Chương 316: Chapter 299. Back In The Fight

John Ericsson's Point Of View Land. /Thump. Thump. / Sarah and I both landed on the ground after landing a blow on the God Of The Blackwood. The punch I landed felt... Odd? I looked at my fist and didn't see anything wrong with it... Wait, those spikes... They're coming out of him aren't they?" Hey, those spikes..."" They're coming out of his body, and he can manipulate them." Lady Diana answered my question as she rushed ahead of me. Count Tye was in a bad way. I'll need to fix that." Holy Heal."

My mana was able to enter him without any trouble thankfully. He's still unconscious, but the bleeding has stopped and only his light-brown skin is visible. There wasn't even a scar remaining. I was glad to see that whatever had harmed Sarah didn't seem to extend to Count Tye, it looks like whatever Spell he used to block my mana isn't in effect right now. I hoped that the reason why was that he was too weak to use it." He's getting up!" Count Sark called out to us that our enemy was raising back to his feet.

I appreciated it, but I've been keeping an eye on him ever since Sarah and I sent him flying away. I turned to the group and started to speak." Lady Kina, Lady Diana, Phil, Gordon, stay here, cast Spells, watch over Count Tye. Anna, stay at mid-range and look for openings to attack. Alice, Sarah, you're with me, we're the front liners. We need to strike hard and fast. He should be looking to take me out first, use that to our advantage, understood?"

Sarah, Anna and Alice all looked at me with discontent, but I felt this was the best idea for now. At the end of the day, he's going to want to attack me the most... Or Sarah or Anna. With that, Anna's the one whose mana is lowest. Sarah is also tired, but she still has a good amount of mana to go, as for me, I'm sitting at around 16% myself and now I'm planning how to finish off a God. He's tired, sure, but he's a God, nonetheless.

Judging by the fact that the sound he made earlier when he teleported was so faint compared to before, I'm guessing he really is running on fumes, those spikes of his... They're automated it looks like? They're shifting as I observe him. Are they some type of Spell that doesn't need a steep price in mana to use? Maybe it's a trait of his body? Like how Beastmen have sharp senses or Demons have better constitutions and physical strength compared to Humans? /Shoom!

/ The spikes on his right hand begin to spin as I contemplate his abilities. I guess I'll need to figure things out as we go along, since I just can't have an easy exchange with this guy for once." Sarah, Alice, let's go!" Kick! I run forward towards him, Sarah and Alice followed after me. Jump! I jumped into the air to start the assault on him, he seemed impatient about something? I assume it's the fact that we attacked too quickly for him to fully finish what he was planning on doing. /Shoom!

/ The spinning lance-like combination of spikes were thrusted at me, but I had faith in my Holy Mana that was imbued in my fist. Holy Martial Arts had done me well so far, I figure it should get me through this as well. Grip! Pull!" No!"" Woah!" Just as I was ready to throw my weight into the punch, I was pulled back by someone behind me. /Plop. / I landed on the floor on my butt, and I turned my head to see both Sarah and Princess Alice with their hands on my collar.

Also, I couldn't see her, but I could feel Anna looking at me with somewhat disappointed eyes. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience." Uhmm? Did I do something wrong?" Tighten! Sarah and Princess Alice both sharpened their eyes at me as I asked if I did something wrong. I felt Sarah's grip tighten on the back of my shirt. She turned to Alice quickly and simply said her name." Alice."

With a look that said she had something to say too, she instead ran and began to distract the enemy. I realized that Sarah was being serious about this since she called Princess Alice by her actual name instead of just "Alle". Turn! While Princess Alice was busy with the God Of The Blackwoods, Sarah spun me around and began to speak to me." My Love. I understand that you want to end this as soon as possible, but just rushing in to attack him is a bad idea.

It's too reckless considering that you're one of our best weapons to fight him. Let Alice and I be the ones to engage him while you look for an opening to attack, since Anna is nearly out of mana, she'll be looking for one last attack. You need to do something similar with the mana you have left, so attacks with your Holy Mana and Holy Flames are our best bet. Okay?"

