Galaxy's First Ruler

Chapter 157: Anomaly

Sha, an Item created by Aldrich to save his Inventor's space, had become something elusive even to him.

Sha wasn't a Dreamer, Sha wasn't a Crawler, and Aldrich didn't know if he could call her a proper Item too. He had even made sure that the Sha hadn't turned into a pure elemental being, despite its tendency to become a Devil in the presence of Devil's aura. Aldrich, regarding Sha, had truly failed to find out about her nature. He couldn't find any better word to describe her than the words RECORD had used for her, i.e. an Unnatural Life form.

Sha was an Anomaly.

That's why, even if Aldrich had lost the ability to use weapons within the space of twelve pillars, Sha could use them independently.

The only thing that held her back was her inability to get stronger by herself. Sha didn't have Stats like Dreamers, and her Rank fluctuated with the Item strongest Item she could possess. But her strength wasn't nearly enough to handle an Elite Crawler of Viscount Rank, even if it has lost many of its levels.

The one end of the hand-turned-Megalith parted as if pieces of a puzzle and a round opening surfaced on it. The Crawler was fast, but it wasn't faster than the black glow coming out of the Bazooka.

BOOM!

A black laser came bursting out of the bazooka and hit straight on the Crawler's chest. The power of the explosion was so great that it even sent the Elite flying a hundred meters backward.

"Sha, I am leaving it to you."

Aldrich needed to concentrate on the Law again, which could leave him vulnerable. So he had already commanded the Shadow Homunculus to attack the Lord of Storms and Thunder as soon as he pushed it away using the Rumok.

Sha turned around and smiled, looking at Aldrich, before giving him a thumbs up.

"Yes Daddy."

Aldrich saw her dashing towards the Crawler and took a deep breath. The Law of Darkness was a law Aldrich had familiarized himself with for hundreds of thousands of years. The only reason he could master it and not the Law of Devil was because of the presence of Darkness after his death.

Aldrich's throat throbbed and the dark sapling within the hole in his forehead swayed as if it was facing a storm. Aldrich melted his understanding of the Darkness into the words that came out of his mouth.

"DARKEST AMONG DARK"

Sha was like a black blur, sliding over the limestone platform. But as soon as Aldrich let out the first three words, her entire body jerked and fell over. Red Blood came pouring out of her eyes, ears, and mouth, but it soon turned black before merging back into her body.

Aahhhhh!!!

Even the Crawler, who had stood up after getting dragged, let out another scream. As blood dripped down from the corners of its mouth, countless bolts of lightning covered its dozens of meter-long tail. The tail was like a lightning-whip and left behind the gurgling sound of thunder in its path before striking in the middle of Sha's breast.

Cr-Crack!

Bang!

Sha couldn't have the Will to tolerate the murmur and strange language coming out of Aldrich's mouth like the one the Crawler had. The tail sent the Shadow Homunculus flying into the gap between two pillars. But an unseen wall bounced her right back towards the platform. The Crawler, seeing a clear path to Aldrich, rushed at him.

"DEVOURER OF DREAMS"

Aldrich's white eyes looked into the Crawler's eyes which contained storm and thunder. The Viscount raised its right hand as it neared Aldrich and gritted its teeth to bear the incomprehensible pain from listening to Aldrich's voice. A gust of powerful wind came rushing towards the Crawler and morphed into a scythelike blade around its arm. The sharpness of the blade even rivaled that of the Count-level Broken Faith. But Aldrich was calm, and his mind was focused on only one task.

With its face filled with absolute ferocity, the Crawler slashed at Aldrich.

Shuuuuu!!!

"Get. Away. From. Daddy."

BANG! Katcha!!

The wind rustled as Sha came screaming at the top of her lungs and smashed into the Crawler. There were two bat-like wings on her back and a black Katana in her hand. One of her eyes had burst apart from the combined result of the whip and the murmurs. The Katana, like a hot knife into butter, entered the Crawler's stomach and a strong flap of her wings brought both Sha and Sugaar away from Aldrich. The wind-scythe, missing its mark, touched the platform and slashed through hundreds of meters of limestone noiselessly.

HISSSSSS!!!

The Crawler hissed maddeningly and grabbed Sha by her hair.

"I've had enough of you!"

The Viscount lifted Sha and brought her towards him. Its black fangs glistened and with a lightning-quick movement, it bit on her neck, injecting a huge amount of venom. The Crawler let go of Sha's hair, and she was about to hit the platform, its lightning-covered tail came slamming on her from the top.

BOOM!

"Huhss! Now remain buried. Who would save you now, Blessed One?"

The Lord of Storms and Thunder scoffed at Aldrich and raised his right hand. But instead of wind, a tremendous bolt of lightning appeared in its hand. The bolt wriggled and struggled to get freedom like a crazed snake, and its tip had opened up like a snake's mouth.

Hisss! Cr-Cr-Crack!!!

"END"

Just as Aldrich tried to say the last sentence, the Crawler let go of the lightning. The space whitened as the thunder resounded and lightning appeared in front of Aldrich, with its mouth open to devour him in one bite.

Thump!!

But between the lightning's reflection in Aldrich's eyes and him, a white-haired head came popping out from the ground. Sha's entire body was covered in dark green lines like branches of a colossal tree. Her mouth opened and unnaturally elongated, devouring the lightning snake in one gulp.

BOOOOM!

Aldrich didn't have the time to wonder how Sha had reached him before the lightning. He looked at the Crawler through the Sha's exploding pieces in countless blobs of shadows and let out a row of words.

"ENDLESS VEIL OF SLUMBER."