Undying Warlord

The sudden hostility Priestess Brashta and the Eternal Guards behind her had revealed shouldn’t have astonished Dilan in the slightest.

Rather, it should have been an expected response. But even if he expected it, Dilan was extremely worried about the fact that the anchor point they had carefully installed was now exposed.

‘Did she send some of her people to the anchor point to prevent us from fleeing?’

Dilan’s right hand was currently set ablaze. Yet, instead of bothering about something as trivial as burning a little bit and feeling some pain, Dilan’s attention was on the storage ring he was already holding in his hand.

His high Health stat, which had crossed the Natural limits of a Tier-1 existence, was already powerful enough to endure the Priestess’ blazing fire.

Additionally, with the use of his Special trait [Stone Skin], it was possible for Dilan to be completely unbothered about the Priestess’ rather mocking tone.

He assessed the storage ring with his mana, combed through the contents for a moment before a bright smile emerged on his face.

“Little Priestess, I don’t think it was smart of you to show me all these treasures inside the storage ring. I think I’m getting greedy now!”

The moment he finished speaking, Dilan’s left hand moved with a blinding speed.

“Mason, use the scroll!!” He shouted all of a sudden before he averted his attention to the others.

[Thunder Step] was activated after using one Unit of Mana. A thunderous sound reverberated through the entire Sun temple and the town of the two foreign races, attracting everyone’s attention._-.

However, that was not something Dilan bothered about anymore. From the moment the Priestess had looked down on him, Dilan had known that there was no way for them to continue making deals.

If the Priestess would have acted nicely, Dilan might have even warned her about the dangers lurking in the mountainside.

‘Warning the dead about something concerning the living is not really necessary either way!’

The moment Dilan had activated [Thunder Step] his left hand had moved to his belt. It was a rapid movement and none of the Eternal Guards were able to react in time.

Their Agility might be close to 70 Units, but Dilan’s was not much lower after he activated [Thunder Step].

Dilan was also at an advantage because he moved first, which was why he could easily bring out the dagger he had hidden in his belt to slash in the air in front of him.

[Mana Slash]!

Using a meager amount of 5 Units of mana to activate [Mana Slash], the dagger Dilan was holding began to crumble the moment the compressed energy entered its body.

A small crescent blade was released from the dagger, cutting into the Priestess’ arm. Afterward the Jadetite dagger broke into hundreds of fragments owing to the strong force five mana units exerted upon being compressed.

Jadetite was certainly not the best choice to use [Mana Slash] but it created the desired effect, so Dilan was satisfied.

Taken aback by the sudden attack of Dilan, the Priestess had instinctively opened her hand.

Dilan’s [Mana Slash] hadn’t been powerful enough to cut off her arm but it was more than enough to enrage Priestess Brashta.

But Dilan didn’t allow the Priestess to vent her anger.

He was still tightly grasping the storage ring, and had activated [Aegis’ Shield] to block off the path of the Eternal Guard, who had reacted the fastest before he turned around to dash off.

With the use of three Mana, [Regeneration] was activated before Dilan replenished the entire Mana he used just now by activating [Bearer of Pain].

His Health stat decreased drastically though on the brighter side his mana was filled to the brim.

Thus [Bracing Pain] showed its unique powers once again, amplifying Dilan’s stats by nearly 15% at once.

Dilan was about to rush outside the Sun temple, fearing that the Divinity Fragment was capable of weakening him, or that it would further strengthen the Eternal Guards.

However, the moment he saw Mason, and his pale, horrified expression he realized that something was wrong. The young man was simply staring at the [Instantaneous Teleportation Scroll].

‘It doesn’t work? Fuck it!!!’

Dilan grit his teeth, wore the storage ring on the ringfinger of his other hand before he rushed forward and went over to grasp Mason.

Afterward, he created another [Aegis Shield] behind him before he converted more of his Life force to Mana.

Dilan’s expression was filled with pain despite not having been attacked even once. The burns on his right hand were negligible as the injury didn’t restrict him but [Bearer of Pain] was truly painful.

[Bracing Pain] amplified his strength further as his Health stat kept decreasing.

But none of this was something Dilan could be bothered about right now.

After all, he wanted to fight but could not simply because Mason was in his way.

Jumping down the stairs of the Sun temple, Dilan let go of his previous humble and gentleman-like image.

He used the shortest way to reach the ground, while moving his other hand to the Penta Item Pouch.

The hilt of the Blazing Serpentine Blade emerged from the pouch and Dilan tightly grasped it.

The Serpentine blade instantaneously reached a length of 20 meters the moment Dilan brandished it.

Flames engulfed the blade, increasing its lethality drastically.

Simultaneously, the blazing flames made it easier for Dilan to block the attacks that were bound to reach him at any moment.

The Eternal Guards pursued him. Their Agility was slightly lower than him by now owing to the various abilities he had activated.

However, it was only obvious that the Eternal Guards would make use of their abilities as well. Their active and passive ability slots were less than that of a human’s but that was not necessarily a disadvantage.

By possessing both a fire and wind affinity seed, they didn’t even need abilities to exhibit a terrifyingly high combat prowess.

Only by using their high proficiency with the wind affinity was it already possible for the Eternal Guards to catch up with Dilan.

They were flying in the air, slashing at Dilan with their longswords that hissed through the air with a velocity that was barely traceable by him.

Using the vast majority of his focus on controlling the Blazing Serpentine Blade, Dilan was momentarily able to block the Eternal Guards’ advance.

But the moment Dilan reached the ground of the Sun temple with Mason in one of his arms, he realized that he had grossly undermined the strength of the ordinary Ligrav and Rasnian.

Attracted by the commotion, several dozen Ligrav and Rasnian had noticed Dilan’s fight against their Sacred Priestess and the Eternal Guards.

Manifesting hundreds of Fireballs and Windblades, both the Ligrav and Rasnian charged forward to attack Dilan.

Even if they didn’t know what was going on or why, it was obvious that Dilan had turned into their opponent.

And all of their opponents had to die!

The moment the first windblades and fireballs reached his proximity, Dilan knew that he couldn’t continue like this.

He frowned deeply while thinking of a way to escape this situation.

“What the hell is wrong with the scroll?!?” Dilan shouted, trying not to panic. He wasn’t afraid for himself but Mason.

Even if it was highly risky to use the Instantaneous Teleportation Scroll after the Priestess found out about it, Mason’s presence here was way more burdensome for Dilan than 900 meters away from the Sun temple.

The Eternal Guards never left the Sun temple’s proximity and they hadn’t seen any hunters of the two races outside the Sun temple during the last few days, let alone in the last half an hour, either.

That was why Dilan believed it would be better for Mason to leave by using the Instantaneous Teleportation Scroll, rather than staying by his side right now.

“I-it doesn’t work…I d-don’t know w-why…” Mason could barely respond in a panicked voice while trying to endure the pressure of four Eternal Guards that weighed on him, and Dilan’s terrifying strength.

His breathing was labored and he felt as if his mind was going to explode at any moment.

However, Mason forced his entire being to stay awake so that it would be possible for him to help Dilan if necessary.

But it was only now that Mason truly realized that he had not helped Dilan by following him. Instead, Dilan was now in big trouble and drastically restricted because of his presence…because he had to be protected.

‘If only I would have listened to him and not followed him here… will….we die today?’