"I cannot cleanse the status ailment! I would need to use High Cleanse but that takes at least 30 seconds of chanting." Levin Cloud stated as he started to chant.
As soon as Levin Cloud started to chant the High Cleanse spell, the team members affected by madness started to go towards him as if they were being controlled despite their status ailment. This was intentional as Eldritch could manipulate all beings that were affected by his status ailments which is a perk of being a Follower of the Dark Gods.
Eldritch' throat could be seen being fully charged as a white light could be seen being emitted from it. With a mix cry of a whale and a dragon, Eldritch released the full power of the Star Screech skill. The sonic attack manifested into a beam of light due to how powerful the energy and fast it was in hitting the target.
"High Cleanse!" Levin Cloud shouted as he was able to use the High Cleanse just before they get hit by the Star Screech skill.
"Guardian's Sacrifice!" Kabrakan immediately shouted as his body released a silhouette of him.
[You have activated Guardian's Sacrifice.]
[All damage will be negated from your team members as it will be transferred to you.]
[All defenses have been increased by 500%.]
"Undying Guardian!" Kabrakan added as he knew that he will not be able to tank this attack.
[You have used Undying Guardian.]
[All damage that is dealt to you for the next ten seconds would be converted to non-lethal magic damage.]
[You will not die when under the effect of Undying Guardian.]
[If you receive massive fatal damage then you will die after the effect of the Undying Guardian ends.]
An aura manifestation of Kabrakan appeared in front of all the friends as he used his two shields to block the attack. The aura manifestation tanked full power damage of Start Screech and Kabrakan protected all of his team members. Eldritch thought that something was wrong since he has no notification that he has killed someone as Star Screech' duration ended.
Eldritch ended Star Screech and saw Levin Cloud and the others still alive and well. That is only for the next ten seconds though as Kabrakan's body started turning to particles of light. Kabrakan was able to protect his team members, but he was not able to protect himself from the aftereffects of the Undying Guardian skill.
"Take care guys. I had done my job." Karbrakan stated as his body vanished.
The other members did not cry or show any negative emotion, but they were stunned. Eldritch' attack was able to destroy one of the most powerful tanks in the game. Kabrakan might not be the best tank player, but he was one of the most resilient.
"We should attack while we have the chance." Vayu stated as he was about to charge forward and attack, but Levin Cloud stopped him.
Vayu wondered why Levin Cloud stopped him, but Lycan could be seen standing among them as he has already regained his consciousness. Levin Cloud immediately told Lycan and Vayu what they needed to do as defeating Eldritch is not their objective.
"Go! We will deal with him." Levin Cloud stated as Vayu and Lycan nodded their heads and dashed towards the location where the Vessel of Apophis is headed.
Eldritch saw this and wanted to stop the two from escaping his guard but both of them used skills that made them faster and more elusive. Lycan's body suddenly turned into a shadow which became intangible and easily passed through Eldritch' tentacles. Vayu turned himself into pure air and just glided right through their enemy.
"Grand Meteor!" Soleil and Peridot shouted in unison as they both used a combination skill.
A large flaming rock suddenly started to descend upon the sky with the target radius being Eldritch' area. Eldritch could no longer focus on Vayu and Lycan as he would need to defend himself from the attack that is about to come hurtling towards him. Eldritch suddenly used another skill that is similar to Star Screech, but it did not look like a beam.
"Screech of Destruction!" Eldritch stated as he released powerful sound waves towards the Grand Meteor.
The Grand Meteor that was about to hit Eldritch is suddenly disintegrated into dust. It was such a powerful soundwave that it immediately destroyed the Grand Meteor as if it was nothing. Eldritch laughed at the attempt made by his enemies because Elder Star Spawns like him could destroy moons if he so wished.
The power of Elder Star Spawns is only beneath the Great Old Ones. Destroying a piece of rock that came hurtling from the stars above was easy work for Eldritch. He then looked towards Levin Cloud and the others as he just needed to kill all of them and chase after the two that got away.
[You cannot revive the target as he was affected by an unknown energy and his soul has already departed straight to the afterlife for reconstruction.]
Levin Cloud tried reviving Kabrakan, but something is blocking him from doing so. This is the not the first time that his happened as he has seen this before. This happens when the soul of the one that he is going to revive is already tainted with too much energy from the dark gods and needed to be quickly sent to Limbo to cleanse it. If the soul is not cleansed in time, then it might get reborn into a being that is close to the entity that corroded its soul.
Eldritch charged towards the group as he planned to kill them upfront as he did not want them to escape like the other two. Eldritch' speed was not expected of something a huge beats like entity should possess as he reached them in under a second. His speed might also be affected by his strides that were bigger but all of them are dumbstruck to suddenly have Eldritch right in front of their faces.
"Die!" Eldritch stated as he slammed his two large fists made of tentacles towards the group.
The speed of the fists was also quite fast which made Levin Cloud shudder as his Sanctuary skill will not catch up. Just as the group thought that they would get pounded into meat pastes, five red pillars suddenly erupted from the ground that was dyed with blood. The red pillars pushed Eldritch' hands away but that does not mean he was knocked back.
The blood red pillars were able to give Levin Cloud and the others enough time to escape as Eldritch was still able to slam his hands on the ground. The whole area trembled as Eldritch created a force similar to an earthquake. His attack created shockwaves that destroyed all the trees in the area.
"What is this?" Eldritch muttered as he saw some of the blood suddenly clinging on his arm.
"Bloody Queen of the Night!" Solstice' beautiful voice rang throughout the area as a feminine figure started to rise from the pool of blood that she created earlier.
Solstice emerged from the pool of blood with a blood red dress that has both allure and grace. She is also wearing a crown made of blood that is constantly being fed with the blood from the ground. Solstice entire aura also changed as if everything is under her feet.
"Devour!" Solstice stated as the blood stuck on one of Eldritch' fists suddenly started to vaporize it.
Eldritch could see his arm being visibly eaten alive by the blood as it started to melt. Eldritch tried to heal his arm but the blood was more terrifying than he could imagine as it turned his fists into blood. The transformed blood is added to the blood field to strengthen Solstice even more.
Seeing his fist gone, Eldritch took drastic measures as he could see the blood devouring the rest of his arm. Without even a second doubt, Eldritch immediately cut off his whole arm as it was devoured by the blood to become part of the blood field. Eldritch immediately stepped away from the blood field as he could see that it was all part of the body of the vampire in front of him.
"As expected, you are the toughest opponent here." Eldritch stated as his arm recovered immediately again but his health dropped by 5%.
"Let me show you the powers that I got from devouring the heart of one of the Queens of the Damned." Solstice stated as she suddenly raised her right hand.
The blood field that was initially calm and acted like a puddle of water suddenly bubbled. The blood field reacted to the whims of the Bloody Queen of the Night as hundreds upon thousands of blood weapons were created with just a simple command. As soon as Solstice pointed towards Eldritch, all the blood weapons that were created suddenly pointed towards him. Without even uttering a word, all the blood weapons flew towards Eldritch.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