After the protective barrier provided by the vest was completely destroyed, Ery could only depend on his [Jade Skin] spell to withstand the attacks of those crawling and flying creatures.
Fortunately, the crystal green layer of rocks that covered most of his body was strong enough to hold the creatures' jaws, preventing them from biting a piece of Ery's flesh off.
At first, Ery's strategy, or should he say 'thought', was to close up on the beast tar and incapacitate him, before the creatures could break through his defenses. In short, Ery planned to subdue the commander.
Ery of course expected the process would have so alterations, as the things happening during the fight could change to anything. But he never expected that the matter would be so difficult.
Knowing Ery's signature spell was [Blink], Molt had held and prepared most of his flying ants to protect his close surroundings. Therefore, whenever Ery got close to him, instead of landing on an advantageous position, Ery was actually in a more dangerous situation.
"Let's see how long you can hold under my creatures!!" Molt shouted, flashing a nasty smirk. "My precious boys, attack! Don't give him any rcy!!"
As if the creatures understood their master, they rapidly increased their speed, as they went at Ery like a crashing wave. Dozens of crawlers and flyers rushed towards Ery at great speed.
Clank! Clank!
Ery kept getting cornered, as his attacks were not strong enough to cut through the creatures' rock hard carapaces.
Even though the ant-like creatures were not fast enough to completely obliterate him, Ery was currently fighting inside an arena with limited space. Moreover, there were just too many of them, they could have fillled a third of the arena if they spreaded apart.
With every passing minute, Ery beca more and more disadvantaged. He knew that if the situation didn't change, he would be defeated eventually.
Alas, Ery's fighting choices were limited, as he only had one arm that could be used to fight. It was fortunate Ery had so prior experience fighting with his left hand using the sword. However, with his only arm holding a sword, Ery was unable to cast any spell that needed the use of one free hand.
At the mont, Ery was truly in a pickle. Most of the spells in his repertoire were useless and he didn't have enough strength to kill those annoying creatures. And, as if the situation wasn't worse enough, Ery began to feel the wound on his chest, the one caused by Zach, started acting up again.
Ery had to find a way out, a solution, and he needed to find it fast!
'Use your brain, Ery...! There must be a way...' Ery thought inwardly, as he avoided another wave of attacks with [Blink].
Suddenly, Ery rembered sothing buried deep within his mind, so facts about animals he acquired during his childhood life in the woods. Even though the creatures before him were different from the ones in his mory, Ery bet they should have the sa case.
He observed carefully and finally believed he had found the way to beat Molt. If his plan succeeded, Ery would leave the arena with a win in his pocket.
Now that the plan was ford, Ery just needed to make sure he had the capability to pull it off.
Making up his mind, Ery imdiately proceeded with his plan.
This ti, Ery teleported further away from Molt and the creatures, to be more precise, to the area located almost at the corner of the arena.
Seeing the place where Ery teleported over, Molt shouted, "Where do you think you can run?!! Hahaha!"
Ery swiftly stored the sword into his ring and knelt down to the ground, causing confused reaction from the audience. Ignoring them, Ery proceeded to take out a bottle. Inside it, a bluish paste could be seen; [Strength Paste - Tier 2] Ery quickly spread it all over his legs. As for his arms, he could only pour it altogether.
Noticing Ery's actions, Molt frowned, "What are you doing? Huh?! My Durantz, quickly kill him now!!"
Ery continued dodging the creatures around, as he waited for the paste to take effect. Monts later, he finally felt his two legs and arm starting to warm up due to the paste's effect.
[Battle power increased by 4 points]
[Current battle power : 47]
Previously, Ery felt his body was at his limit, as his speed had decreased quite a bit. Luckily, it was apparent the bit of boost given by the paste earned Ery the extra speed he needed to dodge the incoming creatures.
With his sword stored in the ring and his hand free, Ery began to proceed towards the next step of the plan. He casted his long-range attack spell, [Enfeeble Blade].
Clank! Clank!
Familiar sounds resounded in the air. The spells were able to knock the creatures they hit, but they were still not strong enough to end the creatures' lives. Realizing he would not be getting nowhere if this kept up, Ery finally decided to take out the most potent weapon from his arsenal, a spell he recently learnt.
[Dark Matter]
As the spirit energy inside his body churned and materialized darkish energy on top of his left hand, Ery could feel his already painful chest beca even more painful. However, Ery gritted his teeth, as he focused his attention on the spell, ignoring the excruciating pain wrecking over his body. Ery understood that, if he failed this attempt, he would most probably lose the fight.
While his only arm held onto the pitch-black sphere, Ery proceeded to cast [Blink]. But instead of heading directly at Molt, Ery randomly teleported over the arena, doing this continuously. The ants who saw where Ery was gone swiftly followed him, causing them to be misdirected and split apart.
When Molt realized what Ery wanted to do, it was already too late, as his creatures already spreaded out apart over the arena.
The mont the opportunity presented before Ery's eyes, he swiftly took action. Ery casted [Blink], appearing right outside the swarm of flying ants surrounding Molt and threw the baleful sphere towards them.
Molt could only stare, as he saw the sphere landing on the swarm.
BOOM!!!
The explosion caused by the sphere knocked the creatures and broke their tight formation, leaving Molt right in the open. Finally, the opportunity to finish Molt arose.
Ery knew he had no ti to cast another [Dark Matter]. So, he decided to use another thod he had thought of.
A bottle with green-colored fluid inside it rapidly flew through the air and landed on Molt in that very second.
[Acid Potion - Tier 2]
Splash!
The bottle broke and the green liquid splashed over Molt, quickly burning the acolyte's clothes. Molt started screaming in pain, as his skin was corroded by the acid.
Ery knew his acid potion was not enough to defeat Molt. His main purpose was to burn Molt's clothes and force the appearance of another ant-like creature he was sure was hiding beneath it.
In the end, Ery's plan paid off, as his vision was greeted by the ergence of a new ant-like creature. At first glance, this particular one only looked like the larger version of the flying ant, but it had golden stripes on its back.
It was the ant queen.
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