Chapter 874: 30 Minutes, is all that’s left
Having defeated one of the pillars had only given Anna and Rayna a brief moment to rest. Having seen what occurred, the Behemoth Clan members were hesitant to go forward.
After all, none of them, even with their overwhelming numbers, would have dared to go against Umonke, so if they wouldn’t go against him, why would they face those that managed to best him?
However, it only took a few to start their chain of attack, deciding they had confidence in their numbers and convincing themselves that the two must be tired.
It only made sense, after two titans finished fighting each other, the other had to be tired, and they were quite right in their thoughts.
“I thought you guys would understand the error of your ways!” Rayna said as she thrust her spear and twisted it in the air.
The twist of her spear was filled with Qi, and several of those that had attacked her were warped with the hit. At least five individuals were dragged into the air and then flung to the side, crashing into other members that were attacking.
“Can you go ahead and try to figure out the current situation?” Rayna asked.
However, Anna was in her own mess. She moved back, allowing two swords to strike each other, then when a third person tried to whack her from behind, she spun and pushed the man into the other three.
‘I’m in energy-saving mode at the moment, trying to mostly create situations where they hurt each other… I could do with some power stones… otherwise, I might start holding the others back,’ Anna thought.
With the number of people she was fighting, even Anna couldn’t figure out what to do in the current situation.
Her ears, though, managed to pick up several groans. With how deep they were fighting against the Behemoth Clan, there shouldn’t be any sounds of fighting, especially since the Crimson Crane with the guards had retreated closer to the wall.
“ARGHH!” a man shouted as he was flung through the air with a broken sword.
Looking in the direction where the man had come from, she could see three young men had appeared.
“I’m telling you this is the quickest way!” Mantis claimed.
“How can that be when I can literally see the wall to the right of us!” Mada complained.
“I have to admit, there does seem to be fewer people here,” Ricktor said.
It was then that the three stopped their bickering as they noticed the two women in front of them.
“Now it might make sense why there’s less people here,” Ricktor said, looking at the dead bodies on the ground. “And it appears that they’ve been quite successful.”
The Behemoth Clan members didn’t stop, and they continued to attack. Mantis, Mada, and Ricktor fought their way until they eventually managed to regroup with Anna and Rayna.
“It appears the two of you have managed to take out another Pillar,” Ricktor said as he swung his hand in the air, creating flames, and then swung his sword on the ground.
The floor lit on fire, and it quickly spread to the clothing of those fighting and coming toward them.
“The other one?” Rayna replied. “Based on those words, you guys managed to defeat a Pillar as well.”
“Of course we did!” Mantis said. “And it was mainly because of me, the Black Tiger! Spread the word, the Black Tiger has taken down the Behemoth Clan!”
While Rayna continued to fight, she was thinking about the three of them. When she was their age, would she have been able to do such a feat as defeating one of the Pillars?
They were going against those with much greater experience and a far longer life to live and grow stronger. In all honesty, she had thought the students would fail and would be best at just delaying them as long as possible.
It was the same with the Pillar they had gone against as well. She half expected them to be pushed back until reaching the wall, and then the Crimson Crane would have to deal with them as they had been weakened.
Yet everyone had accomplished more than she had expected.
‘Is this because of the Dark Magus? Is this the effect of him coming here to Pagna? It really feels like one person is changing the status of the world so much.’
“So, both of the Pillars have been defeated, but it looks like it hasn’t changed the situation much,” Mada said.
“Right, the Behemoth Clan are still pushing forward,” Anna replied. “But with this, it will stop them from being able to push right to the wall.”
“There won’t be any left that can take on the Crimson Crane, so the only thing they can do is tire them out with their sheer numbers.”
“And will that work?” Rayna asked. “Will the Crimson Crane eventually tire out?”
Anna looked at just those who were there. Everyone was already exhausted. How much longer could they fight for-thirty minutes maybe, at best?
With the heavy rain, strategy had already changed. But how was this information valuable to them, who were doing their best?
In the end, though, Anna felt like she needed to inform the others of the reality of the
situation.
“30 minutes—that’s how long I think everyone will last. After that, the Behemoth Clan will reach the walls, and everyone will be too exhausted to fight.”
“30 minutes? Then that means we only have one choice, right?” Ricktor said, looking at Rayna. “The only thing that will make this army retreat is taking down Sha Mo before they reach the wall.”
