Chapter 114 – The Rock Construct Vs Teamwork
Anlesa left without fanfare. No one really had the opportunity to say anything if they even noticed. There were already over twenty people trying to contain the boulder man, and people were coming in and out as they pleased. Whether that was because of exhaustion or requiring dical attention. Anyone who wanted to complain had nothing to whine about in Syrus’ mind as he decided to leave with a small bang.
She raised her second shoddy sword and charged it with a small amount of fire mana to make it a small bomb. With a full force Blood charged jump she slamd the blade into the thing’s leg. Syrus already jumped away before the construct could counterattack, and the sword exploded, leaving a small hole around where the sword was embedded.
Once the getaway was completed, it was ti to change their physical form.
[Luna, did you want your standard disguise?] (Eva)
[Yes, Lilly.] (Luna)
Luna had debated creating a whole new disguise for themselves, but in the end chose to stay with her standard disguise look, which was ‘Syrus’ relative’. The ‘Luna disguise’ had made her Manipulation attribute known–mostly due to the tis she had to deal with annoying individuals–but any other attributes were kept secret. Which ant using Space was perfectly acceptable. It was already the one she had planned to use for this disguise but had never used.
Initially, they were just going to get change in an alley sowhere, but they were close enough to their house that it was worth the extra hassle to return there.
The mont Anlesa entered their ho, it was a rush to grab the cloak and dress they normally wore when Luna went out.
Eva was already causing the body to shift. Allowing the horn to grow back and their hair to grow slightly longer and shift to a solid dark grey, and her eyes sparkled into her shade of pink.
During the process, an idea ca up in their head.
[Eva, I’m not too keen on having us try to touch the construct again, but can you use your wires as a bridge?] (Syrus)
[I... would need to test that.] (Eva)
[That...] The cogs in Luna’s mind also began to turn. [If that works. It might be possible to activate my teleportation effect remotely as well.]
[Now that is nasty.] Syrus couldn’t hold back a smile. She had fought a few Space attribute individuals in the past, so she knew their weaknesses well. All their attacks were mana-intensive and required to be in close proximity. Then there were the problems: most of their attacks weren't deadly and the best the experts could do was teleport others. There was one person Syrus had fought with who seed to get around most of these issues, but they were long gone before Syrus could have a one-on-one with them.
With the oversized brown dress and cloak on top of it, pretty much all her underneath equipnt was hidden.
They returned to the hunters' continued effort of attempting to slay the construct, and to their credit, it did look more worn down than before. No matter how tough the construct was, in the end, it was still made from rock. So hunters had even brought pickaxes instead of their usual weapons.
Its lower legs had taken the most damage, as that was what the hunters were able to reach. Large portions of the legs had fallen off, and as the construct moved forward, it was clearly much more unstable.
[We… might not need to do anything?] (Eva)
Rumble!
[I wouldn’t be too sure.] (Syrus)
The commander yelled as the construct leant forward. “Everyone! Get back!”
People did as they were ordered, and the rock construct fell over forward.
“Yeah, we did it!” One person started celebrating early.
Thud, Rumble.
The construct's two thick arms slamd into the ground, and its whole body rotated into the air.
Within a mont, the construct had flipped itself upside down, but its arms were now the legs, and the heavily damaged legs were the arms.
“Lord, you have got to be kidding .” In a matter of monts, the hunters' hard work had been lessened. It certainly had not been for nothing, as the construct's new arms were a shell of the previous, but it still was disheartening.
[I’ll leave this to you two, as long as you guys don’t get close I won’t intervene.] (Syrus)
[Okay, Eva ready when you are.] (Luna)
Eva nodded, and with their body she moved closer into position.
The hunters hadn’t given up, and they had a plan. Two n with war hamrs ran in and slamd the constructs' legs. While spotters would yell out the mont the golem tried anything, and on the instant either one said anything, both would jump back.
The ranged hunters retreated to support the other sides of the city, and while the squad around the construct decreased, they were working together as a well-oiled machine.
Suddenly a tal wire flew towards the construct and stabbed itself into its rocky chest.
Whether it was because it was too small or sothing else, the rock construct didn’t do anything to the wire.
[Luna, how’s the flow?] (Eva)
[I’m facing resistance.] (Luna)
Suddenly, Eva shot out the second wire.
[I don’t think I can try to interrupt it while making it so that your Space mana flows through simultaneously at the mont, so if you use the left wire, I will use the right.] (Eva)
Maybe with practice, she could, but currently there was no way.
Luna slowly flowed her Space attribute mana down the wire. Eva was multitasking so that there was a tunnel that the Space mana could be sent down. Only Eva could properly send mana down her wires; Syrus was a close second due to her experience of imbuing her mana into weapons, but a wire was much more delicate in comparison.
The construct froze for less than a second randomly as it fought the hunters. The hunters assud the lady with the wires was doing sothing to try and stop it, so they chose to take full advantage of the situation.
[I’m… nearly there.] (Eva)
The rock construct froze, then shook and suddenly started to spin, even though there was no one imdiately around it at that given mont.
Then it paused again.
[NOW!] (Eva)
With her full focus, Luna fired her Space attribute with her intent. It was rudintary, and no spell was used, only pure Space mana and her will.
The construct’s torso glowed in a purple light and disappeared and reappeared a few tres away.
Thud, Thud, Boom!
The rock construct completely fell apart, and Eva felt no mana radiating from the rocks anymore.
[I… did it.] (Luna)
[We did it!] (Eva)
Out of the two of them, Luna was so worried about failing, so a massive wave of relief flooded her, knowing that she succeeded. And due to Eva breaking the connection for long enough, the mana cost was kept low enough. She only used ten percent! Which combined with all their other costs for the day so far, they had seventy-six percent still remaining.
[There would have been a lot less trouble if soone dumped all their mana into trying to destroy this creature.] (Syrus)
[We of all people cannot say that when we have more than three tis the average person's amount.] (Luna)
[I say we used more than enough.] (Syrus)
Eva looked around as she retracted their wires. [...Though, I wonder if we were needed, by the end it looked like they had a thod ford.]
[Eva.] Syrus said earnestly. [This is a conflict, an action that saves ti; no matter how small, it is appreciated.]
“Thanks, missy! That was amazing!” The commander who turned to look at Anlesa congratulated. He looked back at the remaining hunters. “Now everyone! Search the area for any more threats here; if you don’t find anything, support the periter, help civilians, or support the western edge!”
“Aye!”
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