Chapter 1003: To the Mountain Top
Vidyut. That is the name of the man they are currently after and Sam arrived along with team 2 in that realm.
This realm is not actually overly powerful. The most powerful guy here is Vidyut. As much as the powers in the realm say that they are paying him to keep them safe from external powers, it is complete bullshit.
The realms surrounding this realm and had connections with are the more or less the same level. With that level, starting a realm war is more like suicide as the side that initiated the war would be in an extremely disadvantageous position until they managed to take a foothold in the attacked realm. Until then, they would lose a lot of people.
The only reason they are paying Vidyut is that he wouldn't go after them.
This is just like how shopkeepers pay protection fees for thugs to not destroy their shops and disrupt their business.
Sam and his team stood at the foot of the mountain as they looked at the path of lightning.
The lightning is in Indigo color and it is continuously striking throughout the path. It kind of reminded Sam of tempest valley.
The foot of the mountain is not exactly empty.
There are many people who are trying to go through the mountain path and there are many people who are just here to pay respects and even more people just to watch the show.
Sam looked at his teammates and asked.
"Anybody wants to try?"
Paras and Saber Monarch raised their hands.
Sam nodded and waved his hand Raiju appeared beside him and as soon as he came, his attention directly went towards the mountain and the path of the lightning.
Sam patted him on the back and said.
"We are going up. Get ready."
Raiju grinned excitedly and all four of them got ready.
Sam took a deep breath and removed the feathered coat. As much defense as the coat could provide, the path is of lightning and it is of the fire element. He doesn't want to put that much stress on it and he also needs to test himself.
There are no direct physical challenges for him in a while. This might help.
Sam instantly activated the lightning elemental fusion without a second thought and so did Raiju.
Saber Monarch and Paras both covered their body with spiritual energy as they wielded their weapons.
All four of them started running upwards.
Saber Monarch and Paras had a completely straightforward approach, they swung their weapons as the incoming lightning strikes that they were sure that they couldn't take and the rays of saber and Axe clashed with the incoming lighting disrupting them.
But they are feeling the recoil from the clash which made their arm feel a bit numb.
Sam and Raiju obviously had a different approach. As the lightning fell, they just let it enter their bodies at first so that they could test the nature of lightning.
When the Indigo lightning struck, it started battling the silver lightning of their bodies and they felt slight pain. And since the Indigo lightning is of inferior quality to the silver lightning, they didn't have to make much effort.
But Sam clearly understood that wouldn't be the case as they moved forward. Because, sometimes quality can be easily overcome by quantity and as they moved forward, the density of the lightning strikes increases, and even the power contained with one lightning strike increases by multiple folds.
If a conflict happens between the silver lightning of his body and that dense and energy-filled lightning, his body might not be able to take it.
Sam and Raiju halted in their tracks as they thought of a way to do it while Paras and Saber Monarch took the lead and moved forward.
Sam closed his eyes and placed his hand on Raiju as he communicated with him through their mental connection as they formulated a plan.
As they stood longer at the very start, many people are discussing and murmuring that they are some pushovers and stuff like that. The team is getting frustrated by this, but Sam didn't care.
Soon, their chaotic lightning elemental fusion bodies seemed to have mellowed down and the lightning energy started flowing like a wave throughout their bodies and moved towards their feet.
They used the lightning energy that gathered in the feet to lunge forward and move forward increasing their speed and they completely disregarded the lightning strikes.
As lightning struck them, the indigo lightning energy moved along with the flow of silver lightning in their bodies and escaped through the feet as they ran forward.
Even though this caused a bit of pain, it is a lot better than the normal pain of two conflicting lightning energies in their bodies.
As they moved forward things got a bit harder but they also go familiar with the process and moved faster.
The audience was a bit surprised and teammates also didn't feel the unnecessary frustration anymore.
Meanwhile, on the top of the mountain, inside the mansion, there is a man who looked like he was in his mid-thirties looking at the screens that are mounted on a wall. He could see all the people that are coming through the mountain path and when he looked at Sam and Raiju coming and overtaking others even though they started late, they piqued his interest.
And he is also the only one who clearly understood the technique they are using.
"Energy flow in the fusion form, the delicate control they have is impeccable. It seems like they have experience in that type of energy flow. Particularly, that man."
He muttered to himself as he took a scroll and wrote something.
"Maybe, if he has knowledge about formations, he might be able to help me with this. I might be able to get out of here."
As he muttered endlessly, he once again focused on the screen.
Sam and Raiju are moving at full speed and the extra assistance of the indigo lightning energy which they are using to a boost on their feet is making them faster than usual.
They are already halfway there by the time Saber Monarch and Paras reached halfway.
They caught up to them and four of them once again moved together.
As they moved higher, the amount of energy Sam and Raiju had to channel has been increasing and that is slowing them down, meanwhile, Paras and Saber Monarch are similarly clashing with the lightning strikes and they are facing more backlash as they went forward.
By the time they could clearly see the exit of the path to the mansion, they are already feeling exhausted.
The rest of the people who tried already dropped out in the middle and returned back.
The four of them are the ones left, but the last obstacle is a large curtain of Indigo lightning. It is so dense that they couldn't see past it even with their spiritual sense and when Sam used energy vision, he felt a numbing sensation to his eyes with all the energy being channeled through that curtain.
The fourth of them stopped there and thought for a moment as they dodged the lightning strikes.
"Do you guys have a plan?"
"It almost looks like a waterfall? How do we cross it?"
Saber Monarch and Paras are first to talk and Sam who was confused himself got an idea as soon as Paras mentioned that it is like a waterfall.
He looked at the curtain and observed it closely.
"Do you guys think, your strongest attacks can make you cross that?"
"Of course." Both of them replied the same thing at the same time.
"Then why are you not using them?"
"The backlash would make us fall unconscious as soon as we crossed it. Didn't you hear the stories, it was told that no one managed to finish the path while staying conscious in their final step. And I am not exactly comfortable in doing so at the moment. I need to stay conscious after cross it."
Paras replied and Saber Monarch also nodded in agreement.
Sam also felt the same.
Vidyut might be kind enough to make sure that they recovered, but they would still be in a weak state when they woke up and if their talks didn't go well and Vidyut decides to do something, they need strength to escape.
They are just that cautious. Staying in an area without consciousness for even a few minutes can make them feel like they are going on a suicide mission.
Sam took a deep breath and said.
"I have an Idea. We will make three attacks at the same time. One from Paras, one from Saber Monarch, and one from me and Raiju combined.
We will take the middle, you both take the two ends.
All of the attacks should be collinear. From the energy flow, it indeed looks like a waterfall, if you break the flow on all areas at the same time, we might be able to get a proper gap to sneak in. As for the backlash, don't worry about it. I will take care of it."
"Let's give it a try."
With that all four of them got ready. Sam sat on Raiju's back and took out a spear as he channeled both of their energies into the spear, while Paras and Saber Monarch also got ready.
Sam started using the void style and channeled the energy and all three of them attacked at the same time.
As soon as the three strikes landed, the energy was disrupted, but before the backlash could hit them, Sam's void style already created that void, and all the lightning energy was sucked towards that point which caused the backlash to halt and get back.
In that short interval, the four of them sneaked into the gap created in the curtain and crossed it, but as soon as they crossed the lightning element exploded and they braced themselves for the impact.
They were blown away for a few feet, but they still managed to stand up with minor injuries.
*CLAP*
*CLAP*
As they stood up, they started hearing clapping sounds from the entrance of the mansion.