Everyone was in agreement, but with how hard it was for them to take down a Pillar, they weren’t so hopeful about taking on Sha Mo.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, three individuals were standing right before the monstrous Sha Mo, who was staring them down.
“I can’t believe the times have changed,” Sha Mo claimed. “The fact that three children of all things would even try to stand in front of me!”
“Everyone!” Safa shouted. “Don’t hold back, don’t lose focus! We can’t give any less than 200 percent!”
Chapter 875: The Dark Magus’s Shield
The battlefield stayed clear of the area where Sha Mo stood. Because no one wanted to get caught up in his fight. His Qi, his attack power, it was all too much for them.
It was a risk to even try to help Sha Mo due to how reckless his Qi was.
“The disrespect kids have in this generation is unfathomable!” Sha Mo lifted his leg, and the motion almost looked like he was about to perform the first descending step.
As it slammed on the floor, the Qi shook the entire ground at least five kilometers out in every direction from where he was.
The Behemoth Clan members were stumbling, trying to get back on their feet, and for Safa, Simyon, and Liam, they were affected worse by it, falling to the floor, using their hands just to keep themselves up.
“This is just his Qi; his damned Qi feels like it could take out the whole of the Behemoth Clan!” Liam said as he struggled to push himself up. “It’s no wonder none of them retreated, and they all looked so scared of him.”
As the group looked up, though, before they could even stand, they saw a large fist coming towards them. Although Sha Mo was a big person, he was still human. The name “giant” was just because of his larger-than-average size, but he was nothing compared to the beasts and monsters that others might face in the dimension.
Yet something strange had occurred as they all looked at Sha Mo’s hand. The Qi surrounding his fist started to form an image. They weren’t sure if it was an illusion or just his visual Qi. But the fist of a giant appeared to be heading their way, ready to sweep all three of them.
‘I have to, I have to protect them. I’m the shield of this group!’ The first to get up on his feet was Simyon, and he sprinted ahead of the other two.
The power of the Cursed earring was activated, and Simyon braced himself as he got into position. At that point, the giant fist was seen slamming right into Simyon.
The large wave of Qi extended past Simyon and even hit some of the warriors still pushing forward, heading to the wall of Flendon.
They toppled, falling on top of each other, and in some cases, their weapons had impaled those they fell on. It was so abrupt and a powerful force for them.
Yet Simyon was standing there, clearly having taken Sha Mo’s fist.
“Kuk!” Simyon coughed as he felt everything in his body, including his insides, and blood dripped out of his mouth onto his body.
“Pull him out, the Qi, it’s going to suffocate him!” Safa shouted.
However, the reason the Qi hadn’t reached them was because Simyon had taken it all, the full extent of the hit. Those that glanced at Sha Mo’s fist were surprised at what had occurred.
Sha Mo’s strength and techniques were so powerful that when used against even low-stage middle warriors, a hit would splatter their bodies as if they were truly hit by that of a giant. Limbs and organs would be removed, and their whole body ripped apart.
“Haha!” Simyon said with a cheeky smile. “For a leader of a Demonic Clan, your fists are quite light.”
Right now, Simyon’s body was that of the Mythical Level. His body had the construct more of a weapon than that of a warrior. Using his Qi, he could strengthen it just like one could a weapon.
This was why, even though he wasn’t a skilled warrior, his body was incredibly strong and sturdy and next to unbreakable, but it was quite clear he had taken some damage from the hit as well.
“You should be proud that it will take two hits to finish you off!” Sha Mo shouted as his other fist swung, and just like the last, it appeared as if a giant fist was coming right at him. “Great Flash!” Safa shouted as she lifted up her spear. The point shined so bright, and light flashed out, blinding nearly everyone that was there.
Sha Mo was unable to see for a moment, but that didn’t stop him from swinging his fist, as moments later, he heard the cries of many.
When the light finally faded, Sha Mo was able to see in front of him a whole line of men eliminated, and that was by his own fist. At least two hundred had to have been killed by the power of his punch alone.
He scoffed in disgust.
“Where are those brats? They think they can win this fight with poor tricks.”
Turning his head, he was quite surprised to see they had moved quite a distance away. Not only that, but the student he had hit was looking a lot better, standing perfectly fine as if he hadn’t been hurt at all.
Although Sha Mo was large, he was by no means slow. He had great power, speed, and more, because he was a high-stage middle warrior.
