Chapter 624 - 569: Antimatter (1) (1/2)
Sol'khin ignored everything else and charged at Arthur, prioritizing him over everyone else. As Arthur was significantly weaker than Zodiak, it'll be much easier to get his soul.
Within a split second, a dark shadow manifested itself in front of Arthur but Sol'khin didn't strike with his sword, instead, he stretched his arm toward the parasite's soul, attempting to stab his chest.
This swift attack was almost successful were it not for the interference of several individuals, the first of them being Zodiak, whose body became bigger and unrecognizable as Dark blue flames covered him from head to toe.
The old man held Leiu's hand and tried to fling his body far away but an unusual kind of unstoppable darkness enveloped Zodiak, isolating him for some time. Sol'khin snorted and used his the other hand to block an incoming sword. Surprisingly, this sword managed to cut the youth's hand and even pushed him back a few meters.
The Sword God, Ber Von Xin, appeared in front of Arthur and swung his sword again, releasing a pure white sword essence that partially canceled Leiu's darkness and blasted him even further away. Losha and Maxine also attacked, each using their full power in order.
Grail, the Divine Sword, emitted a pillar of light which hit the target's right side while Maxine's sword stabbed the empty air, magically forming three floating green circles directed at Sol'khin. The circles slowly rotated for a second before unleashing a waterfall-like attach which was made of shiny green energy.
The two attacks simultaneously hit Sol'khin, dealing enough damage to send him flying but, unfortunately, weren't strong enough to pass through the thick black armor.
Excluding those who knew about Sol'khin, the rest of the contestants were perplexed and didn't know who was the enemy and what must be done to clear this floor.
”Long story short, something evil is controlling the Nameless Knight and if we get rid of it, we clear the Red Tower.”-X
Seeing the dumb looks everyone was having, 'X' spouted gullible lies to trick them into helping him. Sigradzomr was almost back into the battle but from the previous exchange, it was clear that Sol'khin has the upper hand thanks to Leiu's overwhelming power.
While some believed the blurry-faced man, there were others who were skeptical of his words, like Losha, for example.
”Yeah… I don't think you're right. You want us to defeat him? I think the real problem is that thing.”
She pointed at the humongous dragon rising in the air and preparing to attack again. The Elder Dragon's eyes focused on the youth wearing black armor and seemed ready to strike again.
…
”What do we do?”
Lucy whispered to Arthur while witnessing the unfolding events. She didn't know who to side with, especially now that things got very complicated.
”Let's standby, for now.”
He wrapped his hand around her waist and used skill provided by the Space Bender title, quickly turning invisible along with his wife, and disappearing from everyone's view. He made sure to activate his stealth abilities to their full so that Sol'khin won't be able to locate him amidst the chaos.
Even though he was using his brother's body, he wasn't accustomed to the power nor the skills, moreover, it won't be easy to track him down with all these people attacking from all directions.
”What do you think Zodiak will do?”-Lucy
After a short silence, Arthur sighed and replied: ”I really have no idea.”
He turned his head and looked at the big dark blue silhouette rushing at Sol'khin. In addition Zodiak, Sigradzomr also descended upon the relatively small Sol'khin, however, contrary to his allies, the dragon didn't care about anything else and unleashed attacks that hurt both his target and everyone else.