Topple the tree...
[Skill [Wind Scythe] activated. Mana used:3. Remaining Mana: 276]
[Accumulated Mana: 280/7]
[The host has activated innate skill [Zone]]
[5.4719]
The scythe was an inch away from the tree when [Zone] was activated. With a double strength and a boost from the [Wind Gale], the scythe had no difficulty penetrating the tree, but it couldn't go all the way.
[5.4612]
[The host had manually deactivated [Zone.]]
But it was too late, though. Resistance made blood come out of his arms. Even though ESS addressed the skill combination well, it's different to know and do.
Aiden used [Wind Gale] to accelerate. His blade wasn't enough to penetrate deep enough, so [Wind Scythe] was his only choice. Aiden doubled his strength with [Zone] to penetrate deep enough.
There is no way that Aiden could cut a tree with more than 5 meters of a thick tree trunk. As soon as the scythe was stuck in the tree, a string of pain was sent from his hand to his brain.
But he didn't have time to rest. The crimson-eyed people were closing in. He used another [Wind Gale] to make some distance before he turned to attack again.
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 270]
[Accumulated Mana: 272/7]
[Skill [Wind Scythe] activated. Mana used:3. Remaining Mana: 269]
[Accumulated Mana: 271/7]
[The host has activated innate skill [Zone]]
[5.4609]
[5.4499]
[The host had manually deactivated [Zone.]]
With every passing moment, the pain continued to increase. His body was burning, the pain of the inflated mana vein was not something he could ignore, but he had no other option.
[The host has activated innate skill [Zone]]
[5.4142]
[5.4021]
[The host had manually deactivated [Zone.]]
By the time he had finished his sixth attack, both of his hands were bleeding. Even if he had been using the [Zone] for no more than half a second, it still affected his body. His breathing became ragged, but it wasn't his biggest problem.
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 206]
[Accumulated Mana: 208/7]
Aiden was meant to attack the tree, but he was forced to jump back. And the place he was standing a moment ago was burned black by a spell called [Combust].
But it wasn't there to end. As soon as his feet touched the ground, Enric's attack forced the blade out of his bloody hand. Aiden didn't even get the chance to breathe as he was attacked by many other weapons.
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 197]
[Accumulated Mana: 200/8]
'Eating two hearts might be too much.' Aiden groaned in his heart as he continued to use [Wind Gale] to escape the attacks. But no matter how much mana he used, his mana core never stopped producing mana.
[One of the hearts the host had ingested had wind mana affinity.]
'Shit.' As soon as he looked around, Aiden cursed. 'There must be thousands of them.' Even if he wanted to understand how the core of his mana works, now is not the time.
'Do I have to kill all of them? 'That's the last thing he wanted to do. Killing might not be a big problem for him, but the number is going to be a big problem. And as soon as he gets tangled between them, it will be too late.
And the most important thing is to take care of the tree or the beast that lived on top of it. 'The problem could be solved if I could take care of it.'
The tree was cut more than half, but it was still standing. 'I've got to do a little more.'
[Skill [Reduce Drag] activated. Mana used:1/ 20 min. Remaining Mana: 199]
[Skill [Wind Skin] activated. Mana used:2/ 20 min. Remaining Mana: 197]
With the help of skill, he continued to escape the flood of crimson-eyed humans. He would use [Wind Gale] to escape the enclosure whenever he got too tangled up.
[FireBall], [Wind blade], [Fire Missile] and many other spells bombed him as soon as he closed the tree. Enric, Lyla and many others have also continued to attack from the back. Yet all of their attacks had failed to stop him.
He avoided the attack using [Reduce Drag]. And [Wind Skin] reduced the impact of the attacks on him, but he never stopped attacking the tree.
'Didn't you say that nine attacks will be enough to topple the tree? 'Aiden had a hard time breathing. Strain and fatigue almost forced him to faint. But now he couldn't give up.
[Due to the inaccuracy of the attacks, the host is unable to produce an appropriate result.]
'Inaccuracy, huh? 'Aiden cursed his heart. 'How can you attack precisely, with so many people attacking you?'
[The host will have to attack the designated spot to topple the tree.]
