Most of the Forgotten were humans trapped centuries ago by Arthan as the first batch of his students, and they fought in seven-man units with flawless teamwork. Each squad used solely Silverwingâs Bastion to defend and combined their tier five spells to attack.
Each one of them had a violet core like Lith and they also received the power boost from the lost academy. Thrud had only thirty Divine Beasts, but they worked in seven-man units as well and used Silverwingâs spells on top of their bloodline abilities.
The Golden Griffon empowered both Forgotten and Divine Beasts, making even the elders of the Council not a match for Thrudâs Generals.
âDammit!â Even Xenagrosh was having trouble fighting them.
There were only nine Eldritch-monster hybrids and forming a seven-man unit was the same as reducing their numbers to three. Bytra was acting as Solusâ legs, running through the battlefield and dodging stray spells coming from every direction.
Nandi was too busy defending himself to provide the rest of his siblings with world energy which further limited their strength. Usually, the Minotaur-Orc would have had no problem hogging the elemental energy but now he was against two literal titans.
Both the Golden and the White Griffon sucked most of the available world energy to the point that everyone coming close to them could only rely on Spirit Magic.
Bloodline abilities like Origin Flames wouldnât work either, screwing up most of the Eldritches usual tactics.
They had no access to Spirit Magic and without their bloodline abilities, they were just cunning and lethal giant brutes. Yet it didnât matter against an enemy that would keep themselves at a distance and Spirit Blink away the moment the Eldritches approached.
To make matters worse, without Nandi recharging them, it was only a matter of time before the lack of a breathing technique became an insurmountable obstacle.
Thrudâs soldiers had no such problems since the Golden Griffon encased them with a thick aura of world energy wherever they went, further tipping the balance in their favor.
âAny idea what to do?â Lith asked Faluel via a mind link.
The two of them fought back-to-back, with the Hydra providing him cover fire with her spells and world energy via the Hands while Lith took care of the physical aspect of the combat.
âNone.â Faluel replied while Double Edge saved one of her necks. âThereâs me, you, Vastor, and Tista here, but we canât cast Silverwingâs spells on our own. Tista is too weak so we lack four and a half people.
âHow is Ruin going?â
âIâm weaving it with the Mouth so itâs faster than usual, but it still takes time.â Lith focused solely on defense, using every block and parry to conjure more runes while looking for an opportunity to counter.please visit .
âWe meet again, Verhen!â Xondar the Garuda laughed as his seven-man unit unleashed an Annihilation at Lith, forcing him to Blink away with Faluel.
Alas, the spell was far from wasted. The seven Divine Beasts simply changed their target, blindsiding a unit of Council elders that had counted on Lithâs protection while dealing with the Forgotten.
Two Annihilation against one Bastion made short work of the barrier and scattered the elders to the wind. The Awakened managed to save themselves only thanks to their rich battle experience and a Blink kept at the ready.
âRun as much as you want but this time things are going to go differently! No Guardian to help you, no mana geyser for you to cheat, and your army of Demons is useless against true Awakened!â
Lith had already conjured his Golems and as many Demons as he could before the start of the battle, but they were being quickly wiped out. The Demons lacked in equipment and energy compared to the Forgotten who also were constantly boosted.
The Demons, instead, were stuck with the energy they had received at the beginning of the fight and Lith had no time to provide them more.
âCome on! Fight me and letâs discover once and for all if Dragons really are the natural snack of Garudas!â Xondar keep taunting Lith who in turn kept focusing on his blade spell.
âWhatâs the matter, Supreme Magus Verhen, are you still mad at me for your girlfriend? Come here and Iâll rejoin the two of you forever just like the True Queen promised Phloria.â
Lith snarled, clenching his sword hard for a second, but he didnât bite.
âDonât you dare say her name!â Vastor roared as he unleashed his tier five Chaos spell, Howling Hunger.
The blast struck at the Bastion so hard that the seven Divine Beasts were pushed off their course in surprise.
âPhloria was a good kid and you fuckers killed her! Iâm going to choke you with your own entrails! Lith, Faluel, Tista, with me!â A black-bright violet aura burst out from the Masterâs body and Lith finally realized why the Professor had taken an unusual appearance.
His Dominator armor had been shaped to look like a man 1.78 meters (5â10â) tall and clad in a golden armor, cloaking even his voice. Vastor didnât want to appear in front of the Royals along with his Eldritches in order to protect his identity as the Master.
âYet by doing this he is exposing himself to Faluel!â Lith thought. âShe was with us in the barn and knows his real identity.â
The aura of the Master kept growing, far exceeding that of bright violet-cored Awakened. The Hydra, the Tiamat, and the Red Demon only had to conjure a single element to cast Silverwingâs Annihilation while Vastor did everything else by himself.
Tista failed to fully control her part, but the Master managed to help her to compensate for that too.
The sudden burst of seven pillars of elemental energy caught Xondarâs unit by surprise, pushing the already weakened Bastion to its limits.
Then, Lith unleashed Ruin before they could recover from the impact.
? The Bastion shattered and the Divine Beasts cursed their bad luck. They combined the Spirit Barriers from their armor, the Life Maelstrom the Garuda had infused them with, and the power from the Golden Griffon to survive.
Yet their bodies were now weakened and battered, missing one or more limbs.
At the same time, the members of Vastorâs group were already using their respective breathing techniques to recover the lost mana. They would soon be back to the peak of their strength whereas the Divine Beasts were in dire need of food.
Otherwise even once they fully healed, their bodies would lack the strength to fight and hunger would cripple their focus.
âKigan, itâs our time to shine!â Eycos the Garuda said as bolts of silver lightning covered his whole body.
âOn it, brother!â The Black Phoenix activated his bloodline ability, Molting Essence, turning into a living mass of Origin Flames as he charged at the crackling Garuda.
The two Divine Beasts were separated only by a few meters, the energy of one seeping into the other. The silver bolts of lightning turned red while the edges of the Origin Flames burned white, slowly merging into one.
The Life Maelstrom and the Origin Flames fused, turning both the Phoenix and the Garuda into a mass of living plasma.
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