Chapter 278 - Illusory Sanguine Howl (2/2)

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Unfortunately for him, just as he was about to finish his sentence, the weapons were now at a small distance away from Argentum that it could be said that it was impossible to dodge such an attack. With each weapon radiating quite a fierce killing intent, normal beings would surely accept their current fate and let the weapons turn them into swiss cheese.

Of course, that's just for normal beings.

Swoosh!

Relying on the buffs he had activated once more, Argentum went ahead and used all of the energy in his body to distance himself from the weapons by a hundred meters with a single step. Unexpectedly, even though he had dodged the weapons, it seemed that it was only the first wave, with a plethora of weapons soon being conjured in front of the gate once more.

With the second batch of weapons heading towards his way, Argentum pondered over his choices for a bit, which was either to destroy the gate that created the weapons, or dodge all of the weapons aimed at him until Horell's energy was exhausted. Since he was not sure if destroying the gate would truly stop the weapons from being conjured, Argentum decided to go with the latter, asking himself, ”Surely, he wouldn't be able to make another batch of weapons after this, right?”

Contrary to Argentum's beliefs, Horell continued to make a few more batches of weapons, which were all sent towards Argentum. In total, ten batches of weapons were sent towards him, but all of them were easily dodged by him since the trajectory they took was that of a straight line.

Nevertheless, running around for a short while made him slightly tired, causing him to pant for a bit as he returned to his original position before the opening of the gate. While catching his breath, he focused his sense of vision towards Horell, whose current aura was now at a state of flickering between being filled with power and being powerless. Not only that, but it seemed that Horell's complexion had taken a hit as well, with the energy making up his body now taking on a lighter cyan hue instead of a darker one.

Continuing to infuriate Horell, Argentum straightened his back as he radiated an arrogant aura before mockingly saying, ”You sent quite a ton of weapons at me. At first, I thought I wouldn't be able to dodge them, but here I am. Don't you think you should give up at this point?”

”I would never admit defeat to someone like you!” Horell shouted in response as he was in the process of recuperating. In his mind, he could not help but think that the being he was fighting against was incredibly tough, even though he did not make a move of his own. With that in mind, he wondered as to whether the reason why Argentum had not attacked yet was because he had weak attack power, but insanely fast reflexes in exchange.

Betting on that idea, Horell started to chuckle, which soon turned into a mad cackle after a few seconds. As Argentum looked at Horell with a slightly confused aura, Horell looked at Argentum and said, ”Now that I think about it, you haven't retaliated against my attacks. Is it because you don't have enough attack power to defeat me? Is that why you're resorting to mocking me?”

In response, Argentum went silent as he pondered over something for a bit. After a few seconds, he then extended his right arm before pointing at Horell. Not understanding what Argentum was doing, Horell let out another loud cackle as he scoffed, ”Pointing at me? For what reason? Are you trying to scare me into thinking that you have an ace up your slee—?!”

”[Higher Algor Magic]…”

”[Water Bolt].”

Whoosh!

Bang!

Before Horell could even finish his sentence, a bolt of water was hastily sent to where he was, colliding with him in less than an instant. Thanks to the force behind the water bolt, Horell was sent flying towards the inside of the alliance base, embedding himself into the wall with a loud bang. Seeing the result through his enhanced vision, Argentum replied to Horell's taunting from before as he asked, ”You were saying?”

”Urgh…” Oblivious to what Argentum said, Horell could not help but let out a groan from the intense pain of crashing into the wall. Nevertheless, even though he was in immense pain, he still remembered the ultimate goal of this fight, which was to stall for time.

”I think…only a few minutes have passed,” Horell said to himself while he was getting himself unstuck from the wall, letting out an inward sigh of disappointment, which was directed at himself. After getting himself unstuck, he looked at the silhouette of Argentum from afar, feeling that his reputation as a Supreme Guardian was tarnished due to his arrival. At this point, he just wanted to land a hit on Argentum, not for the sake of the alliance, but his own pride.

”To think that I'll be using the Supreme Alliance skill for my own reasons,” Horell said to himself, letting out a mocking chuckle soon after. He then continued, ”Well, it's fine to be selfish every once in a while, no?”

”Though I do have to say…” As Horell prepared the activation of the Supreme Alliance skill, he looked at Argentum once more, recalling a certain being in his memories which seemed to make miracles happen.

”His power resembles Aurus quite a lot.”

While continuing to mutter the incantation for the Supreme Alliance skill, he went ahead and dashed towards Argentum at full speed, shortening the gap between them in a matter of seconds. As for Argentum, he looked at Horell, who was gradually getting closer, and said in a mocking tone, ”Well, well, well. Look who came back to be beaten up by—”

Just as he was about to mock Horell once more to infuriate him, he noticed that the aura radiating from him had changed. It was not an aura that resonated with him anymore, but rather, it was an aura that seemed to come from someone else. Someone with immense bloodl.u.s.t, as well as someone with great experience in creating falsifications.

Sensing that the aura of two other beings was now exuding out of Horell, Argentum could not help but become wary of what was about to come. Without hesitation, he went ahead and activated [Grand Azure Armor++] as he examined the aura Horell was radiating even further.

It did not take him long to find out one of the two beings that had their auras radiating from Horell, letting out an inward gasp of shock as he asked himself in disbelief, ”Herellia?”

Unfortunately for him, it seemed that his question would be left unanswered as the aura radiating from Horell had reached its peak, prompting him to clasp his hands together before making a pushing motion as he shouted, ”With the power of the Alliance Leader and the Elder of Illusions vested in me…”

”May this attack repel those who want to inflict harm on the alliance!”

”[Supreme Alliance Skill]!”

”[Illusory Sanguine Howl]!”

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