Chapter 833 - Chaos Creatures (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

As the group heard the gruesome roars, the scenery outside the Order barrier twisted and turned like the wild, spiraling gales. Lize and Marlene quickly took cover behind Anne. If this happened in the Light Mainland, they would have cast their defensive spells already. However, in the Land of Chaos, even the formidable Marlene had to give up putting up a fight. They knew that as spell casters, the consequences would be devastating if they couldn’t grasp their magical powers.

Randolf raised his bow and aimed forward while Marfa and Sol in front of him with their raised shield and sword. On the other hand, Joey anxiously fiddled with the dagger in his hand. Sovann sighed and clutched his staff. At the rear, the scorching flames around Gillian blazed. Although the Chaos had affected the spell casters to a certain extent, it didn’t pose a problem to an elemental lord like Gillian. On the contrary, John was at a complete loss. He unsheathed his sword and scanned the surrounding vigilantly.

At this moment, the three Order Refugees backed into their Order barrier while scanning the surrounding solemnly with their weapons. In an instant, the atmosphere became intense. Anne clutched her shield and watched the Chaos fog excitedly as though she was anticipating a magician to pull a rabbit out of his hat.

Shortly after, several creatures growled and barged into the Order barrier.

“Oh my goodness…”

“W-What are those monsters?!”

Everyone widened their eyes in fear. The strange-looking creatures seemed like they were merged from several animals. There was an enormous bear with four spider limbs, a long, tough crocodile tail, and a pair of antlers on its head!

“Wow, so cool!”

Anne exclaimed.

“Be careful.”

Rhode commanded. He knew that these Chaos Creatures were much stronger than they looked.

“These Chaos Creatures are different creatures merged together from the shattered Order. They are completely non-existent in this world and no one knows what strength they possess. Remember. Don’t retreat!”

“Grrrr—!”

Suddenly, a tiger-like Chaos Creature with a griffin’s head and bat wings let out a sharp screech. Then, it leapt and flapped its wings, pouncing on Rhode. Rhode narrowed his eyes and extended his right arm. Shortly after, the shimmering white sword in his hand instantly vanished and was replaced by a pitch-black chain sword. Then, he triggered its mechanism.

Kacha.

He unlocked the restrictions on the chain sword and it transformed into countless shadow whips that struck the Chaos Creature. This sudden ambush caught the Chaos Creature by surprise. It flinched, but before it retaliated, the shadow whips had struck its body heavily. It rolled on the ground uncontrollably before finally stabilizing its footing. However, its reaction was rather quick. After standing firmly on its feet, it quickly leaped to dodge Rhode’s follow-up attack, where the pitch-black sharp blade missed and struck the ground. Then, the Chaos Creature pounced on him once again.

You’re asking for death!

A cold glint flashed in Rhode’s eyes. All players hated the Chaos Creatures because these annoying creatures would pounce on any beings of Order despite the difference in their levels. In the land of Order, Chaos Creatures would still observe their prey before attacking, where if the level difference was more than 10, they usually wouldn’t stir up trouble with the players. However, in this place, even if one was at the peak level 85, the Chaos Creatures between level 20 and 30 would still swarm toward one endlessly. Just how annoying was that! At this moment, this Chaos Creature standing before Rhode was only level 40. It was asking for death by messing with him!

“Hmph!”

Rhode let out a cold snort. Then, shadow clones emerged from him, slashing countless dark blade rays onto his prey. In the blink of an eye, the Chaos Creature was shredded into bits. However, blood didn’t splash into the air. Instead, the creature instantly crumbled like a pile of sand and vanished into thin air. Shortly after, a huge net of blade rays faded away and Rhode reemerged, gazing coldly at the empty spot before him. The three Order Refugees gawked at the black-haired young man. They didn’t expect him to be this powerful, where perhaps their elder might not even match up to him.

After dealing with the trouble, Rhode casually observed his men at work. The strange bear-looking creature was currently in a hassle with Marfa and the others. On the other hand, John and Sovann were attacking the shark-like creature with eagle wings. Lize and Marlene continued to hide behind Anne while Anne brandished the shield at the crab with boar legs, smashing it flat to the ground…

Strictly speaking, these Chaos Creatures weren’t too strong because they had barged into the Order barrier and were weakened. The strongest Chaos Creature at the moment was only at level 45, so it was possible if Marfa and the rest worked together to eliminate it. The main problem was that the appearance of these enemies were simply too strange, where mercenaries didn’t know where exactly they should strike.

Argh!

Marfa flew off upon impact despite slashing his sword on the creature’s antlers. The bear-like creature widened its jaw and revealed its razor-sharp teeth. Then, it dashed toward the mercenaries.

Swish!

Randolf released an arrow that streaked across the air and punctured its eye, leaving it howling furiously from the immense pain. At this moment, no one noticed that Joey had already sneaked up to it.

Shing!

Joey brandished the dagger and sliced its legs off, where dark green blood spurted and the putrid scent disgusted everyone. Joey dodged its brandishing crocodile tail and watched it collapse powerlessly. Then, Sol seized the chance and hacked his blazing sword into its skull, devouring its entirety.

“You people should relax a little.”

Gillian chuckled as she strolled at the back. She shook her tail and twitched her ears proudly while swinging her right arm like an orchestra conductor. Along with her movements, flares burned in midair and swallowed the strange shadows pouncing from above, turning them into ashes.