Chapter 123 Barrier

Chapter 123 Barrier

Aetherflow.",

Momentum Shift.

The arrow that had just been flying straight abruptly took an inexplicably sharp 90-degree turn downward, finding Natalie's forehead before she could even take out the weapon she had been so carefully hiding.

Sylas only activated Aetherflow for a brief instant, and yet the arrows shattered into shards.

Natalie's head blew into pieces, but Alexia had been further away. The explosion hit her like a solid wave of air. As though a sledgehammer had rocked her, she flew backward, falling onto the grass with a heavy thud.

Sylas finally stepped out of the clearing of trees and into the marshy lands. His green irises glowed beneath the cool night air as he suddenly accelerated, his 100 Speed on full display as he closed the distance.

He almost seemed to fly, closing the distance on Alexia before she could even gather herself from the ground. A distance that had been less than 20 meters to begin with felt like a matter of four or five steps for him.

These people had equipment that was likely beyond most of what he had seen until now. He couldn't give them any quarter.

BANG!

His fist shattered her skull, forcing her body to rebound against the ground.

Blood splattered and flew under Rakk's shocked gaze.

Natalie was one of his elites. His entire team, in general, was among the cream of the crop.

What Sylas hadn't realized just yet was that the F- to FFF+ ratings given to beasts and humanoids alike were, much like stats, relative. It measured how good you were in relation to all humans. It was a ranking that would shift every day if you happened to fall behind or improve.

An FFF- like Natalie placed her in at least the 90th Percentile of humans. But she was killed in an instant.

Within Casstle Main.

Cassarae was scrambling. They had managed to withstand this siege for two days already, but there was only so long her barrier would last. They were chewing through theirs funds like there was no tomorrow, and there still wasn't a simple way to defeat them all...

Until she saw that system message.

She had never sighed such a breath of relief in her life. Now, it wasn't like they had to withstand an indefinite siege. They just had to last for four days. Just four days, and now there were just two left.

Even so, she couldn't help but pace back and forth.

What would happen after they returned to Earth? They would have to come back to this world eventually, no?

Would the siege still be here? Or would everything be transferred to Earth? They called this the Trial. So was the main event going to bring everything back home?

There were so many unknowns.

"How the fuck did this happen?" She cursed under her breath. "I have to go and fight, but I can't step outside of the city. But if I let them inside the city, I obviously can't use the barrier. Fuck!"

"City Lady," a voice came from outside of the doors.

Cassarae's cabin was far more substantial now and was quite elegant as well. She had an office with a window that overlooked the village, but she hadn't had the heart to look out there for a long time already. Every time she did, it felt like she was bleeding money.

She had spent over 10 000 Coins on a barrier that could withstand 20 000 000 Physical and replenish 1 000 000 Physical every hour at the cost of a 100 coins every time. From her calculations, they did about 1000 damage every three seconds, and that was accounting for the breaks they took.

At that pace, accounting for the replenishing barrier, they did 200 000 damage every hour, which would put them over the four-day mark before they could succeed in taking it down.

But all of this would cost almost 20 000 Coins total and it would put her on the edge.