The water sphere fell on Almer and it caused a loud explosion. But the barrier that Lina created protected him from any harm.
Boom!
Almer was standing without any injuries on his body. He was looking at Lynn and Lumilia with a serious expression.
Huff... Huff...
Lumilia was breathing heavily and there were beads of sweat forming on her forehead. There's no use at all.
In terms of overall strength, Lina and Almer we're stronger than them. Lynn had [Eye of Perception] ability and it was useful but it was not suitable for fighting. She could develop her own fighting style if she trained it but currently, she hasn't even mastered it yet.
"We'll defeat you... So why don't you two just die? That way you won't suffer anymore." Almer said to Lumilia and Lynn.
"Die...? No, I still have a lot of things to do. I have a goal right now that I want to accomplish." Lumilia replied as she wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth.
That's right, Lumilia's goal before was just to get her father to acknowledge her and not use her for political means but now her goal was much grander than that. She didn't tell anyone about it but she grew attached to their legion, to their friendship.
The Dark Oculus Legion.
She wanted to make it into a powerful organization that was well-known throughout the whole world. The chances of it becoming true were slim but she still wanted to accomplish it. She wanted to show her father that even with his backing she could become something influential. Most of all, she wanted to accompany her friends in her goal.
What she didn't know was that in the next few years, the name Dark Oculus would be one of the pilot organizations that contributed a lot in the next Great Cosmos War. Of course, that is a story for another time.
"Then, stopping us is one of that...?" Almer asked as he narrowed his eyes.
"No, we just wanted to rescue Cluster. We won't let you use our friend." Lumilia said as she smirked.
"That girl...? You know that girl is our leader's daughter. You don't know their story or what they've been through so don't get in our way." Almer spoke slowly as he realized that his opponent's goal was Cluster but rescuing Cluster was the same as stopping their plan.
That girl was the core of their plan to fight the True God's Holy Kingdom. Without her, their plan would fail.
"That's why we will go there and asked Cluster if she wanted to help you. If she doesn't want to help you then we will use everything we've got to rescue her." Lumilia said in a loud voice. Forcing Cluster to do things against her will, she will not tolerate that kind of thing even if that person is Cluster's father.
"Okay... I will not ask anymore. It's useless as it will not stop you from getting in our way." Almer said as he took a deep breath. He circulated his mana in his body as he prepared himself to fight once again.
"Yeah, nothing will stop us," Lumilia said as she raised her hand and pointed her sword at Almer.
[Submerging Water Pound]!!
A huge wave of water appeared behind her like a tsunami. It was an AOE skill that black Almer and Lina's escape route. They had no choice but to block this attack at all.
Almer saw this and jumped away. He landed beside Lina and Lina casted a barrier to protect the two of them from the impact of the attack.
Ohm!
Several layers of semi-transparent formed around them in a sphere. When the force of the water crashed on the barrier the whole area shook heavily. One by one the barrier was being shattered.
"Just go down!!"
Lumilia roared as tons of heavy water swallowed everything in front of her.
Although it looked like it wasn't powerful, the impact of this spell was several times stronger than a tsunami.
...
After a few minutes, the water slowly disappeared.
Lumilia and Lynn saw the figures standing with a few injuries in their body. They were the two executives of the Moon Tower, Almer and Lina.
Currently, this spell was Lumilia's most powerful spell in her arsenal. She didn't manage to take out these two so the fight will become harder for her. With her amount of mana, she could only cast this spell three times a day.
She wasn't like Alice and Souta who had a large amount of mana in their mana pool.
"Is that all you've got?"
Almer asked in a grave tone as he patted his wet clothes. That spell gave them some trouble and that's all. It takes more before they could defeat them, an executive of the Moon Tower will not go down easily.
Suddenly, the best feram in the atmosphere got thicker.
"What...?!"
Lumilia, Lynn, Almer, and Lina stopped moving. The air in the room seemed to have turned into a water, making it difficult for people to move. A crushing uncontrollable energy suddenly crashed into the body of the four people that were present in the room.
They felt that they were in the presence of a third evolution monster. Well, they weren't wrong as a third evolution monster was coming to their floor.
And Lynn was the one who's going to prove this to them.
"Mila... A monster is coming..." Lynn said in a low voice to her friend.
Lumilia braced herself as she gritted her teeth in frustration. She only knew that the chances of this monster were their ally was close to zero.
The whole room was dead silent. Naturally, Almer and Lina heard Lynn's words.
'So none of them is a tamer and it seems that the monster is really a wild monster, not a tamed one.' Lina thought as she slowly moved her body to the side. She knew the only way to go to this floor so she wouldn't get in the way of that monster.
Almer knew what his comrade was thinking so he slowly followed her movements.
Every second, the best feram in the air got thicker. At this moment, it was hard to cast a spell without proper mana manipulation technique because of the obstruction of different energy.
These few seconds were the longest seconds they've felt in their entire life. All of them were just B-rank powerhouses, so if they've worked together they would have a chance to defeat them but that will only work if they were facing a weak third evolution monster. Plus, they don't have a shielder in their group that will go in front of the monster.
One attack from a third evolution monster would be enough to heavily injured their fragile bodies.
As time passed by, their expression changed and they became nervous. Their nerves tenses up, and their body began to pump out energy like they were facing their mortal enemy.
All of them faced a third evolution monster before but the situation before and now was different. They exhausted half of their energy from fighting each other and Lumilia's group was the one who almost drained all the energy in their mana pool. They weren't at their peak so they couldn't hope to defeat a monster at this level.
"It's coming from behind..." Lynn said to Lumilia while her lips were trembling. With her senses, she felt where the energy was coming from. She couldn't pinpoint it but she could estimate its location.
Lumilia nodded. She trusted Lynn so she believed her.
They heard a loud sound every time the monster took a step forward. Then, a figure appeared from the path ten meters away from Lumilia and Lynn.
Almer and Lina were on the other side so they saw the appearance of the monster.
They saw a huge bear and the color of its fur was dark red. It has a bright red gem on its forehead that was giving off a dangerous vibe to the atmosphere. Just by seeing this red gem, the two instantly knew that this was the third evolution monster that was emitting the best feram in the air.
But the strange thing was that there's a person on the back of the bear. And there's a small palm-sized figure flying around it.
"Lumilia!! Lynn!! Help me!!"
Lumilia and Lynn opened their eyes widely as they heard someone called their name. They slowly turned around and saw the scene behind her.
A little figure was flying towards them at high speed and arrived in front of them.
Swoosh!
"Is that Yuko...?" Lumilia muttered in shock while looking at the appearance of the bear. Lynn was the same as her. She was shocked too.
"Yes, yes, I will explain it later but I need you to heal Jin first! Jin is in critical condition!" Alophy said in a haste.
"Yujin...?" Lynn muttered.
"Yes! Yes! Heal Jin first and I will tell you everything that happened!!" Alophy said loudly.
