"MAGIC BEAST!?"
Immediately Rastel yelled out, the attention of everybody on the wall shifted to that direction, and fear and horror could be seen on some of their faces.
A large number of people immediately retreated from the edge with some even going as far as rushing down the stairs to try and escape. Very soon, the only people left were the people in control of the array and a few from the defensive team.
The soldier in charge of the magic cannon near them immediately aimed and fired!
BOOM!
A large projectile formed from mana, burst out of the cannon towards the purple hamster looking magic beast. It reached with blinding speed and smashed into the beast with a loud explosion.
"Hmm?" Archmage Sacha suddenly snapped out of his thoughts and looked over.
The wall trembled ferociously from the attacks and the soldier felt a bit more relieved seeing the effect. Rastel and the rest of the team were also staring straight at the point with narrowed eyes.
But they didn't wait long.
With blurring speed, Roxanne suddenly raised her gun and fired multiple shots at a point at the wall. Rastel couldn't see what she was seeing but instantly put up the already prepared shield using Whitesoul's power.
BLZZT!! BANG!
In that instant, the small figure of the magic beast smashed right into the shield, sparks of purple lightning spreading all over. The shield had cracked in multiple places and the damage was getting worse by the second.
Purple Learee (Magic Beast)
Level 45
HP: 5983
Rastel felt a cold sweat going down his back. The magic beast had already reached the battlements!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
With no hesitation, Roxanne and Vars both fired multiple shots into the beast which were all stopped by the lightning surrounding it.
Vars's eyes were narrowed tightly as he fired off one explosive arrow after the other. His arrows caused the magic beast to be slightly stunned from the great impact of the explosions.
"Aaargh!!!" Redbone suddenly yelled out loud and his muscles seemed to expand. His sharp one-handed axe glowed a bright light as he moved forward and cut down strongly at the beast.
But his movement caught the attention of the beast.
BLZZT!!
A burst of lightning flew at him at that moment which caught him by surprise. In alarm, he hastily raised his shield and prepared a defensive skill but it was slightly too late. He could only close his eyes hoping for a miracle.
SMASH!
Just before the spell hit him, an invisible shield appeared right in front of him stopping the attack in its tracks for just a moment and he was able to raise his shield and activate the defensive skill just in time.
A miracle actually happened!
But it was still slightly insufficient in the face of a magic beast.
BANG!
Redbone flew out like a tossed rag and smashed into the other side of the battlement with a heavy groan. Whitesoul was quickly by his side and was already using his best healing spell.
He was the one that had cast the shield previously to try and stop the attack. Seeing the shield fail, he could only hope that Redbone wasn't dead.
The area around the wall was a disaster as multiple beasts attacked from various angles trying to take advantage of the chaos. The defenders were busy waving their weapons around and unleashing skill after skill to defend the array.
Following a dark blur, Black Raven appeared with two daggers in her hand in a backhand grip. A monkey looking beast had just received the final strike from a flurry of attacks from her and fell dead.
Before she could choose her next target, she suddenly saw a flying beast swooping down from above heading right towards the middle of the array where Rastel was.
Narrowing her eyes, she ran towards the battlement and using it as leverage, leaped into the air with amazing dexterity.
Activating a skill right at the moment of her jump, what would have been a normal jump turned into a full-blown dash into the air as she launched herself towards the beast.
Her two blades flashed as she caught the beast unawares, stabbing straight into its lower belly.
SQUACK!!!
The beast screeched out in pain and tried to slap her off with its wings but her small figure latched closely to it reducing the beast's target.
Not long after, the beast fell with a loud SQUACK after losing too much blood. Black Raven jumped off just in time as the beast tumbled over the walls and into the forest below.
Patting the dust off her body, she turned to look at Rastel as if looking for some form of appreciation but saw that he was only concentrating on the magic beast in front of him.
She suddenly felt a burst of frustration and anger and with a soft humph, turned around and continued fighting.
Rastel on the other hand was sweating furiously as he tried to control the shield he was putting up. Although he had noticed the flying beast coming for him and had seen Black Raven take care of it, he was too preoccupied with their current life or death situation.
Roxanne and Vars were still furiously firing at the beast and were keeping it busy, some of Roxanne's skill powered attacks had even dealt a bit of damage but it still wasn't enough.
Seeing the shield powered by the array about to scatter, Rastel narrowed his eyes and decisively put it down!
BLZZT!!!
The magic beast was fast to react. A burst of lightning suddenly surrounded it and was growing more powerful each second.
