Chapter 68: Scary Murky Water (1/2)
Seeing the Haltijas stops makes Rex think, he's thinking of what will he do if they decided to remain in the city and retreat along with the horde.
If that happens that capturing Calidora will be quite a hassle,
Thankfully, the Haltijas somehow wanted to push forward alone.
Rex didn't know if its the confidence they had in protecting Calidora or they are more afraid of the human's guilds attack.
Either way, this is the best possible outcome for Rex.
The three of them immediately follow suit just behind the Haltijas, Rex and his team keep a good distance between them.
”We'll wait for them to be far enough from the city, It will be dangerous if they somehow can contact the horde”, Devan said cautiously.
Rex and Liliya nodded their heads,
The Haltijas went towards the swamp, this direction makes Rex frowns, 'Why are they going this way? Aren't they supposed to go south?'
The Haltijas movement is fast,
Rex is paying close attention to them while also trying to keep up, their speed is pretty fast for him.
The Haltijas always on Rex's vision, even though the dense swamp Rex still locked his gaze on them.
But suddenly,
After making a sharp right, the four Haltijas suddenly reduced to three.
Noticing this, Rex felt something is wrong.
”I think they noticed us!”, Rex said as he stops abruptly stomping the watery ground.
Splash!
Liliya and Devan also stops, they should've been the ones to strike first but this situation is not what they expected.
They are standing on some kind of big tree roots, they are surrounded by rivers.
Rex looks at the front and saw the three Haltijas is getting further away, ”We can't get caught up with this, let's resume!”
Just as Rex said that,
SPLASH!!
Suddenly, the blue Haltija burst out of the water.
Its body is covered with water turning it into a spiral of jet, the water is imbued with water mana making it sharp and fierce.
SWOOSH!!
The blue Haltija shot its body aiming at Rex, it can feel Rex is the weakest among them.
Although the blue Haltija caught them by surprise, Rex's reflex is faster.
He immediately activates his skill, white energy gathered on his hand. The white hue has a hint of silvery color into it, it envelops Rex's claw as he slashes the blue Haltija head-on.
”Force Beam!”
BOOM!!
Rex's claw and the blue Haltija collided,
The shockwaves sent devastating ripples to the murky water, it exploded the water around both of them making a huge tsunami flattening the surrounding trees.
”What?!”, Devan was shocked, he was caught in surprise as he got washed away by the water.
Liliya on the other side already jumped out of the way, she's looking towards Calidora that is getting further away.
She then turned blurry before she suddenly appeared beside the blue Haltija, she grabs the blue Haltija's arm leaving a different red mark on it.
The red mark is circle-shaped with a chain wrapping around it, the red mark is glowing with bright red energy.
The blue Haltija kicks Rex away, they got separated from each other.
It then went into the water again disappearing inside the murky water, Rex was looking left and right.
His eyes can't seem to find the blue Haltija through the murky water,
”Rex! Ignore him, he's just there to buy time! I already mark him, follow my lead”, Liliya said before she dashes towards Calidora.
She puts a red mark on Rex's body before the same notification appeared,
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Rex and Devan follow just behind Liliya, it is quite hazardous for Rex to keep up but with the red mark, he manages to not get left behind.
Their legs are moving so fast that it turns into a blur,
Liliya's eyes were glued to the running Haltijas while Rex is focusing on the blue Haltija around them, ”Rex! Don't lose them”, she said pointing towards Calidora.
Suddenly, ”Everyone jump!”
Hearing this, Rex and Devan listen to Liliya and jumped in a union.
Just after the jump, the blue Haltija suddenly shot out from the water and slashes towards them but it soon shocked.
It completely misses, Rex and the others suddenly jumped. They are already high on the air.
The blue Haltija then went back towards the murky water, It continues to attack Rex's team from the water but all of them misses thanks to Liliya.
Liliya seems to predict every movement it made, she doesn't even glance towards the blue Haltija.
The blue Haltija started to get frustrated, Rex's team already catching up with Calidora and it will not be long before they can intercept her.
It looks at Liliya with bloodshot eyes,
The blue Haltija dives into the bottom of the river, its eyes turn blue before suddenly the water mana around it got sucked into it.
Its eyes turn glowing blue, ”Water Goddess Lilia, heed my call. Great Magic! Water Smite!”
Meanwhile, On the surface.
Liliya, Devan and Rex were running with all their might by jumping from roots to roots.
They totally ignore the blue Haltija thanks to Liliya, but suddenly they all felt something from inside the river.
Rex glanced to the water for a brief moment before suddenly, ”WATCH OUT!!”, he shouted but it is too late.
BOOM!!
The water mana turns into a murky trident, it then blasted out of the water hitting Devan right on his force field.
BANG!
Devan got sent flying away because of the trident,
The trident destroys the force field around Devan, it didn't stop sending Devan into the water before pinning him down on the bottom of it.
”DEVAN!”, Liliya shouted in panic.
'Our first mission shouldn't be like this! I need at least a flawless mission to get his attention', Liliya thought with a pale face.