First came the lighting, the great dragon in the sky hurled a cluster of bolts to Ehit's position. In response, Ehit held one arm up as a collection of tree roots shot out from beneath him and created an umbrella over his head.
They were immediately burned away as the bolts continued, but for Ehit replacing the destroyed roots was as simple as projecting a single thought.
His other arm aimed forward, his fingers pointed toward the sky as a beam of solid ice shot out of his palm. Even the mere outburst of the beam froze the floor it traveled over without ever touching it.
"Crimson Javelin!"
The beam contested against a spiral of flames casted by Yue. The spear shaped flames overpowered the beam with its momentum and cut straight through the middle of it, flying toward Ehit as it continued spinning and gaining momentum.
"Tch!"
Moving his arm of ice to the side, Ehit created an outburst of cold wind to blast himself out of the way. He narrowly dove to his left as the spear of flames scathed the right side of his waist.
Branches and vines enveloped the right side of his body as they got to work on repairing the latest damage.
Meanwhile his left arm moved again, this time his fingers turning into lengthy vines that pulled him forward as he stood in the air and let the vines carry him like a spider's legs.
Ehit's mouth opened up as a storm of wind blew back the glowing berserker bunny that had launched herself at him with her hammer slung over her shoulder.
Being pushed back, Shea grunted as her back hit the floor. She stared at the weird monster in front of her before huffing in annoyance.
Jumping straight back on her feet, Shea arc'd the warhammer above her head and bent her back before throwing it forward with all her strength.
"Body Strengthening - Level IV!"
Her strength was amplified by four times, a sky blue light encasing her body as the aforementioned warhammer broke the speed of sound, a sonic boom resounding in the room as it hit the arm Ehit was standing on and tore it cleanly off.
Ehit fell to the floor swiftly, with the right side of his body still in repairs he tilted himself back and protruded roots from his feet, breaking his fall as he looked at the other part of his body that would need swift repairs.
But his thoughts were interrupted as a swarm of pellet-like bullets shot out from the barrels of the steel golem.
Ehit tilted his head down before opening his mouth again, wind shot out of his mouth once more and pushed him into the air.
Only narrowly was he able to evade the horde of miniature missiles that completely destroyed the place he had been standing on.
"Hey, hey, hey! What's with all this running? I thought gods were supposed to be invincible~!"
Miledi's voice projected from inside the steel golem. Scorn and disdain were very apparent in her voice as she lifted both of the golem's arms and shot out a dozen more of her tracking explosive darts, courtesy of Ivan.
"Miledi Reisen… my former most loyal executioner. The first human to slay an apostle… to think after all this time you've been uselessly clinging to life… How pathetic, how disgusting, but don't worry— I'll put an end to you today, think of it as an act of mercy for the god who pities you."
Ehit snarled, the golem in front of him was inhabited by the little girl that had troubled him so long ago. In fact he had once debated taking over her body when she was once alive, as at the time her proficiency in magic was unparalleled.
Unfortunately what she didn't possess was immortality, so while Ehit thought somewhat highly of the youngest Liberator in the end he just marked her off as another nuisance to his plans.
He had thought she passed away in her cave like all the others, and instead she clung to life and now stood in his way again. That desperation led him to diminish a bit of the girl's reputation in his heart.
"Think low of me as much as you want, big guy! Hmph, you should be grateful that a pretty girl like me stood alive all this time just to see you. I may not be that good at magic anymore, but this should be all it takes to get rid of you. I've been waiting for this opportunity for centuries, Ehit, today I avenge the only family I ever had! Not as Miledi Reisen, the Holy Church's executioner! But as Miledi Reisen the Liberator—!"
Miledi cried out with a rare seriousness in her voice, the center of the golem she controlled opened up to allow the barrel of a device to protrude from her chest.
*WHOOOOSH*
In an instant the area was swamped with flames. Her flame thrower didn't spare anyone else in the immediate area either. Instead she had faith that the other girls had the sense to run when seeing the weapon, and thankfully, they did.
"GRHHHH!"
Ehit crossed both his arms in front of him like an 'X', right before he was hit by the flamethrower the wound on his waist had healed. Though that didn't exactly matter when the flamethrower hit him straight on and started burning his wooden body.
To his left was Shea, who waited for the flame to disperse so she could move in and attack. Yue was in a similar position, she stood to his right with a ball of electricity in her hands. Dodging either way would only put him in a worse position.
The same went for going up, a large black dragon loomed over his head after all. The longer the battle went on the more the creature seemed to get a hold of itself. More accurately, it seemed the person who transformed into the dragon was gaining control over it and becoming cognitive.
Tio no longer affected the entire castle with her attacks, she only focused on the boundaries of the large room Ivan and the others were in. That included not restricting the use of lightning, fire, and wind magic by her group.
Though for Ehit, those restrictions still applied to him.
"Freeze!"
The ice from his right arm spread quickly throughout his whole body. It created a whole new layer of protective armor over his wooden parts. The coldness of himself overpowered the heat generated from Miledi's flamethrower, any part that was starting to melt was only reinforced with mana.
He charged forward with his arms still in an 'X' in front of him, covering places that would trouble him if destroyed like his head or shoulders.
"Uh-Oh!"
Miledi cried out as her opponent had run straight down the stream of her fire and appeared right in front of her flamethrower's barrel in a blink of an eye. Ehit moved his arms from his defensive position and put them both behind him, and then, he slapped them both forward as his palms came in contact with each other at the speed of sound.
*CLAP!!!*
*SHATTER!*
Miledi's golem was sent flying along with her. Ehit's arms and hands made of ice shattered right after due to the sheer force of the crash.
Before he could get over the success of the attack, his moment of catharsis was ruined.
"Jump his ass!"
Ivan grabbed the man by his waist, his feet planted into the ground as he brought Ehit to his knees.
Shea grabbed Ehit's left arm, pointing it high into the air and in no place where it would hurt someone if it were to shoot something. Her body glowed a dark purple as she shouted—
"Body Strengthening - Level VII!"
"I got this one too!"
Miledi made it back to where she was after using the thrusters on her golem's back and feet to propel herself. Using her gravity magic she commanded several other golems to hold up Ehit's right arm.
"Unhand me you bugs!"
The wood of his body attempted to pierce through each of their bodies, though they were unable to as the armor covering their vitals was too tough for it to pierce without some sort of momentum. A momentum Ehit was unable to reach as his targets were quite literally huddled up on his body.
Out of desperation, he attempted to use fire and electricity as well. But each element was canceled out as the great dragon in the sky absorbed them before they could materialize to a point where they were harmful.
"Do it, Yue!"
Ivan shouted out. With a startle Ehit looked up to see the figure of a young girl in front of him. She charged at him expressionlessly, but the dangerous glimmer in her eyes was all too apparent for him to see.
Her flowing golden hair followed behind her like the streak of a comet, her blood red eyes piercingly blinding, she ran toward him hunched over and with a blue dagger in her right hand.
Ehit couldn't explain it, but for the first time in millenniums he truly felt like he was about to die. Something about the weapon in the girl's hand put the nonexistent hairs on his neck on ends. If he had a back, he knew it'd be drenched in sweat at this moment.
'Why does this mage have a knife?'
'Why are these mortals so desperate to have me stabbed by it?'
'What is this palpable fear in my heart…?'
*PUCHI!*
Those were his last thoughts as the dagger was firmly planted in the center of his chest, the exact spot where his soul was being kept.
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