The puppets didn't hold anything back as they charged right at the group. They didn't care for their body, they felt no pain, just soulless puppets following Anna's commands.
Puppets 2.0 weren't as easy to deal with; they were almost as strong as the practitioners at the peak of the earth realm.
They were not even afraid of fire this time as they could now counterattack with water or protect themselves with the earth's affinity.
The most important part of their strength was that they were able to cooperate very well, compared to the first type of puppets.
Already exhausted and the drained group were still able to deal with this group but just like the previous times after dealing with this group another came and another one after that.
As time went by more and more stringer puppets started appearing.
"We need to somehow get close to her, as long as we kill her the puppets will disappear on their own." Said Zoel while burning down another puppet.
Others also were of the same mind, so the group tacitly started working together, the person chosen to deal with Anna was Samael. Of course, he only followed Morana's commands, and only after she nodded her head did Samael agree to the plan.
The group noticed that Anna was only able to call on a certain number of puppets at a time and it depended on their strength.
Currently, Anna has summoned 15 low sky realm puppets. Anna herself was a practitioner at the peak of the sky realm and she already had one foot in the low-Heaven realm.
Even though the difference was just one step between heaven and sky realms the contrast was baffling.
The only reason the team had a hard time dealing with the puppets so far was their sheer quantity and inability to feel pain, even if their head was cut off.
As to regards to Anna whose source of power was dark mana, Samael could be counted as her natural enemy.
With just one touch he consumed all her dark mana, even the ones in the puppets and at the speed visible to the naked eye Anna's body dried up like a decade-old corpse, in the end leaving only the bones.
It was the first time Samael truly displayed his abilities in front of the group, after all, he had to follow Morana's commands, and the results left everyone speechless.
They didn't ask him why he didn't use his powers so far, as they had no right to. They just were grateful for what he did and decided to respect his choices, after all, who didn't have a spare card up their sleeve.
After Anna took her last breath and all the puppets turned to dust the familiar sound was heard once again.
"Hehe, congrats. You brats actually managed to survive till now. I didn't expect you to defeat Anna so soon. I wonder what you will do in the next challenge?"
It was the same annoying voice Morana and others heard when they were first transported to The Dream City.
As the voice spoke a 6,1 tall man appeared he had long, braided, amber hair and the same colored eyes. His hands were covered in weird tattoos that looked like alien writings. He wore a loose, black button-up and skinny leather pants. and in one hand he was holding a black wooden scythe.
He looked like a beautiful demon coming for your soul. with long, black nails that looked professionally done played with Blackfire like a toy.
This fire was different from Zoel's fire. It had a feeling like it was alive and had a soul.
The man didn't let any of them talk as his smile became more sincere and he delightfully clapped his hands.
"I am Acheron. I am so happy that a team from my district will be the first to enter the inner district of The Dream City this time."
He spoke like a proud parent whose child just got into the best university of everyone's dreams.
His smile didn't let the group become less vigilant, on the contrary, they were always ready to pounce on him with everything they had.
Acheron didn't feel offended when faced with their vigilance, but the next second his smiling expression turned serious.
"Now then, shall we get down to business."
The group couldn't help exchanging looks after hearing Acheron's serious tone.
And without waiting for them to reach the ground beneath them split and a massive golden door came out of the ground.
It had thousands of different carvings of different creatures and Morana could tell it was telling some kind of a story so she instructed Jolly to scan the whole thing and analyze it.
The door opened itself and they were unable to see what was behind it as the only visible thing was a blinding light. Acheron motioned to the group for them to enter.
Not feeling any malice from Acheron the group started to pass through the door one after another.
What greeted them beyond the door was a familiar sight of bustling streets but this time their attention was quickly distracted by the elephant in the room.
"What the'' Emir was first to break the silence but even then no one knew what else to say in this situation.
"Magnificent isn't it?" Finally, Acheron decided to have mercy on their poor souls and broke the awkwardness.
But even then the group could only nod their heads dumbly leaving Acheron speechless this time around.
'I am done with this fucking noobs.' That was what he thought.
Of course, not everyone had the same reaction as Morana's ever-cold expression or Samael who only cared about Morana or Luka who always put the same uninterested expression.
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