Chapter 79: Yumiko and the Spirit King (2) (1/2)
The three Noble Spirits and the three 4-leaf Dark Elves started their fight at that side which made us have to hurriedly move away or we might be implicated.
I only escaped their pursuit and killed one 4-leaf Dark Elf due to a surprise attack, Jayna's help and swift judgement of the situation.
Fighting them head-on? With how inexperienced I am from fighting them, I will suffer a lot from the unpredictability of their skills which I have limited knowledge of.
From a distance and through my Adaptability, I could see how Harlan transformed into something like a Beastman with lion-like manes all over his body. His body bulked up as he fought the Peak 4-leaf Dark Elf barehanded.
With a Sea of connection manifesting around him, it transformed into an illusory stampede of various types of quadrupedal beasts which aided him at fighting Leandro who's completely bombarding him with the shadow-like daggers and other types of projectiles while moving elusively through the use of his aura and the Dark Phantom that's allowing him to phase through Harlan's attacks.
Jayce and Malborne also started facing off against the two 4-leaf Dark Elves. Since we're moving to the other side, the scene soon escaped my eyes, as to what will be the result of their battles, maybe we'll hear it later.
”For you to escape the pursuit of a Peak 4-leaf, what method did you use?”
Rei asked Jayna who was lying comfortably on her lap. Like a spoiled child, after getting out of the fortress and releasing the tension she was feeling, she immediately went to Rei for comfort.
Ever since she got off from my arms, Jayna kept avoiding my gaze. As to what she was thinking, I don't know. Maybe she started to get interested in me after what we experienced there. However, without her saying what's really on my mind, I could only guess.
She'll come around soon when she finds another thing that can trigger her curiosity.
She's not like Erin who's too straightforward or Avelin who's too innocent.
Well, Zerina is also different as she's somewhat reserved being a noble lady. I recalled that she inherited some kind of ancient heritage which propelled her strength to approach the veteran party members of Yuko.
Not only the Heroes are growing in strength but also the designated main characters of their world. Maybe it's a way the various representations of the World's Will prepare their world for the threat that will soon to come.
Enemies stronger than their current powerhouses. Maybe there will also be enemies whose power level will be higher than the 5th realm of every path.
Looking at the trend, that's probably the point where the various paths will converge but without reaching it I could only make this guess. I kept on guessing. Though some eventually turned out to be right, it's inevitable to guess something wrong. I wouldn't voice my guess out until I'm certain anyway.
”Ask him. I was carried by him the whole time.”
Jayna pointed at me which made Rei and Ren look at my direction, with a puzzled look on their faces.
They knew that I'm just a Fused Spirit while Jayna is a Transformed Spirit with 4 Rivers. Though they heard about Ember and my abnormal progress they might still have an apprehension that the story was possibly embellished by exaggerations.
That's why Jayna saying that it's all because of me was a bit unbelievable.
Only when they really saw me in action would they fully believe it.
”We ran. As fast as I could. And Jayna's a big help along the way. We wouldn't reach the gates if not for her.”
With my words, they nodded before their gazes turned back to Jayna who couldn't refute what I just said.
”I see. You both worked well together.”
Rei let out a dry laugh as she tried to smoothen the slightly restrained atmosphere.
”He also killed a 4-leaf Dark Elf and a bunch of 3-leaf Dark Elves.”
However, Jayna dropped in more revelation that made the twins gulp down their saliva.
”W-what really went on there?”
Ren asked, now half-believing what Jayna mentioned. She's their companion for years already and they know she wouldn't lie about it.
Should I really detail everything that went on?
Ah. Since we're travelling to the other side of the fortress, I guess we could use this to pass the time.
Ren continued driving the carriage while I relayed to the twins the important parts of the mission.
The time it took us to travel was prolonged because we needed to take a detour to avoid the main battlefield that's still raging on.
From a distance, I already saw Yumiko standing on top of the Spirit King while they're watching the ongoing battle. To be that close to someone who she dreaded to meet…
Rei used the equipment they're using to communicate with Yumiko to relay what went on during our mission. Word by word. Including what I just shared.
It seems that was Yumiko's request.
Err. I don't know why she needed to hear all those. It sounds like I was bragging how we killed the 4-leaf Dark Elf in less than 10 seconds when Rei started relaying to Yumiko.
I heard from their communication equipment Yumiko's exclaims of surprises as well as the Spirit King's snorts.
Uhm. Excuse me but why is the Spirit King also reacting? What's really the deal with that huge dragon?
Ah. I need to ask Yumiko for the same communication equipment. Maybe it can be used in other worlds too. That way I can talk to Yuko and the others to know their situation if I'm in another world like this. If it's run by Spirit Energy then I just need to make battery-like equipment filled with my Flux Energy.
There's probably a reason why that kind of equipment is rare here when it's a convenient tool for communication. I'll go and ask her later when the events happening here settled down.
Having closed the breach, those from Earth would've already noticed it which meant the reason for our trip here was already done. We just need to travel to the other possible places which contain the same traces of the portal to erase them.
After that.
Ah. Yumiko had to deal with the Spirit King first as well as the Council of Twenty.
”Yuko is right about you, you're really this reliable, Daisuke”