Chapter 154: Chapter 154
“Tch”, Jon pursed his lips, “You heard the man! Men, bring the injured and vacate the area. The rest of you, follow me and block the entrance with your life!” Jon barked. Long chuckled; he rested his staff on his shoulder as he threw a mocking gaze towards the figures dressed in black, “What are you dwindling around for? Come at me, you lowlifes!” Long provoked with a roar. “Grr”, the four remaining figures dressed in complete black growled, “Let’s kill this son of a bitch!” they said towards each other as they formed a four-pronged star formation.
The four figures completely clad in black quickly surrounded Long before moving around him in four different directions, continuously moving, forming a four-pronged star around Long. “Is this the formation that troubled brother Eru earlier?” Long inquired, “Interesting. I can certainly feel the natures around them responded following those four.” Then, Long readied himself, gripping his staff with both hands, he shouted, “Come, let me send you along like your friend to the afterlife.”
Long continued to provoke the remaining four figures completely dressed in black, causing the latter’s eyes to turn bloodshot red. Anger rose continuously within them as their four-pronged star formation moved even faster. “We will kill you as a tribute for our fallen comrade”, the four figures clad in complete black said in unison before they sent out one of their members outside their formation, attacking Long within. ‘Fast,’ Long thought to himself as he blocked one of the four figures clad in complete black.
The one that attacked Long immediately returned towards the four-pronged star seamlessly as they continued to repeat that manoeuvre to Long. The four-pronged star formation that the four figures clad in complete black executed managed to give Long trouble as even with someone at his calibre was struggling. “Brother Eru wasn’t kidding; these lots are quite strong and annoying”, Long said to himself. Then, Long’s lips suddenly curled up a little, “But, from what I’ve seen, they’re only strong when they attacked together. However, what will happen to them if I destroy their flow?”
As Long formulated a plan in his head, the other people outside the circle watched as the four figures clad in complete black attack Long relentlessly. Duncan approached Jon, tapping his shoulder; he said, “Is he going to be alright?” Jon furrowed his eyebrows, “I don’t know. Things look bleak for the bastard. However, I see that his eyes haven’t given up yet”, he answered.
“Just in case Mr Long loses, can I count on you, old friend?” Duncan smiled wryly. “Of course”, Jon declared, “Although I’ve gotten old, if I go all out, I could decimate these four in an instant. The Golden Lion is not yet dead”, he said proudly with a pumped-up chest. Duncan nodded as he continued watching Long’s fight against the four figures dressed in complete black.
Long fended off the attacks coming from the four figures dressed in complete black while waiting for the right opportunity to strike. The conclusion that Long reached after watching the four-pronged star formation executed by the remaining four figures completely dressed in black was similar to Eru’s conclusion earlier. However, what Long had that Eru did not was magic. That’s right, Long had magic on his side, and considering that Eru previously used Explosion spell to break the figures dressed in complete black’s formation, Long could do it too.
But, considering that Long had magic on his side, Long’s option of spells were considerably more open than Eru’s option. So, when Long felt that the four figures dressed in complete black slightly messed up their rotation, his eyes glowed brightly. Long stomped his staff on the ground, chanting, “Ring of Fire.” After Long chanted his spell, the area around him burned bright as flames emerged from the ground. Because of that, the four-pronged star formation that the figures clad in black executed got disrupted.
“Fuck! Not again!” one of the four figures clad in black exclaimed, “Avoid the flames and get into the rectangle formation.” However, how could Long let that happen? “Oh no, you don’t”, Long said as he pursued the four figures dressed in black, preventing them from getting into another formation. Then, Long separated the four figures dressed in black with a small explosion within them. After that, Long advanced towards the nearest figure dressed in complete black.
“I’ll be sending you first to the afterlife”, Long declared while thrusting his staff. “Fire Spear”, once again, Long chanted as a spearhead emerged from the tip of his staff. “No!” said the figure dressed in complete black as he tried to block Long’s thrust. “Too late”, Long exclaimed as the flaming spearhead pierced through the figure’s chest, killing him instantly before his body burned into ashes. Immediately after, Long quickly went to the next figure dressed in complete black.
Unfortunately for him, Long could not kill this one as easy as the last one because Long’s target was prepared this time. Long tried to get the final blow but his target, one of the remaining three figures clad in black, managed to defend himself. The latter stall for time enough so that his comrade, the other two figures shrouded in complete black, joined him. “We lost two already; what should we do, number two?” asked one of the remaining three figures dressed in complete black. “We’ll go all out and at least kill this guy”, said number two as he gritted his teeth. “Yes, let us at least bring him down with us to the afterlife”, said another figure dressed in black with determination.
“Heh, trashy scum like you three wanted to bring me down with you?” Long scoffed, “Not in a million years” he smirked. Then, Long held his staff with two hands, “Thank me later, I’ll send you three together so that you could join your comrade”, he said as he rushed in towards the three figures dressed in black. “Watch out! He’s coming”, warned one of the figures clad in black. Immediately after he warned, the remaining three figures dressed in complete black get into a formation, “Triangle Formation!” barked number two.
Then, Long saw the three remaining figures clad in complete black shift their positioning into some kind of triangle, “Do whatever you can do to survive, or else this will be boring”, Long challenged while advancing fast. Not long after that, Long appeared right in front of one of the figures dressed in complete black, “Die!” he roared. The figure clad in black clicked his tongue, “Rargh!” he let out a battle cry as his scimitar met with Long’s staff. But it did not end there as the other figure dressed in complete black moved into Long’s side and swung his own scimitar.
However, instead of panicking, Long had a wide grin on his face, “Now we are talking”, he said as Long hardened his body, making the scimitar unable to wound him. “What the hell!?” the figure clad in complete black exclaimed in surprise when his scimitar was unable to cut Long’s flesh. But, the three figures clad in black were not finished yet as the remaining figure, Number Two swiftly moved to Long’s back and struck his scimitar. Number Two received a similar reaction from his comrade as his scimitar was unable to hurt Long’s back even though he swung with all of his might.
“Hahaha”, Long laughed heartily, “You guys should’ve done this from the start! That formation where you attacked me one by one is boring. This, however, is exhilarating!” After saying that, Long gathered his mana inside his body before ejecting it out, “Explosive Wave!” he shouted. A small explosion was triggered from within Long, blasting away the remaining three figures clad in complete black. Number Two struggled to get up as he slowly turned his head towards Long, “Y-you”, he stuttered, “What the hell are you!?”
Long grinned; he instantly appeared in front of Number Two, pointing the tip of his staff towards Number Two’s head; Long opened his mouth, “I told you, I’m someone the likes of you could only look up from below.” Just as Long was about to finish Number Two off, the other remaining figure clad completely in black rushed in from behind. He kicked Number Two away, “Run, Number Two!” he shouted before he got killed by Long’s fiery spearhead. “No!” Number Two screamed with horror as he watched another comrade fall by the hands of Long.
“Tch, a pesky piece of shit”, Long scoffed; he pointed the tip of his staff towards Number Two, “You’re not going to get away”, he said. Hearing that, Number Two felt his skin was quivering in fear as he tried his best to run away towards the only exit of the building. Long dashed forward, he closed into Number Two, but he was once again interrupted by another figure dressed in complete black. “You’re not getting to Number Two!” the figure dressed in complete black said, but he was soon instantly killed by Long.
“Argh!” the figure dressed in complete black screamed his lung out as he slowly died from burning. Long licked his lips as he stared at the terrified Number Two, “You’re next.”
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