But soon his prep time came to an end The open mouth of the cloud dragon brushed the bottom of his Mantle and physically ground it to naught upon contact the invisible winds within its throat had enough force to rip the Mantle to shreds RandidlyÆs evaluation of Huang Li rose another few notches
Congratulations Your Skill Man is Proud But the Chimera Takes has grown to Level 225
While making a mental note to really work on the Skill Levels for this Skillset even further Randidly shot upward at a vicious speed Behind him he felt the cloud dragon stir and ponderously pull its jaws shut The motion appeared slow because of its immense size but as the lips smashed together right behind him with enough force to ruffle his clothes Randidly chuckled Almost Missed me by a full meter though
Randidly shot directly toward the alert Hank Howard who instantly trained his revolver on the three meter orb of Mantle that Randidly had woven together in preparation for this Hank narrowed his eyes Then he closed them Just as Randidly was bewildered by the choice the man pulled the trigger
Of course his damned instincts
Because he was carefully hoarding his mental energy for his next trick Randidly only relied on his physical body to dodge But to his surprise even as he cut sharply sideways and twisted that bullet seemed to curve toward him as though it caught and rode a gust of wind It smashed into his right shoulder boring a hole through his Mantle and revealing his physical position within the grey smog
Even worse was HankÆs image Although it wasnÆt flashy the bullet that cut into RandidlyÆs flesh flared to life and fought against his image physicalizations immediately The narrative leaning of HankÆs image tried to pull Randidly into the role of an overpowered villain Before that could get any traction Randidly gritted his teeth and squashed the image The bullet flickered and was ejected from his body a split second later before it could inflict too much damage But the sudden show of force did end up costing him much of his spare mental energy
Just as he was about to recreate the Mantle Alana Donal was there Her eyes shone with a brilliant white light and met RandidlyÆs gaze The Third Revelation Anguish
The blow was invisible and vicious Everything was twisted and torn Even Randidly who was used to immense amounts of pain grunted and froze for an instant as that invisible pain lashed across his body And that moment of pause was exactly what they had been waiting for Randidly felt the air around him become thin and filmy like glass Then it shattered
Alana felt something close to relief as Dinesh activated his ability for one more massive usage The strange smog that the Ghosthound kept close to his body seemed to twist in the air to try and escape it but then it exploded outward and revealed that he had been successfully shifted At the moment he probably was slamming into the ground below He would react quickly but not quickly enough
But that was just the smaller of the two workings that Dinesh accomplished The bigger one was shifting the entirety of the massive cloud dragon that Huang Li manipulated flipping it upside down At the moment it screamed down toward the ground where Randidly had been sent It was a veritable bomb of tightly compacted winds ready to test the limits of the GhosthoundÆs physical resilience
The wings of AlanaÆs Fate beat several times slowing her descent toward the impact point She glanced around and raised her voice to cut above the dull roar of the wind Prepare for landing We will be going in as soon as the Sky Slaying Sword dissipates Hank
But then Alana blinked and glanced around Where was Hank Howard Now was a bad time for him to uphold his aloof Western trope of appearing only when they needed
Then Alana grimaced
A split second before the dragon hit the ground Alana heard Dinesh shout You How
I avoided it Alana could hear the grin in Randidly GhosthoundÆs voice
Even twenty meters in the air the impact of Huang LiÆs impressive Skill hitting the ground shook Alana Winds churned through the ground like teeth of an invisible leviathan moving at speeds that they gripped huge slabs of rock and heaved them out of the ground These huge pieces of debris were smashed against each other and then tossed by the air currents back toward the ground smashing into their more stubborn fellows Very quickly an area about one hundred meters in diameter had all of its rock of significant size reduced to spiraling sand particles
Then the exterior winds ceased hitting the ground and the maw itself impacted the space
This impact was a different beast entirely than the initial contact manifesting as a massive concussive wave that slapped the surrounding space Alana was tossed to the side losing sight of her fellow attackers in the chaos The ground rumbled and dropped as stone chipped and cracked Behind the maw of the cloud dragon its massive body began to collapse as its energy was spent Then the air filled with a horrible hissing sound The speed of the winds on impact was so fast that the sand that wasnÆt blasted away was melted into gleaming glass
AlanaÆs image had to flare with the aspect of inviolability in order to prevent her from crashing into the ground Quickly she steadied herself and began to glide As the debris began to settle the crater was revealed It spread outward in beautiful waves delicate sheets of overlapping glass giving the stone space the beautiful curve of flower petals
However this attack ended up being an utter failure When Alana hit the ground and could effectively examine the area she found that Randidly Ghosthound was holding the bodies of Dinesh and Glendel Likely he had already tossed the unconscious form of Hank Howard to the side
Only she Lyra Huang Li and Paolo remained
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Alana Donal just focused on breathing for a few seconds She felt slightly dizzy as her brain slowly registered the reality of the situation
The phenomenon of her person was not a physical response Although she was bruised and battered from the intense earlier clashes she hadnÆt taken enough hits to experience dizziness No Alana was dizzy because her mind was buzzing After all these arrangements after the best that Expira could offer gathered and ambushed Randidly Ghosthound in his exhausted state this was what they had been reduced to She wasnÆt shocked but rather just sick to her stomach
It was a disappointing result to say the least
All of this had been her brainchild although many of the fighters had secretly harbored similar desires to understand where they stood in comparison to the Ghosthound It had been easy to spread the word and gather support But she was the one who breathed life into the attempt She had called on old contacts and made the plan She had led the simulated fight discussions She had thrown the first attack And all this she had done selfishly
All to prove that she would be useful to bring to the Nexus To give her the clout to make the request
Lyra seemed to finish shaping her dagger and gripped the gleaming amethyst weapon backhanded Alana could tell that the woman was more nervous than her sharp featured face revealed So she wasnÆt surprised when Lyra hopped sideways and landed only a few meters away from Alana Huang Li was nearby too but he was panting and sweating Likely the Sky Slaying Sword had depleted a lot of his remaining energy They were running out of usable fighters
Alana couldnÆt sense Paolo but she knew that he would be stubbornly moving through the rocky terrain preparing for his next strike His continued stubborn refusal to quit was perhaps the only reason they had made it this far If he had gone unconscious when the Ghosthound had grabbed him earlier
Alana shook her head Her failure to prove her strength here became a key that was steadily twisting the ignition of some engine in AlanaÆs mind The process was painful and depressing That was why she was currently buzzing As time stretched on that buzzing wormed its way outward First just her neck and shoulders but then her muscles and organs and skin were all buzzing Her entire body was straightforwardly facing the realization that Randidly truly was on another level altogether than she was