47 Sphere of Carapace (1/2)

Orrick who was on his way to the prisoner's chamber suddenly felt an overwhelming mana flow toward its direction.

”Tsk! Like I thought there is a pest inside.” Saying that he materialized his demonic aura enveloping his whole body with an ancient emblem around it.

”[Demonic Form!]” Orrick shouted his defensive skill. But he wasn't done yet. ”[Wall of Darkness!]” A three meters thick wall of darkness suddenly appeared 3ft away from him.

Then an enormous turbulent surge of mana flow abruptly darted toward his position.

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The wind howled in rage upon Kyros released his arrow bolt. Then the arrow beamed into a swirling motion as a spark of lightning flickered irregularly. With the raw strength of his blow. Kyros melted the Iron gate in front of him as his bolt penetrated its way to its target.

Seeing the threatening crisis, Orrick started to panic. He summoned his Demonic Blade just in case his thickened wall of darkness failed to stop the threat.

”Come forth [Demon's Blade!]” With that said, a glittering silvery and black hue formed into a vicious and sinister blade.

As he waited. Kyros' attack ultimately reached his first line of defense. However, when he heard the creaking sounds of his wall of darkness. Orrick's expression became grave as he inserted more darkness attributes into his defense.

But it was only his futile effort as the swirling purple arrow penetrated to the three meters thick wall like nothing. ”Gaa-aah!” Orrick screamed in pain from the backlash when he tried to resist the destructive torrent of Kyros' assault.

With his bloodshot eyes, Orrick waved his demonic blade up front, bracing himself to the upcoming catastrophe. ”Come!”

Taking his stance, Orrick urged his darkness attribute to its limit. ”[Corruption Slash!]” A huge suction force suddenly concentrated at the tip of Orrick's blade. With his thick darkness attributes being swallowed to the center at an absurd rate. After gathering enough momentum, Orrick parried Kyros' life-threatening blow.

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As their two skill slashed, an intense vibration rang throughout the spiral dome. Alarming all the low-grade demons inside.

”Haaaa!” Orrick yelled as he tried to gather more darkness, attributes that were beyond his capacity. Then both of his arms started to cry in pain, whereas his ancient emblem started to flicker with intense crimson light.

”Oooh!” With his last struggle, Orrick managed to parry the blow while betting all of his strength on the process.

”Haa... Haaa... Ha...” Orrick breathed in an anguishing pain. After surviving the blow, he doesn't have enough strength to go for another bout.

”However, Invincible A-ranker, don't think that you can leave this place unscratched while protecting those captives behind your back.” Shifting his glance to the 30 plus sacrifices. Orrick smiled wickedly.

When Kyros heard the ogre's voice. His eyes turned sharp; swiftly he manipulated another arrow to give his finishing blow.

Still, he was a tad bit slow as Orrick activated the last line of defense of this place. It was the self-destruct sequence. When they face an unimaginably strong opponent, it was their protocol to blow the place into bits. ”Hehehe... DIE!” With his eyes flashed in madness, Orrick activated the destructive array.

”Tsk!” Kyros clicked his tongue out of frustration. Instead of finishing off the ogre, he conserved his strength so that he could save more people in the process when the place started to explode.

Staring at the thirty-plus people behind his back. Kyros summoned a round object with a size of a small fist of a child.

Then Kyros muttered a keyword. ”... Show your real self [Sphere of Carapace!]” Suddenly the round object shimmered with a glittering greenish pallid light. Slowly, a tourmaline turtle's shell formed circularly as it covered the thirty plus person who was gazing at the spectacle in a blank expression.

”Haaa~” Seeing most of them was like a broken doll who lost its string, Kyros felt a tinge of regret for it. Still, with his rich experience in life. He already saw a much more detrimental event than this.

Stepping inside the turtle shell, Kyros waited for the forthcoming disaster as he continued channeling his abundant mana to the sphere.

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