Chapter 390 - 390: Betrayal?

Boom!

Blink performed a series of backflips before landing hard on the ground, leaving behind shattered earth underneath his feet. His hands were filled with bruises and trembled lightly, but the beast man wasn't in a better condition either. His body was riddled with cut wounds and injuries caused by Blink's powerful blows but the only difference was his healing capabilities were high enough to give Blink heartache.

He had seen Derik's immortal body in action and he has always considered this a godly skill for Derik. But never in his life did he think a day would come where he would have to battle someone possessing self-regenerative abilities. And even though the beast-man regeneration ability was extremely inferior when compared to Derik's immortal body, it was still enough to give Blink a headache.

"This is the eleventh time you should have died today" Blink said coldly as he watched the man pull the dagger from his throat and finally watched the wound close up at a rate visible to the eye.

"Hahahaha! Why do you think the orcs couldn't suppress us even though they had the advantage of numbers? While they have a large army that can fight at full strength even when their body has sustained fatal injuries… Our people possess innate healing capabilities making us harder to kill…. So unless you strike vital points or severe our heads, we won't roll over and die" The beast man laughed viciously.

"Well, well, well… This won't be easy… How are you holding up there?" Blink asked Clovis who was leaning on his golden sword for support.

"My body has reached its limit, for now, I need some time for it to recover… Can you still hold up?" Clovis asked with a small smile on his face.

"Against this small fry? There won't be much of an issue!" Blink chuckled before dashing towards his enemies fearlessly.

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Kira, Kuen, Kin, Agus, and Fernandos glanced through the battlefield once again to confirm everything was going according to plan. Blink was doing quite well against the beast man chieftain while the main forces had the upper hand in the head-on confrontation thanks to the presence of the new five demon commanders once known as Derik's direct disciples. With a single move, they killed enemies in large numbers, bulldozing through the battlefield, making way for the main forces to push effectively.

"What's this?" Kira spotted a figure dashing towards Blink and Clovis's location without any form of resistance.

The beast men made no effort to stop him and instead they made way for him, making it almost impossible for Kira and the rest not to notice him!

"BLAKE!" Kuen growled as he quickly realized something was wrong.

For a long while now, Blink and Kuen had always seen themselves as sworn brothers since they were both originally disciples of Kalos the spatial mage. Realizing that Clovis's words were true, he couldn't help but panic.

So Blake truly had plans to kill Blink!

But even if he did, so what? They had the upper hand in battle and even without his support, the empire is sure to win this fight but the question now is when. 

Is it really worth it to kill Blink and become an enemy of the empire?

Why ally yourself with a settlement about to be destroyed?

Nothing about Blakes plan made sense because no matter how they looked at it, his plans were bound to fail and that's what terrified them!

They were sure they were missing something!

Kuen's growl had attracted the attention of the others, including Blake who only shot him a murderous glance without slowing down at all, instead he quickened his pace.

Kuen intended to chase after him but then five beams of light shot out of different parts of the battlefield and soon five beast men stood before them with their hands wrapped around their chest. From their aura, it was safe to say all five of them were at the mid-grade of the gold realm. All of them strong enough to prevent the old monsters of the two sects from leaving this place and saving Blink.

Now, not only is Blink forced to face the gold realm beast man chieftain of the bear clan but he is also forced to defend against Blake!

[Please be okay!] Kira prayed in his heart but then his face.

At this point, their only hope is that the main forces will drill through the enemy defensive lines and reach the two successors before Blink and the beast man chieftain kills them off. But even that dream was shattered as a large force of orcs soon charged out from the forests behind the beast men settlement, circling the main forces of the empire and cutting off their routes of escape. This terrifying army had over fifty thousand orcs of different levels in it and even before Kira and the rest could curse their bad luck, space tore violently and a figure stepped out of it.

It was a youth adorned in black armor and a green spear in his hand. His aura shook the entire battlefield, putting the army of orcs below into a state of frenzy as they lunged at their targets fearlessly.

"Berivs!" Kira roared as he turned into a red whirlpool and surged towards the orc leader in rage.

The worst possible outcome has occurred, no one expected the orcs to team up with the beast men. The gold realm masters on the side of the invaders now surpassed that of the empire and all those engaged in this battle are key figures in the empire! Their death will definitely weaken the empire considerably!

Who would have thought Blake would collude with the beast men and orcs?

How was he capable of communicating with these two clans without Derik or Cyrus noticing?

The answer soon came in the form of a gigantic green barrier that spread across the battlefield preventing people from leaving. This barrier possessed a familiar aura that quickly drew the attention of Derik and Cyrus who were focused on their breakthrough.

"No…" Both men turned pale in fear as they realized who was behind all this.

It was the orc overseer!