yasinovel Chapter 992: Storming the Northern Gate
Chapter 992: Storming the Northern Gate
Chapter 992: Storming the Northern Gate
Heart thumping in time with his steps, Erik raced through the half-empty streets of New Alexandria.
The broadcast had done its job, drawing the blackguards away from Richard. Erik now, though, has a far more pressing and lethal problem.
A queue of at least a hundred blackguards stood in his way of the northern gate. Erik was pumping mana through his neural links and using his Force Bastion brain crystal power to keep his speed and defense on par with the number of enemies in front of him.
The first wave of blackguards kept firing at him with brain-crystal rifles. Erik charged them. This kind of fight was almost the same every time it happened, to the point that Erik started feeling embarrassed on the blackguards' behalf.
The blackguards fired at him, and he avoided the shots. Though it looked like they were starting to understand that the rifles couldn't hit him. If they really wanted to have a chance against him, they needed to start using brain crystal powers again, those they were so eager to abandon for some metal scraps.
However, it looked like this time they understood the assignment, because that was what they did.
Not only that, but they also started sending people with two brain crystal powers at him.
Back there, there weren't people with two powers. Most likely because the blackguards' higher-ups thought a great number of people might have been enough to defeat him. But, of course, they were mistaken.
Sebastian reached the first group of blackguards. When he struck, the enhanced blow sent the first blackguard hurtling into a wall close by.
Another sprang at him from the side, but Erik dodged, turned, and delivered an uppercut that crushed his opponent's head in an instant.
Now that he was in melee range, Attacking him would be complicated for the blackguards, unless they wanted to kill their comrades, but it was insanely easy for him since he could simply spawn attacks left and right.
Then, Erik channeled mana into Volkov's brain crystal power's neural links. They were few, of course, but despite this, it was still a powerful ability.
The air hummed with electricity. With lightning twirling between his fingers, he pushed his hand ahead.
A group of blackguards were struck by an arcing lightning bolt that sent them reeling to the ground.
There was an ozone and burned flesh smell, and some blackguards even crapped themselves. More blackguards surrounded him, but Erik would not let that trouble him.
He leaped and landed with a Force Bastion-powered kick that broke the pavement and caused shockwaves to ripple outward, knocking down multiple opponents.
Erik could not afford to stop. The weight of the enemy numbers dropped with every blackguard that fell, but there was still no other level up.
Eventually, though, the last of his opponents died, though Erik had some trouble.
[LEVEL UP.]
"F-fuck... This was... not simple..."
After each level-up, the number of experience points required to get to the next level increased, meaning that they became harder to get.
"I need to find a solution for this."
The Force Bastion armor shook and shimmered around him for a moment, its embrace
beginning to fade as the mana pumped into it decreased.
Erik needed to save as much mana as possible, because nothing ensured he would level up at
each fight.
He needed to use another strategy until he reached the Chimaeric Demons.
He glanced around and looked at the bodies on the ground.
"I wonder what the blackguards are thinking right now."
Erik moved over the dead bodies with a flat look and started running. However, something weird happened. Weird, indeed, but very good.
Another kind of energy was in the air. It was coming from rage, exhaustion, and desperation.
Around him, yells and sounds of fighting started spreading, but it wasn't just the sound of soldiers and blackguards this time.
It looked like the blackguards, and Volkov's soldiers started fighting against someone.