Not long after Bellum made her move, the other mbers of the 9th Division started to gain their footing.
"Cover !" One of the players shouted as they were retreating back into the center of the formation after securing an elimination on one of the Monsoon Death Shades.
Swoosh! Grwaaaaaak! Bang!
As the player retreated safely into the center of the battle formation, the Monsoon Death Shade chasing him was intercepted by one of the heavy-plated users protecting the outer periter.
As they kept their montum driving forward, the Monsoon Death Shades started to quickly fall one after the other.
The most frustrating thing to deal with was the attacks of the creature, but rather the effects of the Monsoon Shade. Not only did it cause those affected to be rendered temporarily immobile, they soon discovered that if it were not taken care of fast enough, it would spread to other players who were nearby.
In order to prevent this from happening, nerva gave an order for the closest player next to the person who was affected to call it out so that their supports could use a cleansing skill. However, there was a problem with this strategy that nerva was well aware of.
Even though all the players present consud a Five Cycles Pill and improved their overall senses, the weather conditions made it challenging to know what was going on more than a couple of ters in front of them. Therefore, despite the relative closeness of their battle formation, it was still difficult to always react accordingly before the Monsoon Shade spread to other players.
nerva, "No one is to move alone. Do not abandon the person closest to you. For now, I will take over the responsibility of calling out to the supports."
The next mont, nerva's eyes emitted a light golden glow as the scene around here beca much clearer. It was as if the heavy rain and vicious winds had suddenly been tad. But, this was not actually the case.
In reality, this was rely the effect of the skill, Vision of Purification. It was a skill that allowed nerva to peer through and ignore any outside obstructions. However, this skill had a major drawback in that the outside obstructions could also include certain enemy attacks.
This ant that if she used it recklessly against the wrong enemy, it would put her in an unknown state of danger.
However, after observing the Monsoon Death Shades for a while, nerva believed it was safe to use due to their collection of skills.
After nerva activated her Vision of Purification, the fight took a huge turn. Because of well-tid call-outs, the supports were able to swiftly cleanse those affected by the Monsoon Shade, and the players could return their full focus toward the assault.
But, just when the number of Monsoon Death Shades was being culled, out of nowhere, a second massive lightning bolt struck down not too far away from where the first one hit.
Grwaaaaaak!
Just like last ti, another wave of Monsoon Death Shades erged from the crack in the ground created by the strike. This ti, however, the number of Monsoon Death Shades doubled to more than forty creatures!
When the players of the 9th Division witnessed the sight of the small army of terrifying creatures, they felt their hearts nearly jump out of their chests.
It was no wonder this place had a na that warned others to beware of death and Tempest was not foolish enough to send their troops to march through this area. Forget the harsh weather conditions. Even if the environnt were in their favor, this kind of endless stream of enemies would a nightmare to face!
"What do we do...?" One of the players muttered to themselves as they tried to push down their nerves.
If they turned back now, the Monsoon Death Shades would most likely pick them off one by one. However, if things continued on in this manner, then wasn't it only a matter of ti until they were overrun by these creatures?
nerva furrowed her brows when the second wave of Monsoon Death Shades erged from the crack. They had just begun to regain their footing, and now they were presented with an unexpected dilemma.
"The supports will not be able to cleanse those affected forever with their cooldowns. We have to find another way. More importantly... What is he up to?" nerva thought to herself as her gaze landed on Izroth.
It did not take long for nerva to notice that, besides unsheathing his sword, Izroth had yet to make a move since the fight broke out.
nerva understood that this could only an one thing—he was waiting for the right opportunity.
"The right opportunity... I see. These creatures, what he sensed earlier—there must be a source." nerva internalized.
It was highly uncommon for elite monsters to appear in a swarm like the Monsoon Death Shades.
There were only two instances where sothing like that occurred. The first was inside dungeons and raids. As for the other, it was when sothing more powerful was summoning them to do its bidding. And, if that was the case, with their current strategy, they were only bidding ti until they were wiped out by an endless wave of monsters!
nerva, "Everyone, prepare to move north on a three count at my command. Do not break the formation."
Bang!
Niflheim blocked one of the Monsoon Death Shades and send it flying away as he slashed out with his sword.
nerva, "Begin."
"Move north? Did she discover sothing?" Niflheim thought to himself.
Niflheim knew that if they moved north now, even if they tried their best to maintain the formation, it would inevitably fall apart. After all, they only roughly practiced the formation in a mostly stationary position. To keep a solid formation while moving and being under attack from multiple sides was sothing even a well-trained division would find hard to pull off.
However, Niflheim also understood that nerva was no fool. Therefore, Niflheim followed her instructions and slowly led the division's advancent north of its current position.
As Niflheim moved, the others followed as they tried their best to keep the formation from falling apart.
To help with their timing, nerva introduced a count system. So, when she ntioned a three count, the entire formation would take three steps, count to three and then take another three steps. They would repeat these steps until nerva gave the command to hold their position.
The stops in between each steps made it so that anyone who was off on their count did not fall too far behind and could readjust as they moved. While it was not a perfect system, the simplicity of it was sothing much needed considering the limited amount of ti they had to prepare.
Nonetheless, despite their best efforts, the constant moving and reaction to enemy attacks started to cause several small openings to appear within the battle formation.
"We will not be able to maintain this formation much longer. He has to make a move soon." nerva thought to herself.
The reason nerva chose to move the mbers of the 9th Division had to do with Izroth's intention.
If there was soone or sothing truly controlling the Monsoon Death Shades, there was a high chance that there was a limit on how far away it could be from the creatures it summoned. There was also the possibility that moving away from the source of the lightning strikes could remove the threat of the Monsoon Death Shades altogether. Either way, it would have to choose to leave them alone or reveal itself if it decided to pursue them. Both choices were better than sitting around and waiting for it to chip away at them slowly.
At the sa ti, Izroth moved alongside the division outside of the main formation. He kept his Energy Vision Sense at its current maximum range of twenty ters and did not neglect his natural senses as he scanned the area thoroughly. And, just as it seed that nothing would change, a familiar fla appeared at the very edge of his Energy Vision Sense in front of them. It was the sa fla he detected before the arrival of the Monsoon Death Shades!
Just like last ti, the fla quickly started to fade just as fast as it arrived. But, Izroth had no plans on letting it escape this ti!
'I won't let you get away from a second ti.'
Zeeeeut!
Izroth, "I am going on ahead."
Izroth imdiately activated his Instantaneous Movent and arrived right next to the source of the fla.
When Izroth moved to that location, he did not see anything around him. The fla showed by his Energy Vision Sense also vanished into thin air. However, the system information popped up and confird that he was not simply seeing things—even if nothing was there.
Na: Monsoon Fiend of Death, Immortal Ruler Morsanus(AREA BOSS)
Level: ???
HP: ??? (100%)
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