'The designated spot? 'Aiden was confused, but he understood when he saw the red light on the trunk of the tree. All his previous attacks had already taken a portion out of the tree, and it was standing with a delicate balance.
[Skill [Air Punch] activated. Mana used:1. Remaining Mana: 196]
*Boom*
As soon as his [Air Punch] met Lyla's [Flame Punch], Aiden took a few steps back. His thumping hand made him realize the power of Lyla. He didn't dare to face her attack head-on anymore. Rather, he was charging at the tree.
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 181]
[Accumulated Mana: 182/8]
[Skill [Wind Scythe] activated. Mana used:3. Remaining Mana: 179]
[Accumulated Mana: 180/8]
[The host has activated innate skill [Zone]]
[5.3679]
[5.3489]
[The host had manually deactivated [Zone.]]
The change occurred as soon as the attack connected. Aiden was quick to jump back, but he realized a change in the atmosphere.
He had stopped in the middle of the crimson-eyed crowd, but none of them had attacked. They've been stuck like a broken puppet.
*Crack* Crush*
The giant tree began to bend over its weight. The beginning was slow, but as soon as the centre of the mass shifted, the tree fell under its weight.
When the tree disconnected from the root, the invisible wave spreads out of it. And it had a devastating effect on the crimson army. With the fall of the giant tree, many of the crimson eyes fell on the ground.
Most of them had lost consciousness, but those who were left standing were looking all around them with confused faces. The crimson aura had left their eyes, and their pupils returned.
*CRRREEEEEE*
A shilling cry shook the whole land. And the next moment, the eyes of all those who broke free from the control of the beast turned white again.
'Shit.' Aiden cursed as he ran to the edge of the city. He chose to run in the opposite direction to the crown of the tree. But he had slammed into an invisible barrier.
*Boom* Boom*
With each step, the ground shook. Aiden could feel that something big was coming to him as he stood up. To his surprise, all the humans stared at Aiden with crimson eyes, but none of them attacked him.
'So the beast was living on the tree.' Aiden was now confident that the beast's boss was there, but, 'It's not like he's willing to let me go. Has the barrier been constructed to stop me from going anywhere?'
Aiden looked at the distance as the sound approached. The crimson tide broke to make the way for the beast that was coming.
The beast moved with the support of its four limbs, with the forelegs larger than the hind limbs. Its fur was black with a grey stripe all over it.
Aiden couldn't see if there were three long claws, but his face was as he had seen in his dream. Grey face, ruby eyes and a black nose.
'It looks like the sloth of the time before the apocalypse.' Aiden sighed, 'If only we can ignore the size and magic of the property.'
[There is evidence of giant sloth in the past.]
Aiden did not intend to listen to the words of the ESS. Looking at the giant beast that was coming to his way, Aiden was thinking about his way of survival.
'It's not like it's going to let me go without a fight, and if I have to fight then.' Aiden crouched down and ...
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 170]
The man's core inside his body had stopped producing mana after the beast's essence had been absorbed from the beast 's heart by Aiden.
But the amount of mana inside his body was still too much for Aiden 's threshold. As soon as he found a way to use it, he initiated his strongest spell.
[The host has activated innate skill [Zone]]
[5.3417]
First [Wind Gale] wasn't enough for him to send him close to the beast, but now he was within 10 meters of the beast.
[Skill [Wind Gale] activated. Mana used:15. Remaining Mana: 155]
[The host has activated innate skill [Blink]]
[Skill [Wind Scythe] activated. Mana used:3. Remaining Mana: 152]
Until now, every time he used [Blink], Aiden had seen that everything had stopped moving in that very small moment.
Now that it was helped by [Mana Gale], the result was supposed to be more prominent, but ...
Aiden couldn't do anything as he saw that the beast casually slapped him out of the air. He vomited out blood as soon as he rolled across the ground. A few of his ribs had shattered, and the pain was unbearable when a notification popped up in front of his eyes.
[Name: Three-toed Elephant Sloth (??)
Grade: B***
Element: ??.
Feature: Three claws. High speed. Mana Control. Hypnosis. Barrier. Mind control.
Weakness: Unknown
Comment: You will be under its control before you can see it.]