For the final struggle, Souta will stop conserving his energy. He would go all out in this battle.
Boom!
His body inflated as black mist spread out in the area around him. The thick best feram spread out and it pressured the soldiers of the council.
The bloodlust was too thick that it made the people around him shiver.
[Dark Cloud Hunting]!
A huge hand stretched out from the black mist and it grabbed the head of the A-rank soldier.
"N-No!"
The A-rank soldier screamed as the grip on his head tightened as if it was trying to turn his head into meat paste.
"Die!"
Souta roared as he stabbed the A-rank using the sword in his hand before he smashed him into the other A-rank soldiers.
Bang!
Then, he opened his mouth widely and a huge concentration of best feram gathered in his mouth.
Ohm!
In the next moment, he fired a powerful [Bestrou] at the group of A-rank soldiers.
Boom!!
Souta hasn't heard the system notification yet so he knew that the group of A-rank was still alive.
"So resilient..."
He stretched out his hand and he created a net using his webs. The net spread out trying to catch everything inside the explosion.
At the same time, two red rays flew towards him. The rays were exuding an intense heat that could damage his exoskeleton armor but Souta ignored the two red rays.
He could trust the people that he brought.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Alice and Eztein went to his sides and blocked the two red rays so that he could focus on piercing the council's formation.
Souta didn't even look behind as he charged forward.
[Archetype: Vajra Extremity]!
[First Form: Mahayana Tribulation]!
Black lightning rained down on the A-rank soldiers inside the net. The net was made of Souta's best feram and they wouldn't be able to cut it easily. Also, the gravitational field was trying to enclose the soldiers in a single position so that he could focus on eliminating them in one combo.
"I'm not done!"
[Archetype: Vajra Extremity]!
[Fifth Form: Rage of the Thunder God]!
[Bestrou]!
[Cross Moon]!
With the help of Saya stabilizing the intense energy, he combined the three skills into one slash.
The power of the slash was tremendous and the space itself was trembling.
The group of A-rank soldiers could only watch as the slash swallowed their bodies. They were annihilated. Not even a corpse was left after they took a direct hit from that powerful slash.
Boom!!
Souta exhaled as he looked ahead. He was close to reaching his limit but he knew that they could make it in Imperium. He wouldn't risk this one if the chances were low. It was extremely dangerous and he could die.
He looked around and with a wave of his hand, he gathered all the souls of the people that died in this place.
'Can you still keep up with them?' Saya asked him as she could feel his exhaustion from his breathing.
'Yeah, no problem. I can still fight for at least five minutes.' Souta replied to her.
Shiing!
A pillar of light shone in the middle of the battlefield.
Eztein, Alice, Franklin, Souta, and the rest turned their heads. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this scene.
"Finally, they are here," Torkez muttered.
The last Guardian Fortress has arrived. It means that Yuko and Doranjan would be able to help them. Also, the last Guardian Fortress still had a lot of Mana Convergent Bomb stocked. They could simply use those bombs to push back the council's soldiers.
"Surely, my work will turn easier now that they are here. Probably." Eztein commented before he focus his attention on the council's soldiers.
Alice turned to Souta and said, "Souta, we should move now."
Souta took a deep breath before he nodded at her. Then, he opened his mouth and said, "Everyone! We are going to enter the atmosphere of the Imperium! So focus on moving towards the Guardian Fortress! Don't bother the enemies in this back! Just focus on those soldiers that are in our way!"
His voice resounded in the entire field. He was using [Monster Language] to pass his thoughts in his voice so only people at his side could hear his words. The people from the council could only hear a roar as Souta didn't pass his thoughts to them.
...
Eilish stopped for a moment as she looked behind, "We need to move now. It seems that it's time to enter the Great World."
She glanced at the two elders and the two nodded at her.
"Alright, one last attack to keep them busy." Elder Hanmi said as he gathered a huge amount of mana in his palm. Then, he transferred his mana into his soul weapon.
[Flying Piercing Needles]!
His soul weapon was twelve silver needles. They were comparable to dark grade weapons and it was even better to some of them as the abilities of Elder Hanmi's soul weapon were compatible with his fighting style.
"Fine, I'm going to cast a huge spell so keep those four busy for a while,"
Eilish said as she grabbed her staff with both of her hands. The mana around her flared up as a magic circle started forming beneath her feet.
She was going to cast a powerful tier 3 spell.
"Got it."
Elder Guan nodded at her and he looked at Elder Hanmi. Both of them charged towards the four SS-rank soldiers of the council.
Boom!!
...
The three Guardian Fortresses were here. Yuko, Doranjan, and the Red Dragon quickly went out of the fortress to help the battle.
With the help of the monsters, the Guardian Fortresses managed to pierce the formation of the council's soldiers.
Everyone was trying their best to breakthrough but the council wasn't giving in. The amount of B-rank and A-rank experts in the council was higher than on Souta's side. Luckily, the witches and Eilish's subordinates were filling up those gaps. Even then, the council's army still had a slight advantage in terms of numbers.
"Back me up!"
Souta said as he continued to charge forward with great momentum. He already cut down dozens of A-rank and now the soldiers that were standing before his eyes were S-rank.
"It will be hard to push through them," Eztein commented as he glanced at Souta.
"Just focus on assisting our leader," Alice said to Eztein before she focused her attention on Souta.
"Fine." Eztein shrugged his shoulder with a helpless expression.
He couldn't refute her. All the people treated her as Souta's right-hand man and the way Souta treated her was different from the rest of them.
Souta activated his buff skills as he collided with an S-rank soldier.
Boom!
Both of their figures were thrown away.
"Ugh!"
Souta wiped the corner of his mouth and he glanced at his [Armored Scale Formation]. The black armor around his body had several dents on its surface and cracks were spreading out.
"Huff..."
He activated [Possession] along with the power of the queen of parasitic essence eater. His body grew taller once again and he looked more savage right now.
His wounds were regenerating at high speed. He shook his body before he charged forward once again.
This time, Alice and Eztein followed behind him to deal with the unexpected attacks from the enemy and also to provide help if they were trying to gang him up.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Damn! There's too many of them!"
Souta cursed as he activated the equipment skill of the [Solid Hunter State Boots]. His speed had increased as he exchanged blows with five S-rank experts.
Alice and Eztein were separated from him as four S-rank soldiers attacked them.
Suddenly, Souta heard a notification in his mind.
*Ding!*
[Quest Triggered!]
[Escape]: Escape from the pursuit of the Council of High Worlds within five minutes. A four shackles expert along with 5 three shackles and 9 two shackles experts will arrive in your position within five minutes. Escape immediately if you don't want the Council to capture you.
Rewards: 10 skill points, 20 free attribute points, and 500,000 exp
'Oh, shit!' Souta cursed inwardly when he said saw the message.
Eilish, Elder Guan, and Elder Hanmi were only one shackle expert. None of them have broken two shackles so how are they going to fight the incoming reinforcement from the council.
The one, two, and three shackles were called SS-rank. Since Eilish and the two elders only broke one shackle, they were only at an Early Stage SS-rank. They weren't even at the intermediate stage or peak stage.
The worse case here was that the reinforcement had someone at the SSS-rank level. Four, five, and six shackles were called SSS-rank. The remaining four shackles were Hero-rank.
Although he got stronger by getting a piece of dark grade equipment and a universal artifact, it was still not enough to fight a shackled realm expert.
At the very least, he could only fight several S-rank experts just like what's happening at this moment. Before, the maximum S-rank he could fight with him as the offensive was two Peak S-rank. Three if the S-ranks were just an early or intermediate stage.
"Kill them all!"
