Adrian blocked the attacks by hardening the mirrors instead of turning them into a passageway. If he did not do so, then the attacks of the two horsemen will definitely reach the Daemos Corps members that he has saved. This did vote well for him though as he knew that he would receive the brunt of the damage instead.
The barrier given to him by Charon mitigated some of the damage, but he still ended up in the red zone. He almost died but he saw an interaction with Aether Energy that he did not expect. Adrian would have died but his Aether Energy suddenly bottomed out and filled back in. It seems that his Aether Gauge also acts as a temporary life for him that will be consumed if he gets killed.
Since his Aether Energy is always full when the Aetheros Domain is active, he is essentially immortal when it is active. He could still die though if he is affected by instant kill skills or debuffs that lowers the healing, but those skills are very rare. Still, Adrian felt that they need to end this battle since the Dragon of Revelation is starting to loosen its shackles.
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"To seal the Dragon of Revelation means we need to immediately kill the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It might be difficult, but I need to get the best people to focus at one at a time." Adrian muttered as he immediately sent his plan to the players he sees as the best.
He needs to form a strike team which means he needs the best damage dealers because he will act as their support. The other supports like Levin Cloud and Anastacia will need to focus on supporting the whole army instead of Adrian's strike team. A while later, he received a reply from some of them and only needed to secure one more reply.
Adrian then went inside the mirror as he needed to go to a zone in the battlefield. Since the focus of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse were on him, the focus shifted back to the dragon kings the moment he vanished. He did not do it intentionally, but the dragon kings felt the pressure against them double since the horsemen are now fully focusing on them.
Hou Yiwei is currently back to his dragonoid form as he no longer has enough stamina to transform into his dragon form. He does not want to admit it, but his dragon form needs tremendous amounts of stamina. He thought he will never access it again but the strange buff he got called Aether Dust could actually return back his stamina.
He is currently leading the army of dragonkin, but he already knew that he does not need to do so as they are currently doing great because of this Aether Dust. Against lizardmen, the dragonkin are definitely the ones at the top. His major problems are the attacks that the Dragon of Revelation and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The Dragon of Revelation's breath attacks would have ended everything if there was no one to stop them. After a lot of people got revived or rather when time was turned back, the morale surged as those that fell from battle returned. This prompted the early defeat of the lizardmen which freed other races to focus on the Dragon of Revelation.
One race in fact that shook not only Hou Yiwei, but the world are the dwarves. The Iron Legion could actually call upon the will of their ancestors and manifest the Will of Iron. Iron might seem a low-end metal but that is just the name of the skill. The Iron Legion Dwarves will call upon the strength of their ancestors and create a huge silhouette of their ancestors holding the sturdiest shields.
The Iron Legion would then block the attacks of the Dragon of Revelation using this skill. They are definitely called the strongest wall and no longer just seen as a race that is good with their hands. Hou Yiwei then remembered the Elder Dragons talking about how formidable the dwarves were.
In other games, the dwarves were servants of dragons and such but not in Pandemonium. In fact, dragons respect the dwarves because of what happened years ago. It seems that it was the dwarves that stopped the advancement of the Gluttony Dragon back then which made the dragons indebted to them.
Hou Yiwei was observing the battlefield and shooting down enemies when he gets an opportunity when a mirror suddenly manifested near him. He did not think it strange since all of them could see these mirrors manifesting. In fact, he is glad that this mirror manifested near him as the Aether Dust would spread when near it.
He might not want to outwardly admit it, but the player named Equinox is ideal for this battle. He focuses more on himself rather than a whole group while Equinox focuses on a group tactics since he is a summoner. They have different battle styles, but he is still a bit jealous that he is getting more attention than him who is the rank one player.
When he thought that it was just a mirror, he is shocked to find that a figure of a humanoid emerged from it. He clearly knew of the identity of this humanoid, but this is his first time seeing him face to face. He did face him during the Pandelympics but that was not Equinox' true game avatar.
Hou Yiwei did not want to admit it, but the Demon Equinox truly lives to the modifiers thrown to him. He does have this mysterious aura wrapped around him, but he still believes that he is better in some aspect. Hou Yiwei knew that the Demon will not come to this area unless he intended to do so. One of his modifiers in the forum is called the Demonic Tactician.
"Hello!" Adrian greeted Hou Yiwei, but he does not know if he will respond in kind.
"Greetings! I know that you already know me, but I will introduce myself. I am Hou Yiwei." Hou Yiwei replied.
"I am Equinox. A pleasure to meet you. I know this is abrupt, but I am in need of your assistance." Adrian stated as he did not need semantics as the plan is urgent.
Adrian then proceeded to tell him of the plan despite him getting a glimpse of Hou Yiwei's personality from the short exchange. Adrian could guess that Hou Yiwei is someone with great confidence in himself and he knows it. He also seemed to tress the fact that Adrian absolutely knows him, which is true, but he did not need to rub it in his face.
"He might be a bit too confident in himself but that does not mean he is not flexible." Adrian though to himself as he smiled. Hou Yiwei could not see his eyes since he is blindfolded but he is glad that is the case or else his eyes will throw away what he feels of their interaction.
"I accept as well because I am not really needed here. I also need to defeat the Horseman of Pestilence to redeem myself from releasing the Horseman of Pestilence." Hou Yiwei stated as he agreed to Adrian's suggestion when a breath attack is suddenly aimed towards them.
Adrian did not panic because he already has enough firepower to offset that breath attack launched by the Dragon of Revelation. A giant mirror appeared in front of them, and a huge beam of light came out of it that collided with the energy ball that is the Dragon of Revelation's breath attack. When the two attacks collided, a powerful shockwave swept across the area but the dragonkin are unharmed.
"I wanted to use that attack against one of the horsemen." Adrian grumbled with Hou Yiwei shocked at the sudden display of might.
Hou Yiwei suddenly felt this sort of rivalry against Adrian when the latter did not really care. All Adrian wants is for this battle to finish as the higher the chance of the Dragon of Revelation getting unsealed as the battle takes longer. Adrian then waved his hands as he took Hou Yiwei to the other side of the mirror.
When the two emerged from the mirror, the group that could be called as the strongest damage dealers are present. Adrian gathered Siegfried, Ain, Alder, Vayu, Lycan, Solstice, Soleil, Faust, Frey and Hou Yiwei. If one looked at their team, then they would say that they can easily kill off a dragon when they see their line-up.
Vayu, Siegfried, Lycan, Solstice, Ain and Frey are the vanguard that will deal great damage. Alder, Soleil, Faust, and Hou Yiwei will provide the necessary cover fire that also deals great damage. Adrian himself will support them by himself as the other supports are needed to help the army or else the whole army will collapse.
"Can you support us all by yourself? I mean, you are a summoner." Hou Yiwei asked as he thought that Levin Cloud or Anastacia would be present.
"The dust that is buffing you right now comes from me." Adrian replied which shocked those that do not know.