The punch shouldn’t have been able to be avoided even if he was blinded at the last moment. “Please don’t make it so close next time,” Liam said as he wielded two of his dual swords. They looked different from before, curved and slightly jagged, while closer to the sword guard, there was a large circular green glowing hole on the end.
Safa placed her hand on Simyon, having mostly healed him. With the Lux Spear in her possession, she was able to heal him relatively well.
“His Qi stumbled us, but just like I said before, we have to do this, we have to fight, and prove that we will no longer get in Raze’s way!”
“Right,” Simyon said as he banged his fists together, and around his neck, strange beads started to glow in an array of different colors.
Simyon thought back to when Amir had given them the task to take out the various Clans in the Dark Faction.
“All of you should take note. I have given you certain clans because of the information we have gathered. I have evaluated all of your strengths, especially you three.
“I have been with you for quite some time, so I have chosen based on your skills the best artifacts that can be used to enhance your powers!” Amir claimed.
The right of Simyon’s glove started to electrify, the enchanted item that Raze had made for him. He then slowly placed it on the beads around his neck, and before he knew it, his entire body was lighting up with blue lightning all over.
“We are the ones that took over the Dark Faction. Raze is now the leader of the Dark Faction, and I am the shield that will be there to protect him!”
Chapter 876: Lightning Body
The entirety of Simyon’s body was glowing light blue, small sparks of energy coming off it. Even Liam had to admit that Simyon looked somewhat cool right now.
As if a god had descended upon Pagna to protect them. The energy and power surging through him were impressive.
“You think some fancy tricks are going to fool me!” Sha Mo shouted as a giant fist was launched toward the group.
In the middle of a swing by Sha Mo, Simyon had jumped from his position and zapped right to the fist. His body crashed into it and held it in place.
The fist was still moving forward, which showed the sheer power Sha Mo had, but Simyon was faring a lot better compared to before.
“Come on, we have to keep moving as well. Simyon’s just slowing down the fists so we can act,” Safa ordered.
As she quickly swooped around, running to the side, Sha Mo saw this and moved quickly, pulling his fist back, this time heading for Safa.
Before it reached her, though, Simyon was right there in front of her. His body blocked the punch. Sha Mo went to kick, and Simyon zapped his body to the position again.
Sha Mo quickly used foot techniques, sidestepping around Simyon, and reached where Liam was now. Sha Mo had both hands held together and went to hammer them down.
Just then, Liam felt himself being pushed back, and instead, in his place, Simyon had zapped to the location, holding up both fists above.
Simyon’s knees were bent, he was gritting his teeth, and it felt like the whole world was being pushed onto his shoulders. As he opened his mouth and continued to bear the grunt, blood could be seen slightly dripping from his mouth.
Safa tried to move around Sha Mo, who was seemingly ignoring Simyon, and she was gesturing for Liam to do the same.
‘We have to focus. With Simyon in his new body state, we have to believe that he can block any attacks coming our way, and just go for it!’ Safa thought.
‘Simyon told me a bit about his new abilities. The beads around his neck seem to link up with all his other items. They were discovered inside some type of sword that could absorb the properties of elements and change the sword.’
‘It didn’t do much for Pagna warriors, but Simyon’s body is more like that of a sword than a warrior. His earring can also take in special traits of magic, it seems.’
‘With his thunder glove, he can store the energy in the beads. It changes the state, and with his earring, it seems to have affected his entire body.’
‘It makes me think that Amir might have quite a good understanding of artifact magic and other things as well. However, Simyon’s body is still as strong as it is.’
‘His lightning body is increasing his speed, giving him stronger attack power, but he still can’t overwhelm Sha Mo. So with every hit he blocks, he’s getting hurt!’
‘I’ll trust in you, Simyon!’ Safa thought as she charged in, kicking off her feet.
The end of her spear was lighting up until the whole head was bright. Her magic and Qi condensed to one point, and she thrust it forward.
At the same time, Sha Mo went to throw a punch from above, but zapping around, Simyon was there taking the hit. Safa pushed the spearhead, hitting right into the center of Sha Mo’s stomach.
At the same time, Liam was able to know Safa’s movements thanks to the system, and he was now in the air, holding the sword, ready to strike from above.
As Liam swung his sword down, Sha Mo moved his head to the side, and the sword crashed onto his shoulder. Powerful Qi was stopping the attack, and it was the same with the spear as well.
Safa was pushing, and even with the strength of the powerful spear, it was unable to pierce the stomach of Sha Mo.
