Chapter 181: Only a Notch (2/2)

He stretched out an arm the moment the man started to move and activated his greatest transportation skill, Gate. As a black void opened up next to him, several more of his men instantly walked out of the gate. There were around 100 of them all clad in impressive armor and equipment. Most of which were made of Duranium and Adamantine.

Some of them even had magic weapons and items. This was the strongest legion he had personally recruited from his region. They were the force he had originally prepared to claim the castle in case anyone had gotten on his way before Citrus had gifted him those 50 cannon fodders.

The moment his men lined up perfectly behind him, an illusionary book appeared in front of Hemei as he loudly commanded.

”Kill them!”

At his command, Badgil roared and immediately charged ahead of the group even though his arm hadn't regenerated completely yet. He lead the army of a hundred strong at the pair while Ovil and Serene stayed in the rear to protect Mammon while they also prepared their spells and curses to aid the group.

Although they actually thought this was overkill. They had no right to question Mammon's orders and that course of action was a very dangerous one. However, they had no idea the levels of danger that awaited them.

Hemei stood at the rear with his innate ability active. He could record the skills of even summoned creatures so as long as the pair wanted to survive. They would have to use those skills and spells even if they were to use a weapon as well. And once he had copied their strongest skills, he would quickly dispose of them.

This was his usual method of handling strong opponents as this world was extremely dangerous and there were skills and spells, even items that possessed unfashionable abilities that could easily reap one life in an instant if they were careful. With scrolls and artifacts alike, one could even kill a higher-level fed opponent, although such and this was unlikely.

Still, Mammon always felt that it was a good idea to test the waters with disposable pawns instead of risking his life. A nasty smile crept into his face as he awaited the reap the plentiful skills that were about to be unleashed.

However—

Nothing had gone as he had expected as the moment his army had crossed a certain distance and were about to launch a barrage of attacks at the approaching pair.

Every single one of them aside from Badgil had just suddenly dropped down to the ground lifelessly as though they were puppets whose strings had been cut.

”What!? What just happened? What the hell did they do.”

A greatly perplexed expression was plastered across Hemei's face. His ability could not record skills that were being activated around him unless he witness the activation of the skills to its complete execution with his eyes as one could not make a record without first witnessing what the record was about.

This also meant he could not record skills that were already activated, else his ability would've been the perfect cheat. This was why he had made it a point to gain so many perception skills. And why had had never taken his eyes off the pair the moment he gave his attack order.

Yet, he had still failed to comprehend what had happened. As far as he could tell, the man did nothing but stop the moment his men had gotten close enough, neither did the large birdlike monster do anything.

Well, he had noticed the Dark Garuda glance at the man after his men had died but even with his enhanced hearing, he had been unable to hear what was said. But with that exchange, surely it meant they had done something right? So how the hell did he miss it.

”Impossible.”

As Hemei contemplated the usefulness of his own senses, he suddenly heard Badgil roar in anger as he dashed madly at the pair with his spear in hand as he rapidly spun it around. His spear suddenly shattered as it turned into pure energy that enveloped his body.

•War God Assault•

His trump card, a berserk skill that served as his ultimate skill. The skill triples his physical abilities and vastly increases his attacks by several folds. His attacks in this state also deal both Magic and physical damage. He was even capable of damaging the soul. However, this type of power could only be used for a very short time as if it was used beyond that, it would come at a cost.

In this form, Badgil would be able to go toe to toe with any behemoth if only for a limited time. Hemei saw Ovil prepare a spell as he waited for Badgil to create an opportunity for them as it seemed they hadn't been shaken by the death of so many of their men.

However —

For the first time, the floating celestial moved as it swooped down after crushing the heart it was holding and with speeds beyond what Badgil was capable of even in this state. The Dark Garuda appeared before him and swung its claws at the shocked war god.

•Dimension Spitter•

With just a single swing, everything before its eyes was cut in threes. If Hemei hadn't reacted fast enough to cast his absolute defensive barrier while reinforcing it with a constant stream of mana. Even they would've been split into threes as the wall behind them and even the clouds had been spilled in threes to the point that it felt as though, space itself had but cut.

With such power, it was safe to say that Badgil who was the target of that attack, was stopped in his tracks as his body was cleanly cut in half and both sides fell lifelessly to the ground, gushing blood that splatted on the exited Garuda.

Both Ovil and Serene instinctively took a step back as their eyes widened in shock. Such an attack was beyond their comprehension and thus, their minds went blank.

Seeing another one of his men fall, and his remaining generals shaken to the core. Hemei frowned deeply. He could no longer retain his anger as he changed his mind. There was no point in having so many skills if he wasn't going to use them and now was the time. He would kill everyone that stood in the way of his goals and a conjured celestial was no exemption.

•Astra Smite•