Child of Destiny

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Boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The battle in the central hall continued to intensify as the two sides started to show their cards one after another.

Wang Zhou and Sylas repeatedly tried to go passed Owen, but the latter firmly held his ground and constantly blocking their advances.

They were either fighting him two against one or being blasted by the attacks from those at the backline whenever they tried to take a detour and circle him.

Fortunately, his speed was greatly boosted by the Thunderbird Divine Tattoo, giving him the ability to catch up to either of the two whenever they attempted to get passed him.

At the same time, his synergy with Ithilien far surpassed the rest of the team. After all, her understanding of Owen was quite high. All the gaps that his opponents forcefully opened were always covered by her, giving him enough breathing room.

With the two of them working together, neither Sylas nor Wang Zhou could easily break pass their defenses.

Even when Wang Zhou had summoned his Ancient Suppression Stele, he was still unable to fully suppress Owen, especially when Cloe was constantly providing assistance and actively controlling the entire battlefield unlike the previous match.

During the previous match, Cloe, Alice, and Owen used their combination technique and summoned the Elemental Guardian as soon as the battle became a little heated.

During that time, Cloe could not fully showcase her top-notch abilities as the number one Healer within the game.

But this time, she was able to show those abilities and reminded everyone what she could do, greatly affecting the tides of the battlefield by her presence alone.

Even if Flouree was a good commander in the field and possessed a very destructive class, she could not do that much due to how experienced Cloe was in this area.

They could only take advantage of their team composition, which had a double healer in their ranks, to become more aggressive and show the opposing side their strong offensive prowess.

Unfortunately, the opposing side had Charlotte (Alice), the Elemental Goddess, who could also affect the entire battlefield with the same impact as hers.

If not for Lucid, who was constantly controlling the tempo of the battles with his illusions, then the situation would be even more tricky for their side.

However, Alice's understanding of ancient and elven runes greatly helped her to see through these illusions, which led to his repeated failure.

Moreover, Cloe also had a decent understanding of the ancient runes, which also gave her a decent ability to see through the flow of energy within the air and let her uncover some of the secrets behind Lucid's illusions.

With those two keeping an eye on Lucid, his impact in the battle was greatly weakened. He was supposed to be a wild card of the Earners Mercenary Group to disrupt the tempo and synergy of the Empyrean Talons, along with his strange abilities.

However, they did not expect that this pair of goddesses from the Empyrean Talons would be able to suppress his abilities with their understanding of ancient runes.

Flouree, who was also quite proficient with it, also noticed this. This made her quite troubled as they did not expect that the achievements of Alice and Cloe in terms of ancient runes were that high.

She was not sure where these guys from the Empyrean Talons had found such treasure that could greatly enhance their understanding of the ancient runes. The Great Leader of the Earners Mercenary Group had gone through a lot of trouble just to get his hands on the records of the Ancient Era, which gave them their current understanding of ancient runes.

Their only advantage right now should be Crimson, who had an almost equal destructive force as her. As a Cannon Master, his firepower should be devastating enough to crush the opposing side.

Unfortunately, the teamwork of Archimedes and Daulla was strong enough to contend against his power.

Daulla was a Storm Magister who majored in Lightning Magic. Her firepower and the destructiveness of her spell were no worse than any top-notch mage or cannon master. Alongside the unique properties of the lightning element, she was not having much of a problem affecting the entirety of the battlefield.

She could paralyze the opposing side from time to time whenever her spell exploded near the opposition. Even Sylas and Wang Zhou did not dare to underestimate her spells, which were occasionally flying at them.

A single stray lightning spell was more than enough to immobilize them for a short time, so Owen and the rest could blast them down into oblivion.

At the same time, Daulla was also firing back at the opposing side, affecting their formation and tempo.

Adding the sneaky yet precise shots of Archimedes, the forces of the Earners Mercenary Group were oddly on the losing side.