But Rastel also wasn't playing around.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
Five earthen walls suddenly appeared around the magic beast without warning, covering it all around with no place to escape. With a wave of his hands, multiple earth pillars erupted from below the earthen cage and all stabbed upwards.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A series of mini-explosions were heard inside the cage and Rastel could feel some of the earth pillars getting destroyed. He managed to get in a few hits but it didn't do much damage even with the help of the array.
"Oh…" Sacha who was passively watching by the side let out a small gasp as he witnessed this.
PRIEEK!!!
A loud familiar screech suddenly cried out and Rastel turned back just in time to see Erik's elemental appearing out of nowhere.
Erik waved his hands and pointed towards the earth cage and the elemental immediately followed the command.
PRIEEK!
With a flap of its wings, the elemental quickly reached the cage and spread its wings wide open. Rastel felt the surroundings instantly turn cold as a thick layer of frost covered the cage, turning it frozen.
The magic beast reacted by violently attacking the walls with more power. Although the earth wall was now reinforced by the frost, it still wasn't enough, and cracks started forming soon enough.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
PRIEEK!
Rastel started adding more and more layers of earth walls and Erik controlled his elemental to keep adding on more layers of frost.
Soon enough, a thick frozen box was presented in front of them.
Everybody was panting hard, tired from the ordeal. The entire battle had barely lasted more than 2 minutes and they could only barely restrain the magic beast.
Even the defenders were tired, they had cleared off all the beasts that had climbed through and were taking a much-needed rest.
Rastel was panting, looking at the frozen box with a solemn look in his eyes. It was then that a thought suddenly came to his mind.
'Wait, something is not right.'
Swiftly turning his head, he found who he was looking for.
Archmage Sacha was standing there nonchalantly looking at the worn out group with a hint of interest and amusement in his eyes.
When Rastel turned over, he turned to match his gaze and gave him a warm smile.
"Good job."
'What fucking good job!? Fuck you old man!' Rastel cursed viciously in his mind before showing a clearly uneasy smile.
This man was a psycho!
The rest of the group saw the exchange and silently added multiple curses without restraint. At least one person from his last 5 generations was mentioned twice.
They had all thought they were going to die multiple times within the space of a few minutes and now that they had a temporary relief, the mental burden suddenly weighed heavily on them.
The person with the strongest grudge was naturally Redbone. As the only person who had gotten hit, his face looked very ugly.
He was pushed to his last Hp and it took Whitesoul a couple of his strongest spells and even a few healing potions for him to recover.
CRACK! CRACK!! CRACK!!!
Loud cracking sounds suddenly echoed out and pushed them out of their thoughts. Everyone turned to look at the frozen cage with traces of despair in their eyes.
They turned their eyes to Sacha again, looking at him with pleading gazes.
"Hahaha." The archmage gave out a low chuckle.
"You guys are doing great, keep up the good work."
'This man!!!!!'
"Don't worry too much, it is just a newly ascended magic beast." He waved his hands casually.
"If it really gets too dangerous, I will intervene."
They all couldn't help but let out another wave of curses in their hearts. Although many wanted to complain, they didn't have the time to, the cracks started becoming incredibly louder and more frequent.
Gritting his teeth, Rastel called out.
"Everybody ready your strongest attack, we won't give it time to react and bombard it immediately it breaks out. Erik, I need your help with a control spell. Something that can also obstruct its vision would be greatly appreciated."
He then turned to Roxanne.
"You are our strongest damage dealer, do you have something special up your sleeves?" he asked her with a pleading tone.
"Heh… of course. Trust this super expert miss to have your back." She answered him with a cheery smile.
"What does that even mean?" he murmured under his breath as he turned around.
CRACK! PAKT! PAKT!!
The outer cage walls suddenly showed a big crack and started splitting into many places. They had barely gotten themselves a few minutes of rest and they were about to get into a battle with a magic beast again.
Shrugging Whitesoul off him, Redbone strode forward and readied his axe menacingly.
"You guys should stand back, I am leading the charge." He let out a low growl and his large tigerman frame trembled.
PAKT! PAKT!! PAKT!!!
Sacha watched them all with a slight smile on his face. They hadn't noticed but down below the walls, a couple of earthen spears were flying around and wantonly slaughtering all the beasts approaching their side.
Sacha was protecting them from the beast horde to give them a chance to face off against the magic beast!
'The younger generation must be tempered well. Or else our world would have no future.' He nodded to himself internally.
PAKT! PAKT!! PAKT!!!
The last layers of earth and frost suddenly shattered and a thick blast of purple lightning burst out in all directions.
"YEARGGH!!!"
They roared out battlecries as they launched themselves at the magic beast with full momentum!