Chapter 406: The Sacrifice
A silence ensued despite the sudden development that shook the entire forested region after the Caladrius suddenly attacked them with that golden wave of energy that neither caused damage to the surroundings nor their bodies but for some reason… only Kahn remained conscious.
[Warning! The host must flee!] alarmed the system again.
After this sudden noise in his head, Kahn came out of his bewildered state and grasped the situation in a second.
"Come out!" commanded Kahn and a large black shadow spread within the 2 kilometers radius of his location.
Thud!!
BANG!
Shatter!!
Soon…. Hundreds and then thousands of black monsters full of different species and sizes jumped out from this black shadow in a matter of seconds.
And now, the Caladrius was completely surrounded by Kahn"s Legion subordinates.
HISSSS!!
ROAR!!
GROWL!!
SCREECH!!
One by one… his army of monsters, fighter cla.s.s species with different professions, frost giants and the slithering snakes appeared and now the legendary rank monster was surrounded by 5 thousand elite and rare rank monsters.
The next moment, Kahn took two neurotoxin venom bombs and threw them towards the head of Caladrius. A dense green fog burst out from the point of impact and soon, the entire peripheral vision of the enemy monster was covered.
But he didn"t have any plans to stay behind and wait for the fight to start. He was only creating a temporary distraction.
[Attack!] commanded Kahn to the legion.
Quicksilver!
Kahn used the quicksilver skill and appeared close to Ka.s.sandra"s now barely breathing body and picked her up in his arms. The next second, he appeared next to Blackwall and Armin who had fainted and pulled them inside his shadow.
[Keep it busy.] ordered Kahn to the legion of monsters and fighters he just summoned.
Compared to a legendary rank monster… all of them were nothing but small rodents but Kahn needed to quickly leave and find a safe place lest the Caladrius attacked with that mystical skill again and this time if Kahn was also struck with that AoE skill… their death would be inevitable.
Other subordinates were just fodders but Kahn first wanted to ensure Ka.s.sandra, who knowingly chose to protect him instead of herself… get a safe location first.
And because of that sudden attack which none of them foresaw coming… for the time, Kahn was forced to flee.
[System, wake Blackwall and Oliver.] he commanded while using quicksilver skills to run away.
Each time his figure appeared, he would appear 150 meters the next moment.
[5 thousand SS Rank cores required.] replied the system.
[Take it!] said Kahn and used the Earth Sense skill that he gained from the Mountain t.i.tan. This pa.s.sive ability allowed him to sense the ground within a 5 kilometers radius.
After creating a 5 kilometers distance between him and the Caladrius who was currently ma.s.sacring Kahn"s legion force, he finally found a small cave in one of the nearby mountains.
Using his senses and Hunter"s Intent skill which acted like his thermal and sonar radar aka the Detective Mode, he finally found a suitable place to lay down Ka.s.sandra inside this pitch-black cave that was currently the only safest location he could find.
Using the Terrain Manipulation skill, he created a stone bed and layed down Ka.s.sandra on it.
The following second, Kahn took out an artifact and activated an Isolation Barrier that hid his and Ka.s.sandra"s aura and separated them from the outside world.
"Armin!" exclaimed Kahn and the very next moment, Armin who hadn"t been seen ever since he left Aesir with Kahn after the latter received the transmission regarding the attack, had finally appeared again.
Kahn had kept in his shadow just in case of an emergency because he knew that it"d be him who had to fight this monster as part of his responsibility as the Sovereign of this fiefdom.
Armin didn"t wait for any orders as he had already seen everything from Kahn"s shadow so he quickly cast a green barrier around unconscious Ka.s.sandra who barely seemed to be breathing at this point.
He closed his eyes and green-colored energy flew out of his body that encompa.s.sed the raven sorceress.
However, just after 5 minutes of inspection and using various healing skills… He spoke with an aghast expression.
"This… why did it have to be that type of attack?" said Armin as his face turned somber.
"What happened?" asked Kahn hurriedly.
"Master… she…" he said and took a deep breath.
"Her soul has been damaged. And this rate…" spoke Armin with a dejected expression.
"She will die within a day."
Shocked! Dumbfounded!
Kahn was rooted on the spot after this unexpected revelation.
"f.u.c.k! Does it mean that if I was also hit by the energy wave… I would be in the same situation as her?" asked Kahn with an ashen expression.
"Yes. Although your soul is many times stronger than even her despite the same rank… I"m certain that you would"ve also suffered drastically from it." spoke Armin who had the legendary rank cla.s.s named the Pathfinder which specialized in soul-related abilities.
Kahn looked at the unconscious figure of Ka.s.sandra who appeared like Sleeping Beauty under a curse.
"Why? Why would you do that?
You should"ve protected yourself first." he spoke in an angered tone.
Because bringing Ka.s.sandra here to fight as he needed her was in the end, his own choice.
So in other words… Kahn also held a sense of responsibility for Ka.s.sandra"s current state even if she herself did not hold him accountable.
"She doesn"t deserve this. She chose to fight on the border instead of running away.
She very well knew that she was no match for a legendary rank creature… yet she decided to step up and acted as a responsible commander of the army.
And now I"m only alive because of her." spoke Kahn with a dejected expression.
Because if not for Ka.s.sandra… Kahn would be lying on the ground and become a helpless prey for Caladrius to kill.
He didn"t know whether she knew how that attack was going to affect them or not.
But because of her choice… Kahn was going to live and Ka.s.sandra…
Was counting her last breaths.