Chapter 130: Kuroshima Surrounded

Chapter 130: Kuroshima Surrounded



An army of the Blackhearts surrounded the peaceful town of Kuroshima. Their numbers seemed to increase with each passing moment.

However, they were unable to enter the town, which was occupied by more and more mercenaries.

A translucent barrier emitted a faint hum as it repelled all attempts at breaching its defenses.

It was a barrier that was fueled with Magick Energy. It's something that five major cities also have, but it's much larger in scale.

It was created for situations like this, where the safety and security of the city's inhabitants were of the utmost importance.

However, Kuroshima's barrier wasn't as strong. It was starting to crack and show signs of weakening, causing concern among the mercenaries.

The strength of the Blackhearts varied drastically, but most of them were Archwarrior level or even above. Such firepower was very formidable.

Thus, cracks appeared, pushing the barrier closer to its breaking point.

Inside the town, worry grew.

Nearly a hundred mercenaries managed to return to the town before the Blackhearts had it completely surrounded.

The rest of the mercenaries were spread across the island, possibly not knowing what was happening.

In the town, the mercenaries just stood with their own guilds. Some were whispering about abandoning their posts and fleeing the town altogether.

After all, it was just a town, and it didn't seem worth it to risk their lives over it.

However, after gazing outside the barrier, they realized the escape was simply impossible, unless they wanted to fight through the hoard of creatures that surrounded them on all sides. "Everyone." An old, calm voice sounded.

Everyone turned their heads to Kory, who was walking towards them with a black-haired young man by his side.

"Adam."

Digby and the rest of the Crimson Hounds stood up, relief washing over them after seeing him fine and well.

"This is truly a bad situation," Kory said with a chuckle. "We'll all die unless we work together."

"Where the hell is the Imperial Order?" A rough-sounding guild master of Fairy Whip asked, his voice filled with frustration. "It's their job to keep this town safe."

"No need to worry about that," Kory said with a smile. "Mikael is coming."

Hearing that, many frustrated folks quieted down.

With such a simple sentence, the tension in the air dissipated like a fart in the wind.

Mikael, the right-hand man of the king, was coming.

"So, what'll we do?" A person asked.

"The barrier won't last long; most likely, it will break apart before Mikael arrives."

Kory said, and then continued:

"We could try to reinforce it with our Magick, which will buy us a couple of minutes, but I have other plans.

"We could isolate the Blackhearts. If we make a hole in the barrier, barely the size of an adult human, they might stop trying to force their way through and instead use that opening to enter the town.

"If the barrier completely breaks apart, we'll just be surrounded and overwhelmed. We need to stop them from breaking the barrier, and the only thing to do is let them inside the town."

needed.

"Ah, unfortunately, he can't leave the frontlines." Kory said with a wry smile. "Otherwise, the

plan will not work."

"What do you mean?" Digby asked with a frown.

Others turned to them after hearing their conversation, curious about what Kory meant.

Kory took out the brown, dirty pouch and showed the broken crystals inside.

A few didn't recognize them, but the ones that did exclaimed in shock.

"Broken fragments of Respawn Crystal?!"

"Adam destroyed the respawn crystal," Kory said. "Those creatures outside the barrier are

here for him."

All eyes landed on Adam, shock evident on their faces.

A thought arose in their minds.

Wasn't this the second respawn crystal he destroyed?

Lucette covered her mouth in shock and looked at Adam with a gaze of disbelief.

Sapphira looked with her round eyes at Adam, a deep frown on her face.

She thought he seemed ordinary-like a neighborhood kid you can find anywhere-but he

had accomplished several impossible tasks.

"Hmm..." Kory thought about it further and smiled. "I think Adam being on the front lines

works in our favor. They are already after him, so he already has their aggro. I say we use that

to our advantage."

"Agh..." Digby crossed his arms, not a fan of the plan.

He had heard that Adam did well as a tank in the raid on the tenth floor. However, the tenth

floor was nothing compared to this.

"I can do it," Adam said to Digby.

"Alright, fine..." Digby scratched the back of his head. "I'll be your support fighter; I'll help

you if need be."

"That's fine."

A slight distance away, a group of mercenaries looked at them with hostile gazes. They were

all holding shields that looked like they were cracked, but they were just painted to look that

way.

They were the members of the Shattered Shields.