Endless Journey: Infinite Realms 242 Cling Clang!

As the rumblings in their surroundings started to increase, Alex activated his Esper Power to scan the ground below him.

To his chagrin, he realized that there was something blocking his perception on the ground, making it impossible for him to scan it.

"Alina, was your scanning blocked too?" Alex asked Alina as the shaking of the ground started to get uncomfortable. "I just tried scanning the ground now, but something had blocked me from looking further."

"…I just tried sensing the space below the ground, and something indeed blocked me from looking on it." Alina replied as her eyebrows furrowed. "I don't know what it is, but for it to block our abilities, it must have been something overbearing."

"…" This answer of Alina had Alex worried, as he realized that the trials that they will supposedly face in this moon will not be that easy.

"Look out!" As Alex and Alina mulled about what was happening, someone from the Symbolists let out a panicked shout as he pointed his trembling fingers at a spot that was behind Alex. "What the hell was that?"

Alex looked at where the Symbolist was pointing, and there Alex saw one of the most bizarre things that he had seen in his life.

"Boom!" A massive arm the size of a skyscraper slowly rose out of a sand mountain, with the blue sand around it blasted away by the size of the arm.

"What the…" Alex muttered to himself as he saw how gigantic the hand was. "There's something like this inside the Blue Moon?"

As the massive hand continued to get higher and higher, Alex saw more and more details about this hand.

First, Alex could see that this hand belonged to a humanoid being, although its color was entirely blue.

Countless jewels were encrusted along the length of the arm, providing a dazzling view which paired well with the blue color of the arm.

The most prominent thing that Alex saw however on this arm were the chains that were wrapped around it.

The chains were as thick as a school bus, and they were wrapped tightly all around the blue arm's entirety.

These chains were also attached to a stake, which was embedded on the wrist portion of the arm. This stake was firmly stuck on the wrist, and it seems like there was no easy way to get that stake off.

Right now, the chains were currently flailing around as the arm moved jerkily around, as if the owner of the arm wanted to get these chains off.

But because of the stake embedded on the wrist, the chains held on.

"Hmm?" As Alex looked at the chains, he realized that these chains were emitting some kind of dangerous feeling.

With that realization, Alex used his Esper Power to scan the chain's internal structure.

But to Alex's surprise, at the instant that his Esper Power has touched the chain, his Esper Power started to be slowly absorbed by the chain! That made it impossible for Alex to scan the chain!

"!!!" As Alex felt what was happening, he hurriedly retreated his Esper Power back as he looked at the chains with more wariness now.

"Alex that chains…" Alina muttered behind Alex as she seemed to have done the same thing as him too.

"Yes Alina, I have felt it too." Alex replied as his eyes narrowed in concentration. "Those chains… they can somehow absorb powers. As for what kind of power they can absorb, I'm not sure if they there's something that they cannot absorb…"

"Hmph, hooman, those chains that you see right there are special!" Someone had interrupted Alex and Alina's conversation, and the one who did was [Asteria], who flew out of the storage just now. "You are all lucky to see these chains, for these chains are intended for special purposes only!"

"Tsk, I will not ask on why you were cowering like a coward earlier." Alex said as the same feeling of exasperation returned to him. "Just tell us all about those damned chains now!"

"Who are you calling a coward, huh?"

"Well, didn't you hide like a scared little s**t earlier? What was her name again? Ah right, it's Kuro. Hmm… you must have some kind of history with her… I wonder what she would do if I tell her about you."

"Oi oi hooman, you wouldn't do that right?"

"Well, it depends if you will be obedient…"

"Argh! I will get you back for this!"

"Just tell us everything about those chains already."

"Fine!" With Alex's successful conversation with [Asteria], the blond fairy was left with no choice but to look as meek as possible.

"That chains are what you call the Origin Devouring Chains." [Asteria] said as she gave Alex an aggrieved look. "Those chains are special, as they will absorb any kind of supernatural powers, as long as they get into close contact with it!"

"Any kind of supernatural powers?"

"Yes, that's what I just said." [Asteria] replied as she let out a sigh. "And with that kind of application, you already know where they will be used for."

"Those chains... they will be most likely be used to imprison people with supernatural powers." Alex replied as he stared at the blue arm, which was now slowing down its ascent. "After all, with these chains' ability to absorb supernatural powers, they will be extremely suited to weaken and imprison people with supernatural powers. Without their powers, they will have no way to escape…"

"So you're saying that the owner of the blue arm is a prisoner?" Alina blurted out as she looked at the massive arm with wide eyes.

"Yes, that is the most likely scenario here." Alex replied as his eyes narrowed. "And if I am right, this whole Blue Moon must have been this blue arm owner's prison cell!"

"!!!"

As Alex uttered these words, Alina, who clearly heard what Alex said, stared at [Asteria] as she asked her,

"[Asteria], are these chains easy to create?"

"Hell no! Origin Devouring Chains are top-class treasures! Of course they will be expensive and costly!" [Asteria] shouted out as she shook her head. "Creating just a meter of Origin Devouring Chain already requires a lot of resources that are enough to drain a planet! That's right, a planet! That's how ridiculous it is!"

