Though no.3 just said he would kill the Lord, He wasn't sure if he could. The Lord was still strong, it can still keep up with him.
Ronn who was resting in distance suddenly jump away, then a lightning strike hit where he was previously standing.
Landing couple meters away, Ronn looked at the monster who attack him. He saw the Lord staring at him while dodging no.3's attacks.
'Looks like I wont be able to rest' He muttered inwardly. Upon realizing that the Lord won't let him rest, he glance at Lilia and said.
"That Lord won't lets us rest so I'm gonna help my clone now. Just stay in distance and be alert, the Lord would likely to attack you."
Lilia just nodded, after Ronn warned her. He joined no.3 in dealing with the Lord. Unlike earlier, the Lord was getting weak.
With the two of them attacking it simultaneosly, they managed to land few hits. Though the monster has regeneration, it didn't disappeared quickly.
Once Ronn noticed that, he attack it without rest. He was using all strength he has left to finished this quickly.
They fought the monster for few minutes, then the situation change. While Ronn was dodging a beam, a deep red, crescent shape lands on the Lord.
Then another same attack hit the Lord again making it flew few meters away. Once it stands up, it cough dark green blood.
The lord look where the attack came from while holding its chest, there was a large and deep cut in it. Then the Lord saw Riko quickly approached while holding a sword that emits deep red Aura.
The monster hurriedly leap backwards while erecting a barrier arounds its body. Once the Lord lands few meters away.
Lilia suddenly appeared behind while swinging her sword upwards. The monster quickly turned around, the sword hit the Lord's barrier.
The sword shattered in two pieces, once Lilia saw that her attack didn't do anything. She vanished and appeared few meters away.
The Lord who was looking where Lilia vanished suddenly turned around and saw Riko appeared behind.
The barrier covering the monster shattered, the Lord was blasted away. Ronn saw it and didn't waste anytime, he follows it with no.3.
The two of them used Quick Steps, their figures blurred. They appear in front of the monster and hold it tightly.
Once the Lord was caught, it suddenly released mana infused aura trying to blast them but Ronn and no.3 didn't let go.
They also respond by using Flame Burst simultaneously, the lord was sandwich by two of them. An explosion occur once they release large amount of Flames.
Ronn was using all his remaining mana to release as much Flame as he could while no.3 was doing the same.
Once the monster was engulf by the two colliding Flame, it was slowly burned while still releasing its aura infused mana.
Riko didn't missed the chance an poured all his remaining Aura into his sword and launch a deep red, crescent shaped attack towards the monster. He didn't care if Ronn was hit by his attack.
Once the Lord saw the incoming deep red, crescent shaped attack. It struggle more aggresively while releasing more and more mana.
It Roar loudly, then dozen quickly lightning strike hit Ronn and no.3. Upon seeing dozen of Lightning strike heading to them, both still didn't let go but holds the monster even more to let Riko's attack hit it.
When Riko's attack hit them, a deep cut appeared from its shoulder upto its hip. Dark green blood sprayed in the faces of both Ronn and No.3 who was also got cut.
No.3 lost both his arms while Ronn was only missing left arms. The monster who was at deaths door tried to conjured another ball of fire.
But before it could expand, Lilia appeared behind it again while holding another sword. She thrust her sword in the back head of the Lord.
The Lord who didn't saw the attack was pierced in its head. It still struggle but suddenly falls down on the ground.
Lilia who delivered the finishing attack heard the System Announce her kill. She looked at it and saw few notifications.
[ You have killed C rank HobGoblin Mage Lord ]
[ You have received 15,000 Tutorial Points for killing the Lord Monster ]
[ Congratulation!! Your Region is the first to kill a Lord monster. Additional rewards will be added ]
[ You have received 5,000 Tutorial Points ]
[ Congratulations for completing the Second Phase task, all awakened in your Region would received rewards based from your contribution in completing the task. Top 3 contributor would received additional rewards. You can open the ranking panel to see your rank. ]
After she finished looking at it, she approach both Riko and Ronn and said. "Good Job you two."
"You too, good thing you finished it. After getting struck by Riko's attack its still alive." (Ronn)
"It was about to die anyway" (Riko)
"Yeah, yeah."(Ronn)
Upon hearing what Ronn just said Riko didn't do anything and just ignored it. He was too tired to argue back.
Though he was healed, his body was dead tired. His aura was empty, his mind was also tired. Lilia saw that and slightly smiled.
Then no.3 suddenly said while throwing a large core to Lilia. Unlike the D rank core, this one was twice its size.
While holding the core she suddenly asked."So who's gonna take this core"
"You can take it if you want, after you were the one who finished it." (Ronn)
"Yeah, you should take it." (Riko)
She looked at the core on her hand then asked again. "Are you two really okay with it? especially you Ronn, didn't you contribute more than us with dealing with the Lord?"
"If you don't want it then give it to me, you should absorb it before I change my mind."(Ronn)
Lilia didn't replied and quickly absorbed the core, Seeing that she hurriedly absorbed the core Ronn just looked at her.
Once she's done, she suddenly asked Ronn. "So, whats your answer to my offer?"
"Hm, Before I answer that, can I asked you one question? whether I join or not depends on your answer." (Ronn)
"Okay, so whats your question." (Lilia)
Ronn stared at her, his eyes looks directly at her golden eyes then said with serious voice. "If one day you've gotten to a situation where you need to choose between sacrificing thousands of lives to achieve the power you want or keeping them but you'll lose that chance. What would you choose?"
Lilia met his without wavering, she stared at him before opening her mouth to answer. "I'll sacrifice them to achieve the power that I want. Not just them, I'll sacrifice those who isn't important to me to achieve what I want. Call me ruthless, heartless or whatever you want, it wouldn't matter. I would do anything to reach my goal even if I need to step on countless corpse caused by me. Its either I died trying than doing nothing."
Upon hearing her answer Ronn just keep staring at her without blinking, then he said. "I see, I see."
"So whats your decision? are you gonna join me or not?" (Lilia)
Ronn immediately answered. "I will join you."
"Why? even though you heard that I would sacrifice countless people to achieve what I want." (Lilia)
"The reason why I ask that question is to gauge whether you're soft hearted person." (Ronn)
"What if I choose to the other one?" (Lilia)
"I won't join your group, you said that the world would become chaotic. Those who gained power would do anything they want.
Being soft hearted person in that kind of world, sooner or later the group that would be formed will crumble to pieces.
Lastly I don't want a leader who has soft hearted personality, they always do idiotic things like sacrificing themselves to save someone they didn't even know." (Ronn)
"Hm okay, I already bought contracts from the system shop. I will give it to you later once we goes back to the camp. I would also ask the rest of our team." (Lilia)
Riko who was just watching them talking suddenly said. "Lets go"
Once those two heard him, Ronn who was slowly healing looked at Riko then starts to moved. All three of them then goes where the other team was resting.