Austin saw this scene, his eyes wide open as if about to burst, not believing that the Lava Lizard of his had died right before his eyes.
In fact, it had died so easily that he couldn't even imagine it.
One had to know that the Lava Lizard was at least a D Rank Peak. Even if it was severely wounded, it could still hold on for so ti if it faced a Zombie of D Rank.
But in the end... it died, died so easily.
Before Austin could scream, the Lava Lizard's body emitted a blinding light.
He knew this was the last thing the Lava Lizard could do for him.
Austin tried to suppress his grief, rushing toward everyone and shouting: "Run! Hurry up!"
Everything happened so fast that no one had ti to understand what was going on. But when Austin shouted, they imdiately followed his lead and ran.
The dark shadow was about to charge toward the group of leaders when the tail of the Lava Lizard suddenly wrapped around it tightly.
It turned its head and looked toward the headless body of the Lizard, which was emitting a blinding light like the sun.
The light drove away all the darkness within a radius of over 100 ters, helping everyone see a creature that resembled a human but was not human.
It stood about two ters tall, its body full of muscular chunks like tal blocks, but was still relatively slim.
The monster swung its sharp iron claws, slashing down, but sothing strange happened.
Clang!
Its sharp claws hit the Lava Lizard's tail, only sparking without being able to sever it.
The monster swung its claws again, slashing down.
Clang!
Although it couldn't cut off the Lava Lizard's tail this ti, a deep groove had appeared on the tail.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The monster kept slashing down, and the tail was gradually severed, and then...
Clang!
The tail was completely severed.
But at that mont, the body of the Lava Lizard swelled up like a balloon filled to its maximum capacity.
BAM!
A loud explosion echoed, and the Lava Lizard's body exploded, splattering molten lava everywhere.
The terrifying heat of the lava scorched all the surrounding trees.
The flas ignited and spread quickly, like a monster destroying everything in its path.
In the distance, as Austin was running, he heard the explosion, and tears stread down his face.
Although it was just a monster, Austin and it had fought together for a long ti, ever since he first beca the Leader.
Even though the Lava Lizard couldn't speak, Austin knew exactly what the Lava Lizard was thinking and what it wanted to do.
The mont he saw its headless body emitting a blinding light, Austin knew that the Lava Lizard wanted to use its last bit of energy to eliminate the enemy and help him escape.
He didn't want to waste the opportunity the Lava Lizard had sacrificed its life for.
Because of that, he ran alongside everyone.
But now, upon hearing the explosion, Austin felt an imnse pain and sorrow in his heart.
Caleb glanced at Austin, feeling the sa way.
His Stone Golem had also died to protect him. Not just him and Austin, but the heroes and soldiers of the leaders here had all been killed.
In the end, all they could do was run.
Suddenly, Caleb saw a small cave ahead and shouted: "It's up ahead, hurry!"
Krit!
A roar sounded from behind, and hearing that, Austin slowed his running pace and stepped back.
Caleb saw Austin's action and hurriedly shouted: "What the hell are you doing? Hurry up, follow !"
"No! If no one stays behind to avoid the monster, we'll all surely die."
"You..."
Caleb wanted to say more, but a dark shadow suddenly appeared and charged toward them with incredible speed.
Austin said nothing more and imdiately rushed toward the shadow.
BAM!
The dark shadow and Austin collided violently, but Austin was sent flying.
He was like a leaf, flying backward for more than ten ters, rolling a few tis on the ground before finally stopping.
"Austin!" Caleb roared, his eyes red as if about to spew fire.
"Let's go! Caleb!"
"Yes, Austin helped us hold off that monster. Don't let his death be in vain."
"Hurry up!"
Caleb gritted his teeth, not believing that Austin had sacrificed himself like that.
At the sa ti, he also felt hopeless.
In reality, he had crushed the thread given to him by the Master. But after that, nothing happened. No one ca to save them, and no miracle occurred.
At that mont, he knew for certain that Noan had abandoned him.
Although his heart ached with misery and hopelessness, he couldn't hate Noan.
In this situation, it was normal for Noan not to save him.
He rembered that Noan's domain had an invisible protective layer, and even if Austin's Lava Lizard attacked with full force, it couldn't break through that defense.
If Caleb had a domain like that, he would only want to stay inside, never venturing out as long as enough food was inside.
At this mont, Caleb saw the monster-like creature standing before Austin, its sharp claws raised like a lethal weapon.
He gritted his teeth, wanting to rush to Austin's side, but he was stopped by others, who pulled him forward.
Austin, anwhile, felt his body aching to the point that it seed ready to break into pieces.
Though he had prepared ntally to face death, when it ca near, he couldn't accept it.
The creature appeared before him, its sharp claws raised like a blade, aiming at his head to strike.
Austin, at that mont, felt unwilling.
He had co to this new territory with a D Rank Peak hero and thought he would be the ruler here.
However, before he could beco king, he was defeated by soone else and beca that person's slave.
Though unwilling, he wasn't a fool, and he knew clearly that the opponent was stronger than him, and killing him would be incredibly easy.
That was why he accepted bowing his head and becoming a slave, waiting for the day when he had enough strength to break the contract and then kill Noan.
But that day never ca, and now he was about to face death.
Austin closed his eyes, waiting for death.
One second…
Two seconds…
Three seconds…
Ten seconds passed, and nothing had happened.
Austin, confused, slowly opened his eyes and saw the monster before him, now bound tightly by countless chains, unable to move.
"That's..." Austin's face was filled with disbelief.
Where had these chains co from? How could they bind a monster capable of easily killing his Lava Lizard?
GRAOO!!!
Suddenly, another roar rang out, causing Austin to flinch.
He turned around, looking toward the roar, and saw a dark figure towering over two ters tall, like a small mountain, standing not far from him.
The aura emanating from the dark figure terrified Austin. The oppressive weight made him feel like a heavy stone was pressing down on him.
It was terrifying; the re presence of the figure was enough to make Austin afraid.
Especially its eyes, which emitted a strange violet light, like the gaze of a death god staring at him.
The creature had black skin and was holding a massive spiked mace in its hand.
Austin shuddered. Instinctively, he wanted to run, but his body no longer obeyed his commands.
His left leg and right arm had been broken after the collision with the creature.
Now, even standing up was a struggle, let alone escaping.
Austin was both confused and terrified.
He didn't know what the black-skinned monster was, but surrounded by two creatures, Austin knew he would certainly die.
Even if the two monsters fought each other, being stuck here, he would either be killed or severely injured.
BAM!
Suddenly, the black-skinned creature stomped its foot on the ground, creating a deafening explosion.
Its heavy body was unexpectedly quick and agile, charging toward the strange monster bound by chains with its mace raised.
BAM!
The spiked mace was swung with all its might, striking the creature's abdon.
Another explosion rang out, and the force of the impact created a gust of wind that sent Austin flying backward for several ters.
The creature was thrown back more than twenty ters, crashing into and breaking several trees before it could stop.
However, the creature seed unfazed by the pain and got back up despite its severely injured abdon.
Its stomach was torn open, and a blue liquid leaked out as if it were its blood.
At that mont, the creature's body suddenly changed. Two bat-like wings sprouted from its back, and it slowly began to lift off the ground.
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