Chapter 321: Kidnapped (2/2)

Even though the short man couldn’t tell what the spirit familiar was, he guessed that it was a being of energy akin to ghosts. “Got it!”

Meanwhile, the taller man had whipped out a warhammer from his pants. However, instead of engaging Joe in a melee, he held the rope tied to the handle, whirling it several times before flinging it at Joe.

The war hammer was not actually large-it was around half a meter with the handle at best, resembling a toilet plunger that was marked with a sapphire inscription, looking small and delicate.

On the other hand, Joe stuck to his instincts that were honed from combat, holding his Giant Toe vertically in front of himself to block the seemingly flaccid strike.

And then there was a loud ‘clang!’

The plunger-sized war hammer had stiffly knocked Joe, a one-point-eight-meter tall youth and his two-meter long greatsword, sending both flying!

Gou Dan agilely evaded Joe as he landed from high above and smashed a hole into the ground.

“Are you alright, Joe?” He only asked then. “I’m fine, I didn’t lose much HP…” Joe said with a long face, his embarrassed expression only half-showing since his face was half-caked in mud. He glanced in disbelief at the war hammer nearby which had smashed into the road, and then at the legendary-tier greatsword which lost a notch of durability. “You can’t see it, but that thing is very heavy! And frighteningly hard…”

“It’s fine. He’s weaponless now.” Gou… Doug Ag appeared unconcerned, however. “Unless his hammer could fly back to him.”

But even as his words left his mouth, he saw the tall man who never stopped running extended his hand. “Come!”

The war hammer that was deep beneath ground immediately whooshed towards its owner.

Joe, who expected to see the man being struck by his own hammer was soon disappointed as the weapon tamely returned into the tall man’s grip.

Beside him, Doug Ag who was forced to eat his own words unfurled AWM over his wrist and started shooting.However, the two men proved cunning—they would take cover behind bystanders, walls or even the most random of objects. Doug Ag did not have a clear shot for days, and since the two men were far familiar with the area around them, they were getting further and further away from their pursuers.

Edward tried to launch several fireballs as well, only to miss just like Doug Ag’s bolts. Even though he could control the black dragon of his ultimate skill, Black Dragon Hellfire, his own body would slow down entirely, and it was just not suitable for pursuit. “It seems that I have no choice…”

Edward raised his hand, with two red crystals held between his fingers.

Those were Illum crystals—similar to the mana crystals of most fantasy novels, a crystallization of pure energy.

Those crystals would crystallize into different colors according to the associated element. And the ones Edward was holding were Red Illum crystals, associated with the fire-element.

“I’ve learned the Level 50 skill, but I’ve never used it because it consumes Illum crystals… but it’s cheap in this city, so now’s the time to use it!”

Edward took a deep breath and raised Happy Flames, the Illum crystal in his hand turning into dust and spreading into the air.

“Red Eyes Dark Dragoon Blast!”