While Sarah seemed to have thought this through logically, I could tell that she was actually thinking the same way I was, she wanted to keep me safe and away from the danger." Sara-' / Woosh! /"!" Grip! Tight! /Thump! / Just as I was about to refute her and see if we could find some middle ground about this fight, Princess Alice came flying our way, I was able to catch her before she flew back towards Anna." You think that animal is enough to contend with me?

There's a reason she hid to find an opening to hurt me." He spoke calmly as walked closer and closer to us." Alice, are you okay?" I speak to Princess Alice since she was still in my arms. Her cheeks were a bit flushed, I guess the fight with him was a bit too much without any Holy Mana or Anna's Goddesses to back her up." Alle. Save it for later." Sarah spoke to Princess Alice, but I didn't understand what she meant?" R-Right..." Release... Princess Alice responded to Sarah and then stood back up."

Wha-"" My Love, get ready. Alle and I will start enacting the plan." Sarah whispered to me and then without missing a beat. /THUMP! / Both she and Princess Alice jumped with great strength to begin their attack. I followed behind them as the fight continued. /SHING! Clank! Clunk! / Sarah used the tip of her halberd to jab in-between the spikes that were protruding out of the God's body.

While she was attacking with the halberd, Princess Alice was the one dealing with that amalgamation of a lance that the wooden spikes had formed on his right hand. Together, they were working well. To the point where I had found the right moment to attack. I readied myself and went for the strike. Punch! /Clunk! /" Dammit!"" Fool!" pain... fly! /THUMP! CRASH! / My punch was caught by the spikes and I was kicked away by him, I crashed into a tree after 3 seconds in the air.

I don't know what it was, maybe it was from the lack of sleep from tonight? Or the fact that this guy just continued to sneak by all of my attempts to finish this by the skin of his teeth and then pulling out some other ability as a God to make our lives difficult for all of the night. The fact that he's attacked people I care about. Whatever it was, my patience finally ran the fuck out." Holy Flames." / Woosh! / I heard my voice call for the flames with a cold sensation ringing through my ears from them.

The ball of golden flames arrived next to me. I sent it towards the God who was currently dodging stabbing jabs from my wife's halberd." Whoosh!"" What!" He heard the flames coming and moved quickly. It didn't matter since I controlled them. I turned them to the right and had them continue to chase him around the field." You and these flames!" He screamed as he ran from them." They'll burn you to a crisp soon." I respond to his yell and walk myself back to Sarah and Princess Alice."

Will you actually catch him with those?" Princess Alice asked a question as she watched my flames chase the God Of The Blackwoods like a guard dog chasing an intruder." That particular one might not, but I will get him with something soon." Princess Alice looked at me with a strange look. Oh, I used the same tone of voice as when I summoned the flames. I guess the blood rushed to my head too much. I needed to calm down." My Love, are you alright?"

Sarah spoke to me, she was obviously a bit worried since she noticed my voice sounded off." I was just mad that I was kicked into a tree, I thought I had him, but I didn't. I just need to take a deep breath." /WOOSH! / A crimson fireball flew at the back of the God Of The Blackwoods, he was so preoccupied with my Holy Flames that he didn't notice the flames hitting his back from Lady Kina. /WOOSH! / Or the burst of wind that made the flames burn hotter and bigger." RUAAAAA!"

I brought my flames back since he was now burning. I thought it'd be best to see if regular fire could harm him. The screaming was a bit grating, but it was a nice change of pace compared to his arrogant speeches. That was until I heard something I didn't expect from the left of where Sarah, Princess Alice and I were sitting." Father!" I turned to the side to see Lady Cindy and Byron looking horrified as the God Of The Blackwoods was burning. Or at least that was the case... /RUMBLE! /"!"

Until he used a strong burst of mana to clear the fire from his body. I looked back to see that his body had burns on it, his brown robe was singed, and he looked to be in a lot of pain. /THOOM! THUMP! / And it looks like he was angry as well, he teleported in front of me this time and struck all 3 of us and sent us flying back towards our party, we quickly landed only a few feet away from where we were. But while we were flying, Lady Cindy had begun to speak to the God." Give us our Father back!"

She spoke with tears in her eyes." Don't you get it, you foolish cur!? I am your father now!" He raised his hand in anger and brought it down towards Lady Cindy, all I saw was a giant splash of blood before we took off running towards them to help.