Chapter 11 The Meteorite

A burly man, two meters tall, stood before them. He had dark skin, a sturdy build, and muscles bulging all over, so much so that the black t-shirt he wore could barely conceal the chiseled lines of his physique. His face was rugged, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, radiating an intimidating presence even in human form. His bald head, with veins visible beneath the skin, immediately led those unaware of the situation to mistake him for a villain—and to be honest, he was indeed quite villainous. It was likely impossible to find a creature on this planet with a darker aura than Izhaks.

Even after transforming into human form, Izhaks remained strikingly conspicuous. Furthermore, Hao Ren realized that he still had to look up to him, which made him feel even more apprehensive about bringing this demon home. He optimistically estimated that this bald-headed demon was attractive enough to catch the attention of an entire squad of local police officers just based on his appearance alone. If he stood in front of the Public Security Bureau, they'd have to request backup without him even saying a word…

But at least he was better than that humanoid flaming mountain who was covered in fire.

"Alright, let's go," Hao Ren sighed. He still had many questions for Izhaks, but this was not the place to continue talking. The light and shadow effects created during the demon's descent should have already attracted the attention of the townspeople. Even though there were no roads nearby, the forest fire department should be on their way. "I'll ask you more when we get home… Oh, right! I suddenly remembered something!"

Hao Ren slapped his forehead. He recalled an inexplicable detail that Angus had mentioned when admitting he was faking the haunting: the townspeople had initially seen a fire coming from the direction of the ancient castle, and this wasn't something Angus had done.

"Did you do that?" Hao Ren asked, explaining the origin of the town's haunting incident. "Were you just arriving at the time?"

"Ah, that was me. I feel kind of bad about that," Izhaks stepped out of the lava pool, stomping his feet to shake off the slag on his pants. He wore a frightening smile (his face looked intimidating no matter what), "I came to this planet on your Time Administration's immigration ship, but I flew on my own when entering the atmosphere, and ended up going to the wrong place. My planned landing spot was a shielded zone arranged by the Administration, where landing wouldn't attract attention, but I ended up in this place… It was quite a spectacle, just like you saw. But I noticed the locals didn't seem to mind, they seemed quite happy about it, so I didn't bother apologizing. I remember someone telling me to avoid revealing my identity as much as possible before coming here."

Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat. He finally understood what Angus meant by "huge fire." Recalling the sea of fire floating in the clouds when Izhaks descended, he realized that it was indeed a sight that would illuminate the sky even from dozens of kilometers away.

Hao Ren led the way, guiding the group away from the ancient castle ruins. However, just as they were about to leave, Vivian remembered something: "Wait, shouldn't we clean up the scene here?"

Vivian pointed at the pile of stones on the high ground: the entire ancient castle ruins were already a mess. In those few minutes, Lily had torn down nearly one side of the city wall to use as bricks, and smashed the remaining walls in passing. The place where Izhaks landed still had remnants of lava that had not completely cooled, and optimistically, there would soon be rough glass everywhere. Moreover, Nangong had blown a large hole in the center of the castle that went straight to the underground palace, and other places in the castle were also the exit of tunnels opened by the undead guards. What was even worse was that there were hundreds of ancient armors lying in the pile of stones of the ruins. The Leta runes on these undead guards had been broken by the power of the demon, and theoretically, they would not stand up again. However, it was hard to guarantee that some of them could still twitch their legs. Leaving such a mess to ordinary people was obviously not appropriate.

Although Hao Ren wanted to mind his own business, no matter how he thought about it, it was his responsibility to deal with it…

"How do we handle this? Apply for two rounds of bombing to level this place?" Hao Ren shrugged. "That's the easiest way. Otherwise, how can we few clean up such a big mess in a short time? Besides, I think I saw the shadows of vehicles in the distance. I guess some guys from the town are already running over to watch the excitement."

Izhaks didn't understand what Vivian and Hao Ren were saying, but he could guess. The great demon scratched his shiny bald head and chuckled: "Leave it to me. You guys hide somewhere far away."

