Chapter 378: Special Unit
Vlad’s eyes widened as he saw a dark whip dashing toward his head with the strength to send it flying away. Before it could strike, Freya appeared before him, raising her shield just in time to intercept the blow.
"BOOMMM!"
An overwhelming kinetic blast echoed as the dark whip struck the shield, the force sending the Viking princess skidding backward. Vlad reacted extremely fast, grabbing hold of Freya’s body. He immediately leaped back with her, reducing the strength of the impact and preventing them from falling off the bridge.
Jormungandr was shocked to see that whip sent the duo flying, but he had no time to be distracted.
[Beep! Projectiles are coming your way. Evasive maneuver!]
The A.I. Chip’s voice echoed in his mind. He instantly flapped his wings, dodging small dark spiked spheres that had been launched toward him at supersonic speed. Unfortunately for the small yellow cat, merely avoiding the spheres wasn’t enough. The next second, they exploded into hundreds of tiny spikes blasting in all directions.
Jormungandr was too close, and the spikes were too fast. He managed to use his flaming demonic wings to shield his body. The fiery wings absorbed the brunt of the assault but were damaged in the process, hindering his ability to fly. He immediately descended, regrouping with Freya and Vlad.
The trio glanced at each other and nodded upon seeing they were overall fine. Their eyes sharpened as they focused on the one who had unleashed those attacks on them.
The newcomer was a humanoid entity around two and a half meters tall. It had a slender body with a chitinous exoskeleton covering every part of it, shimmering with an eerie black sheen. Its right arm was a whip of dark plasma crackling with volatile energy, while the left arm resembled a bulging muscle made of solidified black plasma. Even though it had a smaller frame than the insect-humanoid warriors, Vlad, Jormungandr, and Freya felt immense power emanating from its body, making them frown.
Their distress deepened when they realized that the A.I. Chip’s force field could not properly detect the Leviathan. Luckily, the chip soon provided an explanation.
[Beep! Cells of the target are vibrating at a frequency that disrupts scanning efforts.]