Chapter 42: A difficult battle to win
Matt had taught them enough the day before that they could follow Isla's orders and attack most effectively. Although he didn't explain in detail, and it was just a few small survival strategies, they would be enough as long as he kept the big guy busy.
He didn't need to kill him, although he would love to. He just needed to keep him away from the little guys who can perfectly counter these guys.
That's why he focused solely on this guy; even so, the devourer's skin was as tough as a rock.
Just one blow had already made his fist hurt.
The devourer let out a roar when he felt Matt's blow, and after knocking him off his back, he returned a strong blow, which Matt dodged, taking advantage of the moment to hit him in the side.
This time, his fight could not be as direct as he would like because that would be counterproductive. He needed to play with his skills and, simultaneously, with his advantage as an assassin.
Assassins never fight head-on but with their assassination tactics. And although he can't use his ice unless it's urgent, he can already do it with what he has.
So, he managed to land another heavy blow on the devourer, sending him backward several meters.
'Shit, this fucker is so tough.' Matt thought in frustration and disappeared out of place again and appeared above the devourer to deliver a powerful blow that smashed it to the ground with a bang.
Still, the devourer grinned sinisterly and cast a powerful spell over Matt, who was on top of the devourer, leaving him in shock.
'What the hell? How did he put it there?' Matt thought as he felt the presence of the mana and quickly jumped back.
Still, the speed of this fire magic was surprising and hit him in the stomach, knocking the air out of him instantly.
'How fast!' He thought awkwardly as he rolled backward on the ground.
At the same time, he felt a terrifying presence girding over his head, and he moved his body in an instinctive movement; just then, a heavy fist fell to the ground with a great clatter.
This devourer wasted no time and grabbed Matt by his clothes when he saw that he had avoided his blow and lifted him to give him a hard punch in the face, sending him crashing hard into a huge tree nearby.
He quickly jumped into the air and put his legs like a spear to pounce on Matt, trying to break him in half.
Even so, Matt quickly pulled himself together, and a great power gathered in his right arm, with which he launched a strong blow towards the devourer.
*BOOOOOM*
An explosion sounded as soon as both powers collided; the blast was so strong that it sent Matt tens of meters backward and the devourer a few, with a sore foot.
'Did he hurt me?' thought the devourer in shock as he felt his feet bleeding slightly; he then looked up to see Matt.
"You bastard, you're good." He said mockingly.
Matt spat out some blood. The earlier impact on his face had hurt him.
The toughness of these devourers' skin was incredible, as one of his casual attacks was able to hurt him badly, thanks to this.
He took a deep breath momentarily and then looked at his fist.
Several bones were broken in that attack, which was using one of the abilities he had created.
"Tsk, you're tough." Matt replied.
'I can't keep fighting like this.' He thought and watched the fight. Isla was doing well, but this devourer didn't seem to mind at all.
He was more than confident that everyone here was mere ants, and he knew it by the fact that he wasn't using his full power.
Therefore, the devourer smiled.
"Hahaha, little vampire, let me show you what true devourer rudeness means." He said, smiling broadly, and stomped his foot hard on the ground.
That blow on the ground caused the surroundings to tremble like an earthquake that struck the surroundings. At the same time, a powerful presence burst through the surroundings like a torrent.
"Magic Reinforcement! Skin like Steel!" The devourer spoke with a grin, and his already tough skin began to have a strange coating that glowed a faint yellow color.
'Magics?' Matt thought with surprise. 'If they were any other kind of magics it wouldn't be a problem, but if a guy who is already extremely tough as it is, throws magic at himself to further strengthen his skin, it's absurd!
Still, Matt's thinking time was short, as he soon noticed the devourer leaping through the air towards him and arrived in front of him at an alarming speed.
Matt had to imbue his fist with all his power and strike back.
A tremendous impact sent him flying backward at high speed while a few more bones were broken in the process.
Matt couldn't even react as the devourer grabbed him by the arm and threw him elsewhere.
This devourer was fast in its actions. 'Did it also increase his speed?' Matt thought in shock; even so, at that moment, the devourer spoke.
"You bastard, I know it was you who stole the treasure from us in that cave. Tell me where it is, and I'll give you a painless death." He said, startling Matt with his words and, at the same time, slamming him into a huge tree, destroying it in the process.
The blood in Matt's body swirled in his throat, though he held back the urge to vomit as he swallowed the blood hard.
'Treasure in a cave? This bastard is talking about the Herb? How did he find out?' He thought in shock and quickly fended off the attack, coming at him with a dimensional move to appear above the devourer.
He threw a mighty blow at it from behind, but this devourer was no idiot. He wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. Although he didn't know how he was so fast, as soon as he saw it disappear, he threw a powerful punch backward, and both fists met.
The collision repelled both, but the devourer was so resilient and fast that he managed to grab Matt and tried to slam him to the ground, though Matt disappeared at the last moment, as he appeared a bit away, breathing heavily.
He couldn't help but fall slightly to the ground in shock, 'Shit, this guy is too strong.' He thought and looked up at him.
The most disturbing thing was, how did he find out Matt had the treasure?
'Isla? Alice? Could they betray me? No, no way... To do so would be detrimental to both of them. Isla wouldn't betray herself, and I'm still Alice's subordinate; besides, because of her good heart, it would be hard for her to make deals with the Devourers.' He thought quickly and jumped back as soon as he finished his thought, as the devourer tried to hit him.
Still, this guy was annoyed to see him jumping, so he instantly pulled out a bow and launched a powerful attack at him.
'Is he an archer too!!? Shit, these guys are so annoying!' he shouted in his mind and quickly let out a roar so that his power emerged all over his body, countering the arrows with a strong punch.
Even so, when he did this, his perspective changed as he was pulled hard by the feet and soon felt a tremendous impact on his back.
Blood couldn't help but spurt out of his mouth at that moment.
'Shit...' He thought as he realized that the devourer had slammed him to the ground.
Several of his bones were broken at that moment.
But that was also the moment when his consciousness was at its clearest for some reason.
And he could feel some strange but familiar presence nearby.
His eyes opened at that moment, and he looked between the branches of the trees at two people dressed in black looking at the place.
'Caspian White!' he shouted in his mind with hatred as he recognized one of them; besides, the other person's power seemed to be greater than his by a wide margin, so then he realized what was happening...
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