115 Desperation
“Fein! are you okay?” Sofia said tearfully, her eyes red as she looked desperately at the moment.
The Darkness accentuated the evil grin of the statue. It looked at the human who blocked his powerful metal fist from its own body. it was appalled as the two exchanged position magically in front of its eye.
The statues look at the heroic but miserable figure of the man. Blood kept pouring out in the corners of his mouth, as the punch of the statue has messed up his internal organs.
“Cough!”
Fein began coughing blood again. He felt like a bomb exploded on his stomach, as the pain kept messing up his thought process.
He glanced at that statue that gradually retracted its fist. The corner of its mouth was curled upwards as it was staring at him with enjoyment. He can’t even hear the cries of Sofia on his back due to dizziness.
‘I can only use my Ghecko Substitution two more times. This is really bad...’
‘What should I do? I can’t even move my hands earlier due to the abominable gravitational pull. Now that I’m injured, the chance became even slimmer.’
Before Fein could continue his thought process, he felt as if a truck crashed with him, as the bones in every part of his body endured the heavyweight that was intending to crush him, he only felt light-headed as his vision turned upside down. If not for his tough physique, he had already died.
.....
“Fein!” a desperate shout sounded.
THUD!
Fein collided with a large brick, but his pain receptor was already numb. He was lying on the ground and his entire body was painfully stiff. He kept thinking of solutions on how to solve their current predicaments. This is the first time that he felt weak and desperate.
‘Sofia would surely become that retard’s next target. Shit, I need to think of a plan! Think! Think! think!’
‘If only my body stats have reached S-rank, I wouldn’t be in this situation now. This fucking gravitational pull would be nothing! Damn, I’m still too weak!’
Voli felt a raging fire ignite inside him as he saw his master getting beaten into a pulp by the platinum statue that was constantly grinning like a clown. Without thinking too much, Voli forcefully used the frugal degu energy inside him to increase his size as he charged at the statue, planning to avenge his master.
What should I do? Sofia looked at Voli, who kept fighting the statue, and she shifted her gaze to Fein, who was crumpled near the wall 5-meter distance away from her.
Voli’s body became half as big as the statue in front of him. He lifted his paw, planning to use his remaining strength to attack.
“I must commend your loyalty, but in my eyes, this is just foolishness... Why don’t you just serve me and I will spare your life?” The statue said, while looking down at Voli with derision.
As the statue finished speaking, its mouth opened, producing a dark circular orb that was exuding a menacing feeling. the black orb suddenly became smaller, as the statue blew its mouth.
A black laser came from the mouth of the statue, and it instantly manage to hit Voli, who was running towards the statue vigorously. the black laser went through Voli’s paw, blood splattered as a circular neat hole appeared. Voli only felt his entire being become light as darkness swallowed his vision.
The statue lost interest its interest. It walked toward Sofia, planning to play with her next.
Aoi understood the statue’s intention. She struggled and used her will to come in front of Sofia as she looked at the statue with bloodshot eyes and gritted her teeth. She felt helpless that she couldn’t help her friend Voli and her master’s friend. The only thing left she could do now was to use her body to shield her master from the statue’s impending onslaught.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
The platinum statue’s every step cracked the ground, shaking the whole area.
Aoi stared at the statues with unease. Hundreds of ice spikes condensed, but due to the strong gravitational pull, they fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
‘How about using Aiki? Fuck, that’s the only way!’ Fein on the ground felt the tremor, he knew that the statue was about to attack Sofia.
The only solution he could come up with was to use Sofia’s destruction energy and condense a sword. But he was unsure if he can wield that kind of power.
‘There’s no point in thinking too much! I must give it a try...’
A determined light flickered on Fein’s pupil as he struggled to lift his hand and use the ground as support to gradually stand up. Slowly but surely, he manages to get back to his feet. He briskly walked walk toward Sofia with great difficulty as his every step stimulated the pain in his body.
“Aoi, create an ice wall to block the enemy with all your power!” Fein cried out.
He needs all the time they could get to buy time.
Aoi’s eyes lit up as she saw Fein walking toward them. Without hesitation, she used all the degu energy available on her body to produce the biggest and thickest ice wall that she could. Just like that, an enormous ice wall materialized, blocking the platinum statue.
Seeing this, the statue snickered as for it. They were like a cornered animal. The statue raised its fist as it punched the ice wall relentlessly.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ice wall trembled at the intense force, and the surrounding kept shaking as if an intense earthquake was occurring.
Sofia looked at the Ice wall that was protecting the three of them.
“Sorry for being useless.”
Sofia looked down at the ground. If not for her being a burden, Fein wouldn’t have taken the attack for her.
Fein looked at their gloomy face of Sofia, “Don’t think too much. It’s not your fault. And you are not useless. I have a plan, and you are a crucial part of it.”
Hearing Fein’s comforting words, Sofia couldn’t help but tear up.
Fein thought Sofia would calm down, but he was at a loss as he saw her cry.
‘Why it is her reaction different from the one in my head?’
It wasn’t time for this, so he decided to tell them his plan, as he knew that the Ice wall wouldn’t last much longer from the enemy’s powerful attack. If not for the statue throwing its spear, he knew they would have already died. He wants to take advantage of the enemy’s playful mentality.
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