Battle in the City Hall(2)

BOOM!!!

The deafening sound of the C4 exploding reverberated through the City Hall.

With the C4 exploding inside the barrier, the latter was unable to protect the node. Quite the opposite, the barrier ended compressing all the power of the explosion in the node.

Vanoss could see the panic in the Duke's face. When the Duke saw the node being destroyed, his eyes turned bloodshot, and the rage in his face was even greater than when Moo cut his arm.

The magic circle around the city shook violently, as though it was about to break. However, that was just a momentary illusion. In the last second, the magic circle returned to normal.

When the group saw that, they looked at each other with grave expressions.

"Just one more." Julian said.

"It's time to leave." Sherene indicated without hesitation.

The others nodded. Delirious yelled, giving a command to the armored Iron Golem to fall back. Wildcat, also hearing her words, immediately went to the Bus and started the engine.

It was something him had been avoiding to use due to the great amount of fruel the bus used and the short time it could be kept, but now, they needed the Banana Bus speed to escape this place and go to the last node.

"Everybody, on board the green-yellow Banana!" Wildcat shouted.

The group did not hesitate. Everyone immediately rushed towards the Bus.

But...

"W̸̰͖̆̐̀͊H̷̖͉̘̥̲͑E̶̡̺̰̎̾̑̈͝Ŗ̵̳̖͂̿́E̸͕͇̺̤̜͑̐͘͝ ̷͖͚̮̤̝̾̚D̶̰͎̓O̸̞͓̒ ̸̦͒Y̵͑ͅŎ̸͖͖̹̻̠́͝U̷̼͗͐͝ ̷̡̞̜͕̈́͜T̷̡̲͕̘̘̾̾̽H̷̖̖͕̒I̴͖̬̝̅̈́͛̏̽Ṇ̴̛̝̋̏̈K̵̩̮͙̖̉̀ ̷̣̠̔̀̓Y̶͓̙̰͛̐ͅȌ̴̧̧̫͉̅̈͝U̵͚̻̙͑̑́̄ ̶̘̗̭͎̞̉̌͐̃̆Ã̸̟͕̩̓͠R̴͚̺̄Ę̵̙̎̄ͅ ̸͎͚̖͇̿̊̀͝͠G̵̘͙̖͂Ỏ̵̞̘̈͊͋̚I̷͇͌̑̾̍N̵̟͕̮͠G̸̞͂̎͠!̸̳̜̆̉́!̴̮̏̉̒!̵̫͝!̶̣̀?̵̪̗̞̥͆͊̎̏̐?̶͖̺̄͌̿͂̍?̶͚͉̐̂?̶̼͉̦̟̘̐͋̈̽"̴̛͓̩̺̮͎̊̅"

"To Brazil." Wildcat simply replied.

The Duke screamed crazily. Even more mana surged out of his body, filling each corner of the city hall. The mana then turned into spears and tentacles that attacked the group.

"[Purification]!"

Sherene's spell came at that moment. A ball of mana appeared above her head before exploding!

Pure white light blinded all the people in the city hall. When the light touched the Duke's mana, it escaped of its control and returned to nature.

The Duke, however, was not going to give up so easily. Suddenly, the chains around the city hall moved before transforming into snakes that slithered towards the group!

Furthermore, several of the chains wrapped around the Bus, chaining it down and prevent it to move.

Wildcat desperately tries to move the bus further but it was futile.

"FUCK!"

Immediately, he yeeted himself towards the exit before the serpent chains blocking the entrance of the bus. At the same time, each one of the members of the group used their own means to evade or block the snake-like chains.

Unlike everyone, Vanoss was the most violent and has huge numbers of them. The serpent chains tried to attack him and block every exits.

Click!

Turning to a figure of light itself, Vanoss uses [Everlasting Strike] and cuts every chain with his Netherite Sword in an instant.

That made the Duke scream in panic. Almost instantly, the cut chains withdrew before fusing again slowly.

When Vanoss saw that, an expression of annoyance appeared on his face.

'Just how annoying are these people in this world?!??'

In annoyance, he dashed and trying to cut the chains again before they fully recovered. However, the Duke had become wary of his sword. Most likely, Vanoss would not have another opportunity to cut the chains.

And even if he cut one, two, or ten of them, the chains could fuse together again with a bit of time. Thus, focused on escaping. The priority now was to destroy the third node.