“You are all fools!” Sha Mo said, spinning his body. A leg was raised to kick Liam in the air, while a fist was ready to hit Safa.
At that moment, Simyon used all his speed to zap himself through the air, blocking the punch and taking the brunt of the pain for Safa.
Right after he had taken the hit, he quickly moved to where the leg was to hit Liam.
Simyon, taking the full brunt of the kick and just having been punched, had his whole body shot to the ground and bounced across the floor.
Liam placed his sword, digging it into the ground, and quickly rushed off while Safa had pulled back as well.
‘Simyon, he’s too hurt! We’ve only managed to survive this long because of him.’
Safa, although in a different position and far away, then thrust her spear forward again, and a beam of light hit Simyon on the ground.
In almost an instant, Simyon could feel the soreness in his body starting to disappear. The pain was going, and the energy was coming back to him.
He got off the ground, and it didn’t take long for him to feel as good as new again.
Simyon looked at himself, still in his lightning body state, and looked over at where Safa was. When the two made eye contact, Safa gave a nod.
‘I’ve increased my Light magic powers exponentially, focusing on them rather than my Qi,’ Safa thought. ‘With the Lux Spear, this has become one of my strongest traits.’
‘If your body breaks down, I’ll keep healing you. I’ll fix you again and again, so you can continue being the shield of this entire group.’
“If he’s the shield, and you’re the one fixing everything, then I guess it’s time for the sword to do something!” Liam said as he swung his fingers in the green ring of his blade.
As he did this, the sword started to split apart. Something had broken off from it and began to float in the air.
This continuously happened until there were now eight of the same swords floating right above Liam’s head. Not only that, but then Safa noticed, all across the battlefield on the ground, the same sword had been stuck on the floor, all in different locations.
“You two weren’t the only ones that were getting stronger,” Liam said.
Chapter 877: 15 Minutes Left
Since the fight had started with Sha Mo, Liam had been preparing in advance. He had learned a lot from fighting alongside Anna.
The system was great at gathering information and coming up with the best solution to fight, the best techniques to use against the enemy when countering.
But it could only make do with what it had. The system would be unaware of certain variables, and at times it was the user that needed to act.
Which was why throughout the fight, he had been carefully placing swords into the ground.
When they first met Sha Mo, when running around, and even when Simyon was taking the full brunt of the attacks.
However, if one were to look at Liam, he only possessed two swords in his hands. He neither had a place to store extra items or objects like that of Raze.
This was all because of the special artifact that he had managed to obtain, and they were the new weapons in his hands.
When going from Clan to Clan, the one Liam had been to, he had come across these strange weapons.
He had fought against the leader of the clan at the time, who had used them, so Liam was already aware of what they could do.
The Dark Faction Clan leader had used them along with his Qi as throwing items. The blades could clone themselves with a touch of the center of the ring.
In doing so, it would take a part of the user’s Qi each time.
With Liam’s system, he was able to avoid the extra blades and even deflect quite a few with his various martial arts.
When he obtained the weapons created by the artifact, he was quite disappointed.
The weapons were sturdy and certainly better than what one could normally buy. A top blacksmith could perhaps make the same quality of weapons, but the weapons themselves didn’t give the user any extra power.
What was the use of a weapon that could clone itself? Other than using it the same way his opponent had done?
If anything, it would take up Liam’s Qi. Relying on the system would be the best way, and even with the weapons, the system had known no better what to do with them.
In the end, though, it was his allies, his friends Safa and Simyon, that caused him to push himself into thinking further ahead.
They had come back often, talking about how much of a genius Amir was. He had figured everything out with the artifacts they had obtained.
It was quite possible that Amir was wrong about an artifact being useful for Liam, but nonetheless, he continued to try and find a way, and it had come to him.
Out on the field, Liam had eight blades hovering over his back, spread out like the face of a clock.
In his hands, the weapons were still present along with those on the floor.
“You have strong Qi, but you avoided my attack from earlier, so my guess is you can’t keep your Qi everywhere over your body to protect yourself. Well, prepare yourself for my attack that can’t be avoided!” As Liam finished his monologue, he pointed one of the blades in his hand forward.
Right at that moment, the swords that were floating on his back all went toward Sha Mo. It wasn’t just them, though. The swords on the ground moved, all heading toward Sha Mo from every direction, and they had done so at an incredibly fast speed.
There were so many swords in the air, it truly was a strike that couldn’t be blocked.
‘This is my answer, this is what I came up with, this is what you wanted from me, right Amir?’ Liam thought.
