Chapter 1495: Chapter 932: Sunrise Dawn (Part 10): Battle
"You’re not Adrian, who are you?"
Ados raised his Magic Wand, aiming at Adrian, who had fallen to the ground.
His expression was unprecedentedly serious.
Tony was stunned by the sudden scene.
But in the next moment, he saw the other three team members also showing surprised expressions, their faces suddenly became solemn, they drew their weapons, and stood beside Ados, vigilantly looking at the bleeding Adrian.
Tony immediately realized, shifting his gaze in an instant, and his eyes also fell on the young mage lying on the ground.
The young mage looked bewildered, his eyes wide open.
He lowered his head to look at the blood flowing from the wound on his chest, then slowly raised his head, coughing up blood, looking at Ados with a sad and incredulous expression:
"Fa...Father... I... I’m Adrian..."
"Why... why?"
His eyes were full of sorrow.
Ados’s expression flickered with a trace of pain.
He took a deep breath, gently closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his gaze became firm:
"No..."
"My son is already dead..."
"You’re not my son, you’re the monster from the Ice Fortress!"
Upon hearing Ados’s words, the young mage’s gaze grew sadder.
While coughing up blood, he reached out to Ados with difficulty, his eyes showing strong attachment and sadness:
"Father... Father..."
"Father... Father!"
He repeated over and over, his voice growing louder.
And as he repeated, his skin gradually bulged with wriggling lumps.
Blood gushed from the wound on his chest, but... it was no longer crimson, instead, it emitted a foul odor, dark and filthy...
"Father... Father!"
He kept repeating, his body began to swell, his expression turned ferocious, his clothes torn as black hair and Scale Armor began to grow on his limbs... soon, his body swelled to nearly three meters.
Simultaneously, his aura also continuously increased as his body transformed.
"Everyone, attack! Kill it!"
Ados shouted angrily.
With his words, the prepared team roared angrily and charged at the monster disguised as Adrian.
The battle erupted instantly.
However, just as the two sides engaged, the monster roared furiously.
A powerful aura spread from its body, and its robust arm grabbed Bols’s swinging giant axe, then, in Bols’s horrified gaze, threw the heavily armored warrior along with his axe like a toy, directly smashing him against the distant wall.
A dull sound echoed, Bols groaned, sliding down from the cracked wall, falling into unconsciousness.
"Bols!"
Ramsis exclaimed.
But before he could do anything, a gust of foul wind blew towards him, leaving him no time to react before the monster punched him in the chest.
Accompanied by the sound of bones shattering, Ramsis spat a mouthful of blood, then flew out like a broken sack, crashing into Mire who was chanting spells.
The metal armor collided with the female Mage, and another series of loud bone-breaking sounds rang out as the massive inertia flung both of them onto the wall.
They slid down slowly, unable to get up again...
All this happened in an instant.
By the time the least experienced Tony realized it, the team had lost most of its combat power, only leaving him and the old mage Ados.
Looking at the monstrous and extremely formidable creature, Tony was stunned and his mood immediately sank to the bottom.
"Ramsis! Mire!"
Tony whispered, rushing over, and when he checked their breathing, he found they were still alive, instantly relieved.
"Roar—!"
The creature’s roar came forth.
The terrifying pressure accompanied by the stench made Tony’s stomach churn, forcing him to tremble all over, filled with dread.
"Silver...!"
Ados’s expression was very ugly.
He clenched his Magic Wand, his nails nearly digging into his flesh.
"Father... why..."
The monster continued to growl.
It had completely transformed into a giant covered in Scale Armor and steel fur, its yellow-green eyes squeezed by lumps looked manically at the old mage, from whose huge mouth with sharp fangs constantly dripped viscous and stinking liquid...
Seeing its gradually solidifying terrifying form, Ados’s gaze grew complex.
"Shadow Devouring Demon... Adrian... I’m too late."
He sighed slightly.
Shadow Devouring Demon!
Tony was stunned, his mind instantly recalling the battles of these days, and the information he had urgently absorbed about the monsters of the West Continent.
Among all the Fallen Monsters, the mention of this kind of demon was included.
Such a monster is usually formed from mages’ degeneration, powerful and possessing astonishing Magic Power.
They crave flesh and Magic Power, each time they devour a new creature, they transform into that creature, acquiring part of its soul and memory.
During continuous devouring, they also continually perfect their wisdom.
Realizing this, Tony instantly understood Ados’s words.
Perhaps... the monster that turned into Adrian spoke correctly, Adrian indeed was the last standing human mage, but... it was not he who defeated the monster. Instead, he was devoured by it.
Not only that, the opponent’s strength had at least reached the Silver level!
This was beyond the capability for him and Ados to contend with.
Even though he possessed the Silver skill [Eagle Strike], ultimately, it could only be used once.
When first descending, it was due to the Silver monster being heavily injured and coupled with his sneak attack, along with extreme luck, that allowed them to eliminate the opponent, but in truth, throughout the journey when encountering new Silver monsters, they usually had to detour and flee...
However, the monster’s location happened to block the path towards the Ice Tower’s interior. If they couldn’t advance further and instead turned to flee, they would lose the chance to penetrate God’s Wall...
No.
Even if they fled, it wasn’t certain they could escape.
Tony remembered Bols saying once in a one-on-one encounter with a Fallen Monster stronger than oneself, never think of running away.
Because you simply cannot escape, you can only fight desperately...
Although the current situation wasn’t one-on-one, Tony knew that just he and the old mage’s power wouldn’t help in fleeing either.
After battling for so long, he was no longer the previous novice. Relying on experience and acquired sensory abilities, he could sense that the monster’s strength was far beyond ordinary Silver.
Just then, Tony noticed that the monster suddenly shifted focus, its gaze moved towards him.
More accurately speaking, towards the pouch at his waist.
In it, there lay the Magic Energy Core they were escorting.
Realizing the monster’s greedy gaze, Tony instantly understood.
The Magic Energy Core contained abundant Magic Power.
For the Shadow Devouring Demon, this had an equally fatal attraction.
The core must not fall into the monster’s hands, otherwise... it would likely be devoured and eventually destroyed!
Tony thought to himself.
He glanced at the coordinates of the Tianchao teammates, shouting to Ados:
"Ados! I’ll hold it off! You take the core to the Ice Tower’s interior to shut down God’s Wall! Our reinforcements are coming soon!"
As he spoke, he untied the pouch at his waist and threw it to Ados.
However, just as he tossed the pouch, Ados raised his hand slightly, and the pouch seemed to gain a supporting force, returning to Tony’s hand in his startled gaze.
"No, Lord Tony, you head into the Ice Tower interior, I’ll hold it off."
He said firmly.
Tony hesitated, instinctively wanting to reply that he didn’t know the structure of the Ice Fortress and wasn’t a mage, nor knew how to shut down God’s Wall.
However, as if guessing his thoughts, Ados’s voice continued:
"The hub is at the top of the Ice Tower."
"As for shutting it down... powerful destruction will do."
"But what about you! How can you possibly withstand such a powerful monster?!"
Tony shouted anxiously.
Ados laughed.
"That’s for me to worry about."
He whispered.
With that, he threw his tattered Magic Hat to the ground, and his posture gradually straightened.
In the next moment, the deep blue Magic Power ignited around him, and his aura instantly soared.
