Chapter 226: Holding the Line (2/2)
[Whatever, I'll forget about it for today. After all, he's our best hope of taking down the big one. I suppose I need to start carrying my own weight.]
He started moving towards another of the flesh creatures that was in the middle of dragging a soldier into its core. So focused was he on his renewed efforts, he barely noticed that his despair had fled, to be replaced by a small but growing sense of hope. Suddenly, things didn't quite seem so bad.
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[What in the hell?]
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Agony
Age: Varies
Race: Abomination
Class: Abomination
Title: The All-Consuming
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Mike was having a hard time figuring out how such a large...thing, for lack of a better term, was moving, let alone attacking a city. In fact, it shouldn't be alive at all based on his understanding of how biological creatures functioned.
[I know I'm in a fantasy world, but this is ridiculous. Next thing you know I'll be fighting a gigantic, radioactivity-power lizard that shoots energy beams from its mouth. Really, how do I keep getting into these kinds of messes?]
They were in the process of circling the battlefield, surveying the situation. It became quite clear after the massive flesh creature launched a few miniature copies of itself at the wall, that they needed to take it down first.
”Do you know anything else about this thing?” He yelled back at Sera over the roaring of the wind.
She shook her head, ”Not really, although I think there might be something like a core that serves as its heart. I saw a vague image of you striking towards the center of its body and doing damage as a result.”
[Hmm. I don't really want to go fight it blindly, but I can't really leave it alone at the moment...]
He issued a few mental commands to Red, and the dragon descended to the wall, hovering in place until his four passengers could disembark.
[Try to keep it occupied for a bit while I look into the situation more, but be careful. I don't want you getting too close until we know what its capable of.]
His scaly mount gave him a disdainful look before flying out to the monster. Using his superior mobility, Red started performing flyby attacks that elicited agonized moaning from his target. The creature attempted to swat him out of the sky with a pair of flailing tentacles, but the measure was clumsy, and failed to hit anything other than itself.
Monster successfully distracted, he now needed to focus on information gathering. He needed to know what had happened up to this point to develop an effective strategy. For that he needed someone who'd been here since the beginning.
Looking around, Mike spotted Emmanuel sitting near the door to one of the defensive towers built into the wall. The older man's eyes were close and he looked like he was asleep. Mike figured this must be what using the Meditation skill must appear like when viewed from outside.
[Should I interrupt?] He asked himself, and was just about to call out to his teacher, when he spotted another familiar face.
”Captain Henry!” He called, waving at the city watchman who was in the process of directing a series of soldiers armed with rifles. At the sound of Mike's voice, the man stiffened, blood draining from his face. He didn't turn, almost as if he wanted to pretend that he hadn't heard the call.
Unfortunately for the young captain, he couldn't escape that easily, and it didn't take long until Mike was standing in front of him, looking serious. ”I'm so glad I found you. I have a favor to ask.”