Chapter 482 Unexpected Reinforcements
"Grixor… Why are you interrupting us?!"
The Quake Dragon grunted as the rest of his body burst from the ground. He said nothing as his wingless, hard-plated draconic body barreled at Jin. While standing on four legs, Grixor was sixty meters long and twenty meters tall. As Jin backed away, Grixor groaned and stood on his hind legs.
But Jin wasn"t able to relax. Both of his feet were suddenly grabbed by two hands rus.h.i.+ng out of the ground. At the same time, Tyres charged forward with killing intent.
Just as Tyres was about to reach the samurai, a barrier of holy energy blocked his a.s.sault
While Jin attacked the hands holding him down and broke free of their grip, Guuro descended by his side. They stood together as the holy G.o.ds formed a perimeter around them.
"Tyres, you coward!" Jin berated, cheated out of his duel yet again.
"What"s it matter? So long as I win, then it"s my victory all the same," retorted Tyres.
While the battle on the ground heated up with the reveal of three more G.o.ds, Eedaj dove down to join them. Only he was stopped by Kylon the moment he moved.
"Eedaj, so I have to do this?" Kylon asked.
"I guess so…" Eedaj sighed, gathering fire and darkness around him. "Forgive me. Whatever the outcome is, know that I respect you, Kylon."
"The feeling is mutual."
Entering her hybrid form, Kylon immediately launched her steamy breath attack against Eedaj"s fire. At the same time, electrical energy danced around her body. She, like Eedaj, was lucky enough to wield three elements and not two.
Darkness expanded around them as they began their battle, catching the eyes of the G.o.ds below.
Guuro examined the three G.o.ds around them before asking, "So the chaotic G.o.ds are no more? Your will"s that weak, Alcahain?"
Scoffing, the former chaotic G.o.d smiled coldly. "I"m free to act as I wish with Skaryn absent, so I"ll do what I must. Unlike you, though, I"m still very much alive and will remain alive for quite some time."
"Are you sure about that?" Jin taunted, readying his katanas.
Grixor laughed, "What can you do about it? Alone, Alcahain will lose. But with me, there"s no chance for you two."
Refuting that statement wouldn"t be possible with words. Words wouldn"t make sense as the lv. 91 samurai and lv. 92 cleric would take on a lv. 92 swordsman, a lv. 90 brawler, and a lv. 95 Quake Dragon. Only their fate-defying survival would counter such a statement.
"Hadurt, are you busy?"
The former chaotic champion evaded an intersecting barrage of attacks while replying, "Only at the moment. What"s wrong?"
"Can you face Alcahain and live?"
"HUUUUUUH?!?! What are you talking about?!" Hadurt shouted as he rerouted the party chasing after him.
"Alcahain and Grixor teamed up with Tyres against Jin. I"m busy with Kylon and Guuro won"t be enough to help Jin," reasoned Eedaj. "If you do that, won"t you be able to at least hold out against him?"
"But… Really, right now?!" Hadurt complained as he focused on evasion from his pursuers.
"Yes! Immediately! If you don"t go now, then you won"t be able to call their battle a fight!"
"Fine! I"ll do it now!"
"Thank you, Hadurt…"
Ending their conversation, Hadurt backed away and retrieved a small gla.s.s vial while he redirected himself for the battlefield of the G.o.ds. Those chasing him were unsure of what was going on or what red liquid was inside the vial, but they couldn"t do anything as Hadurt gulped down the liquid without a second thought.
As the liquid pa.s.sed his throat, Hadurt then spun the halberd until he pierced his forearm with it, going clean through to the other side.
That party of a.s.sociation higher-ups was dumbstruck as they witnessed Hadurt convulsing and crying in pain. They saw the demonic energy pour into Hadurt"s body. A coughing spasm broke out of Hadurt"s lips as well, but the berserker didn"t stop running or slow down in the slightest. He paid no attention to the spectating pursuers.
Only seconds later, that party noticed Hadurt"s body begin to visibly change.
His body structure started to become more lupine and taller. Hadurt"s limbs were growing longer and his muscles expanded as well. Forced to store his armor away, Hadurt shouted in agony as his bones and body were forcibly changing and growing to reach three meters in height. Claws formed where his fingernails and toenails once were. Flaming-red fur sprouted along Hadurt"s shoulders, forearms, and calves. The berserker"s face thinned out to a point as his mouth, nose, and ears all mimicked a fox. His pained cries turned to howls as his shaking started to lessen.
Those from the a.s.sociation were baffled and utterly clueless as to what just happened. All they knew was that Hadurt had likely just become far stronger than previously.
While they were caught up in the moment, Hadurt covered himself in demonic, lightning, and wind energy. His new form mixed with his already incredible speed became the nightmare of those a.s.sociation members.
The leader was the first to die. As the demonic halberd was thrust through the duelist"s throat, Handurt"s second hand tore into the man"s chest. With two fatal wounds, Hadurt eliminated the party"s key to keeping him at bay.
Mercilessly, Hadurt slaughtered the remaining three and dashed toward the nearby field. His howls filled the battlefield with eeriness and shock.
"ALCAHAIN!!" Hadurt roared.
Before the three holy G.o.ds made a move, they spotted the incoming combatant. However, they were floored to see what Hadurt had become and how fast he was moving.
Continuing, Hadurt cried with a h.e.l.lish smile of his new fangs, "It"s my turn to teach you what fear is!"
"Go, just hurry up and kill him," Grixor stated.
"But--"
"Do you doubt me?!" Grixor questioned.
"N-no…" Alcahain didn"t dare look Grixor in the eye as the Quake Dragon took his hybrid form. Like his relations.h.i.+p with Moranti before, Alcahain knew when he was outcla.s.sed.
Rather than reject Grixor"s proposal, Alcahain left Grixor and Tyres to handle Jin while he darted toward the incoming enemy.