Chapter 89 - Deadly Battle

So I had to deplete those angels from their blessing points as I got the chance for it. Besides, I might get lucky and kill two birds with one stone here.

Plus I sat my eyes over a certain trophy, something the angels provided to me on a golden plate.

"Now!" As I finished wrapping the silk over my waist, I took a deep breath, prepared my mind for the better, and gave the order at the moment the Golems were ready to hit me with another arrow.

*Fwoosh!*

Like before, the scenery changed in front of me where the earth and ground exchanged positions many times. I knew that the many silk threads I wrapped around my waist were unfolding in a rapid succession, rotating my body while getting thrown into the air.

That made me feel nauseous, but I tried to endure as far as I could. After all, everything depended on what I was going to do in the next minute. I couldn't fail this… I wouldn't!

*Buzz!*

All I felt was like my body got torn apart into two halves from my waist. It was a sign for the silk threads to reach their limit in length, and now they were tightened and stopped my flashing body and forcibly stopped it.

I clenched my teeth and didn't know if I screamed out of immense pain or not. All I felt was for my consciousness to grow hazy and my body to become limb.

"Not the time for that!" I bit the tip of my tongue, throwing out all this fatigue away and opening my eyes wide.

I found myself tens of metres away from the shore, just a couple of tens of metres away from my enemies. My body seemed to freeze midair, under the effect of the negating powers of my throw and the resistance of the pulling effect of the silks.

"Now!"

I knew it was time. Without even catching my breath I took out something from my inventory as I shouted to the back dragon. I felt my body fall to the ground under the effect of gravity at the same moment.

It was time!

I raised both hands high in the air, arched my back and then inserted the long staff I held with both hands into the ground.

[Do you want to mark this location for future use? To mark a place, you'll need to pay ten thousand coins per time]

"Save it goddammit!"

[Location is saved]

[Ten thousand coins are deducted]

*Fwoosh!*

Just as the couple of messages popped up in front of my face, I was already midair, forcibly being pulled by my valiant dragon.

And as I was getting far away from the shore, I could see at this moment a torrent of arrows being unleashed by most of the enemies on the shore.

I snorted while watching this, raising both middle fingers in front of them in a teasing move.

"I'll come again to kill y'all!" I muttered, without care if they heard me or not.

As I got closer to my dragons and girls, the attack of the star weapon landed at the river, just thirty metres away from the shore.

"F*ck you all!" I shouted before all the voices vanished under the mighty effect of that weapon. As I landed over the shield, I resummoned my staff again and planted it over the shield.

[Do you want to mark this location for future use? To mark a place, you'll need to pay ten thousand coins per time]

"Yes, bind it for god sake!"

[The mark is saved]

[Ten thousand coins are deducted]

The dragons were doing a great job as they pulled further away from the shore. That saved us from the mightiness of the attack. And I could tell without looking that the enemies on the shore escaped the range of that deadly weapon as well.

But who said I was planning to kill them using that weapon in such a direct way? Come on! I had to kill them myself!

"Link the two locations together," just before the gigantic waves were born again, I slowly muttered.

[You have many marks to select from. Please identify two marks from the list]

This was my first time ever using the mighty ability of my staff. A list opened in front of me and I knew this might take a few seconds to be done.

"Stop the waves," as I selected the last two locations, I gave my orders to the nearby dragons to do their part.

[Your selection is complete]

[One million coins are needed to bind the two location together]

[Warning: the gate will only last for one day]

"Bind the two together," I didn't like all these messages. Why didn't the gate just open once I gave the order?

[The two locations are bound successfully]

[One million coins are being deducted]

[The gate will open now]

Just as the last message appeared, I could already feel the change in the air all around. It felt like something was sucking all the air from the area, as if a negative pressure point was created just beside me.

"Stop!" I gave the order to my dragon who was dragging us all this time, "you'll stand on guard here. Make sure to protect my girls."

*Roar!* the dragon roared in a weak tone, showing how deeply injured he was. But I didn't even bat an eye. This wasn't a time to give him preferential treatment.

"Sorry pal, you need to hang in there for much longer," I said while the gate finally opened.

It appeared like a small whirlpool made out of pure silver white wisps of light. It rotated fiercely like it had a life of its own. In the centre of it, a small oval shaped blackness appeared, and got expanded with the expansion of the entire portal.

It was here, at last!

"You two, get back," as I opened it, I called back my two dragons first before I bent my knees and jumped into the gate.

All I could feel was a strange gush of cold air before I found myself appearing the next moment on the other side of the river.

