Apocalypse Monster
Chapter 138: The Giant Castle

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Natan was already in the front yard with all of Alexander's family looking at him from behind curiously, curious about what he would do in the morning like this.

His shadow moved forwards, then rose to form a black-colored animal silhouette. When his shadow disappeared, his true form was completely visible, a black colored lion that was none other than Kuro.

Kuro roared, lunged at Natan and hugged her while standing with his hind legs. It's about twice the height of a lion in general, and it's very heavy.

"Good, fine. Big cat, you're getting heavy." Natan patted Kuro's big body.

"Nathan! Get us out of here!"

Natan could hear Calista's screaming voice, and finally asked Kuro to get them all out. Earlier this morning, he came to Longquan Mountain to pick them all up, and as usual, guessed it, the three asked to be pampered, even if it was only an hour.

For Natan who used to do it for hours and even half a day, it felt strange to do it briefly. But, feel grateful for not being too tired, and this can be a way for him not to do it too often.

The five women were already out of Kuro's shadow, with Jia Meiya and Xia Feiya, they were waiting at Longquan Mountain to guard there. After all, they were both among the strongest after Vely, Calista and Olivia.

Calista lunged at Natan by jumping.

Nathan catches Calista and hugs her. It was dramatic, even though they had just met this morning.

Ayumi and Erina came, but their gazes were both fixed on Barnard, Glenda, Addison, Oliva, Adrian, Adaline; as well as three other people: two women and one man, age-old to Natan.

Nathan turned to look at Glenda. "Grandmother, all three are my wives." He introduces Vely, Calista and Olivia, then looks down at Ayumi and Erina who are standing in front of him. "And this, the sisters I took care of when I lost my father and mother."

Wife? Everyone is dumbfounded.

Glenda opened her mouth about to speak, but before she could speak, Ayumi preceded her in a sad voice.

"His name... Natan still has family." Ayumi lowered her head.

Erina felt the same way, lowering her head sadly as she gripped the tip of her shirt.

Glenda lowered her head, then looked up at Natan curiously.

Natan ponders for a moment while calming Ayumi and Erina, then walks up to Glenda— explaining how Ayumi and Erina lived up to now, from wandering alone at the beginning of World Destruction, to wander off on their own, taken to the Military Base and ill-treated; scavenging for food in the trash, captured by the Black Eagle Guild and made into slave laborers.

Glenda was a soft-hearted and open-hearted person, hearing how Natan explained, her eyes flushed with tears and were angry at the same time.

Glenda held her breath, then slightly bent her body as she rubbed Ayumi and Erina's heads. "Because Natan is your sister, you can call me 'Grandmother'" she said.

Ayumi and Erina were silent for a while, before finally hugging Glenda after wiping away the tears. "Grandma!"

Nathan turned his eyes to Barnard. "Grandfather, how's the food here?" Last night, he joined the dining table, but everything he ate came from the ingredients he brought from Longquan Mountain.

Barnard let out a heavy sigh as he shook his head. "Not good, ever since the Destruction of the World, we have only relied on food stored in warehouses, and sometimes bought it from NPC Shop ..."

"For meat, we hunt him down from the monsters that roam outside." What is meant outside is a monster that is outside the territory of the residence of Alexander which covers an area of 250,000 square meters or 25 hectares.

"Before you came, we only ate hard bread and dried meat to save food. We have also been trying to grow crops, but everything has not paid off.

Natan frowned, then crouched down to touch the ground. Although not as good as Ayumi in feeling Mana, but she is still a Necromancer included in the Witch. He sensed the Mana flow in this soil flowing into the trees, picking up nutrients in the soil so it was not suitable for growing plants intentionally.

"Which stream is here .. eh?" Even before he could finish, Natan felt the flow of Mana here draining rapidly.

Natan stood looking at the surroundings, the trees began to wither at a speed that could be seen by the eyes. He had no idea what was happening, so he leaped hundreds of meters off the ground, then stood on top of the Bee Knight that had appeared below him.

"Goddessa!"

Ayumi released her embrace from Glenda, then turned on the bracelet in her hand and flew away slowly. He stood in the empty air beside Nathan. What he did was shocking, even Natan gaped at the sight of Ayumi flying.

"Sister, it looks like there's a big tree growing. It was like the World Tree, but wasn't it, the Monster Tree? Looks like yes!"

Nathan was silent without a word. Monster Tree? That's too much! If the tree is not cut down, doesn't that mean that there will be many monsters growing?

Without lingering, Natan took out the Giant Knight.

Boom up!

The intense tremor was like an earthquake when the Giant Knight landed on the ground, and it greatly shocked Natan upon seeing it.

"Hundred meters?!" Natan had not expected that the Giant Knight would grow to double its initial height the last time he saw it.

Then, looking at the Inventory, there was the Giant Castle, and upon seeing the details written. It turned out that his dimension had been increased to 200 × 200 meters, previously he had not seen it clearly, as it took the Giant Castle from the air and it was quite high.

"Did Gordon expand the house I asked for?" ask Nathan.

