A series of explosions of white, purple, and yellow light erupts like popcorn, growing larger as each of the purple arrows Arie shot off curves toward their target and rains down on the energy crescent moving his way.
However, Arie's eyes glow brighter, and the number of arms growing from his back multiplies even faster upon impact.
This is because he watches these high-powered strikes losing their strength the closer they get to the incoming attack.
It's impossible to physically see, but a cold vibration ripples off the outer edges of the Berserker's energy attack, giving off the presence of an ancient and ruthless aura.
It's as if the confidence of a King who has never lost a battle is being personified into existence.
Arie's light purple arrows, with enough divine energy in their cores to kill a 1st Class True Core in a single hit, collide with this crescent of energy by the hundreds.
The attacks don't physically slow down, but the closer they get to this crescent of energy, the weaker they seem and the less momentum they carry in relation to the target they're attempting to hit.
The eruptions of explosions are, in fact, the arrows making contact, and small holes are carved into the crescents of energy traveling his way. It still retains over 80% of its energy mass and hasn't slowed down a notable amount at all.
In just a matter of seconds, the tens of thousands of kilometers between them are cut in half.
Another massive explosion occurs after this transmission as a yellow arrow hits the ground behind the healer, and its dome of disruption lights up the sky behind her.
Raven gives confirmation too, and Abby summons another pillar of stone compressed with her True Core's yellow threads.
The moment it phases down into the planet's surface, the formation of generals shifts and begins to strategically retreat.
Another explosion is triggered between the Kings, and retaliation comes back in the same fashion as before.
Though the generals are a bit further away this time, they now have a reference for the demonic beast's attack power and speed.
Arie is able to pinpoint the Berserker's crescent and force it to explode before it even comes half the distance his way.
Raven sends a few long-range crescents of pure divine energy and mana toward the one coming her way too, though it only makes two small dents in the attack.
Her aura is far more suppressed by the Noble Vibrations than Arie's, as his contains far more refined Qi.
Though, it does give her a gauge of the monster's strength before disappearing into her stealth dimension—this time flying a safe distance away before the shockwave of the attack hitting the ground strikes her like before.
She begins to test how long she can wait before disappearing, and how much of the aura she can bear at a time once reappearing. Plus, actively fights the aura to see how much of this strange attack is mental and what is truly a physical attack.
Abby floats with a straight face, allowing another one of the Demonic Lich's arrows to phase right through her, then sends another message to the generals.
While her green eyes focus straight forward at the Kings, Abby's mind is occupied by the recording of the Wyvern Corpse that Monk brought back from their prospecting trip.
After feeling the aura of the Kings, she understands why their systems were suppressed by its bones, and wants to see this tomb for herself.
Though, for now, she continues following out the agreed upon procedure.
This process repeats a few times.
Though, the reactions of the Kings aren't what was expected at all...
After every attempt to distract them, to trigger a retaliation, they do exactly the same thing, as if they've lost their memory of the last attacks they just threw and hope to overpower the enemies disturbing their brawl.
When the generals move their formation further south in order to draw them away from the throne, it continuously seems as though they've taken the bait.
The Berserker King is the most mobile and appears to be a lot faster.
Every time it attacks, it charges thousands of kilometers forward, but once its attacks are deflected and it senses the generals backing up even more, for some reason, it backs up too and adjusts its path to position itself closer to the throne.
Even the Archer moves forward to get a closer shot at Abby after she detonates another distraction, obliterating an entire region of this world.
However, it often continues to move back north in response to the Berserker retreating.
This other King is a far larger threat to the throne than these pesky intruders.
While following the generals away to kill them would be beneficial, a raw instinct pulls it back to the throne no matter how illogical it may seem.
Instead of moving south, another half a dozen exchanges pass, and the five True Cored Monsters on this world completely circle the globe.
It creates a massive circular ravine, over two thousand kilometers wide, separating the unprospected land around the throne from the barren world littered with demonic corpses.
Bri and Alveron watch with wide eyes as it seems these mindless Kings aren't going to be so easily manipulated after all.
They've strategically held the line and won't let anyone pass.
Alveron's voice echoes through the Link.
"This is far more data than I've ever managed to receive on the Kings. They have never fought before. Fascinating..."
Bri stares at the live visuals and holographic imagery of the globe.
Arie replies through the link next.
"The only way to that throne is going to be over their dead bodies..."
"He's right. Even if we keep them occupied on one side of the throne while another party tries to raid it, their range can still reach them. It's too dangerous for the commanders to be on this world right now... I say we move onto Plan B. Kill the Kings."