Chapter 82: The beginning of the end
Beneath the awe-inspiring display of the night sky, its vast expanse adorned with uncountable stars, Dhruv remained determined in his unending practice of perfecting his spellcasting abilities.
Time flowed by, as swiftly as a passing shooting star, leaving him lost about how much of it had slipped away, until the trio eventually drew near and addressed him with their words,
"Master, we have absorbed cores our share of cores and these are some you had asked for," Alaric said as he presented around 20 cores to Dhruv.
Dhruv accepted the cores and was about to start absorbing them, but he paused when he saw that Azarex was trying to convey something to him.
Moving his head upwards he gave Azarex permission to talk..
"Master, we believe the upcoming wave will be more dangerous compared to the past two days, as the monsters would be at their final adult stage at tier 3. Therefore, I think we should prepare ourselves accordingly."
After pondering the suggestion for a moment, Dhruv replied, "You’re absolutely right. Do you have any ideas on how we should tackle this upcoming wave?"
"First I want your assistance so I can create an army of Tier 2 mega undeads..."
"Oh, yes, I completely forgot about that," Dhruv exclaimed, recalling that the last time he had assisted Azarex in creating only tier 1 mega undead all of them probably had already been killed.
"Anything else?" Dhruv added, questioning if he had any more suggestions.
"Yes, master. I had considered an aerial battle plan after noticing your brilliant move in the previous wave."
Raising one of his eyebrows, Dhruv inquired, "Which one are you referring to?"
"The one where you suggested we observe the battle from above," Azarex began, "So, I believe that with the assistance of my golem, we can ascend to a great height in the air and launch our attack from there..." Azarex paused to allow everyone to contemplate the idea. He then turned to Alaric and continued.
"To safeguard the Golem from the monster onslaught, we’ll assign Alaric to protect it," Azarex proposed.
Dhruv looked at Alaric if he was ok with the plan. Noticing his gaze on himself Alaric responded with a nod, "It would be my pleasure to assist,"
"Nevertheless, the shield wouldn’t last for that long," Dhruv remarked after contemplating for a moment.
Dhruv was correct; Even if Alaric were to use his shield magic at full power, the shield wouldn’t hold up for long against the direct assault of Tier 3 monsters, and therefore the Golem would perish rather swiftly.
This plan seemed like a flop in Dhruv’s eyes, Before he could disapprove it Azarex said once again,
"Master, how many types of spells do you use.." Azarex asked with a devious smile.
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At a height of nearly 50 meters, three figures stood tall. The most commanding among them was a man with long white hair, exuding an air of authority. Flanking him on the left and right were two figures, one entirely composed of bone and the other emanating a fiery aura, like guardians by his side.
Their hair and clothes fluttered in the continuous breeze, their faces etched with tension, as if they were silently praying for success. Yet, before their silent appeals could persist any longer, a strong shockwave shook the entire island to its core.
Almost instantly, all their gazes shifted toward the prison or more like the remains of the prison. Hoards of monsters were emerging from the prison at full speed. In the hoard, there were two types of creatures. The first were 2-meter-tall beings with entirely green skin, also known as goblins.
The other creatures appeared to be native to the planet but were far from it. These towering beings, standing at an impressive 3 meters in height with eight legs. The spiders raced even faster than the goblins.
Both groups of monsters started a competition with each other and were at their full speed. Their speed came to an abrupt halt as they found difficulty in lifting their legs. Looking down they realized that the solid ground, which had been firm just moments ago, now seemed to be attempting to swallow them whole.
After the first rows of monsters trapped in the mud, the one behind them jumped trying to cross it in one jump, but that was nothing but an ignorant attempt of theirs. Dhruv had made this trap after considering their strength after all so he had an idea of how far they could jump.
When almost six, or seven of such rows got submerged into the ground, then the rest of the monster finally found some solid ground again to run on. What they didn’t know was this was also just bait, A bait to lure them further on that same path so that they wouldn’t change their track all of a sudden.
After just a few tens of meters, they encountered the same situation again and got trapped in it. This continued for another two more times before all the goblins got trapped in the mud.
There were a few spiders trapped in that as well but most of them just walked over the goblins and got out of the mudy area unscathed.
After struggling for a while, a few goblins attempted to extricate themselves from the mud by employing earth magic. However, before they could succeed in their efforts, a massive ball of fire rained down upon them. The fire wasn’t intended to kill the goblins; rather, it was meant to harden the mud, trapping the goblins within it for an additional few minutes.
Dhruv was sure that those few minutes were going to be enough to finish them after all. While he was busy with the goblins the rest of the gang had found their target. Vexar chose to fight against spiders for obvious reasons.
Alaric made a pretty strong shield around the ice golem and Azarex was ready to face the Crystallce with the army of his mega and normal undead. They didn’t try to capture Crystallce with the same method because Crystallces were more focused on magic than might and could easily create an ice bridge above the mud.
After solidifying the mud, Dhruv began to launch his Ariel long-range attack. He lifted his hand and after some time multiple sharp metal blades got conjured and launched toward the goblins.
One of such attacks didn’t manage to kill any of the goblins, so he tried to enhance the spell and launched it one more time. This time the attack worked and numerous kill notifications began to fill his vision.
[You have killed...]
[You have ...]
[You ...]
