Chapter 207 - Black Sun (1/2)

When Wain suddenly disappeared into the King's glass figure, the situation in the zone changed dramatically. This action was the catalyst for the beginning of the next phase.

Everyone realized that they had to follow Wain, otherwise, they would be crushed by the massive chess pieces. Ayla started to act faster than the others, so she was already at the chess piece three seconds later.

Finch and Dia also ran there, but their position was worse than the others. They had to dodge the falling pieces and the broken ground under them.

The only one standing still was Erza. She was biting her nails with a strange face and muttering something. She didn't know how to act in such a situation, too much had happened for her in one moment.

'He's a human, but does it matter? Of course not. My heart pounds like a fucking jackhammer when I look at him. Nameless, you should be mine.' Thought Erza, and the red half of her hair glowed brightly.

The next moment it turned into a crimson flash and in a few seconds approached the figure of the King.

Erza looked at Ayla running and thought, 'It's too crowded here, it's better if I get rid of them, and no one will disturb me.'

Whooooooooosh.

She waved her hand, and a dark cross headed toward Ayla. The girl didn't expect Erza to attack her and try to defend herself suddenly, but suddenly there was a green flash in front of her.

It was Agis. He was the fastest among them and caught up with Ayla in one second.

”Looks like I'm right on time as always, doesn't it?” Agis said smiling and swung his blade.

The swing created a windblade that shattered the dark cross into pieces. Then Agis turned back into a green flash and entered the chess piece along with Ayla and Keya.

Erza didn't react in any way, she kept running forward. She had nothing to worry about, she knew she was the strongest.

Every step she took a left a molten lava-like trail and massive cracks on the ground.

Suddenly an elephant chess piece fell on Erza. She jumped up, and her right leg caught fire in scarlet flames. She struck a powerful blow, and the piece was shattered into many parts.

Whoooosh.

Erza bounced off the wreckage and entered the portal.

Finch and Dia were last, but they weren't going to give up. They didn't have trumps like the elves, but anything could happen in the Purgatory zones.

”Dia, go!” Said Finch running into the portal.

...

When Wain entered the portal, he saw an incredible scene. For the first second, he thought he was in space.

He saw the night sky and several planets in the distance. There were hundreds of small asteroids flying around, which could be used to reach the planets.

At the very end was a massive black sun. Wain felt an energy fluctuation emanating from there and immediately came to his senses. He used the Sign of Lightning and jumped onto the nearest asteroid.

He didn't have enough Strength to fight Erza or Agis, so all he could do was run forward.

Thirty seconds later, he had already traversed over ten asteroids, at which point a portal opened on the first asteroid, and Agis, Ayla, and Keya emerged from it.

'Damn, it looks like the chase is about to start. I'm not sure I can get away from them.' Wain thought, looking at the elves.

Ayla and Keya immediately ran after Wain, Agis stood still. He looked around the area and enjoyed the incredible view. A few seconds later, another portal appeared next to Agis.

”Looks like it's time for a little run.” Agis said with a slight smile on his face, and his eyes glittered. He turned into a green flash and traversed two asteroids in a second.

Then Erza came out of the portal, she also ran forward.

When Wain saw how fast Agis was moving, he got worried. Agis was too fast and could have easily caught up with him. Then Wain began to think about how he could speed up, but he had no options.

His boots were increasing his speed, but it wasn't enough.

'Hmm, I don't have enough strength to fight, but I can use the Code of Light and Darkness. If I can somehow activate the 'dark effect' of this form and increase my Strength and Agility, I'll get to the dark sun first.' Wain pondered.

Agis was getting close, and he wasn't going to stop. It was like a walk for him, no obstacle could slow him down. Erza was strong, but she was inferior to him in speed.

'No.' Wain shook his head, 'I can't hope for luck. I don't know how to make the first form take the dark side. I need a more reliable plan.'

Whooooooosh.

Three seconds later, Agis appeared behind Wain.

”Hey guy, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to stop you.” The elf said, smiling, and swung his curved sword.

Wain didn't dodge, instead, he turned around and swung his sword sharply. Agis was a Second Chronicle creature, but his power was limited now.

Wain had already been on First Chronicle for a long time, and some of his stats were approaching the limit.

If he hadn't been injured, he could have fought Agis on equal footing and might even have won.

Agis knew that Wain had the vial of blood essence under his cloak, but he saw that there was nothing there during the attack. Agis looked at Wain and saw his sly smirk.

Touch.

Wain grabbed Agis by the wrist, and several mad ghosts flew out of his cloak. Agis tried to get out of the grip, but he failed. Wain used all his strength, and his grip was impossible to break.

Whooooooosh.

As the ghosts penetrated Agis's head, he shook and, the next moment, grabbed his head. Agis screamed in pain and was disoriented for a few seconds.

”Agis!” Shouted Ayla and rushed to his aid.

”Great.” Proclaimed Wain and slipped his hand with the ring under his cloak.

Wain realized that he couldn't run away from Agis. It was impossible, their speeds were too different, but then Wain thought, 'I don't need to run away from him, I just need to make him stop chasing me.'

Wain stopped Agis for a short period using his cloak skill, but that was only the first part of his plan.

The Ring of Damned glowed brightly, and the next moment Wain thrust a syringe of the green liquid into Agis' neck.

Wain had recently obtained this syringe when he went down to the sewers for the third part of the map.

The poison in the syringe increased all stats by 10%, gave resistance to poison and immunity to simple illusions and hypnosis.

However, the thing had one fatal flaw, which is why Wain decided he wouldn't use the syringe for himself. The poison made the target go into a rage and turn into a berserker.

It was the best plan Wain could come up with.

As the syringe emptied, Agis began to breathe rapidly, and the veins in his body swelled. His eyes turned red and animal-like.

”Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggg!!!” Agis roared furiously and began swinging his sword in all directions as if distraught.

Wain stepped aside and jumped onto the next asteroid.