175 Defeated Part 3 (1/2)
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During the time when Shin was battling with Rhaba, Lawless and the others were having a very hard time dealing with the things on their side. Yes things, it was because they were currently being surrounded by undead monsters that have a countless number.
What's more, these undeads are not your average undead monsters that the ordinary players knew. These undead monsters were almost the same as the ones that were on Shin's side. And yes almost, these undead monsters are almost the same because the one that were on this side are much more powerful than the other side.
The most ordinary undead monsters here were as strong as the High-Ranking Undeads that Rhaba had summoned during his first appearance and before battling Shin. What's more, they were also able grow in battle just like the ones that were summoned by the Undead Rising Formation. And to make the matter worst, there are even more powerful monsters than the 'regular' ones.
The 'God Slayer: Lawless' that was known for charging forward in the frontlines, was now being forced into defensive. Not only he needed to be wary of the threat gave by the undead monsters, he also need to concern himself about the safety of his comrades at the backlines.
At the same time, the 'Immovable Mountain: Hayden' lived up for his name at this point. He couldn't properly showcase his real style of battle earlier during the war. It was because he needed to be on the offensive earlier so that he could properly pin down Broken Fortress on place. But this time, he could dedicate himself fully on defending. Given that, he also have some support coming from Lawless so defending the backlines was became a little easier. And with his reliable defending, the pressure that Lawless was getting was also greatly lessened.
Behind those two were Charlotte who was busy chanting out a spell after spell to blast off all of the undead monsters that were coming after them while bombarding some of the monsters few distances away, and Stephanie who was giving out her best to support Lawless and Hayden with her buffs and heals.
Morgan, on the other hand, was keeping himself busy at helping out Charlotte to ward off the undead monsters that were swarming towards them. His guns were kept flashing in and out from his inventory bag as he kept swapping his guns for every skill that he was using. He was also giving out some supports to their frontline players to lessen their burdens while also being a looked out for some unexpected threat that might caught them off-guard.
Naturally, Immortal will not let Faker get near him too much so he sent out some undead monsters that had a speed that was almost comparable with Faker's speed to keep him from moving further forward. And even if Charlotte and Morgan giving him some range assistance from time to time, those attacks were seemed to be useless in front of Immortal as he sent some undead monsters with huge bodies to block off the path of their skills when he realized that Faker was able to move forward because of them.
Given all of those, Lawless and the others were seemed to be able to force the battle into a deadlock. But even if that was the case on the surface, the entire group was fully aware that their predicament was in a dire state. And they couldn't let his battle to escalate into a greater degree than this.
Stephanie, Morgan and Charlotte were already running out of Mana because of the prolonged battle. Charlotte might be in a better state than the other two since she had some Combat Techniques and Special Skills that could restore her Mana automatically even if she was currently in battle. But that still didn't mean that her Mana was inexhaustible, especially since that her MP consumption was quite massive because of her continues casting of skills; her MP was also dropping at incredible rate.
Hayden, on the other hand, was starting to feel the accumulation of fatigue from the consecutive intense battles that he had gone through. He still hasn't recovered his peak condition when Immortal suddenly popped up in front them and started yet another life-threatening battle unexpectedly.
Lawless and Faker were in a slightly better condition since both of them seemed to be used to these kinds of long-lasting battles. The only problem was the pressure that they were getting; it suddenly gone up with a great margin since the supports that they were previously receiving was starting to crumble little by little.
They shouldn't on this much disadvantage if only the dynamic couple of 'Winter Demon: Revier' and 'Flame Witch: Ember' were here. But alas, before the battle even started, a pair of Abomination Spirits suddenly appeared out of nowhere and pounced at the couple before disappearing with them to who knows where.
And as the battle progress, the summons of Immortal were getting stronger and stronger, pushing the entire group into their wits' ends.
”This can't continue we need to get out of here fast or else all of us are going to get killed,” said Lawless with a solemn voice as he killed yet another undead monster.
”The problem is how are we going to do that. That guy will surely not let us escape. What's more, we can't turn our backs at him because it is the same as asking him to hit us on the back of out heads,” replied by Hayden after pushing an undead monster backwards before it was killed by a few shots from Morgan.
Lawless took a deep breath and said. ”Leave me and Faker here. We are going all out and hold these filthy monsters back for as long as we can to buy you time for as long as possible for your escape.”
Charlotte clicked her tongue and said. ”Tsk! Can you hear what you are saying? We can't even beat that guy with our strengths combined yet you want that two of you handle him by yourselves?”
Morgan laughed at she said and replied. ”Miss Charlotte, are you listening to Capt'n? He said they are only going to buy us some time, he didn't say that they are going to battle that lunatic to death.”
But immediately added after that, ”But that is still too risky Capt'n. I guess it is still better if we retreat together.”
”Which is pretty much impossible,” injected by Hayden as he continued to defend the incoming undead monsters that broke pass Lawless.
”So what do you suggest? Do you perhaps have an even better plan?” asked Lawless.
Morgan hesitated for a moment before saying. ”I guess it is better if Capt'n and Brother Faker leave together with Miss Charlotte. You guys are on another league than us, and I'm sure that you are the real targets of Immortal.”
”If I'm not mistaken, he is planning to create a Super Undead using your bodies. And if he succeeds at killing you three, that was going to be a huge lost. What's more, you and Brother Faker cannot afford to lose that much level and entered a weakened state for a few weeks, or else you guys are really going to be left in the dust by the others.”
”How about you enlighten us with your brilliant plan then?” said Lawless with a slight sarcastic tone.
”I'm planning to detonate a Greater Magic Bomb,” said Morgan without a slightest bit of hesitation.
Lawless and the others were frozen in place the moment they heard that, before continuing what they were doing. And when he gotten some breathing place, Lawless started to scold Morgan. ”Are f*cking out of your mind? You are planning to be a suicide bomber, seriously? Are you fully aware of the consequences that it might take?”
Morgan smiled bitterly and answered. ”Of course, I'm aware. But me losing 5-levels and entering a weaken state for a weak is way better that all of us being killed buy these undead monsters.”
”But you need can't move for a whole minute to prepare the bomb before you are able to detonate it,” said Hayden.
Then Morgan turned his head at him and said with a cheeky tone. ”That is why I'm going to ask you if you are willing to become a hero like me.”