Carrum and his group had sped up while some others retreated. Every participant each had plans of their own stemming from different motivations. It didn't matters what those motivations were, the only thing that matter is if it was strong enough for them to risk everything for that slim chance of succeeding.
All this did not matter to Arran and Brianna at all and they were only concerned with winning.
With Arran taking the lead, he and Brianna charged straight through the teams of alliance members as they cut a bloody path towards their goals.
On the way, Arran and Brianna encounter different waves of alliance members that were using their bodies as a solid wall to block their way and buy time for the rest of the alliance to arrive.
On the way, it was very natural that Arran would come across a team of alliance members who had a token in their possession. Of course, Arran would have liked to retrieve this token since he was only lacking two more to ma
And so they waited.With his back leaning against the wall, Arran closed his eyes to rest and recover. Although it might not have seemed that away, Arran had truly lost a lot of strength during all that high-intensity fighting.Although Arran did not have to care about his essence energy running dry to fight the same did not be said about his stamina.The power Arran got from the world essence pulse bracer could replenish his own essence energy supply and at his level, Arran did not consume too much energy in the first place. that, coupled with the fact that his bloodline had been activated naturally gave Arran the confidence to fight a protracted battle.All this time, you would have been hearing about how great and powerful the Kingsman bloodline was and how it was feared and respected in the universe as one of the most powerful bloodlines in the universe but you have never really understood why this was so. Well then, let me clear up a few basic points
Carrum taunted and mocked Arran as soon as they met. He was feeling really good about himself right about now.This situation was kind of like before when they had first met outside the entrance of the cave. at that time, Arran had also been backed against a wall... figuratively speaking... and Carrum was the one who had pushed him towards the wall.The only thing that was different about the situation is that before, Arran at least had a bit of room to maneuver but now, Arran was completely helpless. because of this, what had happened the last time would not happen again this time.Before, Carrum had wanted to rope Arran in and make him willing to offer up his token with his own hands. That had not worked out too well, so Carrum had decided to thoroughly defeat Arran this time and not give him the chance to make a comeback.With that thought in mind, Carrum looked towards Arran hoping to see the despair and resignation on his face as he came to grips wit
The massive tide of bugs drowned the entire alliance like an overwhelming flood. Screams of fear and despair could be heard as the alliance members all ran for their lives only to be swallowed by the bug stampede.Some of the alliance members tried to resist as they fought back against the coming tide as they launched one technique after the other into the tide.The abilities of the alliance members were varied and although one person might not have been enough to make a difference, when there were tens of people firing their abilities into the bug tide then there was bound to be some effect.With a few alliance members actively resisting, they were able to buy some time for themselves by taking out a few stampeding bugs at the front of the pack, but studies have shown that before the might of a stampede, all acts of resistance were simply futile.Although the resisting alliance members were able to take down a few of the bugs at the head of the stampede,
Brianna was as ready as she ever could be. Knowing that it was finally time for them to counterattack, Brianna was rearing to go. With excitement clearly visible in her eyes, Brianna looked at the bug tide and the rapidly fleeing alliance members, Brianna eagerly asked Arran. "So tell me, who do we target first?" Sharing the same eagerness that Brianna had, Arran pointed at a few places below them as he said, "There, there and there... these places are were a few tokens a located. I only need two more tokens for me to be able to advance so am good but in your case, we will have to start from scratch to gather enough tokens so you can advance." Hearing Arran's words, Brianna started to feel bad about herself. she felt like she was dragging Arran down by having him carry he along. It was true, without Brianna hanging off of Arran's shoulders, he would have been able to advance a long time ago but now at this moment, not only was Arran no
Somewhere in the cave, in the middle of thousands of black shelled bugs, a certain participant was desperately resisting the bug tide. There was a blue barrier layer that was made out of energy that was in place around the body of the participant which extended to up to one meter from his body. It was with this barrier that this participant had been able to last this long after being caught in this stampede.This participant was one of the few decision-makers that had been selected to supervise the alliance along with Carrum and his accomplices. For this person to be selected out of the many participants in the alliance, it could be said that his strength was recognized a little among their circle and that he was not too weak. But in the face of this disaster, this person proved not to be strong enough to do much except to hold on.even if this participant was still able to resit for this long but he could do no more than that and he was simply swept along with the bug
Arran headed to the location where Carrum was hiding.It was unclear how Carrum did it but as it was, while the other alliance members were trying their best to find a way to escape from the bug stampede, Carrum had done the exact opposite and he was instead using the bug tide as a means to hide.That's right...Right now, Carrum was right in the middle of the stampede and he was hiding by using the bugs as cover so that nobody would notice him at all.Carrum probably intended to take advantage of the chaos to make a clean escape and from there he would be home free and safe from danger. As Carrum right now had the most number of tokens on him which Arran felt would be enough for Carrum to use to advance to the next round, once Carrum was able to escape from danger then he would naturally be able to advance without any issues.As long as Carrum was willing to take the risk to fuse the tokens in his possession wantonly, he would naturally be able to
Arran and the cloaked figure looked at each other deeply for some time and it was only when a lone bug that was separated from the rest of its company passed through them at the speed of a race car leaving behind a trail of dust in its wake did the cloaked figure finally make a move.The cloaked figure raised his hand and lowered the hood of his cloak thereby exposing his face to Arran.With the fog veiling his face gone, Carrum's hard face was exposed to Arran. There was a grim look on Carrum's face and his gaze towards Arran had a hidden rage and murderous intent in them. It was like as he looked at Arran, what he saw wasn't a noble Kingsman but instead his mortal enemy.To be honest, Carrum like everybody else was very surprised to find out that Arran was in fact a Kingsman. Just like everybody else who had found out about Arran's identity as a kingsman, he had been confused since Arran was not known to anybody at all, unlike all the other kingsmen. But this
"So young master Arran, have I been forgiven of my offense, can you let this one go now?""Hmm!""You don't really expect it to be so easy, do you? You think that just because you no longer refer to me as brother that I will let you go do you?""Heh, when have things ever been so simple in this world?"Arran said all this in a tone that suggested he was talking to a fool. It was like the mere thought that things would end so simply just because Carrum was being humble before Arran would make Arran forget about all the times he had been chased and hunted by Carrum and the alliance.Hearing that he was not going to be let off that easily, Carrum's mood darkened some more and he tensed his muscles as he got ready to attack.He had already expected that Arran would not let him off so easily but that was okay, his goal was never for Arran to forgive him. Carrum just wanted Arran to let his guard down before him, giving Carrum the chance to strike