The giant manticore spoke franticly "Mitsurugi come with me, we must leave now!" While the beast spoke the Starfall devoted began their attack, and the close-range fighters charged forward and raced toward Hiro.
Legions of dragsaurians intercepted them. Still confused at least the transmigrator knew that the monsters would fight the devoted as the Manticore said.
He was currently awaiting for his level-up to complete. According to the logs he massacred 1500 of them. The remaining 520 of them survived due to his tornadoes suddenly evaporating.
'System, how many dragsaurians are still on the field? And how long will my level-up take?'
- Alert: There are currently 3,264 dragsaurians in combat with Starfall. -
- Alert: Host has terminated 1500 Lvl 65 dragsaurians at 9,375 EXP each for a total of 14,062,500 EXP. Together with the leftover point of 79,198, the host has gained enough experience to reach Lvl 49. Calibration for 11 level-ups will complete in 24 seconds. -
- Alert: Host has entered Lvl 40, and HP Clutch now activating. -
'An HP Clutch? Damn this system is full of surprises! But 3200? You mean Rilu only killed two hundred? Her initial combo already decimated 175? Does that mean she only killed 25 more and left? Did she plan to abandon me from the beginning?'
The reality dawned on the transmigrator, one he repeatedly wanted to forget. Riluttante belonged to Starfall. And Rhyne openly told him that she wanted him dead. Krayto being the only reason she stayed her hand.
Now that the old man left, nothing stood in the way of getting rid of him. The transmigrator wanted to believe they could do at least one quest together. After all the devoted had no reason to kill him.
He never entered Starfall, so it's not like he was competing for their dom's affection. And they knew he never touched Rhyne. The devoted were present at the ceremony.
Even Rilu's behavior during the ride here could be seen as amiable at least. Now it seems the Manticore spoke the truth. The people with him intended to murder him all along. And he was naive enough to believe otherwise.
'Shit, so in this world, if you aren't for them you are against them. Haven't these bastards heard of non-interference in politics? There is a middle ground between ally and enemy you know?'
As Hiro looked on, he noticed the overwhelming power of the devoted. Rilu needed no explanation but the rest of them all fought in exemplary ways. Doing a quick scan he noticed some who copied iconic characters.
'A mage that fights with finger snaps? Didn't you just rip off R*y must*ng? And that lightning samurai fights like the sleeping crybaby from D*mon Sl*yer!'
The finger-snapping mage burned tens of dragsaurians at every snap of his fingers. The swordsman in yellow blitzed around leaving lizards in halves everywhere he passed. Frank raised his staff and 20-meter snakes made of earth rose from the ground. The summoned beasts body-slammed the dragsaurians with their enormous bodies.
Each of the devoted fought outnumbered. But be it the ones in the vanguard, the mages, the archers in the back, or even the rogue-like characters in the middle. None of them had problems fighting multiple Level 65 dragsaurians. In they all could be seen as bored.
The Devoted's red-haired leader shouted while his snakes obliterated the monsters. "Team B! Attack the rapist! Team A and C, concentrate on killing everything else still standing!"
Upon hearing his words, six of the devoted mostly the ones behind Hiro and the Manticore charged towards the transmigrator. They ignored everything else in their path, in a show of extreme battle presence the other devoted took down the ones intercepting team B.
Arrows or spells suddenly claimed the lives of all the dragsaurians in their way. Lizards visibly stopped in place and were ripped apart by wires and blades. A large white knight with a Zweihander decapitated those that got near and escorted team B.
Despite the best attempts of the monsters, they remained nothing more than ants in front of the coordinated warriors of Starfall.
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, TRASH SWORDSMAN! FOR ATTEMPTING TO DEFY MY GODDESS I WILL TURN YOU INTO MINCE MEAT!"
"RAPISTS NEED NO TRIAL YOU MOTHER FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE!"
Two of the members of team B got within striking distance and leaped towards Hiro. Due to the difference in AGI, the transmigrator noticed them 5 seconds too late. However, help came from the most unexpected of sources.
"YOU ARE ALL TOO ARROGANT YOU FOOLISH HUMANS! HE IS UNDER MY PROTECTION!"
The Manticore arrived at a speed even faster than the devoted and got between Hiro and his assailants. The lion head opened its mouth and bit off the head of one of them in an extreme show of brutality.
Its snake tail bound the other one at the waist and bit violently into his neck. The 2nd devoted's body quickly withered and disintegrated into dust. The goat head then bleated into the skies, and a violet magic circle could be seen etched on its neck. Giant peals of purple lightning then struck two other members of team B.
The weapons of Zeus were so powerful and so overbearing that the devoted were instantly charred into ashes. In under a minute nothing but the smells of burning flesh lingered around Hiro.
Scared shitless by the Manticore's display, the last two members of team B, disengaged from Hiro and faced the monster instead. Hiro likewise couldn't believe the power of the beast. He quickly used [Inspect] to gain a better understanding of its abilities.
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Name: Patches
Race: Manticore
Level: [Error]
Age: [Error]
Title: Pet loved by Eternity
HP: 1,400,000/95,000,000 | GP: 56,000/750,000
STR: [ERROR] | AGI: [ERROR] | INT: [ERROR]
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Main Skills: Patches of Eternity [SS] Lvl MAX
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Secondary skills (+) Expand
Passive skills (+) Expand
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The transmigrator felt like he got sucker punched in the brain. Rhyne wanted him to kill this thing? "Patches" had a whopping 95 million HP, he could slash this thing for a year and it still wouldn't die.
Aside from its name and health Hiro couldn't get anything useful. Patches seemed heavily injured but could still be considered extremely powerful. The Manticore said it served the saviors, its title and main skill have the word eternity on them, seemingly proving his claim.
