Chapter 584 Stalling for Time

Standing there stunned it took Marcus a few moments to process what Gwyneira had said, and when he did an unimaginable sense of fear came over him.

“Marcus are you still there? Did you already get Retharin’s assistance?” Gwyneira said with terror in her own voice.

Even she was very afraid of what was coming, and she could not keep her cool as a bit of her worry came out in her voice.

Getting ahold of himself, Marcus put his sending stone up to his mouth and said, “I am here Gwyneira, and I have secured Retharin’s help. I have also got at least one other person who is a mutual friend of ours to come and will hopefully bring more high-level people. Until we can get everyone to gather, we need to hold that thing off. I will head over quickly with Retharin, and we can come up with a plan while it is still in the northern reaches.”

Turning towards Retharin, the mythic grade gryphon nodded his head and took his true form.

Looking at him again Marcus was still impressed by the imposing form that Retharin struck and felt very glad to have him on their side.

Yet before he could move to get on his back, Gwyneira said something else through the sending stone..

“Marcus, you should not come back. I know you are strong, but your power will not be enough against this thing. I want you to head back to the capital and meet up with Mrazivý at the adventurers guild. In the worst-case scenario, you can take shelter with them and use the teleportation circle they maintain to go to another continent to escape.”

Pausing for a moment, he almost felt relieved that he was not going to have to fight that thing. He already knew it was well beyond him, and that it was quite possible he would end up destroyed if he tired to get in its way.

Still, he just could not bring himself to run away. This place had become his home, and he did not want to sit back and do nothing while it was destroyed.

‘What have I gained all this power for if I cannot even help when everything I care about is in danger. I have already asked both Retharin and Ardea to fight, so how could I not myself.’

“Gwyneira I will have to disregard that request. I will be joining you and Retharin to help slow that thing down as all of our forces gather. At the very least my healing powers will be useful, and I can support the two of you.”

Hearing the resolve in his voice, she just shook her head, realizing that she was not going to dissuade him.

“Fine, just get here quickly. It has already made it to the edge of the woods, and I do not want to fight it on my own for long.”

After saying that Gwyneira put away her sending stone and flew towards the monster that threatened her kingdom.

Running over to Retharin, Marcus jumped onto his back and the massive gryphon bounded out of his home and launched into the sky.

Quickly he gained speed going well past the sound barrier as he flew north to meet the threat head on.

When they arrived what they saw was truly like something out of a horror movie, as the Doomsday worm had already made it through about a fourth of the Great Gome Woods, and everything in its path was dead.

Even the trees and plants had not been spared, having the life drained away from them.

For dozens of miles around the Doomsday Worm was dried up husks of the once tall and proud trees, and buses and shrubs that had turned to dust.

The ground around it was all broken and cracked and the snow within a few miles of it was drained of all of its beauty, as this creature’s vile existences tainted it and turned it a dark sickly red.

BOOM!

Suddenly its colossal form was pelted by a hundred huge spears made of ice, and looking above it both Marcus and Retharin saw Gwyneira raining down attacks from above.

However, they seemed to be of little consequence to the Dread Burrow, as the ice spears that hit it and pierced it to the ground quickly broke away and the damage was healed almost instantly.

“Irene this is where I let you off.” Retharin said.

Though before Marcus left, he decided to give Retharin a parting gift to help him out.

‘Heart of the Forge.’

‘Lighting Warrior.’

Casting two tier five buff spells, Marcus gave Retharin what little power he could before jumping off.

“Good luck out there. I will do what I can, but I will be counting on the two of you for the most part.”

Looking back at Marcus one last time before heading out. Retharin gave him a confident grin and then launched towards the Dread Burrower.

Bolts of lightning began running along his body as he charged up his power and starting things off with a bang Retharin unleashed one of his strongest attacks.

Opening his mouth, he shot out a huge beam of electricity towards the colossal worm, and when it hit there was a huge explosion like a nuclear bomb had just been set off.

The dried-up husks of the trees that were in the area were immediately vaporized and a powerful gust of wind blew over those that had escaped the blasts range.

This one attack had done nearly as much damage to landscape as the Doomsday Worm had already, and a large plumb of dust shot into the air.

Unfortunately, there was no way that this battle was going to be that easy, and soon the form of the Dread Burrower emerged from the dust.

It had certainly taken a lot of damage form this attack. Its head had been blown off, and its body was riddled with deep wounds.

But its lack of defense was more than made up for, as it quickly regenerated all of the damage that Retharin had done and was back to its full power.