There things didn't look much different than what I experienced at the river. The last time they waited until I moved far from the area of impact, so the waves didn't threaten them.

But this time was different. The star weapon landed just next to them. They managed to escape the deadly beam of that lethal weapon, but how could they avoid the terrifying waves?

I just appeared in the place I marked a minute ago. As I came here, luckily one gigantic wave just passed and washed away many of the enemies with it.

Only the gigantic ballista stood there with the big Gollems. They stood on the ground like small mountains.

Damn! Even the mighty waves couldn't budge their bodies an inch! But this came also within my calculations.

"Come forth my mighty dragons!" As I reached this far, how could I let such a chance slip by my hands?

I summoned my dragons first. Three big dragons stood in midair, flapping their long wings and looking around with much cruelty in their eyes.

"One stop the waves," I gave the order, "and two hunt down the Gollems using your breaths."

The Golems were such a terrifying race excelled in brutal strength and unbelievable defensive abilities. But in terms of offence or speed, they paled in comparison.

They couldn't pose a threat to either my dragons in the air or myself slightly away from them. Their movement speed was sluggish like snails, so it was easy to maintain the gap between the two of us all the time.

Besides that turtle-like speed would ensure them to not avoid my dragon's attacks.

"Come forth," but who said I would only use my dragons here? It was finally time for my counterattack, and it had to be swift and in such a domineering fashion.

My warriors finally appeared next.

"Shield warriors… Use your combined skill and trap them in a deep crater," I said in a cold tone that would make even the angels shiver in fear, "the magicians and archers, rain down the attacks over and don't give them even a second to breathe."

*Roar!*

The roar came not from my shield warriors, magicians, or archers… It came from my Bulltors.

They seemed to be so eager to join the battle.

"Not now," but I had to stop them, "just encircle us. I don't want any more surprises to come from those dirty angels."

I knew the possibility of this happening was almost nil. But it was better to be cautious than regretful.

As my small army of dragons and warriors kicked in, things started to go smoothly according to my plan.

Since the first time I saw those Gollems, I loathed them for myself! I wanted them! Badly wanted to acquire them like how I acquired my dragons.

And eventually things worked in my favour. On the surface, things seemed to work fine for the angels, not me. But who said calamities couldn't be turned into blessings?

There were around fifteen giant Gollem's trapped now in the deep crater caused by my shield warriors. They tried to resist, but they weren't agile or good climbers to begin with.

Besides, my dragons kept attacking them using their mighty breaths. Even the sturdiest shields couldn't withstand their attacks and cracked before the star weapon hit the river.

But under the mighty waves, that broken shield got smashed open. They got nothing now to protect themselves with, nothing to stop their upcoming death.

I knew the only drawback of this plan was the long time needed for my dragons to kill them all. After all there were fifteen of them and only three of my dragons.

But who said I couldn't use the waves to my favour?

That was why I created that crater in the first place! I didn't just want to trap them. My magicians and archers could simply keep them trapped without breaking a sweat.

But the deep creator the shield warriors created and kept deepening using their combined skills in succession was getting submerged with the successive giant and violent waves.

Even at some point I saw the huge bodies of these Gollem's get rolled and tossed inside that crater like they were feathers in the wind!

"Keep them inside," I urged my magicians and archers, "use your attacks to knock them back!"

The water was forcing the Gollems' bodies to dance inside the crater that seemed to turn into a small lake here. But that might allow these Gollems to escape at any moment.

So my warriors kicked in and used their attacks to force the bodies of those Gollems rolling back inside the depth of this crater filled with raging waters.

And my dragons were smart enough to grab the meaning of my orders. They also used their breaths to make sure the Gollems stayed within the centre of the crater.

The dragon's combined breath skill was a mighty weapon, enough to kill any Gollem with one hit. But it had the weakening side effect that would prevent my dragons from taking part in the battle for long minutes.

I couldn't accept that! So instead of killing three Golems in one go, I preferred to wear them down bit by bit, and finally kill them all once the weapon effect vanished.

Ten minutes… It took ten whole minutes to finally kill the last Gollem.

The attack ended in five minutes as usual. As it stopped, the mighty waves ceased to exist, and the imminent threat towards me and my warriors, dragons, and girl vanished.

"Go and help your brothers," I said to the dragon tasked with breaking the waves before I turned to the river. "Bring them over."

I knew that the first dragon I summoned was already at its limits.. I just prayed he wouldn't fall here. Or else I would consider this battle as a one won with one's meat and skin peeled off!