Chapter 243: A Giant Problem
Raya stiffened once she noticed the sudden influx of mana, and her body began to grow stronger once again! This time, the tattoo on the right side of her stomach changed from the number two to the number three. Her shell grew tougher, and short spikes grew out from her body as an added form of defense! Raya was now a Rook Rank III, and all the other monsters that had been fighting around her seemed to notice her sudden increase in power as they charged for her with more intensity than before!
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[Raya]
[Adamantine Ant Queen]
[Rook Rank III]
[Hierarchy Level: 3 [0%]]
[Subordinate Count: 20/50]
[Upgrade Points: 0/500]
[Upgrade Limit: Bishop Rank III]
[MP: 15,000]
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"Five hundred!?"
Jason felt shock pass through his body when he saw the amount of upgrade points it would take for him to raise Raya from Rook Rank III to Bishop Rank I! It was astronomical, and it made no sense at all. That meant he would have to spend fifty thousand Kill Points to upgrade just one Rook Rank III to a Bishop!? Jason cursed internally as he shook his head! He was angry about the steep increase, but he knew that he couldn’t afford to lose his cool in the middle of a battle!
Jason steered Ragnar to the left as he saw Raya charging up a new [Linear Charge], and once she activated the skill, she blasted across the air and tore through more than twenty monsters at the same time! Jason saw the notifications for their kill appear in his system, and he grinned at the increase in power!
Jason quickly commanded Raya and Fenrir to go and hold back the giant monsters that were coming towards them! Those monsters were most likely on the same level as Rook Rank IIs, so Raya and Fenrir should be able to put up a good fight! Raya screeched in acceptance as she took off into the sky, and Fenrir howled to announce his location to her! Raya appeared from the air and grabbed Fenrir with her legs before they took off and headed for the incoming giants.
The disappearance of two of the strongest fighters in the Legion was immediately felt by all the other subordinates, and Jason could see how the rest of the Legion began to struggle to cover the space that Raya and Fenrir left behind! Jason steered Ragnar towards where his subordinates were struggling the most and commanded him to unleash his fire! Jason needed Ragnar to grow as quickly as possible so that he could even the odds in this fight! Even when Raya was still a Rook Rank II, Jason could tell that Ragnar was on a different level altogether. As a Rook Rank II, Ragnar was strong enough to handle both Raya and Fenrir in a fight, so it meant that Ragnar was at least twice as strong as Raya, even though they were the same rank.
This told Jason that the strength of a creature had a lot to do with what species it was, and he was sure that if Ragnar managed to grow to Rook Rank III, then he would become unstoppable! Ragnar let out a puff of smoke from his mouth as he aligned his body with the monsters below before he reared his head back and unleashed another volley of fire on them! Jason glanced towards Ragnar’s tab and he saw that the Rank Progression was slowly rising, but at the same time, Ragnar’s mana was dropping, and Jason narrowed his eyes when he saw that it was already below half capacity.
Ragnar was one of the only members of Jason’s Legion who used extremely large amounts of mana for each of his attacks, so Jason wasn’t surprised that it was already dropping so low. Jason just had to upgrade Ragnar before his mana dropped too far! Jason turned his attention towards where Raya and Fenrir were fighting against the Giants, and he watched as Raya released Fenrir from her grip and allowed him to freefall through the air once they were close enough! Fenrir immediately activated [Linear Charge] and he blasted forward and slammed into the chest of one of the Giants! The Giant let out a loud roar as it stumbled back and tackled two other Paladins to the ground, and the entire world seemed to shake from the impact once they fell down!
Raya dashed towards another one of the Giants and the Giant released a loud grunt as it raised its shield to block her advance! Raya stopped and she quickly had to move out of the way as another Giant brought its long sword down on her position! The sword cleaved through the head of the paladin that was beside Raya, but Raya was able to get out of the way quickly enough and she immediately used her [Linear Charge] to destroy three Paladins that were in a straight line in front of her!
Multiple Giants quickly focused their attention on Raya as they began to surround her while the other Giants continued moving forward to reach Jason and his Legion. Jason knew that he couldn’t allow those Giants to get to this battlefield since it would turn things in the favor of the undead monsters too much, so he called on the Dragonborn Imperial Guard in his Legion! The Dragonborn guard appeared behind Jason, and Jason quickly jumped off Ragnar’s neck and began to fall through the air!
Phwoom!
The Skyking immediately flew across the air and caught Jason on its back before he could fall, and Jason held on and told the Skyking to head for the Giants that were coming for them! Behind Jason, Ragnar and the Dragonborn both unleashed fire on the large horde of monsters beneath them, and Jason commanded them to keep attacking until Ragnar reached a hundred percent in his Hierarchy Progression!
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The user has skilled [120] Undead Minions
+26,000 Kill Points
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The Skyking swerved around some monsters that tried to attack them, and it was about to stop and attack another monster at its side, but Jason told it not to bother as he unleashed a wave of blades to attack the monster and kill it! The Skyking continued flying without bothering to stop for anything, and Jason used all of the skills in his arsenal to keep all the monsters away from them! Black Fog burst out from Jason’s body and surrounded both of them to block the monsters from seeing them, and Jason continued to release the fog as they passed quickly through the horde!
Once they broke out from the battlefield, the Skyking swerved to the right to head towards where the Giants were coming from, and it wasn’t long before they saw tens of Giants coming in their direction! Jason narrowed his eyes as he released a puff of smoke from his mouth, and once they were close enough, Jason reared his head back and unleashed a firestorm!
[Emberstorm] has been activated!
The flames slammed into the first Giant, and it let out a loud roar as it raised its sword and brought it down on the Skyking! The Skyking swerved to the right to avoid the blade, and Jason activated [Ironstorm] and unleashed more than a hundred blades towards the various Giants! Jason aimed for the Giants’ heads and tried his best to hit their eyes, and he was rewarded with loud cries as more than five Giants had their eyes pierced by the blades!