Just like with Simyon, there was more that Liam was able to do. He had his special earrings allowing him to retract and repel objects.
The thing was, he only had two earrings, which meant he could only retract and repel the two swords in his hands.
Through his hardships, though, he had figured out that when cloning the weapon, the earrings treated the weapon as the same weapon.
This gave him much more versatility in the use of his powers. One sword placed by Sha Mo’s feet, and as for the rest, he could attract the swords to that position, making it so they all went and struck him at the same time.
He had even figured out some special uses while fighting, allowing the swords to slightly repel above him and stay in the air.
While fighting with his two swords, he could even attract one to where he struck, giving him another place to attack.
With an enemy like Sha Mo, though, Liam felt like it was best to stay as far away as possible from him.
‘Thanks to the system as well, I was able to calculate every position. From here, there’s nowhere for you to escape.’
All the swords touched Sha Mo’s body, including the bare skin on his face. They stayed there only for a moment before falling right to the floor, doing no damage at all.
Liam stood there with his sword pointed at Sha Mo.
“Well, that’s it, we’re screwed!” Liam said. “If my sword can’t pierce him and your spear can’t, then how are we meant to beat this giant meatball?”
“We have to find a way!” Simyon said. Although he was doubtful, Sha Mo’s Qi was just too strong for them to face.
“What, with you just constantly blocking his attacks? Maybe his fist will eventually get sore, and he can bleed to death from his knuckles!”
“Liam, you’re not helping the situation!” Safa shouted, which finally got him to shut up.
However, she too felt the frustration. They had all trained incredibly hard; they had gone through a lot. Even now, they were able to best Clan Heads.
None of them were weak by any means, it was just that the jump in the level of opponent for them this time was too much.
“Well, maybe with all of us, we can wear him down enough so something gets through,”
Ricktor said, walking forward.
Safa, looking to her left, could see Ricktor, Mada, and Mantis. When she turned to her right, Rayna and Anna were there as well.
“15 minutes,” Anna said. “We have to beat him in 15 minutes.”
Chapter 878: No Time Left
“You kids have taken a lot on your shoulders,” Rayna said. “Even though this isn’t your fight to begin with.”
When speaking those words, Rayna was speaking with anger. She hated it, hated that she had to rely on those around her. This was her town, given to her by her father. She needed to protect it, and everyone was getting dragged into this fight.
“This is our fight,” Safa said. “Don’t think too much about it. We are here to help Raze, and Raze has decided to protect this place.”
“Speaking of Raze, where is that guy? Shouldn’t he have just been right behind us? He’s nowhere to be seen,” Mada said, turning his head left and right, but there was no one in sight.
“What is this?” Sha Mo said, his voice booming loud. He looked at all of those in front of him, and he recognized quite a few of them.
Rayna, a member of the Neverfall Clan, a large number of students that had appeared during the Martial Arts Tournament. There were those who were even by the Dark Magus’s side when taking part in the tournament, which Sha Mo somewhat expected.
Seeing Mantis as well, great confusion was filling sha Mo’s mind.
“I knew there was something going on, a worm has managed to enter our Demonic Faction and is trying to break us. I’m sure today will go down in history as the day that we, the Behemoth Clan, stopped this traitorous act!” Sha Mo exclaimed, punching his chest with one hand.
Powerful Qi surged out, hitting everyone like a strong gust of wind. Safa, Simyon, and Liam had felt this Qi a few times before. For the others, it was the first.
“You three were fighting against this guy?” Mada commented. “I’m surprised you lasted so long.”
“If you want, I think we could give you a rematch when we’re back at the academy,” Liam commented. “Even without Raze, I think things would turn out a bit differently this time.” Mada scoffed at this remark but never kept his eyes off Sha Mo for a moment. None of them did. They felt like they were trapped in a cage with a large rampant beast that would consume them the second they broke their concentration.
“Do you think we’ll be easy?” Mantis claimed. “I can see the look-you’re so proud, claiming your clan is hot crap. Well, your pillars have already fallen to us, and today, you will fall as well! The Behemoth Clan will fall today to the Black Tiger!”
The moment Mantis said that, a large wave of Qi and a giant fist came out fast, ready to hit Mantis.
However, zapping right in front of the fist was Simyon once again with his lightning body. His feet dug into the ground as he attempted to push the fist back, but all he could do was slow it down.
“Well, are you guys going to do something or what? Attack him!” Simyon yelled, every cell in his body in pain.
