Chapter 352: Situation report.
Before Darius’ fight with the fire salamander wyrmling, he had sensed the presence of another enemy lurking in the shadows. That was why he had been cautious at first and was on the defense in other to prevent a surprise attack.
It was after he had seen that the enemy had no plans of joining that he decided to end things quickly and face the enemy.
“You know you would have had a higher chance of beating me if you 2 team up.” Colonel Darius said to the empty space.
“Very cocky.” The trees below spoke in a howling tone as a redwood tree began growing until it reached the same height as Darius who was floating 200 meters above the ground.
At the top of the redwood tree was a large green flower bud that opened to reveal a tier 2 emperor rank Elder Treant.
Treants were rare intelligent plant-type beasts that resemble trees in appearance. They were the most powerful of the forest races, and one of the most mysterious.
Treants typically had face-like features on their bark with a division between their trunks that formed their legs. They possessed multiple long branches that combined to form thick arms.
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Their wood appeared to be solid as stone but was actually filled with tubes that carried their green blood from its roots to the areas where it was needed.
They could root themselves into the ground and take the form of any plant of their choice. Once in this state they remained aware of their surroundings and could perceive the effects of events happening miles away based on subtle nearby changes.
When they advanced to the emperor rank and became elder treants, they awakened the earth element as their second element (plant obviously the first) and gained a humanoid form.
The female elder treant in front of Colonel Darius had an appearance of a stunning woman in her mid-twenties and stood at a height of 5ft 6 inches (1.67 meters) tall. It had silky neon waist-long hair, emerald eyes, and pale green skin that revealed had plant nature.
She wore a mini gown made of leaves, exposing her voluptuous curves that would make men turn for a second look.
“Too bad you are the enemy, because I could consider a human-beast relationship.” Colonel Darius let out a helpless sigh because such a damsel was about to die.
“A few seconds ago you wanted to quickly end this. So why the long talk?” The Elder treant said in an annoyed tone.
“Apologies for my lack of manners. Shall we?” Colonel Darius gave a bow before a mirror-like domain covered both of them.
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Out of the 4 gates, the western gate was the only one that the city barrier hadn’t been breached, yet.
Standing on a tree in the middle of the forest outside the city barrier was a tier 2 female Arachne. Its spider half was that of a redback spider, while the upper torso was that of a pale woman with bare perky tits and 4 pairs of eyes.
It was a master of the earth and air element and had genetic skills like web weaving and poison manipulation.
So far, it hadn’t shown any signs of movement. So all the humans could do was wait and watch.
“Status report.” Principal Lovren said to Professor Gibson as they watched the female Arachne.
“The Northern city barrier had been breached by a tier 1 emperor rank werewolf, but so far it hasn’t engaged in combat with Zola and Richard.” Professor Gibson reported.
“Zola’s lightning and Richards’ fire element should be enough to deal with the werewolf.” Principal Lovren commented.
Werewolves were hard to deal with because of their regenerative and growth ability. They were masters of the earth and wind element, and as long as they didn’t sustain severe injuries to their vital organs, werewolves could easily regenerate the injury.
Also, the more non-lethal damage they sustained, the more they grew in both strength and already insane speed.
“The southern gate was attacked and breached by a tier 1 hippodon and a tier-one fire salamander wyrmling. Major Reeves and Brock had engaged the hippodon in combat, While Colonel Darius had dispatched the fire salamander.”
“That is great news, but something feels missing.” Principal Lovren just knew that the war at the southern gate couldn’t be so easy unless it is a trap.
“News coming in now says that Colonel Darius has just engaged a tier Elder Treant.” Professor Gibson reported.
“There it is!” Principal Lovren said as the single piece of news answered multiple questions. Just like he had expected, the war in the south wouldn’t be an easy one, but now he knew what was responsible for the forest.
“We don’t have to worry about Darius, the only thing that would have a chance of beating him would be a tier 2 peak emperor beast.” Principal Lovren said as he gestured for Professor Gibson to continue with his report.
“The eastern wall is not doing great. A tier emperor rank 1 blue flame tiger, tier 1 emperor rank Queen Moth and a tier 2 emperor rank 3 headed hydra has appeared at the eastern gate.” Gibson reported causing everyone to frown.
Not only did the eastern wall have the same number of emperor beasts as the southern wall, but they also had a tier 2 emperor beast. Unfortunately for the humans, there was only one Darius.
“What has the ash corps done about it?” Principal Lovren couldn’t help but ask.
“They had sent Guildmaster Walden to the eastern wall, and are hoping that they would be able to hold out till Darius was done with the Elder Treant.”
There had to 2 peak demigods to be able to match a tier 1 emperor beast, but numbers were useless when it came to tier 2 emperor beasts.
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