Chapter 180 - The Elf's World (8)

When those two collided, the entire castle trembled and the entire room began to crack due to the shockwave of the collision. The room began to fall apart, but before that could happen, Luke was sent flying to the distance while having his body being smashed against dozens of walls. Rina didn't even see the speed that his body flew, but she assumed that Luke probably won't leave for long… her death was all but assured if he dies. While she was back to her original form and without his mana, the pact between them still works… Looking and healing him was impossible, the overlord won't let it.

However, when Rina looked at the overlord, he saw his arms bleeding deeply. While she didn't see Luke using his full combo, the axes still pierced the flesh of the overlord's arms all the way up to the middle. That was her chance, she had to finish him off…

"Annoying bug…" The overlord said. "Once I am done with him, his planet will be the next…"

"That would be a problem," Rina said and then her boomerangs flew toward the overlord's eyes.

The overlord raised his arms to block the attack, but the wounds made him feel terrible pain, so he was forced to lower his stance. In the end, they only scratched his head, but their effects still applied. The weight of the monster increased and Rina used that chance to strike her whip on the overlord's neck. The thorns began to pierce his skin, but it wasn't nearly enough to apply the poison. While seeing that, Rina buffed her strength and pulled the whip, this time the thorns pierced his neck and the overlord looked at her with annoyance in his eyes.

The overlord began to move to free himself and Rina decided to use her boomerangs again, but she suddenly stopped when the overlord stopped as well and then looked toward the holes in the walls where Luke had passed through. Rina thought that he had seen Luke, but he couldn't see anyone in the distance. Then, even more suddenly than before, a massive ice spear flew toward the overlord. He reacted in time to use his arms and block the projectile, but the size and speed of that were so massive that they were pushing him backward. However, he stopped when his back almost touched the red crystal. However, he soon opened his eyes widely and in the next moment, four other similar spears made of pure energy flew and crushed him completely. Rina recognized that attack… It was Luke's Weapon Augmentation.

Congratulations! The skill Weapon Augmentation has leveled up.

You obtained 05 status points.

You obtained 200.000 experience points.

You obtained 200.000 gold coins.

…

You have leveled up.

You obtained 115 status points.

You completed a quest.

You obtained Fury Punches.

You completed a quest.

You obtained an upgrade crystal.

Luke sighed in relief on the other side of the castle. The level ups healed completely his body. Although his equipment protected him from being crushed after the numerous impacts on the walls, he still could feel every single part of his body hurt and he was bleeding from all the holes as well. Not to mention, he threw that massive ice spear with his strength alone to make sure it would fly beyond the range of Weapon Augmentation, he only activated the skill at the last moment. That had been Shalia's idea, create a water spear, and then she would freeze it to turn into a projectile. That way, Weapon Augmentation could be used. In any case, it was time to run since the castle was falling. Luke had defeated the overlord and destroyed the crystal, so it was only natural that the structure would fall apart.

Eventually, Rina appeared and then they left the castle in a hurry. They didn't have Artiuno with them, so there was a chance that they could be buried alive… In the end, they escaped and then found the other elves waiting for them in the distance.

"Phew… what an ordeal…" Luke said after a long sigh. "I know that I said that fighting opponents like this is good to level up, but it is bad for my heart."

"We won again, and that is all that matters," Shalia said. "It is a pity that someone that wasn't that useful ended up getting half of the reward."

"Ugh… you never lose a chance to annoy me, do you?" Rina asked.

Luke checked Rina's status and he confirmed that she had leveled up eighteen times. It was quite the progress. In any case, that was fine from Luke's perspective, she would be even more helpful at a higher level.

"Next time, I will be more useful," Rina said, taking Shalia's words seriously. "Thank you, Luke… we saved everyone thanks to you. I don't know how to repay you."

"I would do anything for my queen," Luke said and then bent the knee. "... Once I make this pain on my back go away..."

"You never get tired of the same joke, do you?" Rina asked. "Anyway, let's look for your sword and reunite with the others."

In the end, Luke found his sword rather quickly… even though it was five kilometers away from the rubble of the fallen castle. That was some throwing power that the overlord had… but Luke already knew that, he experienced that directly, after all. The power of the enemies was increasing and he didn't have time between those battles to decrease it... that truly a bother.

Once that was done, they reunited with the elves and they began to celebrate. Now that their queen was back, they have even more reason to enjoy their victories, but Rina said that they should be careful and hurry to meet with the others. Their base has been destroyed and they had to find a new one… it would also be a pain to inform the others that their main base had changed.. Still, that was a problem for the future.