Chapter 331 Presence

Chapter 331 Presence

The battle continued for hours and the twin moons slowly started to dip across the starry night sky.

Edward, Lisa, and Johnathan were in a perilous situation. There were mounds of corpses strewn around them. Despite sustaining heavy injuries, the trio continued to slaughter away.

They didn't have any other option. They knew that if they gave up, nothing was stopping them from meeting their ends.

Aquila and Ennea, who had to bear the brunt of the majority of the attacks, were so wounded that they could barely participate in the battle.

It had come to a point that they had now instead become a hindrance to the trio.

As for Johnathan's familiar, a Terra Bear, it had long since died at the beginning of the battle. This caused the youth to receive a severe blow, both physically and mentally.

After all, the bond between a Magus and their familiar was quite a special one. They were intrinsically linked to one another. If either of them died, the other would face extremely severe repercussions.

Thus, when Johnathan's familiar died during the battle, he felt as if he had lost his own life. This immediately weakened his fighting prowess to a vast extent.

Yet, he continued to fight the enemy. His heart was overcome by grief and anger at the loss of his familiar, but he didn't back down. He fought the enemy with even more resilience.

Lisa desperately swung her wooden staff and battled the beasts that were rushing toward her. She had already quit casting spells as it would require a large mana expenditure.

Having fought for so long, her mana reserves had become very low.

The blonde youth's emerald pupils darted around as she continued to fight the corrupted beasts. Fear gripped her heart as she gradually started to realize something.

This... The intel from Misken said there were less than a dozen orcs in this town and barely any magical beasts in the vicinity.

She suddenly crouched law, dodging the claw of a wolf. Following that, she thrust her staff toward the beast's chest, causing it to miserably fly off in the distance.

As she gasped for air, she couldn't stop her hands from trembling.

Something's wrong...

The next moment, the beasts started to attack her once again, not even giving her a few moments of respite.

Her heart sank when she thought of a terrifying possibility.

This is a trap! There shouldn't have been so many beasts in Omai. Their attacks also seem very coordinated. Someone's controlling them from the shadows!

It has to be the orcs... but where are they? I haven't seen a single one since I've arrived here—

The following moment, her thoughts came to a pause when she tripped over a small stone on the ground. She lost balance and her attack missed the boar she had aimed it at.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the corrupted beast bolted forward and stabbed its sharp tusks straight through Lisa's stomach.

"Aggghhhh!!" She screamed in agony as she fell to the ground.

Lisa weakly glanced at her friends standing before her and protecting her. Then she shifted her gaze toward Ennea and Aquila who were desperately fighting with their lives on the line.

Hand of Doom: Earthly Meteor!

BOOOOM!

A thundering sound echoed in every nook and cranny of Omai. Edward, Lisa, and Johnathan were jolted awake by this sudden loud explosion.

They opened their weary eyes and the scene that greeted them caused them to be shocked beyond their wildest dreams.

A rain of blood!

All the beasts that had been surrounding them were now reduced to mere chunks of flesh.

Severed limbs and other body parts descended from the sky after all the beasts had been taken care of by one devastating technique.

And the one that had executed this technique...

Adam was standing with his back tall a few dozen meters in front of the trio. His clothes were shredded, revealing his skin that was covered in after-burn marks and fresh injuries.

He took a deep breath and roared in fury, "Gracie! Show yourself, you coward!"

Edward, Lisa, and Johnathan were shocked to hear those words come out of the youth's mouth. They weakly got to their feet, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Did he just say..." Edward gulped nervously.

Meanwhile, Lisa's body shuddered in terror as she thought to herself, Gracie... It's them again!

Hearing no reply from his surroundings, Adam was about to call out once again. But suddenly, his pupils constricted when he sensed another presence behind him.

He hurriedly turned around, just in time to see a shadowy figure silently creep up behind his friends. Edward, Lisa, and Johnathan seemed to be completely oblivious to this new enemy.

Adam's eyes widened and fear gripped his heart when he identified this man.

It was a lanky orc with red and white war paint smeared on his face!

This orc soundlessly brandished his twin daggers and viciously stabbed the person right in front of him.

SPLURT!

Feeling the twin daggers pierce through his target's lungs, Gorgo's lips curled up into a sinister grin.

He then coldly glanced at Adam who was standing in the distance, frozen in absolute shock.

Gorgo's lips parted and he coldly muttered,

"What goes around, comes around."