Chapter 56 - Between Hope and Despair (6) (1/2)

"I'm sorry…" Aleen heard the girl speak.

With a weak voice and tears in her eyes, Aleen saw how the girl used her, still useful, hand to grab the scythe-like claw of the monster.

Aleen could not understand.

Why did she stop the attack in his place? Why did she sacrifice her life for him?

Seeing the tearful face of the girl, Aleen felt a strong pain in his heart, and his face contorted.

But before he could speak, the monster retracted its claw.

The girl, however, did not let go of it. Due to it, her body was brought together with the claw towards the monster's mouth.

Turning towards Aleen briefly, she smiled sadly and then looked to the monster again. Its face was big and ugly, and its jaws were opened like a spider, waiting to devour her.

But before it could eat her body, she opened her mouth.

Then, she screamed.

And her skill was activated for the last time.

Many things happened at that instant.

Firstly, the monster was stunned briefly by Ana's skill. Despite being of a level much higher than her, the monster could not resist completely the stun when it received Ana's shout at point-blank.

Secondly, the entrance of the nest was destroyed, and D'vina, Caira, and Cir fell from the roof towards the center of the room together with the level five queen. Despite it, they were unable to reach them before the level four monster gets rid of the stun and kills Aleen and Elvila.

And lastly, lightning appeared around Aleen.

Maybe it was because Aleen had been trying to activate his skill desperately all this time, but it came out of cooldown a bit earlier than normal.

When Elvila noticed it, she made one last bet and activated her second skill.

At that moment, Aleen felt a great amount of mana flowing towards him, but he ignored it.

He ignored the four level five falling from the entrance of the nest, and even the lightning coursing through his body.

At that moment, he only wanted to do something.

… He wanted to kill this monster.

So, when he saw Ana activating his skill, he instinctively took a step forward.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

His body moved a great speed, and he appeared before the monster in an instant.

With all his strength, Aleen sent all the mana in his body and the surroundings inside his sword and thrust it forward.

But at that moment, he saw the monster moving.

Despite suffering from Ana's stun, the monster was able to react when facing Aleen's extreme speed.

It was not enough to activate a skill or move its body away, but it could at least to use its mana to defend against Aleen's attack.

But despite it, Aleen continued thrusting his sword.

He ignored everything, and his mind stopped thinking. The only thing in his mind was how to kill the monster before him.

And the lighting inside him gave him the answer.