Chapter 405 - Last Ditch Effort (1/2)

Whoosh!

In an instant, the malevolent aura and killing intent surrounding Aurus had been intensified by multiple degrees, as well as his overall strength. But of course, not wanting the enemies that were chasing after him to run away in fear after realizing that he had not shown his full strength yet, Aurus hastily suppressed the aura he was emanating, making it seem like he was injured from the attack they sent at him.

Although he was feigning weakness from here on out, the attack the Silver Streak Brigade did on him did deal a small amount of damage, decreasing his vitality by a slight amount. Nevertheless, he still had his own methods of healing himself, transforming a small portion of his energy into HP. With that, he then allocated half of the energy he was infusing into [Dark Universal Blade] onto [Impenetrable Shield of Nil], increasing his level of defense to where he thought he would be able to tank their attacks.

Eventually, as he stood up from where he landed, he heard the sounds of horses galloping near him about half a minute later, allowing him to see the Silver Streak Brigade just a while ago. Unlike before, where they had their doubts as to whether or not they would be able to inflict damage on such a strong being like Aurus, they were now exuding great levels of confidence as it seemed that the fusion of their comprehended Ideas had become more seamless than before.

Slowly walking out of the rubble, Aurus showed himself in front of the Silver Streak Brigade once more, prompting the latter to look at the former with a slightly devilish smile as they aimed their weapons forward, transferring all of the momentum they had generated onto an intangible aura that came down from above.

Looking at the attack that was heading straight for him, Aurus noticed that the attack was still the same strength as before, allowing him to come to the conclusion that the Silver Streak Brigade were attacking him with the same level of strength since he had been sent flying by that attack. Having no thoughts of correcting them, Aurus decided to slacken his defense where he would be uninjured but would still be sent flying.

Bang!

And just like that, Aurus was sent flying once more, eliciting the Silver Streak Brigade to erupt into cheers as they headed to where they thought he would land once more. As for Syne, Julia, and Thyria, after being notified by Vasta and Viza that the Silver Streak Brigade had arrived, they headed towards a spot that allowed them to see the whole city better. With that, they saw how the Silver Streak Brigade was sending Aurus flying with each attack they did, making Syne and the others hopeful that they would be able to stop Aurus in his tracks and become heroes of the kingdom in the process.

As time passed, the Silver Streak Brigade continued to send Aurus flying with each and every attack, even going so far as to introduce variants into their attacks. In their minds, as long as they unleashed the same strength as the first attack they sent towards Aurus, it did not matter how it was delivered to Aurus. But of course, Aurus wasn't retaliating against their attacks since he wanted to become complacent of their own strengths. Only then would such a retaliation have the most impact on them.

And so, around half an hour had passed wherein the Silver Streak Brigade acted like a badminton racket while Aurus acted like a shuttlecock. While Aurus was being sent flying throughout those thirty minutes, he took note of five figures that were watching them from afar, remembering their positions as he felt like the time for him to retaliate was coming soon. In his mind, once he surprised the Silver Streak Brigade and killed them in a few hits, he was going to head to where the five figures were watching him, recalling how two of them were about to fight him some time ago.

At this moment, the egos of the members of the Silver Streak Brigade had become so inflated that they did not even hesitate in taunting Aurus to attack them. ”So what if you call yourself The Great Calamity? In front of us, the Silver Streak Brigade, someone like you is reduced to nothing more than a punching bag we throw all over the city. How about you give the title of Great Calamity to us instead? Better yet, how about we call ourselves the Great Saviors?”

As they laughed and chattered about, Aurus decided that now was the right time to make a move, deciding to time it when they attacked him once more. Fortunately, it did not take long for that moment to arrive as they accumulated their strengths once more into their intangible aura, sending it towards Aurus in the shape of a spiraling bolt.

Since Aurus wasn't going to hold back anymore, he redirected back all of the energy onto [Dark Universal Blade] as he emanated his aura without restraint, making the Silver Streak Brigade shiver slightly from the intrinsic fear they held from such a level of pressure. But of course, as they were used to beating up Aurus around, they quickly calmed themselves as one of them could not help but exclaim, ”You dare fight against the Silver Streak Brigade? You've made the wrong mistake!”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In quick succession, the Silver Streak Brigade sent out two more spiraling bolts made out of the intangible aura, allowing the three bolts to fuse as the resulting bolt had entered a higher level of power. Seeing this, Aurus ignored the attack as he swiftly disappeared from his spot before returning a couple of seconds later. After that, he conjured a blade made out of wind before sending a dark green blade light towards the member who shouted at him, cutting that member at the head.

Fwoosh!

With the blood of that member raining down on them, the remaining members of the Silver Streak Brigade had finally come to the realization that they were forcing Aurus to go all out. But of course, in their minds, when they forced someone to go all out, that meant that the opposing side was eventually going to run out of steam sooner or later.

With that kind of thinking, the Silver Streak Brigade hastily adjusted how they radiated their auras, forming an intangible barrier that shielded them from any attacks Aurus might throw at them. Sensing the intangible barrier covering the Silver Streak Brigade, Aurus couldn't care less as to what kind of defensive measures they put up, deciding to increase his attack power as he conjured a claw made out of one thousand blades.

”[Spellsword of Ruination: Ultimate Art].”

”[Millennium Sword Embodiment: Nine Realms' Nether Claw].”

Crash!

Without even resisting for a second, the intangible barrier surrounding the Silver Streak Brigade bent under the sheer pressure of Aurus's attack as it cracked into nothingness, allowing the claw to kill a quarter of their members with one blow. Wanting to get away from the claw, the remaining members of the Silver Streak Brigade moved out of the area where the claw hit before retaliating against Aurus with another attack made out of intangible aura.