Ayumi nodded her head and replied, "Yes, did Big Brother not see her while picking her up? Originally they had already built it for five days, but suddenly the Giant Knight grew in height, and that was when they expanded the dimensions of the Giant Castle."

"Because of the sudden increase when it was almost complete, they finally changed it and added another thousand workers."

Natan pondered over it, until finally knowing the reason why the Giant Knight had grown taller. Initially, he asked for the Gordon when the Giant Knight was level 492, but with the increase in Natan's level, then the Giant Knight's level also increased.

[Bracelet Upgrade]

[Can increase the number of controlled troops, limited to: zombies, undead, monsters and slaves]

[+20 STR, +20 VIT, +20 DEX]

This item he obtained after killing the Zombie Player.

Natan and Ayumi again descended from the sky, landing in front of the people who had already gathered in shock upon seeing the Giant Knight.

"Grandfather! We have to leave this place now, but before that, we have to burn the growing Monster Tree" Natan said. His gaze was very serious and exuded a desire to kill.

Barnard smiled bitterly, they did want to leave, but with the large number of humans residing in the Alexander Residence, it would be very difficult to go together. But just as he was about to speak, he gasped when he remembered Nathan's earlier remark. "Is that the means of transportation you mentioned earlier?" He pointed at the Giant Knight.

Natan nodded her head, but did not reply but rather her gaze was fixed on the old man and woman who came behind Barnard, each carrying a wooden stick to help him walk. But, Natan could see through the wooden stick, that it was a disguised sword.

Feeling Natan's gaze, Barnard looked back. "Dad, Mother? You out?"

The old man in an ordinary suit nodded his head. "In the basement it's too hot, there's no way I can enjoy the quiet." His voice was hoarse, like an old man in general.

The old woman who wears Cheongsam, the structure of her face is Asian. "Mom wants to move the muscles, it's been five months since I killed the monster, it's time to get out."

Nathan, however, was left silent. The two old men were at least over 100 years old, but could move freely killing monsters?

As he looked through the mind of Natan, the woman named Huanran smiled. "Are you Nathan? Son of my granddaughter?"

Natan nodded her head with her mouth open.

"I come from a martial arts family in China, my family has moved here a long time ago. We have recipes and family techniques that are believed to increase age." Huanran added.

Abraham Alexander, observing the Giant Knight, then turned his gaze to Nathan. "If it's a means of transportation, it's enough to take us, but it's too hard to climb onto it. However, there was no harm in spending more, and there was no need to feel guilty if it destroyed the mansion."

Nathan saw hundreds of people behind Abraham and Huanran, they were carrying large bags of what seemed to be their stored resources, which meant that the mansion had been emptied.

Without wasting any time, Natan turned to look at the withered forest. He took out three other Giant Knights and lined up at four different angles.

Then, Natan took out Giant Castle with dimension 200 × 200 × 30 meters.

Brrtts...

The ground shook so strongly like an earthquake, even the sturdy mansion was unable to withstand its tremors and consequently collapsed in half.

"This ..." Abraham was at a loss for words to see the 30-meter-high cliff emerging from the void.

Cliffs made of iron, not stone.

That's not all, 30 Bee Knights showed up. Seven Knight Bees flew on each side with a distance of about thirty meters each. Then many more Skeleton Knights came, they jumped up onto the Giant Castle, took out a sling made of Adamantine, and tied it to the Bee Knights.

Then, the Bee Knight flew over, producing a loud sound as the interlude tightened.

The Bee Knight had difficulty flying due to the weight of the Giant Castle.

Ayumi raised her hand pointing it at the Giant Castle. "Earth Wall."

"Root Killer!" Erina added.

"The Light of Battlefield!"

"The Presence of Mind!"

A wide variety of skills were cast, and at that very instant the Giant Castle finally lifted after getting help from the vines and earth walls from various directions, including making him a Bee Knight of 120%.

When it reached the top, the Giant Castle was propped up by the Giant Knight on both shoulders, and there was a chain that tied the neck piece together to be completely safe. Then, from above, there were four slings that fell at high speed like arrows, stuck on the ground and instantly tightened, then slowly there was an iron box like an elevator, he said, but it can carry 50 people at once.

A lot has changed, not just one elevator, but five lifts.

How did Gordon make so many changes? Doesn't that mean, it can accommodate four hundred houses with an area of one hundred square meters each? If every house is multi-storey, I can bring a lot of people. This is a walking country!

Abraham, Huanran and the hundreds of people from the Alexander family were dumbfounded speechlessly. Even when they had entered the elevator, they remained silent.

When they reached the Giant Castle, they were even more astonished. There was a large mansion, not as big as the Alexander Mansion, but at least higher. There are artificial lakes, flowing rivers, waterfalls, farms, plantations, flower gardens, railroads along with the train once.

"Alright, welcome to Giant Castle. Do whatever you like, you can eat fruits, or kill the cows or sheep we take care of. No need to worry, they won't disappear after being killed, because it's livestock."

Natan walked to the mansion in the middle. He prefers to walk instead of riding the train, because he wants to see how the work is done Gordon.

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