Chapter 438 Tralbok Targets Jack
When Lorwynn saw Hadurt dragged away by a goblin, Lorwynn didn't know whether he should laugh or hurry over and help. It's not like he was confident to face Pestro. It was that Lorwynn was confident that they might hold out with the goblin's help, as he was clearly a god if he could compete with Pestro.
Instead, however, Lorwynn heard Jack's voice in his head, saying, 'Finish the army off! If we don't do it now, we may not get another chance.'
'Alright…' Lorwynn shrugged and flew high up into the air. He overlooked the remainder of the army, gauging its size and getting a rough estimate of bodies. With that in mind, Lorwynn activated a nature spell, gathering green energy all around him before it rained down on the battlefield.
That energy fell over the center of the army, spreading out to cover the last couple of hundred syndicate members trying to run away. Nothing happened at first but powerful green roots burst from the earth to trap the army.
Then, before Dragov and Dradich could rampage through the jungle of vines, half a dozen pillars of lightning fell from the black clouds overhead. Lorwynn stole the lives of dozens of syndicate members in a single moment, just before the two massive beasts plowed through the vines to kill the remaining stragglers.
Sweating and breathing heavily, Lorwynn put another potion to his lips. Lorwynn sighed and looked back at the two remaining gods.
"Hmm… Seeing him first hand, I think he's more capable then Hadurt," Tralbok stated, smiling back at Lorwynn. "If only he could use dark magic, then he would've made a perfect champion for us."
"Says the man who lost his own champion." laughing, Eedaj finally opened his eyes and spoke, "Now, shall we get on with this?"
"Well… since you're only evading my attacks and you already read my mind, I'm guessing you know what I'll do next…"
Not replying to Tralbok's open-ended statement, Eedaj immediately shouted with telepathy, 'Jack, get away now!'
'Huh?'
Eedaj took off toward Jack, gaining a lead on Tralbok. He repeated, 'Jack, get away now! Tralbok wants to kill you!'
'What?!'
Jack jolted up, forcing his body to sit up and lean on his arms with the little strength he had regained so far. He turned to Phoro but saw the minokawa roaring and in the middle of his evolution.
With that option gone, Jack turned to Argyle. "Take me to Lorwynn… Now!"
"What do--"
"Now!" forcing himself to fall into Argyle's lap, Jack shouted, "Hurry, or Tralbok will kill us both!"
"Alright!" Argyle shouted, catching on immediately.
Jack then shouted to Lorwynn, 'Come get me! Tralbok wants to kill me!'
'That… I'm on my way!'
Lorwynn's body was also starting to ache. Even with his level, it was taxing on his body to fight so many enemies over and over again as he couldn't rely on natural brute strength like Hadurt or the beasts. The former holy champion took to the sky and rushed toward Jack and Argyle.
Argyle's speed had improved thanks to Dradich's rampaging. Now at lv. 75, Argyle was more confident than ever, until he remembered that it was a god chasing them.
Eedaj was busy trying to force Tralbok into combat while staying between the God of Time and Jack. Fireball after fireball was thrown at Tralbok. More illusory Eedaj's appeared, but only two extras this time. But they also threw attacks at Tralbok.
"So… you're finally getting serious, Eedaj. You're a bit too late, though…" Tralbok clicked his tongue and shook his head. Then, with a simple snap of his fingers, Tralbok rushed past all of the fireballs and the three Eedajs.
Eedaj would've tried something else but only if he was able to move. In fact, no one other than Tralbok was able to move as time had been frozen for a second.
Once Eedaj noticed that Tralbok had slipped past him, it was already too late. Eedaj turned around, still throwing fire with everything he had. Then, a massive orb of darkness expanded and engulfed nearly the entire battlefield.
'Jack, get out now!' Eedaj stated telepathically. 'Tralbok is currently trapped in illusory darkness, but he'll get out any moment."
'Thanks, Eedaj!'
Argyle had no clue about the darkness as it was only affecting Tralbok. The only thing Argyle wanted at the moment was to hand Jack off and run.
Tralbok didn't look it, but the strain of battle was starting to take its toll on him. He was either evading Eedaj's spells using time magic or repelling them with wind magic, and his earlier use of Moranti's scythe only made things worse from the get-go. And now that he was trapped in a world of shadows over a kilometer long it would only drag the fight out longer.
With time on his side, Tralbok created another strange barrier. Then, all of a sudden the darkness shrunk back into its initial small form and returned to Eedaj's hand. Rather than waste time, Tralbok wasted a great deal of mana to cast his second personal spell, Spell Reversal.
That's when he spotted Jack yet again. And now, Jack and the man carrying him were in his range.
Without a second thought, wind energy was thrown from Tralbok's hand, aiming to separate Jack's head from his body.
When his spell was countered, Eedaj immediately recast it to try and hide Jack. Also, Eedaj dual cast a giant fireball to target Tralbok. He didn't let up at all, clinging to all hope that Jack would escape alive.
As the darkness went back up, followed by that giant fireball, Tralbok only managed to partially evade the attack. He felt his leg burning as he tried to fly out of reach of the fireball. However, Tralbok managed to cast his spell all the same, launching a vicious wind blade with incredible speed.
Tralbok didn't have the privilege to see his attack claim Jack's life, but he was smiling and satisfied as he removed the burn from his leg using time magic.
Eedaj didn't let up though. More and more fireballs were flying at Tralbok, all of which were at least five meters in width.
Taking Eedaj more seriously, Tralbok recast Time Stop and hurried to where he last saw Jack.
The God of Time happily searched the area, wanting to see the hero's decapitated head for himself. But he never found it.
"Where is he?! I know I hit him!" Tralbok shouted, not hiding any of his frustration.
Not answering verbally, Eedaj and his copies cast more fireballs. They were relentless.
"Is that all you can do? That's just…"
Tralbok was angry and mocked Eedaj, but he then felt something sneaking from behind him. The God of Time hurried away at top speed. He couldn't see anything there, but he felt a blade slash across his side.
Startled and smiling coldly, Tralbok glared at one of Eedaj's figures. "So… even you rely on knives? Is every neutral god a thief?"
Smiling with a matching cold stare, Eedaj replied, "Maybe… Maybe not… we just like to keep things mixed up and mysterious. Why would I ever take it easy on you?"
While Tralbok faced off with Eedaj in the massive orb of shadows. Two people appeared elsewhere in a flash of light.
Finding himself in Jack's office, Argyle was baffled. He looked down to see Jack letting out one last sigh before he blacked out, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
"Jack…" Argyle did his best to try and wake Jack, but the best he could do was wipe the blood from Jack's lips.
After Jack forced himself to cast Greater Replenish and Lesser Teleportation simultaneously, there was no way that Argyle could wake Jack up, not after at least a weak of rest.