Chapter 195: I’m Really Surprised (1/2)

“Mo Na doesn’t need Mama’s protection!” While she was still rather peeved, she calmed down somewhat after my placating.

“Master, there are too many of them, please leave with the little Master, Big 4 and I will hold them off here.”

As he said that, I could feel the steely resolve within his words; he suggested that knowing full well that he would die! At the side, Big 4 nodded his head without any hesitation at all: “Master, please leave without us, we’ll cover the rear.”

“There’s no need for that, if anyone is going to leave, it will be together.” Their utter loyalty to me had been fully made clear to me. In the face of such devotion, there was simply no way I would ever think of sacrificing them unless the situation was truly dire.

“But the fire elementals…”

“No buts!” I interrupted No.3’s anxious explanation and turned my attention to the fire elementals, eyes locked onto them unblinkingly. If they made a move, I would know immediately, and be there ready to exploit it. “These creatures spend their entire lives in the Rage Flames Lake, I doubt they would leave it easily. As long as we withdraw out of range of the lake, they will most likely give up on chasing us. Besides, if I left you two behind…won’t you two be dead then?”

“Master…”

The two of them, nearly moved to tears, exchanged a resolute gaze with each other and nodded their heads. “Even if it means dying, we’ll protect the Master’s safety.” They said in unison.

“Now’s not the time for dying.” I smiled faintly. “How many obstacles have we overcome already? Do you really think that I will lose to these bunch of firemen?”

Naturally, those were mere words of bravado, but at least they served as encouragement for No.3 and Big 4. Truth be told, I was terrified. After all they had over a thousand troops on their side. Looking at us, we only had four; such a disparity wasn’t something we could overcome at all.

No.3 and Big 4 were both equipped with Fire Devouring Fish weapons so their killing power was top-notch against these elementals. As for me, I had Shadowfang…till now, this Epic-grade weapon of mine had never let me down; I doubt it would do so now.

Just as we finished preparing for battle, that elemental who spoke to us at the start, turned around and whispered something to his companions after which they all charged at us, fiery feet a blur and ripples spread throughout the entire lake.

‘D*mnit, that a&&hole actually lied to us, wasn’t this supposed to be a solo fight!?’

‘With so many of them rushing at us, there’s hardly anything we can do now. But then, just running away isn’t a solution either…let’s give it a shot for now.’

“Master, run!” Big 4 and No.3 strode forward to shield Mo Na and I, before hurriedly calling for us to run. They then charged at the oncoming horde without turning back.

‘Blast it! Even if I’m coward, there’s no way I can leave those two to die like that!’

“Mo Na, Papa is going now, if…and I mean if…just remember to run, okay?” Having said that, I rushed after my two subordinates without waiting for her reply.

By now, No.3 and Big 4 were already in the midst of a fight with the fire elementals. While their numbers were numerous, their levels weren’t actually that high at all. The highest was probably that moron that talked to us; he was probably a Four-stars. However, since Mo Na injured him, he refrained from entering the battle for now.

For the most part, the rest of them were around One to Two-stars. At times, we would encounter a few Three-stars. Moreover, being fire elementals, their attacks were all flame attacks with a limited range that was almost melee.

Having evolved to Flame Demon Childes not too long ago, No.3 and Big 4’s control over fire couldn’t be any better. Adding on their innate devil resistances to fire, the barrage of flame attacks might as well have been mosquito bites. Not only that, their Fire Devouring Fish weapons were innately resistant to fire as well.

Thus, the two who heroically charged into a battle thinking that would be their last, found themselves in an unexpected, one-sided massacre; it wasn’t even us to boot!

The attacks of the fire elementals simply weren’t enough to restrain the two Flame Demon Childes. In contrast, their weapons countered their the elementals’ fiery nature completely. Thanks to that disparity, the battle ended up lasting longer than I had initially expected. As time grew, a fear grew in the hearts of the elementals; one of an undefeatable enemy.

By now, the two had thoroughly trounced the thousand man army in front of them to a tragic degree.

Ironically, because the elementals were permanently in an ethereal state, they couldn’t use any physical attacks at all so they had no choice but to rely completely on their ineffective fire attacks. In light of that, was it any surprise that the battle proceeded in such a one-sided fashion?