Chapter 131: Night Terrors (2/2)

There must have been almost two hundred Night Terrors using the skill: Sonic Scream at the same time after already using their Fear Inducement skill the moment they burst out of the tunnel.

Tyler had to admit, these creatures weren't just mindless monsters like he had originally thought. Even if they did not share the same level of intelligence as the Lesser Djieien from earlier, their cunning was not far behind. They knew the best way to fight their opponents and the most effective time to use their skills and numbers to the utmost of their potential.

Even when they outnumbered them by more than ten to one, they still did not charge in recklessly and had immediately used the fear inducement skill on them so they would quickly lose the will to fight and lower their guard against the next wave of attacks.

Their sense of timing was also impressive as they had chosen the right time while the party had been filled with dread to use their sonic scream. Throwing their preys off balance before they would then decide to jump down and finish them off, most likely with their fangs, drawing their blood, or probably just ripping them apart with their talons.

That was just brilliant. It was something that most hunters that were susceptible to their fear inducement would be unable to escape from.

However—

”Hahahahah... I'm utterly impressed... However, filthy creatures like you have the audacity to damage me. ME! Hahahaha... Know that for your sins, even death will not save you this day. Know despair.”

While only Aine and Anne had passed out from the original attacks of the Night Terrors, the sudden wave of pressure that had exploded from within Tyler. A wave that contained a wave of undying anger, rage, and the arrogance of a superior being, suffocated the entire mine in a weight that felt like a planet had been placed on their backs and sent everyone except Nadine slamming their entire bodies to the ground, their minds overwhelmed with pain and a suffocating amount of power.

Even the massive horde of Night Terrors, could not escape this fate, and while the ones that had originally firmly perched themselves upon the ceiling did not fall. Their bodies felt so heavy that they could no longer move.

Unable to withstand the constant strain on their psyche, the rest of the Unrivaled party, all passed out without even knowing what had happened as they had lost both their ability to hear and their brain could not even register what their eyes saw.

Nadine, who also had a shattered eardrum but had an item that could protect her from this pressure for a while. Carefully brought out a scroll from the small spatial storage box that was in her possession and Opened the parchment.

It was a golden brown parchment that looked a bit ancient but had a slight glow about it. She struggled to raise her head to look at her master but could only catch the glims of the hundreds of monsters that had crashed on the ground all around him.

Without hesitation, she immediately activated the scroll. This was a scroll of the highest level that contained a spell that even she had never believed to exist. When she had received this item, her hands had felt like it was holding a mountain and she did not feel qualified to use such an item at her discretion.

this was a scroll that contained within it, a spell of the eight-tier, Divine Protection. As she finished activating the scroll, a brilliant hue enveloped all five members of the party including her and as though her strings were suddenly cut, she immediately collapsed on the ground as well and passed out.

”Wave of Despair.”

As though on cue, a greyish black aura suddenly wrapped around Tyler's body as it immediately exploded out of him in a wave of dense negative energy that seemed like there was no end to it. The wave swept through the expanse and even into the tunnels, although it did not seem as limitless as the first time he had used this spell due to him now having better control of his Mana.

Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud...

Countless bodies of the Night terrors fell lifelessly to the ground with some dying instantly and others convulsing for a few seconds before their bodies finally stopped moving.

However, Night Terrors were bat based creatures with both, Mammalian Physiology and Vampire Physiology. Thus, they were part undead and could resist the wave of negative energy to a certain degree seeing as most of them had survived and were now able to take flight as the weight on their bodies was lifted the moment Tyler used the spell.

However, while only the monsters that had been further away from the initial point of the wave of despair spell had managed to survive, most of the Night Terrors had managed to survived his spell. Still, this was not a spell that generally had an instant death effect.

No. That had only been as a result of Tyler's uniqueness and the excessive amount of negative energy he released. So when the creatures he used the spell on had some level of resistance to negative type spells, the spell did not seem all that deadly.

However, the spell's original purpose was to inflict immerse fear on his opponent just like the Night Terrors fear inducement skill and in that regard, the spell had served its purpose as all the remaining Night Terrors no longer tried to attack and some of them immediately tried to flee and others were too scared to even move.

Seeing these annoying vermin's try to escape had only served to piss Tyler off even more as he had no intentions of letting even a single one of them leave this place alive.

”Insolent pest. What makes you think you're free to leave.”

Spatial Lock