Everyone quickly moved from their position and launched a full-scale attack on Sha Mo.
Sha Mo brought his fists back as he saw Ricktor with a sword filled with flames coming at him.
Sha Mo waved his hand, and Qi moving through the air swept the flames away and even slowed Ricktor’s descent.
Right after that, Sha Mo stomped his foot on the ground, and it temporarily seized the attacks of the others as they felt the Qi running through their bodies.
There was only one person that could still move, which was Rayna, who dived forward with her spear. She thrust it forward, but Sha Mo managed to catch it.
“I don’t think holding onto that spear is a good idea!” Mada said as he jumped out from a position behind Sha Mo and swung his leg, kicking him right in the side of the head.
The strength of the attack-a visible impact-could be seen as a ripple of air exploded on the other side of Sha Mo’s head.
Still holding onto Rayna’s spear, Sha Mo tried to lift her and move it, but he noticed she was unable to move, so instead, he just spun his body, slamming the back of his fist into Mada.
His body crashed onto the floor. His ribs felt like they had shattered with the single attack as he bounced and coughed out blood.
“I need to heal them! I need to heal those that are getting hurt!” Safa remained behind, then pointed her spear toward Mada on the ground, and the healing had started.
Thankfully, Sha Mo was busy facing the others that were able to move now-Mantis attacking in his beast mode, and Anna and Liam working together, connecting the system like before to attack Sha Mo.
Hits were getting in like the attack Mada made on Sha Mo, but they were unsure whether or not it was doing any damage.
“Keep fighting! We have to keep fighting!” Safa said.
While the fighting was continuing, Sha Mo was hitting the members one by one. Simyon was stopping the more vital attacks, but in turn, right after, he would need to be healed.
As the others were hit, Safa would continue to heal them. She could just shoot a beam of light magic through her spear as long as she thrust it in the general direction.
It was because of her that everyone was still able to fight, that everyone was still able to keep going. If she wasn’t there, then all of those fighting would have already been dealt with.
However, it wasn’t as if her own magic and mana were limitless. She was huffing and puffing, running in the back, avoiding the eye of Sha Mo, and healing those as she could.
“Safa!” Simyon said as he zapped to her and managed to catch her before she fell. “You can’t just keep healing everybody.”
“But… they’re still fighting. Everyone’s still fighting,” Safa claimed.
“Useless, useless, useless!” Sha Mo claimed as he smiled and stopped trying to hit the others for a moment. Instead, he looked off into the distance, and his grin had only gotten larger.
Anna, looking at the direction Sha Mo was looking, could tell why the grin on his face was so
large.
“The fifteen minutes are up.”
Chapter 879: A Selfish Decision
According to the calculations Anna had made with her system, it would take thirty minutes until the Behemoth Clan reached the town of Flendon’s wall.
Even with the Crimson Crane and the guards pushing themselves to the limit with their weapons, along with the pills used, they had already lasted far longer than any of them expected.
Although the guards might still not have fallen, nor had the Crimson Crane, Anna could only imagine how exhausted they were, and she was right.
At the wall of the town of Flendon, Anna’s prediction was coming true. The Crimson Crane had decided to take the brunt of the force.
They had gathered, making a turtle-like formation in front of the guards. They were already weak, some of them even dropping their weapons in battle.
They had fought hard enough, and the Crimson Crane was doing what they could to keep on fighting.
“Arghh!” Tilon shouted, as he blocked a sword strike, and then, with his feet, he pushed forward. His technique allowed him to rush, and he pushed back around twenty or so members.
“Tilon’s like the only one with strength still!” Lily said. The skin around her hand had already been ripped off from fighting nonstop with the spear.
“It’s the shield,” Reno said. “He gets the energy from those attacking, but the problem now is, there’s next to no one to stop him from being attacked from behind!”
Members of the Behemoth Clan had jumped from behind, trying to get to Tilon, but Kizer, with his large sword, swung from above, cutting right through a blade and another Behemoth Clan member.
“Stop doing stupid things!” Kizer shouted. “We need to stay together, just focus on blocking!”
Kizer and Tilon returned back to the others, but that’s when they could see things were useless.
“We can’t reach them anymore,” Cronker said. “I can’t get them back from the wall.”
They could see that the Behemoth Clan, with the lack of arrows firing, were just running up the wall itself. Cronker and his team of fighters had been taking care of those scaling the wall, but they were unable to move.
