Brand immediately turned back, but the first one to act was indeed the Silver Elf Princess who had spotted the enemy at the earliest moment. She had been circling around a hundred and fifty feet away, just dispersing a group of gathered Lizardman crossbowmen. At this time, a number of Lizardman warriors were following, trying to surround the girl. But seeing the situation upon turning back, Medisha immediately alerted the two and had her unicorn companion stand on its hind legs while raising her javelin-like spear. Taking advantage of her descent, she thrust forward—— Read full story at 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍
The girl shouted, followed by the instant the wind pressure in front of her javelin-like spear exploded sideways——the Lizardmen close to her instantly vaporized, and those slightly further away were swept away like leaves by the unmatched force. The Silver Elf Princess raised her spear and advanced, splitting an invisible path before her. Leaves danced in the air, swept away by the wind pressure, and the trees blocking her way exploded one by one, while the figure charging towards Brand was also forced to retreat in that instant.
The knife-like wind pressure sliced cleanly between the two with a ’swish’.
Brand, seeing the deep gash on the ground, broke into a cold sweat involuntarily. He thought, my lady, could you be a bit gentler? After all, it was just an opponent with Enlightenment Element trying to sneak attack, he was confident he could block a strike. But taking a direct hit from the Spirit Gun, he would probably be severely injured if not dead. After the chill ran down his spine, he finally had time to take a closer look at his opponent——in fact, he didn’t need to look closely to know what kind of monster stood before him.
The gigantic monster, as tall as three adults, was indeed injured, holding its own left arm with its right hand, with blood continuously seeping from the wound. This humanoid insect-like creature had its body divided into three parts: head, chest, and abdomen, all covered with complete gray-yellow carapaces. A mere glance was enough to know that these carapaces were definitely not just for show——Brand suspected they were at least three to four centimeters thick, and their corneal layers, tempered by Divine Blood, had to be tougher than steel.
Even with a rough estimate, he could give this creature an A+ protection rating, which, comparing its relative level, equated to at least a level 15+ defensive grade, akin to the protection level of a main battle tank.
Brand felt he let out a painful groan——
The monster’s primary limbs were also like insect joints, but its hands were more human-like. On its abdomen, it had a pair of secondary limbs ending in scythe-like appendages gleaming coldly. Below were ’Z’-shaped thighs, bristling with carapace thorns, undoubtedly capable of causing bone-deep wounds to ordinary humans with just a scrape. It also had an insect-like head with antennae and side-cutter mandibles, a pair of large compound eyes that indicated formidable low-light vision and precise tracking abilities.
Luckily, it didn’t seem to have hard or soft wings, at least indicating it couldn’t fly—this was probably the only good news Brand gathered after seeing it.
He looked at the monster, fully understanding that it might be the second real boss-level monster he had faced since coming to this world, after the Golden Magic Tree—the Earth Envoy, Albton. But compared to the weak Golden Magic Tree at level 30, although the Earth Envoy was still in an immature state (a Divine Envoy’s final form would be humanoid), the gap between a level 55 boss and a level 30 boss was far more than a simple 20-level growth, it was the difference between Enlightened and Unenlightened Elements.
Brand took a deep breath, realizing that the hardest battle since coming to this world was about to begin. Without Qian and Medisha’s help, he certainly would have run as far away as possible.
Yet right at this moment, a sudden ’bang’ erupted. He turned back to see Qian collide with an unfamiliar young man, raising her Thunder Gun to block the attack. The young man’s sharp black steel gloves gripping her gun barrel generated resistance with the lightning immediately. However, the flashing arcs of lightning were mercilessly repelled upon nearing him, unable to cause him any harm.
The young man sneered, "Isn’t this our adorable Qian? Betrayed the organization and found a new lover so quickly? That so-called Divine Blood from that guy really is unreliable. But no matter, I can kill your companions and arrange for you to join them all the same——"