Chapter 815: Rescue
Trantor: EndlessFantasy Trantion Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion
Within the gloomy forest, Miles stopped in his tracks and as he looked around, realization hit him. He was... lost?
He was still surrounded by the forest of white bones. The cold, crisp atmosphere caused the trees to resemble monsters which were baring their fangs and brandishing their ws, more dead than alive. He had escaped the home of the revenant, no doubt, and had gone along with the other mages.
However, for some reason, the mages had disappeared during the retreat. His surroundings were also suddenly somewhat unfamiliar andpletely different from the path they had taken before.
He had never been here.
Having been in this part of the forest for a week, Miles was certain in his heart.
So... Only one possibility was left.
He took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly, noticing that the unexinable feeling was rising once again, in his heart. Yet, at the same time, he felt colder and colder. He did not know if the temperature in the forest was dropping, or if the coldness came from another source.
Boom!
The earth under his feet cracked open, andrge sprawls of rotten vines sprang out. As quickly as he could, Miles dodged the attack, but he could acutely sense that his speed had decreased from his usual.
An extremely bad feeling surged up in his heart.
"You..."
He turned to look at the revenant, who had suddenly appeared not far from him, and subconsciously opened his mouth. However, he could not bring himself to speak. The re of the revenant fell upon him, and pity, contempt... All sorts of negative emotions sshed onto him like invisible raindrops. There was no ce to hide. The pressure exerted upon Miles increased.
The vines continuously attacked him, and as he dodged them, he could clearly feel that his speed was slowing down, bit by bit.
The aura of the revenant was gradually trapping him in.
"...Troublesome."
A strong sense of danger shot up in Miles’ heart. He decided not to fight the revenant, and tried to get further away. However, the revenant had cast some unknown spell, and the mes inside those eye sockets were set on him unwaveringly. No matter how he ran, he would always end up where he began.
He absolutely could not leave!
Left with no other choice, Miles could only choose to strike back. Nevertheless, no matter how many attacks hended on the revenant, the rotting body remained as sturdy as metal. Not a single wound could be seen.
He was beginning to feel a little numb.
Relying on instinct to dodge the vines and to attack the revenant, some scenes from a long time ago suddenly began to appear before his eyes. He felt his limbs bing ice cold, and the bloodstream in his entire body seemed to be slowly stopping. The colors of the entire world began to cool down, turning into a blurry ck and white.
The vines were unable to harm him, as before, but he felt death.
However, there were no more emotions in his heart. A terrible calm had swept him up, as though the aura of death was noting from the revenant, but rather... From himself.
It felt as though death had always been hiding in some corner of his body, and was only being released out bit by bit now.
...Was it really over?
A pandemonium of ideas shed through his brain, and he felt somewhat confused. He did not know how long he had been fighting here, and under the influence of his emotions, his limbs were slowing down...
Suddenly, a rotten vine shot around the trees and shot towards him like a long whip! Miles, however, just stood there as though he had forgotten the need to dodge, staring nkly at the ck shadow flying towards him.
Poof!
There was a muffled hit. Miles stood rooted on the spot.
"What are you staring at? Have you gone stupid? You’repletely different from the person I once knew." Suddenly, a somewhat familiar voice spoke from above him, rousing him out from his despondence.
At that moment, Miles lifted his head to look at the figure which had suddenly appeared above him. He even rubbed his own eyes.
"...Benjamin?"
Benjamin let out a chuckle, nodding.
"This is..." Miles was still slightly confused.
"You have been enchanted by the magic of this lich." Benjamin turned his head to look at the revenant, which was standing not far off, and said, "Although I don’t know why its magic only works on you, but... Rx. We’ve returned to rescue you."
As he spoke, the other mages who had retreated suddenly flew out from the shadows and surrounded Miles, putting up their magic shields to block the oing attacks by the vines.
As for Benjamin, after he had ensured that Miles was alright, he shifted his entire attention onto the intelligent revenant.
He had called this thing a lich because it definitely resembled the liches in the legends a lot. The dried up body, the strange ability to cast spells, the magical staff made of undead material that it held in its hand... Benjamin could sense a cold and horrifying unknown energy emanating from the revenant’s body, and this was something he had not encountered from any other revenant.
Was there something special about it?
"This revenant is surrounded by a very special force field." The System spoke, "Somewhat simr to Miles’ condition, only that its force field is moreplex. I am unable to analyze itsposition.
"Then... How about its spiritual energy?"
"There exists a steady spiritual oscition, but the structure of it ispletely different from those of humans, and even moreplicated to some extent." The System advised. "Be careful. It should be as intelligent as the average human."
Benjamin nodded.
At that moment, the focus of the lich was still upon Miles. The two mes in the eye sockets seemed to be locked in ce, ignoring Benjamin and the other mages.
Was Benjamin being underestimated?
As the attacks of the vines were rendered futile by the magical shields, it quickly waved its bone staff, about to summon a few clumps of ashen white mes. The mes floated gently across andnded on the magic shields. Very soon, they were madly engulfing the various elements that made up the shields, burning them into nothingness.
Although Benjamin had heard the mages describe such a phenomenon to him when he had first arrived, he could not help but frown when he saw it with his own eyes.
These could destroy elements...
If this were corresponded to the elemental ne, was it not equal to the murder of the organisms from the higher dimensions?
"Can you analyze theposition of those mes?" He asked in his heart.
"It’s tooplicated. There is too much unknown energy, and also... That thing you guys extracted from the undead remains is very frightening. My instincts tells me not to go near it."
Benjamin rubbed his chin.
Was this also an instinctive fear?
Seeing the ashen white mes sticking onto the shields again, the mages hurriedly withdrew their magic and took Miles with them to escape the attack of the mes. They did not strike the lich recklessly because they knew very clearly that the abilities they had were unable to affect the strange undead creature.
They could only dodge and hide while setting their sights on Benjamin.
Benjamin did not act hastily as well.
He had rushed over here to meet up with the few mages, beforeing forward to rescue Miles. During the entire time, he had not learnt much about the revenant. It was unafraid of magic, and could even turn the elements into its own power... This meant that Benjamin might not necessarily have an advantage against it.
He must not attack it hastily, otherwise things might backfire.
He wanted to find out what the lich’s weakness was.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, there were several loud noises. Benjamin, who was observing, could not help but furrow his eyebrows. The ground, full of white bones, suddenly split open, and many more rotten vines sprang out and surged towards Miles. At the same time, there was a sudden glow around the Lich, and out of nowhere several more figures appeared.
Seeing this, the mages’ expressions turned grimmer.
"...It’s the others in the forest. They’ve rushed here too, now." The male mage’s breath was taken away, as he muttered.