Chapter 34：The Saint Realm Joins the Fray (1/2)

The guy was writhing in pain but I didn't pass up on this chance.

I aimed another hack to his head.

With this I can finally be freed up to help them.

But before my sword fell down that blunt Augmented Skill came out of him again.

I jumped back and saw him already starting to stand up. His weapon that should be held by his two hands were now being held by his remaining hand.

”You… I'll kill you!”

What the hell is this cliched line?

If not for that Saint Realm I would've retorted to him. But now's not the time.

This guy, I can defeat him.

I'll finish it and help the others. If the Aura of Enhancement wears off before we face that Saint Realm, we'll be sitting ducks against him.

But will he really wait until his underlings got killed off one by one?

This isn't that kind of show where villains will wait for their underlings to die first before moving!

Like I thought. When he saw me cutting off the arm of that guy, his sight was already set on me.

I'll make sure to finish this opponent first.

I was about to deliver my final blow when my body jumped back by itself.

A crater then immediately appeared from where I was standing earlier

What the hell?!

This is…

My Adaptability helped me dodge just now. It detected the changes around me that my body moved even before my mind processed it.

This meant I improved, unlike that time when the Priest attacked me and I have no way to dodge even if I knew that an attack was thrown towards me.

This time, my Physique was continuously enhanced, leading my reflexes to improve as well. And there's also the Sword Mastery.

But it won't always work this way. Just now was a lucky stroke. Now that I'm aware, it will be harder to dodge it unless I see it first.

He attacked the space between me and his underling. Which means he determined that I'm about to finish the guy.

”C-chieftain?!”

He became terrified instead of overjoyed from what his chieftain did.

”To think that I have these useless underlings. It's a waste corrupting you as well. I should've put you all in that cauldron!”

The first words that came out of his mouth was to berate his underlings. The other 4 Augmented Realms are also not faring well against Erin, Avelin and the tribesmen.

”C-chieftain. This guy. He did something to them!”

The guy whose arm was cut off by me defended themselves.

”Isn't that why I used my Halo on you? But you still lose. Pathetic.”

He stopped bothering about him and instead looked at me.

”You're an interesting brat. Won't you join our cause? A 1st Stage cutting the arm of a 5th Stage. That's unheard of. You have a bright future.”

Eh? Why is he recruiting me?

Right. The same from the previous world. My Adaptability is masking my true origin. For them, I'm just another barbarian. The Lightning Chief was the only Helper this world asked.

But yeah, I need to act for a bit. At least until my companions finished their opponents.

The enhancement from the orb is better than this Saint Realm's Halo. They can kill them off. I just need to buy them time.

”What cause?”