Chapter 57 - THE BATTLE PLAN (1/2)
The sound of the sabers and blade clashing produces sound wave that shake the very walls of the temples and each sound wave sounds like somebody hitting a gigantic gong.
Just the sound wave alone is enough to shatter a large looking rock. There is only dust around them.
Dust and ashes and sky high flames.
The area round Azief and Asura battlefield looks like somebody was waging a war with its cracked earth, dented ground, deep marks on the walls and the fire around them
Their weapon sparked of a fire around the temple.
All the while Sofia from behind providing supports. Each time the Asura uses its six arms to hack Azief apart, 4 out of six of its saber was deflected because of Sofia arrows, leaving Azief only two sabers attack he needs to worry about.
Azief also stop using his Shadow Clones because it consumes his orb to much.
But sometimes he was forced to use Shadow haste or other Shadow related skill which is very orb consuming but Azief is left with little choice.
The Asura is too powerful for him to not use all of his trump cards. And while this is going on, Sina was on the other side of the temple hiding behind a large altar.
Loki also hides behind the same altar.
His attack power won't mean much fighting a Unique rank monster. His skills would mostly help him fighting with humans or stealth attack.
A head on collision is not his specialty.
Loki look toward the panting Sina and said.
'You insist on not showing all your trump card?' He said. And there is a trace of ridicule in Loki tone.
'It's not easy for me to do it. And it create mental strain and the pain…I don't have to mention the pain.'
'You will do it!' and Loki said it with a forceful tone. Sina look at Loki and sighed.
'Fine. You know what I need. Can you do it?' Sina look at the battle between Azief and the Asura and she sighed.
Loki shows a complicated expression
'He surely has other plans regarding that.' Loki also looks towards Azief battle and said.
'He would thank me.'
'Or he would blame you'
'At least he would be alive. That is all that matters.' Sina look dumbfounded. Why did Loki attach so much importance of the wellbeing of Azief? She did not understand.
'You…'and as she said this she was pushed again by Loki and she ended up crashing towards the wall and she could feel she dislocated her shoulders.
Loki also is not well off.
When they were talking Azief Slashing Wind skill was deflected by the Asura saber attack and end up slashing toward the big altar.
The altar was cleanly cut to two while the wind force generated by the attack blows Sina and Loki apart.
Any life nearby the slash force quickly wilted. The plants wilted. The metal rust. The stones turn to dust.
It was the aura of death. It was the aura of time. And shadows of darkness could be seen forming into mini vortex around the area of the slash.
It was minuscule but Loki did not miss the mini vortex. This is the combination of attributes. It was deadly, fatal and very dangerous.
It was fortunate they dodge it. It was fortunate that they were not inflicted by the attributes.
If not for the Asura deflecting the attack and weaken the power of the attributes inside Azief slash it would be them wilting and decaying
Loki quickly down recovery pills and Bone Mending pills. Sina on the other hand had to rely with the Health potion she buys in the shop and is also quickly gulping.
She looks toward Loki, now separated by a large crevice in front of them.
Of course they could jump and group together but both knew what needed to do right now
This is a gamble. This is a self-suicide plan that Loki and Sina come up upon during their rest at the fourth floor.
Loki is smart enough to know that whatever they would encounter in the fifth floor will not be easy.
And his danger senses was tingling the whole time he was coming down. And his senses never lie.
He would not call himself Loki if he does not have a plan for when everything goes wrong. He nodded from the distance and Sina nodded.
Their plan was simple.
Sina would hide and make sure she remains alive until Loki could have all the ingredients for the plans to work.
Sina felt if she does this, Azief would surely be mad at her…but she is sure that he would understand.
They all wanted to survive. Someone needs to be sacrificed no matter how you feel about it.
Sofia on the other hand was taking cover behind a large cut off part of the temple.
A few minutes ago, the Asura saber slash cut of a huge portion of the ground in the temple and the Asura hurled it towards her.
She managed to dodge it with her agility but she got hurt in her arms after she got sliced by the aftershock wave of the saber attack and her arms were cut very badly.
