Chapter 350: Night Life Pt.2
It didn't take long for another phantom to show up which let Fendis try out his new attack formation. Like most attack formations his shot out an attack which quickly poked thousands of tiny holes into the phantom. "Was that what it was supposed to do?"
"Yeah, I didn't make it for a situation like this but I figured it would still be effective so this was a good opportunity to give it a try." Donny had assumed this wasn't something Fendis had made up on the spot because it took a while to come up with formation when you were first starting your training.
"What kind of enemies is it meant to be used on?" After his question Fendis pointed at the sky. "I'm sure you know this but when you're flying it can be hard to aim especially at small fast things so I was hoping to make a formation that could do a good amount of damage in a wide area. You really only need to hit something like a small wyvern with one of the air spikes to kill it." The source of this content is N0veII_bIn
Donny could see the usefulness of a spell like this but he had to point out a problem. "You'll need to get a lot better at weaving the formation if you hope to do it in air." Fendis seemed to already know it had been too hard for him to weave the formation to successfully pull it off in a fight now and said. "I plan to do it a few times before I sleep each night until I get better."
This was a known method to get better with a certain formation so Donny left this problem for Fendis to solve on his own since it seemed he knew what he was doing and said. "Do you want to finish this one off so we can move on?" The one Fendis had tested his formation on was heavily damaged but it still hadn't fallen below ground so it still needed a bit more.
"Give me a second, it's still powering back up." Hearing this Donny wanted to ask if Fendis wanted some help increasing the efficacy of his formation but decided not to because if someone helped you all the time it wasn't good for your future prospects. "Ok I'm going to look around by myself again, call if you need any help."
If you then added the fact neither of the two Demigods had ever been seen again there was a good chance two divine cores laid under this town somewhere. Sources of divinity were rare enough that he was sure every person in the world that had an interest in becoming a Divinity at some point would come to investigate if these rumors were true in the hopes of being the one who had solved the disappearance because by finding the bodies you would have everything you needed to ascend while still having a core left over.
This wasn't the reason he was here this time though so it was best for him not to think about his future plans because he might convince himself to stay or come back as soon as the situation in the Metal Domain was over even though he knew he wasn't ready to do something like this yet.
It was hard to ignore the fact something was going on in town that might lead to this mystery being solved soon making him have to find another lead in the future which could take years. "Help!" Hearing a scream coming from nearby Donny didn't wait even a second to rush off towards the scream because from the direction it came from he knew it wasn't from one of his group leaving a guard or citizen as the ones who needed aid.
The mayor had said they couldn't let anyone die so if he didn't make it in time it could really affect the amount of food they were given. Before even arriving to where he had heard the scream earlier he could see the problem with a very obvious giant phantom a few streets over.
He had no idea how one could have gained so much size so quickly but with the fact he could see it he didn't waste any time and sent his shield towards its head to start poking holes. He wasn't sure how much damage one of these things could take once they reached this size but the first of his attacks didn't make a noticeable difference to the things size so he hit another part of the head.
Three more of his attacks landed on the phantom's head before he finally arrived at the scene and was able to see what the situation was like. He wasn't the only one who had come to help from his group and he could see they were all looking at the same thing. Turning to see what it was he saw three people laying on the ground in the wake of the giant phantom.
If these three turned out to be dead it meant they had already partially failed but it was best to not let the thing continue its slow rampage. "What are you doing, why aren't you attacking it?" After his rushed question the closest person to him said. "There's someone inside it."
Hearing this startling claim Donny turned back and tried to peer through the massive creature's smokey body. Eventually his eyes landed on a part that was slightly darker and wasted no time using his shield to try and carve the hopefully still living person out of the phantom's stomach.