Chapter 28：Another Orb (1/2)

Erin unmounted from her wolf and she immediately vanished from my sight. She used her Shadow Concealment again.

It's already night and the only illumination are the torches from both sides.

Ah. Those guys are using some kind of illumination magic.

Since it's this dark already, maybe they will soon retreat. Let's hope that's the case. Fighting in the dark is more dangerous.

Back at the World of System, the place Yuko fought the Priest and the Great-classes was somewhere illuminated by lamps.

Here, they only rely on torches to illuminate the dark night.

I also unmounted and pulled out my sword. Ah. I guess I will go with this sword now. This is from Yuko but since her weapon is a saber, she doesn't have any use for this.

By leveling up the Basic Sword Mastery, my use of this sword became a little more precise. Before I only used it to hack and slash but maybe if I level it up higher I will be able to do more than that.

”Halt. Who are you?”

Someone from inside the tribe stopped me. He's full of bruises all over but he's still standing straight.

”I'm from the Heavenly Lightning Tribe.”

Hearing my answer, he immediately became delighted and he kneeled in front of me.

”Really? Thank the Lightning Chieftain, we're saved!”

He praised Raiden like he's some sort of God. So this is how a small tribe perceives a Chieftain of a large tribe.

”Can I ask where the help is?”

He looked around thinking it would be behind me.

”Well, there's only two of us.”

I answered him and it immediately made him disappointed.

Who's this guy anyway? Is he the Chieftain?

”Did the Lightning Chieftain send a Saint Realm expert?”

”No. Just an Augmented Realm.”

When he heard Augmented Realm, he still became overjoyed.

I see, what they're fighting are only below Augmented Realm in strength.

”Where is he?”

”Watch. She'll show up soon.”

After saying that, we watched the ongoing battle.

Like I thought, they're about to retreat.

It was at that time when one of the Dark Beastmasters was suddenly pulled back. Then an outline of a woman appeared behind him.

The beastmaster was then thrown to the ground and blood immediately spurted out of his neck.

I didn't see what made that cut in his neck but it's surely done by Erin.

When the other beastmasters saw that, they didn't think twice but to run in full haste. They're weaker than her.

Even if they ordered all their controlled beasts to attack her, they're all below Mortal Realm in strength.

”Erin. Take one as a captive!”

I shouted from where I was. And since only the beastmasters were retreating, I also jumped into the battlefield.

They're retreating but leaving these beasts. Well, they can just use that magic of theirs to get more wild beasts around.

With a slash, a rabbit-like wild beast the size of a dog was cut open by my sword.

The effect of this Physique Cultivation is showing. I effortlessly killed one of these beasts.

Well, it's a rabbit, how strong can it be?

But then I felt a cold feeling from my back.

This is my Adaptability talking to me about the sudden change in the battlefield.

From my back, a bear-like wild beast was charging towards me. Ah, no, it's not towards me but someone from that tribe, I'm just in its way.

I immediately moved out of the way and see who it was aimed at.

This one's not as weak as a rabbit. Even the tribesmen that's not its target were moving away from it.

”Chieftain. Dodge from it!”

Someone from the tribe shouted.

So that was their Chieftain, not the guy from earlier.

It's a pink-haired barbarian woman, her left arm is already limping, either from tiredness or it broke from an attack earlier. Her right hand is holding her weapon, a Greataxe which was already dyed red from the blood of beasts beneath her feet.

What caught my eyes was the orb-like thing hanging on her neck like a necklace. It has the same appearance as that Orb of Concealment I got from Zerina, just that, that thing has a different color.

The Chieftain saw the charging beast. She lifted her weapon, ready to welcome it.

Why don't she dodge?

She's clearly not the same as Erin who's an Augmented Realm. At best she's a 5th Stage Mortal Realm Physique Cultivator but she's already exhausted, her left arm disabled.

If she dies, will this tribe break up?

Ah. Let's think about that later and just do what I can do. I'm a Support anyway, so supporting is what I will do.