Chapter 3058 Shifting Gears (Part 2)

Chapter 3058 Shifting Gears (Part 2)

To make matters worse, the ruins of Argantyr's right side were already rebuilding themselves into the missing arm and a second Searing Light was taking form in front of the proto-hand.

Lith followed Solus' instructions to the letter, Blinking away at the last second and to a position that forced the Elemental Lord's left arm to trace a wide arc to follow the Engine's movements.

The problem was that more and more light bullets joined the chase by the second and the Engine couldn't get too far away from the mana geyser without losing control to the Elemental Lord.

With such limited options, it was only a matter of time before that game of tag came to an end.

<"There you are!"> Argantyr had figured out the pattern in the Blinks and aimed the Searing Light where the enemy would be instead of where he was.

The Prime Engine was caught while stepping out of the dimensional door but it had a Spirit Barrier surrounding it that took the brunt of the damage. The impact sealed the Engine's movements long enough for the scattered beams of Searing Light to catch up with the spell's main body.

A hail of sharp rocks, incandescent magma, and light hammered at the Engine from every side. The mere shockwave from the blast raised a mushroom cloud and uprooted trees.

Even from their position, the three white cores needed to conjure a Hush spell to not be deafened by the noise.

"What an idiot." Rethia said.

"Agreed." Sinmara nodded.

"I really wish we could show this to our children." Surtr sighed. "It would be a priceless lesson about how power without wisdom is nothing but madness."

<"What the fuck?"> In his frenzy, Argantyr came to their same conclusion only when it was too late. <"How can his energy signature have gotten stronger after enduring my attack? He should be half dead!">

Every bit of mana he would spend would further deplete his pseudo cores and he doubted that the unknown lost city would give him a break out of fair play.

'I need to weave my next attack while I prepare my defense.' The lost city crouched in a kneeling position so that he would offer solely his back to Twilight Storm and manipulated the earth element to bury himself below its surface.

'I can't block or dodge, but I still have a way to avoid it!' Argantyr turned the solid ground into mud to sink faster and use it as a protective layer after making it solid again.

Twilight Storm froze the mud and ripped the protective layer to shreds like paper. The cold weakened the stone walls while the black snow piled up on the Elemental Lord's back, sapping his strength.

'I don't care. I can take this kind of wounds. My Divine Right array gives me more mana than the repairs will take. Also, by bathing in the underground world energy, I can recover much more quickly than I would by standing on my feet.

'Everything I get, he loses. I'm tipping the scales back into my favor.' He had to repeat over and over in a mantra to endure the humiliation of hiding like a rat from a lost city much smaller and younger than he was.

"Wow. Cursed objects are all murderous trash but this one is humble." Surtr said. "Probably the humblest I've ever met."

"Yeah." Rethia nodded. "Mages have a huge ego and their creations inherit it. Most people I know would rather die than prostrate themselves before their enemy."

"Disagree." Sinmara shook her head. "Not about the ego thing. I think Argantyr is just that desperate and as long as he wins, no one will believe the claims of the loser."

The other two white cores had to concede the point. A lost city couldn't kill another without dying in the process. Since they would both survive and there was supposed to be no witness to their fight, victory was the only thing that mattered.

'Once I get my hands on the geyser and my Divine Right arrays grows, I'll have all the proof I need of my victory whereas he will have none of my humiliation!' The Elemental Ruler had no idea that communication amulets were a thing.

The white cores were recording everything from different angles to study the fight later. They had no intention of releasing the videos but that was because the Prime Engine was their ally, not a lost city.