Chapter 21: Nymphs (1/2)

Erin arrived in front of Albert in a raging wave of what could only be described as a tsunami. The three Basilisks surrounding him were blown away by the storm, tearing them apart. She looked angry and tears could be seen in her eyes, she had picked up speed halfway through her journey here, when she felt her connection with Albert getting weaker.

She glared at Albert and he was stumped, his skin had returned to it's previous colour and there were no horns on his head, he slowly got up from the rubble and dusted himself off, he walked over to Erin and looked at her, ”Sor...” before he was halfway through his words she had given him a resounding slap across the face, if this was a lesser man the slap might've taken his head off.

She raised her hands to wipe her eyes as she muttered to herself, ”You idiot, you promised, why would you want to kill yourself” her sweet voice was shaky and she was almost at the verge of crying, Albert wanted to console her, even though he was the one on the verge of dying a few moments ago.

Roar!!!

A loud commotion was heard at the gate, when Erin had arrived the wave that escorted her had thrown the battlefield upside-down. The barely stable formation of the guards and hunters was destroyed, the only good new was that Azar was sent flying knocking him unconscious and saving his life, in the end he didn't get the glorious end he had wanted.

Although Albert was fully healed, his stamina hadn't recovered at all and he still wouldn't be able to do damage to the monsters without a skill or a technique, he griped his sword tightly and said. ”We have to protect the them” Erin raised her head and nodded, now wasn't the time for a lengthy discussion.

Before Albert could take a step forward though, she stopped him. ”You wait here, I'll support the others.” Albert looked like he wanted to say something but the look on her face shut him up, he stood his ground as she walked in front of him, she closed her eyes and an aqua blue aura slowly surrounded her, it wrapped itself around Albert's sword and all the melee fighters in the town.

Seeing this all the fighters at the gate and in the town had renewed spirit, they all knew what this was and only one person in the entire settlement could do it.

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At this point Callie, Kela and the others had finally arrived at the gate, they could see the messy battlefield, the flaming buildings in the town meant the monsters had broken in, they saw their fallen comrades scattered all over the battlefield, some were burnt to the bone, others were ripped apart, the smell of death hovered above the battlefield, they had even spotted some friends that were barely recognisable, their blood boiling in rage.

Talen and Hart as usual, charged into the battle, there was still more than a hundred monsters in the front gate alone, not to talk about the ones inside the settlement, they use their usual formation and attack the monsters closest to them. Although lesser Basilisks were way stronger than the twin tailed warthogs they just faced, they didn't have the troublesome skill that nullified physical attacks, as long as they used a skill they would be able to damage them.

Hart and Talen drew the attention of one monster and the rest went to work, Callie fired one magic arrow after another and Kela and Jarret used their attack skills, although they were damaging the monster, the beast was just too strong and they could not get a good enough strike in to kill it, it swung it's claws at Hart with great force, reacting quickly he raised his shield to block the attack.

Boom!

Like and explosion the attack sent him flying a few meters away, he hadn't expected the difference in strength from the warthog, seeing this Talen immediately activated his defensive skill. ”Aura of Impunity” an orange aura wrapped around his body and his Shield glowed bright. Jarret dashed forward timing his attack for when the monster would attack Talen.

Boom!

Another resounding boom echoed in their ears but unlike Hart, Talen had only taken a few steps back. ”What power” Talen was shocked by the raw strength of the beast, he had faced a Tier 5 monster before, but the lesser Basilisks was on a whole 'nother level.

”Horizontal slash!” Jarret yelled as an orange horizontal aura sent the lesser Basilisk tumbling down. ”Now!” he shouted and the other began their bombardment on the creature. ”Arrow Rain”

”Fire smash”

”Twin light sword” the attacks came in hot and by the time Hart was able to get back up the monster was dead. They all looked at the battlefield and saw over a hundred more of these monsters, their anger seemed to have disappeared as they now understood why the town was in such a mess.

If only one of these monsters could push them this far then, there was no hope in winning, their only option now was to escape, but now that they were already here, turning their backs on a monster of this level was the same as committing suicide.

Just then however, aqua blue aura enveloped their weapons and a tranquil feeling had calmed their chaotic thoughts, they all knew what this was and who it belonged to, looking ahead they saw the same thing happen to everyone on the battlefield and felt a sliver of hope, even though Erin wasn't a mage and didn't have many offensive spells she was still the most powerful person in the Red ogre settlement.

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Albert watched as Erin left his view, even with her spell AquaLight he knew he was still a little too exhausted to fight by her side, without stamina there wasn't much he could do, not to mention secret technique, he wouldn't even be able to launch an ordinary attack with enough strength, at least now he would be able to manage against any stray Basilisks that wondered here.