Eren's preemptive attack had caused a great deal of damage to the flesh golem.
It had lost its skin. And the Blitz Shards had destroyed the corpse's muscle fibers that had gotten exposed because of no epidermis as well.
The flesh golem transformation, however, seems to have allowed the creatures to heal some of the wounds and injuries they suffered beforehand. The flesh golem Eren was confronted with also managed to recover some of its strength by regenerating the flesh that was destroyed by his spell.
Of course, Eren's attack wasn't completely useless. The flesh golem didn't seem that threatening to him when compared to other flesh golems his team members were currently facing. It was as if recovering the charred muscles had made the flesh golem transformation less threatening.
It looked like someone had extracted all the water content from the flesh golem Eren was seeing in front of him. The process resulted in the flesh golem being an inferior variant to what it could have been.
"Screeee!"
Some of the flesh golems were going to attack the demonic rankers that had protected them while they were being transformed. It seemed that the flesh golems did not have any basic understanding of who their friends or foes were. They just wanted to attack everyone and everything in their path to self-destruction.
"Easy, my children!"
Bulal Blood's red-stained hands glowed with a distinct light as he raised and spread them. A distinct red-mana pulse was released with him as the center. This mana pulse managed to calm the flesh golems, preventing them from attacking the demonic rankers who were on Bulal's side.
This was the reason why Ariadne left after recovering the corpse from her storage. The flesh golems could only be controlled by Bulal. And she didn't want to put her safety in his hands.
"Be careful. If you die in this sick bastard's presence, you'd turn into flesh golems too."
Kiara said after observing the changes happening to the dead bodies of three demonic rankers and a soldier. They were alive not too long ago. After their deaths, they had been turned into flesh golems without even showing symptoms of rot on their bodies before dying.
Kiara's mana-imbued voice spread in the surroundings, making everyone realize how dire a situation they were in. They couldn't even die peacefully in Bulal Blood's presence. Upon their death, the Awakened demonic ranker would turn them into one of his minions.
Kiara coated her hands in her flames and narrowed her eyes on Bulal Blood and his two companions before giving out her final orders.
"Remember, the fire element works best on flesh golems followed by the lightning element. This is the case even with the reduced elemental damage the golems receive.
Spells, potions, scrolls, and artifacts related to those elements can be used to the fullest on flesh golems by those with the means to do so.
Otherwise, maintain a safe distance from the flesh golems and find ways to hurt them using physical damage. These meatballs are stupid. They don't know how to coordinate their attacks in a chain. Something you can do with ease.
Always stay active on your feet and attack only when necessary.
These flesh golems would have golem cores developed somewhere in their bodies. If you could find them, destroy them and they'd be done with. Or destroy their bodies completely, preventing them from regenerating at all. That's how you deal with flesh golems.
Attack!"
Kiara said her last words before launching her assault.
Bulal Blood was being handled by Kiara before his flesh golems made an appearance. He transformed his body into a semi-flesh golem state to fight her.
This body gave Blulal Blood enhanced stats and instant recovery from any minor wounds. This was how he was surviving against Kiara who was using her sword and her fire spells to perfection.
Still, it was clear that Bulal Blood was not someone who could take on the frontal clash when put against someone like Kiara. Thus, he removed two corpses from his storage as soon as he decided to use his trump card.
It seemed that there were certain limitations placed on Bulal Blood. Most rankers theorized that the limitations came from the number of flesh golems he could make and control at any particular time.
A new round of battling began on the battlefield. Previously, Eren's side had the numbers advantage and the demonic rankers were playing defensively. But at this point, the situation had been reversed.
"Screeeee!"
The flesh golem released another half-deafening shrill before approaching him with crazy speed. It didn't make use of mana. However, its raw physical strength allowed the flesh golem to approach Eren with great speed nonetheless.
'Fire-element spells, Huh!'
Eren thought to himself as he dodged the flesh golem easily. Although it was fast, it did not have the cunning of a living, breathing ranker. The creature approached him in a straight line while screeching wildly.
The flesh golem's twisted legs gave it an abnormal stride. Thus, it was not that difficult for Eren to maintain a distance from it using his movement spell.
Eren imagined that other rankers wouldn't have it as easy as him. Because although the flesh golems were easy to dodge, they were more numerous than the rankers themselves. The addition of demonic rankers to the equation made battling Bulal's side even more difficult.
Eren wouldn't be in his comfort zone for a long time either. He needed to quickly destroy the flesh golem for good before moving on to his next target.
'Good time as any to test my fire-element spell, I guess.'
Eren thought to himself and smiled. For some reason, he wasn't as downcast as the rest of the rankers. In addition, he was not as emotionally invested as the soldiers. Every battle was teaching him many things at once. Each fight was giving him valuable experience.
'People never really learn anything by being told. They have to find out for themselves.'
A thought rippled in his mind as he activated his mana circuits to cast his fire-element spell. With these battles, Eren was incorporating all those memories he had taken from Bruce into himself.
The fire-element mana surged around Eren under the guidance of his mana sense. At the next moment, a flame appeared in front of him before taking the shape of a firebird.
"Alfem!"
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