Chapter 524: The Unknown Einherjar
Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Hitesh_
"Lord Sanders, please evacuate your people right now, and don"t let your low-level soldiers even go near that... thing."
"Yes."
Vorenus charged up his GN force and took off. His level twenty soul energy immediately drew the attention of all of the Zergs.
"Finally, someone worthy of my time." The dark one flapped his winds and turned towards Vorenus.
"Scarab, say "hi" to him for me."
A tail of some monster wheezed in front of Vorenus, tracing a dark line in the sky.
When the scarab Zerg finally revealed itself, Vorenus saw a giant monster with a turtle sh.e.l.l on its back and a long tail. It charged at him while spitting destructive fire from its fanged mouth.
Vorenus charged his GN force into his blade as he glued his eyes onto the most dangerous weapon of the scarab: its tail.
Suddenly, Vorenus disappeared and reappeared right next to the head of the monster. He had sensed that its week spot was the head, so he decided to strike there first.
But, before Vorenus could unleash an attack, he caught a glimpse of the monster"s tail coming at him with a sweeping motion. Thus, he was forced to give up his attack and get out of the harm"s way.
The level of the Zerg was too high for even Vorenus, much less any other ordinary fighter.
"Lord Sanders, should we send in more high-level soldiers?"
Sanders" face paled; the power of the Zerg had caught him off guard. "Of course! Help Mr. Vorenus! If anything happens to him, we are all done for!"
No one knew how this giant monster bypa.s.sed the city"s security system. The METAL warriors lifted themselves from the ground one after another to help Vorenus. Meanwhile, the high level dark one didn"t intervene; instead, it just watched the battle unfold as if enjoying a show.
Tan Bu and Lun Duo stared at the monsters in the sky and wondered what kind of Zergs they were.
"The mastery casters are on the move!" Duo Lun noticed.
As fire bolts rained onto the Scarab Zerg, the sh.e.l.led Zerg retreated quickly and flew to a safe distance away from the mastery casters.
In a blink, two-level sixteen warriors died at the tip of the Scarab"s tail.
"Pull back! Let me handle it myself!" Vorenus shouted to the other METAL soldiers. Holding the blade in both hands, he attacked the incoming tail with a wide sweep.
"KOM!"
The attack knocked the armored tail to a side and opened up the Zerg"s defense. Vorenus rose to the opportunity and charged toward the Zerg"s head. The Zerg"s head simply retracted back into its sh.e.l.l like a turtle"s, and the Blade landed on the hard sh.e.l.l instead.
"KOM!"
The giant Zerg was knocked back, but the impact also numbed Vorenus" palm.
"KOM!"
A row of deadly ice spears appeared out of nowhere and pierced through the Scarab. The Zerg lost its balance and then thudded back to the ground.
Xiao Yuyu had unleashed that spell from the top of a building; the Zerg was too powerful for Vorenus to fight alone.
But, as Vorenus was going to deliver the final killing blow, life returned to the fallen Zerg, and it spat fire out of its mouth, killing many innocent citizens.
Vorenus scowled and sped up; however, he felt the presence of a powerful enemy boring down on him from above. He didn"t have time to evade the attack, and was dealt a blow on this back.
Having received a deadly blow, Vorenus was going to turn on his heels. However, three claws that were sharp like daggers dug into his shoulder and stopped him cold in his tracks.
Vorenus heard a cold voice speak behind him.
"Hehe… Level twenty, aren"t you? How pathetic!"
KOM!
A fire dragon suddenly appeared below the dark one. The dark one smiled faintly and then tossed Vorenus right into the gaping mouth of the fire dragon before he disappeared into thin air.
When he reappeared, his mutated face was only two inches away from Xiao Yuyu.
"Human... who are you?" The dark one hissed.
"I am the chief medic of the Divine Mastery Sect, Xiao Yuyu!" Up close, Xiao Yuyu was astonished to realize that she had never seen such a Zerg before. His body, instead of being dark gray, shone with a faint blue light under the moonlight.
"The Divine Mastery Sect… Hmm! If you are strong, perhaps I should take you back with me as a gift for our Dark Lord."
"Ice Storm!"
Soul energy poured out from Xiao Yuyu"s hand as she cast the level eighteen ice spell.
The spell blew an icy gale at the dark one. The dark one quickly covered his head to protect from the spell, but his body could not withstand the bitter coldness, and it gradually froze up.
While Xiao Yuyu cast the spell, she was concerned about Vorenus" injury.
On the ground, Vorenus still struggled against the Scarab Zerg, trying to cut off its head. However, the Scarab Zerg was smart and used its hard sh.e.l.l as protection. In between Vorenus" attacks, it would sneak its head out of the sh.e.l.l and wreak havoc to its surrounding.
Vorenus had tried to crack open its sh.e.l.l using brute force, but to no avail. Frustrated, he wondered since when did the Zerg evolve into such a powerful state.
Although Vorenus was convinced that the head and the neck area were the Zerg"s weakness, without a distraction, it would be difficult for him to land a solid blow on it.
Meanwhile, the ice on the dark one"s body quickly thawed, and the dark on was unharmed.
"Human, is this really your best attack?"
The dark one asked as he reached out its claws at Xiao Yuyu. Xiao Yuyu hurried to take a few steps away from the Zerg, but the dark one was faster.
