Kapitel 80: Defend
The giants closed their distance one large step at a time. On it's way to the knights, it destroyed many buildings due to the lava it leaked and the heavy steps it took.
'This is an evolved level beast for sure!' Lonz thought as he looked at the monster. Although he had gone on many beast subjugation missions, he had never seen an evolved beast till now. But that was the norm in this era. Evolved beasts were rarely seen nowadays, with the abundance of knights who even overtook the roles of hunters from the past. Knights who took on missions to hunt beasts would get to see only mutant beasts now.
The most powerful beast that Lonz had seen was a high-level mutant. Despite the fact that a high-level mutant beast was not much of a challenge for him, an Evolved beast was a different topic as it was a whole realm apart. Although a realm didn't look like much of a difference on paper, it was like the difference between heaven and earth. An evolved beast was more than a hundred times stronger than a high-level mutant beast.
For Lonz, who was at the top of Initiate Eye level Seeker, defeating an Evolved beast was impossible. The pressure exerted by the beast was enough to make him falter. 'This is all my fault... If I had noticed the sphere earlier...' As he was thinking, a blue ball of flame shot past him and struck the giant monster.
It was a knight who threw a flame ball at the monster. After that, other knights also started to bombard the giants with Night Flame Balls, one after the other. Obviously their attacks didn't have much of an effect on the monsters. But the early Heart Core Seeker knights, who found it hard to even move due to the monster's pressure, had to put on a brave front as they couldn't bear to see their leader faltering.
"Leader, we can do this together!" The knights were the ones who motivated their leader this time. Hearing this, Lonz grabbed his spear tightly and stopped shaking. He let out a small smile for his knights to see and shouted. "Attack! Keep your distance and attack with your <Arcane>!"
Following his order, the knights began backing up and throwing Night Flame Balls towards the monster. As they backed up, a knight stumbled on someone. Looking down, he saw it was the white haired cadet who had fallen on her knees, her body shaking and tears streaming down her face.
All three of the cadets were in similar situation, as they were not Seekers but normal humans. "Kids, you okay?" The knights nudged them for a response. Turning her head towards the knight, Valentina nodded and slowly stood up, clenching her teeth. Behind her, Cadell and Ouida also stood up. The three looked at the monster in a daze, before the knight called out again. "Back up! It's dangerous for you guys here now!"
Clenching her teeth, Valentina backed up with Cadell and Ouida. They were confused as they had faced pressure from people stronger than the monsters, like Zaros. But, they didn't know that those Seekers were always controlling the pressure they could exert. Powerless, they could only stay behind the knights for now.
BOOM
An explosion occurred around one of the monster, which staggered it a bit. "The smoke! Aim your flame at the smoke!" A knight cried out. Following what she said, the other knights aimed at the smoke coming out from the molten earth and another explosion occurred.
Happy with this discovery, the knights began to time their attacks when the monsters were on top of the smoke, causing more damage.
"RAAAAAAHHHH" The monsters cried in anger. Stopping in their tracks, the monsters stared at the knights with their hollow eyes. "Defend!" Lonz's voice rang out. The knights quickly reacted and set up a Night Flame Barrier around them.
In the next moment, shards struck the barrier and fell down on the ground. The ash armor of the giants weren't just for show. Shard chipped off of the arrow, shooting towards the knights at an unbelievable speed. The knights were constantly using their <Arcane> to strengthen the barriers.
When their attacks failed, the monster stopped shooting the shards. Then, their ash armor stared glowing red like they were heating up. When their armor looked like red rocks, they started shooting the shards once again.
Crack
This time, the barriers couldn't withstand the shards and started cracking. "NOO!!" Lonz shouted out as the barrier shattered and some knights were struck with the shards. The knights who were struck fell down on the ground and died on the spot. "Everyone, focus on defense!!!" Lonz shouted out desperately.
The knights all focused on creating a barrier with their <Arcane> this time. But the monsters stopped shooting their shards after killing some of the knights. Their hollow eyes turned into a slit like they were mocking the knights, and they started to run towards the knights.
Thump Thump Thump
Their heavy footsteps rang and shook the buildings with each step they took. The monsters were approaching the knights faster than before.
The knights widened their eyes as they saw someone appear from the streets in the middle of some buildings. The kid who appeared was directly in front of the approaching monsters. As soon as he appeared and saw the monsters, he was frozen in place by fear.
"ODIS!!" Ouida cried out in horror. The kid who just appeared in front of the monsters was Odis.
Geschenke
-- Geschenk
erhalten Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
-- Power-
Rangliste 
-- Power-
Stein