Chapter 99 – Orange Zone (5)

Kududududu

Kwaruru

“What!”

They hadn’t gotten hurt due to their inhuman physiques and skills but it was a vibration that was strong enough to bounce these guys into the air.

But it didn’t seem like even an earthquake would be at this level.

Kuooooooo

A cry which shook the heavens and was like thunder that pushed apart the clouds.

While Sofía was frowning at the emotion that was carried upon that cry, somebody hugged Sofía from behind.

Sofía was shocked at the sudden actions of Hansoo.

While Sofía was blus.h.i.+ng, Hansoo spoke towards Sofía behind her.

“What?”

“I don’t have a flying skill.”

Sofía looked at the surroundings at those words.

“G.o.dd.a.m.nit! Why the clash already!”

Some went through the hole on the ground and hid.

Some threw their body into the air and then quickly flew towards a direction.

Since that strange vibration and the actions of their seniors were enough to make them feel  uneasy.

The giant Margoths started to cry out as they smashed their heads deep into the grounds.

As if they were trying to prevent getting flicked off somewhere.

‘What is going on…’

And then spoke.

“…”

Sofía suppressed the sudden rage which skyrocketed for some unknown reason and then started to activate her skill,

.

Sofía’s body carried the two male bodies and then started to rise high up into the sky.

It was better to copy others when one didn’t know.

But their expressions didn’t really look that great.

While Sofía was pondering while looking at these people, Hansoo spoke to her.

“What?”

Margoths that had shrunk down.

‘…Let’s go up a bit higher.’

Sofía followed Hansoo’s words as she went up even higher.

Just vast plains.

Kururururururur

Booooom!

‘…Ouroboros?’

The beasts below were big as well but the Ouroboros, which they had fought, was naturally thought of at the humongous size that wouldn’t even be compared to them.

‘Though it does seem a bit different…’

While Sofía was squinting her eyes to see it more clearly, Hansoo shook his head and spoke.

“…”

After a long while after Sofía had reached the heights where the clouds had shrouded her body, she could see what it was.

Kuoooooooo

Sofía looked beneath her feet.

No matter where she looked the only thing she could see was a sea of lava.

But there was a creature living in such an environment.

The land they thought of as the land was actually not land.

‘…With that size it could probably be as big as a small country.’

And a giant body which could be compared to the area of a whole country which was being supported by such legs.

A giant cow-like head and a pair of horns that shot above the clouds.

Tekilon mumbled with a bitter-like expression.

“It’s the Gragos.”

Divine Beast, Gragos.

A gigantic creature which was located a level above the Margoth.

At that time a question occurred upon Sofía’s mind.

It was clearly shouting out in agony.

The dinosaur-like thing they had seen earlier was big too but those things taking a few bites would just feel like fleas gnawing on its bits.

‘If they could actually inflict pain onto it then it would just roll around once or so.’

At that time Tekilon spoke:

Kuuuuuuuhh!

Though they were both Gragos, they still looked different.

The lizard-like Gragos which had popped out from the lava opened its jaw and then bit down onto the b.u.t.tocks of the bull-like Gragos.

Then a battle occurred.

The Lizard shaped Gragos continued to bite down upon the b.u.t.tocks of the Bull-shaped one as if it wouldn’t let go easily.

Sofía then finally understood why all the creatures above that thing ran away in fear and tried to firmly tie down their bodies.

Though they could live through the shockwave, what if they got flicked off into the sea of lava?

‘…But that thing’s a bit weird.’

No, their size and looks were both different but there was another difference on the Lizard.

She couldn’t tell when it was submerged under the lava but once it got upon the Bull’s b.u.t.tocks with its front legs, she could see the blackened lower body.

Kuuuuung!

Though their sizes had an impact, the fact that the Lizard couldn’t use its lower body was a major factor as well.

The Lizard looked at the running Bull with a regretful expression but looked at the flesh in its mouth contently as it started to chew on it.

The lower part of its body which was blackened started to recover its color.

The Lizard-shaped Gragos cried sadly upon looking at the color of the body that had slightly returned and then plunged its body back into the sea of lava.

“…”

Sofía stayed silent from Tekilon’s words and then slowly went downwards.

“Uwaaa…”

The giant trees had been all broken and pulled off and the Margoths were slowly raising their bodies while crying out in agony as if their bodies were in pain.

“Kuhak.”

‘…It was just a Lizard biting off a bit of the meat on a Cow’s b.u.t.t.’

No, it was only this much because the Bull didn’t like to fight, if it were to madly charge with its horns like in a bullfight then it would’ve been much worse than this.

The Bull had won because a small one had come.

Or an existence which could devour the bull?

‘Insane.’

Sofía looked at Tekilon as she spoke.

Though Sofía had thought of Tekilon as a nuisance when they had first come here, now she was very grateful for having him.

Tekilon spoke.

“What?”

It wasn’t that their race, the Akaron, had died from an epidemic.

The Divine Beasts, Gragos.

Their race, the Akarons, looked up to the power of the Gragos and then used their genes and invented the Body Modification which would strengthen their bodies.

This was the 2nd Great War.

But the spotlight of the 3rd Great War was not them.

And their world had embarked on the path of destruction in an instant.

There was nothing they could do in a situation where the G.o.ds were jumping around and the lands were getting destroyed.

“You saw the Gragos. It’s not weird for yours or my race to get killed off at any time. So I want to ask. How are you trying to save our race? Don’t say nonsense like killing the Gragos that attack. The Calamity Fish or the Ouroboros were just extremely toned-down versions of the Gragos.”

These were merely toned down versions they had created while researching the Gragos for their Body Modification.

A predator of a Gragos was another Gragos.

Sofía made an expression full of fear at those words.