“Fighting this many won’t be pleasant,” Leo said. “You might want to stay back.”“Stay back? W-Where?” Diane’s face was cooked with fright. “We’re surrounded.”“It’s going to be fine,” Leo created aural wings and reinforced them with sand before covering Diane with wings. He also gave her a spear mixed with aura and sand.. “You can use this to attack the scorpions in case they get too close.”“You think these wings can block their plasma cannons and beams?” Diane was doubtful because she had seen his back burn before.“You will be fine. If things get sour, shout for help, and I’ll come right away,” Leo told her and then rushed away from that spot to grab the attention of the robotic scorpions.Diane initially looked afraid, but as seconds passed, she overcame the negative feelings. “He’s gone far. It should be fine if I use my system a little. I can’t waste this opportunity to see how far my ability goes when there’s literally sand all around me. And these scorpions are perfect for te

“Sword Tempest!”The masked swordsman spun anti-clockwise and crafted a tornado of cutting aura that threw all of Leo’s feathers off their path.Some of them got deflected toward where Diane was, but they stopped before they hit her because Leo got back his control on them.Leo made some distance and merged his wings back together. “You don’t look like you’re Kelton’s bodyguard.”“I’m not Kelton’s bodyguard,” the masked swordsman smiled back. “I have nothing to do with Kelton, just like you.”“So you’re after the same thing as I am.”“It seems like it.”“Do you know where that thing I’m looking for is?” Leo asked casually. “Did Kelton tell you?”“Heh,” the masked swordsman smirked. “What makes you think I have Kelton?”“Just a hunch.”“If I had Kelton, don’t you think I would have already taken the treasure and left?” the masked swordsman left.“Yeah, but only if the treasure is that easy to move,” Leo responded. “A single person can’t be moving 5000 tons of gold and thousands of prec

Every swing of Fynrel’s swords created gusts of sharp slicing winds that could chop through a line of a hundred crocodile meat shields.“You think your puny little sword gusts will confuse me?” Golden Falcon kept moving his upper body at angles and efficiently dodged the attacks.He blended through the chaotic sword display and the air motion between him and the opponent, which forced Fynrel to go extra.Trying to swing the sword in uncomfortable angles, wanting to land a hit on the old man, Fynrel sacrificed some of his balance.This was exactly what Golden Falcon was waiting for.His arms moved like the wings of a falcon and bent and warped the air currents into his favor.Before Fynrel knew it, Golden Falcon’s claws were upon his chest, digging through.Fynrel was crushed to the ground.Golden Falcon’s fingers cracked and broke through the ribcage and went straight for the heart.But then he felt a sudden chill stinging his fingers.Startled, Golden Falcon immediately pulled his ba

“Y-You… you tried to sacrifice your life for me because you were coming in my way?” Leo seemed a bit touched by what Diane had done.Diane blinked twice and smiled. (That’s how he perceived it? Well, that’s great. I don’t have to explain myself.)“But it worked out well in the end,” Leo smiled back. “You are giving off strong energy now. You might be able to give me a bit of a tough fight now.”“I don’t want to duel you, but…” Diane’s gaze shifted over to Archon, “we both have to fight that guy over there.”Archon gnashed his teeth. “How can those fools lose so easily?” He removed his hood and revealed himself.He was a six-and-half-feet tall man with blue skin. Tiny scales of a dragon grew over his arms and chest here and there.“What the hell are you?” Leo frowned as his hair stood straight. “Where are you getting all this energy from that isn’t even yours?”“It’s mine because my lord has bestowed this upon me,” Archon roared, and his vocal blast was so powerful, the walls got destr

“Huh?” Both Fynrel and Archon turned their heads as a red-haired woman landed in between them.She was tall and possessed an ethereal beauty about her. She was so good-looking that Fynrel was staring at her for a few seconds.“Heh,” Fynrel came back to this world and snorted, “we’ve got another prey to kill.”“Hey, Fynrel, your arm…” Archon pointed out.“Mm?” Fynrel looked at his severed arm, and a new arm was not growing back. His eyes slowly widened as he realized what it meant.Golden Falcon and Bald Falcon looked baffled just as much. How did she do that when even Golden Falcon’s attacks weren’t of much use?Who was she?“I sense the energy of heaven as well as the abyss from you lot,” the red-haired woman uttered, a faint trace of red lightning releasing from her. “It’s a strange combination I haven’t seen in a while. Where are you from?”Archon sensed that, and his expression changed.“You think we’ll tell you that because you asked?” Fynrel pulled the sword into his other hand