yasinovel Chapter 1205: Blue demon (1)
Chapter 1205: Blue demon (1)
Chapter 1205: Blue demon (1)
"Well, at least the other two work."
It was unfortunate that the Vindicator's power didn't work on the caster, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Besides, it wasn't like Erik could protect the Chimaeric Demons during the battle; at that point, they were alone. He could just try to stop the Cerulean Bird and try not to make it target his clones, but that was easier said than done.
The Cerulean bird was too powerful. It was too fast to see it move, too strong to try to resist, and had enough mana to destroy a nation with a single attack. Erik didn't even know if his defenses would be enough against the beast's talons, but it wasn't like he was willing to try.
Erik knew he couldn't afford a single moment of distraction-one blink could give the beast the opening it needed to strike him dead.
So Erik gave his orders.
no one.>@@@@ The clones heard Erik's telepathic message through their mental link, but they were alarmed by the raw emotion that came with it. They felt their master's overwhelming unease and unmistakable fear-emotions they had only seen and felt just once in the past, during that encounter with the Leviathan Serpent in the middle of the ocean. This meant that Erik truly feared whatever was coming. That Erik wasn't sure he could even survive the beast, let alone injure or win against it. The Chimaeric Demons needed no reminder of the Leviathan Serpent to understand the threat, especially because, having Erik's memories, they knew how powerful that thing was. The problem was, back then, when Erik saw it fight against the black wyvern that June stole the blood from, Erik was much weaker. Not only did he have even less than his current stats, but he also didn't know thaids could get more than 54 neural links. He didn't understand the true scope of the battle that happened between the two titanic monsters because he couldn't even survive standing amidst it and kept as far from it as possible. But now he did. The clones did too, and that knowledge made them all understand how lucky Erik had been. Then the cerulean bird arrived. It was nothing more than a small dot in the sky. Quickly, it became bigger and bigger, visible only in its silhouette. Until it was close enough to appear in all its majestic and terrifying aura above the city, obscuring the sun like an ancient god's hand reaching down from the heavens, vast enough to eclipse entire districts in its shadow, its presence as overwhelming as a storm cloud that promises not just rain, but the end of all clear skies. It was a promise of death. they fail.> Erik then focused back on the creature. He wasn't even sure if his mana reserves would be enough to create a barrier strong enough to protect himself or if his new brain crystal power, Absolute Castle, could withstand the monster's onslaught. Though Erik knew he couldn't kill the beast, he could at least keep its attention focused on himself. As he approached it, he activated his Absolute Castle brain crystal power. While it functioned similarly to Tower Bastion with the same core abilities, its defensive capabilities were significantly more powerful, and he could feel that. A shimmering layer of energy coalesced around Erik's body. Like liquid starlight, the mana responded to his will, crystallizing into plates of armor. Each piece formed and interlocked with each other as they materialized from the pure energy. The armor was ethereal but then solidified, its surface rippling with patterns that resembled flowing water caught in crystal, and then turning menacing as that of a medieval soldier. However, Erik didn't know if that was going to be enough, despite him having pumped almost all his mana into it. He also used the part of the Absolute Castle that came from Nathaniel's powers, creating small energy shields all over him. These got significantly boosted by the barrier masters' powers, but if they were enough to resist the attacks of the cerulean bird, Erik didn't know. The massive creature's gaze locked onto Erik, and for a moment, its predatory focus wavered. Something in its eyes shifted—a flicker of recognition, perhaps, or confusion. It was an unsettling change in demeanor that made Erik's instincts scream with warning, like a prey animal sensing a snake coiled in the grass before seeing it. Using the Instability brain crystal power, Erik reached out to touch the creature's consciousness. The mental contact was like plunging into an ocean-cold, vast, yet filled with purpose. But what he found there made his blood run cold. The cerulean bird's thoughts weren't chaotic or mindlessly destructive. They were focused, deliberate, and terrifyingly specific. Erik felt its drive, its consuming purpose: to hunt. And not just anything. The devastating truth hit Erik like a physical blow, knocking the breath from his lungs and sending icy tendrils of dread crawling down his spine. "SHIT! I am not just one of the targets. I am THE target of this motherfucker! It came here because of me!"