380 Last Moment Change

\u003cAccording to the anomalies that you are experiencing, it means that the plan I was attempting was met with success…\u003e

As unintentional the overall weakening of the demons was, it was still caused by me, so it was only right that I claimed the credit for it.

In fact, if it was just left in the air, the situation may get much more complicated as doubts might fill the head of those who overthought stuff. As such, and even though it might appear to be half a truth this way, that was still more optimal.

Making use of the background that I already established in their mind as well as my detailed question earlier, it at least proved that I knew what happened, disregarding whether I was the one who did it or not.

Making them think that I pulled some strings or just outright received outside help from my 'master', either way, worked and served its purpose as the 'cause' for the current situation.

\u003cReally… Why didn't you-\u003e

The guy who first stated his abnormal situation seemed to be doubtful about the fact of how this simply came out of nowhere, but I naturally didn't plan to let something like some sort of an accusing festival start now while the war was still going…

Though the humans winning the war was already more or less decided with how their commanders lost their edge, deep discussions should only start once the whole stage has been wrapped up.

\u003cThere is no point in discussing that now and wasting our time. To put it simply, giving others hope in an attempt with low probabilities is actually worse than failing silently. We can discuss this in more detail later…\u003e

Obviously, even if they do come to doubt me after that, I didn't really have much to worry about. It wasn't like I planned to stay within the domain for much longer, and even if I did, I could easily do so with a brand new persona.

\u003cSo-\u003e

\u003cIndeed, leave everything for later. Though it would be better if you share what you have in mind for the better progress of this battle, now that your plan worked out, young Lan\u003e

The voice of the Cult Master sounded out briefly before she was interrupted by Blade, who I could see heading towards me, or more precisely, heading towards the tri-horned demon in a straight line that I was standing in while making quick work of the demons who interrupted him.

\u003cOf course, to put it simply, the trickery that shielded the demons is no longer there. There is no longer any need of hesitation, just finish your opponents off and destroy any ornament that matches the qualities which the Cult Master described to achieve the same effect. After that, I believe you just have to join the rest of the combatants to finally make a clean sweep and end the threat\u003e

Making use of the good 'serve' that Blade handed to me, I pointed out the main method to finishing this war faster.

\u003cUnderstood\u003e

\u003cGot…\u003e

Though some voices seemed to be a bit reluctant to not throw a few more questions, this time, silence did stay after the barrage of confirmations was done.

'Now…'

After a whole minute of quick brainstorming and information exchanging that seemed to have taken much longer, I did a quick scan of my own battlefield to think about my next action.

My original targets, the shamans, were already taken care of, and my 'bulk' hunting had already bore fruit and provided me with two levels, but the current situation has already changed, so I couldn't just simply follow the same plan of hunting until I'm full.

There were already a few much bigger prey that I could handle.

'That one is a no.'

My first option was the injured demon that lasted to the end against the Supreme Sword from the original five mini-bosses. At first, I had plans of taking over that fight so that the Supreme Sword could move up and support Blade against the tri-horned demon, but that was no longer necessary.

The second option was naturally the now standing tri-horned demon, who removed the first option with how weak he became. However, also thanks to how weak he became, it was apparent that if Blade went fully serious like he seemed to have been for the recent while, he would be able to finish him off quite quickly.

Both cases still looked like ones that I had no gap of interference with. After all, although I could guarantee besting the weakened tri-horned demon by relying on my physical abilities to compensate for my shortcomings, I couldn't simply tell Blade to 'Bugger Off' and leave the demon to me…

As such, the only way was to try and land the final hit, of course without being noticed, which is why choosing one of these two bigger targets meant to give up the mob hunting for the next few minutes.

Naturally, having already decided on doing this, 'eating' the smaller EP bag wouldn't be my choice, only killing the main boss would be worth it efficiency-wise.

'Alright, stop the search, come to my current position.'

As Blade passed by me, he gave me an affirmation nod before jumping off his sword in front of the rubble and holding his sword which started to shine once again…

"You can go back to the ring, Long. As for Light, you should be ready to…"

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"This… I see, we are really too late… haha..."

The tri-horned demon's face started to distort as he started to laugh in a low tone as he ignored his opponent that was preparing for his end…

"I only thought he deserved death because of all the inconvenience he caused us and didn't really think this through, but it seems like the cursed 'hunter' on your side really knew all he needed to know to cause our destruction…"

"I guess we are lucky to have him then, am I right?"

The Elemental Blade showed a rare smile as he looked at the entranced demon who seemed to have abandoned all hope, once again thrusting his Elemental Revolving strike forward!