Chapter 469: Anatalien

Chapter 469: Anatalien

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|Greater Threat Sense| alerted her to the danger, with barely any advanced warning, but she reacted on instinct alone. The danger came a moment after her skill announced the threat.

|Greater Sky Evasion| twisted her around in a way that body couldn't move on its own. The Air and the Wind changed directions around her and shoved her body aside like a doll. A thin line of Wind shaped like a blade cut through the space where she used to be, gouging a line in the ground.

Before she could react something wrapped tightly around her ankle, then something stabbed into her calf and she grimaced as the piercing pain was replaced by what felt like lightning hitting entering her body. Her muscles spasmed and she thrashed as she was pulled.

She hit the ground hard, and was then dragged along. Her Qi was spent, the small amount that had regenerated was barely enough to shape a single technique, and not enough for it to be at full power.

Lightning still coursed through her body, but she gritted her teeth and pushed through it. Her muscles twitched, resisting the effects of the attack. She focused what little willpower she had left and twisted, calling the Wind to her with her skill. It surged around her, picked her up from the ground and she beat her wings, getting into the air just as she felt something pierce up through the ground and try to catch her.

She blinked furiously, trying to clear her blurry vision. She pulled on the chain as she rose higher, then reached down with her hand and pulled what felt like a spiked ball stuck into her calf out, then she unwound the chain.

Her threat skill alerted her again, and she twisted as a hammer came at her from above. With a beat of her wings and the assistance of the Wind, she turned, gained momentum and then kicked downward with her leg. She hit something that rang out like metal, and heard it impact the ground a moment later.

Kael walked over to where Tellisa Oakcalled gathered the Ruler of the Empty sky in her roots. She was injured, her body broken and battered, but she would live. High Rankers like her didn't die easily.

"Any signs of the others?" Kael asked, his eyes turning to glance at the areas of vast destruction nearby. The powers unleashed there rivaled or perhaps even exceeded those of the Reaction Engines. He shuddered to think what that could've done if used in a city, or against an army.

Yet, many had died here too, as a direct result of this battle. How many? Kael didn't know, but he knew that they shouldn't need to die for the vanity of those stronger than them.

Tellisa tilted her head and closed her eyes. He felt her Qi spread through the ground, tendrils of roots growing in all directions. "I sense no life anywhere nearby."

Kael grimaced, this wasn't what was supposed to happen. They had waited too long, but in his defense, he didn't think that they would be able to do so much in such a short amount of time. He should've known not to underestimate monsters by now.

He turned to Fethum and nodded toward the tied up woman in front of him. "Bind her," he said.

Fethum nodded and walked over, then started carving Runes into her skin, sealing her power and binding her, getting her ready for transport.

Kael looked at Maya and Exiled Shell. "Search the surrounding," he said. "Dead bodies might be useful to teacher as well."

He hoped that it would be enough. His teacher had requested at least two, and preferably those who had at least one tier 9 skill. He wanted to study them, and Kael knew that Ruler of the Empty Sky and the Voice fit that bill. They didn't fully meet the requirements of his code so that they could be killed, he knew that. He had noticed that Berion had some reservations, but ultimately, this battle should be enough to convince him. The battle against a dome was no place to settle petty grievances. Kael's reasoning was right, in the end. All of them were monsters, and they all had to be taken down.

Once he returned with the Ruler of the Empty Sky, the teacher would reward him. And Kael would finally be able to break the system that kept them all under the rule of those undeserving of it.