Chapter 279: Total Chaos [4]
Running through the halls of the Monolith, I could hear the sound of fighting in the distance. The closer I was to the general portals, the louder the sound of fighting beca.
'Sh*t, this isn't a fight I can stop.'
Once I arrived near the location of the portals, staring at the fight from the distance, I realized that recklessly entering the scene would only lead up to one conclusion, my imminent death.
"Damn it, what should I do?"
Though I couldn't tell the exact ranks of the people fighting in the distance, I could tell that it ranged from rank to rank. Just the faint undulations of energy that surged out of their bodies caused my face to contort.
Furthermore, judging from the situation up ahead, the people from the Union were currently at a disadvantage. Although they seed to be even in numbers, the people from the Monolith were indeed a tad bit stronger. I could tell this from the auras that were being released from the bodies of the people from the Monolith.
The situation was slowly becoming direr and direr for the Union mbers.
—BAAANG!
Suddenly disrupting out of my thoughts was a loud crashing noise. Turning my head, an individual appeared not so far from where I was. Judging for the pure untainted mana that was faintly revolving around his body, he was part of the Union force.
Staring at the individual that was close to , he appeared to be a caucasian man with brown hair and green eyes. At the mont his body was filled with cuts and bruises, and his breathing was difficult.
Looking at him, my mind started racing as a bold idea suddenly struck my head.
"…Ugh, this is nothing short of suicide."
My face contorted a little.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized how bold my idea was. Just a simple mistake and I would end up dying.
But, I had no choice.
Simply put, if I didn't go through with it, I'd only be delaying my death by 9 years. Monica and Amon's death would only signify the start of a whole world of trouble for my family, and humanity as a whole.
'I can't let that happen.'
Thus.
Taking a familiar small ring from Luther's dinsional space and putting it on my finger, I lifted my head up and checked to see if anyone was planning on attacking the injured person from the Monolith.
Fortunately for , one of his team mbers was buying him ti to recover from his injuries, and so I knew that no one would disturb . At least for a bit.
Taking advantage of this, channeling my mana towards my sword until a white glow enveloped it, I dashed out and attacked the Union mber. Because of the uniform, I was wearing, nothing seed out of the ordinary.
WIIIIIING!
Startled, the Union mber looked in my direction. With the aid of the wall, he weakly stood up and raised his spear.
The mont his eyes landed on and he lifted his spear, my feet almost stopped moving. It felt as though I was stuck at the bottom of the ocean with no air to breathe.
I felt completely powerless.
"Haaa!"
Even then, gritting my teeth, I pushed forward and slashed my sword in his direction. It wasn't the Keiki style, nor any other sword technique that I knew. It was just a simple slash with all my mana concentrated on the sword.
Arriving before the Union mber, closing my eyes, I inwardly prayed.
'Please fucking notice!'
Then, the sound of tal colliding resounded.
Clang—!
Once the tallic sound rang out, for a second nothing happened. Then, lifting my head up, I saw two obsidian black eyes looking straight into mine with unprecedented seriousness.
"Who are you?"
His cold voice rang in my ears.
Looking back at those eyes, I smiled in relief.
"Haaa…haaaa…thank god you've noticed."
There was a fundantal difference between Heroes and Villains, and it was that Heroes' mana was pure, whilst for villains, although they too utilized mana, theirs was tainted with demonic energy.
This was the fundantal difference that enabled people to tell the difference.
Therefore, upon spotting , and noticing the pure mana that was revolving around my sword, they realized that I wasn't a villain. The lack of killing intent on my part also contributed a little.
Even then, that did not an that I was still in the clear as his voice once again rang inside of my ears.
"You haven't answered my question. Who are you?"
This ti a trace of killing intent was mixed in his voice, causing my body to involuntarily shudder.
Mustering every bit of strength to look at him in the eyes, I raised my sword and once again slashed in his direction.
"…You wouldn't know, but I can tell you this. I'm on your side."
Clang—!
"Then why should I trust you, and how can soone as weak as you be of any help?"
"Bit harsh, no?"
My mouth twitched slightly at his words.
Clang—!
As I was secretly conversing with the Union mber, we kept exchanging moves. As I attacked, the union mber defended. Of course, he pretended to be injured whilst defending against my attacks, else it wouldn't look believable.
