Charging straight towards the giant statue, Udann brandished his Spearforce-covered glaive. While doing so, a change happened on his arm which increased the power of his swing. The muscles on his arms bulked up and turned it into a rusty-metal color. A skill or ability from his Pathway.
Feeling the intensity of energy charging from their backs, the Dafirae Tribe Transcendents instinctively moved out of the way, opening a path for Udann to charge straight to the hulking visage of the giant statue.
Surprisingly, the statues weren't emitting or leaking any form of Energy despite having the baseball-sized stones inside them. Their attacks were all pure physical force.
Using my eyes and my Adaptability while they're busy fighting and dodging them, the regular statues' strength is around the latter half of Rank 1 Transcendent, more than 200 UPL which was most likely pure Strength and Endurance.
They probably thought that they're not a threat because of the lack of energy emission as it was contained well in the statue's bodies. And that carelessness caught the Dafirae Tribe off-guard, resulting in a loss of a few lives.
Like us, they're most likely inexperienced at this point.
On the other hand, the giant statue's strength is enough to compare it to an experienced Rank 2 Transcendent.
When Udann's charge finally arrived, the giant statue raised its giant sword which matched its frame to parry his Spearforce and Energy-supported attack.
Along with the sound of metal hitting one another, Udann was flung back as a result of their weapons clashing, two layers of Quintuple Shields broken. Likewise, the giant statue was pushed back as its feet bore through the ground. From its feet up to its knee, cracks started appearing which leaked out of its contained Energy.
"Attack! Target its feet and take it down!"
The impromptu leader of the Dafirae Tribe Transcendents shouted upon noticing it. At the moment, all of them were emitting a crimson-colored aura that matched their garb and most of their hair color. Similar Domains were also spread out beneath their feet, subjecting the moving statues from the Domains' restrictions, albeit minimally.
They all trod the same Mortal Pathway. Although it's hard to determine the Dark World denizens' Pathway before, seeing them use it in its entirety made it easy for me. Right now, there's no doubt that it's a Spirit-type.
Because of the Dimensional Space's restriction, every Dark World denizen will have their efficiencies reduced to 80%. That 20% reduction could certainly become fatal.
The difference of the Dark World denizens' various Spirit-type Mortal Pathways could be seen from how the abilities or skills they got from it were being applied in each and every move of theirs. Also, once they started their Transcendent Pathway, it would show a faint property of another type.
Udann's skill showed that. If I'm not wrong, his Transcendent Pathway involved merging Physique-type properties to his completed Spirit-type Mortal Pathway. Since it's still just in the 1st realm, it doesn't exhibit a big change yet. As to what tribe he came from, I have no idea and for now, I have no motivation to know.
Once the command from that Dafirae Tribe Transcendent was carried out, around twenty Rank 1 Transcendents heeded it and targeted the giant statue's feet. And although there's no additional help on the other side, they also copied the command and targeted the other giant statue's feet.
With their weapons raised, Dark Energy instantly filled their surroundings which aided them as they unleashed different kinds of skills, barraging the two giant statues at their feet.
"Udann, forget the giant for now, focus on those human-sized. They will be easy for you."
I commanded Udann while throwing three types of boost which instantly energized him.
He looked back and nodded before picking himself up. Pointing his glaive to the regular-sized statues, his body once again exhibited a change. If earlier, it's only his arm who changed into rusty-metal color, this time it included his whole body and even his glaive. From below him, a brown circular Domain expanded.
In a blink of an eye, a statue's head flew up and a burst of energy escaped from the hole on its neck before it crumbled to pieces leaving behind the baseball-sized stone.
Upon seeing that eagerness by Udann that he even went all out, I continued picking up the baseball-sized stones while inspecting the destroyed statues.
