Vampire God in the Apocalypse

Chapter 183: 180. Panther guardian

Jude swam into the building that was as small as a football for the kraken and there he saw that it didn't have a roof. There was a long rod stuck inside the ground and he swam towards it.

"Claim the Trident, master."

The last word of the kraken shocked Jude but he just shook his head as he paddled. His speed was extremely decreased and he wondered how deep into the ocean he was that to just paddle himself towards the Trident was a chore.

He finally stepped on the ground and walked towards it. The rod seemed to have an attachment inside the ground and he held it.

As he held it, he strengthened his footing on the ground and the rusted parts of the rod started to crack as a golden light threatened to escape.

Jude pulled out with all his strength and the light from the cracks beamed brighter, the cracks spread all over the Trident and Jude finally pulled it out with one last pull.

*BOOM!!*

A forceful wave exploded from the Trident and spread all around the ocean in that moment, even the king saw the golden light pass over Atlantis and he smashed his chair into the ground in frustration.

"What happened?" Sarin asked as she kept the book she was reading.

"The Trident has been found." The king said, rage boiling in his blood.

"Gather the knights!" He commanded and Sarin sighed as she stood up and left the room.

...

Jude held a long spear with a kite shaped tip. All of a sudden two blades elongated from the sides and cornered upwards, forming another two tips.

The golden Trident let out a powerful aura and Jude closed his eyes as he felt the Trident communicating with him.

Visions, images, pictures, dreams, he was experiencing everything at the same time. So many things entering his memory, he felt overwhelmed.

"Huhu, welcome back, master." The kraken sounded delighted and in that moment, Jude opened his eyes to reveal them glowing brighter than ever.

...

It has been two days since Collins fell into the burried building in Amazon. He snuck out to find a creature to eat once in a while and he was only successful today.

He sat at a corner munching on a creature's raw meat as he drank the blood from it's body.

After draining the blood, he ripped out a huge chunk of meat from the deer-like creature and began eating it raw.

"It's been more than a week since I ate anything. Those snakes don't even give me a break, if they know that I'm down here they'll surely destroy this place too." Jude mumbled.

Jude suddenly no longer looked stressed out and tired as his hunger was satiated.

"How long am I going to go on living like this?" He asked himself.

"The snakes are undefeatable, the creatures in the forest are extremely powerful, Amazons are on my ass, and I can't even leave the island cause of sea creatures." He felt frustrated that he was going to die here.

He could've just evolved and it'll all be good but this entity known as 'fate' denied him from evolving yet.

"At this rate, I might actually die here." He thought of the most possible situation and then he remembered his mom, brothers, and crush.

He wondered if they were all alive, they were supposed to protect their mom together.

'This building though. I don't know why I'm just thinking of this now. Why is this particular building burried?' Jude thought as he stood up and looked around.

There was a large passage up ahead and he never even thought to explore it.

'Could be an ancient temple, hope I find something I can use to kill those snakes outside.' Jude knew that his thoughts were a bit too much to ask for but whatever.

He ventured into the dark tunnel which was actually a staircase leading down.

His eyes lit up a gold colour and the surroundings became brighter as he ventured downwards.

He began to see these strange drawings of a man and a...

'Is that a dog? Has whiskers and long puffy tail.' Jude wasn't sure, the man and the creature spent a lifetime together.

He soon watched as the man was killed by his brother and it made him furrow his brows. The writings under the images were all written in a strange language that he couldn't understand.

'Seems like this place was a temple or something.' Collins nodded. He swiped his hands and removed cobwebs in his path.

He brought out his sword and then he struck at the webs in his path, expecting a spider to attack afterwards, he summoned his shield.

As nothing attacked him, he continued walking further.

Soon, he entered a room where he then began to see a pile of sand and light from above.

He looked up to see that it was a hole which could possibly fit him leading to the outside. In the middle of the room was a small pedestal which had an item on it.

Jude walked towards it and then he looked ahead of it to see something like a gate which could slide up.

'Breathing?' Collins stopped as he listened closer and he could hear breathing from within the gate.

'What the hell could be in there? I better not get close.' He thought.

He then looked on the pedestal to see a weapon covered with dust. It was a sword with a fine hilt and a dusty blade.

'Finally. I hope it's good.' Jude thought as he picked up the blade.

As if it was magic, as he picked the sword up, the dust just moved down and fell off the sword, like water.

Collins was shocked by this phenomenon and he observed the blade. The middle looked like it was made of a golden crystal which he could see through.

It was one metre long with one side having serrated edges and the other straight.

[You have obtained the sword of Marduk. Bonding is taking place.]

'So it's called Sword of Marduk. It's... beautiful.' Jude smiled as he rubbed the fine blade. As he even swung it around the high pitched sound of metal vibrating reached his ears.

As Collins admired the sword, the pedestal suddenly shook and the entire building did the same.

The gate which was ahead slowly opened, sliding upwards.

The sword which was in his hand suddenly had golden lightning flashing around it and the crystal part which was on it's blade glowed brightly.

Two huge golden cat-like eyes flashed from within the large space which was now fully open and Collins immediately turned around and ran as he saw what stepped out.