Chapter 457

Chapter 457: The Lord

The four girls of Lvzi were protected by “Special Mucus,” so apart from the sticky ground, the red rain had almost no effect on their battle.

But the adventurers faced dire troubles. The Class A adventurers, who were evenly matched against the humanoid monsters in one-on-one fights, gradually began to lose under the influence of the red rain… As the number of humanoid monsters increased, the adventurers started to suffer casualties.

If they allowed the flesh mountain to consume the soldiers’ bodies with its tentacles, its power would grow stronger, and because the adventurers were exhausted from prolonged battles and the torment of the red rain, defeat would be nearly inevitable.

Knowing there was a problem was one thing; being able to solve it was another.

Currently, the Class A adventurers were barely able to care for themselves, and thus could not stop the tentacles from devouring the soldiers. There were only four S-class adventurers; even if they tried to intervene, how much could they really achieve? Moreover, if they left, the situation for the adventurers would only worsen…

Some Class A adventurers recognized this dilemma, and their diminishing fighting spirit vanished completely. In the next moment, they abandoned their companions, whom they had just fought alongside, and fled toward the city gate behind them.

Once the first one ran away, it was only natural for the second and third to follow…

Almost half of the over three hundred adventurers chose to flee, and that number kept rising, while the remaining ones hesitated.

To conceal their ant-like identities and hide part of their strength, the three girls from Lvzi did not plan to fight with full force, leaving them feeling powerless in the current situation.

Even if they used all their strength, they could not be certain they would defeat the flesh mountain monster.

“Oh no, this is troublesome! So many monsters could really kill us.”

Lvzi shrugged her shoulders in helplessness.

After the shower of red rain, her beautiful long green hair had been dyed red and felt sticky.

The girl frowned slightly and twisted her hands in her hair.

The acidic liquid secreted from her palms corroded the red sticky substance on her hair into a translucent red liquid, which then flowed down with a splash as she twisted her hair…

Her hair returned to its green color.

Huh? How did you do that?!

Jilly, who happened to witness this scene during the battle, displayed an expression of surprise, wondering, “Is that even possible?” But what puzzled her even more was how Lvzi seemed completely calm despite the dire situation.

Just as she contemplated this, a spot in mid-air above the city gate suddenly began to twist.

As the space twisted, a powerful wave of magical energy surged forth from that area… Both the people inside and outside the city were drawn to this unexpected phenomenon.

Jilly was no exception; feeling the terrifying magical wave emanating from the twisted space, her expression became tense.

The anxious brown-haired girl did not notice the strange expressions on the faces of Lvzi, Army Lady, and Stealth One.

After a moment, the twisted space transformed into a large transparent door.

People could vaguely hear footsteps coming from the other side of that transparent door.

“I remember now! This, this magic is!”

At the city gate, a guarding mage could not help but exclaim.

“It’s that great person! I’m sure of it! Space gate… this magic can only be used by that great person, a unique magic they created!”

“That great person… could you mean the Chief Mage of the kingdom?!”

Before the first speaker could respond, the transparent door in mid-air became almost solid, and then everyone saw a tall, beautiful young woman smiling as she stepped out of the transparent door.

When the newcomer revealed her face, everyone inside and outside the city became excited!

If asked who the strongest human in the kingdom was, most people would undoubtedly think of this woman, the current Chief Mage Magic Rainbow, who was already more renowned and powerful than the former Chief Mage Merleau, before even considering the S-class adventurers they had only heard of in stories.

Although Magic Rainbow had never fought the few S-class adventurers in the kingdom, most ordinary citizens seemed to believe she was the strongest in the kingdom.

“With this great lady here, we are saved!”

“If Lord Magic Rainbow cannot defeat this monster, then no one in the kingdom can!”

…

Magic Rainbow did not look at the excited faces of the soldiers on the city walls; after she stepped out of the transparent door, she hovered in mid-air and pointed her magic wand forward.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and then a fierce cold wind began to swirl at the tip of the magic wand… it was the biting cold wind that caused the temperature on the battlefield to plummet sharply!

The cold wind intensified, ultimately sweeping across the entire battlefield.

In the low temperature, the falling red rain froze into ice, carried by the cold wind, which then transformed into sharp spikes that shot toward the flesh mountain and its countless flesh creatures nearby.

Hiss—hiss—

The sharp blood-colored spikes pierced the skin of the flesh creatures, turning them into sieve-like forms, leaving countless blood holes on their bodies.

With this strike, over a hundred tentacles and humanoid monsters perished on the spot.

As for the flesh mountain, though the spikes formed from the red rain also pierced its body, causing it considerable pain and making it bleed profusely, the blood that flowed down its body was quickly absorbed back within, and the punctured skin began to slowly close and heal…

However, even though it appeared that no real harm was done to the flesh mountain, at least it halted the flesh mountain from spewing more red rain.

“Fall back! Quickly retreat to the city!”

The commander at the city gate urgently shouted orders to the soldiers below who had not yet entered the city.

The soldiers, worn out by the red rain, finally came to their senses and scrambled to retreat.

Perhaps influenced by Magic Rainbow’s cold magic, the itching from the red rain on them lessened, and on the ground, the surface covered by the red rain formed a thin layer of frost in the cold, diminishing the stickiness of the ground.

Seeing its prey escaping, the flesh mountain seemed enraged and no longer cared about crushing its own food; it stood up again, apparently preparing to attack the city.

“I cannot defeat this monster alone.”

Understanding the flesh mountain’s next move, Magic Rainbow finally spoke, but as soon as she did, the crowd became restless once more.

“This city’s Magic Shield cannot withstand several charges from this monster; should the shield break and the monster enter the city, many of the human race will become its food.”

After a brief pause, Magic Rainbow disregarded the commotion below and continued,

“Therefore, adventurers, I need you to help draw this monster away from the city to the west. Once it is lead to the west, a powerful being will come to assist us in dealing with it.”