Biological Supercomputer System

1133 The battle for Maynard Island (10)

[VINDICATOR TERRA KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]

[0%...1%... 5%... 30%... 70%... 100%]

[MANA SUCCESSFULLY ABSORBED, STARTING CONVERTING PROCEDURE.]

[3...2...1...0]

[MANA SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED INTO EXPERIENCE. 959,859 EXPERIENCE POINTS AND 9508.59 DNA POINTS AWARDED TO THE HOST.]

Erik felt a sudden surge of mana coursing through his body and realized what it meant—Terra was dead. A grim smile played across his lips. <The Chimaeric Demons never disappoint me…>

Vex and Restro were still oblivious to their comrade's fate and readied themselves for another bout, sure that Terra had their backs. <I need to kill one more if I want to win this battle…>

He had to capitalize on their ignorance. <Guys.>

<Collect Terra's brain crystal and blood, then come here. I need to take care of these guys now.>

<What are you planning, master?> There was a short pause.

<Vex and Restro are at their most vulnerable. Without Terra's help, they won't be able to do much, but they could always flee, or worse, head to their leader. If that happens, I don't know how the situation will be. You need to come here while I keep them occupied and kill them.>

<Yes, master. Give us a couple of minutes to collect Terra's blood and brain crystal, and we will head there.>

<Yes. Oh, remember, there is still water here. If you get invisible, they will notice. If you shapeshift, they will use the Veritas Lenses. See what you can do.>

<Yes, master.>

Erik charged forward, moving incredibly fast, surprising Restro and Vex. In an instant, he closed the gap between him and the Time Freeze user. "Vex!" He was Erik's target, as he was the most dangerous of the two remaining opponents.

The man activated his brain crystal power and avoided Erik's attack.

Vex used his power to slow down time. Everything around him moved very slowly, including tiny bits of dust in the air. But even in this slowed-down world, Erik was still impossibly fast.

Vex observed Erik for some time. The young man was channeling mana, ready to use it to pump what looked like his usual electricity brain crystal power, and moving towards him. <I need to stop him.> Vex teleported away from Erik's line of sight. At the same time, he moved Restro behind Erik.

<Shit, my mana is almost gone…>

Restro didn't take much before realizing where he was and leaped into action, his armor sprouting razor-sharp blades. He slashed at Erik, forcing him back. He tried again, slashing left, then right, aiming for Erik's torso. Erik sidestepped the first attack and dove under the second. Restro followed up with a downward strike, but Erik moved to the side, avoiding the razor-sharp edge. The Vindicator pressed his advantage, unleashing a flurry of quick jabs. Erik weaved and bobbed, staying out of reach of the deadly blades.

Vex then ran to join the fight. Restro was currently facing Erik from the front, while Vex tried to hit him in his blind spots. The problem was that if they wanted to survive that scuffle; they had to leave Erik with no space to move and no time to attack, which was everything but simple.

The young man spun on himself, then kicked Vex in the stomach. He was sent flying several meters. Somehow he kept his wits with him and activated his brain crystal power, teleporting both him and Restro away.

"AGH! AGH!"

"Are you ok?" Restro asked.

Vex didn't look in the best of conditions. Sweat was trickling down his forehead; he was clutching his abdomen with his arms. He crouched on the ground, trying to ease the pain.

"Vex! Are you okay?" Restro asked again.

Vex staggered to his feet, blood trickling from his lips. "I'm fine," he said. Restro looked at him and grabbed the courage.

"We can't win, Vex. We need to ask for the Third Division's commander's help."

"No," the man said. "We need to give her time to prepare that... Otherwise, not even she will be able to win."

"We are going to die like this, Vex! We can't take him out with just the three of us! We tried, we failed. It doesn't matter until we stay alive!"

Restro was right, but it wasn't like they had alternatives. The only thing they could actually do, aside from fighting, would be to flee, but where? The blackguards would hunt them down for having betrayed them. Erik would do the same. There would be no one willing to help or hide them. The only thing they could do was to fight and to die in battle if that was the only outcome for them, regardless of what they tried.

"How much do you think the Third Division commander needs?" Vex quickly checked the time on his visor.

"She said she would be ready by 00:00. Five minutes. That's how much we need to resist."

But then Erik appeared.

"Fuck! He is here!"

The two Vindicators moved. Erik attacked. Wind blade after wind blade, he destroyed everything Terra created to give his comrades an edge. Vex warped frequently, consuming his already very low mana. He wasn't fast enough to avoid those attacks and didn't have Restro's armor, so that was the only thing he could do to stay alive.

The latter, instead, pumped more mana into his neural links. He still tried to avoid the attacks whenever he could, but he often failed. The armor held, but his mana plummeted more and more.

"Restro, tank him!"

The man went in, knowing this was going to probably be his last battle. While he did that, he started noticing something but didn't voice it.

Restro went in melee, unleashing a flurry of attacks against Erik. Vex did the same, wielding his blade to cut Erik down. <That sword is dangerous as fuck.>

Erik tried to avoid being slashed as much as he could. If Erik didn't receive a constant stream of mana, even he would have his reserves depleted by now, and the battle would have been lost. He could not rely on comrades to keep his mana as intact as possible, contrary to his opponents. Luckily, Erik was surrounded by death, and with each death, he got more mana replenished.

[BLACKGUARD KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]

[CHIMAERIC DEMON KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]

[BLACKGUARD KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]

[CHIMAERIC DEMON KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]

Somehow, Erik found himself on the defensive. He did his best to avoid Vex's sword but had to take some hits by Restro, tanking them with his Force Bastion. It didn't always work, though, because Restro's brain crystal was powerful, and he could give insidious effects to his armor. <These fuckers…>

Erik needed to break their rhythm. He activated his Frostwind Fire Tempest, freezing the area. A swirling vortex of elemental fury erupted around him. Ice shards, carried by howling winds, battered the Vindicators. Vex teleported away, narrowly avoiding being impaled by an ice spear. Restro's armor hardened, becoming a crystalline shell that deflected the elemental onslaught but which did nothing to stop the cold from seeping into his bones.

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