Chapter 166 - The Battle At Tatio 2_2

"[Hail of Swords]" As Anna said that sentence, swords of light which is in dozens, appeared in the air from nothing. All those swords of light then fell to pierce the Dragon Head Scourge.

As the name implies, a rain of swords occurred.

"Groaa!" Scourge screeched. A moment later, it spouted hot flames from its big mouth to burn its surrounding.

The attack did not injure Elizaveta or Lubov because, from the start, the two of them had kept their distance from the Scourge. After all, they didn't want to be caught by Anna's Spell.

The hot flames continued to be spouted out by the Dragon Head Scourge whose entire body was pierced by the sword of light. Those hot flames made Elizaveta and Lubov unable to get close and launch attacks.

"Ugh! The monster showed no signs of losing its life force! It's still moving vigorously," Elizaveta commented with a little disappointment colored her voice.

That dark-skinned Amazones knew, in the Quest to revive Gaia, they would continue to face much Scourge like this. They - Elizaveta, Lubov, and Anna - are fine now that they are up against one Scourge. But...

What if they had to fight two, three, or four Scourge at the same time? 

What's going to happen?

They will be in danger and maybe... they will die.

Elizaveta knew that and she was disappointed. She knew she couldn't do anything to change the outcome of that scenario with her current strength. 

She thought of various possibilities but in the end, she knew she would die if she fight against more than two Dragon Head Scourge. And even more irritating, she couldn't see a scene where she could win if confronting one Scourge of this type, alone.

"I need strength," she whispered to herself.

The Amazones closed her eyes. She was aware, this was a foolish thing to do when she was in the middle of a battle. However, she needed it now.

Elizaveta tries to recall how Amazones uses their special Racial Skill.

Once upon a time, when Elizaveta was a child, her mother channeled some kind of mysterious force - produced by the special Racial Skill mentioned above - to her. 

Her mother hoped that she could master that mysterious force. So they trained day by day for three months! 

Unfortunately, Elizaveta never managed to master that mysterious force.

Elizaveta wants to fix that failure, she wants to erase the disappointment from her mother's face. Therefore, she must succeed now.

The sensation which is once forgotten appeared to remind her.

The mysterious force flowed to fill Elizaveta's body. It then gathered and solidify in the red tattoos that were all over her body. When she felt her body was so hot, she said, "[Awaken; Red Lighting]"

Spark after spark of red lightning emerged from Elizabeth's red tattoos. It was a sign that she had successfully used the special Racial Skill of the Amazones race.

"Great!" Elizaveta squealed with pride.

"Groaa!"

The Dragon Head Scourge's roar caught Elizaveta's attention. She remember that she had to kill that monster.

So...

She lifts her Greatsword into the air while remembering an Arte that her mother showed to her a long time ago. 

A moment after she felt her energy decrease, a huge pillar of red light - encircled by sparks of red lightning - was created with her Greatsword as the base. 

Elizaveta's eyes were wide open when she saw what she could do. A moment later she smiled. Finally, she could use one of the many Advance Artes used by his mother.

The joyful Amazones stared at the Dragon Head Scourge. She shouted, "[Cut Through the Earth]" then swung her Greatsword down with everything she had.

Pillars of red light fell, cutting everything in front of Elizaveta for tens of meters.

The Dragon Head Scourge split in two, as were the Scourge behind it and the land they stepped on.

Elizaveta's success in her awakening changed the tide in this fight.

The Dragon Head Scourge was defeated.

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"[Hi; Crimson Wolf]"

When Hatori finished saying the name of his Arte, a ring containing an ancient letter - with the meaning crimson wolf - appeared in front of him. A moment later, from within the circle, a big wolf made of fire appeared.

Crimson Wolf then ran, it approached the Spider Scourge - a spider monster that had human legs - so quickly. Its goal is only one, which is to burn the Embodiment of Destruction to ashes.

Spider Scourge put up a fight. It fired a black spider web at Crimson Wolf with the intent to stop its movements. However, the plan failed. The Scourge's black spider web caught fire shortly after touching Crimson Wolf's body.

The way of defending itself possessed by Spider Scourge is not just one. When it failed with its first tactic, it used the second tactic. It fired the balls of black liquid which was poison, at Crimson Wolf.

