Chapter 24: Broken Swordsman (1/2)
Erin felt the pain in her heart grow by the minute, she had no choice now, Albert's aura was faint but he was still alive. With about 40 fighters left on the battlefield she knew that taking down the three Magic beasts would guarantee their victory, but, how? she had already made up her mind to go the extra mile. It didn't matter whether she lived or died as long as she was able to save everyone here.
She only had a few attack spells and only the water dragon would be strong enough to kill the Tier 6 lesser Basilisks in one hit. The only drawback was that each attack steals away part of her life force. She had already used it twice already, she knew she only had one more in her, she needed to figure out a way to kill all three of them with one attack.
First she had to find a way to get all three Tier 6 lesser Basilisks to gather in one spot. She moved the water dragon towards the lesser Basilisk that was toying with Jarret and the others. The dragon slammed the lesser Basilisk to the ground, the damage was minimal. The Basilisk got up and opened it's mouth, a massive beam of dark green flames shot out at the dragon, the dragon did the same and a massive beam of water shot out of it's mouth and clashed with the flames.
BOOM!
The area was covered in steam after what seemed like an explosion, the Tier 6 monster was sent flying back and slammed into another Tier 6 magic beast. The third magic beast was close to them making this the perfect opportunity to eliminate them all in a single shot, not missing this golden opportunity Erin adjusted the position of the water dragon taking aim in other to get a clean shot.
”Water Canno...” Cough. Cough. Cough...
She broke into a Coughing fit and even spat out blood, the Tier 6 magic beast still standing knew this was an opportunity to get rid of their strongest opponent. It opened it's mouth wide, dark green energy gathered in it and rapidly expanded, it shot out with great speed as it aimed at Erin undefended body. °Poisonous fireball°
”Erin!!!” Jarret and the others yelled as the flames consumed her melting even the ground she stood on, in seconds a larger crater of molten magma formed and there was no sign of even her bones.
The air shuddered with a collective gasp, as everyone stared at the crater in disbelief, even though she was a bit anti-social, Erin would always help out when someone was hurt, healing their wounds without a second thought. They wouldn't even want to bother her unless it was serious, it was no exaggeration to say that every one in the town loved her, not to mention, she was the strongest person in the entire settlement. Without the chief, the captain of the guard and now Erin, what were they supposed to do, they no longer had a sliver of hope.
”Phew... looks like I made in time.”
Everyone's attention was drawn towards something, it was a strange voice that sounded positive, why? they looked around and spotted a strange man standing to the side of the sea of magma, holding a lady on his arms. She had long blue hair and wore a dark purple hooded robe, this was non other than Erin, still alive.
No one could believe their eyes, how was this possible, they had all seen flames consume her, yet she was in the hands of a strange guy in painfully plain clothing. Erin herself was stunned she hadn't even felt the man pick her up, she had felt only the intense heat of the flames before she knew it a strange man was holding her like a princess, she felt a bit embarrassed even Albert hadn't carried her like this.
The man looked at her and smiled, he asked in a low and gentle voice. ”Are you okay?” She felt a weird feeling bubbling inside her. ”Huh... y-yes am... I am fine.” She didn't know why she was like this perhaps it was the fact that she came so close to death, or perhaps it was the fact that this man saved her life or maybe it was something else. ”Don't worry your husband is safe, he asked us to save you.”
”Us?” she turned her head and saw a very beautiful lady standing by the side of the young man, she must have arrived at some point in time.
Having confirmed the lady was safe, Tyler put her down and took a look at the current situation, he noticed that everyone was staring at him for some reason, looking at Liz who had just arrived, he could tell she was a bit surprised by what had happened.
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After picking up the sword from the ground and feeling how easy it was to use, he was feeling more confident by the minute, not only did he still have the dagger but he now had another high leveled weapon. Although he didn't know if they had any special effects or how to use them. He still felt like, with both weapons he would be able to go toe to toe with a relatively strong monster.
Boom!
They heard the sound of an explosion. (or what sounded like it) without a second's thought Liz dashed in the direction, Tyler had no choice but to follow, he kept up with her a lot more easily than before, it seemed the sword had a passive skill to improve the wielder's agility, a smile appeared in his face, if only he could keep the weapon, perhaps if the old guy dies, shacking his head he expelled the thought.