A bleeding figure rushed straight toward the giant beast without any fear.
Karyk's left eye was covered in blood, as the blood kept trickling down his forehead. However, despite only being able to see through his right eye, he skillfully dodged the creature's deadly swipes.
He appeared less like a human and more like a beast himself, who was fiercely rushing ahead.
Roar~
The majestic beast roared fiercely, watching an ant struggle before him. Following the roar, it took a deep breath, sucking all the air in the surroundings.
It was as if there was a black hole in his stomach which was sucking everything inside.
Even Karyk felt the fierce pull as he found it hard to stay on the ground. His body started rising in the air, being pulled straight toward the beast's body, along with everything else that could move.
Karyk held onto the nearby wall of the maze to resist the pressure yet he failed to find a firm grip while his body was being pulled straight inside the Giant Beast.
It was only after eating, the Giant Beast closed its mouth. Its task was done! It had killed the intruder!
After taking care of Karyk, the beast sat back down on the ground right at the exit of the maze, returning to its usual duty.
The Beast closed its eyes. The surroundings also returned to the usual calm. The blood marks could be seen on the ground.
The silence didn't last long, as the Beast suddenly opened its eyes in disbelief. It fiercely started roaring. However, his roar now was different from his previous roar as instead of anger, this time his roar was filled with anger.
The beast stood up and started hitting his body against the wall, as if he had gone crazy. Unfortunately, nothing relieved him.
A pitch black Sword, appearing to be made from an unknown material sliced through his skin from inside.
Multiple cuts started appearing all around the body of the beast, from the inside. None of its defense was able to protect itself against the unknown attacks.
The wild guardian beast kept hitting against the wall repeatedly, yet nothing could help him. He kept bleeding more and more, before eventually he dropped to the ground.
Its eyes lost their shine as its lifeless body laid on the ground. The beast had died for some unknown reason.
As soon as the beast died, the black Sword sliced through its skin, opening a path from inside the beast.
From the inside, a figure came out, holding the black Sword. The figure belonged to none other than Karyk. However, for some reason, there was now not a single wound on his body, as if all his wounds had miraculously healed.
Karyk came out from the beast's body, landing in the distance. His breathing was heavy, yet there was a look of relief on his face.
Tired, he sat on the ground, placing the God-Tier Sword on the ground.
Even he hadn't expected that inside the beast, he was going to be free of the restrictions of the maze.
As soon as he fell inside, it started counting as a different space, which temporarily released all the restrictions, allowing him to access his storage as well.
As all hope appeared to be lost, he pulled out the sword that he had been craving ever since he entered the maze.
Now that he was out, most of his strength was again sealed, but it didn't matter! Now he already had the Sword, which provided him with a bigger advantage than he previously had.
In the absence of his spells, he could only rely on his physical strength and his weapon!
At the same time, he also brought out some healing pills, which helped him heal most of his wounds while he was inside the beast.
"I should thank you for the help, I suppose." Karyk stood up, glancing at the lifeless body of the beast in the distance.
He was finally able to leave the horrifying maze. Carrying the sword, he stepped out of the maze, leaving the area. He didn't know how far he was from the Goddess of Light, or how she passed through the maze, but he had to catch up to her first!
He passed through the exit of the maze, getting a surreal feeling as if he had entered a completely different space itself.
He turned around, noticing the exit of the maze had disappeared along with the entire maze itself.
"A Graveyard?" As far as his eyes could see, he only saw tombstones. The entire place was filled with the aura of death.
Moreover, this aura of death was stronger than any Soul Realm that he had ever seen. It was as if every single person buried here was no less than a god.
Seeing a sight like this, his first thought was if he could awaken these dead beings from their tombstone to turn into his own soldiers. Unfortunately, even though he was in a place brimming with death, he couldn't use any powerful spells, as if the Restrictions of the Temple were still active on him, preventing him from using any powerful spells.
"The Temple of Gods... according to the Stories from the Generals, this is the place which the King of Upper Realm accidentally stumbled upon in the past.
This was also the place which changed his entire life. It was only after coming out of this place, he conquered the entire upper world.
It was no lie to say that he gained his strength in this place. Moreover, he wasn't alone. All Four Generals had been to this place at least once.
This was also the place where the Goddess of Light wanted to come the most, going so far as to become something akin to a follower of the king of the upper realm, and doing as he asked.
However, now that Karyk was in this place, he could feel that it was every bit as strange as he expected. He stepped toward the first tombstone, which had some words written on it.
