Chapter 293: Left Behind (1/2)

As the blue wave of Swordforce flickered from the Willful Sword along with the activation of the Skill, screams instantly rang out as some were directly put in unimaginable pain when they suddenly stiffened at where they're at.

Counter could only stop them for a bit and it depended on the difference between me and them. And with the Metagen enhancing the output of that Sword Skill, it certainly didn't just stop those weaker than me by a huge margin. Most of them lost consciousness on the spot, while their bodies were frozen in place.

Even so, for it to be a hasty move to shield us from unavoidable attacks, this result was more than what I hoped for.

However, using Counter at that moment didn't mean the Metagen wouldn't receive any damage at all.

At the same time as I activated the skill, their barrage of attacks arrived and instantly shook the whole All-black Metagen at its core, lighting up numerous warning signs. Even if I tried to activate more defensive skills, the time was insufficient. The attacks would have already subsided before any skills activated.

So having no choice at the moment, I could only let the Metagen stand there and raised its arms to block the cockpit and endure most of their attacks at the same time as making sure that the ones behind me wouldn't be implicated.

The Incarnation tried to sacrifice herself as she knew that she's just an Incarnation. She's part of the World's Will, if she dissipated here, then the World's Will of this world will be damaged at this point in time. Who knows what kind of drawback it will bring us? Even if it's possible to recover if given time, I wouldn't let a really valuable ally be reduced to that.

There's a lot of possibilities that I could think of happening if she was weakened and each of those was worse than what I thought of first.

When the barrage of attacks subsided, I stared in front of the screen. The hovering interface glowed in deep red as it tallied the damage this Metagen received.

Calculating the total damage received…

Arms module - 80% damaged…

Leg module - 40% damaged…

Regenium Armor Plates - 70% damaged…

Regenium Circuits were cut off…

Total Repair is recommended…

Meta Energy Depleted…

Shutting down…

After that last message turned up, the Metagen made a few mechanical sounds before it kneeled down on the ground and deactivated. A few seconds later, the cockpit opened automatically, revealing the smoke-filled surroundings.

At least none of their attacks managed to penetrate the Metagen's armor. But this… I might need to apologize to Leianne for ruining this Metagen up to this extent.

”Daisuke!”

When the cockpit fully opened, Jayna's worried voice was the first sound that entered my ears.

I looked up and saw her worried face as she peeked inside of this giant metal chunk.

”I'm fine, you don't need to worry.”

A few seconds later, Fleur appeared behind her who let out a sigh of relief after seeing me uninjured. Though it's easy for me to climb out of the Metagen, the two girls stretched their arms out for me.

Since they already did that, I just took it and climbed out of the Metagen with their help.

Looking at them, the purpose of using it was successfully realized, there's not even a speck of dust on their breathtaking appearance.

The two Heroes were also fine as they are already casting a spell for a counterattack. The Incarnation was behind the two as she helped them to easily form the Spell Nucleus and fill up the Elemental Nodes with the help of her Energy Control.

”What the hell? How can they survive it?! Move and attack again!”

At the same moment, one of the Transcendents who appeared after being hit by the counter had a look of confusion on his face. He tried to understand what had just happened but after spending a few seconds in that state, he shook his head and shouted to the Mortal Ranks and to the other Transcendents who were just starting to regain control of their bodies.

I counted them and there were five Transcendents in total. All of them were someone we never encountered yet

However, that time was enough for the two Heroes to unleash the spell they were casting.