Chapter 168 - 161.4 : Red Fog (1/2)

Mary carefully pulled Sonia's body and put it near Alina and the maid. She held her axe and looked around her to make sure that no enemies are attacking her.

'This position is relatively safe.'

The female beastmen sighed and glanced at Arthur but he was still there, motionless. Taliya noticed Mary's actions but she didn't speak her thoughts, all her efforts are focused on protecting Alina along with Lucas, who was a bit further acting as a vanguard to push off anyone Gargoyle who tried to sneak attack them.

Esdik, albeit being injured, was still able to fight, he flew around the golem and landed near Uyo, who had a pale face as his hood was torn off earlier when the rotten hand touched him.

”Forget about the Golem and the book, reinforcements have come, we'll kill the rest then deal with that guy.”

Esdik was obviously talking about Arthur. The Gargoyle stared at the two surviving warriors, who were still raging and killing small fries that are circling them.

They were strengthening every time they killed someone but the superior number of the Gargoyles put them at a big disadvantage. Apart from the two warriors, there was another group of fifty prisoners who were approaching Arthur as they knew he was their only savior, however, they weren't spared either as someone of them each time the Gargoyles launched an attack. If it was not for the two raging warriors, who were focused by ninety percent of the enemies, this group of prisoners would have been obliterated long ago.

The Batallion Commander was reluctant to follow the orders of his superior, all of his senses were alerting him to retreat as he looked at the motionless Golem and the floating dark book.

Despite his hesitance, he still nodded his head to Esdik but all his body was soaking with cold sweat, he knew that the moment Arthur woke up or acted, none of them would survive. Secretly, he glanced to the North, where his home was and sighed. His hands gripped the long staff and his focused shifted back to the Golem, he was waiting for the reinforcement Esdik was talking about.

....

Fortunately, he didn't need to wait for a long time, merely twenty seconds later, just when one of the two remaining raging warriors succumbed to his injuries and was stabbed to death by dozens of spears, another wave of gargoyles rushed from the back.

Leading this big group were four shadows which were way faster than the rest. Three of them had a robe similar to Esdik while the latter didn't cover her head. It was actually a female gargoyle, compared to the male gargoyles, she resembled more a female wood elf than a gargoyle.

Her cheeks had small stony scales and a long tail was swaying from her lower back. The female gargoyle arrived near Esdik in just a few seconds, a sword soaking with blood was held in her hand and there was a small slash injury on her shoulder where blood was leaking out and dying her green armor.

”Regiment Commander Esdik, we saw your signal, report what happened.”

Although she was talking to Esdik, her eyes locked on the Golem, who was towering and standing motionless near Arthur and the rest.

A look of relief flashed in Esdik's eyes, he performed a quick military salute and spoke with a respectful tone

”Reporting to General! We found unknown enemies and tried to finish them but their powers were beyond of ours.”

Despite the fact that he was relieved to see the General, a sense of shame submerged him, his face turned slightly red as he spoke. It didn't take a genius to see his condition, there was blood dying his rob, especially his abdomen and he was panting now and then.

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General Rosie nodded her head and stared at the prisoners one by one, she didn't ask Esdik who the enemies are, as long as they are enemies, she will finish them. She spared each prisoner a glance but apart from Vyncent, she didn't focus on the rest. Her brows furrowed for a split second when she looked at Arthur but she then continued probing the rest. Excluding the fact that he was an Immortal, she was a bit surprised to see him in an unconscious state, the rest of the Immortals could only sense that Arthur was motionless with his eyes closed, but for someone with her power, she was able to sense that he was unconscious albeit his standing position.