Chapter 208 – Despair (6)
Once you’ve decided to retreat, there’s no reason to stay here anymore.
As soon as I give the signal, our current goal is to get out of Morphia City and retreat.
I will take some time while Freya recovers Minercia, and in the meantime, when Ellie comes back, I will leave Morphia City right then.
I don’t know how Chaos Alcatraz will behave after we’re gone, but I think it’s a better option than being killed here and now.
When Chaos Alcatraz saw that the person he was attacking was gone, he muttered, then turned his head and looked for us.
The best way would be to stop time with 〈 Time Stop 〉 and then move everyone quickly, but since I just used 〈 Time Stop 〉, this method is no longer possible.
“Leen, you go to the direction Ellie flew and bring her back.”
“Yes, I understand. My lord!”
As soon as I finished speaking, Lien quickly moved in the direction where Ellie flew.
I also thought about the possibility that Ellie might have lost her senses by flying away and not heard me, so she chose Lien, who is mobile and can carry her if she is still unconscious.
And what we have to do is withstand the attacks of Chaos Alcatraz.
Those of us who remained were faced with Chaos Alcatraz once more.
Seeing us like that, Chaos Alcatraz seemed to be looking at us curiously.
《You really don’t know how to give up. “Do you still think you can beat me?”
“For my bright future, I have to get you down here. No matter what it takes.”
We must not let Chaos Alcatraz know that we are retreating now. In a situation where the 〈 Return 〉 skill may not be used due to the barrier surrounding Morpia City, other variables may arise if you are caught retreating.
Perhaps there may be a new pattern for Chaos Alcatraz that Elion operators have not yet come up with.
We are overwhelmed enough right now and have reached the limit of what we can endure.
Chaos Alcatraz spoke to us who were still in a fighting stance.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s impossible for you to defeat me. That can never happen.》
“In the first place, you only know how long and short it is. And there are no absolutes in this world!”
‘If you look at how that guy attacks after turning into dragon form, there are more attacks in a wide range. Except for Renia and Noah, who can fly, we must gather together and hold out while blocking attacks.’
I spoke to Chaos Alcatraz and whispered to everyone.
If everyone stays away like before, they will just be swept away by ranged attacks. Rather than scattering for no reason, I thought it would be better to gather around Freya and I, who can defend, but dodge Rhenia and Noah in the air, who can move quickly in the air.
It is said that Freya and I will protect the people who cannot be defended, but if everyone gathers together, eventually the aggro will be concentrated and they will not be able to defend and may be wiped out due to the continuous attack patterns, so Renia and Noah, who can take advantage of their mobility, will take advantage of the aggro. All you have to do is play a guiding role.
Hearing me, Chaos Alktraz snorted and opened his mouth in laughter.
“Then let’s see how long you can hold out!”
Black flames rise again from inside her open mouth.
Breath again!
“Renia! Noah!”
When I shouted, Rhenia and Noah immediately flew into the air to avoid the breath coming at us, and I wrapped my arms around Rachel’s waist and immediately ran towards Freya, who was recovering Minercia.
I wondered if Chaos Alcatraz’s breath would be directed at Leni or Noah, who flew up, rather than at me, but it seemed to be persistently targeting me, moving its head to follow me as I ran.
I shouted as I approached Freya.
“Freya! Rachel! When he first attacks with his breath, pretend to defend yourself. I’ll use the skill first!”
〈God’s Power: Barrier 〉
The moment I used the skill, black flames turned into breath and poured towards us. If we had used the skill just a little later, we would have been swallowed up by that flame and burned up.
I think this widespread pattern was clearly planned so that if there was some kind of cover on the map and a sign that Chaos Alcatraz was about to use its breath appeared, everyone would hide behind it and avoid the pattern.
In the game, I would avoid it like that, but right now I can’t see any cover to use like that. No, if you look closely, something may have appeared, whether it rose from the ground, fell from the sky, or was suddenly created in an empty space, but the situation is so urgent that there is no time to even look for such a thing.
The good news is that you can block his attacks by continuously using defense skills.
While Chaos Alcatraz poured its breath at us, I, Freya, and Rachel used defense skills in that order and held out until the breath ended.
