Chapter 75 - 75 : Sea Of Flames (1/2)
Cries and weapons clashes resounded non-stop, Jackob sat next to his unconscious mother while looking anxious and afraid, after all, his house was located at the edges of the clan's territory, and in no time, they will be surrounded by enemies.
He would shot glances at the sleeping Arthur and the nonchalant Lucy every now and then, but he didn't have enough confidence in them to deal with the whole army.
It has already been a few minutes since the fighting started and the enemies roars and crazy laughs could be heard, every second passed the sounds got closer and closer.
These armies of beastmen are basically savages, Jackob knew that when he heard those laughs, a single clan popped in his mind, one that has cruel and ruthless people, which only care about themselves, although called an army, they destroy villages and other clans, slaughter all elders and men and keep women for slaves.
Beastmen are usually known to have a good relationship with themselves, even between clans, if a war happens between them, they would not completely slaughter the opponent, if one of them surrenders, then the winner will spare them, but the 'Savage Beast Clan' is not like that.
They had crazy people, even their leader is known to be insane and behaves, however, he wants, sometimes he would even kill his own people for entertainment, so apart from a few powerful beast clans, the 'Savage Beast Clan' is known to be very dominating and powerful.
Furthermore, Jackob's clan is considered powerful, but not to the point of being able to resist the 'Savage Beast Clan', one because once the savage clan attacks another clan, then they will deploy all their troops and spare none, and second is because Jackob's clan didn't have many troops like the invading enemy.
If the Savage Beast Clan has 100,000 troops, then Jackob's clan would have at best, 40,000, the difference was just too big, even if there was someone very powerful, he can't deal with thousands of people, that's what Jackob thought at least.
He already made a plan in his mind, once they were surrounded, he would surrender and hope they spare him, it was a slim chance but that's the only thing he could do, as for Lucy and Arthur? He thought that they would get rid of maybe hundreds then will be overwhelmed.
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After a dozen or so minutes, 3 beastmen holding machete-like weapons, dripping blood entered the small house.
They had a huge frame and numerous scars on their body, especially one of them which had a hideous face and an evil grin.
His gaze landed on Jackob and his mother but he didn't pay much attention to them, however, once his eyes saw Lucy, they began burning, even his hands seemed to shake from excitment.
Unfortunately for him, he didn't have time to contemplate Lucy's beauty, neither have lewd thoughts or anything of the sort, as he and his two comrades soundlessly fell on the floor.
It hasn't been 10 seconds since they entered yet they just fell on the floor like that, even the terrified Jackob stared dumbfounded, not understanding what just happened.
He may not know what happened, but it was just a simple attack from Lucy, for her, killing beasts like this is similar to killing monsters or ants, no difference at all, she didn't even turn her head, she was staring at the sleeping face of Arthur while stroking his smooth black hair.
Lucy had many ways of attacking, her advanced purple fire, the overpowered magma, even her physical attacks are extremely deadly, but she didn't show off much.
Two small yet dangerous needles were created and penetrated the enemies' heads, the needles were very small, but with the magma's heat and power, there's no way one could survive, this needle would even be dangerous to a person in the Spirit Realm, he may have a way to dodge it or somehow resist it, but it would cost him something in return, only against someone in the Heavenly Realm or above would Lucy need to be serious.
Plus, with stats like hers, creating such needles and attacking with them, who would be fast enough to dodge such fast attacks? One must know that the more stats one have the faster and powerful their magic is.
Lucy didn't stop at that, the bodies of the three beastmen floated next to her then disappeared suddenly, why would she waste such previous corpses, Arthur would 'harvest' everything later.
A minute did not even pass when more beastmen barged in, this time it was 5, and one of them held a staff, yet just like last time, they helplessly fall on the ground just like last time, they couldn't even talk or react.
Lucy didn't care if it was Jackob's clan or the invading clan, anyone coming in would be an enemy.
Enemies entered the small house again and again until the corpses count surpassed a hundred, Jackob's eyes were wide open, he didn't even notice that even his mouth was wide open.
Each person who entered instantly died, it's like a death reaper was standing and welcoming them, the more people died the more he came to understand why Arthur had that leisurely attitude.
He couldn't even see what killed them, they would suddenly fell to the ground with disbelief filling their eyes, then they would float toward Lucy and disappear.
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For the invading clan, a dozen or so people from the army disappearing were nothing, even a hundred, but the problem is that, all houses were destroyed, except a small house which looked like a tent, it was like a black hole, each person entering disappeared.
It didn't take much time for the enormous army to notice that, first they didn't pay it much heed, then they began focusing in it and noticed that each and every person who entered would not come out, it was really like a black hole.
”Hey! Fools! This is not a fucking show, go destroy that tent! Or else I will strip you and feed the horse some aphrodisiac!”
A high in command beastmen ordered and yelled at his army, so without hesitation, more than 500 beastmen bombarded the house, there were a lot of mages obviously, although a beastmen aptitude to magic is not that great, they still can use it, it was not just that, arrows and axes landed on the poor house.
So, like that, the small house was annihilated, however, what surprised that commander and the rest of the army is that, although the house was gone, the attacks couldn't penetrate what seemed like a transparent yet dark barrier which enveloped 4 people.
Lucy and Arthur were sitting on chairs, the position of Arthur was a bit awkward as half of his body leaning on Lucy and his head was on her lap.
As for Jackob, he stared at his surroundings, dumbstruck, there was no more roof, walls or anything, just him and his mother sitting on the half-destroyed bed.
Many eyes stared at him with fury, anger, confusion and many other complex emotions, he truly didn't how to react or what to say, he awkwardly tried to smile but the smile wouldn't come out.
As for Lucy, she just acted coldly and didn't mind, if they dared attack, massacring them all wouldn't be a problem, after all, they only needed Jackob, so why not spare those?
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Mad Dog was a famous commander in the 'Savage Beast Clan' his position was second only to the clan master, he was a proud and arrogant person, he was also the one who gave the order earlier.
He felt suspicion about that small house so he ordered his army to destroy it, but what happened next dumbfounded him, his eyes landed on that barrier-like thing around the people who were in the house.
Apparently, there were 2 beastmen and 2 ..humans?
For him, humans were just slaves, women are used as toys and human men are slaughtered with no mercy, he gazed at Jackob and his laying mother for a second before he focused on Arthur and Lucy.
He was of course mesmerized by Lucy's beauty, for him, such beauty would be fun to play with, but he wasn't stupid, countless wars taught him that this woman is not easy or weak.
Hundreds of attacks were not enough to even crack that barrier, so he advanced until he was a meter away from the barrier and smiled while saying
”Hello there, I see you two are humans, I apologize for the previous attacks, I thoughts there was only beastmen here, hahaha, don't worry we're not here to cause trouble, so why not have a talk?”
He never paid Jackob any attention, he didn't even spare him a gaze apart from the first one, he talked while staring intensely at Lucy, who from didn't even spare him a single glance.