The muscles in their legs wouldn’t allow it anymore.
“Keep going, we are winning this fight!” Andy said as he swung his sword and clashed with one of the warriors who jumped up from the wall.
He was pushed back and fell into a group of guards. Andy was not a professional Pagna warrior, only someone who was recruited in the last fight.
Even with special weapons, there wasn’t much that he could do.
As for the people, there was next to no surge of energy in front of them. The strength of the 2000 had lost around six hundred so far in the fight and had taken out over six thousand of the enemy.
It was an incredible achievement, something that would seem impossible with their numbers when fighting against warriors.
But it still wasn’t enough. The enemy still had ten thousand strong, and now next to all of them were scaling the wall.
The warrior charged forward again, and in doing so, he lifted his sword, ready to strike Andy down. Mid-swing, the sword was stopped as sticky white substance had surrounded it.
Right after, a fist had come out, hitting the man in the stomach and sending him flying back from the wall.
“Argh, what is that!” one of the guards called out.
What they were witnessing was some type of creature of sorts, one with a large number of arms and a strange spider-like mouth.
“Is that… Dame? What is he doing here?” Alba asked. “Does that mean… is he here?” Dame had quickly started to swing his arms, using the power of his special gauntlets. Qi blasts were leaving his hands, hitting the warriors off the wall, constantly sending them flying back. Dame then jumped up to the wall, and with his mouth, started to shout out the substance, wrapping the enemies’ hands, tying them up to their swords.
From where Dame was, he continued to fling his fists as he made sure no one else was able to scale the wall.
‘I waited and waited, I hoped I could bring you to Flendon as quickly as possible, but I don’t know what happened. I couldn’t just leave these guys,’ Dame thought. ‘I had to help them.’ Fixteen, who was also fighting on the top of the wall, looked at Dame with admiration. Even though he was a hybrid, he didn’t care about that for a second.
He was just amazed that, for the first time, he saw Dame acting out, protecting people and fighting.
However, even with the addition of Dame, there would be warriors that would still come through and fight. It was at that moment that he could hear a groan coming from his side.
He quickly rushed over to the small-framed girl.
“Froma, Froma, you’re awake.”
Froma opened her eyes slowly. She still felt strange, like a shiver was inside her entire body. What stood out to her, though, were the constant screams that she could hear.
The sound of fighting continued.
“Froma… I don’t want to ask you this, but we’re in a dire situation… with your weapon, with the Dark Magus weapon, can you do what you did before? You can do it, right? You can hold them back just for a while more?” Fixteen asked.
“No!” Froma screamed instantly and pushed Fixteen off from on top of her.
“That pain, those feelings, that emotion,” Froma said as she grabbed herself. “I never want to go through that again, never, never!”
She grabbed her head, her eyes widened, and she nearly fell to her knees at that moment. She didn’t even want to think of the recent pain she had gone through.
As she looked on the floor, though, droplets of blood could be seen. Several drops of blood could be seen on the wall, right at the front, and they were continuing to drop.
As she looked at what was happening, she could see it. She could see the archers—the regular guards—had next to no skin left on their fingertips as they had been pulling the bows
nonstop.
Some of them had been hit and their bodies were hanging on the wall. Yet despite this, despite the fear and tears in their eyes, they continued to pull the string and fire arrows down. “I’m… going home… I’m going to see my baby again!” one of the men shouted.
Hearing this, it was when Froma made her decision.
“How can I, a Pagna warrior, be scared of death… and not even real death, just the experience
of it, when all of these guys are going through it?”
It was then that Froma quickly jumped on top of the wall, and out from her body, the red
liquid had formed into the bow once more.
She could see a large amount coming toward them.
‘I passed out last time… and it’s most likely I’ll pass out again… if that’s the case, then I at
least need to make a big dent in them.’
“Legendary Blood Bow!” Froma called out. “Five thousand arrows!”
Chapter 880 5000 Arrows!
Froma was sure that not a single person had an idea of what she had been through. Even if she explained it, it wouldn’t have been enough. Even those that had experienced a near-death and managed to come back, they only knew a fraction of what she had gone through.
With the amount that had died on the battlefield, the effect of the cursed weapon had taken a heavy mental toll on her. Froma wasn’t sure she would ever be the same again, and she wasn’t sure if she could even force herself to fire the bow again.
Yet, here she was using the bow once more. Her entire hands were shaking as it was drawn from her body, and the words she had spoken, five thousand.
