With a terrible roar, like a laser, they hit the living darkness. And if there were any other barrier in its place, which would work on the principle of active protection. That is to say, he would oppose his strength to the onslaught from the outside, he would have collapsed in an instant, the attack power was so great. But, living haze worked on a different principle, it literally absorbed the blows.
Therefore, foreigners who did not understand this technique were stunned by the strength of the sphere, which managed not to collapse under their onslaught.
Of course, not a single scanning technique could break through the walls of living darkness, so the attackers were only tormented by ignorance about the origin of this object. Indeed, unlike Kio, who, thanks to his special ability of clairvoyance, saw through the darkness, the blue-skinned creatures did not have such abilities, and attacked a foreign object, for security purposes, because there had never been anything like it on their island.
Changing the emission spectrum to green, the creatures repeated the attack, but to no avail.
Then, changing their formation, the aliens began to form from their levitating bodies, something resembling a funnel in shape, which, in turn, was located directly above the absorption sphere.
"Did they think of something… A new kind of attack, or some special amplification technique? – sitting inside the sphere with his eyes closed, Kyo tried to understand the actions of the enemy, – Hmm, when they hold hands, their aura not only becomes one, but also intensifies. Moreover, the more individuals unite, the stronger the individual power becomes. At the moment, having united, the strength of each of them has almost doubled… What dangerous creatures."
At this time, in the center of the funnel-shaped formation, a sandy-colored energy vortex, obtained from the fusion of green and red spectra, began to emerge.
Spinning more and more around its axis, the energy vortex, having concentrated all its power at one point, hit the sphere with force, while continuing its rotation.
The concentrated power of two hundred blue-skinned creatures fell on the barrier of living darkness.
And the darkness trembled.
Not having time to absorb the concentrated and constantly spinning energy in the form of a whirlwind, the walls of the sphere began to collapse.
" Can't be! How can they so easily break through the living darkness?! Did they understand the essence of the sphere principle, and therefore attacked in this way? I think I have three more minutes before my technique falls, but what next? Using light teleportation, I can easily dodge the main blow, but after that, I will again fall under something that deprives me of strength. Hmm, do I have to use my trump card?
* * *
At this time, while all the foreigners were concentrated on Kyo, far from them on a high hill, the crowned prince of the elven race was watching everything that was happening.
"Where there are so many of them, it looks like they squeezed our allies in that area. I guess it's a master's technique... I have to help them! Even if I have to die and abandon Leiko, stand and watch how the "brothers" who came to our aid are killed… This is beyond my strength, how after that I will look the Lord in the eyes!"
Sen removed the earring from his left ear and cast a spell, activating it.
"This dark sphere is extremely strong, since two hundred blueskins cannot destroy it in any way. This is probably the same living haze that I heard about, well, then I have nothing to worry about.
Stretching out his right palm, with an earring sparkling on it, the elf said loudly:
- Pathetic creatures, learn the full power of elven magic [High Technique. Thunder Sword. Thousand lightning. ]
The sky over the place where the foreigners and Master Kio clashed was covered with clouds, terrible peals of thunder swept across the sky, and thousands of lightning bolts fell down, crushing the enemies.
Fully concentrated on the attack, the foreign beings were completely unprotected from a sudden counterattack from the side.
Dozens of blue-skinned bodies, struck by the most powerful electric charges, fell dead to the bottom. By the time the technique came to an end, all the enemies were defeated, and without signs of life, lay on the ground.
To be honest, even Sen himself was shocked by the power of the spell hidden in the artifact. Of course, he knew that the power of this is great, but what would be so!
It was a real discovery for the elf.
As for Kio, he was well aware of the power of the artifacts that Leiko and her brother had, and quickly understood the whole essence of what had happened. And for a moment, having slightly opened the sphere, he emitted a ray of light from it, giving a signal of retreat that was quite understandable for Sen.
"It's best if they hide now and help me in case of emergency by attacking the enemy from an ambush," Kio thought to himself, "I wonder how they can move freely, is it possible that the influence that bound me hand and foot is everything same local, not large-scale as I thought? ... There is too little information, it is only clear that this effect still affects me, one has only to remove the protection.
* * *
At this time, in the main temple, a hundred individuals that supported the flickering of the crystal became active, and using the technique, teleported themselves along with the emerald outside. Where they were joined by a hundred more, guarding the temple, creatures.
Having united, they surrounded the drop-shaped emerald in a spherical formation, after which, by common efforts, they erected a multilayer barrier, completely protecting themselves and the crystal from all sides.
And so, having adopted a similar formation, they moved to the place of almost simultaneous death of a good half of their fellow tribesmen.
* * *
"What else is this?" Sen and Kio thought almost simultaneously, seeing a huge multi-layered barrier, and blue-skinned creatures levitating inside it, in the center of which an unknown emerald flickered.
"Another two hundred, individuals! How many of them are there on this island! the elf shouted in his head, obviously nervous.
"Looks like they teleported a whole bunch of their kind here. And this crystal, isn't it accidentally affecting me, Kyo suggested.
Upon reaching the area of the dark sphere, the aliens stopped, and after scanning the area, began to emit rhythmic sounds similar to the ringing of a bell.
Naturally, neither Sen nor Kio had any idea what they were doing, but very soon a truly shocking picture unfolded before their eyes.
The drop-shaped emerald, having changed the spectrum of its radiation to blue, poured out streams of light from itself, literally drowning everything around in its radiance. And as soon as its rays touched the bodies of creatures that fell from lightning, they began to recover, and then completely come to life, as if nothing had happened.