The Earners Mercenary Group had a better player in terms of quality, but their teamwork and synergy were not as good as their opposition.

Aside from the teamwork of the team, the combination of Owen, Cloe, and Alice was perfect enough to stabilize their situation well.

The three of them had a great presence on the battlefield.

Along with their highly practiced battle formation and tactics, they were able to match such a strong opponent.

This also proved that the arrangement that Shin had when putting all these members into a team was the right choice.

Choosing each member with perfect synergy with one another, along with the team composition that almost covered all their weaknesses, further proved his great foresight.

But despite the optimistic state of the battle, the members of the Empyrean Talons did not dare to lower their guards as they knew that a single mistake could cause them a huge disaster.

Moreover, they had to be wary of any ambush that could attack them at any moment.

The fact that this group was in this place was more than enough to tell them that the other members of the Earners Mercenary Group would most likely arrive at any given moment.

Cloe and the others could not help but feel that sudden sense of urgency as they thought about this possibility.

They could only hope that their other main force would arrive as well before it was too late.

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Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the meantime, in one of the corridors near the central hall, Leonard and Akailu were wandering around, looking for the traces of their teammates.

But as they were walking about, they suddenly heard a series of loud noises coming from a distance.

Turning their heads toward the source of those sounds, Leonard and Akailu could not help but wear a solemn expression on their faces.

"Those explosions! Someone must be fighting! Hurry!" Leonard did not guess what was happening. The fact that loud explosions were coming from that place was more than enough to tell them that their allies were in that place as well.

The two did not even hesitate to start running in that direction, using the best of their abilities.

"Eh!?"

"Huh?!"

But while they were sprinting with the fastest speed possible, they came across an intersection where they bumped into four people, who coming from another corridor.

Calix, Gernard, Morris, and Aiming – these four, whom they had first encountered right after entering the map, bumped into them once again.

At that time, Leonard and the others were forced to retreat, trying to avoid any disadvantage.

But at this point, Leonard and Akailu had encountered them once again, but they were only two people instead of four.

If they try to face the opposing side with just the two of them, then the consequences would be much worse than that time.

But Leonard also understood that they could not back down at this point. An ominous feeling was telling him that if he let these four join the battle on that side, a terrible disaster would befall their allies.

He could not afford that to happen!

Akailu knew about this as well, so he was already preparing for a battle, flashing a decisive look on his face.

But before he could even take a stance, Leonard suddenly stepped forward and blocked his path.

Akailu was stunned at first and felt a little confused. But he later saw Leonard's resolute expression from the side, letting him understand what the latter was thinking.

"You-… can't-…" he wanted to say something, but Leonard's commanding tone immediately cut him off.

"Go!"

A single word, a simple command, and a tone filled with confidence – these were the things that overwhelmed Akailu after seeing that expression and hearing the command.

He knew that he could not afford to hesitate, as Leonard had already decided to block the four all by himself.

Akailu knew that he would only be a burden if he insisted on staying here, so he solemnly nodded his head and turned around. He then fused with the Shadow Wolf and started sprinting toward the central hall.

Seeing this, the four from the Earners Mercenary Group wanted to stop Akailu. But Leonard stood in their path, blocking them by himself.

These three Maverick Gods and one Godlike Player could not help but raise their brows after seeing this. They could see through these thoughts of the other party, which somewhat upset them.

In their eyes, Leonard seemed to be trying to underestimate them by blocking their path alone.

But they also knew that this was not going to be quick work since the reputation of Simba, the War God, was not for show.

"Give everything you've got. We are wrapping this up as fast as we can," ordered Gernard, not daring to underestimate Leonard.

On the other hand, Leonard cracked his neck a little, creating a series of popping sounds.

Along with it, the apparitions of four powerful elemental beasts manifested behind him – a dark wolf, a savage lion, a gigantic mammoth, and a majestic eagle.

They then turned into a stream of light before fusing with his body after he activated his quadruple possession.

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