121 Escaping Traitors
“Chirp!”
Eren stacked his fire-element spell and created a bunch of firebirds around him. They looked like sparrows.
These firebirds were about two feet long and had twice the wingspan. Their bodies were made of flames that burned with a distinct sound, making one feel that they were chirping.
Eren used his mana sense to guide these firebirds into attacking his flesh golem opponent en masse. Birds made of flames flew through the air, chirping louder as they flew.
Boom!
The firebirds attacked the flesh golem from all angles, trapping it inside a growing cloud of orange flames. In the next moment, the flame cloud started disintegrating into various firebirds, revealing the current state of the flesh golem who had been forced to stop in its tracks.
The flesh golem’s skin had been charred and it had clear signs of being impacted by the firebirds from all angles. The firebirds were made of a dense mass of fire-element mana, giving them the mass necessary to create such an impact upon collision even though they were ethereal in their foundation.
“Screee!”
When its body started burning from the flames caused by the firebirds, the flesh golem screamed in pain and agony. Its enemies were circling all around him in the air, trying to find an appropriate moment to strike.
Alfem was a very well-known fire-element spell. It was just that it wouldn’t be used by most fire-element rankers because of the amount of density it required of fire-element mana. Most rankers would find it taxing on their mana reserves to cast such a spell.
Alfem was a summoning-type spell that required a ranker to summon the fragment of higher consciousness that was linked with the world’s will. The higher consciousness was supposed to be connected with the thoughts of every being that had existed in Gilaahan since its time of inception.
Therefore, the higher consciousness would mimic the behaviors of every creature that was part of the Gilaahan in the past or present. A summoning-type spell taps into this aspect of higher consciousness.
The summoning-type spells needed mana bodies for the fragment of higher consciousness to temporarily reside in. As such, the mana density required to conjure the mana body was not something that could be cast casually. Especially when it was the Rank 1 mana that was getting used.
Therefore, the summoning-type spells were usually reserved for summoners in the Awakened rank and beyond. Because it was easier to conjure the mana body from the Rank 2 mana since it was a grade higher.
Alfem, however, was made especially for the Meta rankers who were bold enough to use it. It was designed in such a way that the flames that would be invoked and spread around by the firebirds could be used to conjure their mana bodies once again. In doing so, the spell would be less taxing on the rankers belonging to the Meta rank.
“Scree!”
The flesh golem tried to attack Eren once again after it was freed from the firebirds only for it to be struck by them once again. The fire sparrows were fearless and attacked the flesh golems mercilessly. A vector force acting on the body from various angles at the same time would halt the movements of the flesh golem.
Eren didn’t know where the golem’s core was. He couldn’t find it even after using his mana sense. And he wasn’t interested in poking the flesh golem to check where it was. So he decided to just incinerate its body altogether.
Eren achieved what he intended to do shortly after. The flesh golem’s body was destroyed by his constant use of Alfem. Only the golem’s white bones remain in the aftermath. Soon those bones turned into dust before dispersing into nothing as well.
“Screee!”
Eren found out that three more flesh golems had charged at him right after he was done with the first. It looked like Bulal Blood was keeping track of everything that was happening on the battlefield. He recognized Eren as a threat because of his use of Alfem. So he sent three of his flesh golems his way to overwhelm him with numbers.
Eren just stacked Alfem in response to countering three flesh golems at once. Firebirds’ regenerative powers were really helpful to Eren because they allowed him to redirect the flames immediately after their attacks.
Eren kept on killing more and more flesh golems. And as a result, his team members found it easy to deal with the flesh golems and demonic rankers they were facing. Soon, Bulal’s side started getting overwhelmed.
The demonic rankers saw their fallen brethren turning into flesh golems right in front of their eyes. Some of them didn’t want to subject themselves to the same fate. So they started getting away from the battlefield.
“Traitors won’t be shown mercy. Hahahaha!”
Bulal’s sinister voice and laughter echoed in the surroundings as he sensed some of the demonic rankers trying to run away from the battlefield. They were immediately attacked by flesh golems nearer to them. Plus, their bodies started rotting while they were still alive.
It looked like Bulal had already infected the demonic rankers. He just hadn’t activated the rotting process that would show the signs. When he deemed them as traitors, he accelerated the infection, turning them into flesh golems in a few moments.
“Scree!”
The rankers were faced with a fresh batch of flesh golems that were more powerful than their previous counterparts. However, it was apparent which side would win the battle at this point.
Kiara had shown her true battle potential in fighting against Bulal. She had dished out a thorough beating to Bulal while he was busy controlling his flesh golems in one hand.
Bulal was injured and he couldn’t regenerate his flesh anymore even with his golem magic. Kiara’s fire-element mana had seeped into his system and was wreaking havoc inside him.
The demonic rankers were forced to fight at this point. Rankers would soon overwhelm them, even if he used that sinister spell to deter them.
However, when Bulal thought that his death was inevitable if he stayed in the place any longer, he decided to make his exit without any hesitation. This was even though the old man had reacted so violently to the betrayal of some of the demonic rankers under him not too long ago.