The Corrupted Sorceress spoke out loud as a large dust cloud formed and the wind blast was dying down as her long red hair flailed with it.
"No one will stop the Mistress's will!"
Then with every step, she took towards Walter's location you could hear countless voices overlapping one another as they whispered in glee!
We found IT...
Grab it! GRAB IT!
Bring-it-to-US!
Guewhahahaha we really found IT.
WE MUST HAVE IT!
The countess will be pleased when she receives it!
For such high ranking monsters such as the countess and other certain unique creatures, there are countless stories about the lord of monsters as well as different names and titles, Each with different idea's on how to 'utilize' the vessel that appears 1/100th of a chance whenever something powerful disrupted the balance of the world and it didn't matter if it was good or evil!
*BAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
Balter emerged from a small bundle of burnt carcasses of the enemies that he had slain anyone could feel the building anxiety he felt from that attack not for himself but for his summoner thus while staggering with flakes of burnt skin and flesh falling from his body the goat lord put all that he could into this charge while trying to reach out to the one who is to save his tribe!
The goat lord followed the boy that tried so much despite not being a warrior yet, he wasn't cowardly this made the Balter respect him as he Bleated out once more despite his story state!
He Already offered his everything to the one he called the 'champion' The Goat lord who was mostly Charred from the meteor spell was rushing forward despite the damage that was sustained and the pain it was feeling...
But the enemy units blocked his path causing him to bleat out louder in frustration as the sorceress was getting closer to his master!
It will not allow the boy to be taken!
He delivered a brutal strike one of which harmed both him and the blocking opponent as he roared out!
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
The sound of bone and metal cracking intertwined as the guard was sent flying while one of Balter's arms was reduced to a mangled mess, but he didn't care as he roared out completely different this time compared to the usual bleating as the nearby guards of the sorceress that were in the area of effect were rendered immobile!
As if responding to his call the other to elder goat men also emerged from the ground Berhald looking a bit better thanks to his skill set while Tarka used the tanky goat-man as a meatshield so the goat woman was mostly unscathed, thus she immediately used a skill that allowed her to be the first to arrive in front of the sorceress slipping passed her stunned guards and her perception as a cloaked blade punctured through her shoulder thanks to a last-second reaction.
"AAARRRRGGGHHHHH!"
"YOU DAMNED PESTS!"
the sorceress screamed out alerting her guards of what was going on as not even a split second one of them was already making a move!
While the elder goat woman failed to eliminate the sorceress, Tarka attempted another strike towards the head, however, one of the corrupted rogues that managed to stay out of the range of the stunning roar bashed her with a spear knocking her off of the sorceress as the goat woman's blade left a gaping wound that spurted out as her victim screeched out it pain!
"GYYYAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
The guard attempted to pursue Tarka but the Large Armored Figure Berhald had already taken place in front of them to prevent them from approaching any further as the two began fighting as if trying to show who was the better spearman.
The cloaked goat woman quickly retreated towards where Walter was the young man suffered third-degree burns on his arms and the top of his head was bleeding from a shard of a sword that was lodged in the ground right beside it, however, the person who saved him was injured pretty badly!
it was Kashya!
She took on most of the damage suffer some major burns around her limbs, her protective talismans were what managed to reduce the damage quite well her two rings possibly for resisting fire was completely destroyed leaving only her magic gear that helped her recover ever so slowly with the passive regeneration it gave her...
Akara was knocked out completely drained of all her mana, for one very good reason, she cast a mana shield on every single person within the encampment in a split second!
that was one of the reasons why the rogues may be gravely injured but they were still alive...
But thanks to that Akara's self-sacrifice attitude nearly made her brain go overload!
One of the enemy rogues tried to attack the distracted Tarka that was pouring a health potion on both Kashya and Walter, then something bizarre happened.
Walter rose up from the ground unnaturally as a faint silhouette of a woman floating above his unconscious frame could be seen before Yin and Yang Appeared as they joined the fray, the Silhouette was Aegis she was taking control of Walter's body, a temporary but necessary solution!
Yin was already firing a few arrows towards the sorceress that was beginning to overpower berhald, giving him the much-needed support as one of the Corrupted rogues received an arrow to the eye instantly killing her, but the number of enemies they were forced to face continued to grow in size with every minute!
The other Allied rogues began to regain consciousness and began to support the monsters under Walter's(aegis) command, as a few others helped their sisters recover with some spare potions before heading to Akara who was in Warriv's embrace as he was acting as her shield chopping away any arrows or spells that came to their direction, he was mostly alright thanks to his natural regeneration surpassing the norm which further brought a question as to who he was before he became a caravan leader.
But then, when things seemed to be going well, the Corrupted Sorceress released a disdainful laugh before ordering her troops.
"Capture him now!"
Fourteen vile hunters under the skill similar to Tarka appeared around Walter who hacked at him before gravely harming him by removing a limb and injuring three other areas his left arm was completely chopped off, a chunk of his right thigh was removed by a ruthless hack, a portion of his right shoulder was missing, and his left foot was halfway destroyed, while Aegis managed to reduce the damage to the minimum that drained Walter's mana completely causing her to blip out of the scene while his body that should've woken up from what had happened fell right back to sleep from the massive drain of mana.
Tarka who was nearby was killed by the extra ten before she turned into an orb then flew into Walter's chest leaving him with no one else to guard him since Yin and Yang were busy trying to support Berhald and while the other summons that wasn't mentioned got vaporized by the meteor spell putting them in the same situation as Tarka!
Cassandra the Amazonian warrior tried to help with a few of her sisters that were capable and close at the time, however, they were unable to stop what happened next...
This was the perfect opportunity that they were waiting for thus the vile hunters immediately grabbed the young man, then immediately fled!
this may seem anti-climatic but this was what their enemies had been trying to do.
They wanted Walter for some reason and now that they had the chance the Vile rogues took him and ran, Apparently he was so vital that they were willing to sacrifice themselves!
Even the corrupted Sorceress!
She Guffawed as much as possible for all to hear as she made an announcement.
"WE MAY HAVE LOST THIS BATTLE, BUT WE HAVE WON THE WAR GWAHAHAHAHA!"
Balter ended her with his Blade before falling to his knees from the pain, from exhaustion, and the failure as he howled out while repeatedly stabbed his blade into her still smirking face as she took her last breath venting out his frustration completely on her corpse but even that didn't help reduce the anger that filled his chest!
The Stubborn goat lord attempted to get up only to fall back to the ground, Balter grit his Flat teeth before straining his tired body even more before Yin placed her hand on his shoulder causing the goat-man to turn towards her to see the armored rogue shake her head.
He clenched his remaining hand into a fist before slamming it into the ground then just laid there to rest and recover, Yin was the one that was good at planning as well as taking command thus Balter did what he could to heal as quickly as possible to same the hope of his tribe, Yin had already ordered her sister Yang to Stalk them while berhald was collecting more those items that their summoner had called as mere pebbles.
Now came the most difficult part, Cassandra who finally helped the rest of her sisters had arrived in front of Yin with a look of disbelief as she asked.
"Is that you? Sister Agela?"
this question alone made many of the fellow rogues make sharp breaths as the sister that was killed then Corrupted was now standing before then, Yin had a wry smile before removing her helmet as more gasps followed especially from two particular people Akara and Kashya!