Alex''s group that was about to step forward and open the door came to an abrupt stop because from the door, an intense rumbling sound was heard.


    Gigigigi!


    Then a roar capable of shaking the heaven and earth was heard. Faster than the roar, Sakuya stepped forward, and a green barriering from her body exploded outward and blocked some of the shockwaves produced by the sudden roar.


    Sakuya turned instantly pale and shouted, ''''I can''t hold back for too long.''''


    Lilith moved; majestic ck wings appeared behind her back and wrapped her arms around Alex and Sakuya''s waist before moving her wings forward.


    Voom!


    The terrible wind generated by her wings shed against the iing shockwave to produce enough force that sent her back. Skillfully pping her wing,s she dodged the shockwaves as she flew higher, and soon they were a hundred meters above the ground, then the thing that roared finally came out.


    It was a gigantic bone warrior, standing over eight meters. What shocked the group was that the moment the giant skeleton covered in ck runes appeared, it looked into the sky, his red soul eyes pierced through the sky andnded on the group, a chill ran down their spines when they saw the human-like expression that soon followed this suggested, they had the feeling that the giant skeleton was smirking.


    ''''Let''s me down,'''' Alex demanded, and Lilith, without asking him what he was going to do,plied.


    Fwoosh!


    Alex, who had started to free fall, first aimed Silveria at the giant skeleton and fired.


    [Crimson Bullet]


    BANG!


    Like aser beam, the crimson bullet tore through the air and mmed into the giant arm as he used it at thest moment to block the attack.


    Kabooooom!


    The tremendous force passed through the giant skeleton''s hand as he blocked it, cracks started appearing all over its hand; the giant skeleton with a bit of intelligence was shocked. He was the amalgamation of monsters and humans, demons who had challenged this ce; he was like thest guardian that one needs to pass to be able to enter the castle, so naturally, his strength was no joke, so for him to suffer injury from one attack could only shock him.


    Just as the skeleton guardian was about to attack the puny human that dared to injure him, another attack came from the sky; a bolt of huge ck lightning descended from the sky. The giant skeleton guardian freaked out; he immediately brought out its huge bone spear and sent an attack forward.


    Swoosh!


    A ck beaming from the bone spear tip shed with the iing ck lightning.


    BOOOOM!


    The sky above the Dark castle screamed as if being ripped apart; the giant skeleton was pushed back; however, before he could analyze the situation, the sky turned monochrome, and the world was sliced apart, the giant skeleton instinct roared, and heunched his strongest attack, the bone spear turned ck and started wriggling as if alive then it opened its mouth like a dragon trying to swallow its prey, just before it happened, that human he had previously forgotten about shed next to him and,


    [Time Stop]


    Alex stopped time just enough for Sakuya Dimensional sh to leave a huge gash on the skeleton''s chest; then, he unleashed his ultimate attack.


    The phantom bullet tore through the gap left behind by Sakuya''s dimensional sh and broke the source of the giant skeleton life.


    Crack!


    The green gem of the size of volleyball broke apart after the phantom bullet struck it. The giant skeleton''s body stopped moving, his soul''s eyes were extinguished before its body crashed against the wall near the entrance.


    Bang! Crack!


    Alex safelynded on the ground, the other two joined him, they looked at each other for a moment before smiling, their ability to cooperate was perfectly synchronized, no word was needed, they did what was best for this situation, for each and it worked. If someone saw this scene, they would have thought that they trained for years to follow each other to produce such optimal results perfectly; however, it wasn''t the case; they just believed in each other while grasping the timing and knew what kills to use.


    ncing at the giant skeleton leaning against the door as if taking a nap, Alex walked forward; the other two followed him tensely, clutching their weapons, and soon they passed through the bone''s door. Darkness enveloped them for a moment before the light came back again. When the light appeared again,


    ''This is...''


    Alex and the girls looked around and made expressions of shock.


    There were countless bones around them: human bones, monsters'' bones, and demons'' bones. The group wondered what the hell happened here? How many people have entered before them for this amount of bones to exist?


    Just as Alex was about to order to head out, his body turned stiff, no it became slow, suddenly, three lights burst from the ground with the three inside and got intensified.


    ''Fuck!'' Alex could only inwardly swear as he could guess what would happen once the light disappeared, and as expected, his assumption proved to be right.


    After the light vanished, Alex was transported somewhere else; remembering thest looks the girls gave him made him sigh; shaking his head, Alex took a step forward.


    Everything around him was gray; there was a gray fog in the distance; focusing his sense forward, Alex noticed something running toward him, and soon that thing came out, it abruptly stopped.


    A rat, a four meters tall rat, shinning red eyes; the moment the rat saw Alex, it tried to open its mouth, but how Alex could let the Rat aplish its goal when he knew what would happen if he were to let this Rat emit a cry, a swarm of rats would assault him. Facing one would be fine, but it would be a different story if he faced a hundred at the same time.


    A shinning knife tore through the air, the Rat instincts exploded, the monster tried to move its body to the side, but it was already toote.


    Crunch!


    The knife thrown by Alex made a strange sound as it prated the monster''s vocal cords near its neck.


    ''''!!"


    And the vocal cords got cut while the knife blocked the rat''s throat, the scream that wasing up got stopped.


    ''Gurgle.''


    The Rat body slowly slid onto the ground and stopped moving; the monster was dead.. Alex sighed and walked forward.