Chapter 64 Facing the Arche (1/2)

The hall had exploded into chaos the uards attacked, and for a ties' attacks while fighting off the guards

That he still rees seeuards to block the on, the other prisoners weren't faring as well Within minutes half of theuards' weapons and thethe that the situation had turned desperate, Arran knew he had to use the last of the raw Essence within his body There was only enough left for a fewit now

Arran rushed forward, ducking behind a suards to avoid a burst of Fire that lashed his way froes In the blink of an eye, his sword cut down the guards, and suddenly there was an open path fro forward, Arran controlled the last of the raw Essence within his body, forcing it into a series of blasts that he launched at the five roup, each of which far surpassed anything Arran could have es were killed outright, their bodies ripped apart by the violent energy of the raw Essence as it hit them Two more were sent to the floor, and even if they weren't killed directly, they were out of the fight for at least so was the Arch on his feet

Yet it wasn't enough

Arran had aie, and seeing the , he knew the battle was lost

With the last of the raw Essence gone, Arran would have to rely on his own strength And if even the raw Essence attacks weren't enough to take down the Arche, there was no way his oer could even harm the man, much less defeat him

Despite this, Arran did not despair If he was to fall, so be it, but he wouldn't give up until he ell and truly defeated

The re from Arran's attack, and he continued his rush toward theetting back to his feet when Arran's starmetal sword hit hih the blow did not decapitate hih to cause a fountain of blood to gush forth froround just a , Arran hurried to the other downedthe man before he had a chance to recover Even if he could not defeat the Arch out the man's allies certainly could not hurt his chances

Yet before Arran could reach the downedforce sla struck by a giant

He was sot back to his feet he could feel that this ti his injuries, he i battle between the guards and the prisoners — the danger the guards co an opponent he could not harle attack, the only one thing he could do was to avoid his fate just a little longer

He waded through the guards little effort to attack the them wasn't important now — all that mattered was that he did not remain in the same place for even a second

Despite his best efforts to use the guards as cover, it did not take long before he was struck by another attack fronoring his pain and injuries, he iot back to his feet and jumped to the side — just in tiuards near the spot where he had fallen exploded in a shower of blood and gore

At this, Arran understood that the Arch his allies, and he knew the end was drawing near

Already he could feel his uards for cover, it was becoe's attacks

Still, he fought on More guards fell to his sword, and several uards instead

Then another attack slaround This ti back on his feet, his body already driven far beyond its liot up, he knew he had been too slow — the next attack would hit before he couldhe could do to stop it

Yet the attack did not coe, he saw that the man stood frozen, his face twisted in a horrified expression