Chapter 1251: Apollonius's Rampage
Dozens of swords flew at Apollonius, and he had no way to evade them.
The countless blades impaled his body. That said, he had already proved he was no ordinary man.
「Well done, I say...!」
He didn’t even need a barrier; his body was simply that durable. The tips of the magic swords may have pierced his flesh, but none went through completely.
Apollonius quickly recovered and unleashed flames from his entire body, causing the magic swords to melt away and disappear.
「This is nowhere near enough to take me down! URAAAAAH!」
『Damn!』
I reflexively teleported us high into the air. Apollonius had released an even more powerful inferno.
It seems he was taking the “just obliterate the entire area if your enemy keeps dodging you” strategy. The other Hero Zombies had already retreated out of range in anticipation of this.
They must have known what Apollonius was after.
Amanda swiftly swung her whip to extinguish the flames and create a path for retreat. Forrund, however, got engulfed in flames. He didn’t make it in time to escape Apollonius’s charge.
I could hear metallic clanging sounds from behind the roaring flames. Forrund and Apollonius seemed to be battling it out inside there. This composition is securely entrenched in n0v*lbin★
We stood in front of the swirling blaze that covered an area of about thirty meters. Yet before it subsided, Forrund got flung out with blood gushing from his abdomen.
「Forrund!」
『Wait, Fran!』
「!」
Fran was about to rush to Forrund’s aid, but a killing intent suddenly appeared from behind. Apollonius had teleported right behind us, and I couldn’t tell when!
We turned to see Apollonius with his halberd raised. What’s more, his weapon had grown even more deadly. The flames entwined around the halberd gave it a similar glow to molten lava.
I reflexively put up another layer of barriers behind Fran, combining it with hers to make it more sturdy.
Thanks to her efforts, our opponents were now limited to Apollonius, Rob, Lucard, and Violetta. That said, we were still outnumbered.
And all of them were formidable opponents that we couldn’t afford to underestimate.
「Lucard! Let’s do this!」
「Take this!」
And they just proved it. Violetta and Lucard, who had seemed quiet up until now, suddenly invoked a combination of flame magic and storm magic. They must have been casting in secret.
The flames created by Violetta were propelled by Lucard’s wind to surround us.
Said spells ended up hitting Apollonius too, but he simply laughed merrily while covered in flames. The man went directly for us without any attempt at defending himself.
「Fuhahaha! Now things are getting fun! Try this!」
「!」
『Crap!』
Apollonius transformed his body into flames, just like Izario! He had been hiding this ability the entire time!
It’s already too late to dodge or cast a spell!
The flame transformation allowed Apollonius to evade Fran’s blade and unleashed a full-force strike of his own. His halberd’s blade swept across Fran’s abdomen.
Fran was left with a deep wound and many scorched organs. The heat had carbonized a portion of her lungs, as black smoke poured from her mouth.
「Cough...」
『Fran!』
I cast healing magic while teleporting us further back for more time to heal. But Apollonius was already right in front of us after we teleported.
「Can’t run from me, missy!」
Our teleport didn’t do a thing! Dammit!
There’s no way to run. At this point, Potential Release is my only remaining――
The moment I had resolved myself, someone jumped in between Fran and Apollonius. The red-headed figure took the halberd being swung down on Fran in her place.
「What the hell is going on here?!」