"Cut the chit-chat, what is your purpose in approaching ?"
"I have a way to help you."
"You have a way?"
"Yes, but I need your help."
Clang—!
Once again our weapons clashed. Staring at , the Union mber said after a brief pause.
"…Even though I can confirm that you're not a villain, why should I trust you?"
Cautiousness flashed across his eyes.
"Listen up," Slashing my sword down, the Union mber 'narrowly' avoided it. Raising my sword again, I slashed down again. "Quite frankly, I don't gain anything by helping you. If we're being real, given your circumstances, the chances of you escaping are nearly zero, right?"
"What are you trying to say?"
WIIING!
This ti it was his turn to attack, indicating with his eyes to where he was going to attack next, I moved my neck slightly and narrowly avoided his attack.
Feeling the tip of the spear brush past , I inwardly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued.
"You have no choice but to trust . Instead of fighting a battle that you have no hope of winning, fight one that can give you a little bit of hope."
Whilst I was speaking, I made sure to read the Union mber's expression. Even though frustration could be seen on his face, my words seed to have had an effect on him as his attack weakened a little bit.
It was to be expected though. What I said wasn't wrong. Judging from how things were going, they were bound to lose. To make matters worse, they couldn't even escape since their opponents were sticking to them like an octopus.
The person before knew this very well.
"…What's your plan then?"
'It worked!'
The edges of my lips curved upwards, as my heart finally relaxed a little bit.
Turning my head and staring at the gates in the distance, I spoke.
"I want you to clear a path for to the portals, and hold the Monolith mbers back for at least a couple of minutes."
My plan was to directly break the core of the portals and create an explosion. Essentially, I was planning on doing with the Union were originally planning on doing, but unlike them, I could do it faster.
This was simply because of the card that I had gotten from Luther that enabled to gain access to the portal data system.
"Clear a path to the portals?" A look of confusion appeared on the Union mber's face. Then, as he processed the information, his eyes opened widely. "…wait, don't tell that you're planning on breaking the core? That's impossible!?"
Slashing down, I reassured.
"Don't worry, I have my ans."
"What ans?"
"I don't have ti to explain, just know that I can do it. The choice is up to you."
Clang—!
Squinting, the Union mber slashed down. For the next couple of seconds, neither one of us spoke.
After a while, the union mber lifted his head and solemnly looked at .
"…what are the chances of you succeeding?"
Smiling, I replied.
"That does not depend on , it depends on you."
The success rate of the operation depended on how much ti they could buy for whilst I break the core. If they could hold out for more than a minute, then there was a good chance that I could break the core.
"…but what about the escape? Once you break the core, everyone is going to aim for you."
"Don't worry about that, I've got that covered too."
"B—"
"We don't have ti!"
Cutting him off I raised my voice. We had been fighting for approximately a minute, and in that minute the situation for the Union had gotten really dire. If we wasted any more ti talking, then the whole plan would get scrapped.
He needed to quickly go back to aid them.
"Right now, your job is to do what I told you to do. If you do that, I can guarantee you a chance at escaping this."
"Alright." Staring deeply into my eyes, the Union mber bit his lips before he slashed at . This ti with a little bit more force than before. A hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes, as his voice beca cold. "…I will do as you say, but, if your screw us over, just know that I will do everything within my power to kill you."
Caught off-guard by the sudden attack, my sword flung away. Lowering my head and staring at him, I nodded faintly.
"Sure…"
"Alright, I'm counting on you then."
"Huek!"
As he finished his words, in a lightning-fast manner, the spear flashed and pierced my shoulder.
Feeling the trendous pain in my shoulder, I fell to the ground and pretend to be dead. Turning around, the Union mber quickly joined his mbers. Upon his arrival, the dire situation stabilized a little bit.
'Damn it, couldn't he have pulled his punches a little bit?'
I cursed whilst I played on the ground. The pain coming from the stab just now hurt like hell. Fortunately for , I had been through worse and thus was able to bear with it.
Whilst laying on the ground, taking a deep breath I channeled my mana towards my feet and activated my movent art [Drifting steps]. Slowly, the hue around my feet increased.
