Chapter 409 Impossible Enemy Part 1 (1/2)

Half of the forest began to move. There were at least a hundred Mordars advancing. Although I thought about leaving, my legs stayed rooted in place. Instead of backing away, I advanced. 'I can make five such balls of mist at the top of my condition. Four are left' I thought. Before I used them, I had to thin them out. With both hands in front of me, I willed the Flame Formation as well as the Power of Ice in both hands to appear. When enough power was accumulated for both, I clapped my hands.

”Boom”

A quiet explosions reverberated through the air, while producing loads of mist. The mist quickly enveloped me. I placed my mask on, and activated its Formation too.

I opened my eyes, and said ”Time to reap some lives”. A bow appeared in my hand, I notched the first arrow and shot it out. ”Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!...”. One arrow after another flew through the air. My target area was large, after all the horde of Mordars wasn't easy to miss. I didn't have to take much time to aim, which increased my speed of releasing arrows to a continuous stream. The rain of arrows bombarded Mordars, killing a few and injuring many. These were not normal arrows either. These arrows were imbued with both of my Auras.

Mordars' screeches could be heard left and right. The injured Mordars began merging together. That was what I was waiting for. Four merged Mordars emerged, out of around fort altogether. 'These are stronger than the one I faced before. But I should be able to handle that' I thought, and stomped my leg onto the ground. I quickly accelerated towards them, leaving the dispersing mist behind.

The Mordars were not idiots though. They used those roots to create tremors underground. They thought it would disturb my movements, and slow down my advancements. They were wrong. 'I already fought against such thing. Do you think my Natural Path skill is that useless?' I thought, and disappeared while utilising my movement skill.

Not only was I had to locate now, I also moved in erratic and hard to predict patterns. The tremors didn't affect my balance or speed anymore, and with my mask, I was better able to calculate their behaviour. No branches or roots could stop me at that stage.

After a while, I underestimated the Mordars. The sheer amount of roots those Mordars produced, became a problem. Although I was hidden from their view, and used my Natural Path skill, they still managed to find me a few times. 'This is weird. They shouldn't be able to predict my movements. Although one or two roots could appear on my path, this is too frequent' I thought. There must've been a reason. I had to back up a few times, as the roots were about to encompass me.

I only needed to get close enough, for both of my elemental attacks to be in range. A while later, I received that opportunity. I didn't wait any longer, and condensed the ball of mist on my right hand, while preparing the ball of flame in my other hand. ”WRAH!”, I threw the condensed ball of mist as hard as I could.

There were no obstructions on its path, nothing to stop it, as the branches focused on me. The ball of mist arrived, and hit the two merged Mordars at the front. ”SHING!”. The two Mordars partially froze, but they didn't have to freeze completely. My aim was to freeze the eye section, where their core was. If the core froze, then the Mordar would die. With two of their comrades perishing, other Mordars including the merged ones, released loud shrills. The Mordars further back, which acted as a sort of support, began merging as well.

I quickly threw the ball of flame at the remaining merged Mordars, in hopes to take them out. The Mordars used their branches, and even roots to defend against my attack. ”Boom!”. Although a lot of branches and roots got blasted and burned, the two merged Mordars survived. This wasn't the end though. The Mordars further back were merging like crazy.

'This is bad' I thought. Around fifty Mordars merged together, which I didn't witness before. The result of that, was a huge vine like tree with only one big eye in the middle. ”It ends here, Human”, the huge Mordar spoke. I was shocked 'Mordars can speak… No, not all Mordars can. This Mordar is different... Interesting' I thought and formed another ball of mist in my hand. I didn't back away, but advanced forwards. I moved closer and closer. Because the smaller merged Mordars had their branches and roots burned, they had very little to defend themselves with. With a strong throw, I released another ball of mist at them.

But before my ball could arrive, a huge vine like branch slammed the ground in front of the other Mordars, and took the hit. ”Shing!”, a section of it froze immediately. That was it though, nothing else happened to that huge branch. Even worse, it vibrated slightly, and the ice atop it broke apart. ”It's futile Human. Now that you saw our true Form, your own choice is death”.

'This is bad… real bad' I thought, and quickly backed away. That thing was beyond my abilities. 'If I were to classify its strength, it would easily outdo most Humans who broke past their Half Step of Inner Limits'. That huge Mordar wasn't something a single Human could take on. I doubted that even Yater, Irwin or Nathan would be able to take care of that guy by themselves. Just as I zigzagged back to where I came from, the ground beneath me shattered. A long and thick roots emerged from underground. There was no time to think about it. I used the Blink Formation to its fullest, and appeared around forty metres away. ”BOOOM!” The are I used to be at, caved in and trembled from the powerful smack from those roots.