'Hopefully this works.' Colin thought as he heard the sounds of engines getting closer. As the vehicles got closer, more and more beasts became aware as they turned around and started growling towards them. A few of the beasts that ran into the forest charged towards them but Colin quickly activated the intimidation effect of his [Demon Eyes] and partially disabling his [Stealth] trait. Seeing a ghostly figure with ominous red eyes and an aura of a stronger creature rolling off of it in waves, the nearby beasts quickly ran back into the forest in fear. Colin decided to fly towards the buses, and he could see Sera and the soldiers shiver as they prepared to attack him.
"Wait, it's me don't attack." Colin quickly said as he completely disabled his [Stealth] trait and [Demon Eyes].
"Don't ever do that again." Sera said as she put down her sword and made the ball of water hovering around her disappear. Colin nodded his head before landing on the roof of the bus.
"Listen, we need everyone to be on alert and Lily, I'm gonna need your help to protect everyone." Colin said, turning towards Lily.
"Ok." She said softly
The vehicles continued heading towards the city and the closer they got, the more beasts they had to fend off. Colin used his [Demon Eyes] to scare away most of the beasts but the closer they got to the city, the less effective his skill became and the more furiously they attacked the bus. When they reached the city entrance, the vehicles were completely surrounded by beasts and everyone was fighting with all they got to keep the vehicles from tipping over. By far, the soldiers had the worst of it as their bullets either bounced off their skins or barely piercing into their flesh before the wound quickly regenerates and the bullets fall to the ground. As the military vehicles were assaulted nonstop by the raging beasts, Lily flew over to help, and with the aid of her whip, she easily killed the beasts.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake violently and Colin looked over towards the fight between ape and the wolf and could see earth pillars rising into the air before breaking apart and sending earth shards flying towards the silver wolf. The wolf turned into a beam of red light, dodging the earth shards and biting into the neck of the ape, causing it to scream in pain, causing the air to vibrate.
'Crap.' Alex thought as he could see the vehicles tilt dangerously, but the drivers managed to stabilise them once again. The beasts have also decided to go back into hiding, giving everyone a bit of solace. Just as Colin was about to relax, out of the corner of his eye he saw a black portal open beside one of the military vehicles. He quickly turned around and flew towards it and he could see a black leopard with purple spots and red eyes exiting the portal with it's jaws wide open. He quickly fired a ball of hellfire towards the beast, and sensing the attack, it quickly opened another portal and escaped as the soldiers looked around wondering what was happening. Everything had happened too fast for them to comprehend and they only saw a black shadow disappearing and an orange streak passing over their heads. Colin looked around wearily, trying to predict where the tiger was going to attack next. Suddenly, dozens of black portals opened up and out came multiple black tendrils that grabbed onto the vehicles.
Gritting his teeth, Colin summoned his sword from his storage ring and activated both [Demons Pride] and [Demon Enchant] before cutting off the tendrils holding the vehicles while sending powerful fireballs to destroy the black portals. Everyone else was doing the same, but Colin's and Lily's efforts prove more effective than the others.
[Colin, I have an idea that might buy us a few minutes. ] Lily said
[Then do it.] Colin replied and Lily nodded her head.
"Sera, I need you to get inside the bus." Lily said as she swung her whip onto one of the shadow tendrils, instantly destroying it.
"Why?" Sera asked skeptically as she hacked at one of the tendrils, causing a deep cut to appear.
"I can hide your fleet of vehicles for a few minutes. While Colin distracts the Shadow Leopard, we can make it out of the city." Lily said and Sera looked at her for a few seconds before entering the bus. Lily sat on the roof of the bus and looked around and she could see a few tendrils were still attached to the vehicles.
[Colin, I need you to destroy the rest of the shadow portals. That will get rid of the remaining tendrils and I can start my plan.] She said and Colin quickly created dozens of fireballs before sending them flying towards the remaining portals, destroying them. Seeing that all the portals were gone, Lily started her spell.
"Illusion Affinity: Illusory Veil." Lily muttered as her eyes glowed a bright pink as the vehicles slowly disappeared.