Chapter 940 (2/2)

Perfect. Helen’s face bloomed into a grin. Around her, the crimson aura darkened into something close to maroon. The currents became wild and unpredictable. At this depth, even Helen couldn’t control the Domain perfectly.

But I can utilize them well enough, Helen thought as she stepped back into a current and let it whisk her away. Alana’s spear cut toward her, a split second too late to catch up. Growling, Alana dashed after her, spear raised.

Narrowing her eyes, Helen landed and adjusted her stance. It wasn’t fair to rely on her Domain to oppress Alana, but she had no other choice at the moment. Especially while Randidly’s Domain continued to act like chains around her. While the other woman was occupied, Helen sprinted across the arena toward the group battling against roots and the riders.

I’m a scavenger… it's time you learn how terrifying that is. While the unstoppable leviathan is the calamity that leaves destruction in its wake… it is the scavengers that cling to its belly that bugs such as these need to fear.

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Randidly’s eyes scanned through the arena in a split second, his Crown informing him of every movement and Skill within the area. Then he used the Infinite Fingers of Yggdrasil to rip up through the ground and destabilize the footing of all of Donnyton’s forces. In addition, those roots also struck upward with vicious intent.

Luckily the graceful bodies of the riders could endure that sort of uneven terrain without even slowing. Although Dozer, Paolo, and Kayle had managed to arrive in time to threaten the riders, they were slowed by the broken ground, giving the riders a chance to strike and escape.

All but one of the riders managed it, while one was unfortunately crushed to the ground by an overwhelming strike from Dozer. Still, five or six of Donnyton’s elites lay unmoving after the sudden raid. Without much fanfare, Randidly used roots to fling their bodies out of the arena. At this point, they would just get in the way.

Donny rushed forward and lashed out once more toward Randidly, but that just caused Randidly to grin. While maintaining two images at once was difficult, the burden on his mind was immensely reduced now that both were stable images. With their discrete details, it wasn’t impossible for Randidly to make use of both at once.

Immediately, the active of Cursed Appetite of a Wraith pulled at everyone within the arena. As Randidly breathed in, so too did he suck in Stamina and Mana, as well as stealing their ability to breath. Donny’s eyes narrowed as Randidly lowered his stance in preparations to attack.

Apparently, Donny’s Stats were greatly improved as well, because his shield moved sharply up in time to deflect away the Molten Fang of the Pariah that Randidly unleashed without any warning. Unfortunately, Donny wasn’t ready for the rapid movement Randidly used to then reposition himself at Donny’s strike and unleash a second Molten Fang of the Pariah.

Thin steel cords whipped forward from Mrs. Hamilton's fingers, but Chimeric Avoidance made these child’s play to step around. Besides, her goal wasn’t to wound him but only to keep him in one place and distract him. Many of the attacks were superfluous. It seemed that Mrs. Hamilton’s true goal was to figure out how much information his Control and Intelligence could handle.

Randidly’s grin widened. This isn’t nearly enough to give me pause.

The situation was complicated somewhat by Annie’s annoyingly accurate and destructive arrows, but in response, Randidly simply conjured more Infinite FIngers of Yggdrasil that reached upward and smashed the arrows out of the sky.

Which left Randidly in a melee duel. Donny chopped downward and Randidly was already gone. He sucked once more, using Cursed Appetite of the Wraith to keep both his Mana and Stamina at 90%. Honestly… perhaps he shouldn’t rid himself of the small fries just yet. They doubled the number of Attributes that he could absorb in this fight. If Donnyton didn’t have an answer for this…

“We can’t wait any longer,” Mrs. Hamilton said while shaking her head. Then she looked at Sam. “It’s time.”

While they were speaking, Randidly conjured several more waves of roots to harass Donnyton’s forces. Those who attempted to endure the damage from the roots without moving were blasted with Eruption of the Blazing Leyline. Across the arena, the ground continued to fracture as Randidly’s Skills emerged upwards at unpredictable intervals.

Donny’s blade was sharp and fast, but Chimeric Avoidance folden Randidly’s body. Soon he was around it and smashing Donnyton’s formation again with roots so his Riders could strike.

However, quite a few of those attacks Randidly was forced to concentrate on Alana. Of them all, she seemed the most unphased by his constant strikes. However, without his intervention, it was clear that she would corner and crush Helen. With his assistance, however, Helen rapidly rushed toward a tall man who had been acting as a healer for all of the Squads when Ptolemy couldn’t act himself.

Although Randidly had hit him with several powerful Skills, the man was remarkably fast at shifting his position. Not so fast he couldn’t be caught, but Randidly was fighting too many battles at once. Even if his Control wasn’t at his limit, his attention was. Although he could handle more information, there was no need to press the issue at this point.

Sam, who had just been standing as Donny was struggling against Randidly, raised his hammer and smashed it against the ground. Instantly, Randidly felt the change in the air. From the location where Sam had hit the ground, a wave of frost spread outward. Very soon, it had covered half of the arena.

Blinking his head in wonder, Randidly looked down at the frozen ground. What crazy sort of weapon did you make now, Sam…?

Before Randidly could respond further, Clarissa and a mage next to her began to act. Clarissa raised her hands to the sky while the short man crouched down and pressed his hand against the ground.

“Creeping Frost! Creeping Frost! Creeping Frost!”

“Harden! Calcify! Harden! Calcify!”

It didn’t take long for Randidly to realize what they were doing. Very quickly, his expression turned grim.

The ground beneath him had been enhanced and frozen. Although normally Randidly would be able to pierce upward through the ground without a problem, now the topsoil had been transformed into something akin to bedrock. A quick series of probes revealed that all of the ground around the arena had been forged into a heavy shield, pointing downward toward the ground beneath.

If that wasn’t enough, the powerful frost spells that Clarissa had cast had multiplied the effectiveness of Sam’s weapon, which severely weakened his plants. Underneath the effects of that pervasive image of cold, Randidly could only use a fraction of his Infinite Fingers of Yggdrasil’s ability.

Randidly’s expression darkened.