Every sed, every moment, brought forth only more struggle. Even though the Treant was already immobilized, it opped moving. Leo had to stantly sacrifice more and more Esseo reinforce the makeshift jail, trying to limit the flow as much as he could to save his remaining reserves.
Nyx! What's the situation?! I'm running out of juice here!
'Most of them are preparing something while a single person is still hitting the Treant on the point you left uncovered,' the feline expined, sending him a mental image of the battlefield.
True to her words, almost the entire group gathered on one of the rooftops and stood there in a circle. He couldn't see much from this angle, but going by the bright light esg from the gaps between the people, they definitely had something in mind. Now, he just had to hold the massive lifeform for a bit longer.
Easier said than done. Leo grimaced, momentarily opening his eyes to ghrough the window. His shadows still g to the Trent, but he could already spot a few pces where they were fading, and he hadn't even noticed it before.
There is just too much to focus on... Maybe if I had more experieh shit like this. Yet, despite a thought like that, he still pushed more Esso the teique, reinf it. Hurry up, you useless bastards!
'Leo! I have an idea. Hold on a bit longer — ten seds, not more.'
Not wanting to lose any more iy of the shadow prison, he just o himself and focused fully oeique. At this point, he had almost nothing to fuel it with, and now only pure trol mattered. He couldn't allow even the slightest of shadows he had already created to go to waste.
And that was how each sed ticked by. With the prison growing thinner and Leo fighting to stay awake and not succumb to the exhaustion slowly ing his body and mind.
'Stay awake!' Nyx's sudden shout, along with a surge of Essen their link, kicked him it. The sed wind hit him at once, pushing his eyes open.
Leo gasped and took it all in, direg the new energy where it was needed. A small bit returo his soul, while the rest once more flowed right into the prison outside.
How? I thought you were running dry? He asked wheuation stabilized again.
Nyx chuckled, her tired voice ringing in his head. 'I ran away and found the normal Voidlings. e did the rest. I just don't know how long I keep this up; my skill isn't as strong as your Devour.'
I know, I know. He coughed, the strain slowly being way too much. I 't do this much longer, either. Ahirty seds, and we are o...
His words died before they could reach their bond as a powerful tremor rocked the entire area. He eveo the floor, his focus on the prison slipping a bit. Not that it mattered all that muy longer.
Leo opened his eyes again to an ear-shattering howl from the Treant. He peeked outside, spotting the massive, smoking hole in the beast's chest. It went almost through the other side, and for a moment, a hope ignited in his chest that this was it, that the lifeform was dead.
Nothing could have been further from the truth.
The Treant roared, one of its arms breaking free from the shadows. It swiped at something and going by the loud human scream, it didn't miss.
Fuck! Leo growled and gave everything to the prison, summoning tens of endrils to shackle the beast again. Nyx, I need more Essence, fast!
'Uood, but are you sure?' She asked as a new wave of energy eheir link. 'You said we would run.'
We will. He swore. I have o idea. If this doesn't work, we run. They save themselves. I'm not their savior.
'Got it.'
With their link silent once more, Leo dove into his mind, unleashing the sleeping bloodlust. Right away, Ruthless Efficy activated, but he didn't stop there. He pushed the skill all the way to the limit of its first stage and then fuelled it all into the shadows in his grasp.
The rage, the ahe unstoppable hunger dived right towards the Treant with every bit of Essence he received from Nyx. Only this time, it didn't go there just to stop the beast. Instead, the shadows filled the entire hole left after the group's attad waited as more and more energy came.
As the bze of the sed stage of Ruthless Efficy began to lick at his mind, Leo k was the time. The supply of Essence from Nyx almost stopped, aoo, couldn't do much more. This would be their st stand, and if it didn't work, only escape remained.
Burn in hell. Eruption!
With this simple and, every shadow uporeant's body exploded, releasing the accumuted rage in the form of spikes and tendrils. They all dug deep into the beast Vetilim's skin, but evehose didn't do all that much.
No, what caused the lifeform to stumble and colpse onto its knees was the explosion on its chest, right where the hole was. Shadows burst forth from within, many protruding outward, tearing ks from the Treant's body and riddling it with more holes.
The lifeform let out a quiet, pained howl before colpsing face-first oreet. At the same time, every shadow otlefield faded as Leo released his Essend sat by the windoing for air.
Crimso (LVL: 38) sin | Experience awarded | 372 Ether gained
You have reached level 29. Css and Racial attributes have been distributed. Please assign your 3 free attributes.
You have reached level 30. Css and Racial attributes have been distributed. Please assign your 3 free attributes.
Nightbde level thirty skill granted: Blink.
Soul. Fast. All to Soul! Leo ordered, grimag. While it was o see that he had received a new skill, this was so not the time for this. The sudden rush of knowledge definitely didn't help at all.
'Are you okay?' Nyx's ed voice came through their link.
Just peachy. He sighed, the pain in his soul lessening a bit thanks to the attribute boost. How are your reserves? I'm about as dry as the desert.
'Simir,' the feline answered instantly. 'I'm hiding in a building a few streets away from you. I need a minute or two to recover.'
Good. Stay there for now. I will deal with the situation here. Leo ordered, hoping she wouldn't argue. Which of course didn't happen.
'But you're er off thahey still kill you!'
He flinched as a shout, along with multiple Hunter's Pulses, came from the street below. I might not have much of a choice. Don't worry. I have a pn... sort of.
"We know you are in this building," a female voice shouted again. "e out! We just want to talk."
Sure you do. Leo rolled his eyes, climbing to his feet. With Ruthless Efficy waiting for his call to activate again, he peeked outside. One of them is missing. Someone really got hit... Now, how much Essence do you people have left after all of this? Hopefully, not a lot.
Pulling the hood of his cloak all the to hide his face, he put his hands on the window frame and jumped. He sailed down onto the street, nding right on the back of the dead Treant. A single gasp came from the rge group at this appearance.
Yeah... This won't go well. He grumbled, notig the frowns and scowls spread on the faces of the Blessed Emissaries. They must have identified him right away and didn't like what they found. Better take some precautions...
With that thought, the tails under his cloak stabbed into the Treant's body. Devour activated right away, slowly soothing his almost empty soul. Now, he at least could fight if it came to that.
"Well," Leo spread his hands, his cws being visible. "You wao talk? Let's talk. Like a survivor to a survivor."
"You're no survivor, Voidspawn!" One of them, a blonde man, shouted, and a few nodded along.
Oh dear. He sighed beh the hood. Don't tell me you guys are one of those groups. I guess your evolution matches.
"Silence, Crke," the woman who first called out for him s the blond. The two looked at each other, almost as if they were having a versation with their eyes alone. After a moment, the man nodded, and the woman once more turo Leo.
"Lower your hood, beast! Let us see your face," she ordered, leaving no pce tue.
He snorted. Did I just find Tyler's long-lost family? What is wrong with you people...
"The name's Leo. Not beast. Not monster. Not Voidspawn. Now stop ag like you have a stick up in your ass, and maybe at least thank me for saving your lives."
The woman in the lead narrowed her eyes, and at this moment, Leo khis would be a 'versation' to remember.
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