NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1017 Decisive Battle (1)
Chapter 1017 Decisive Battle (1)
"The red eyes are moving!"
A message spread through the various siege points around The Ivory Desert.
At one of the westernmost points, Tenglin, a beast of the peak of the Intermediate Archmage level, was in the commanding position of the men in that area. As soon as he heard the signal that the vampires were moving, the great Qilin, who had had the honor of fighting alongside the legend Vicente Fuller, signaled to his group of over 3,000 beings, magicians and beasts.
"Forward!" he said a single word as he moved with the desire to fight in his eyes, his muscles prepared for combat.
Each of the over 3,000 individuals nearby moved, raising their weapons in the air, or preparing their claws and fangs for opponents close to where they stood. Each one of them felt confident as they were being led by a war hero in his own right, one of the foremost in the contest against the vampires and in reclaiming territory from the monsters' clutches.
While Tenglin advanced with fury in his eyes, Acidbelly was leading his own group to the south of the area.
Like Tenglin, he was at the absolute peak of the Intermediate Archmage level and was leading a large group on his own.
Acidbelly advanced with his battalion towards the north, marching together with the many other groups around The Ivory Desert.
But not everyone moved at this moment in what was to be the most important fight of the calamity started by The Purification.
At least 30% of the groups around The Ivory Desert didn't move. They remained in their positions, preparing for enemies who would escape the combat or who would venture into the non-monstrous domains.
Simultaneously with the movement of the troops, Lauren and Nina were in the same camp, to the east of the core of the vampire territory.
The two were in a mountainous area, protected by the relief of the area. At their side were some of the important allies in this fight, high-level elves and dragons.
Not all the powerful beings of Majestic Treefrog Grave had come for the decisive battle. Just as the groups of magicians had kept important specialists behind to preserve some of their strength and protect their domains, the special beasts and creatures of that magical region had done the same.
But even so, four 6th stage elves and five dragons of the same cultivation range were in Lauren and Nina's group, along with other powerful 6th stage beasts, robotic armor and allied magicians.
Among these individuals were Sarah, Prisiche, Bart and Onix, all of them with 6th stage cultivation, as was the case with the others in the area.
Lauren was currently standing next to her group's communicators, waiting for the right moment to join the fight.
"Looks like the battles have begun." Said one of the observers next to the group's communicators, broadcasting live information to his group.
"More than half of our warriors are already fighting the monsters. We still don't have a view of the 6th stage vampires, but they're probably moving among the hordes of monsters."
"Let's wait until they show themselves. Some of our Intermediate Archmages should already be wreaking havoc on their way. Once the 6th stage monsters start falling, the strongest vampires will have no choice but to show themselves," said one elf, confident in the group's plan.
The group wanted something very specific for this battle. That the strongest vampires would show themselves and then Lauren would use her powers to cause the death of at least one of them. Their group would then move on to deal with the other two enemies that would be left after their leader exhausted herself dealing with one of them.
While the group leaders talked and listened to the battle updates, Nina stood at the peak of one mountain in that area, looking in the direction from which she could see the battle developing.
Kilometers from where she stood, a large black cloud already covered dozens and dozens of square kilometers of the horizon. The mana was moving towards that area, a clear sign of the movement of several powerful beings.
Meanwhile, the sky was darkening and a powerful storm seemed to form above that area of The Ivory Desert.
Nina clenched her fists as she looked in that direction, feeling a powerful urge to fly up and join the fight. The darkness of her soul escaped from her body, and gradually a dark, tenebrous essence spread through her surroundings.
Small demons of darkness formed behind her, as she thought of the enemies who had forced her brother to grow up so fast and, in a way, caused him to be expelled from the Polaris Realm.
With her fists clenched tightly, Nina was about to move when Onyx landed on one of her shoulders, his bestial body reduced in size.
The black bird looked at her in such a way that she understood she shouldn't rush.
But then, as deaths mounted on the battlefield ahead, with fighting affecting a large area of the region's icy desert, a cry came from the communicators in the area.
"6th stage vampires spotted! Three enemies with Intermediate Archmage cultivation in action against groups of alliance magicians!" An alarmed cry came from the communicators in the area.
Hearing it, Lauren opened her eyes wide, as her companions moved behind her, beginning their plans for the fight that was to be the beginning of the end for one side in this conflict.
Either they would defeat the vampires and regain Polaris Realm after so much suffering, or they would perish and the continent would continue towards the self-destruction predicted by the magical beings of Majestic Treefrog Grove.
Nina moved along with Lauren's group, following on top of Onyx, with the great black crow now at its full size.
Their location was about 11 minutes from the main combat point, where the alert had come from.
The group quickly crossed this final distance between them and the strongest enemies, spotting in their path a trail of destruction, with thousands upon thousands of bodies staining the surrounding terrain.
As they approached, Nina and Lauren saw the enemy vampires at last, those beings with pale skins, white hair and red eyes.
Several of them were stained with the blood of magicians, while their lips glowed a diabolical red.
Just as the strongest of the alliance saw the strongest of the monsters in the area, those creatures also saw him at this critical moment in the fight.
Faced with her opponents, Nina summoned her six pentagrams, while Lauren did the same, forming a large book surrounded by six glowing essences, with a black brush in one of her hands.