“Mine, are you okay? Are you awake?”
While we were defending, Yuria looked at Minercia, and while I was moving towards Freya, I could see Minercia nodding her head at Yuria’s words, as if all of Minercia’s wounds were healed.
Okay, Minercia has all recovered and all we have to do is check on Ellie and we can retreat right away.
After Chaos Alcatraz’s breath attack was over, I could see Lien laying Ellie on his back over the guy’s back.
She would have been blown away by simply slapping her hand away, but seeing Ellie draped on Lien’s back, it seems that her shock was enormous.
Still, preparations were completed.
‘I will give you a signal in my ear and use 〈 flash 〉. I’m not sure if this guy will blind you, but let’s not worry about that and just turn around and get out of here. ‘Let’s get to the wall as quickly as possible.’
I whispered to everyone and climbed onto Minercia’s recovered back. Not only me, but Yuri, Freya, and Rachel also rode along.
As we climb onto Minercia’s back again, Chaos Alcatraz raises his claws and raises them above his head. They probably thought we had climbed onto the back of Minercia to fight again.
If so, thank you!
“Yuria! Let’s get to his head!”
After hearing my words, Yuria took control of Minersia and flew towards the hand of Chaos Alcatraza that was swinging at us. To anyone, it would have looked like we were flying away to get hit by the guy’s attack, but we quickly dodged the attack by moving through the gap between the guy’s fingers and flew right up to his face.
‘Now!’
I whispered to everyone and stretched out my hands towards Chaos Alcatraz.
〈flash〉
It is one of the skills that came out in the early days of Elion, and although it does not have very high damage, this skill has one function: it forcibly blinds monsters and puts them in a dark state.
Darkness is a status abnormality, and the probability of being affected decreases depending on the monster’s resistance, but this skill was a skill that forcibly inflicted a status abnormality.
Later, it was a skill that was abandoned after research showed that this condition was not very helpful in extracting damage against monsters.
I never thought I’d end up using this here. Skills with this forced effect are always applied no matter how high the resistance is, so none of Elion’s monsters could avoid this skill.
So I think Chaos Alcatraz will definitely get caught…
When I used 〈Flash 〉, a bright light emitted from the tips of my outstretched hands. I thought it was a dazzling light, but it did not give any feeling to me as I was using it.
Perhaps I, the user, will be prevented from going blind and going into a state of darkness when I see this light?
《Ugh! What on earth is this!》
Unlike me, who was indifferent, Chaos Alcatraz closed its eyes tightly and turned its head when it saw the light of 〈 Flash 〉 that I wrote. It was the same as the natural reaction of a living creature when it suddenly sees a dazzling light.
Fortunately, it seems that this forced effect was not prevented.
As soon as I used 〈Flash〉, Chaos Alcatraz reacted, and we quickly moved towards the walls of Morpia City.
Minercia, Rhenia, and Noah, who were flying in the air, kept flying and moved, and Rien, who was carrying Ellie, followed my signal and ran after us.
Even though we were flying at a really fast speed, the distance from the castle wall felt too far for fear that Chaos Alcatraz would chase us, but we were soon able to arrive at the castle wall of Morpia City.
The duration of the dark state created with 〈Flash〉 was 3 seconds. Normally, I would think it was such a short amount of time, but in a situation like this where I was risking my life and retreating, it was a time that I could not be more thankful for.
Thanks to those 3 seconds, we were able to retreat from Chaos Alcatraz.
When we arrived at the castle wall, we gathered around me.
“Let’s go beyond this wall. Right now, you can’t move using the 〈 Return 〉 skill.”
Minercia immediately transformed into her small body and sat on Yuria’s shoulders, and they all held each other’s hands.
“You guys!”
We saw huge spheres of black flame flying towards us, with the voice of Chaos Alcatraz shouting at us.
Has he finally escaped his blindness?
Still, it was already too late.
I immediately used 〈Hyper Teleport〉 to move with everyone beyond the castle wall and immediately used the 〈Return〉 skill.
It would have been such a terrible reality if it had not been used here, but as if hope had not yet abandoned us, the 〈 Return 〉 skill was activated and we were able to teleport to Brighton Castle.
