192 Gods Descen (2/2)
The Atrion before me was no longer in a humanoid form. The True God’s power had begun changing him, and with the distorted boundaries of reality, he soon transformed into a gigantic black spider.
He was more hideous than a demon lord from one’s worst nightmare and was fiercer than a colossal dragon. The eight eyes of this gigantic black spider were filled with looks of greed as its disgustingly large mouth was already spewing digestive fluids that corroded the ground in front of it, and poison kept leaking out of its tail. The ground where it stepped with its poison-needle-studded feet would transform into a poisonous swamp.
Divine power gave him powers far above the norm. Just its stare would cause people to feel despair, and just looking upon him would cause the weak-willed to go insane.
But…
”Fight him to the death! We have nowhere to retreat! At least we shouldn’t die like cowards!”
Yes, this wasn’t the time to be wasting words repetitively. We had long since had nowhere to retreat to.
”Hmph! Lorci, I’m definitely going to remember this!”
I spat some blood as I lifted my Roland Sacred Sword again and led the charge. I was prepared to finish my Epic Quest.
With a descended God as our opponent, the battle pushed us to the brink right at the very start.
The gigantic spider was incredibly dexterous despite its size, and its enormous legs resembled an exquisitely well-controlled mecha as it moved. It easily tore through our defensive structures over the entire defense line.
Under the Poison God’s control, a black mist surrounded its body, which directly destroyed all magic spells and arrows before they could even reach him.
But the biggest headache of all was the poisonous mist he was emanating, as anyone who so much as touched it died on the spot—there was not even a single survivor.
”I’ve analyzed the divine power; it’s not just a simple poison. It’s the Concept of Corrosion and Withering! He’s distorting life into death! Definitely don’t touch that!”
Just as Harloys finished speaking, one of Felix’s gigantic eyes fixated on her as he spat a black gob of poison in her direction.
Felix was no mindless beast. He had senses far surpassing that of others, so even if Harloys only had the physical appearance of a black cat, he immediately classified her as the number one threat since she could point out his divine power’s nature.
And while the battle was raging on ferociously, not far away on an observation tower’s deck the beastmen tribe leaders were watching this scene with cold eyes.
”…Shouldn’t we send our forces to help out? Isn’t that our ally?”
The Boar Tribe Leader seemed somewhat confused. He believed that they were supposed to be the main characters on the battlefield, so why were they simply watching their ally fight while watching from behind? This wasn’t how beastmen would typically act.
”Help? Hmph, after that spider kills off the humans, if it doesn’t turn around and kill us next then I’ll thank the War God for protecting me.”
”Ally? Even though our ally has such strong combat capabilities, she watched us lose so many after last night’s battle and only now she sends Felix to fight? Isn’t this just trying to steal the battlefield achievements?”
Beastmen preferred using their fists instead of their brains, but that didn’t mean they were idiots. Lorci’s intentions were so obvious that even they could see them.
Eron reached out with his single remaining arm and collected a few snowflakes in his hand. They began to melt due to his body heat.
*Crack!*
Eron clenched his fist tightly as a ferocious light emanated from his eyes. The current him was the unmistakable Beastman Sovereign. ”Everyone, prepare for battle. We must reorganize our squads before the snow gets heavier. In this battle, nobody—no species—is worthy of our trust. Warriors, prepare to die in battle. For our honor and for our ancestors’ land, even if we’re destined to be buried here, we must let this cruel world understand the courage of the beastmen!”
Suddenly, an ancient horn sounded out from far away—a summons from a true ally of theirs.
”They’re finally here!”
All the beastmen tribe leaders had joyous looks, and when I received my scout’s report, I was shocked.
”How are there still more beastmen? Haven’t they already used all their main forces?”
But the direction the beastmen reinforcements were coming from, as well as the tribal flag that the air cavalry scout described to me, instantly helped me understand the situation.
”The beastmen of the plains? That damned Emordilorcan!”
Since the plateau’s beastmen could directly reach the human territories through the Earth Elemental God’s tunnels, then the beastmen from the plains could surely do the same thing. Perhaps this was Emordilorcan’s true final trump card!
But right now, I was unable to do anything, because the highly venomous spider before us was already difficult enough to deal with!
”Harloys, make your preparations! If we must die here, we need to at least take these bastards with us!”
Yet, suddenly, another combat drum’s sound rang out in a familiar elven song, which actually made that huge spider reveal an excited and happy expression like a human.
However, when I listened to it carefully as well, I, too, smiled.
”It’s finally here!”
Note:
1. The Divine Obligation refers to a God’s area of specialty/Concept—like how Wumianzhe’s is Law, Felix’s is Poison/Withering, and Clareladin’s is the Forest.