"You know guys, I prefer fighting against Hogwarts Wizards only, instead of fighting against an oversized Bullet with skins!" Terroriser highly complained to the two that he didn't ask for their adventure in another world to be in Hardcore Mode.
For the very first time since they were transported to this world, they now finally understood how wide a difference their level was, and the feeling of powerlessness during a fight in this world.
Even though their opponent was just the weakest of all Legendary Realm experts, he was still many times stronger than them, his speed was fast enough that could win over the three in a marathon 100 times, and his battle experience and explosiveness were at another level.
It was at the point where they could not keep with his movements. Although both Brian and Marcel's eyes could follow the black-dressed man thanks to his Brian's cybernetic eyes and Marcel's vision enhancement skills, unfortunately their body was too slow to react.
Besides the first few attacks that took the man by surprise, none of their attacks had managed to hit him.
In fact, the only reason they were still alive was because Marcel and Brian have insane senses beyond their levels that could catch the movements of a Rank 9, not just that, another good reason is that they have much more geared and very strategic than the man, and the final reason is that they wore their Enchanted Diamond Armor, eating an enchanted Golden Apple, drank numerous Body enhancement Potions, and Brian sacrifice many of his skins to save his friends' asses. Nevertheless, the black-dressed man had been very close to landing a blow.
However, their situation was not the worst. At the very least, Terroriser has unlimited stamina even though he exposed much of his endoskeleton at the moment, same as Delirious, who just got decapitated not too long ago, and Marcel, he had not been injured yet.
Pretty much none of the boys were close in defeat. But instead, it was Count Liam whose situation seemed grim.
Although the Count was also at the Legendary Realm, he was already tired after fighting the monster wave. Moreover, not every Legendary Realm expert was the same, and it was obvious that the captain of the black-dressed men was one of the strongest in the early-stage rank.
In the end, the Count was being one-sidedly suppressed. Despite his desire to avenge his dead son, he could not even touch the hem of the captain's shirt.
Instead, the opposite happened. The fight between the Count and the black-dressed Captain quickly turned into a scene of the Captain constantly injuring the Count. Slowly wearing him down to find an opportunity to kill him.
Fortunately, Count Liam was not alone and he had brought some of his men with him.
More than once, these men's sacrifice was the reason that the Count was able to avoid a deadly injury, but even like that, it was obvious he could not last long.
Moreover, the black-dressed men had reinforcements too. Besides the three Legendaries that were fighting Xavier, Marcel, Brian, Delirious, and the Count, there were also four Grandmasters. One of these Grandmasters was guarding the unconscious girls and the creature, but the other three were fighting against the Count's men.
But not every person fighting the black-dressed men was losing.
There was an exception, and it was Xavier.
Contrary to the members of Team 6's fight and the Count's struggle, Xavier's battle was more like toying with his enemy. He was standing there doing nothing, wielding his enchanted shield and netherite sword while the opponent his facing circled around him attacking at all sides but Xavier wears an enchanted Netherite armor making the Rank 9 gave a hard time, even if the Rank 9 aims at Xavier's head, Xavier just block it with his weapon and then and get the opportunity to filled him with injuries.
In the end, it is more like a boring fight than an intense one. Even if he has the strength to the peak of Rank 8, he could easily fight a Legendary opponent like him while wearing the armor.
However, if Xavier goes all out, the only problem is that the opponent he was facing has a skill of dodging attacks. No matter if Xavier goes berserk mode, he can't land a hit, which makes the fight kinda boring.
The battle in the city walls intensified, and soon, both sides had casualties. Many of the men that the Count brought had been killed, but at the same time, a Grandmaster black-dressed man had died too.
The situation was obviously advantageous for the black-dressed men. Although they were surpassed three to one, their combined strength was higher than the strength of the Count's men.
Moreover, if either the Count, Marcel, Delirious, Brian, or Xavier were defeated, then a Legendary Realm expert would be freed, and the battle would be in their hands.
Everyone knew that, and that was the reason they completely focused on their fights. Terroriser and the others had stopped attacking the blonde sadistic black-dressed man and instead were completely on the defensive.
Their goal was to gain time. As soon as they could draw the fight long enough for their plan to work, victory would be theirs regardless of if they killed the man or not.
But their opponent did not plan to make it easy for them. The attacks of the black-dressed man had become faster and stronger, he even decapitated one of them, luckily he seems to be immortal, but more than once, he had been extremely close to catching either Marcel or Terroriser.
Unlike Delirious, they can't be alive after getting decapitated, even if anyone thinks they will just respawn anyway, they can't as they are now in Hardcore Mode once they left the safe zone which is their minecraft home.
The only thing keeping them alive was Brian and his flesh metallic sandy thingies.
Quaiesse, the black-dressed man that was fighting the team, had also realized it. At the start, he did not pay the cyborg irish-man much attention, but after it saved his friends lives repeatedly, the black-dressed man understood that he had to kill the damn person first if he wanted to kill the others.
Unfortunately for him, if he targets Brian, Marcel and Delirious will immediately defend him with whatever equipment they have that is enough to harm him.
Even like that, though, he found this fight the most frustrating fight of his life.
"Damn to hell! What kind of brats are you!?"
"We are the Minority Squad, bitch. Don't forget that!" Terroriser said in a Texas accent. While he seems calm on the outside, on the inside...
'God damn it, how much longer!'
Terroriser thought to himself while observing the situation in the other fights. Currently, that Count guy was already on his last legs. He could die at any moment, which would be very problematic.
He then took a glimpse at Marcel, which he seems looking at their opponent without looking away nor even blinking at all.
As for the Iron Golem named Xavier Number 2, he gets slashes all around him but he seemed fine as always.
And Delirious... he has absolutely no idea what this dumbass is thinking due to the mask he always wears.
As though answering his prayers, the change he was expecting happened at that moment.
Suddenly, the black-dressed man guarding the girls froze. He then grabbed his chest and realized something.
".....Motherfu- cough! Cough!! COUGH!!!" The man coughs a couple of times, in his 4th cough, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Jesus Christ, this guy has Covid in him! Social distance, everyone." Delirious said to the rest as he took a couple of steps back.
Some people looked at the black-dressed man in confusion. At some point, a girl with an ice-cold look had appeared behind him and stabbed a knife in his heart.