Chapter 244 ‘Oc finally moves
"This is good…" Ninth was relieved that at least one of the Canzers disappeared.
Even more reassuring was the fact that the Porter was safe and sound after being targeted by the shy Canzer. She had an eye on the situation from the beginning and was contemplating whether she was going to have to interfere or not.
If she did, then she'd open herself up to the unrelenting offense of the angry bearded Canzef and the smoking Canzer.
These two were the primary attack force of the Canzers and the only ones she had to actively worry about. The sneezing Canzer had the ability to disorient her, but it was infrequent enough for her to ignore for now.
The other three Canzers, aside from the shy Canzer, showed no sign of being aggressive. It was a good sign. As long as she could deal with the two right now, then it was more than possible for her to defeat the whole group in the future.
Her resolve burned brighter and it manifested with a blue fire that enveloped the giant swordsmaiden. Its moves became even faster and were filled with more 'life' as if Ninth herself became the giant swordmaiden above.
She performed the Neumann sword style, slicing the air nine times, which was an accumulation of all the stances that her predecessors evolved throughout their lives.
The first stance was a bunch of thrusts, targeting a direct straight line from the Canzer's head to its toes. It was able to chop some of the Canzer's hands and expose its inner chitin.
The second to the sixth stance was an asterisk-style slash that destroyed most if not all the hands that tried to replenish the hands that it lost.
The seventh to ninth stances required a more mobile stance as she dashed back and forth towards her target at immense speeds, turning her figure into a blur.
Even with the thousands of hands at its disposal, it couldn't defend against the fury of strikes that came its way. Soon enough, Ninth could see the vulnerable chitin in its torso.
The smoking Canzer supported its brethren by blowing a gray cloud that contained a hallucinogen towards her. Ninth simply slashed her way out of the cloud.
However, the angry Canzer was no longer in her sights. It retreated to a safe place where it could regenerate its hands.
'Damn it! Dee, aren't you going to help me?!'
'Hehehe…fine, fine…I'll give you the good stuff!'
'Finally!'
The smoking Canzer took something out of its pockets and chewed on it like tobacco. With the juices from its concoction, it took a deep breath in and blew on its pipe.
Red smoke came out of its chamber and made its way toward the angry Canzer.
It happily breathed it in. 'You should have given me this in the first place, damn it!'
'Hehe…you're welcome…'
The angry Canzer bellowed to the black skies as it felt the power coursing through its violet blood. With each second it circulated in its body, it felt angrier and angrier as if something was triggering its fury. The Canzer felt like it was about to explode in rage.
'FEEL MY WRATH!'
The whole black forest responded to the Canzer's rage. Clouds gathered from the condensation above the skies and quickly turned into a hurricane. Large gusts of winds swept the dead trees, uprooting them from the ground and displacing them hundreds of meters away from their original location.
Then, precipitation came. It was as if a sea was dropped from the skies and rained down bullets of water. These droplets were so fast that they turned into a spear that pierced through everything it touched. The trees, the ground, and even Ninth's swordmaiden got inundated with water spears and lost her hundreds of SoulTime a second.
She powered up her LifeSkill and swung her blade around her, creating a wall of air that dispersed the droplets away from her.
But after a few seconds, that became unnecessary.
A tornado grew from a small stream to a giant one that commanded the skies. It swallowed everything in its path, including the bullet rain that fell to the ground. It continued to wreak havoc through the black forest and made Ninth stick her sword on the ground for stability.
Due to the cold temperature induced by the intense winds, all the gathered water from the tornado solidified into a giant icicle as tall as the swordmaiden.
'Take this, damned human!'
The giant icicle turned vertical and immediately rushed toward the swordmaiden's heart. It was immensely fast for its size, something that even Ninth could not achieve.
Ninth only raised her sword in defense, with the flat part of her blade facing forward, because of her instinct born from her years and years of experience.
The collision sent ice and ethereal metal flying everywhere. For a second, Ninth pushed back against the icicle, but it was supported by the hurricane which siphoned its strength towards the icicle.
Ninth's face contorted as she used the last burst of strength in her LifeSkill to fling the icicle away from her and towards the angry bearded Canzer controlling the weather.
Unfortunately, even its fury could not stand against its creator. It slowly dissolved into nothing but mist once it reached the Canzer's thousand hands.
'Taste the fury of nature!'
The whole dark forest trembled as a mound made up of igneous rocks emerged from the dead trees and stale puddles. It continued to grow, with the land subducting under the newly grown formation.
It wasn't long before a mighty volcano emerged in the woods.
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE
BOOM!
The volcano exploded, sending scalding hot black smoke everywhere.
The clouds seemed angry too as it rained down water and created a flash flood that swept everything off the ground.
Ninth faced these angry forces of nature all at once. She looked at her team and saw them struggling to move their injured bodies away from safety.
And as if the situation couldn't get any worse, the Canzers proved it wrong.
'It's time, my brethren. Let us annihilate these humans and return home. She is waiting for us.'n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
The Canzer named 'Oc who had stayed silent all this time, finally spoke to the rest of the Canzers.
Surprisingly, the angry Canzer obediently moved towards the bespectacled 'Oc and stood next to him in support. Next to him was the smoking Dee with a pipe in its mouth.
The sneezing Canzer moved closer to them, rubbing its nose as if it was about to blow.
The shy Canzer, who had stayed away after confronting Atlan, slowly walked over to the back.
Even the Canzer who only knew how to sleep, stood up and walked right next to its brethren.
Ninth felt a chill on her back as she faced all six Canzers in front of her. They all emanated their own distinct powers just waiting to be unleashed.