NABC Chapter 648 Too Slow
Chapter 648 Too Slow
chapter 648 too slow
the giants approached carefully, waiting for karl to make a move. they knew that they couldn't afford to be reckless against his speed, but this strange human also appeared to heal unnaturally quickly, despite being separated from his healers.
karl was using [rend] with [nullify] to get past the defensive abilities of the giants and force them to parry the skills, which kept them at a distance.
the fight speed had slowed to a crawl, and the whole battle was falling into a lull as the humans' stamina ran low.
thor's efforts would have them recovered in no more than five minutes, but that was a long time in combat. the giants backed off a little, and a horde of ogres advanced. they were only royal rank, the leaders of their species. but fighting them would burn more energy, and the giants didn't care about expending them as cannon fodder.
they had put stronger barriers over the weaker species, but when [nullify] hit them, the barriers put up no real resistance.
but, another wave stepped over the bodies of the fallen, then another, and another.
[we're done at the back, you can retreat to our position, and we will prepare to attack again.] thor informed karl, who was alone with his bodyguards, fighting the seemingly endless tide of ogres.
one full force backwards leap disengaged karl from the attackers, and showed him that the ogres were nearly depleted, and the remainder were being forced forward by the giants, as they weren't willingly fighting anymore.
the move put the battle in a tense standoff, with the two sides thirty metres apart and staring at each other, waiting for some sort of trigger to continue.
more groups of giants were joining the survivors, but they wouldn't make much difference in the short term. what they needed was someone who could challenge karl one on one, and keep him from sweeping through their ranks.
"what's the news?" karl asked as he reached the others, while tessa cast a small healing spell and a refreshing ability on him.
"we weren't fast enough to respond. the capital is under attack by the giants' allies. right now, it's ogres and goblins. we've got the giant armies slowed down enough that they haven't engaged yet.
right, he had soul sight now, so he didn't need to rely on his impressive natural sight to find the enemy.
"overlord ahmad, whenever you are ready, my team will join you with the hellstorm vortexes." the catman mage took a deep breath and began to focus. spears of lightning formed overhead, dozens of them. then hundreds. then thousands.
the giants were charging, but hawk and remi had started with the vortexes, which were cloning with every strike, creating a wall of spinning fire for the giants to run through in order to reach the humans.
then the first volley of spears lashed out, taking down an entire row of giants. then another, and another, and another.
the giant army was falling in waves as the vortexes chased them across the battlefield, and spears tore through their retreating bodies.
then hawk switched his vortexes to the far side, blocking the retreat as the last of ahmad's spears cleared the survivors.
[cara forward, loot!] the badger shouted to herself, before racing off with remi and the bodyguards to double tap anything that might have survived and clean out the bodies.
"what are they doing?" tabitha asked, watching them moving silently across the battlefield.
"checking the corpses. we don't want them regrouping with the others and telling anyone what happened here."
rae was making ahmad a hammock hanging off thor's side opposite lotus, who was just beginning to wake up after over exerting herself with a resurrection during the battle.
the mage was out cold, but with thor's barrier over him, he was in no real danger. his energy would recover, and a bit of food when he woke up would have him right as rain.
"alright, what is the call?" karl asked quietly.
"let your beasts finish, then we will clear this area and head back for the city. they won't have sent the majority of their troops on foot, this was probably intended to be a sneak attack, while the forces arriving by portal would have been detected." niall instructed.
[hawk, find us more targets. let's make it a full clear.]