Chapter 530: Group Battle
Aruane jumps off the zombie fenrir’s back and swings her arm up towards me. Deep red blood flows over nails, growing in long and sharp blades of blood… This must be her [Poisonous Blood Claw] skill.
She’s frightening, but my stats give me a massive advantage. She’s not the kind of opponent that can fight me by herself.
Suddenly, I sense a presence from above. Looking up, I see a four-armed man with fly-like wings diving down towards me. It’s Beelzebub in human form.
No way… Their timing is too perfect. Even if Beelzebub’s kin were monitoring this area, it’s impossible to imagine he just happened to arrive at this moment.
No… Aruane led me to this place. I’m finally able to understand what she was plotting.
Her original plan was to zombify a fenrir and quickly join up with Lilixira. In other words, she knew Lilixira’s location. When I happened to run into her, she choose to delay picking up the atlach-nacha, and instead bought time by dragging out our conversation while bringing me closer to Lilixira. That’s the only explanation that fits.
Lilixira too would probably prefer her side to attack me as a group, rather than them being taken out one-by-one. I only paid attention the surface level of Aruane's behaviour, and didn’t consider the possibility that she could be this intelligent. She's ridiculously sharp. Though I have to wonder why someone who is practically a hurricane with a will is obeying Lilixira so obediently…
“There he is! [Darkness Rain]!”
A purple magic circle deploys behind Beelzebub, and lashes of purple rain pelt down towards me. I jump backwards. At the same time, Aruane jumps the opposite way. The ground between us is destroyed in a hail of purple lights.