Chapter 165 Battle Won, Lost War
Scarlet took in the blood of the vampire before her, the blood spilled. Logan watched as his bracelet grew tendrils that reached out towards Serana. He did not know why, but decided to help and practically bathed Serana with mana water and more of his blood.
He thought Scarlet was trying to heal Serana until he noticed that the bracelet glowed as if evolving.
Logan did not know what the outcome would be but hoped it would help them in this dire situation.
Soon, the evolution stopped. Logan tried looking at his arm, which should have had a bracelet, but instead of where Scarlet should have been, he saw that most of his body was covered in vine-like armor. Its spines and spikes extended outward without harming Logan.
He thought this was all, but Logan failed to notice that near his foot, the vines entered the ground and quickly rushed forward towards the demon who was fighting Scorch.
The demon was about to punch the large dinosaur in the jaw, but suddenly, various vines popped up from under him, tying him to the floor as the thorns pierced his skin. Various flowers bloomed, causing the demon, who wanted to fight off its cage made of deadly toxic spikes, to become paralyzed by the small spores the flowers filled the air with.
Like a vampire, it began sucking the blood its thorns had drawn out before the demon was sucked dry.@@novelbin@@
Logan looked towards the sky where Zaryx was still standing.
He did not know if the demon was going to take this as a breach of rules, so he tried having Scarlet return its extended parts back into his body.
Logan watched as the vines returned to him, shrinking and wrapping around him, reinforcing him like full plate armor.
Noticing the hunger for blood his plant had and the anger that still welled up in his heart towards Zaryx, Logan produced his wings and rushed towards the smiling demon.
"What? You want to fight me, Zaryx the Unyielding, one of the demon generals?" The large demon laughed, waiting for Logan to get close.
Logan used Symbiotic Bond with Scarlet to share some of his stats, hoping she would gain some skills from the bond. The plant accepted the bond through Kryst's skill and quickly used Mana Absorption, extending its vines with great speed towards Zaryx.
Not expecting his mana to be rapidly drained by the thorn-filled tendrils that extended towards him, the blue demon with a broken horn tried grabbing onto one of the plant's tendrils, only to be met with a burst of spores that created a cloud around him.
Scarlet had used Logan's mushroom's Spore Cloud skill and mixed in Mana Surge to hasten the absorption rate of mana.
Finding the mushroom's skills useful, Scarlet also used Arcana Burst to cause explosions of mana around Zaryx, who could not move.
Scarlet's previous spores quickly entered the demon's system, making small seeds within his lungs that rapidly grew, piercing him from the inside and causing not only pain but confusion about where it was coming from.
Logan was also moving, charging Lisa's strongest skill, Holy Nova, which was perfect as it would hurt those designated as enemies while healing those he considered allies.
Stunned, Zaryx could only stare as the orb of light was pushed forward towards his body. The vines from the armor were now wrapped around him, making him bleed and draining him as the orb of light finally reached him.
Logan, who was in close range, felt the power of the light up close. It healed him as the light came into contact with his skin. Scarlet, who was still draining mana, benefited twice from the magic released, as she was both healed and quickly draining the light elemental mana.
Zaryx, on the other hand, coughed hard as a part of his body had been gouged out.
What Logan and the rest did not notice was that, like the previous demon, Zaryx reduced his size to heal his lungs. The part that was gouged by Holy Nova was planned beforehand, being the part infected with Scarlet's spores. Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire
Zaryx punched the floor before him to push himself back before casting teleport. All those in wait used their strongest skills as soon as Zaryx backed away to try and kill him, but a large mana shield was created, protecting the demon.
"Well, I think you have cheated, but you did handle Regar well." Zaryx, now smaller, did not seem to care about the assault done to him. He clapped a little while smiling.
"It was an interesting experience. You made me feel a little fear; that is good, hero. You surpassed my test. Now for rewards… Since I see potential, I want you stronger. For this, go northeast. Two days' flight using your fastest beast will take you to a new Labyrinth I found on my way here. It was supposed to be for us demons to make a new gate, but you should use it to train. Who knows, maybe you will find a new interesting creature." Zaryx felt his mana returning, causing his size to go back to his original form.
Everyone who had hoped to have dealt damage to the demon general stared in amazement at how rapidly he healed himself.
"Well then, that is all, taming hero. Next time we meet, I will not have the pleasure to enjoy myself like today. Make sure you don't die before then… Also, my fellow generals will surely want to try their luck with you soon, thinking I have failed." Zaryx was about to warp when Logan called out to him.
"Where is Ruben's master?" Logan demanded, trying to solve the mystery that had brought the blacksmith to his town.
"Oh, that guy. Of course he was one of us. You killed him… or one of your creatures did, who knows?" Zaryx shrugged uncaringly before teleporting away.
Logan stared at the place where the large demon had stood just a few seconds ago, grinding his teeth. Logan thought he had prepared enough to fight against him, but in the end, he was still lacking.
His monsters were still far from being able to harm the demons. His army was far too green to enter battle as it was.
Logan then felt his communication device go off and picked it up.
"Logan! We had a little fight with various demons who tried to escape our town. Most were dealt with, but three escaped with teleportation," Lisa said, while showing Logan a few dead demon bodies that were gathered around his mansion.
"That is good, Lisa. Zaryx escaped, so they must have known they needed to retreat. We need to find a way to identify who is a demon… also, tell Ruben… I was told his master died." Logan clenched his fists, knowing the lie was far better than telling the boy his master was a demon.
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