Chapter 292 (1/2)

Book 3, Chapter 28 – Clean Escape

“Die! Die!”

Cloudhawk called on the power of his invisibility cloak In no time he was a hundred meters away from the press of the crohen suddenly an armored vehicle pulled up ahead A bandit claun, and started to fire The thug hoped a lucky bullet ht catch the assassin

But it was no use

Cloudhawk could see the path of every bullet as though they were drawn out for hie, his phase stone protected hi as a concentrated streaht at him he was fine

No quarter was given Cloudhawk pulled back on the exorcist bow's string and let loose, firing an ethereal arrow into the barrel of the bandit's gun It exploded, firing ely into its bearer's chest Sparks and blood rained from the sky

Green Snake and Iave chase

These tere different froh skill to knohere Cloudhaas even when invisible The Warden leapt onto the arht, he twisted around and fire another shot from his bow

Quick as a whip, Green Snake kicked an iron spear off the ground in front of hiy arrow collided, a thunderous blast followed

I the situation unfold He had to be cautious, for although he was more capable than Green snake, his talents didn't extend to melee combat Both his reaction ti like theto put hi, he

Only, just then a great roar erupted fro the others in pursuit

Blackfiend could handle itself one on one with a high-ranking demonhunter Cloudhawk's success had been due to luck and trickery Back in Blackfiend's tent, no one had been controlling the puppet and it'd be left to react purely on instinct When under the cohwayht at an entirely different level Cloudhawk's chances were slihtest misstep and he would be surrounded

Now

Cloudhawk fished the detonator out of his pocket and jammed his thumb down on the button

As Blackfiend closed in the whole tent city was rocked by simultaneous explosions The furthest was a thousand ht under their feet Barb had hidden the bohtened the creatures and caused thees non open, terrified beasts began to flood the streets

A sta chaos in their wake Mutated rhinos gored whatever ca in their way As the raucous explosions and fire balls rose into the sky, Boondock's bandits were also cast into turht fire, and the blaze was spreading

However, Blackfiend paid no h a wall of fire in pursuit of Cloudhawk, heedless of anything but its prey

This was the best he was going to get! Cloudhawk gathered what rey and funneled it into the phase stone Maybe ten seconds afterward a corona of light erupted, causing reality to shi+ft and ripple unsettlingly Blackfiend reached out, clawed hand groping for purchase, when Cloudhawk disappeared completely

Blackfiend left a gash in the ground where its claws passed

He was gone Not invisible, not phased, but truly vanished The Warden was no longer a presence in their reality Squall wasn't sure whether to be irritated or overjoyed How could Cloudhawk have so many incredible and secret abilities!

Green Snake's gentle voice intruded on his thoughts “It looks like he's gone”

“We did e could He has too many tricks, it's impossible for us to overcome them all”

Iled with his fury Their impotence clearly cut him deeply

On the surface, Green Snake and Imp were there to assist Squall In reality they served as monitors However, only Squall could control Blackfiend, so he was integral to their ploy Cloudhawk's guess had been very near spot on, but Blackfiend wasn't exactly the hue

Blackfiend was originally one of the Seraphs used in Skycloud to repair the city

The Seraphs were thoughtless, uidance of the sanctuary's highest order So long as they remained near the temple, they were imh their veins Blackfiend was the same… only, the blood in its veins came from a demon

Destroying it was ith, Blackfiend would reconstitute itself and fight on

Creatures like this, corrupted Seraphs, had their own naolem[B1]s

Seraph were reat city Blackfiend goles made for the purpose of murder and destruction

Just as Seraphs could only be controlled by the sanctuary, Blackfiend golem were also attuned to only certain people They were rather like relics, and only those with a particular talent could resonate with them

So far, Squall was the only person in the knoorld with that ability That hy he was here

This literal figurehead helped Squall control the rapidly swelling wasteland organization However, over tins of fatigue Without soole Autumn's trove of eboncrys was important It was the only way Squall could ensure his evil toy kept ticking

Blackfiend was a tool, which by itself could surpass the lethality of most accomplished demonhunters With it at Squall's beck and call, he could indeed doeance

When Cloudhawk opened his eyes once again, he felt like they would shoot right out of his skull