As Xiao Yuyu was about to give up, she felt someone grab her from behind, and in a blink, she was teleported to a few dozen meters away from where she had been.
The dark one also hurried back to the sky like a startled bird, an ugly bird at that.
The Scarab Zerg on the ground also took off and was back in the air in an instant. In the sky, in between the two Zergs was another figure: a human figure.
Soldiers could sense the temperature dropping by the second, and before long, snow started to fall from the sky. As soon as the snow touched the blazing fire, the flame waned significantly and then eventually died out.
Finally, people had a clear view of the human in the sky; he was in an Einherjar METAL suit.
"Gos.h.!.+ That"s an Einherjar!"
"We are saved!"
"That must be the Divine Master himself!"
Xiao Yuyu looked at the unfamiliar face in that s.h.i.+ny Einherjar METAL and wondered who that was. The stranger had just used a spell that was so powerful that only the young master would be able to wield it.
The Scarab Zerg attacked as it shot belligerent flames at the human Einherjar warrior.
Seeing this, the humans on the ground gasped: the Einherjar didn"t dodge the attack at all.
"KOM!"
The flame had hit home. However, the Einherjar was unharmed.
"Human, who are you?" The Scarab Zerg asked while brandis.h.i.+ng its tail.
Einherjar answered the question with a slap on the Zerg"s face.
Feeling humiliated, the Zerg shouted in hysteria.
"Kill him! Kill him!"
The Scarab shot large fireb.a.l.l.s out of his mouth, but all of them missed their target.
The Einherjar jabbed the Zerg with his right hand.
"KOM"
The Zerg was blown away and only stopped by a wall. Before the Scarab Zerg was able to gather itself, the Einherjar delivered another blow on the sh.e.l.l. The punch went straight through the sh.e.l.l, deep into the belly of the beast.
Seeing his partner"s downfall, the dark one finally attacked. His ten fingers turned into ten sharp blades, all of them pointed at the Einherjar.
Xiao Yuyu was engrossed in the fight scene, and she reckoned that this Einherjar was not from Mars. Plus, she had never heard of any Einherjar who was both a METAL warrior and a mastery caster.
On the other hand, the high-level dark one had reached at least the legendary level. He was even capable of copying humans" combat techniques.
The Einherjar disappeared, and the attack pa.s.sed right through him and landed on a high rise building. The steel and concrete building was sliced in half in an instant.
The dark one didn"t stop there, as he folded his hands and turned his fingers into a blade made out of bones. He launched himself into the air and delivered the same sidearm attack that Vorenus had just executed.
"Kom!"
Both the dark one and the Einherjar appeared in the sky, and along with them came a swell of explosions.
"You are of a new breed, aren"t you? How many of you are there?" The Einherjar asked slowly. The dark one felt that his body was hijacked by a powerful force. Despite his resistance, a few words tumbled out from his mouth.
"Twelve..."
"What is the goal?"
"Evolution, towards... humans" secret."
"Did Patroclus send anyone to Mars of late?"
"Yes."
"Is Moye fully recovered?"
The mere mentioning of Moye agitated the dark one. w.a.n.g Tong furrowed his brows as he lost control over the dark one"s mind. He had many more questions.
The dark one paused for a second and let out a pained wince before his head exploded from inside.
The battle was over, and the Einherjar slowly faded out of view.
The victory came so suddenly that the citizens were still recovering from the trauma. While Sanders marveled at his extreme luck of being saved by a mysterious Einherjar, he also wondered who this Einherjar was.
Right after the battle, Xiao Yuyu rushed to Vorenus to tend to his wounds.
"Just like young master had said, Zergs are getting stronger." Xiao Yuyu said.
Vorenus nodded, "Both Zergs were of new breeds that we have never seen before. The Scarab Zerg is around level eighteen, but it has an extraordinary defense. That dark one must have already reached the legendary level, and he is capable of imitating human moves. We need to report this development back to young master as soon as possible."
Xiao Yuyu nodded, "The dark one is onto something, there is no question about it. People here are being too optimistic."
"Touché! And I bet you that Sanders is not alone among all the other city lords. We have been too nice to them."
"Who do you think that Einherjar was? One of us?" Xiao Yuyu asked.
"Not likely. We know all the legendary level warriors in the sect, and none of them would show up here. I think this impersonator is more powerful than even the legendary level. Who would that be?" Vorenus asked curiously.
"Where is boss?" Lun Duo asked.
"Yeah, where is he? I hope he is not dead."
"I am so moved that you two still remembered me. Haha... Thank you very much, I am still alive." w.a.n.g Tong said with a broad smile as he walked into the room.
Due to the Zerg attack and the mysterious Einherjar"s dramatic rescue, the auction was called off. No one knew who the Einherjar was, and Sanders was convinced that he was a warrior from the Sect. If Sanders had learned any lesson today, it was not to mess with the Sect.
Therefore, Sanders made up his mind to obey the Sect"s order from then on.
w.a.n.g Tong would never have imagined that his involvement would have helped Xiao Yuyu and the Divine Mastery Sect unexpectedly. All this while, he wondered how powerful Patroclus had gotten, and what would happen if he were to fight him there and then.