Chapter 1366 I'm Not Useless
Chapter 1366 I'm Not Useless
Earlier, Dindora was the leading individual in the pursuit.
Her bloodline as the War Dryad, allowed her to boost the powers of those—who followed her and made her a literal natural disaster inside a forest. Anything she touches becomes a lethal weapon and everything about the forest listens to her will.
Breaking the branches the minion stepped on, controlling vines, and even stimulating deadly plants to hinder the minion's path. It was only due to luck that the minion was able to flee—it was purely because of luck.
Naturally, the minion was frustrated.
It wouldn't have been such a hard time fleeing had it not for Dindora.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
On top of that, the still-bleeding scratches across its body were because of her.
Each painful throb was a reminder of the one who caused this.
Linthia slowly backed away, keeping Nadia right behind her as the minion bared its fangs.
It smelled Dindora's scent on Linthia, recognizing her to be someone close to Dindora.
"Once it attacked I want you to run like hell to the village and also, scream Dindora's name so she could hear you" Linthia whispered, trying not to make any sudden move that would fright the minion.
She also told Nadia to scream because the minion's aura was gone.
Just like before, its aura was hidden again.
Utterly terrified, Nadia clutched Linthia's hand, "But what about you...?"
"Don't worry about me, the most important thing is for you to be safe," Linthia replied, before she glanced over her shoulder with a smile. "Besides, it would take more than this to take me down. So listen to me, okay?"
Roar!
Seeing an opportunity, the minion lunged.
But Linthia already expected this, she threw Nadia away and dodged the minion.
Rolling to the side, she stopped and looked at Nadia, "Go! Call Dindora!"
Nodding her head, Nadia ran away in the village's direction.
She wanted to use her lightning element to boost her speed but with her entire body shaking—she couldn't control her mana properly. No matter how hard she tried, her spell didn't work, she could only summon small sparks.
Having no other choice, she ran using her raw strength, "Dindora!! Dindora!!"
Linthia nodded, she didn't fail herself and was able to save Nadia.
'Now I need to survive a couple of minutes until Dindora arrives,' She thought determinedly.
Just then, her eyes widened as she felt a presence on her back.
In reflex, she raised her arms and made the right choice as she was swiped from the right.
She was sent crashing, bouncing, and rolling across the ground before she came to a stop.
Despite the sudden attack, Linthia looked at her arms, with wide eyes—she could not believe what had happened, 'I blocked its attack but I'm only bruised?' She gasped and then she saw steaming red energy coating her entire body. 'Red force?! I reached it?!'
Growl!
Breaking through a large tree, the minion came in hot with its front paws sizzling with mana.
At the exact same time before the minion strikes—Linthia already used the Four Point Dream Lock spell to condition her mind, to the fullest potential. Gemstones rotated around her head as she dodged the strike and dashed back.
Now with the red force activated, her body felt a hundred times lighter.
So light that she could do acrobatic movements that she could never do before.
'I need to bring it away from here!'
Pivoting around, Linthia rushed in the other direction, "Come and get me, you ugly beast!"
Although it doesn't understand what Linthia said, it could tell that it was a taunt.
Growling in anger, the minion wanted to chase after her but it caged that intention abruptly.
Instead of chasing after Linthia, it turned its muzzle to another direction.
"Dindora!! Dindora!!"
Hearing the faint voice in the distance, the minion cast a knowing glance at Linthia, a playful, sly smile curling on its lips, before it darted toward the sound. Linthia turned in that direction, and her heart dropped.
She clawed the dirt to stop her momentum before she sprinted after it.
Despite having access to the Red Force, she was still slower than the minion.
It was natural as mutated animals have an advantage in terms of physique.
"Good, lead the way, it's getting reckless now..." Dindora smirked.
Based on the mighty roar from before coming from Shadow, she was sure that it was in a bad situation, Gistella, Adhara, and Flunra were wrapping up things there. So naturally, the minion became restless.
And once it was restless, it would be reckless like this.
Just then when they were about to move again, Dindora raised her hand, signaling to stop.
"What's wrong, Captain Dindora?"
"Shh... Did you hear that? Someone is calling my name"
Upon hearing this, the other Elves exchanged a look in confusion.
None of them heard anything and they thought Dindora was hearing things.
In the next second, however, the Elves around frowned as they too heard a faint voice.
And as Dindora said, the voice was calling her.
"Is it Captain Linthia? Is she in trouble?"
"No, but whoever it is, she knows me and is in trouble. Let's go!"
Swoosh!
Back to the battle again.
Linthia could feel that the situation was getting better—the minion was being handled.
Some of the sentry Elves and several of her team came to check the commotion and saw her fighting the minion. Naturally, all of them came to help—providing support from a distance by firing arrows with myriad explosive effects.
Of course, the minion knew who to aim, it ignored the monkeys and headed to Linthia.
But so far, she was able to survive with the help of the monkeys.
Crash!
As she leaped away to the side, her eyes lit up when she sensed Dindora's aura approaching.
'Just a little bit more...' She muttered with a smile.
However, she was elated too soon when a violent gush of energy knocked her backward.
Linthia fell to her back and once she sat up, she saw the minion's death mana was becoming chaotic once again, but it was different this time. She beholds as the minion's aura surged to a higher level, spiking rapidly.
Its aura increased so much that the ground cracked underneath its force.
Not to mention, sharp bones began to puncture out of the minion's body.
Under her gaze, its appearance morphed grotesquely, becoming more menacing than it was.
'Its... It's already at the ninth-rank realm and it still got stronger?'
'Shadow... Shadow must've done something!'
Sucking in a cold breath, Linthia sweated, her back was drenched from cold sweats.
As the minion lifted its gaze to glare at Linthia, its body blurred.
Linthia saw it lunging at her even faster than before—she reached her hand to the side—as a monkey grabbed her and threw her away to dodge the minion. Keeping her eyes fixed on the minion, she saw it cleaved the monkey into pieces and curved towards her.
Closing in rapidly, the minion then suddenly disappeared, turning into a shadow.
But Linthia gulped when she felt danger from behind her.
Glancing over her shoulder, she saw the minion, it made a savage flick—with its sharp bones, that were sticking out of its head like horns, tearing open her stomach. In an instant, Linthia's expression paled.
She rolled across the ground, grunting in excruciating pain coming from her stomach.
Her blood as well as life essence were being drained rapidly.
'I need to move! It's reaching the Werepanther level in strength!' Linthia screamed.
From the aura—she could tell that the minion had reached the Werepanther Rex fought back then, that was breaking through to the Knight class. But in her condition—she wasn't able to move fast enough.
Swoosh!
Linthia lifted her gaze as time slowed down, the minion claws were about to hit her. Your journey continues on empire
She would die and she accepted it with a smile on her face.
'At least... at least I managed to save Nadia, I'm not... useless'
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