volume 2 - Chapter 118 (2/2)
– Requirements: 10 MP
– Artifact Creature/Treasure, Level 7 Construct
– The Silver Horse has Flying.
– ‘Made with Mithril’
(TL: This card is given by Tulman and not taken from the Dark Bishop.)
The Card of Fate floated up into the air and a Magic Formation was immediately drawn on the forest ground. A long neigh from a warhorse could be heard in the center of the Magic Formation
Brendel’s actions immediately caused Ekman to launch an attack. Conrad had given a set of instructions to Ekman to wait at its spot in case Brendel and the others were somehow able to lure it away from guarding him. If it detected an enemy crossing a certain point to go after him or did something else, then the permission to attack would be given. Magic was amongst one of the conditions.
Scarlett and Medissa went up to intercept its attack and were able to guard successfully against its attack, although both of them struggled to breath as the air were knocked out of them from the impact.
[Interesting….. Even though Medissa and Scarlett’s levels are below 50, they are able to reach use their Element powers which are typically learned at level 50 to 51. If they did not utilize their powers they wouldn’t have been able to stop the rampaging monster.]
The light in front of Brendel faded and a metallic warhorse with wings made from mithril trotted forward proudly. The creature’s chiseled ruby eyes glanced at Brendel before it lowered its head.
The two girls looked looked at the horse in slight surprise, but they quickly understood his intention.
“Scarlett, get on the horse! Medissa, cover us!”
Ekman wanted to attack Brendel again but the Elven princess used Vortex Strike to force it back. Her abilities had a long cooldown, but the attacking strength was high enough to force Ekman to engage her carefully.
With the slight opening, Scarlett got onto the horse and immediately extended her hand out to Brendel. He got up onto the horse quickly but she felt a little embarra.s.sed when they rode together. That thought quickly disappeared and she calmed down quickly.
“Ride behind its back. That creature is obeying Conrad’s order to guard this place with its life. Attract its attention and make it chase us. Medissa, stay here and make your move only after we leave this place!”
“Understood.” She nodded.
Scarlett urged the horse upwards, and the warhorse jumped into the sky, and flew over the angry creature’s head. That was not the only action she took. She reached for a compact crossbow that was behind her belt and shot at it.
The attack immediately caused it to fight back.
The creature roared and slammed its palm onto the ground, and a twenty meter rock spike shot up into the sky, reaching towards the two of them. Scarlett urged the horse to fly higher, but spikes continued to chase after them, each time higher than the last. The last spike nearly reached fifty meters high, and when they looked down onto the ground, they discovered that the ground below had turned into a forest filled with rock pillars.
When the Acolyte of Earth’s hand left the ground, the rock pillars immediately turned to soil and crumbled. It stared at the warhorse that flew further and futher away, bellowed loudly, then slammed both of its hand into the ground and merged with the soil in an instant.
That was the last time Medissa saw the monster. She had seen how it attacked Brendel the first time, so she knew that it was performing the same feat again. She remained on guard and looked around for a while before she rode towards where Conrad escaped, urging her unicorn to move as quickly as possible.
Brendel also saw the same thing and asked Scarlett to lower their flying height. Even though the monster’s intelligence was not high, it would not keep on chasing a prey that it could not reach. Luring a monster in the game was considered to be a precise skill, and it was the same in this world.
Brendel continued to remain on his guard as the speed and height of the mithril warhorse were quickly lowered.
“What are we going to do next?” Scarlett asked.
“Bring this monster around,” Brendel said: “It’s best to move back to where we fought yesterday, since our plan is to regroup back there when the mercenaries and Silver Elves defeat the Lizardmen. We will be able to receive support from them.”
“Can we last that long?”
“That depends on our skill. Well, perhaps a little luck is needed as well.”
Scarlett suddenly stopped talking and swung her halberd at a certain direction. A streak of lightning shot out dozens of meters away and struck in between a few pine trees.
An explosion rang out and the Boss reappeared.
“Have the horse run on the ground in a zigzag manner.” Brendel put out his hand. “Give me your crossbow—”
She nodded and handed it over.
The warhorse’s direction changed once as a sharp spike reached for their backs. Brendel secretly nodded at Scarlett’s reactions. He might not have done as well as if he was the one leading the horse.
[This is the start of a dangerous game……]
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