Chapter 185 - The Ark Of The Fourth Umbra

"Or have you forgotten?" he asked again when he got no response.

"Stand back, Raiyen. With your powers, only she can be on par with him," warned Z, blocking the Time Mage's way.

"But!" protested the Time Mage.

The Valkyrie stood in front of the two squabbling Mages and took out her Ancient Relic. Water surrounded the shield and the winds started to gather into her hands. A large gust wind unraveled from her palm, showing off the Emerald Wave Sword.

"I'll defeat him alone!" she yelled, as her eyes brightened with fury and determination.

As she slammed the shield into the ground, it revealed itself as Lord Atlantia, accompanied by the torrents of water around it. With the Ancient Relic in full activation, Z gave out the last thing for the Arks to mobilize.

"The final Umbra. Benjamin has returned."

Mavislin leaped from her spot and attacked the Corrupted One with a clang. Her speed had been enhanced, her strength was god-like as the two duked it out. The shadow being was not on the losing end either as his attacks were on par of his twin.

"How can we help her?" asked Ling.

"Yea, that's gotta be a way to help her."

"There's no chance of helping her in this fight. She's got to settle things by herself. Meanwhile, we can try to kill that thing," instructed Z as he pointed at the stained-glass window.

The silhouette of Tiamat passed by the building, along with some screams and howls around.

"Vernice, it's your domain. You've gotta take charge now. Your forces are here, they know the area well. Use them to your advantage now!" commanded Raiyen as they rushed outside.

"I'll get some more help! For the moment, try to stagger that thing," said Raiyen, as he glitched away.

The Duchess thought for a moment as Tiamat continued its rampage. Right then, the firing squad from Albion had arrived along with the remaining forces from Teuton.

"Vernice! I've given you backup! It's your turn to command them. I'll do my best with what I have!" yelled Gab as he rushed towards the Beast.

Z shot a few Ice spells towards the Tiamat, getting its attention away from the humans. Vernice whistled a particularly loud tune and most of her forces came to help. Her team consisted of mostly snipers but some fought using spears and swords.

Those who could fight using weapons were sent towards the danger zone via Vernice's command. With the firing squads of three domains, the area was filling the sound of guns ringing endlessly. Ling continued to wrestle with the serpents that were shot out.

But as the Viscountess was running low on power against the serpents, flashes of daggers and swords appeared. In a matter of moments, the serpents were all dead. Ling was shocked as the things landed right in front of her.

"Hiya! We've come from the Campania! Minwoo sent us to help!" said one of the guys that slew the serpents, as he saluted the Viscountess.

"But he's..." replied Ling, sadly.

"We know. Yan has been keeping us up to date with everything. Thank the Time Mage, he was the one who gathered us just in time to do this," said the man as he leaped towards Tiamat.

Meanwhile, Z was having a hard time trying to damage the Beast's defenses. When the humans tried to poke it with their little sticks, it merely got tickled.

"Great, I never thought it'd be this difficult," sighed Z as he threw another Freezing Dust at the creature.

"Can't you use Harmony Of Cosmos spell?" asked Raiyen as he glitched by.

He then shot a massive ball of lighting towards Tiamat it blinded the monster for a bit but made it even angrier. The creature howled in pain as smoke appeared around its eyes.

"I can't keep this giant of a thing inside my mind! I'll die!" yelled Z, giving another set of Kunais and icicles to Tiamat.

"You think the rest of the Arks will move?" asked Raiyen.

"Hard to tell. Perhaps the real Baldwin might show up but I highly doubt the couple will move an inch."

"But Benjamin is around."

"They'll have to get through the Old Man Pond first then they can touch the Corrupted One. If any Mage gets in the way of the Valkyries' battle, they'd be done for."

"Crap, I've completely forgotten about the Old Man Pond."

"What do you mean? How can you forget someone that fast?"

"Well, I know how he's going to go out but it won't be soon."

"I hope he won't get himself into this mess," complained Z.

"Yea."

Raiyen sighed as he stopped on top of a building. He then ditched his twin blades and took out his Ancient Relic.