None of the group did not know what kind of complication Sebastian and Matilda were facing, but the fact the node had not been destroyed yet was not good.

Unfortunately, although the others wanted to leave, the Duke was giving his all to keep them here. He unleashed several attacks in succession against the group. At the same time, the creature in his chest became much more active, unleashing several troublesome screeches that constantly harmed the group.

"Fire in the hole!"

"Fire in the hole!"

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"

"Kobe!"

The Banana Bus Squad tried to throw a shit tons of different types of grenades to the duke, but the Duke had already seen the power of the weapons they used especially the C4 Vanoss just used when he destroyed the node, so the Duke impaled the grenades with a mana spears before they could come close to him, making the Team's efforts useless.

Meanwhile, the Duke's strength continued growing. The grow was almost negligible, but the group could feel that a terrifying power was being gestated inside him. At this rate, he would advance to demigod before the group could leave this place.

Aware that they needed to hurry up, Sherene gritted her teeth and put on a determined gaze.

"Guys, I need five seconds!"

None of the guys did not reply, but the eight of them moved at the same time. Even Xavier started to participate in the battle once more. In a spear throwing manner, it threw its Netherite Sword, breaking the sound barrier!

"G̸̭̗̾̚E̶͔̤̋͐͜T̵̩͎̪̜̘͐͛͐ ̶͙̥̊L̸̻̖̲̘̻̔͑Ọ̴͚̫͚͌̊͛͜Ș̸̫̙̿͗̈Ṱ̴̀͌̂!̷̖͓͔̂͌̈́̚̚!̴̮̩̋͗!̸̛͉̳͐̑̋͋"

The Duke bellowed and unleashed a torrent of mana that blew the sword away, however, it got the opportunity for Xavier to pull out a large Enchanted Diamond Axe and rushed at the Duke at breakneck speed before ready to strike him down.

But even before the axe manage to get close from the Duke's face, the creature in the Duke's chest roared and generated a shockwave that pushes the Golem.

The Duke then extended his hand and the mana around him gathered in the shape of a wall and was shot towards Sherene!

Everyone moved at that moment. Julian appeared behind the Duke and tried to stab him with his daggers, but the creature in the Duke's chest used its tentacles to stop the Cat assassin's daggers.

Although Julian managed to cut the tentacles into pieces, a great part of his mana was drained away, and he was forced to retreat in panic.

Meanwhile, Nogla and Wildcat stood in front of Sherene, Wildcat took out a random weapon from his Gates which is two magic Gauntlets similar to the ones like Vinx while at the same time Nogla gathered all his remaining mana into a punch. They all punch the walls of mana the Duke created, but they only managed to stop it briefly before the both of them was sent flying away.

Fortunately, their attacks were not completely useless. The wall of mana cracked in several parts, but it continued advancing towards Sherene.

Basically, immediately rushed then activated his skill. In an instant, tens of calculations went through his mind before he decided on the best course of action.

He hugged Sherene's body with his right hand while his left hand wielded his Netherite Sword at great speed.

His sword danced in the air. The shit tons of broken enchantments were usually used, using the cracks on the wall to create a hole through which Marcel and Sherene jumped.

Sherene kept her eyes closed during the process, casting an unknown spell. She did not interrupt her casting even when she felt Marcel hugging her. Marcel, on the other hand, did not have time to have any untoward thought.

As soon as he passed through the wall, he was faced with several spears of mana piercing towards him.

Fortunately, Julian appeared in front of him and blocked several of them with his daggers. At the same time, he gathered some of his mana into a wall that stopped the spears that passed him.

The few remaining spears that managed to bypass Julian were cut by Marcel's sword.

At that point, Sherene opened her eyes.

"Everybody cease fire! [Frozen Fate]!"

A magic circle appeared behind Sherene, showing several runes that rotated mysteriously and emitted a sacred glow.

When the magic circle appeared, a strange presence descended the city hall. Sherene's white habit danced in the wind, revealing her yellow golden hair hidden below her headpiece.

Then, from the magic circle, thousands of threads appeared.

The threads winded around the city hall, finally wrapping around the Duke and stopping his movements completely!

"We need to leave now! The spell will not resist much!" Sherene exclaimed before collapsing in the ground. It was obvious that the last spell had cost her mana a lot.

Everybody did not ask why Sherene told them to leave instead of killing the Duke. From Sherene's actions, they understood that this spell had several drawbacks. Being unable to attack the people under the effect of this spell was probably one of them.

