Chapter 126: Wound Rupture! (1/2)
Khrom and Hot Rod went after the magic beast while Barret and Cecilia attacked Jinn. Kadyn stood far away from the battle with Elora, staring at the fight keenly. He was waiting for the right time to act.
Cecilia was like a shadow at the moment, her speed was unbelievable and her attacking spells were fatal, sharp and deadly. She had already cast her Cloning Spell, which increased her fighting power even more, attacking Jinn from every side and every angle possible with her two clones.
Barret was using his earth element and the sword artefact to fight the blue creature. However, Jinn wasn't so easy to deal with. His defences were solid — whenever Cecilia or Barrett attacked him, he would form a defensive layer of water in front of him, deflecting or blocking their attacks.
Not far away Khrom and Hot Rod were also fighting tooth and nail with the beast. Though they had the upper hand, it seemed that the battle wouldn't end anytime soon. Khrom's attacks were sharp and lethal while Hot Rod's spells were destructive. They continued to push the magical beast back; however, it seemed the defence of the beast was stronger than they expected. Their attack landed on its thick skin, but they couldn't wound the beast critically.
Khrom was pale. After all he was just a 10-star elementary mage. Fighting with a Rank 1 magical beast was no joke. Hot Rod saw that the situation wasn't looking good for Khrom and it wouldn't take long before the beast would have an upper hand over them so he increased the intensity of his attack. He looked towards Barret and Cecilia.
Their battle was in a deadlock. Neither party had the upper hand. It shocked everyone because not long ago, a single attack had injured Jinn to the point of vomiting blood, but now he was holding against Cecilia and Barret together. What is going on? Could devouring a few souls give someone as much strength as Jinn? They didn't believe it.
Hot Rod gritted his teeth and thought. 'I need to end this battle as soon as possible.' The longer the battle they dragged the more energy they would lose.
”Sunfire Torrent!” Hot Rod stood up and shouted and a huge sun started to form in the sky, lightning the entire dark Bamboo Cove. The burning heat spread in all directions, while glazing light blinded everyone. Hot Rod laughed and roared. ”Die, you beast!”
The sun was closest to the snake so it felt how terrible the heat actually was. However, it had no way to dodge it — when the sun bloomed with all in its glory it fell over the snake. As soon as the sun touched its skin it faded. The snake struggled and hissed and twitched but to avail. It fumbled its tail this way and that, forming a huge crater in the ground. In just a blink of an eye, it started to look like a barbecued chicken. However, the burning smell wasn't so pleasant to smell.
It took five minutes for the snake to calm down. Hot Rod had lost all of his strength and was lying on the ground limply with a pale face and drenched in sweat. His entire body was numb and his head was throbbing with pain. He had used too much mana in that spell. His most powerful spell.
He stared at the snake, murmuring. ”Is it dead?”
Khrom also thought that the snake was dead, however, to their horror, the beast twitched and stood on its tail. It looked at Hot Rod with its red beady eyes and dashed towards him with a furious hiss and opened its mouth to gulp this bastard down its throat who tormented him so much.
Despair filled Hot Rod's face when he saw this scene. ”Am I going to die?” he murmured. The beast was still a few meters away, but he had no strength to run, so he waited for his end. However, at this moment a shadow flashed in front of him, standing with a proud posture, facing the beast with a single sword in its hand.
”What are you doing?” Hot Rod panicked when he saw who he was. ”You are no match for this snake. Get out of here, now!”
”You know before becoming Kadyn's employee I signed the contract,” Khrom didn't look at him and continued to stand in front of him. ”There was a point that you can't abandon your comrades in times of crisis. Though you aren't the employee of the shop, you are my comrade and friend. We fought together; we worked together, and we even ate together. How can I leave you here to die? I would prefer to die fighting, instead.”