‘I just have to let go… I just have to let go!’ Froma could feel the energy building up, but if she didn’t let go and pull on the string, the large ball of energy wouldn’t flow into the air.
“ARGHH!” A man screamed in pain as a sword was launched from the other side. It had dug right into his head, killing him on the spot.
“Sully!” Another screamed as they rushed over. They went to check on the individual, but it was quite clear that the life had already disappeared from his eyes.
“The longer I take into pulling this bow, the more people will die! At least I know I won’t die from it, no matter what I experience!” Froma said as she pulled the bow.
A large amount of energy formed, flying into the air, and the condensed red circle started to grow in size.
Those on the battlefield had seen this displayed once before. They knew what was to come next. Some of them instantly decided to turn around, running in the other direction, hoping that the arrows wouldn’t reach them.
While others braced themselves, readying their skills to fight back against the attack.
Right out of the giant red energy ball, arrows started to fall—thousands of them descended at once. For the first time since the Behemoth Clan had started their conquest, they felt true fear. They were shaking.
Some went to strike the arrows that came at them using their techniques, but just like before, the arrows seemed somewhat alive, sensing what had occurred and swiveled out of the way like a snake.
They pierced right through the warriors regardless of what Qi they used to protect themselves.
Some others were successful in hitting the arrows, waiting for the perfect time, trying not to panic themselves. With their skills and Qi, if they were calm enough, they could eliminate the arrow on the spot.
However, there was a bigger issue this time: there were far more arrows than before. Blocking one arrow in a panic took all of their Qi and concentration, and they forgot about the others that would pierce their vitals from behind.
Then there were those that were successful, who had techniques focused on blocking attacks. Some of the stronger warriors were able to help block the attacks from the others.
“Where are the Pillars? If we get to them, maybe they can produce a large-scale attack to block the arrows!” one of the warriors said as he ran back through the crowd of Behemoth Clan members.
A red arrow was chasing him, and he was fighting all the temptation in the world not to look back and see how close the arrow was.
“Face the arrow, that’s the best chance you’ve got. The Pillars are dead.”
“The Pillars are what?” The man slowed down slightly due to the news, and upon hearing it, the arrow pierced right through his chest.
The arrows had killed many in the front row of the Behemoth Clan and a few in the back. The confusion among the large numbers had also caused a strange pushback as some looked to be retreating.
As for those that managed to do so, Alba, Cronker, and his Red Headband assassination group were cleaning up the field nicely.
“Head back, regroup, don’t push too far forward!” Alba ordered, raising her sword, and the rest of the members did just that.
Looking up at the wall, she could see Froma standing there, her whole body shaking.
‘You are a brave, brave woman, Froma… as the youngest member of the Crimson Crane, you’ve taken on a lot. The town of Flendon owes you a lot.’
All of the arrows had fallen, and in turn, the damage was done. Now the energy needed to return back to Froma. She had jumped down from the wall, and she could see all of the energy coming back to her.
“Can you look after my body for me… make sure I don’t get too skinny when I wake up, alright?” Froma asked Fixteen.
He quickly got up and embraced her with a big hug. He could feel what was coming and remembered the reaction she had last time. The energy went right to Froma, and in an instant, she could feel everything at once.
A deafening scream came from her lungs, but it only lasted a second. She had passed out, but even in Fixteen’s arms, her entire body was convulsing, moving everywhere because of the pain.
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On the battlefield, Sha Mo had been fighting non-stop against Rayna and her group. He wasn’t struggling at all, but things were frustrating for him because of a certain individual, Safa.
Just as he decided he was about to do something about this, that was when he saw the carnage coming from the wall, and the arrows falling, killing a large number of his Clan members.
‘The Behemoth Clan has already taken a far bigger hit than I ever thought!’ Sha Mo said as his Qi rose all over his body.
“There is clearly someone over there that can cause a lot of trouble. I’ll deal with it myself!”
Sha Mo was a few kilometers out from the wall, but it didn’t matter. He lifted his foot up and slammed it onto the ground. His Qi was injected precisely into the fissures on the floor, and it had cut out a perfect piece of the flooring.
Using the power of his Qi, the giant large piece of land had broken from the floor and rose into the air. Sha Mo then caught it with both of his hands, holding the giant piece over his head.
“I just have to take down the wall myself!” Sha Mo shouted, as he hurled the large piece of land through the air. It was heading straight for the town of Flendon and was large enough to crush the wall in one go.