They moved quickly. Julian rushed towards Sherene and carried her in his arms while Moo did the same for Nogla, who had fainted after unleashing his attack.

At the same time, Wildcat turn the Bus engine on again. Everyone jumped onto it then Delirious suddenly exclaimed.

"GO! GO! GO!!!"

"Okay! I got it, shut up, dumbass, I'm on it!"

But at that moment, the magic circle around the city shook again.

Everyone looked at each other with excited looks. Matilda and Sebastian's group had finally destroyed the last node!

They succeeded!

Nevertheless...

BOOOOOMMMM!!!

Suddenly, everyone felt the Duke's aura spiking.

Then, the threads around him snapped, one by one.

When he was free again, the Duke's lips curved in an arrogant smirk.

"Ḧ̸̥̮́̈́̄å̵̡̟͘...̸̟̟̣̈̋̈ ̶̞̭͝H̷̰̉a̴̛̮̰͋ẖ̴̜́̍̂a̴̝̤̋̈́̕h̵͙͖̜͝͝ä̸̭̹̖́h̶̯̰̪̀a̶͓͎̿̕...̷̙̾̎̋ ̴̰̽H̵̢͔̦̐ȃ̷̡͔̏h̵̝̒ḁ̷͊̽h̵̞̿̒a̴̫̅́̈ḧ̶͍́̓͒à̷̠ḩ̸̩̙͝ạ̸̧̛͖̌̈́h̴̘̏̃̄ả̷̹̈́ḫ̶͠a̵̝̹̕h̸̨̗́̋͒͜a̴̧͓͐ͅ!̵͕̗̀ ̶̦̩̽̕͜Í̶̻͍ ̶̼̣̇̈̈́ṡ̵͚̿ú̴͓͎͍͒c̵̜͛̇͘c̸̜̀̈́ę̸̜̃́ê̷̪̝̬͠d̷̨̧̔̔͜ẻ̵̦̄d̶̳͍̓̋!̸̼̽ ̴̗̩̿I̸̮̠̿ ̵̙͂̈̀S̶̻͍̙̒̿͝Ū̷̞̗͂C̷͔͇͗ͅC̴̺̦͂E̸̲̍̐͝Ě̷̩̜͙͝͝D̷̪͚̐͠Ḙ̴̇̽͊D̶̜̽̊̚"!̷̤̙̌̌͋

The Duke had become a demigod.

The creature in his chest screeched in excitement, and the Duke clenched his fists feeling the overwhelming strength inside him. It was a power beyond anything he had felt. A power beyond the realm of High Humans, ArchDevils, Overlords, or the very peak of known beings.

At the level that could rival Gods.

Once he was done with that, he looked at the group once again with a vicious smile.

"Ĺ̴̬̠͒i̶̻̲̞͗t̸̜̹͒̃͝ẗ̴͕̟͙́l̶̬͂̋̉ę̷͎͙̓̄ ̷̲̤̐́ḭ̵̌̿n̶̥̄s̸̢̤͕̈́̓é̸̤̈́̓c̷͚͍̓t̸̲͙̫̾̔ṡ̴͍̭̠̕.̴̺͖̏"

Moo cursed inwardly, "...Ah, darn it! He succeeded!"

They have thought it was over, however, though, when suddenly the situation changed once more.

All of the sudden...

"Cough... Cough, cough... Cough! Ugh!"

...the Duke started to cough.

Blood, flesh, and internal organs. The Duke coughed violently and felt an intense pain in his chest. Then, the mana inside his body started to leave him.

"Ẅ̶̘̟͗̒-̸̹͎͎̄̑W̸̧͔͆h̵̙̺̭̄͑à̷̬͖̰t̷̞̺̗́͌... *Cough!*...W̶̢͝-̵̢̰̜̇W̵̻͍̟̆͗h̸͉͈̎͊ḁ̵͉̏͛̃ṯ̶̨̅̓ ̷͈͐̈͝i̸̧̺͂̕s̷̨̤̋̚ ̵̣̩͍̂͝h̷͕̯͊appening?"

"Simple, father. You are poisoned."

Suddenly, a voice came from the entrance of the city hall.

Under the Duke's disbelieving gaze, a young man in his young 20s and several cleric-like people appeared, including one cleric who seems to be the more important.

In the chest of the clerics, there was an image of the sun shining gloriously.