The darkness cleared, and light appeared in front of me. For a fraction of a second, my eyes remained careful before they turned alarmed.
Formations lit up in my armor, and they moved to stop me from going any further.
It took less than a fraction of a second, but it felt like minutes. I stopped, with a spatial rift only an inch away from me. If I hadn't stopped on time, I would have split into two by the rift.
I have heard about people dying from it, but it is the first time I have experienced something .
I had just felt relieved when I felt the soul sense on me.
'Grimm!' I thought. Feeling the power, I felt scared. I wouldn't have if it is a normal rune without any peculiarities, but it's become difficult with them.
It sensed me, and the Grimms came a few seconds later. Not the one that sensed me, but a different one.
I didn't react, nor did I move. I remained oblivious to its presence as it came at me stealthily. I wanted to run, but this area feels safe enough.
So, I stayed here, remaining oblivious to the Grimm coming toward me.
Since I didn't sense it, I did what a new entrant of the realm does. I activated stealth and looked around.
It is afternoon, and I am above the hills. Once upon a time, there used to be a city here, but now everything has collapsed. One could barely see the signs of the city since there were trees everywhere.
The greenery isn't surprising, given the thickness of the energy. It is a thing that I concentrated energy in a small space; it solidified in a tiny crystal.
Energy is powerful but pure, and Initial Prime could breathe in it without their armor. It's not suppressive, either, but it is not without quirkiness.
The information Taurus has called this energy 'sponge' because it will absorb the other energies.
I did a little test and released some of my energy. It was immediately absorbed by this energy, which made itself stronger by absorbing it.
This absorption is so powerful that it is advised to fight in close combat as the long-range attack will get weaker. The same thing happens with the soul sense.
It's great news for the enemies we have come here to deal with.
Because this energy does not touch the energies of the Grimms, it didn't like it, like it likes our energy, giving them an advantage in this place.
Which is enough reason for them to have control of this realm.
I had already asked my clones to look for a solution to this problem, but they can't do miracles. It will take some time. I will need to fight the Grimm with this disadvantage.
Well, at least I am not feeling as disadvantaged as Kanxin. If the information they provided is right, it is affecting my energy 40% less than my energy.
Finally, the Grimm comes into view: Black Scaled Viperan.
It is massive, over eight meters tall, with a black scale covering its whole body. Its eyes are black as night but have pale blue armor covering them.
The combination had made it look even more menacing than it is.
It's been years since I had seen the Grimm; seeing it, a smile couldn't help but appear on my face. I am going to kill the bastard and take all its treasures.
I hate these bastards to my deepest soul, but I also love them. They provide me with an increase, but also with the treasures. I had found quite a lot of things in them.
This is what this Grimm will give me. It doesn't have a bloodline, which is a disappointment. I wonder if it has the ancestral power; I hope it does.
Finally, it reached in front of me but stopped at a greater distance than I had thought.
"I love elves. They are tender with incredible flavor," it said, licking its lips. "This elf is hard as a rock. It would break your teeth if you tried to eat it," I replied with a grin.
It is a Mid-Prime Grimm, and looking at its aura, the one with above average strength.
It didn't reply to my surprise. Instead, its soul sense scanned me heavily while I watched with a smile as uncertainty and fear appeared in its eyes.
I could see it wanted to attack me badly, but it's being cautious about it.
A moment later, a sneaky soul sense came at it. It wiped all the cautiousness from its eyes and brought a big smile to its face.
"You are not strong. You are just good at hiding your level," it said, and it came at me with an aura blazing and a long grey sword in his hand.
It swung its sword, covered in a pale bluish energy. It is a poisonous energy and quite powerful at that. If it touched my body, it would immediately start the cell degeneration.
Killing me within a minute. If it is not destroyed.
I responded immediately with a burning heat covering my sword, but as it moved toward it. I noticed its power lessening slowly.
The increase isn't big, but it is only a fraction. It will take a large chunk out of it if it is minute.
Our swords clashed, and I shook a little while the poisonous energy. I ate away the high heat that should have burned it and came at my armor, covering it.
Entering inside slowly despite the resistance.
It grinned upon seeing that, and attacked again with even greater power. I moved my sword to respond against it. Official source is novel✦fire.net
As I did that, I noticed that other Grimm was finally moving. It was not moving away but coming toward me.
I wanted to curse hard, seeing that. Instead, I kept my eyes on Grimm before me and fought with it as if I had not noticed anything.