Chapter Two-Hundred-and-Twelve
The moment that the forlorn knights were defeated, the army collapsed, and all of the soldiers and elites dropping dead on the spot.
Adam quickly flew across the defeated army, absorbing all the corpses so they wouldn’t run into a dozen amalgamated knights spawning. The Shadow seemed to have withdrawn from the battlefield after losing two of its knights, and Adam wondered if that meant its ceaseless march across the stage would slow down.
Hopefully it also gives me enough time to grab all of the corpses.
It was an absurd amount of enemies, but no matter how many of them he pulled into his kingly raiment, it just stayed the same size, although its shape changed, becoming like a bone-white echo of their rusted and ancient plate armour, replete with a close helm. Their decayed flesh lined the inside of the armour as a cushion, and their blackened blood was sandwiched between these two layers.
After about six minutes of flying in circles around the battlefield, Adam had absorbed the thousand plus corpses, and harvested the hearts of darkness from the 24 elites. The boost from his raiment was now absurd, even with its diminishing returns. It had gone up to 1,136%, meaning his total damage was now 1,600% thanks to the 200% he already had and the 20% boost from the glass sapling. His speed had also gone up to about 1,450%.
Unfortunately, my stamina is still too low to make full use of the speed boost, but it does seem to make my reaction speed and hand movements quicker.
Despite the massive boost to his speed, he was thankfully still able to move at a normal pace. The boost was more like a fourteen times expansion of his maximum potential, meaning his upper bounds were so much greater than for any normal human, but with the increased movement speed came increased stamina consumption.
He was also starting to wonder if he would do more damage throwing his gauntlet fingers than firing them with his magic, given how fast he was able to move his hands now.
Although, if I throw organic material at enemies, without using my magic, the Shadow will just take control of it before I can do much damage…