There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 528

Chapter 528: Chapter 521. All Battlefield Are The Same

"Our first target is D-7, please prepare your position," Kei spoke to the speaker, instructing the assist team. "Do it well, Naoya."

[Have I ever not done well?]

Kei wanted to scoff at the archer, but they had no time for jest. She turned to another screen and tapped another channel. "They are preparing to shoot, Commander."

[Alright]

Right after she relayed it, a massive mana increase could be felt from the right side of the Fallen Star’s clone. A dozen giant stakes, each was enough to pierce an eye, appeared and hovered in the air. The sudden increase of mana pulled the frenzy clone’s attention and temporarily halted its movement, and the tentacles it used to move forward were lashing out toward the creator of the stakes.

Ah...it was truly an incredible show of power that made 5-stars even swell with envy.

But there was no leeway to admire it.

The espers were busy containing the rampaging fragments. Ashur, who was supposed to be part of the assist group had joined the fragment suppression force instead, taking turns with Gus and Zhan so the two espers could get their much-needed guiding. Four high-class guides had been assigned to take care of the five-star espers before, and it increased to six with Ashur joining the fray.

That left the other six guides hustling to care for the rest of the espers, which was not easy to say or do. Silva had meticulous management, but even she struggled to assign the guides.

They couldn’t whine, however, since Zein was taking care of everybody else by himself; the supports, the healers, the commands, those who weren’t a part of the fragment attack force--especially the assist group including Senia.

And that assist group was now positioning themselves on a dune. It was great that they had clear vantage points everywhere in the desert, so they didn’t have to take long to prepare.

"Tell me when," Senia said to Naoya, raising her hands that were surrounded by the tiny elemental spirits.

Naoya took a deep breath and pulled his bow, pouring more and more mana into it. A condensed arrow made of light attribute mana flickered across the bow before solidifying. Calmly, he muttered with sharp eyes on the target.

"Taking D-7," he muttered. "Three...two..."

Senia pulled her arm back and made a throwing pose while the spirits hunched themselves like a ball in her hand.

"One."

As the arrow of light left the bow, Senia threw the spirits. The tiny creatures wrapped themselves around the arrow, circling it and making it bigger, faster, denser--electricity crackled around the arrow, and it was as if horizontal lighting shot across the sand until it found its target.

STAB!

One second, the clone was busy defending itself against a dozen dark stakes and assaulting the black scale esper, and in the next second, its left side was hit by a searing needle.

The arrow was tiny compared to the house-sized eyes, but the crackling electricity blazed, turning into searing white flames that consumed the whole eye.

Khieeeeekhh!

It screamed and howled at the new painful sensation. The dark stake was painful and destructive, but it only felt the pain for two seconds before it turned into frustration. This one was different.

This one persisted for a long time; more than two seconds, more than five seconds, and it still continued even after the tenth count. The flame burned like a vengeance, clinging persistently and refusing to stop even though the clone was attacking it with its energy. But the flame was very much alive, dodging the energy attack while eating away the eye.

While the clone was distracted by the flame, it forgot about the dark stakes still hovering on the other side. Bassena did not waste the chance and flung the remaining four stakes to four eyes on the left side.

For a few seconds, rather than growling in anger, it fell silent; with white flames roaring from one eye and four stakes sticking out of another four. Its nine working eyes were blown wide, shaking, staring at the other side of the desert; at the shining crystal and the human bearing the power of its slayer.

And then, it screamed.