Now that Da and Liam were together, the battlefield shifted for them. They had made their decision, rather quickly, in fact. Instead of charging toward the center where Raze and the Grand Magus clashed, they went around the Underside, helping anyone who was still fighting.
Both of them understood a simple truth:
Even if they were strong, even if they had powerful items, they would not be much help in a direct confrontation with the Grand Magus.
Even Liam, with a sword that could cut through anything, had struggled trendously against a single masked Cerebus mber. If that had given him trouble, then the one who commanded all of them,
He could only imagine what sort of tricks that man had up his sleeve.
Despite that reality, Liam still wore a mischievous grin as he dodged a fireball that zood past his face. He leaned back with a laugh, pushed his body forward, and kneed a mage straight in the stomach, lifting him off the ground before tossing him into another attacker.
"Raze has his own box of tricks!" Liam shouted, proudly. "I’d even say he’s the master trickster! He’ll be fine, he willwin this. After all, he can’t stop here. We still need his help taking down the other two Grand Magus!"
A massive explosion erupted beside him, shaking the ground. Liam hopped back to avoid falling, and turned just in ti to see Da approaching.
Da was carrying four grown n, one hanging from each arm, before casually dropping them to the ground.
"We’ve managed to clear this area," Da said. "I told the mages who were fighting to head toward the shelters. It looks like most of the Underside fighters have reached their limit anyway."
Right. That much was obvious. The Underside wasn’t ant to handle a conflict between multiple high-level mages, masked warriors, and Divine-level threats. Many of them were injured, exhausted, or overwheld.
"The annoying thing is that there are still people coming down from above," Liam replied. "It’d be nice if we could get a bit of backup on our side."
He doubted it would happen, but he said it anyway.
Da wiped dust from his chestplate and glanced toward the direction of the central battlefield.
"If we want to make the biggest impact, we need to target the Cerebus mbers directly," Da said. "I doubt they’re as difficult as the one we dealt with, but they’ll still be strong."
"Right," Liam agreed. "They went after the Dark Guild, correct? Throw up in the air, and I should be able to locate them."
"Fine," Da said. "Just don’t break your neck."
Liam ran forward. Da planted both feet and braced himself. As Liam jumped, Da caught him midair and heaved him upward with full force.
Liam shot high, so high he nearly hit the ceiling of the Underside and breached into the level above.
While airborne, he turned his head, scanning the battlefield. It was his system that analyzed the chaos below, mapping everything he could see and interpreting it instantly.
By the ti he landed back on shattered stone, Liam’s expression had shifted dramatically.
"What did you see?" Da asked imdiately. "Is Raze in trouble?"
"Raze is definitely fighting," Liam said. "But it’s hard to say whether he’s in trouble or not. What I did notice was sothing else."
He paused.
"I think we might have received so backup."
Da raised an eyebrow.
"My system identified him, Alen," Liam explained. "He must have arrived with his group."
Da let out a breath that sounded sowhere between a laugh and a sigh.
"Alen really did seem like a soft person," Da said. "Even though he’s military, he sticks to his code. I can admire soone like that."
"They’re moving through the Underside and rescuing whoever they can," Liam continued. "Safa’s with them too, healing the others. So we don’t have to worry about those areas anymore."
He leaned forward slightly, lowering his voice.
"When I checked on the other Cerebus mbers, they’re concentrated not far from here. They’re fighting the Dark Guild. But..."
"But?" Da urged.
Liam frowned.
"There’s soone else fighting against them as well. I think it’s... Beatrix? But even my system wasn’t sure."
Da blinked. "Your system wasn’t sure?"
"Exactly. That’s what’s worrying." Liam scratched his head. "If my system can’t recognize her, sothing is definitely strange."
Regardless, Liam didn’t stand still. He took off running and Da followed closely behind, their pace fast enough to tear through loose stone and rubble beneath them.
They soon reached the area where the fighting was loudest.
Buildings had been smashed into chunks. Walls were partially lted. Flas, dark smoke, and traces of magic were scattered across the scene. Several Dark Guild mages were directing their attacks toward two Cerebus mbers.
Dark pulses hamred into the masked figures. Magic blasts ripped through the air. Each attack damaged the Cerebus mbers, tearing through flesh or breaking limbs,
But they healed rapidly.
They weren’t like the masked elite who fought Raze or Liam earlier. Their bodies were more physical. Their magic more straightforward. But they were still incredibly hard to kill.
One of the Cerebus mbers raised his hand. A massive beam of energy ford above his head, bright, condensed, deadly.
Before the beam could fire,
A red blur sliced through the air.
Liam appeared behind the Cerebus mber and cut the beam of energy clean in half with the All Cutting Sword.
The energy split, fizzled, and evaporated.
Da arrived a split second later. With one fluid motion, he grabbed the Cerebus mber by both arms, lifted him like a sack of grain, and slamd him into the ground so hard the shockwave knocked nearby stones into the air.
Liam swung his sword once more and turned toward the remaining enemies.
"Alright!" Liam shouted boldly. "Ti to clear up the rest of them!"
His eyes glimred with excitent.
Da cracked his knuckles.
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