Chapter 105: Chapter 101: The wrath of the Desert

Chapter 101: The wrath of the Desert

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"What... what is that?!" The King, who until now had no words for everything that was happening, finally managed to let out some words and leaned forward with incredibly widened eyes as he looked at the gigantic Sand Elemental moving towards their Kingdom.

He had seen many types of different beasts during his long life, but none of them were as big as this strange monster. Not only that, but it could even talk. Which meant that it had enough intelligence to understand what it was doing... then why was she attacking them?

He quickly found the answer when he thought deeply about the situation. She was a being made out of the sand from the desert, thus, it wasn't crazy to think that maybe this creature was somehow related to the desert and got angry after receiving the AE-MD directly upon its home, and now wanted to make them pay for destroying an enormous part of the desert.

Aspen, on the other hand, was just thinking rapidly in a way to stop the Sand Elemental. After all, although not really a boss, but more like a mini-boss, she was still part of the hardmode, which pretty much made her almost invulnerable against any weapon made from normal materials, even the Platinum wasn't an exception. Only explosives and other different types of offensive methods would be able to hurt this monster somehow, but still, he doubted that they could have enough of them to defeat the powerful Sand Elemental.

Not to mention that with her enormous size and her body being made out of the sand, which made cutting and stabbing her pretty much something useless as she could just regenerate the lost sand instantly, the only way of dealing with her could be to destroy the sand that conformed her body.

Or attack something like a nucleus, if it had one.

However, her being from the Hardmode, and being literally a being born from a force of nature made Aspen very skeptical about attacking her.

Maybe she could simply slap him and that could be it, the end of the story.

He had no way of knowing if he could survive one hit from her, and her having 30,000 hp wasn't helping either.

Even if he managed to dodge most of her attacks, could he last enough time to defeat her?

He wasn't really sure if he could, nor if he even wanted to try.

His chances of survival were already pretty slim now that the cultists were making the mechanic build those giant mechanical bosses, if he fought this monster, who could say whether he could survive or die instantly without even having the chance to try?

His mind was already wandering about the possibilities of escaping alone and taking the beds of this place inside his inventory. However, right when he was about to make his move and leave the castle, by chance his gaze ended up falling upon the crowds of people that were gazing with fear at the incoming Sand Elemental.

More specifically, on the families that were hugging their child's trying to calm them down, and on the orphans that were gazing at the horizon with gazes full of despair.

Memories of his past appeared on his mind, and the scenes full of blood of those he had known for so long, together with the pained expressions of those that the goblins had killed, ignited a small flame of anger inside his mind.

Anger against this world for its unfairness, and towards himself.

*Groan...*

"Whatever... whether I die today or after I go back, it's the same thing anyway" Aspen soon took out the Royal Guard's armor from his vanity slots, and soon the shiny and very fierce-looking platinum armor appeared on his body. Hiding his face slightly due to the size of the helmet, and attracting the gaze of the King and Yuuki.

He took out several potions of different colors and drank them all in one go while looking with a burning determination at the incoming enemy.

Soon, an incredible Aura appeared around his body, as many different types of effects surged from the depths of his body and made him incredibly stronger.

Both, Yuuki and the King gasped in surprise seeing Aspen like this for the first time since they met. After all, until now he had acted completely calmly and seemed to not take anything seriously, but now, not only was he preparing to go battle that monster, but his abilities seemed to be incredibly higher than what they thought to be in a beginning.

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