Airon skidded a few meters across the ground with its rider, Diablo, after their first clash against the Alpha Monster.
Cadmus couldn’t hide the shock on his face when he felt the unexpected force behind Diablo’s strike which made his arm numb. Although he won the initial exchange, the Skeleton Rider’s blow made him treat his opponent more seriously.
The Kobolds, who were watching the battle from afar, were also shocked at the performance of their enemy. Because of this, the oldest Kobold Mage ordered the rest of the Kobolds to support Cadmus, while he held back the opponent’s strengthened Crystal Warriors.
“Kill the Half-Elf!” the oldest Kobold Mage ordered. “Don’t let him destroy our Guard Towers!”
The other Kobolds nodded their heads and hurriedly charged towards the Half-Elf who had just finished destroying one of the two Towers beside their Stronghold’s main gate.
“Hack away, boys!” Lux ordered his Skeletons to focus fire on the remaining Towers. “Ishtar, deal with those small fry Kobolds! Show them the power of the Forgotten Queen!”
The battlefield was quite special since it also had a day and night setting. The sun had just set, and because of Ishtar’s title of Forgotten Queen, all of her stats increased by 50% during the night.
What did that mean? It meant that the Skeleton Hunter had become 50% more deadly. Just like Diablo, Ishtar was overgeared and was more than a match for the Rank 3 Kobolds, who weren’t even wearing any kind of special equipment on their bodies.
The moment Ishtar’s Icy Arrow hit one of the Kobold Raiders, the latter immediately felt a world of pain, making it gasp in shock.
Ishtar carried four Pseudo-Legendary Items in her possession. One of them was none other than the Windbow, which increased her agility, attack damage, evasion, and attack speed.
Her second item was the Critical Shard, which increased her damage, as well as the chances of landing critical hits on her enemies.
The third item was the Boots of Teleportation which allowed her to teleport anywhere around the map, alongside Lux, allowing them to bulldoze their way through their opponents with ease.
The last item on her arsenal was the Thunder Shard, which Ishtar immediately activated, surrounding herself with five orbs of lightning. This item imbued her attacks with lightning, in addition to increasing her attack speed, making her a moving turret that could decimate anything and everything she hit.
When the Kobold Raider was about to flee, a bolt of lightning hit its head, making it explode. The Kobold then turned into particles of light, making the rest of the small fry Kobolds look at Ishtar in horror.
However, before the other Kobold Raider could flee, Ishtar’s ice arrow hit it, slowing its movement speed.
“Help me!” the Kobold Raider screamed in fear as his health decreased at an incredibly fast rate, while Ishtar fired arrow after arrow as if there was no tomorrow.
The Kobold Mage then pointed its staff at the Skeleton Hunter, but soon found itself running towards the fat Demonic Defender, who had appeared behind Ishtar.
“Hateful Land Dwellers!” the Kobold Mage shouted in anger, as he found himself moving helplessly towards the enemy’s vanguard.
Lux and his Skeletons focused fire on the Kobold Mage, killing it in a matter of seconds. After the Kobold Mage died, they once again focused their attacks on the Stronghold’s Guard Tower, destroying it completely.
Cadmus, who was fighting against Diablo, roared in anger when he saw the last tower collapse under Lux’s determined assault.
< Your Stronghold Towers on the Top Lanes have been destroyed >
Cadmus immediately bashed Diablo to the side as he prepared to unleash his Dragon Breath to kill the Half-Elf who was madly hitting the Barracks of their Stronghold.
Just as Cadmus was about to unleash his powerful attack, he halted midway as Diablo used his Duel [EX] skill to force the Draconic Kobold to attack him.
A hate-filled growl escaped Cadmus lips as he was forced to exchange a blow with the Skeleton Rider whose attacks had been raised to a frightening level due to the constant death that was happening around him. ᴛʜs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛʀ s ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛ ʙʏ o(v)elꜰre.et
With every slain ally or foe, the Blood Fervor ability grew, raising his attack and defense to a level that even Cadmus found hard to deal with.
Just as the Draconic Kobold sent Diablo and his Nightmare Mount flying a few meters away with a backhand blow, an announcement sounded in his ears, which made his eyes turn bloodshot.
< Barracks have been destroyed! >
< Enemy’s Crystal Warriors have grown stronger! >
“Damn you!” Cadmus charged towards Lux with only one thing in mind and that was to end his life.
Just as he was about to cleave the hateful Half-Elf in two, Lux sneered at him as he raised a staff pointed in the Draconic Kobold’s direction.
“Croak for me!” Lux roared.
Lux had three Pseudo-Legendary Equipments in his possession. One of them was the Boots of Teleportation, another was the Polytoad Staff. This staff increased the Intelligence Stat, as well as the user’s Mana regeneration. But those aside, it also had one annoying ability and that was transforming its target into a small toad for three seconds.
The hulking Draconic Kobold instantly transformed into a toad, which Lux happily kicked like a soccer ball, sending it flying dozens of meters in the air. Cadmus reverted back to his Draconic form and subconsciously flapped his wings to break his fall.
< You broke the rule. Time for you to be evicted. Truly a pity. >
Keoza’s sigh reverberated in the surroundings as Cadmus turned into particles of light, causing the remaining Kobolds inside the Stronghold to despair.
Lux had hoped for this scenario to happen, since there was only a small chance that Cadmus would break the rule that Keoza had given him as his handicap.
After seeing the biggest threat in the battlefield disappear, Lux shifted his attention to the oldest Kobold Mage, as well as the two Kobold Shamans, who were frantically defending the last two towers that protected their Stronghold’s Core.
“Kill!” Lux ordered as his forces charged at the last three Kobolds whose faces had turned grim.
They knew that the battle was over the moment Cadmus was kicked out of the battle, and the only thing they could do was accept their fate as Diablo, Ishtar, and Pazuzu charged in their direction with their eyes glowing with excitement.