CHAPTER 82: CHESS MATCH II

"Huh?"

[Ding!]

[3 of your undead are dead.]

[Respawn time: 1:00:00]

"I did not expect her to use something like that. How can a stone suddenly become 3 massive sized boulders? She really took my innocent friends by surprise. I should avenge them.

That is the only plausible solution that I can think off to balance the loss that I am experiencing.

If 3 are down, I just need to replace those 3 with another 3.

Hmm. I can’t undo the death embrace that I am currently using. I guess Bo would be enough. MAYBE NOT Bo alone. He should be accompanied by Idah and Ottis.

That should do the trick. My target now should be that mage lady. Her spells and tricks do hit hard.

Arise Bo." Tim said, and immediately his evolved Snow White Wolf came out from his shadow.

Patting the head of the wolf, he transmitted the instructions needed to the mind of the wolf.

It was a simple yet complex instruction.

The wolf nodded its head in understanding of the instruction, and Idah and Ottis who were beside Tim, jumped onto the back of Bo, and immediately Bo dashed towards the location of Aniyah and the remaining guild members.

Zou who was facing off 3 of the lions, saw Bo move towards their camp, but he could not do anything because he was being attacked widely by the Mystic Lions.

His eyes caught sight of Ottis and Idah, and he immediately knew that the elf was sort of involved in the attack that they were witnessing.

He had refrained from using his full power because he wanted to save his strength for the boss monster of the dungeon. But after seeing Idah.

He started to get impatient. He had already sized up Idah’s strength the last time that met, and he came up with a plan that Faye and Amiyah will face Idah.

But that plan was now in shambles because Faye was here with him and Amiyah was with the other guild members. It was not that he did not trust the strength of his guild members.

It was that he did not think that they could stand a chance against Idah without a proper Sage.

Kylee was not really reliable, because he relied mainly on assassinations and stealth.

"We have to speed this battle up Faye. Stop holding back." Zou said, as he dodged a claw strike that was aimed at his chest.

CLAMG CLANG CLANG

It was really crazy because the attacks of the Mystic Lions were properly organized and structured. Each sword strike was blocked or deflected by the lions.

It was as if they were taking turns, to strike and block.

Zou immediately created space between himself and the 2 lions that were pressing an assault on him.

"Heavy Style: Digging Slash" he casted his condensed aura skill once more and sent it towards the lions that were just some distance from him.

The Mystic Lions tried to evade the attack, but their bodies were just too massive to evade such a large attack of the caliber that they were facing, so instead 3 of the lions instantly released a massive amount of fire.

BOOM!

The fire and Zou’s skill cancelled each other once more, but Zou skillfully followed up after the collision with a slash powered by the remnants of his heavy style technique that seemed to cut the heavens itself.

SWISHH

Just like that, one of the 3 monsters was split in half. Zou wanted to follow up with another attack, but the lions hurriedly shot out another scorching hot fire ball.

Which in turn forced Zou to take a defensive stance. As the flames struck him.

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POOM

The force of the explosion caused him to retreat by some feet, but he balanced himself immediately after the force on his body had been exhausted.

He was clad in armor but he had burns on his body. He was at that point having a battle in a burning environment.

"These monsters are learning Stop holding back Faye." Zou yelled at Faye who was still at a stalemate with the lion that she was facing.

"They don’t seem to be learning. Know I am sure that someone is controlling them. These are not the movements and attack patterns of a monster. They are too coordinated.

We have to take out whoever it is that is controlling them." Faye said, as she suddenly became a blur and zipped past the Mystic Lion that she had been facing.

THUDD

Just like that the lion that she was facing collapsed. Its body diced into pieces as blood splattered around it.

"If my assumptions are right then the person manipulating the monsters should be in the direction that the massive wolf was coming from. We just have to follow the trail and it will lead us to our target." Faye said, as she skillfully removed the stains of blood on her sword.

...

[Ding]

[2 of your undead are dead.]

[Respawn time: 1:00:00]

"Oh well, they did try their best. But that her sword skill was too cool. Did she use aura to speed herself up. I thought I was a good puppeteer but it seems like there is still a lot that needs to be learned.

At least I got to see their skills a little. It would not be nice if I let those 2 Mystic Lion die at their hands.

I need all the support that I can get against those 2 battle sage warriors.

First of all, I need them to come to me and not join up with undead that I sent towards that powerful mage." Tim analyzed, as he performed his next move.

....

"So, we should take care of these 2 monsters then go after the being that is controlling them. Is that what you are suggesting." Zou said, as he pointed his sword towards the 2 remaining Mystic Lions that they were facing.

"Yes, I don’t think that I am wrong. The person controlling them is definitely near us. If we take out the being then I am sure that we will be able to take out the other monsters." Faye replied,