"Considering they're moving as a lifeless object, I could only rule out that they're a new race. This Space was conjured using the power of the enemy world's World's Will. Maybe it was projecting a part of its world and these statues were just a byproduct to hinder us. Unfortunately, both sides will have to clear them up before they could continue. Now the question is… will they respawn?" I muttered under my breath as I turned the broken statues around, using my Adaptability to thoroughly investigate it.
While I was busy at that, some of the freed Transcendents who saw us charging in arrived at the fortress. They're those who were also excited for a fight unlike the other cowardly Transcendents still trembling at a distance.
I already cleaned up the baseball-sized stones and stored them at the Necklace. Upon seeing me observing broken rocks, they immediately lost interest in me. After putting down what they're carrying, they split up to join the fray.
Really, the only threat at the moment was the two giant statues. As long as they don't get squashed one by one, they could take it down. They didn't possess any Skills after all.
To prevent them from suspecting me, I joined in with the newcomers.
This ruined fortress is square-shaped. With thick walls around it, most of the space inside was occupied by a tower-like structure that was still closed, leaving only narrow ground where they were currently fighting. Because flying is prohibited, with our addition, the space became instantly crowded. If we're not careful, we could hit each other, or worse, the possibility of colliding with each other when dodging the giant statue's swing is high.
Either way, that's only their problem. While I acted like I'm pitching in my attacks by controlling my conjured Sea from my Spirit Pathway, I'm picking up every stones stealthily as I moved past the giant statue and arrived at where Udann was soloing a group of regular-sized statues.
Now that I'm this close, I noticed that the energy which leaked out from the statues he destroyed was gathering around him. However, it was only visible to those with a high sensitivity to Energy like someone with a high Energy Control.
Udann hasn't noticed it at all or even some of the Dafirae Tribe who still had a bit of that energy hovering above their heads.
It's not Dark Energy but most likely the Source Energy of the enemy world. With every swing of his glaive, a part of that gathered energy would be drawn to it which in turn would enhance the explosiveness of his attack and the Skills he used.
Apart from that, slowly but surely, the gathered energy was being absorbed by his body. That's a natural Absorption that would go straight to his Pathway's progress.
I see. This really feels like an RPG World. These mobs are dropping loot and every kill gives whoever killed it experience points in the form of that gathered energy.
If not for the clear indication by the system about their type of Source Energy, I would probably suspect that it's a System-type of World.
Well then, it's not flashy to kill one or two of them to check, right?
I glanced at the giant statue first and upon seeing its feet still hadn't crumbled from their barrage of skills, I ignored it and dashed towards Udann and the group of regular-sized statues.
Flash Draw!
In a blink of an eye, three of the damaged statues were cut into six pieces.
Upon seeing my arrival, Udann who's ignorant about why I made a move was enlivened. He nodded at me before kicking the statue trying to attack him from his rear.
"Thanks! I really need a helping hand. There's too many of them."
"Don't sweat it, I'm just afraid you'll die against them, it would be hard to find a replacement for you."
I replied coldly. My attention was on the three statues I destroyed after all. As the energy leaked out from their bodies, everything gathered towards me.
And through that, I confirmed one of my guesses. Kill Stealing is allowed!
"Hah. That's cold coming from you. I'm a Rank 2 now thanks to your skill. I will not easily die against these clay dolls."
Domain and Valor and adding him as an Ally that could receive 50% of the Support Bonus made it possible for him to reach that point.
If I suddenly took those two buffs from him, this guy will surely be stomped by these statues.
Even after destroying more than five of them, this narrow space was filled by these statues. And from afar, I could see a third giant statue, chilling at a distance, with its back against the wall.
Since that giant statue and the other regular-sized statue around him were not moving, they probably have a certain range before we draw their aggro.
That's convenient, to say the least.
At this moment, the energy from the three statues has already gathered above me, and just like what's happening with Udann, it was being slowly absorbed by my body.
"Udann, my attacks were not as strong as yours. Let me take care of those about to crumble."
"Got it!"
Thanks to this guy, I now see a bright future for my progress on my Mortal Pathway in this Dimensional Space.
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