Chapter 22: The Might of Tier 6 (2/2)

Albert felt the ground rumble beneath his feet and he could now sense what was approaching, in their current condition they stood no chance in facing that many of them, hell he couldn't even handle the lesser Basilisks on his own now, 'we heed to retreat, we should take the kids and run, we might have a better chance of survival' to be honest he didn't really believe that. It was better to stand ones ground when they had the home ground advantage than to take a bunch of kids and old people and create an even bigger problem for themselves.

He had gotten the guards to bring all the attack and support scrolls the town had from the armory, they were all low level spells, only Tier 3 and below, still they made for decent distractions, right now there was 3 lesser Basilisks surround his little group, he could tell these were the only ones left in the town, leaving about 6 or 7 remaining outside.

He held his Miao Dao with both hands, taking a low stance, the guards next to him were exhausted and dizzy, even their armor felt like it weighed a ton, as he charged in for an attack leaving the guard to activate a scroll to create an opportunity for Albert to exploit, suddenly though, they held a large roar, the high pitched vibrations the roar contained disoriented their brains for a moment, Albert still on the move forgot to take his next step and fell flat on his face.

The Basilisks didn't miss this opportunity and spewed out dark green flames at the confused guards, the flame burnt them to the bones, the heat melted their armor in seconds, the sound of burning flesh was only encompassed by their pained screams. Albert tried his best to stand but his brain seemed to be getting his intentions wrong and he just collapsed back down on his face.

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Erin expression was twisted, 5 giant lizard like creature had appeared in the distance, their roar seem to have affected everyone on the battlefield except her, she could've easily been able to erase the effects if she wasn't already stretch out as it is, the Monsters were getting closer and closer to the battlefield, they were faster than the lesser Basilisks and judging by how they crushed the ground in every step with only a handful of them being able to cause massive tremors.

These were also lesser Basilisks, the only difference now was the fact that these five were all magic beasts, being Tier 6 intelligent creatures, there was a massive difference between an ordinary beast and a magic beast even of the same Tier. Which made it all the more terrifying when they were a full tier ahead.

The magic beast arrive at the battlefield within seconds, the shockwave their steps created sent the guards flying in the air, the monsters raised their head and snatch anyone that flew in their direction, swallowing them whole, seeing this Erin was enraged, she controlled all 14 of the giant water Serpents and sent them in the direction of the 5 magic beasts.

The magic beast all opened their mouths, a massively large amount of dark green flames spewed out of them as they consumed all 14 of the giant water serpent, Erin felt a part of her soul being ripped out of her body, she had expected the monsters to be strong but this was ridiculous. Those were all Tier 6 water serpents, even if they were not real monsters and wouldn't be a match for the real deal, there was no reason why they would be so easily defeated.

With most of her life force being drained after losing her water serpent she didn't really know what else to do, if it was possible for her to withdraw with Albert she would, but turning her back against such terrifying and intelligent monsters would only lead to death. Her gaze swept the battlefield and she knew there was no longer any time to hesitate, gritting her teeth the last gem on her bracelet shattered.

”Water dragon.”

As the water escaped the bracelet, a large serpent trice the size of the previous ones emerged from below and immediately it opened his mouth wide.

”Water Cannon”

A larger amount of water gathered around the dragon's mouth and shot out like a Cannon, the attack sent one of the magic beast flying as the lesser Basilisk's body was shattered by the water pressure.

Panting like crazy Erin was getting paler by the second, her beautiful eyes were losing their luster and she felt faint each second the water dragon was out. ”Water Cannon” another massive water Cannon was shot out killing another magic beast, ”*gasp, cough, cough cough...” she fell on her knees and coughed out blood, it was obvious that each attack the water dragon shot out took part of her life, she didn't know if she would make it long enough to kill all five magic beasts but as long as she killed enough before she died then maybe Albert would have a better chance of surviving.

She squeezed her chest as she struggled to stand up, ”Water Can...”

”No!” Callie yelled as she dived forward and disrupted her spell. ”You can't just kill yourself, why would you do something like this.” She had tears running down her cheeks, she had known Erin was pushing herself since the beginning and had her group slowly approached her while they fought off the lesser Basilisks.

Erin was confused, they were in the middle of a dangerous situation and would die if she didn't do something, and to be honest the only person she was worried about was Albert. ”What are you doing, we don't have much time, let go of me!” she yelled, Callie shook her head in tears and screamed in response. ”No! I know you only care about Albert but we all care about you, even if we're not strong enough I'll rather die than let you kill yourself.” Erin was at a lose for words, she hadn't thought much of the people here to consider feeling anything more than surface emotions for them and she usually stayed indoors not interacting with any of them, the only reason why she occasionally goes out hunting was to help Albert, yet now...

Before she could even understand her feelings a magic beast had already appeared in front of her in the little amount of time she had hesitated, after all they wouldn't just stand there and let themselves get killed off one by one.

”Watch out!” Callie yelled and shoved Erin out of the way, being distracted Erin couldn't help but just watch as the monster bit off Callie's head. She had no choice but to watch the entire scene unfold as she flew through the air landing roughly on the ground.