As drifting steps had reached the Greater realm of mastery, instead of increasing the speed as I continued running, I could not stack up the wind psyons underneath my feet in a manner that upon releasing the stacked-up wind psyons, for a brief mont, I could reach a state similar to the third movent, Void Step.
The only downside was that I had couldn't move whilst I stacked up.
SHIIIIIIIIING!
As I was staking up, I suddenly felt a burst of mana coming from the distance. Lifting my head weakly, I realized that all of the Union mbers had decided to go all out.
'So he's managed to convince his mbers already?'
Not even five minutes had passed since he had left, and sohow the person I talked to before had managed to convince his team mbers. It looked like they were truly desperate.
Once everyone decided to go all out, the situation started to shift. Although the Monolith still held the upper hand, a small path had cleared up.
"Well, I guess it's my turn"
Once the path appeared, lifting my body up, my eyes locked towards the portal room in the distance. At the mont that area was the one that was most crowded, but with the aid of the Union mbers, most of the Monolith people had been pushed away.
"huuuu, here goes nothing."
Exhaling, the hue around my feet intensified.
BOOOOOM—!
An explosion rang out and the world around warped Within seconds I appeared near the portal. Without wasting any ti, I quickly entered the room.
"What's going on!?"
My appearance obviously startled people, as for a brief mont, the fighting ceased. Knowing full well what was happening, this small opening gave enough ti for the people from the Union to reorganize themselves as they moved nearer towards the portal.
"Stop him!"
Alard, and finally realizing what was going on, the people from the Monolith glared in my direction. Glared at by such powerful figures, I fell down on the ground due to the pressure.
"Hmph! Try your best!"
Thankfully, coming to my rescue were the people from the Union who attacked even more fiercely and relieved from the pressure. Thanking them inside of my mind, I looked around the room.
"Quick, we can't hold them back for long!"
Without looking back, I raised my hand and did an 'Ok' sign. The person who just spoke was the person whom I told my plans to before.
'If I'm not wrong, it should be here.'
Moving towards the portal, I scanned it from top to bottom. Spotting a small compartnt, my eyes light up. Taking out Luther's card from my dinsional space, I swiped it on the compartnt.
Di—!
Right after scanning the card, the compartnt opened up. Upon opening the compartnt, a small display appeared in my vision.
"…where, is it."
Turning on the display, I quickly swiped through its setting looking for the access panel for the core. As my finger moved across the monitor at incredible speeds, my eyes darted left and right trying to best see the setting that I was looking for.
"Sh*t, where in the world is it?!"
To my dismay, this was taking way longer than I had originally anticipated. Cold sweat trickled down the side of my face.
BAANG—!
Startling was a loud crashing sound next to , lowering my head, to my horror I spotted a Union mber lying lifelessly next to .
"Oh no."
Turning my head, I noticed that the situation had truly beco dire. The formation that the Union mbers had set up was almost crumbling, and within any second now, they would quickly appear next to .
"Sh*t."
Knowing this, turning my head and staring at the display, my heartbeat like it had never done before. Frantically moving my fingers across the screen, I looked for the setting that enabled to gain access to the core.
But this being the first ti I had actually ever touched the panel, I had no idea where to look. Ti was slowly running out, and the sweat by the side of my head intensified.
SHIIIING!
"Haaaa!"
Pained screams echoed from behind . I did my best to ignore it, as I looked through the panel.
"——!"
Biting my lips I continued to look for the right setting until finally, my finger paused on a certain area. My eyes then light up, and without hesitation, I pressed on the screen.
SHUUUUA!
The mont I pressed on the screen, the gate shook slightly, and the middle of it opened up revealing a black core. Threads of black demonic energy encircled the black core, as it pulsated slightly. Slowly, demonic energy enveloped the room.
"Stop him!"
Upon the core's revelation, the whole atmosphere changed. The people from the Monolith beca even more desperate, whilst the people from the Union fought even more fiercely.
Although the people from the Union were dying at an alarming rate, the core had brought hope upon them. As long as they held just a little bit more, then there was a chance that they could escape.
"Quick destroy the core!"
A person from the Union shouted.
Without needing to be told what to do, I dashed towards where the core was and unsheathed my sword. Then, pouring most of my mana into it, I slashed down.
Clang—!
A dull tallic sound rang out.
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