Chapter 258: Black Dragon Hellfire (2/2)

“Gerald.” He quietly and seriously spoke to Gerald. “When the fighting starts, you don’t have to do anything. Just keep me safe, got it?”

At Marni’s words, the last of Gerald’s worries faded.

After all, the indescribably powerful Flatfish Swordsman had mentioned that Marni was amongst the stronger Players.

Even if the Flatfish Swordsman exaggerated a little, Marni did motivate the newbies before the battle as well and would definitely be one of the top few Players, even reaching a rank of leadership equal to nobility.

And since Marni had given a look that said ‘no problem, the enemy is very weak and we have a high chance of winning’, for him to now tell Gerald to protect him, it made clear that considering the wildings dangerous was the right idea.

Gerald even felt that Marni had pulled every trick to con him to his side and become his guardsman was so that he could protect the merchant so that he didn’t die in such a dangerous place.

“Relax. I, Gerald McCobley had promised to be your guardsman, and I would see through my duty and escort you away alive! It’s a man’s promise.” He said solemnly.

Be that as it may, the Players who were so obviously waving flags and the like were naturally noticed by the Mountain Tigers.

Green fireballs descended from the skies even before they reached the Mountain Tigers’ stronghold, blowing huge craters on the ground.

Gerald, who had just sworn that he would protect Marni could only watch as one fireball kept growing in size, crashing down on his and Marni’s head!

It was fortunate that Marni came prepared. He whipped out a round buckler marked with a five-pointed star and yelled Weapons Throw while flinging the buckler, hitting the fireball with great precision and blowing it up in the air.

Green sparks licked the earth over the crater, billow bizarre black smoke.

“It’s the Hyena-men Priests’ poison fireballs! Clerics, hurry up with dispel and cleansing!”Edward shouted before anyone else, and did not hold back.

They were still some distance away from the stronghold and not within effective range for most of their skills. The reason the Hyena-men Priests could launch their skills so far was because they were attacking from a high position and shooting far below.

But Edward was different. His fire-type spells are buffed with the legendary staff Happy Flames, and that includes the range of attack!

“Get blast! Black Dragon Hellfire[1]!” Edward cried, and a violent silhouette of flames immediately rose from Happy Flames, before shooting out and taking the form of a black dragon as it flew towards the stronghold.

The thick gates of the stronghold were immediately blasted apart by the black dragon’s charge.

As Gerald looked on in shock, it turned into sparks all over the air, throwing Hyena-men that couldn’t react in time off the wall.

In just the first clash, the stronghold of the Mountain Tigers tribe was left wide open for the Players, having lost all defensive use.

[1] YuYu Hakusho technique, Jaou Ensatsu Kokuryuuha