Chapter 1164 - Ghost Under the Lava (2) (2/2)
Rhode was startled as soon as he saw the change in that man’s expression. At that moment, he no longer cared about concealing himself. He leaped up and shuttled out of the shadows, swinging Succubus in his hand abruptly and scattering massive, scorching black flames at them. At the same time, he swung his left arm to the side, where a white trace of light traveled along his fingers and flew out of his fingertips. Then, a dazzling, holy light exploded. Celia emerged, raising her sword in a battle stance. She grunted and the sword in her hands metamorphosed into blinding thunders that struck at the enemies.
“…!”
Facing this ambush from Rhode, the trio was stunned. The man who seemed to be their leader widened his mouth and yelled, before pointing his finger forward. Shortly after, a transparent barrier appeared before them, stopping Rhode’s attack forcefully. But it was a pity that Rhode had anticipated this response from them, which was why he released the black flames instantly. His blade ,tangled with black flames, slammed into the barrier heavily. At the next moment, the sturdy barrier shattered like glass instantly. Not only did it fail to resist Rhode’s attack, but the magical power in it also lit up in black flames like fuel. In the blink of an eye, the barrier that protected them turned into their own death trap. Like a monster snapping its jaw open, the scorching black flames swallowed the trio entirely. Blood-curdling screeches resounded from within.
It seemed like the unfortunate trio didn’t survive this attack.
But Rhode didn’t slow down just yet. After dealing this attack, he rolled on the ground and flourished his black sword to the side immediately. At that moment, Rhode unleashed all of his strength. The black sword transformed into a pitch-black whip and erupted with twice its original strength. Black flames rolled and swept across the entire place.
Boom!
A deep explosion ruptured the room immediately. Before the guards reacted, they were sliced into half by that black whip and rushing black flames scattered to envelop the entire room.
“Phew…”
After the black flames dissipated like the receding tide, Rhode heaved a long sigh of relief, wiping away the beads of cold sweat on his forehead. He had unleashed all his strength on that earlier attack and yet, he wasn’t able to wipe them all out at once. Fortunately, Celia was around to slaughter the fish that escaped the net. If not, perhaps the emergency siren would sound off and reinforcements would arrive to give them a harder time…
Rhode shook his head. He had never felt this exhausted in a while. After all, his swordsmanship wasn’t geared toward facing multiple enemies. At that moment, he wished he were a spell caster instead. It was also a pity that he lacked spirit cards that could deal AOE attacks. If it were in the past, he would have used ‘Casali under the night sky’ to drag those people into another world. But after sacrificing it to demolish Agios of Chaos, he could only kill the enemies one at a time now.
Even though this attack from him was somewhat reckless, he discovered that due to some unknown reason, the soldiers scattered around the tower had all assembled in this place. No wonder Rhode felt like there were more soldiers here. Now that he thought about it, perhaps it was about this matter that the trio quarreled. However, he wasn’t sure of what they were fighting about. He put this matter aside and checked in with the rest using spiritual communication.
As expected, everything was perfect with Gracier and Madaras. As white elf assassins, this mission was simply made for them. Of course, their luck was also much better than Rhode’s as they didn’t face any mysterious and odd characters. It seemed like Rhode’s luck was on the down side. Out of all the towers, he chose the one with the strongest defenses, which was why he was so exhausted now.
Rhode dwindled his thoughts and commanded both of them to check in with Erin and Lydia after completing their task. If everything was normal, he would command Mini Bubble Gum to lead the rest away as quickly as possible.
After ensuring that everything was fine, Rhode turned around and headed to the middle of the hall.
As Rhode went all-out earlier, half of the hall was demolished. The large door and floors that were used to cover up the stairwell vanished, which was why Rhode spotted it easily. He couldn’t help but feel curious about the information he received from that young man. He wanted to see what kind of person was able to resist the invasion of Chaos. Shortly after, he descended the stairwell.
The secret room below wasn’t hard to find, especially after Rhode wreaked havoc above. He reached the bottom of the stairwell and saw an opened room with the woman he was looking for. Just like other primitive men, she was also imprisoned inside a nourishment cabin. The turbid aura was apparently much stronger than the rest. But what surprised Rhode was that this wasn’t just the power from that mysterious aura, but from the woman instead.
Rhode thought she was also a half-creature like other primitive men. But after seeing her for himself, he discovered that she was like a perfectly normal human. She had smooth, pitch-black long hair and a fair complexion. Her exquisite facial features weren’t any different from humans. At that moment, her eyes were closed as though she were dead. If it weren’t for her slightly undulating chest, perhaps Rhode would have thought she was just a corpse.
“Hmm?”
Shortly after, Rhode felt like something was amiss. He couldn’t help but twitch his brow curiously. Although the woman was right before him, Rhode couldn’t feel her aura at all. He felt the power of Chaos and the presence of elements around her, but just couldn’t sense her presence. It was as though a large hole was in the place she was in and apart from the feeling of nothingness, there was no other physical presence.
“What do you think about it?”
Rhode stretched out his arm, gazed at the woman, and said softly. Upon hearing his doubt, his younger sister let out a sigh.
“I don’t know, Big Brother. This situation is really rare. I’ve never seen anything like this… But I think she must be one of the survivors back then.”
“Oh?”
Upon hearing her response, Rhode twitched his brows. Just as he was about to question, Canary’s anxious voice sounded in his head all of a sudden.
“This is bad, Rhode, that creature is starting to move!”