113 Hendrick Arrives! (2/2)
By now, the commoners could no longer keep calm, especially the rear. Tragic cries and screams of the city guards made the legs turn weak, but they didn't dare to look back. Run!
”Move faster! Get to the walls!”
The flow of commoners sped up.
”AHHH! SAVE ME!”
Another unfortunate city guard cried before it was drowned in the sea of crawlers.
One bite was enough to make them lose strength and several more to sentence them to death. Even if Leon provided a healing pill at this point, it was too late to save them.
If Hades wants them, he would not be able to snatch them back. They were goners, both body and soul. Not a trace of their existence was left behind after being swallowed.
Owen and the surviving city guards wavered at the sight. They wish to run at this point.
”Do not falter! Do not retreat! If the spiders don't kill you, I will!” Leon roared.
If their defensive line break now, the vulnerable commoners will become their prey and their death count would soar.
The city guards grew ugly at Leon's words and their eyes were soon replaced with madness.
”Goddammit! Even if you must die, kill as many of them as you can for me!” Owen roared.
The city guards uttered war cries and started hacking up the crawlers indiscriminately in their frenzied state.
Die! Die! Die!
The crawlers were pushed back slightly form their efforts.
”Your highness.” The palace guards greeted upon arrival.
”Assist them! Don't let too many of them die!”
”Yes, your highness.”
The palace guards flattened the crawlers with their earth abilities and a gap was created between them. The pressure on the city guards lessen dramatically, but instead of retreating, they charged into the sea of crawlers.
They no longer cared for their life and death. The blood on their hand was a bit heavy from the crimes they committed in their last decade. They hoped that by killing more crawlers, their sin could be reduced and be blessed with a clean slate in their next life.
At this moment, the general marquis arrived!
”Tempest!”
Hendrick pointed his finger and roared. All the air in the world was his to command!
The wind gathered in large amounts, twisting and twirling with increasing momentum and powerful before transforming into a tornado.
The destructive vortex of violently rotating wind descended and shredded all things that met it. All creation within five yards of the tornado was pulled inside and shredded into a thousand pieces.
This was Hendrick's best skill and almost the most unstable one. It was beyond his control once it was formed!
The tornado was like a harbinger of death and destruction as it moved through the sea of crawlers, laying waste to everything in its wake.
If Leon's guards were still competing for kills, the general marquis would be the clear winner!
He arrived late but the number of crawlers that died under his attack already broke into the hundred thousand and continued to soar.
It would have no problem reaching the millions!
”The general marquis is here!”
”Praise the general marquis!”
Such calamitous technique would hardly go unnoticed. The commoners saw and cheered immediately.
The general marquis had always been defending west and was revered as a hero by the people. In this moment, he was like a war god.
Leon did not envy the general marquis strength. It was a joke for someone who had formally achieved the Divine. He wasn't entranced like everyone else and focused on the important task at hand.
”Do not stop moving! The general marquis has bought us time! Use this chance to retreat now!” Leon barked.
The people quickly recovered with a start and quickly entered the Upper Districts.
The general marquis killed millions, yes, but it was only a small fraction of their numbers. There were at least tens of millions on the surface and for every crawler they kill, ten more would crawl out.
There didn't seem to be an end to their numbers unless they seal the rift.
…
The Queen, who was up in the Royal Palace also witnessed the sight. She had been paying attention to the whole Capital from above, but never left. She saw the bigger picture. The crawlers weren't their only enemies.
”So, you have figured out the next step to transcend.” Elizabeth said with interest, before looking up at the clouds in the night sky.