Chapter 275: Hundred Men Army
After another punch landed on Calamity's face, he just grinned with his bloody teeth and pushed Adam off with monstrous strength.
Adam slid backwards a little bit before coming to a complete stop.
"You've earned my respect, Adam, but you've made one mistake." Calamity spread his arms wide. "My health is now below 100!"
[Calamity - HP: 99/1650]
'Why does that matter?' Adam just frowned.
"Thousand-Arm Monster of Armageddon is a legendary-ranked transformation!"
Adam's eyes widened.
'The legendary-ranked transformations have special ability that is only usable when the user is extremely near death...'
Adam was wondering why Calamity didn't seem afraid or even in a slight panic. He kept sensing his emotions, and he seemed quite carefree.
Now it made sense.
Calamity was extremely confident in surviving because of his special ability.
The wind suddenly ceased, and the air grew still around them.
Calamity put his hands together, and then around a hundred arms sprouted around him like celestial rings. These arms didn't look ugly like the others, but smooth-skinned and ended in elegant fingers that moved gracefully.
"The Hundred Man Army!"
Within his body, hundreds of men jumped out and stood behind Calamity like an army of loyal soldiers.
These men were black-haired, bare naked, and armed with only their fists.
"This is the first time I am ever using this, haha!" Calamity laughed. "You're the first to accomplish that. Be proud of the fact. Maybe it will bring you comfort in your death!"
...
On top of the Observatory building.
"Where did all these men come from?!" Otis cried out.
Hearing the commotion, most of the Originals woke up after a few hours of nap and came to check on the fight and how it was going.
However, a shocking sight unfolded before them.
It wasn't only one-versus-one fight anymore, but instead one-versus-army!
"Adam is in trouble!"
A weak-legged Original fell on his knees and whispered. "It's over. No one can defeat him." "Davy, get up. The fight is not over yet!" Otis cried out.
"Yes, it is." Davy said. "Look at the others."
Otis glanced around the Originals and saw that all of them had lost their hope. Their faces were filled with defeat and resignation.
At that moment, the door of the rooftop opened, and teary-faced Raquelle stepped through, her eyes red and puffy from crying.
"Miss Raquel." Agnes ran to her side and embraced her, comforting her as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Raquel..." Otis called out softly. "What happened?"
"Nothing..." Raquel said, wiping away her tears and trying to compose herself. "How's the fight going?"
"..." Otis turned his gaze away. "Not good."
Agnes trembled and looked behind, where her children were sleeping, and closed her eyes.
At that moment, Adam screamed and ripped his arms from the bounds.
As he fell back to the ground, amidst the men, he reeled in his fist and punched through them
all.
With a powerful shockwave caused by the punch, the men got sent flying away, and then Adam stepped forward and stopped only two meters from Calamity, gazing up at him.
Calamity was standing on top of a pile of rubble, a cold look on his eyes, staring down at
Adam.
"Your health is not looking good."
"..." Adam checked his health.
[Adam - HP: 1/1500]
The whole health bar was blinking red.
At this moment, he kind of wished he would've bought some stronger healing spells to
increase his health, but those kinds of spells need a lot of time to chant.
In one-versus-one, using stronger healing spells was impossible.
That's why tanks were incredibly important in protecting the healers during the raids so that
they could use their healing spells to heal the party members.
Calamity picked up a small pebble from the rubble under him and tossed it in his hand.
"This pebble would be strong enough to kill you."
With a flick of a wrist, he threw the pebble at Adam.
Adam didn't move an inch, but the pebble still missed him, as if it phased right through his
forehead.
Motionless!
"Such confidence." Calamity grinned. "You weren't even the slightest bit afraid that you would fail in dodging that? Anyone else in your shoes would've just jumped out of the way."
The men had recovered from the shockwave punch, and were surrounding them like a pack of
hungry wolves.
They were only awaiting Calamity's command.
"These wings are treacherous." Adam looked behind him at his wings, and made them return
to his back. "I've forgotten my roots, y'see."
"?" Calamity frowned.
"I am a tank!" Adam picked up a shield and his greatsword from his inventory.
"Tank's job is to tank damage." Calamity said with a grin. "You can't do that. If you get hit
even once, you're dead."
"I am not your usual tank." Adam said. "Watch and learn."