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Chapter 145: The Obelisks Challenge
Chapter 145: The Obelisks Challenge
"An invader has been determined!"
The voice, a conglomeration of ten obelisks speaking at the exact same time, echoed loudly throughout the entire hall as Nolan's moved, his dagger revolving in his palmz with an experienced precision.
"Elimination process of the invader will now start!" they all completed in unison.
In the next instant, Nolan watched as they began moving. The air around them started quivering from the release of an invisible power.
[Quest: Survive the Whispering Mammoths has been successfully completed!]
[New Quest Issued.]
[Fight through the Ten Fundamental Obelisks and free the Chained Faeries!]
[Reward: ???]
[Power level of invader is being determined…]
[Stage Two command will now begin!]
The voice rang out once more as Nolan winced.
He watched the runes on the 5-meter-tall, four-sided, tapering structures rise to a pointed top.
With caution, he observed as five out of the ten obelisks in the room uprooted themselves from the ground, fusing with the remaining five.
Instantly, the surface of the remaining five obelisks, covered in intricate runes, began pulsing with energy—energy that Nolan could easily identify.
The first obelisk had a deep crimson color, radiating a faint red glow.
Itt was covered in runes that pulsed with heat, molten lava leaking along its surface. At the top of it, a constantly burning flame twisted and writhed, sending sparks into the air.
The intense wave of heat surrounding the structure made the air shimmer, and Nolan was able to instantly sense that it was a flaming obelisk, whose power definitely had something to do with flames.
The second obelisk had a sleek, jet-black appearance that absorbed light, making it appear like a void in the room.
Dipped within its center was a pulsating silver sphere that emitted an ominous hum.
Tiny metallic objects orbited around it, and Nolan's brow furrowed as he felt something different about its surrounding air.
It was like it could manipulate the gravity around it!
That was the only explanation for the fact that the objects orbiting it were floating in the air as if there was no gravity in the room.
The third obelisk was translucent, made of a swirling mixture of glass-like material and storm clouds.
Lightning crackled along its surface, and ethereal winds whipped around it, creating a stormy presence.
At the center of it was a core that glowed with unstable bluish energy, flickering in and out.
"That one probably has something to do with storms or lightning..." Nolan mused before turning his gaze to the fourth one.
The one that made his heart tighten with a sense of impending doom.
It was an ancient-looking obelisk, covered in deep fractures, as though it had aged for millennia.
A clock-like symbol constantly shifted and evolved across its surface, with gears that turned at random speeds.
In certain places, parts of the obelisk appeared frozen, while others moved almost too fast for Nolan's eyes to follow.
"Don't tell me..."
He mused out loud, and a notification panel appeared, confirming his suspicion.
[It can control time!]
'This might just get harder than I thought...' Nolan thought, his resolve hardening as his gaze moved to the final obelisk in the room.
It was made of deep obsidian-black stone, covered in chains that seemed to grow out from its surface, writhing around like snakes.
These chains extended from the obelisk and tangled into the walls, floors, and up to the suspended platform where Nolan knew the Chained Faeries were being held.
Looking at its chains, he could easily guess that this obelisk was responsible for keeping the faeries imprisoned—his main target.
Once he severed those dark chains, he should be good to go.
But it seemed this fact was known by whoever built this place because the obelisk was situated behind the remaining four, almost as if it was being guarded by them!
In the next instant, Nolan's left hand shot to the side.
A dark and heavy crimson chain shot out from his palm, slamming hard on the ground but soon lifted by Nolan, who wrapped the chain around the hilt of his dagger. It coiled around his right arm.
"This can't stop me..." Nolan mused, his eyes becoming cold and focused.
BOOOOOM!
The area where he was standing exploded, as Nolan soared away from it with incredible speed.
Instantly, he moved forward, trying to bypass the flaming obelisk and reach the chained one.
However, his danger bells rang in his head as Nolan stopped for a second before shifting backward.
In the next moment...
BOOOOOOM!
A powerful pillar of flames slammed down on the place where Nolan had stood just a second ago, scorching the ground and reducing it to a meter deep crater.
"What the—?" Nolan thought as he looked up and noticed something.
Across the room, there were runic symbols floating in the air, in the shape of gateways.
One of those runic gates had spewed out that pillar of flames.
Without needing to think about it twice, Nolan knew that if he stepped beyond any of those flaming red lines, he would be instantly devoured by a similar pillar of fire.
The runic lines had effectively reduced the space where he could move.
"I just have to make sure not to get under them..." Nolan affirmed to himself before once again bursting forward with speed.
This time, he made sure to move away from the flaming runic symbols in the air.
He could feel himself successfully closing in on the flaming obelisk, but in the next instant, Nolan's eyes picked up the second obelisk, pulsing with strange light, and then...
RIIIIIPPPPLLLEEE!
A strange shockwave undulated from it, covering the entire area. Once it slammed into Nolan, his face changed.
BAAAAAANG!
The next step that Nolan took caused the entire ground to shatter into pieces. But it wasn't from Nolan's strength.
Right now, he felt incredibly heavy, so heavy that he struggled to lift his single leg off the ground.
The only explanation was that the gravity in the room had been increased by almost triple!