If not for the abundance of pills she got from Sina it would be hard for her to even use her arrows.
Using her Divine Precision her eyes could see even the most detailed movements and even fine dust is seen easily by her eyes.
The reason her arrows could deflect the Asura attack is not because her arrows are powerful but because she targeted the right angle.
She attacks the Asura without stopping, helping Azief as hard as she can.
Then when she was catching her breath she heard the sound of explosion.
She peek from the side of the block of ground and sees that Azief was coughing blood, leaning on the walls of the temple.
And then she looks at the Asura and she could see that the Asura was shocked.
The previous sound she heard before was the sound of its barrier being shattered. Azief has managed to break its barrier.
Now, Sofia could see in the eyes of the Asura, anger has replaced amusement.
This time suddenly a huge wave of bloodlust assault Sofia. Her pillars cracked and trembles and she could feel that if she did not endure this her pillars will be shattered.
She uses her lightning steps and like thunder in the sky, she distance herself from the battlefield, each of her steps only lightly touch the ground as she tries to make sure her pillars remain intact.
The huge aura of bloodlust was like a physical attack on head on collision with her and trying to delay the aura from reaching her she uses her Wind Kick only to find out the moment her Wind Kick comes into contact with the aura ,it dissipated like trying to stop a tidal wave with a stick.
But she did not give up.
Using her Great Telekinesis she moved the stones, the large iron pod nearby, the rusted tripod behind the stones to stop the wave of the bloodlust but like her Wind Kick it does not work.
Then as she found out she could no longer run, she stop, takes a deep breath and then uses her Ninefold Waves Fist, and the force that was punched out equal to an Orb condensing stage force, so much so that the nine waves attack canceled out the bloodlust wave and Sofia kneeled down on the ground, coughing blood .
The pressure on her internal organs and the suffocating feeling she felt almost make her wanted to give up.
But looking in front of her, seeing from the distance how Azief is still keeping the Asura in check she knows she can't slack of.
So she got up. She got up…..in spite of the pain. Pain in her ribs. Pain in her soul. Pain on every part of her body.
She was tired. She wanted to rest. She wanted to give up.
But looking in front of her, looking at that lonely back, she got up. In spite of everything, she could not be in pain.
She could not be tired. She could not rest. And she will never…..ever...…give up.
Trembling in her knees, trembling on her hands, her fingers shakes violently, her blood boiling…but still she got up.
She got up, closes her eyes, takes a long deep breath, feeling the wind on her cheeks, finding that moment, that moment where only one thing matters, where her target is and slowly like she has all the time in the world, she slowly lift up her bow, and position her aim.
She opens her eyes. Release her breath. Huuu the sound came from her mouth. She let go of the pain and tiredness. And she looses the arrow again.
On the other hand in the middle of the battlefield Azief has used his Iron Flesh and using that he could barely keeping up with the Asura.
There were many times he should have died but using Iron Flesh he managed to get away with only injuries.
Deep internal injuries but was quickly heal by Sina pills and potions but his stockpile of potions is running low and Sina pill is also decreasing.
The Asura right now is enraged because of what happen to its shield but on Azief face there is a trace of a smirk.
He was smiling. Smirking. He managed to destroy the barrier. He found out that the barrier has a weak points and he also discovers that the barrier is not the Asura doing.
The Asura shield is the orb doing.
He notices that the Orb gives protection to the Asura as long as he sits on the throne but the moment the Asura get up from the throne, Azief could feel that the power of the barrier slowly dissipating.
His combined attack with Sofia serves to weaken the barrier faster. Azief also realize that the power of the Asura was restrained somewhat.
It must be the universe orb he mused.
He and the Asura have different heights so the Asura has the advantage in its height. They have been trading hundreds of attack but not as fierce as right now.
Before the barrier broke, the Asura is calm and looks at him with amusement but now the Asura looks at him with anger.
The Asura must not imagine that he would be able to destroy the barrier. The Asura might even think he would die before the barrier managed to dissipate but he held on.
For people looking at Azief and the Asura battling, it was like a giant battling a human. A 12 feet tall blue being attacking a six feet human.