tricks up the sleeve to play with him!
Just as Karl was about to exit the forest, danger struck again.
With a rustling sound, countless vines as thick as bowls coiled from the ground, the trees, and every direction like pythons.
"I was waiting for you!"
Violent Fiendfyre erupted from Karl's body, and at the same time, the Spiral Sword in his hand slashed toward the strangling vines.
Unexpectedly, however, neither the Fiendfyre nor the Spiral Sword caused any damage to these vines.
They were like incorporeal phantoms, completely ignoring the burning of the Fiendfyre and the edge of the Spiral Sword.
"Is this... an illusion?"
In the blink of an eye, this thought flashed through Karl's mind before he vanished just as the vines were about to entangle his body.
"Interesting! Since real fire doesn't work, let's try the Mind Fire!"
Karl, who had appeared in the distance using Apparition, opened his eyes, and a phantom of burning flames appeared in his pupils.
With Fire Treasure's help, the black Fiendfyre immediately transformed into the orange-yellow Mind Fire.
Then, manipulated by Karl, it took the form of countless fire snakes, entangling with the overwhelming vines.
"One more time! Incinerate!"
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