Chapter 499 - 447 : Angel of Death 1 (1/2)
The golden specks of light kept surrounding Saly and after a few seconds, a pillar of light descended from the red sky, striking the crystalline mountain and trying to hit the protected Saly.
Arthur headed directly toward the perpetrator, who was one of the senior monks. As their prayer almost ended, there was one room for one of them to join the battle and try to smoothen the situation. The bald monk held a long wooden staff decorated with what seemed to be golden and silver bells. He was standing a distance away from the other monks and staring at the grey-haired man coming his way.
He didn't seem worried about the incoming threat, he closed his eyes, held the staff diagonally across his chest and recited
”Amitabha Amitabha! Grant me the strength to purify evil and banish abominations!”
His short prayer was heard and his call was answered as a blinding radiance shone from his staff. He tightly held his weapon and clashed with Arthur, who was holding an enlarged Dark Blade.
A turbulent wave of energy was created from their explosive clash but it was only for a brief moment as Arthur was sent flying far away. Despite his monstrous brute strength and high Agility, he didn't even last two seconds against the monk. Nevertheless, the hit wasn't able to defeat him, much less kill him.
His immunity to Physical damage was shown at this moment as he stabilized his body mid-air and lunged himself at the monk. His arm was bent in a strange way but it was instantly healed as if the previous clash never happened. Moreover, there was a golden energy that entered his body, however, it was pushed away but the abundant Dark Magic dominating every part of his body.
It seemed that not even the unique Buddhist energy was able to counter the Dark Magic. With Makaze in hand, Arthur slashed a few times at the monk, sending creepy flying black skulls at the bald old man. The flying skulls were letting out chilling sounds as their mouths opened and closed repeatedly and black fog surrounded them.
In addition, Arthur unleashed a furry of attacks, including dozens of detonators, Void Mouths, and Vermilion fire, filling the sky with all kinds of flames and explosions. His skills had a large area of effect so even the army beneath him suffered greatly as many of the Marshall's army suffered from the raging sea of flames.
On the other side of the battlefield, Curtis, Radolf, Midolf, and Astrith were still facing off against the pink snake. After suffering the devastating blow of the cannon and Lucy's golden flames, the beast was severely injured, nonetheless, it was still raging all around the place and causing unimaginable havoc.
Tens of thousands of undead were squashed underneath the monster's body and its strange pink scales. Right after the orb was swallowed by Makaze, the pink snake had a qualitative and drastic change, its body became smaller until the woman from before could be seen. Her expression was ugly to behold and her two eyes were shining with pink light.
Under the gazes of her enemies, she underwent another transformation, this one much more dangerous than the last. Instead of becoming another variation of a snake, she grew a tail and some of her body became covered in pink scales. She kind of resembled Claudia's dragonic form and the only difference was the unusually long tail, the missing wings and the wild and ear-splitting hissing she letting out.
”Although I wasn't able to get the orb, there are still things to gain from this war.”
She hissed dangerously at the several figures blocking her way. Her gaze wasn't focused on them but on the Saly, who couldn't be seen as she was surrounded by Arthur's sword skill and Lucy's crystalline mountain. If she were to devour the little girl, she would definitely become much stronger.
Heavenly snakes have the unique ability to devour auras and strengthen themselves and this woman was no exception. Previously, she found Saly's aura delicious but she was much more interested in the orb, which could bring her many benefits. Now that the artifact is gone, her attention shifted to the little girl, who's hiding a delicious aura inside of her.
Unfortunately, before she could get a taste of the little girl, she has to get rid of the enemies blocking her path. They're resilient and quite annoying... unless she kills them, they won't let her pass and will keep pestering her over and over.