"If these chains are that hard to create, then the amount of resources used for the chains that we can see right now…" Alina's voice trailed as she stared at the gigantic arm, which was starting to bend through its elbow.

"Hooman, I am not good at estimation, but I can definitely say that countless planets were purged just to create the chains that we CAN SEE right now." [Asteria] replied as her eyes narrowed. "However, there is a high chance that the prisoner's whole body was covered with Origin Devouring Chains too, which makes their cost exponentially higher!"

"!!!" With that stark reminder from [Asteria], both Alina and Alex's wariness against their current location had just increased.

"…What kind of prisoner warrants this kind of treatment?" Alex asked with trepidation as he and the other Symbolists started to back away from the arm. "This seems to be overkill!"

"Hmph, hooman, I do not know the answer to that, although I am sure that whoever is imprisoned here must be an extremely powerful being in the past." [Asteria] said as she flew alongside Alex. "And even if this prisoner is weakened by the Origin Devouring Chains, you will all be hard-pressed to survive if this prisoner tries to attack you!"

"I'm definitely worried about that, but maybe there is a chance that this prisoner will not attack us." Alex hastily replied. "Who knows, maybe the prisoner was just bored, and he wanted to just chat with us…"

"Alex, you may be really optimistic sometimes, but now is not the time to be that optimistic." Alina said slowly. "Can't you feel the hidden power inside that arm? Even if it was covered in chains, that arm still looks pretty dangerous to me!"

"I know that, ok? That's why we're backing up now, right?" Alex replied as he gave Alina a bemused gaze.

"…."

When they had placed themselves around 5 kilometers away from the massive arm, Alex and his allies stopped as they huddled closer to each other.

They then began setting up defensive Symbols all around them just in case the worst happens.

They might have been far from the arm now, but there is no knowing what this arm could do, so it's better to be safe rather than dead.

"…."

As they were about to finish up setting their defenses, Alex looked back at the arm, and to his curiosity, he saw that the arm was now positioned in a way that the elbow was at the highest point, while the palm and the shoulder were both buried on the sands, creating something that looked like Λ.

"!!!" As he saw the appearance of the arm, Alex realized that the way that the arm positioned itself looked somewhat familiar.

"That arm… it looks like it was being used as a brace to pull something up!" Alex blurted out as his danger sense began to activate. "The owner of that arm… his using his arm to pull his whole body out of the sands!"

At the instant that Alex said these words, the whole area around them started to rumble again, but this time around, the rumbling was much stronger compared to the one before.

The sands that were around the arm began to sink and swirl as the shoulder portion of the arm began to rise.

Alex and the others watched in trepidation as the neck and the head of the prisoner rose out of the sands, undoubtedly pulled out from the depths with the help of the braced arm.

"…."

Alex could only gulp to himself as he saw the face of the prisoner, who was staring directly at them.

The prisoner looked like a normal bald human, although the massive size of his head and his blue skin color makes the prisoner looked like a giant, bald, blue human.

There were some tattoos inscribed on the prisoner's forehead and cheeks, and there were also jewels encrusted on his nose and ears.

As for Origin Devouring Chains, a portion of them were also present, with most of this portion wrapped tightly around his neck.

"ARGHHHHH!" As the prisoner's head fully came out of the sands, he suddenly let out a bellow of rage, which thoroughly shook the air around Alex.

The prisoner's eyes then turned as he saw Alex and the Symbolists, which was a fair indication that the prisoner was now pissed.

"YOU! YOU PARASITES! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" The prisoner said in an enraged tone as he glared murderously at Alex and the Symbolists. "ARE YOU HERE AGAIN TO LEECH MORE OF MY POWER? F**K YOU ALL! I WILL NEVER ALLOW YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME AGAIN! IF YOU WANT TO TAKE MY POWER, THEN MAKE ME GIVE IT TO YOU! IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN ALL OF YOU MUST DIE NOW!"

At the instant that the prisoner said these words, Alex felt his body freezing in extreme terror, as he realized that a massive danger is about to approach them now, and its approaching them quickly!

"Boom!" Before Alex could warn the other, he was suddenly blasted away from his position, propelling him away from Alina and the others.

As he realized what was happening to him, Alex looked at the defenses that they set in place, but to his surprise, he saw that all of their defenses were shattered now, as if they received an extremely powerful attack!

As he was blasted away, Alex also started to feel some pain, which made him realize that he was also hit by the attack too.

"Argh!" Alex groaned to himself as his body hit the ground, which barely cushioned the impact of his fall.

"What the hell was that?" Alex thought to himself as he pulled himself up. "That attack… was so fast, and it was so powerful that it destroyed our defenses and it managed to injure me! If that attack hits us one more time, I'm not sure if many of us can survive it!"

As he reached this conclusion, Alex evened his breathing as he realized that they are in a fight against the prisoner now, and if they do not do anything to protect themselves, most of them will die horrible deaths!

Chapter end

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