920 Chapter 920
Having reached the center of the Desolate Desert where the Font of Death was located, Marcus and his companions had found the nation of Aezam's guardian beast, the Phoenix Zaila chained up and slowly being turned into an undead monster by being submerged within the Font of Death.
However, before Marcus could heal Zaila, the perpetrators behind the unnatural events within the Desolate Desert had impeded him.
The four individuals causing turmoil that threatened to destroy Aezam using an army of undead had two familiar faces among them.
One was Mrazivý's traitorous uncle Vaughn Borealia who had allied himself with demons, and another was Argus, the former third ranked great knight of Tralenstein who had fought alongside Marcus during Tralenstein's civil war.
After a brief clash, the group of demon collaborators led by Vaughn had managed to teleport away and leave a berserk Zaila behind as a distraction.
Now Marcus, Mrazivý, Roxene, Blitz, and Inten were being forced to deal with the higher level and incredibly powerful mythic grade beast.
"Scatter!" Marcus shouted as Zaila unleashed another blast of flames from her mouth.
Flying in different directions, the five of them kept their distance from Zaila and made it impossible for her to target them all at once with a concentrated attack. As powerful as each of them was individually, they were not at a level where they could block such powerful attacks.
At the very least Zaila being in an enraged state that made it impossible for her to think clearly, meant that her attacks lacked finesse or planning. All she was doing was launching furious attacks at anything within her sight.
Once the blast of flames that Marcus, Mrazivý, Roxene, Blitz, and Inten had avoided impacted against the desert dozens of kilometers away, it exploded into a massive ball of flames that consumed everything within several kilometers.
The area shook and cracked from the pressure and soon searing winds with as much force as those from the strongest hurricanes reached Marcus and his companions.
Watching the aftermath of the attack Marcus could only liken it to the videos he had seen back when he lived on Earth of hydrogen bomb detonations.
'If we leave her like this, she is going to destroy all of Aezam, if not more. We need to put her down if we cannot cure her.' Mrazivý said after making a telepathic connection with all of them.
Marcus' beast companions swiftly agreed. They were mythic grade beasts as well and knew just how much destruction Zaila was capable of. At her level, she could leave a continent a smoldering heap in a few weeks if left unchecked.
Nevertheless, Marcus was not completely sold on killing Zaila without pursuing other options. Also, he was not sure if they would be able to do so on their own. Certainly, the five of them were strong, but this was their first time up against an opponent that was both higher level and in the same class as they were. Normally they would beat higher level adversaries thanks to their higher quality. This time, they did not have that advantage.
'I want to try something else before we resort to that. I have an idea, but I will need the four of you to restrain her while I try it. Can I count on all of you to do that?' Marcus said.
'I understand that she is just a victim in this, but keeping her restrained is too much of a ris-
'We can do it for a short amount of time. You have two minutes; after that we will need to concentrate our efforts of beating her.' Roxene responded, cutting off Mrazivý who was about to refuse Marcus' request.
Then, before anything else could be discussed, Roxene's form expanded into that of a giant wolf that was comparable in size to Zaila.
She had activated her Supreme Skill Paragon of Divine Wolf, and at the same time used Soul Burst which was one of the skills Marcus had shared with her when they first became bound to each other.
With a great leap though the sky, Roxene impacted against Zaila and the two of them began biting and clawing at each other in a ferocious bestial display.
Both of them began plummeting out of the sky as they tore into each other.
Unfortunately, Roxene, even with her sudden boost in power, was nowhere near strong enough to beat Zaila on her own and was clearly losing.
'I guess we are doing this.' Mrazivý said with a bit of irritation in her tone.
Still, she quickly flew downwards to assist Roxene in restraining Zaila, along with Blitz and Inten who had hesitated for only a moment.
'I had better make this fast. I hope it works.' Marcus thought before reverting to his ghostly form and flying directly for Zaila.
When he reached the edge of her body, he activated his possession ability and slipped inside her body. If he could not help her from the outside, he would just have to go inside and see what he could do.
Frankly this was reckless at best, and bordering on suicidal at worst, but Marcus could not help but try.
Usually, he would have been met with staunch resistance by whatever creature he was trying to enter, but surprisingly it was quite easy to enter Zaila's body while she was going berserk. Her normal resistance that protected her soul was far weaker thanks to the object that had been imbedded in her that was the cause of her current state.
Yet, the moment Marcus felt that things were going far better than he expected, he found the reason for Zaila's lowered defenses.
The black and barbed stake that had been jammed into her back was not only attached to her body, but her soul as well. And the instant that Marcus infiltrated her and came in contact with her spirit, the powerful magical item began sending its negative effects his way as well.
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