Chapter 167 - 161.3 : A Book And A Rock (1/2)

It was but a small and short exchange between two parties, and albeit the fact that the other side was winning, more or less, Esdik's face showed an ugly expression along with a pale face due to his injuries.

Uyo was in much better condition, however, that didn't stop the fact that he was hesitant to attack again. The Death Golem had yet to move a single step, and the strange black book was floating next to the Death Golem.

”Sir, what should we do?”

Uyo had to ask again as he was not sure about the situation. Seeing Esdik's ugly expression and the bit of blood leaking out of his lips, he knew that the previous strike of the Golem was powerful. He suffered a fierce attack too, but his defense was rather good and he managed to react in time or else he would have been in worse case than Esdik.

The black fog's effect was still present, he tried to push away the dangerous black aura lingering inside his body but it was futile. His speed was halved and anyone could see the difference between the two parties.

”There's no need to sacrifice ourselves just to cause them trouble, you help the other side and I'll try to buy some time for some reinforcements to arrive.”

Esdik ordered Uyo then took out a yellow stick from his storage, he injected some Nether Energy into it and threw it in the air. Its effect was instantaneous as it flew two hundred meters in the air and emitted a blinding yellow light that covered the sky. This was a special signal that only needed to be used in emergency situations, only Regiment Commanders and above could have one.

Esdik's judgment was correct, he knew he couldn't handle the Death Golem so he called for his allies without hesitation. Now that he calmed down and thought things thoroughly, his previous anger diminished and he no longer was enraged, instead, he became calm as he patiently waited whilst Uyo darted toward the other side.

The Death Golem's orders were to protect the prisoners in general, but if it was not possible, then its priorities are Sonia and Mary, then Taliya and Alina.

Although it was a Golem, its intelligence was not that low, seeing Uyo make a big turn and dash toward the prisoners, it reacted and moved toward the unconscious Sonia and Mary, who was wielding her axe and defending her friend. Fortunately, only a single Desert Gargoyle managed to reach her, and since she was not as close to the Golem as Taliya was, it was inevitable that some enemies would attack her.

With every wave of her double-handed axe, Mary created many flame tornados that were directed at her enemy, who was stabbing her attack with his spear. Her Lv was only 297, compared to her enemy, who was Lv640 and was raised in a harsh environment, the difference in strength between the two of them was just too big.

With but a simple stab, her multiple flame tornados were dispersed easily, Mary didn't hesitate to enter the [Berserk State] and leaped at Gargoyle, who purposely swung his spear at the unconscious Sonia, who was laying behind Mary.

Coupled with a bestial roar, Mary leaped high in the air and didn't hesitate to activate her strongest skill [Unbreakable Flame Slash].

A famous skill on Astria, used by the strongest Beastmen warriors, it is said that in the past, a legendary warrior from the wolf tribe used this skill to defeat a Wind Dragon.

The temperature rose by several degrees and a three-meter-long flaming arc flew toward the gargoyle, who was a bit startled by the potency of the attack. He forcefully stopped his stab mid-way and spun his body to face the sky, then he raised his spear to meet with the arc. The point of the bronze spear shone with a blue light that quickly transformed into a blue beam, which broke the flaming arc in two and headed for Mary's head.

In such a desperate situation, where she could not dodge as the beam was too fast, Mary could only close her beast.

'At least I managed to buy some time... I hope Arthur wakes up b-before he attacks Sonia!'

With that last thought, she firmly closed her eyes and waited for Death to come.

.....

The pain she was expecting never came, only a second passed and she could feel her body falling from mid-air, her jump was quite high but what surprised her is that she isn't dead.

The first thing she saw when opening her eyes was a book, although a bit ancient looking, it was still a dark book, floating in front of her and coming out of this book, a hand with rotten skin, an unpleasant stench covered the air around it.