Chapter 335: The Sun Against the Land and Seas (2/2)

Within a few seconds, all of the flames making up Eleanor's dress had taken on a hint of white while the killing intent surrounding her had intensified to a greater degree. At this point, Felix and Eleanor knew that it was only a matter of time until Eleanor would go berserk.

Psh! Psh! Psh!

With the two still at a loss for words from what she had done, she once again summoned an array of flames behind her. This time, though, the array of flames had been successfully created, coalescing into a vortex-like pattern before Eleanor shot it in the direction of the two.

”[Ignitio Overdrive: Hellbound Vortex — Eclipse]!”

Swoosh!

With the force behind the vortex of flames comparable to the force behind Felix's previous spear, it wouldn't be a surprise if the two weren't able to defend against it, being blown tens of meters away from where they were. Fortunately, Rosalia had come in prepared, instantly activating a magic circle she had been conjuring behind the scenes to cover the two in multiple layers of defensive barriers.

”[World Protection Art: Myriad Devastation Barrier]!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With each flame making up the vortex, a layer of the barriers protecting both Felix and Rosalia would be shaved off, prompting the two to redirect some of their energy to the magic circle powering the barriers. Thankfully, the two of them were able to defend against all of the flames making up the vortex.

Unfortunately, the amount of energy inside their bodies were almost close to drying up, evident from the lackluster sheen of their bodies. Nevertheless, they weren't about to admit defeat against Eleanor even though she was near her strongest form, which the two of them couldn't even beat back then.

Squeezing out all of the energy inside his body, Felix then applied buffs on both of them that would increase their perception over surrounding energy, increasing their speed of energy regeneration. Of course, Eleanor wouldn't let them regenerate their energy, still thinking that the two were on Melzarin's side.

Summoning all of the energy inside her body, Eleanor then used it to propel herself towards the two at breakneck speeds as two balls of dark-white flames appeared on her palms, slamming it against each other without hesitation.

”[Ignitio Overdrive: Singularity Burst — Eclipse]!”

Bang!

With such an attack being made so close to the two, the barrier protecting him had all of its layers ripped off, allowing the remaining force of the attack to send the two of them flying for over a hundred meters. On the other hand, Eleanor looked at them from afar with an unreadable expression, not allowing anyone to know what was going on inside her mind.

Thud! Thud!

Naturally, the two of them hastily got up on their feet when they crashed, knowing very well that Eleanor was still planning on attacking them. Nevertheless, they could not help but take in a deep breath of cold air when they could not help but think that Eleanor was still holding back on them back then.

”Does this mean that Eleanor is the strongest among all of us?” Rosalia could not help but mutter to herself, to which Felix responded with a light sigh, ”Isn't that obvious already?”

At this point, the two of them felt like any attack they threw at her wouldn't even faze her the slightest bit. But just as they were about to tell Argentum that they weren't able to fulfill their part of the plan, a massive surge of energy soon entered the bodies of the two, jolting them awake in surprise.

In less than an instant, the two of them looked around their surroundings, wondering how their energy was replenished in such a short amount of time. It did not take long for them to find a dark skeleton wearing an armor of earth appear in front of them, as well as a humanoid figure made out of blue, brown, and green energy.

”Argentum has filled me on all of the details,” Melzarin looked at the dejected two and said in a slightly solemn tone. ”Although I'm unsure as to whether I could defeat Eleanor at her strongest form if I was alone, I think we could definitely defeat her with us three working together and with Argentum buffing us up.”

”So, are you two up for round 2?” he asked the two, waiting for their answers. Scratching his head, Felix looked at Rosalia beside him, to which she only lightly nodded in response. Seeing this, Felix could not help but let out a long sigh.

Although he was one of Eleanor's close friends, he did not want to admit that Eleanor was the strongest. Of course, he was sure that Rosalia did not want to admit defeat as well. With that in mind, the two used the energy they had received from the two and used it to increase their defensive and offensive properties to the maximum.

Just as the two were about to ask Melzarin and Argentum about their next steps in this fight against Eleanor, a thought related to Melzarin surfaced in his mind, prompting him to say to Melzarin in a slightly embarrassed tone, ”Uh…I think I should say sorry about what we did back then.”

”Nah, don't feel bad. To be honest, now that I look back at it, I was the one at fault,” Melzarin said in response to Felix's words, making both Felix and Rosalia look at Argentum beside Melzarin with immense shock. Although they knew that Eleanor was bound to attack them within a few seconds or so, their curiosity won over their minds, prompting the two to send a strand of energy to him and ask, ”What did you say to Melzarin?”

Argentum could not help but jolt a bit in response to the unexpected message from the two, though he calmed down soon after that as a light chuckle could be heard from him. Recalling what he had said to Melzarin, he then responded to the two of them with a strand of his own, saying, ”To be honest, it's a slightly long story. How about we head to where Eleanor is for now and I'll tell you what happened while I was talking with Melzarin?”

Curious as they may be, the two of them knew that Argentum was right, so they nodded in response to Argentum's request before talking with Melzarin on their next steps. Not long after, the four of them were heading to where Eleanor was at greater speeds than before thanks to Argentum's movement speed buffs.

While that was happening, Argentum started his narration of what happened with Melzarin.

”Well, it went just like this…”