Chapter 408 - Cruel to Themselves Too? (1/2)

Chapter 408: Cruel to Themselves Too?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The three Level-9 Nagas did not split up nor did they come looking for link. They just stood where they were, along the main road to the light wall, obstructing the way and waiting to see who might turn up. They held their unique triangular spears in their hands.

The Nagas were fast and strong, and their attacks were unpredictable. Link had to be careful when dealing with even just one Naga. Now, there were three watching each other’s backs. Furthermore, they didn’t need to win, just draw out the battle.

As they occupied the main road, they had a wide and unobstructed vision of the entire area. Anyone who wanted to sneak past them would have to make a large detour and end up wasting even more time. If Link had come alone, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to deal with this barricade. Thankfully, he had Elin with him.

Elin said, “Lord, I’ll use a spirit attack. Hopefully, it’ll create an opening.”

Link shook his head. “It’s no use. These Nagas didn’t appear here naturally. They were summoned. For them to be summoned, they must have traveled through the void, and all creatures that can do that have very strong spirits.”

It wasn’t just the Nagas who were like that. The demons were like that too. One time, Eleanor met a low-level demon in the Girvent Forest. The demon had managed to thwart all her spirit attacks.

“Then what do we do?”

Link thought for a moment before coming up with a plan. He took out his magic notebook and flipped to one page. Pointing at the spell structure inscribed in it, he said, “Let’s use this spell.”

Elin studied the spell structure and noted. “It uses a reflection to create an illusion of us while hiding our actual position. Then… what happens?”

Link continued with his explanation. “After that, we will trigger these grenades to explode,” Link said, drawing out the set of Yabba grenades he had gotten earlier. He combined the explosives into a bundle and threw them into a simple hole he had dug with his foot. “Later, when the enemy reaches this spot, use the Magician’s Hand to trigger these grenades to explode, got it?”

“Yup,” Elin nodded. It was very simple.

“Alright then, let’s choose a suitable spot, hmmmm…. There!”

The spot Link chose was 210 feet away from the grenades. It was also behind a small stone cottage which provided cover from the grenades’ explosions.

“Okay, let’s begin.”

Link once again opened the magic notebook. Elin directed her Mana according to the spell structure she saw in the notebook. After the spell structure was completed, as before, Link took over part of the control of the spell and began to control the oscillating frequency of the Mana.

After half a minute, strange things started to happen.

The air surrounding Link’s body rippled, and the vibrations gently extended out to an area of 300 feet before stopping.

The whole process resembled the ripples that would result when somebody touched a big water balloon, except now, the whole space had become a big water balloon. It rippled violently for a moment before slowly calming down.

On the surface, there was no change in the space around Link, and everything seemed normal.

Being at the center of it, Link and Elin weren’t affected by the vibrations and in fact couldn’t feel a thing. Outside, the three Nagas blocking the road immediately noticed the abnormality.

“Look, there he is!” one Naga shouted and pointed to the corner.

“He came over to us! Get ready, this guy can’t be easy to handle.”

“He has drawn his sword. This guy is strong. Don’t let him take the initiative!”

One of the Nagas bellowed a war cry. She rushed forward while her body was enveloped in deep red Battle Aura.

“Haaaa!” She screamed. Her body stretched back unbelievably, bending like a big bow drawn to its limit. Twang! Her body suddenly rebounded back, and the spear in her hand was flung towards Link as though shot out from a bow.

Whoosh! The spear flew so fast that it was almost invisible. On its body, the deep red Battle Aura rotated, forming into threads of silk-like red strands that were spinning unbelievably quickly. Each of these strands emanated terrifying power.

Whoosh. It was like the spear was surrounded by a tornado. Everywhere the spear passed, it dragged rubble and stones into the air along with it, flying towards Link.

In an instant, the spear reached “Link.””Link” ducked to the side. CRACK! There was a loud sound as the spear penetrated deep into the ground. The spear continued burrowing downwards like an earth dragon, throwing up dirt and rubble behind it until it reached a depth of 60 feet. Finally, it stopped.

What shocking power!

This was not all.

When the first Naga threw her spear, the other two Nagas rushed forward in a coordinated attack. They split to the left and right, reaching Link about half a second after he had avoided the spear attack.

Both Nagas stabbed their spears towards “Link,” who had ducked to the ground earlier.

Swoosh, swoosh. That was the sound of the two spears cutting through the air. However, clearly, the spears had hit nothing but air.

“Where did he go?”

“What?”