Second World

Chapter 1659 Chapter 1659. Facing the Eldritch Beholder

”Since when are we friends?” Makubwa replied curtly.

”Allies, then,” Emris said. He wasnʼt offended by Makubwaʼs coldness. They did try to murder one another in the past.

”What do you want here? I donʼt need your help. Go and assist somewhere else,” Makubwa uttered.

”I beg to differ, good war chief,” Samuhn came and mediated. ”Itʼs better if we work together to defeat the enemy faster.”

Isabelle had taken the role of keeping Ashira busy while the three chatted. She cast her spells and kept the lord protector away.

”I agree with the shaman king, but I donʼt come here to offer aid. I am here to ask for one,” Emris said.

”What do you mean?” Makubwa asked.

Emris pointed up at the sky. ”Do you know about that creature that is fighting your countryʼs guardian?” He asked.

”The eldritch beholder…,” Samuhn answered.

Makubwa didnʼt answer but from his expression, he was also aware of the eldritch beholder.

”I can tell you that Quetzalcoatl will be in trouble if the situation continues as it is,” Emris told the two. ”Your country guardianʼs main strength is in his lightning element and spell castings. He is at a disadvantage against a creature like the eldritch beholder. Not to mention his level was also lower.”

”What do you suggest?” Samuhn asked.

”I wonʼt do much good against the eldritch beholder because I specialize in magic. It has to be you,” Emris said to Makubwa.

”Are you crazy? That thing is way over my league,” Makubwa uttered. He might be prideful and fearless, but he still knew his limit.

”Donʼt worry. You just need to keep the beholder distracted,” Emris said. ”As long as you arenʼt careless and get caught by the beholderʼs big spells, you should be all right. You just need to assist Quetzalcoatl long enough until we defeat the Aurebor army, or until the country guardianʼs summoning time limit ends. I think the time limit should be another half day by now, isnʼt it?”

Makubwa looked up at the two titans in the sky. He couldnʼt deny that his heart was slightly shivering from the thought of joining the battle there. Whether from fear or excitement, he couldnʼt tell.

”I can help by casting some enchantment to power you up. That should help you in your initial fight to get used to the battle. Isabelle will join you up there. She has more enchantment spells than me. She should be able to keep you buffed up.”

”The myth said that the eldritch beholder has Greater Dispel,” Samuhn said. ”All your buffs are useless when she used that spell.”

”She already used it,” Emris said. ”I have been watching the fight between Quetzalcoatl and her since I arrived. Quetzalcoatl knew his offensive spells couldnʼt harm the beholder so he used his buff spells, but the beholder used Greater Dispel to strip those buffs. Greater Dispel has a cooldown of six hours. She wonʼt be able to use that spell anytime soon. She also has Cancel Magic but the buffs Iʼll give you are seven-rune spells. Her cancel magic wonʼt work.”

Makubwa took a deep breath. He then bellowed, ”Rarrggh…! Hit me with your spells! If I die up there, I will haunt you in my death!!”

Emris chuckled. ”I still wish for our rematch, so I will pray that you donʼt die yet,” he said while casting.

Emris cast two spells on Makubwa.

The first spell was called Blurry Image. It was a spell from the Illusionist class. Makubwaʼs body became blurry. Similar to Mirror Image, this spell caused visual distortion and thus difficulty for the opponents to land a melee attack. But Emris cast the spell for its second function, which was reducing all magic damage received by the spellʼs target by 50%.

Emrisʼ second spell was Astral Replacement. A copy of Makubwa appeared a distance away. A thread of light linked Makubwa with this copy. If Makubwa was killed when this spell was active, he would be resurrected at the copyʼs location with 50% HP. The copy had an HP bar. It could be attacked and destroyed, but it couldnʼt attack enemies.

”I will help you too,” Samuhn said. He cast a spell and a vine armor covered Makubwaʼs body.

”Go!” Emris said to Makubwa.

”Defeat the Aurebor army as fast as possible!” Makubwa talked back.

”You can count on us,” Emris said.

Makubwa used his wings tool and shot upward. After he left, Emris said to Samuhn, ”You help our troops defeat the enemies. I will take care of that lord protector.”

Emris flew to where Isabelle was. He cast multiple spells rapidly. His spells conjured a lightning dragon, an ice tiger, and a firebird. All rushed to Ashira who was battling Isabelle.

Ashira was forced back even further. She had to unleash a couple of powerful skills from her bow. The explosions resulted from her arrows and Emrisʼ spells caused damage to the troops that were fighting nearby.

Isabelle left once Emris took over. She flew up chasing after Makubwa. When she got near, she cast a spell.

Makubwa watched his club change color. Its color was originally ivory. After Isabelleʼs spell, it turned into pure white. Makubwa sensed the change in his weapon was not only its color. He could feel its structure inside become denser.

Isabelleʼs spell was Harden Weapon. The spell made the targetʼs weapon indestructible. Its base damage was increased. Successfully parrying using the enchanted weapon had a high chance of nullifying damage or reducing more damage than normal parry did.

She also cast Speed Up on Makubwa. The spell increased Makubwaʼs overall speed. Not as extreme as Jackʼs acceleration spell, but its effect lasted much longer.

With all these buffs, Makubwaʼs confidence was roused. With the increased speed, he flew in from the opposite direction from Quetzalcoatl. He used his Enlarge weapon skill which had finished its cooldown. His hardened club grew to a gigantic proportion.

Backstabbing a beholder was a folly act. Even without relying on mana sense, she still had hundreds of eyes that watched her surroundings. Half of these eyes saw Makubwa approaching. These eyes glowed and shot green rays at Makubwa.

Makubwa dodged to the side, but the rays were just too many. When he prepared to block these rays using his club, Isabelleʼs spell fell on him. He suddenly found himself teleported right next to the beholderʼs titanic body.

Both he and the beholder were surprised by this, but Makubwa didnʼt freeze from it. He swung his gigantic club. The giant club went past the green triangular pyramid protecting the beholder and smashed into the beholderʼs body.