Seeing that the demon was about to unleash his power, Hao Ren didn't bother to ask how he planned to do it. He quickly pulled Lily and Vivian to a nearby small hill, leaving Izhaks alone in the ancient castle ruins. But before he could stand firmly on the hill, he heard a voice like rolling thunder coming from the direction of the ancient castle: "Run further away! The further the better!"

Hao Ren was stunned: "What's he going to do? Is he really going to level this place?"

Then he slapped Lily: "Hurry up and leave. This big guy is going to make a big scene—oh yeah, Vivian, go get Nangong and that old monk. Speaking of which, they should be awake by now, right?"

Hao Ren made a judgment about the distance, and thought that Nangong and the Indian monk, who were staying in the "ghost hunter camp," were probably also in the danger zone, so he quickly asked Vivian to bring those two unlucky guys over. Fortunately, he was careful and never forgot about this matter, but it seemed like the two demon girls beside him had long forgotten—a carelessness could lead to death!

The group quickly moved to another high ground further away. Vivian also found Nangong and the Indian monk still unconscious in the small camp. Judging from the sleeping situation of these two, Hao Ren's attack was really solid at the time.

Of course, the hardness of the data terminal was also a decisive factor.

While Hao Ren was waiting to see what kind of commotion would come from the direction of the ancient castle, a beam of red light suddenly cut through the sky.

The three of them looked up at the same time and were stunned when they saw the body of the red light: it was a meteorite.

A real meteorite!

The huge meteorite was burning fiercely in the atmosphere, dragging a long tail flame across the sky, heading towards the ancient castle with extreme precision. Hao Ren had only seen such a scene on TV, or in games with the so-called "meteorite spell," but now this exaggerated thing actually appeared in front of him!

Lily stretched out her voice and exclaimed "Oh——," and at the same time as she finished speaking, the hot huge meteorite had hit its target, hitting the center of the ancient castle hard!

First, there was a loud "boom," and the roar was so fierce that Hao Ren felt his skull protesting with creaking sounds. Then, a mushroom cloud rose from the high ground where the ancient castle was located. Even from such a distance, the ground under their feet was trembling. The violent shock wave followed, and the biting smell of sulfur hit their faces in the violent wind. If they were closer, they would probably feel like the end of the world was coming.

Hao Ren had only one thought at the moment: a real meteorite spell is much more exciting than watching it in a game.

When everything calmed down a little, the clouds in the sky had been torn in half. The shock wave caused by the meteorite even created a radial cloud cavity directly above the ancient castle. As the first ray of morning sun shone on the earth, the ancient castle had completely disappeared.

Those rocks, that high ground, and that underground palace, all turned into a burning giant pit, and around the high ground were large areas of impact cracks.

While Hao Ren was stunned, a vortex-shaped distortion suddenly appeared in the nearby air. Izhaks teleported directly to his side, with a slightly embarrassed expression on the great demon's face: "Did I make too much noise? I pulled this meteorite from the Kuiper Belt. I couldn't find one that was just the right size for a while. This one looked moderately sized, but I didn't expect it to have a manganese core—I thought it was an ice rock, which would have made it less powerful. By the way, the environment of your star system is not bad. It's especially suitable for releasing meteorite spells."

Hao Ren: "…"

Hao Ren, whose worldview was already indestructible, shook his head: "Okay, the most difficult things to explain have been smashed away. The rest is just for the British astronomical experts to find a way to explain the meteorite event. Let's go… Let's get out of here!"

At this time, Nangong, who was lying at Hao Ren's feet, finally woke up leisurely (or maybe he was awakened by the meteorite falling just now). This half-baked "demon hunter" propped himself up from the ground, and then immediately whimpered and touched the back of his head. Immediately afterwards, he coughed as he was choked by the scorched smell in the surrounding air: "Cough cough, what happened to me?"

This guy who can't accomplish anything but also doesn't ruin anything, woke up at just the right time!