The Paladin in the Abyss

As a professional ability of the Priest in the Domain of Life, guiding Divine Power can simultaneously heal severe injuries on multiple targets, but this ability is not without its flaws: Firstly, it cannot fully heal someone, at most restoring about half of the target’s Life Force; Secondly, this ability does not work on Undead creatures—although most people wouldn’t see that as a defect.

Before the enemies reach them, all the companions stood up again, albeit in poor condition, and Bruto’s Titan Transformation had ended. Maybe the Baroness wouldn’t need to act again; just the high-level units on the enemy’s side, who hadn’t joined the fight yet, could end this battle.

"Guys, we have trouble." Kalalin gazed at that red figure and said in a deep voice, "That was a Chain Lightning of the Sixth Circle, but normally Chain Lightning only produces three arcs. She definitely Circle Upcasted it, which means we are facing a High Rank spellcaster, maybe even an Archmage..."

"She’s a huge pain in the ass, I already know that." Bruto responded irritably, "Got any more constructive suggestions? Like how to kill her?"

"If Lancelot were here..."

"Lancelot is not here." Bruto threw his Warhammer at a zombie crawling quickly like a spider, "Alamir? Weren’t you supposed to be in command? Why out of ideas?"

"Little Isha, is your mental link with Lancelot still up?"

"Yes, I’ve already told him the situation outside." Little Isha replied quickly, "He said he can act at any time, but that would immediately stop the vines from absorbing lake water. He’s already used up all the ’fertilizer,’ and if we stop now, we will have to rely on the dwarves to dig a flood channel..."

"How could it come to this..."

"I still have some explosives here, enough to blow open the lake dam." Bruto raised his arm and caught the returning Magic Warhammer, "Right now, let’s hold on as long as we can. If it gets really bad, call Lancelot out. That way, we can also lessen the environmental pollution a bit. Don’t argue with me anymore..."

While discussing, they did not stop fighting, continuously knocking down the attacking enemies. However, compared to not long ago, there were far too many enemies now. The places where they were knocked down were getting closer and closer to the group, making the situation more and more dangerous. Fortunately, the Baroness didn’t seem to plan on acting immediately; she was content with letting low-level minions wear down everyone’s strength, while she squinted her eyes, observing the ’monster tree’ by the lakeside.

"In light of your past services to the King, I can give you one more chance to work." The Baroness spoke in a lazy voice but did not order the soldiers to stop, "Surrender immediately and swear loyalty to King Peyton Derrick; this is your only chance to survive..."