Chapter 205 - 199 : The Difference In Strength

Having locked onto Sato and the others, the higher grade kobold didn't waste a second more lazying around. With a step forward, the green eyed kobold appeared by a protruded rock more than 100 metres away as if it had teleported. Such insane movement speed was something even the current fastest [Assassin] couldn't achieve. This wasn't because the kobold had a great physique or anything, but was because of its comprehension of spatial magic. The most amazing part of this all was that as the green eyed kobold kept moving forward, its speed didn't decrease but actually increased! From the first '1 step to 100 metres', it began to cover at least 120 metres with each step. As it did so, the spacial fluctuations became even wilder than before, clearly much more visible. This was the after-effects of using a spacial class spell.

Just like the Town Head, Arman, the green eyed kobold had the ability to use space magic. The only difference between the two was that the space magic the kobold used was just an elementary version. It was barely useful in battles and best served as a support skill. This was because while Arman had an already existing legacy to go through, the green eyed kobold had to start from the very bottom without any detailed notes, heritages or legacies to go through for assistance. Though eventually it managed to receive lesson from the legendary kobold figure, that being wasn't so experienced in spatial techniques so compared to the legacy Arman received, it was still lacking. 

But still, having a certain control over the spatial elements was a noteworthy achievement. This was because the element of Space was recorded as one of the Superior elements, surpassing the 5 major elements and the myriad of secondary elements in strength. Even as a support skill, the value of spatial manipulation was very impressive. In this case, the green eyed kobold used its ability to control the spatial elements, to shorten the distance between two points. While this sounded difficult and complex, for a creature with great potential and blessed by a half-god being, this wasn't so difficult. 

Of course, as it was still weak, there was a limit to what the green eyed kobold could achieve with its abilities. Even shortening the distance between it and a point 100 metres away was beyond its regular abilities. It was only able to achieve this by using its anger and hatred to the 'outsiders' to fuel its abilities.

"Something's coming and it's not a player!" Fudo suddenly blurted out. Even though he wasn't a [Druid], he was an [Elementalist], the next best thing after a [Druid]. The green eyed kobold was obviously a boss level monster, a mage one at that, so its mana signature would be huge. If one were to make comparisons between the mana signatures of the kobold and a regular magic-using monster, it would be like a bonfire against a fire-fly; the difference was bastardly obvious.

"Run!" 

No one hesitated after the command was given, departing in a hurried manner at the fastest pace their feet could take them. Sadly, all was almost for naught.

They had underestimated the movement speed of the green eyed kobold. Even with its rudimentary control over the spatial elements, it still surpassed the fastest [Assassin] player in IR. Compared to this [Assassin] who focused a majority of his attribute points in [Agility] and [Dexterity], Sato and the others were lacking by far.

Using its rudimentary comprehension and control over spatial magic, it took the green eyed kobold less than 15 steps to arrive at the location. It was but at the 9th step that Fudo had sensed it and at the 10th step that Sato responded. With such little time in between, they hadn't managed to escape far enough before the green eyed kobold arrived. Compared to before, the team was a lot closer to the monster so they didn't even need Fudo's reminder or alert to know that the new arrival was the 'not a player', Fudo referred to. Just the amount of mana it radiated was more than enough for them to know that this wasn't a monster they could mess with. 

Drenched in a gloomily black aura that made the ambience around it eerie while dropping the temperature down by a few degrees, the green eyed kobold glanced at the departing players. A strange glint flashed in its emerald eyes as it lifted both hands to chest level.

"Going so soon? Why don't you all stay for a bit."

Just as Sato was surprised at the fact that the kobold could actually communicate with them in a more civilized manner than the others, he suddenly felt his movements slow down before his momentum was forced to a painful stop as he crashed with an invisible wall. It wasn't just Sato who experienced this but everyone else. Even the fastest of them all, Lu Zhen, who had given the group quite a significant gap, was forced to an even worse stop.

'What's this?' Before Yato could even figure out what forced him to a halt, he heard a scream from the side. Turning around to take a look, he saw Katsuo on his knees with a forest-green illusory yet solid spear stuck deep within him with the pointed end exiting from the other side of his body. Not even a second later, Katsuo's body began to break down into starlight.

"Katsuo!" Yato shouted with a mixture of shock, fear and confusion. As he was too focused on whatever held him back, he didn't realise when Katsuo was attacked, much less how the monster had done it.

'It just arrived,yet…' Yato thought as he felt a chill crawl up from behind.

"Hehe." The emerald eyed kobold smirked as it glanced at Yato.

*Whoosh*

It was just a glance yet Yato felt his blood go cold. His body suddenly lost its ability to move as he felt his will to resist slowly weaken. Without knowing it, he had frozen in place and like a tranquilized elephant, he didn't have the ability to resist.

[[ System Notification : Dominating Glare 

'What's going on?!' Yato wondered as he stood in place, without even being able to move his fingers. Not a second more and a few ripples suddenly appeared in space.

Without producing any sound, the emerald eyed kobold had appeared in front of Yato.

"!!!" Yato was alarmed but having been stuck in a state where his body lacked the ability to move even just an inch, he was as helpless as trapped rabbit facing a lion. Actually, the scenario of a trapped rabbit was at least a bit better than his, since the rabbit could at least launch a desperate attack, but Yato couldn't even puff out a mouthful of air much less retaliate.

"Argh!!!" 

Unlike Katsuo, who had a light spear run through his body, Yato was shrouded in deep green flames that were surprisingly chilly. However, this was only on the outside. These flames, while chilly on the outside, were actually very very hot on the inside. Once anyone was shrouded by them, they would feel a heart-wrenching, teeth grinding, lip-biting pain. It was not a pain that originated from the physical but from the soul. While the flames were indeed too weak to damage one's soul, against an opponent weaker than the user, giving them a free ticket to 'fun land' wasn't much of an issue. So 'amazing' was this treatment that even after Yato regained his freedom of movement, he still didn't move his body.

After experiencing such excruciating pain for at least 3 seconds, the kobold finally ended Yato's pitiful life with a similar attack as it did with Katsuo.

By this time, the other had already gone some distance away from the two. Against such a monster, no one was silly as to suddenly confront the monster. That was just extremely stupid. Much less if the even had the Soran's and Azure dragon's teammates with them here, there was still a high chance that they would die, much less now with just 5 of them left. Also, this was a game and not reality; dying here wasn't the end. With such an obvious point in front of them, there was no way or reason for them to face the kobold, especially not now they were weak. Having spent a majority of their supplies to defeat the kobold chief, the team could be said to be lacking any trump card ability to help them win the battle or face the emerald kobold on equal grounds.

With all these points, there were just a few things that they could possibly do. There was no hesitation at that moment and the survivors had went with the plan, which also happened to be the one with the highest success rate.

Their only option was simple; split up and escape.

Infinite Facts :

Blood Purity is a special factor that affects the future strength and potential of a creature. The purer one's bloodline is, in other words, the closer to resembling their ancestor's DNA, the stronger the creature is. However, this theory isn't perfect. This is because, some creatures could actually be stronger and better than their ancestors.. In such a scenario, having a purer bloodline isn't a good thing.