The tactic of the Spider Scourge did manage to extinguish most of the flames in Crimson Wolf's body. And when that Arte hit its body, it only gave a little damage to the Spider Scourge.

The moments when Spider Scourge is too focused on the Crimson Wolf are taken advantage of by Cabal. The muscular man approached the monster, he managed to get close, but the monster didn't realize it.

And when Spider Scourge realizes Cabal's presence, the man was already in the middle of launching his Arte.

"[Golden Cut]"

Greataxe covered in golden light came from above quickly!

The attack was supposed able to cut the Spider Scourge's body in half. However, as the Spider Scourge dodged, the attack only manage to cut off three of its eight legs.

"Scree!" Scourge made a sound then fired its poison balls wildly.

Cabal dodged that wild attack as best he could. 

Hatori uses Arte, "[Mizu; Azure Snake]" to give aid to Cabal.

In the end, with his efforts and Azure Snake's protection which is absorbing most of the poison balls, Cabal managed to escape after being hit by two poison balls.

Spider Scourge does not launch other attacks. It chose to retreat to heal itself with its Super Regeneration.

Its decision gave Cabal a chance to drink the Antidote Potion but it also meant that the monster would recover as before.

This fight will last for a long time. It was something Cabal and Hatori didn't want.

The two men exchanged gazes then nodded at each other.

The fight continues and Hatori doesn't want to let the monster regenerate itself. Therefore, he threw three Kunai with a piece of paper tied to their handle. 

The paper is no ordinary paper. The paper was painted with a ring containing other ancient letters with the meaning of explosions. So, when the three Kunai were stuck in the Spider Scourge's body...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three explosions appeared to destroy and burn its body.

"Scree!" Scourge makes a loud noise. A moment later, it shot a needle-like hair that covered most of its body in all directions.

Batsh! Batsh!

The danger comes and to dodge it, Hatori says, "[Tsuchi; Pale Wall] to make a gray wall using the ground as material. As for Cabal, he covered his body with Greataxe then said, "[Golden Axe Aura]"

Those thousands of needle hairs killed dozens of other Scourge within a ten-meter radius. The attack also gave Hatori and Cabal minor injuries. They didn't expect the attack to be so powerful and could penetrate their defenses.

The two men drank a bottle of Potion before they started attacking again.

Spider Scourge can move quickly, the monster is also smart enough to use its kin as shields and weapons. That makes it difficult for Cabal and Hatori to get close and launch attacks.

They had to kill every Scourge that was blocking their path. Anger arises when their attacks which are aimed to stop the Spider Scourge's movements, hit the Scourge who was lifted and made a shield by that spider monster.

They had to try their best for some time until finally, they found a chance when the Spider Scourge went to a place that had meager other Scourge.

Hatori jumped into the air with, "tho!" Then he said, "[Buki; Twin Great Shuriken]"

Two purple rings containing ancient letters - the Great Shuriken - appeared on Hatori's left and right sides. In an instant, the rings turned into two black Shurikens larger than his own body.

Hatori took the two Shurikens. He then spins his body in the air several times quickly before finally, throwing two Shuriken in his hands towards the Spider Scourge at the same time.

Spider Scourge who felt the danger made a running. The monster tried to evade the two Shuriken that came to it. With its best capability, it tried to escape but the two Shuriken continued to chase after the monster.

Eventually...

Stab! Stab!

"SCREE!"

The two Shuriken pierce the stomach also cut three left legs of the Spider Scourge. The attack managed to snatch the monster's mobility and nail it to the ground.

Hatori managed to keep the monster still!

Now, it's time for Cabal to get into action!

Cabal approached the monster that was nailed to the ground as fast as he could. As he ran, he constantly filled his entire body with energy. This made a dim red light envelop Cabal's body.

No, the thing he didn't just make his muscular body glow. Cabal's strength, defense, and speed also increased.

After seventeen steps were taken, he arrived the front of the Spider Scourge.

The muscular man gripped his Greataxe more tightly. He then swung it with all his might and a shout that was, "[Unpolished Greataxe Swing]"

A flash of black light was created for seconds.

The Spider Scourge in front of Cabal split into two. 

The cut that split the monster's body was not neat, it was like being made using a blunt weapon.. That horrible cut gave huge damage, preventing the Scourge's regeneration, and that, killing the Spider Scourge almost instantly.