With a simple wave of a hand, tens of these poisonous orbs came flying towards them!
Berhald was already making his way in front of their group without needing Balter to give orders.
The elder goat man's armor became more solid before he braced himself to tank this attack!
There were no explosions or bright lights, only a subtle splashing sound before the elder goat-man that took on all of this fell to a knee before coughing up black blood!
The damage was instantaneous as the powerful poison that Andariel created was already coursing through his body.
But he forced himself up to continue his job. Berhald had to take on these attacks since his body was more resistant than anyone else in the group, as some of the poison orbs managed to slip past him and bumped into some of the rogues that came with them.
The result was for all to see.
All that was left of the victims were poisonous puddles as the creations of Andariel were strong enough to 'eat' through bones and flesh!
Cassandra took a step back, intimidated by how potent the poison was.
Then again, who wouldn't be hesitant to attack when these orbs bypassed their resistances and mana shields like they were nothing!
The Rogue yelled out for the archers in their group to fire their arrows before stabbing a spear through the throat of one of the monsters that got in her reach. Despite the damage, the victim of her attack was still relentlessly pushing forward, all while trying to claw at her as its head was stretching out to Cassandra's hand as much as possible.
Then a voice full of mockery spoke out.
"simple attacks like that cannot kill my troops, you should put more effort into it, little girl, or you'll end up like them!"
As if on queue, screams of her fellow sisters reverberated out as one of the tainted that was already impaled by 7 spears, with several arrows sticking out of its body. Yet, it still managed to get a hold on one of the rogues then sunk its teeth into the woman's chest before ripping out one of her breasts and some pieces of her ribs!
It was feeding on the woman! Her comrades attempted to help, but a momentary lapse can be deadly.
This brief distraction and their sudden reaction made them create more openings for more monsters to flood through and further increase the pressure each rogue had to endure!
Those that attempted to save their fallen sister were attacked viciously from behind before sharing the same fate.
Balter already slipped past the rabid monsters as he used a skill to Jabawock's face!
With a loud Hmph, the whip kick struck its target before adding another to give as much damage as possible!
An audibly disturbing crack was heard!
The kick tilted his head upward in a disturbing manner, but a snort echoed out before Balter was sent flying into the ground like a cannonball causing some dust and debris to build up!
This put the large monster's foes feel worried for one of their strongest warriors, not even a few seconds went by before the dust cleared, and they could see Balter, who was embedded into the ground with his eyes rolled up and blood pooling around him!
Jabawock was disappointed in this group.
"Weak, you fools are too damn weak! how do you expect to defeat any of the greater evils if you can't even tickle me!?"
He said this As his deformed neck shifted back into position.
He berated them before picking up a pebble then flicking it towards Berhald, who was busy trying to fend off the attacks of Andariel while receiving treatment from the rogue behind him. The said pebble sent the goat-man sliding along the ground as his hooves dragged then fell backward, as his horns also scrapped against the floor. This happened a few times before finally landing in a prone position.
Berhald was gasping for air as the little pebble that struck him not only left a hole in his armor but also punctured through his chest, leaving a bleeding hole on the right side of his chest, successfully popping the right lung!
With him no longer holding back the large portion of crazed monsters and the poisonous attacks of Andariel, they were quickly getting overwhelmed by these beasts!
The numbers of the rogues were dwindling, but not all was lost since the next actions of Yin and Yang helped save them some trouble both used fire-based attacks that made the lesser evil shriek in pain all. At the same time, the monsters around them were cleared by explosion raining arrows and Yang flinging them all over the place with her burning whip!
Jabawock looked towards the lesser evil in annoyance since he knew about her weaknesses.
Hell, he even told her to build up her resistance, but judging by the amount of pain it brought her, it was obvious Andariel ignored his warnings and advice. Thus all that came Jabawock's mind was...
"Arrogant bitch, that's what you get for indulging yourself in so much power without doing anything to improve your chances of survival!"
But at the same time, a sharp pain struck his mind as parts of Walter's body started to spurt out blood from the random cracks that were forming before he muttered a curse.
"Fucking hell, this body is frail!"
Walter's body was beginning to break down due to the amount of mana and strain it was going through.
To get a better understanding of just how bad it is, imagine Walter's level to be around 20 or so, with Jabawock the one using it now was already maxed level and making the body he was using do all the things that he could do at his peak!
While he wanted to have more fun, Jabawock wasn't willing to ruin his future. Thus, he did something none of them expected.
The large man opened his mouth wide then snapped his fingers as he inhaled, Andariel who knew what was going on, shrieked out in fear!
"Wa-wait! No, NO NOO! I'M STILL HERE, YOU BASTARD!"
To reduce the strain that Walter was going through and repair the damage, Jabawock forcefully consumed every single troop's mana and more than half of their full life force.
This lead to any monster that was injured to a certain degree being killed right then and there!
Which, in turn, made Andariel extremely weak and vulnerable while kneeling desperately trying to gather mana to help her heal as she fended off some arrows and spells that were heading her way!
Yin and Yang took this chance to finish her off. Yang's whip, which was covered in scorching mana, quickly latched around the lesser evil's neck, which left burn marks bringing forth another round of screams before Yin fired as many explosive arrows to the open mouth of Andariel!
The arrows struck true before some similar to what you'd see in the new years happened.
A 'symphony' of explosions happened before the upper half of the lesser evil was completely ruined!
Andariel collapsed to the ground, then a chuckle full of wrath echoed out. Jabawock was annoyed at the limitations of this body, but right now, it was still capable of doing one more thing before he returns to his slumber.
It was a last attack kind of gig.
Just that in this case, it was everyone for themselves, as he proclaimed.
"Should any of you survive this, you can entitle yourselves as those that fought against me and lived to tell the tale~."
Some kind of pressure suddenly enveloped everyone that was still alive, and Jabawock's chest and throat glowed ominously as he grinned. Flickers of black flames escaped between his teeth. They all had an idea of what was about to happen. Berhald was already struggling to get back on his feet as black blood spilled from his wounds.
He still had a job to do as a tank so that the elder goatman will do this task until his last breath!
But not even halfway to getting into position thanks to his hindering injuries and the strange pressure that grew heavier, Jabawock opened his mouth unnaturally wide before beginning his charged attack.
At the last second, a bloodied figure appeared above the Large man before his two blades protruded from both Jabawock's neck and chest as everyone heard one word that said it all.
"Fuck!"
Thanks to the two holes, the charged attack backfired onto the caster as the mana infused with his will and power scattered about, enveloping both the furious Jabawock and Balter, who gave the others a relieved smile, with black flames scorching almost everything it touched before an explosion happened.
This Explosion left a large hole in the monastery with the question as to whether anyone survived!