Chapter 64 Exhausted reserves
A few moments earlier.
'Shit, I can't believe I didn't notice there was a third one.'
Alex was mentally annoyed at himself. Updated chapters on novelbin(.)com
But considering his current predicament, he couldn't afford to make any more slip ups due to his emotions.
'This fight is quickly tipping in their favor, especially now that I've been injured by that hidden archer.'
Alex was wracking his brain trying to think of a plan to get out of this situation alive.
In the end there was nothing.
Alex was all out of ideas.
He looked over at Mira. She had already started to attack the duo at the front frantically with rage.
'Am I really so useless? I've already been incapacitated before the fight even began, yet she's trying her best to fight them off even at such a huge disadvantage.'
In his frustration, Alex accessed his inventory and took out his last remaining soul orbs.
'Maybe these can help me in some way.'
Every time he had previously absorbed a soul orb, it strengthened his body in a way the beast cores could not.
Therefore his experience led him to think, 'Since they strengthen my body when I use them, shouldn't they also be able to heal me at least a little?'
And that's what brought him to his current situation.
He took the soul orb out of his inventory and quickly calmed his thoughts to properly absorb it.
Thankfully, Mira and the others were too preoccupied with trying to kill each other to notice his actions.
"Ahhh, this feels refreshing." The moment the energy entered his body he felt a jolt of pain flash through his shoulder where the arrow had pierced.
Then all the pain stopped.
Even the pain from before.
It was like his wound was gone.
But when Alex looked down, the hole was still there. There was just no blood pouring out anymore. What was even more shocking was that he could visibly see the wound regenerating at a speed for him to see with the naked eye.
'At this rate, I'll be good as new in 15 minutes!'
He could even somewhat move his arm now!
Alex used all his will power just to push out his previous two words.
Mira saw how strained he was. He looked like he just came back from a swim, and his veins were bulging on his head.
She immediately did as he said and used all her strength to push herself away from the front line.
Meanwhile, Alex couldn't hold on any longer and released the Fireball from his control.
Fwoosh
The huge burning ball of fire quickly flew over the short distance.
'He missed!'
Mira saw the fireball fly right over the attacking duo, whose expressions were filled with horror when faced with the miniature sun.
It continued flying past, lighting up the darkness everywhere it flew.
After a second passed, Mira could see the fireball had reached the top of a small hill in the rocky terrain, and when it did, she was shocked.
'The archer!'
Now she understood.
Alex hadn't missed.
He was never aiming for the two at the forefront from the beginning.
Instead he was aiming for the bigger nuisance that had been the reason they were losing this fight from the beginning.
BOOOM!
As soon as the silhouette of the third party came into sight, a split second later it was gone.
Along with the entire peak of the hill he was standing on.
When the fireball landed, it created an explosion affecting a radius of 50 metres from where it hit.
Liquefied rock was sent flying in all directions, and Alex received a notification from his watch.
He looked down at it, seeing that his points had gone up by 10.
'So they were telling the truth. This just makes everything so much more complicated.'
The archer was dead.
The fact his points had increased were proof of this.
Meanwhile, the other two attacker's faces twisted and went white when they realised what happened.