Chapter 433: The battle on the crystal flower (3)
"Rahhhhhhhhhhh!!"
Dogora charged forward while shouting.
'Urgha?!'
Dogora used all his mana in the attack, calling onto Freya's power, putting everything he had into Body and Soul, which had once been enough to cut through Basque.
Basque had just attacked Allen, so he was unprepared for that attack.
He tried to raise his Cursed Sword to defend, but he was late and Dogora's axe dug into his shoulder.
"Dogora! Keep going!!"
"Yeah!!"
'Ugh that hurts. But good job stopping it, Onuba.'
Basque seemed almost grateful to Onuba.
'I didn't <em class="chakra-text css-0">stop it, dumbass! This is painful!!'
Kagutsuchi had dug itself into Basque's shoulder, but it stopped there.
Onuba and the weird black net covering Basque's body had saved Basque's life.
"Damn...it...ghah!!"
After the failed attack, Basque kicked Dogora's exposed stomach.
Dogora was blown back, bouncing on the ground.
'So you used yourself as a scapegoat for your ally. That's nice, that's so cool. Ramonhamon, heal me.'
'Hmph, what a hopeless idiot.'
Basque turned to Ramonhamon, pointing at the rather deep gash on his shoulder.
Ramonhamon's female head answered, before chanting something.
While Allen tried to help Dogora on his feet after the kick, Basque's body healed back.
It almost looked like Dogora had never touched him.
'Look at that, you finally got one attack in, but failed when exploiting it. Heheh.'
Dogora's Body and Soul had not been enough to defeat Basque, and Ramonhamon healed the wound.
Kyubel glanced at that, and mocked Allen about it.
When Dogora entered Extra Mode, his Body and Soul went from an Extra Skill to a regular Attack Skill, so its cooldown was one hour.
One hour felt like an enternity in a fight with stats that surpassed 10000.
(They seem completely aware of our power. Or maybe they're just using all the power they have this time. But if I bring Merus here then more than Allen's Army might be lost.)
If Merus left the frontlines, the Demon Generals would have the advantage.
Merus had gone deep into the enemy army, destroying large portions of it.
The Demon Generals were also distracted by Merus, so once he left, they would all turn their eyes at Allen's Army.
On top of that Merus' Special Skill [Angel's Ring] allowed him to take control and give direct orders to summons.
That way he could give more detailed orders to the summons, and even replace those lost.
If he used Delete and Create, he also could let summons use their Awakened Skills again.
Allen's Army and the Hero's Army both needed the help of the summons, without it they would end with too many casualties.
"What should we do? If we don't end this soon, the Blessing will end."
Sophie sounded worried too.
She had also realized the situation they were in, just like Allen.
(That's true. The Spirit King's Blessing and Kurena's Limit Break are both on a timer.)
The Spirit King's Blessing duration was proportional to Sophie's Mana.
"Thank you."
Fabre's voice sounded more mature, and transformed into a prawn, she made a quick dance shaking her tail.
The ground began gaining a violet tint.
That was the [Spirit King's Barrier], Luck's Extra Skill.
It had the effect of lowering the stats of any enemy within the affected area, in exchange for all of Luck's Mana.
It was an area of effect debuff Skill, and the cooldown was 1 day.
Luck's Talent only had 2 Stars, and his stats were not the highest. The area of effect was only 100 meters wide too.
That was better than what most debuffing supports, but not really impressive compared to the rest of Allen's party.
The Spirit King's Barrier activated, but Bildiga's stats were so immense there was little change.
But the fact that some change happened showed just how powerful Fabre was.
Shea and Kurena fought in a way to make Bildiga step into the Spirit King's Barrier.
(The situation still won't get better...huh?)
Allen continued surveying the area with the Bird E when he noticed a movement from the Sacred Fish Makris.
He clearly saw Kyubel and the other Demon Great Generals as enemies.
Allen's group, which looked like mermen, were trying to save Patlanta.
Makris looked at Basque and opened his mouth, a large icicle-like blade appearing.
'Ice Javelin!'
Makris chanted magic and the enormous ice lance flew out, gliding through the water and heading straight towards Basque.
<em class="chakra-text css-0">BANGG!!
'Bhuh?! Grnghhh...'
Basque took the hit on his stomach, a powerful explosion sound spreading as blood dissolved into the water.
'Oh damn, the Sacred Fish Makris is joining too. That power does feel like a Sacred Beast alright. I'm sure glad I renewed my equipment.'
It seemed like Basque had also gotten new equipment before the fight.
Now that Makris was involved too, there was a slight change in Kyubel's attitude.
'Try to not die now.'
While there was abundant blood, Basque's Strength had not diminished a lot, and Ramonhamon continued healing him.
(Well, if Makris is fighting too, maybe I can head straight for Ramonhamon then. Though will Basque and Bildiga let me do that?)
Ramonhamon was an all-rounder fighter, their male face and limbs specialized in physical combat, while their female face and limbs used magic.
They could fight physically like Bildiga, or just use magic or heal from a distance.
If Basque had not gotten stronger, Ramonhamon and Bildiga would have been the only threats.
It was almost a good thing they were not actively fighting.
(Makris joined us too, but the fight isn't getting any better. Is there anything else we can do?)
While Makris had joined the fight and their numbers increased, the situation did not seem to get considerably better.
The Evil Cult's leader was also a Demon Great General, but he could not use healing magic, and without the altar he had next to no defenses, so both magic and physical attacks took him out.
It seemed like Gushara had not really been a powerful Demon Great General after all.
The Demon King's Army was using all their power to resurrect the Evil God.
'I suspected you would struggle here.'
As Allen continued wondering just how he could win, he heard the sound of hooves.
Then there was a voice coming from that direction.
"Hm? Yeah, we're struggling like hell here. Wait?!"
"Wah!! It's Phar!!"
From behind Allen's group, the Arbiter God Pharnemes appeared, having left the small horse stable in Heavy User Island.