Chapter 181 - (181) Horde
Chapter 181 – (181) Horde
Geth backed Sindri up as best he could. It was extremely challenging not to let the wolves out with just the two of them guarding.
"Just hang tight! Things will be a lot easier when the others get over here!"
Sindri nodded and continued pressing her shield against the wolves. Even so, she was slowly but constantly being pushed back.
Peter wasn't much use. He would occasionally throw a half-hearted strike when he could reach one of the beasts.
"Peter! Pull yourself together!"
Geth could see that the young man's knees were still shaking. He decided right then to buy some type of encouragement Skill as soon as the Tower was working.
Swinging his staff, he bashed another wolf in the head before it could press Sindri back again. She'd already been through two of his Protections.
They needed these in the front to start dying to relieve some pressure. Albus had already sent a message to Blaze.
'What's the status?'
Geth cast another Corruption Blast randomly toward the back of the crowd. He couldn't risk it affecting Sindri.
'Geth! We're trying to wake them up now. Felix used the last of his SP to evolve a skill that he thinks will handle it.'
Geth's Foresight caught another wolf trying to reach around Sindri's shield. He bashed its arm down before it had the chance.
A charged-up arrow flew over his shoulder and struck that same wolf in the eye. He could see a damage over time effect already taking hold.
'Good. Then get over here and start dropping the health of the wolves grouped in the back.'
"Good job Bane, excellent work."
Bane made some strange noise by rubbing his upper and lower jaw together. Geth couldn't tell if it was a laugh or a battle cry as it just sounded like bones rattling.
The Skeleton began loosing arrow after arrow into the front lines of the wolves. Almost every projectile would strike a vital point.
The beasts started to drop like flies. They were nothing for his Level 50 prowess.
With every body that dropped, another wolf simply stepped over the top of its fallen comrade. Any gap they made in the crowd was quickly filled.
Geth frowned as he noticed that some wolves would gobble up their fallen comrades. He gritted his teeth as he saw they would occasionally Level up from consuming the deceased's core.
It wasn't a terrible thing, but he felt a slight pain as the cores got gobbled up. His eye would twitch every time he witnessed it.
"My loot…"
Geth complained as he watched another core being gobbled up by one of the massive creatures.
He swiftly took his anger out on the closest Direwolf to him, bashing it in the skull until it turned to mush.
"Even in this situation, you're mad about the loot?!"
Peter cried from behind his back. The boy grabbed the recently killed Direwolf and dragged its corpse out in the open.
Even if he was scared and struggled to attack the creatures due to the distance, he wanted to help. If all he could do was secure some loot, he would do so.
Geth nodded at the young man's actions.
'He may be a bit of a coward, but he has some drive. I can work with that.'
Blaze quickly made it over and gasped when he saw the scene before him. Direwolves of varying sizes were piled in the cave as far as he could see.
After the initial shock, he suddenly grinned.
"What a great gift!"
A small Fireball instantly spawned over his head and shot into the crowd. He continued firing off these blasts at random.
Each time one of the spells would touch a surface, it would explode and spread out one to two yards. It wasn't much, but the damage over time effects stacked.
Geth tried to aim his Corruption Blasts near the areas where Blaze's Fireballs would land. Between the two, multiple wolve's health bars started dipping rapidly.
"Remember to let Sindri get the last hit on as many as possible! Once she's Level 50, she can focus fully on holding the bastards back!"
Blaze nodded and glanced at the girl, who was still struggling slightly. He was surprised to find that she'd already bumped up to Level 39.
He'd managed to Level up once from the Sub-Boss, but she'd gotten four. On top of that, she'd already gained one from scoring most of the last hits on the front line.
Still, he could tell that she was struggling to both defend and land the last hit when the time came. He understood why Geth had chosen the order that he did.
"This guy really does manage to think everything through," He muttered.
Staring at the man's back and looking at the funnel that he'd crafted in the cave mouth, Blaze was once again impressed.
'To think that he planned out the exact amount of time to do this in the few seconds after he'd woken up. It's even more impressive that he was able to enact the plan flawlessly!'
Blaze mindlessly cast Fireballs in random locations while absorbed in his thoughts. Now and then, he would get a notification that he'd killed one of the brutes.
Nothing could be done about the occasional mishap, but he tried his best not to hit the same area twice.
Geth felt a strange but familiar sensation from far behind their backs. He turned his head slightly to get a glimpse and saw a pitch-black Direwolf running toward them.
A small crater appeared on the ground beneath it with every step. At first, it looked majestic… but as soon as it saw Geth, it stuck its tongue out, and its tail started wagging.
If he weren't busy fending off the horde, he would have facepalmed at this moment. Such a powerful looking beast was, in fact, a goofball.
Sindri saw the despairing look on Geth's face. Thinking something was wrong, she glanced back to look for the danger.
Geth frowned as the woman started laughing while ducking behind her shield.